Shadow of the Beast

PlayStation 4 · 2016 · WOR

Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment · Developer: Heavy Spectrum Limited

Shadow of the Beast is a re-imagining of the 1989 game of the same name. The player controls the creature Aarbron in the alien landscape Karemoon. He was a human, kidnapped as a child, and transformed into a monstrous warrior beast as a servant. This is only revealed to him when an encounter killing humans triggers a flashback. He then seeks revenge against his master Zelek. The game uses side-scrolling gameplay as in the original game, but now as a 2.5D title with full 3D models and environments restricted to a single, horizontal plane of movement. Levels are often split up in encounters where multiple enemies need to be defeated similar to brawlers. Claw-based melee attacks can be strung together into combos with a score multiplier and four different target scores, each with their own medal based on the performance. A single button is used to attack, along with a timing and distance element to land it in different ways based on specific animation frames.

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