Cyber Shadow
SCORE: 66
I saw Cyber Shadow was free on Xbox Game
Pass and it came from the same publisher of Shovel Knight. I thought
Cyber Shadow might be an interesting video game to check out. Cyber
Shadow is a 2D side scrolling ninja video game where we slice and dice
all of the monsters, creatures, and mechanical traps we can. Along the
way we fight off against annoying bosses, and die quite a bit.
I understand that 8-bit ninja video games were a trend back in the day.
In this age of gaming I don’t want to die over and over again thanks to
insanely difficult enemies constantly coming at me. Why can they move
right on through solid walls and I can’t? Why do so many of these
enemies respawn so often? Why do the bosses get harder if we take out
some of the little guys shooting at us?
You will either love or hate the 8-bit graphics. The same goes for the
8-bit music. Ultimately the graphics gave me a headache. I can see the
developer went to a lot of work putting in all kinds of graphical
effects in Cyber Shadow. The cut scenes are pretty cool and explain what
is going on in this video game. There is also a little robot friend that
revives us and tells us some things. The story is the most interesting
thing about Cyber Shadow to me.
The violence and blood are the two main things families will have an
issue with. The apocalyptic world in Cyber Shadow is so over used. We
are synthetic fighting other synthetic beings. Why? I feel like Cyber
Shadow is a mixture of Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man, and Metroid. Influences
from all of those games can easily be seen in Cyber Shadow. Nostalgic
gamers may take an interest in Cyber Shadow.
I am glad I did not pay any money for Cyber Shadow. I found no
information on a physical copy version of Cyber Shadow at this point in
time. I hope that changes because a physical copy version of Cyber
Shadow could entice even more gamers into a purchase. I did not have fun
playing Cyber Shadow. I am not a fan of these kinds of games. If you are
then you can enjoy the frustration.
- Peter
Graphics: 55%
Sound: 65%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 80%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
System: Nintendo Switch/PC/PS4/Xbox One(tested)
Publisher: Yacht Club Games
Developer: Mechanical Head Games
Rating: ‘E10+' - Everyone TEN and OLDER ONLY
{Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood}
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