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Title: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Abnormal Freak on September 15, 2010, 04:39:00 AM
Currently my most anticipated game.

http://www.ea.com/shadows-of-the-damned/videos/announcement-trailer (http://www.ea.com/shadows-of-the-damned/videos/announcement-trailer)
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on September 15, 2010, 06:34:13 AM
Looks pretty cool.  The character is pretty shiny looking and appears to ham up some lines but that's classic horror movie stuff (sort of like the Army of Darkness lines).
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Oralox on September 15, 2010, 07:06:30 AM
reminds me of nightmare creatures
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Inccubus on September 15, 2010, 11:16:19 AM
Looks like a cross between Resident Evil 4 & Devil May Cry with some heavy Castlevania ambiance.
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Abnormal Freak on September 15, 2010, 03:57:24 PM
It's like a dream collaboration come true. The director of killer7 and No More Heroes with the director of the first and fourth Resident Evil games, with music by the masterful composer for the Silent Hill series. I don't even care that Yamaoka's not at Konami anymore; this is way more exciting.
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Inccubus on September 16, 2010, 11:05:51 AM
Ha! I thought I tasted some no more heroes in there!
That's a pretty hefty group of big names attached to this.
I love Yamaoka's music. I might have to give this a try.
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Abnormal Freak on June 21, 2011, 06:12:12 PM
Game uv da mufuggin' year, Gs.
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: PFG9000 on June 21, 2011, 07:29:21 PM
I've had my eye on it since I first heard about it a few months ago in Game Informer.  It hasn't gotten much press so far, but hopefully it'll get more support as the release date approaches.
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Abnormal Freak on June 21, 2011, 07:43:11 PM
It's out today, dawg. And it's tizzight.
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Abnormal Freak on June 22, 2011, 05:16:56 AM
Seriously, greatest game ever. This is how fun Resident Evil 5 should have been. Well, gameplay-wise; you can't expect this kind of humor and weirdness in a Resident Evil game, ha ha. Woooo, it's good.

And I like its visuals. Most games look so drab these days. Nice to see something so rich with purpley goodness.
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: darkjak951 on June 22, 2011, 09:33:15 PM
Suda 51 never disappoints me. This game is no different, I tried it at a bud's house today and I had a blast! Like what Abnormal Freak said above, its everything a good Resident Evil should be gameplay wise but I love all the game's ways to make it stand out from those games(love the darkness system). My favorite part of the game though has to be the design, I love Suda 51's outlandish view on hell and it all looks very stylin'.
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Abnormal Freak on July 05, 2011, 04:43:53 AM
On my second playthrough. Dayumn, this game is good.

Sadly, the PS3 version suffers from some pretty bad audio compression. The 360 version apparently sounds a whole lot better. I'm gonna borrow my friend's copy to confirm this, but videos I've watched on YouTube of the 360 sound a lot better than what I'm hearing in the game on the PS3, which is telling. PS3 version's got some slightly better graphics (except it's got screen tearing; 360 version don't), but that doesn't make up for the shit audio. The kind of compression present on the PS3 game isn't even necessary... Surely they have a lot of room left over on that Blu-ray Disc. Perhaps it's not dual-layered, but still.

I hope this game sells dickloads so that there's a sequel.
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Aridale on July 05, 2011, 06:49:17 AM
I doubt it... the critics have pretty much torn it a new asshole everywhere Ive read. Havent played it for mself and dont really want to but I did look into it after this post
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: PFG9000 on July 05, 2011, 09:43:25 AM
Sadly, the PS3 version suffers from some pretty bad audio compression. The 360 version apparently sounds a whole lot better. I'm gonna borrow my friend's copy to confirm this
Let me know what you find out with that.  I haven't tried the game yet, but I'm going to.  I planned to pick up the 360 version, but I could go either way.
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Renonsgoods on July 06, 2011, 04:42:32 PM
Something about this trailer reminded me of the first Shadowman game.  Dunno why...
Title: Re: Shadows of the Damned
Post by: Gunlord on July 08, 2011, 07:50:03 PM
I wish my name was Garcia Hotspur :(