Shadow Complex

Sub

Actually, I found an interesting video on speedrunning the game there. You need to be over level 30 and have all gold bars, but its pretty sweet. No real spoilers in the video just shows the first few minutes of the game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HixU4z-me-o

tman

Sub wrote: »

Actually, I found an interesting video on speedrunning the game there. You need to be over level 30 and have all gold bars, but its pretty sweet.

Do the gold bars actually do anything then? I just assumed they were in there to bump the number of collectibles up to 100

rizzla

Sub wrote: »

Actually, I found an interesting video on speedrunning the game there. You need to be over level 30 and have all gold bars, but its pretty sweet. No real spoilers in the video just shows the first few minutes of the game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HixU4z-me-o

Excellent, think I'll go for that challenge now. Level 51 and have the gold bars so should be easy enough.

rizzla

tman wrote: »

Do the gold bars actually do anything then? I just assumed they were in there to bump the number of collectibles up to 100

They open the gold room, which allows you to pick up a gold pulse rifle right at the start of the game.

quarryman

nearing the end of the game now i reckon and i haven't bothered searching for every last item. If i complete the game and restart do i start from scratch or are the items i've found already kept?

if not is there a point when i can turn back before i get sucked into the ending?

Shryke

I got this game and just as I went to play it... red ****ing rings. ****ing red ****ing rings

tman

quarryman wrote: »

nearing the end of the game now i reckon and i haven't bothered searching for every last item. If i complete the game and restart do i start from scratch or are the items i've found already kept?

if not is there a point when i can turn back before i get sucked into the ending?

Not sure about the first question, but for the second one it triggers the final boss battle

when you walk on to the jetty at either end of the lake

Great game, currently have 85% items and am having great fun trying to figure out how to pick up the last few...

don't want to give to much away here, but I loved figuring out how to get the ones based around a lift

johnny_ultimate

Loving this game - turned it on for a few minutes last night which quickly became much closer to three hours. Comparisons to Metroid / Castlevania are definitely necessary, and while it steals wholesale sometimes (dots on the maps for found items?) it also has its own identity through the crazy weapons and items (love how the game becomes faster and faster paced as you unlock more items

such as the ground pound armour, or running up walls with hyperspeed

). At around 55% items at the moment but will definitely be playing 'til 100.

quarryman

Finished this last night. Managed it in a lightening 7 hours.

Beat THAT losers.

Mr E

Can't stop playing this game. I have Batman (and I'm a good bit into it), but the last 2 nights have been all Shadow Complex. Got 100% last night (very satisfying), and going for Minimalist next.

Some very tricky pickups (

the floor with the lasers needed infinite foam to be able to do easily, some of the ones where you needed the speed powerup were very clever, and the powerup beside the first boss you fight (behind the grenade table through the floor) took me ages to find)

)

cable842

it is the best game ever very flash back like

but very cool game, I hope they release the real game on disc in the shops like

Mr E

The real game?!

cable842

I know it just on x box live. but if it gets really popular hopefully they will bring it out in the shops make it a disc game and not just have it on x box live,

it deserves that what a game it looks amazing mate.

jumps out at yea

GothPunk

cable842 wrote: »

I know it just on x box live. but if it gets really popular hopefully they will bring it out in the shops make it a disc game and not just have it on x box live,

it deserves that what a game it looks amazing mate.

jumps out at yea

It would probably be way more expensive though, which goes against one of my biggest praises for Shadow Complex - so many games are being released for far too much, it seemed like 1600 points was becoming the new standard. Shadow Complex overturns that, as it's such a huge well polished game for 1200 points, it's great value. Shadow Complex has had great sales as well, so hopefully other publishers will take note and release their games for less on XBLA.

I agree with you though, if they released it on disc more people could play a fantastic game. I would have thought though that most of the people who would be interested in a game like Shadow Complex would be connected to Xbox Live as they'd be core gamers.

cable842

cheers gothpunk for backing me up. would love it was brought out on disc to buy.

the game reminds me of flashback but way faster cool game but mad playable.

I dont have x box live so its killing me i can't play it.

please please bring it out on disc

Soundman

When you say you don't have Xbox Live, do you mean that you don't have an internet connection hooked up to the console or that you don't have a Gold account?

I only ask as I have the Silver account which is free and got the game no problem once I sorted out buying the points.

Mr E

Yeah, even if you don't have a wireless connection, just plug a network cable from your router to your xbox and get online that way. You just need a silver membership (which is free) to download games.

GothPunk

Mr E wrote: »

Yeah, even if you don't have a wireless connection, just plug a network cable from your router to your xbox and get online that way. You just need a silver membership (which is free) to download games.

What I do is I connect my Xbox to my laptop with a network cable and use the laptop as a wireless bridge to download stuff. Works like a charm.