Shadow Gangs

Terrible game, it has nothing to do with Shinobi not the music, the graphics are not bad but the animation does and the gameplay is clunky. Also the limited lives when this is an arcade game, the timer sucks azz you cant explore a little because as early as the second stage you will run out of time so there is nothing to enjoy. Bosses are lame, this is a game that tries to evoke old times while missing all the important parts those games had. Bought the game as soon it came out because of the Shinobi feel, when as soon as I played the game everything went to hell.

Good game, terrible port. I am not going to go into it too much as a game - If you have ever played Shinobi in the arcades or Sega home consoles, this is what we have here with a modern lick of pain and some nice parallax graphics. The vertical scrolling is just terrible however, behind time wise and often not scrolling up to show the whole part of the level. Music is fine, kind of electric guitar focused pop rock. The problem is the quality is GARBAGE. Obviously, it's 3yo now so the dev has no plans to fix it. The only game in my entire library where I can't eliminate screen tearing, and it's BAD. The game runs at 60 FPS - if i enable vsync in game it syncs to the panels 144hz rate BUT the game speed is tied to FPS so it plays at nearly 3x normal speed. If I use RTSS to cap at 60 FPS, the game is at the correct speed but obviously v-sync doesn't work cause it still tears, and this is with the display's adaptive sync enabled. I mean really bad line tearing right through a part of the screen horizontally, on every movement. If I force the display to 60hz prior to launch and enable in game v-sync, it speeds up again? What? If I use the GPU control panel to force v-sync ther…

Summary: Shadow Gangs is a fun and nostalgic ninja action game, great for players looking for a classic arcade style experience. If you are a fan of the Shinobi ninja game series by SEGA you might enjoy this title. Pros: - Arcade style platforming and side scrolling action. - High resolution hand drawn sprites. - Plenty of variety for enemies, stages, and boss fights. - Interesting bonus mini games which help break up the levels. Cons: - Character animation can be a bit choppy and feel like it's missing frames. - Controls feel a bit tight when moving, jumping, and double jumping. - Game can feel unbalanced when the hero is not in his ninja form. - The bonus games can be unforgiving with the binary win or lose design. Overall I enjoyed Shadow Gangs and recommend people try it out if you are looking for a classic arcade experience. I am looking forward to play the next game from this developer!

Exceedingly better than the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ new Shinobi game which completely missed the entire point of classic Shinobi gameplay; THIS GAME however understands Shinobi and does it well.

If you really want a frustrating gaming experience straight from the arcade machines, then this game is for you. Strange binding for controls that you have to fix yourself. Clunky control of the character. Enemies that attack you non-stop constantly, and your only option is to memorize everything, and unfair bosses that challenge your patience. If you like it when the game hates you - enjoy it. I couldn't.

7.5/10 When this game is cool, it's really cool. Dodging out the way, kicking someone in the face, then turning around to throw stars, dodging the blue incoming ninja, stepping out the way of the red one coming your direction then kicking him in the face and finally slashing the blue ninja after stepping out of his landing mark. awesome. but some of the levels have poor design which is a shame because some other levels are pretty cool. The poor level design isn't that it makes it hard or anything, it's just visually boring. the new neo geo version looks much better visually. If it comes out on steam and it's cheaper (like under £10) then I'll get it. I had fun but the game is really expensive for what it is. He would have gotten way more sales if he made it cheaper. I got it on sale. 50% off at least would be preferable. Fun time and really challenging. Not sure how easy mode was but I'm guessing it's still going to be somewhat challenging.