Shadow Complex Remastered
ChAIR Entertainment · 2016 · Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Side Scroller, 2.5D
PC
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About Shadow Complex Remastered
✦ AI summary
Explore a massive non-linear world as an ordinary hiker transformed into a high-tech weapon, uncovering conspiracies while battling enemies and acquiring game-altering power-ups across 10+ hours of action. This remastered classic side-scroller blends Metroid-style exploration with modern combat, featuring graphical enhancements, dynamic melee takedowns, and over 100 items to discover in a sprawling underground adventure.
Powered by Unreal Engine technology, the “modern and masterful side-scroller” Shadow Complex became an instant classic when initially released in 2009, exclusively for Xbox 360. The fan favorite won more than 50 Game of the Year and Editor’s Choice Awards and was one of the most popular console games of the year. Shadow Complex Remastered features all the great content from the original game updated with exciting new enhancements and achievements to support its debut on Steam.
Giant Bomb - "5 out of 5 Stars - Amazing from start to finish!"
IGN - "The classic, exploration-heavy gameplay is a winner."
GameSpot - "An incredible adventure that won't be forgotten."
Worthplaying - "A love letter to Super Metroid"
Game Play Overview:
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern, cutting-edge gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered, featuring all the content from the award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, all-new dynamic melee take-downs, and additional Achievements and Master Challenges.
Through 10+ hours of exploration and fast-paced combat, you’ll discover game-altering power-ups to overcome obstacles, thwart legions of enemies, and delve further into a mysterious and challenging, non-linear game world.
Core Game Play Elements:
- Original single-player experience inspired by classic non-linear exploration side-scrolling genre
- Open world design that evolves as the player explores and progresses through the game
- Huge, mysterious game world populated with legions of enemies, challenges, and jaw-dropping boss battles
- Dozens of unique game-altering power-ups and more than 100 additional items and enhancements to discover
- Intense game play infused with a compelling action-thriller storyline
- Incredible graphics with robust physics, made possible by Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3
- Bonus Proving Grounds game mode provides side-challenges to help players become the ultimate Shadow Complex master
Updated Features:
- Up-rezzed characters, enemies, environments, and interface
- Updated lighting, post-processing, and visual effects
- New contextual melee take-downs
- New Achievements and Master Challenges
- Supports keyboard/mouse and PC controller with customizable controller and key bindings, and up to 4K resolution support
Story Synopsis:
Shadow Complex propels lost hiker Jason Fleming into the hollows of government conspiracy, dark political motives, and military upheaval. When Jason and his girlfriend Claire accidentally stumble upon a rogue paramilitary group called The Restoration, it soon becomes clear that the faction’s intent is to set in motion a chain of events that will cause America to collapse into a new civil war. Along the way, Jason acquires many high-tech “toys” The Restoration is developing, and eventually becomes a super-powered engine of destruction.
Follow Shadow Complex for the latest updates, discussions and more:
Forums: https://www.epicgames.com/shadowcomplex/forums/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Shadow-Complex-167583452520/?fref=ts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shadowcomplex
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/shadowcomplex
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chairgames/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChAIRGAMES
Giant Bomb - "5 out of 5 Stars - Amazing from start to finish!"
IGN - "The classic, exploration-heavy gameplay is a winner."
GameSpot - "An incredible adventure that won't be forgotten."
Worthplaying - "A love letter to Super Metroid"
Game Play Overview:
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern, cutting-edge gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered, featuring all the content from the award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, all-new dynamic melee take-downs, and additional Achievements and Master Challenges.
Through 10+ hours of exploration and fast-paced combat, you’ll discover game-altering power-ups to overcome obstacles, thwart legions of enemies, and delve further into a mysterious and challenging, non-linear game world.
Core Game Play Elements:
- Original single-player experience inspired by classic non-linear exploration side-scrolling genre
- Open world design that evolves as the player explores and progresses through the game
- Huge, mysterious game world populated with legions of enemies, challenges, and jaw-dropping boss battles
- Dozens of unique game-altering power-ups and more than 100 additional items and enhancements to discover
- Intense game play infused with a compelling action-thriller storyline
- Incredible graphics with robust physics, made possible by Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3
- Bonus Proving Grounds game mode provides side-challenges to help players become the ultimate Shadow Complex master
Updated Features:
- Up-rezzed characters, enemies, environments, and interface
- Updated lighting, post-processing, and visual effects
- New contextual melee take-downs
- New Achievements and Master Challenges
- Supports keyboard/mouse and PC controller with customizable controller and key bindings, and up to 4K resolution support
Story Synopsis:
Shadow Complex propels lost hiker Jason Fleming into the hollows of government conspiracy, dark political motives, and military upheaval. When Jason and his girlfriend Claire accidentally stumble upon a rogue paramilitary group called The Restoration, it soon becomes clear that the faction’s intent is to set in motion a chain of events that will cause America to collapse into a new civil war. Along the way, Jason acquires many high-tech “toys” The Restoration is developing, and eventually becomes a super-powered engine of destruction.
Follow Shadow Complex for the latest updates, discussions and more:
Forums: https://www.epicgames.com/shadowcomplex/forums/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Shadow-Complex-167583452520/?fref=ts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shadowcomplex
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/shadowcomplex
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chairgames/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChAIRGAMES
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What Steam players say
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Shadow Complex Remastered is the kind of game that reminds you AAA studios used to take weird risks instead of making the same open-world checklist for the 47th time. It’s basically Metroid with assault rifles. You’ll spend half the game shooting mercenaries and the other half humping every wall because one of them is definitely fake. The combat still feels great, the exploration is addictive, and the only real downside is realizing it ended before it overstayed its welcome. A remaster that actually deserves the “Remastered” part.1 found this helpful
Shadow Complex is pretty solid for an early indie Metroidvania. This was one of the first big ones that came out during the Xbox Live Arcade days, back when the whole indie scene was just starting to blow up, It’s got that raw old school feel, running around, blowing s**t up, upgrading your suit and wrecking everything in your path. The bosses are decent and the gunplay feels satisfying, It’s got that proper sense of exploration and power fantasy, That said, it can get pretty labyrinthine and kinda tedious. The map is a pain in the a*s sometimes and it definitely shows its age. Controls are a bit stiff by today’s standards and some sections feel like pure old school ball busting Still, for a game made before everyone had easy access to engines and accessibility tools, it’s impressive, If you’re a Metroidvania fan and you haven’t played it yet, give it a go. It’s not perfect but it’s got soul. Worth your time1 found this helpful
It's Shadow Complex. It feels a bit janky, but a very solid 360 game. The upgrades feel very natural and turn you into a walking killing machine. The mech enemies are also very fun. The bosses don't feel very deep, so I think looking at with modern standards, the bosses don't hold up very well.
Heard that this was one of the first batch of indie games and one of the best ever from the xbox 360 arcade games. It is well worth the money, had a lot of fun getting upgrades and using those unique abilities and weapons made it progressively fun.
A fun Metroidvania twin-stick platformer. Has its moments of jank, and some of the items are pretty blatant padding of the "if you come back here later, you can break this panel and get the item behind it" variety. But the movement is good, the level design is solid, and the writing is goofy fun.
Excellent and minimal metroidvania type game
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