Shadowman Remastered (PC) Gameplay Sample

Up until today, I have actually never played the original Shadow Man. It's one of those games I always wanted to get but despite there being a PS1, N64, DC, and PC release of this game, I never picked it up. Welp, some more Steam game buying today has let me finally play this remastered version of the game, and so far so good.

When I posted Shaodw Man 2econd Coming as a PS2 underrated Gem 13 years ago after having played through it, and liking it a lot, fans of the original were like "This game sucks, the original was so much better." So, I guess, now that I own the original, I can either validate, or disagree with their complaints. Actually, I already disagree that 2econd Coming sucked, because I still really enjoyed that game, but since I enjoyed that one, I will definitely like this one as well as people generally agree that it was the better game.

I'm actually happy to see Acclaim games getting some love, and a remaster. Acclaim didn't always make the best game, and were rightfully regarded as a company that made mediocre to bad games, but even Acclaim made good games here and there. Both Acclaim and 3DO had the same reputation for putting out meh to bad, but even 3DO made some good games here and there over the years. I know that is off topic, but Acclaim was always a developer I had hopes to turn things around as was 3DO. Then Midway died, and I'm still genuinely mad about that as well.

Anywho, first impressions of Shadow Man Remastered, I like it. It's got a great dark moody atmosphere, and some thought out designs from an era when developers realized they were making a game, and not a QTE-filled, ad-nausea visual story with minimal, or just bland gameplay designs. I love good level designs were you can tell the levels are more than just an area for overdone (boring) set-pieces to unfold a canned, rehashed, uninteresting story.

Shaodw Man Remastered is cheap on Steam if you are interested. Aslo, here is the 13 year old Video where I covered 2econd Coming as an underrated Gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGoslZkwOjY

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