ShadowGrounds

I tried the demo a few weeks ago and its very dated with limited gameplay and little replay value. Gfx are about 3 years old. Best thing I can say about it is that it runs well on modern hardware.

Origin Systems released 2 very similar PC only titles called Crusader No Remorse & Crusader No Regret back in 1995 + 1996 which were a very similar type of game with 2D gfx instead + a few basic puzzles here and there.

When Shadowgrounds comes out on budget for £10 or less I would consider it but for now its too much for the dated technology.
 
AWPC said:
I tried the demo a few weeks ago and its very dated with limited gameplay and little replay value. Gfx are about 3 years old. Best thing I can say about it is that it runs well on modern hardware.

Origin Systems released 2 very similar PC only titles called Crusader No Remorse & Crusader No Regret back in 1995 + 1996 which were a very similar type of game with 2D gfx instead + a few basic puzzles here and there.

When Shadowgrounds comes out on budget for £10 or less I would consider it but for now its too much for the dated technology.
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Or you could look at it from the point of view that its effectively a modern version of Alien Breed, which is always a good thing in my book :) I played the demo a while back and i actually quite liked it.
 
Really fun little game - if you take it at face value I don't think you will be disappointed...

Obviously like Alien Breed on the Amiga - the game isn't huge but will take a while to complete some nice graphics and weapons in there as well and the aliens just keep coming...

If you liked Alien Breed you'll love this...
 
dave2k2005 said:
Very good demo, loved it, and I admit, I got scared a coupla times :( Like when there were loud noises ;)
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Well i have to say i actually played the whole game & it was fun.
There is a story (not the best though) which is told through cutscenes.
It is quite a bit like Alien Breed & the atmosphere as stated above can be pretty good at times. You have about 12 weapons which you can upgrade 3 different ways. There are no ingame saves though, just checkpoints with 5 lives per scene. That wasnt an issue for me, as i got through every level with those 5 lives anyway. There are some "boss" enemies through the game too. The first one was kind of hard as you had pretty week weapons. Its kind of like a top down shooter really. THe muisic is quite good (& changes depending on your circumstances) as are the sound effects. I originally got it to play something different to the FPS i normally play. It fit the bill quite well.
 
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