Review giopep 4/5 · May 28, 2024
In my memories I had played the arcade Shadow Dancer only a couple of times and I hadn’t gone beyond the first level with the terrorists in the airport. But I loved it! Turns out my memories lie to me because I also remembered the space shuttle and that’s the final stage. Anyway, it’s a nice Shinobi “sequel”, with the …
Read moreIn my memories I had played the arcade Shadow Dancer only a couple of times and I hadn’t gone beyond the first level with the terrorists in the airport. But I loved it! Turns out my memories lie to me because I also remembered the space shuttle and that’s the final stage. Anyway, it’s a nice Shinobi “sequel”, with the cool idea of the dog that births some smart level design. Sure, it’s also a Shinobi sequel, so the main character is particularly wooden in his movements and it’s also a 1989 arcade game, so it’s not on the easy side. But overall it’s also not that punitive, considering that when you die there’s not a full enemies respawn and it also remembers the bombs you already found. It even gives you more lives when you continue!
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