Shadow Man (Game)

Shadow Man

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Bound by voodoo powers, the titular "Shadow Man" stalks his enemies in both the real and spirit worlds in this third-person shooter based on the comic book series Shadowman.

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Overview

Shadow Man is a horror-fantasy third-person shooter developed by Acclaim Studios Teesside (Company) and published by Acclaim for the Sony PlayStation, Nintendo 64 (Platform), and Windows PCs in North America on August 31, 1999 and in Europe on September 3, 1999. It later received a Dreamcast (Platform) port in North America on December 1, 1999 and in Europe on July 24, 2000.

Based on the Valiant (Franchise) superhero comic book series Shadowman, Shadow Man puts players in the role of modern-day voodoo warrior Michael LeRoi (the titular "Shadow Man", or the "Lord of Deadside") as he uses the power of the "Dark Souls" to stop the mysterious Legion from invading the land of the living (Liveside) with an immortal army from the land of the dead (Deadside). Along with non-linear progression, the game is known for having the protagonist move between Liveside and Darkside, switching his persona (LeRoi for Liveside and Shadow Man for Darkside) while changing his available weaponry and powers.

Along with a PS2 sequel in 2002, known as Shadow Man: 2econd Coming, the PC version of the game received a digital re-release via Steam (for both PC and Mac (Platform)) by Nightdive Studios (Company) on October 18, 2013, followed by a remastered PC release by Nightdive on April 15, 2021. Known as Shadow Man Remastered and built on the KEX Engine, the 2021 release features new levels, weapons, and enemies, restored cut content, and several gameplay and graphical updates (including improved controls and high-resolution textures). This version received ports for the Xbox One (Platform) and PlayStation 4 (Platform) on January 13, 2022 and a port for the Nintendo Switch (Platform) on January 17, 2022.

Gameplay

As Shadow Man (Character), players can travel between Liveside and Deadside. They do so obviously by using a teddy bear as a medium that connects Michael LeRoi to his little brother's dead soul that, of course, is in Deadside. Later on in the game players can use the teddy bear to teleport to places they have already been.

The game has LeRoi explore different worlds in search of 120 dark souls. These are needed by Legion to create an immortal army, thus, Shadow Man's objective becomes to get them before Legion does and to stop his plan of invading Liveside, eliminating The Five in the process. As players gain more souls, LeRoi becomes more powerful and can access new areas, meaning the game requires players to do some backtracking.

Shadow Man faces different monsters throughout the game and in order defeat them, players will have to make use different weapons. Normal weapons from Liveside like shotguns and handguns, and Deadside weapons like the Shadowgun.

Other than different weapons and items, LeRoi also finds reports about the serial killers and other game related events that expand the story beyond what you see in the cutscences. These can then accessed from the item menu.

Shadow Man gives players the option to face The Five in any order they want and allows them to go the different worlds (if the players has enough souls) in any order without affecting the story.

Story

In the game, players take on the role of Michael LeRoi, a voodoo warrior with supernatural powers. His objective is to stop Legion, a demon from Deadside (where all dead souls go). A demon who asked a serial killer in the 1800 to design a castle in Deadside called Asylum, a place where all killers, thieves, rapists and evil souls could reside. Legion intends to use this structure to build his armies and invade Liveside, the land of the living.

In order for Legion to get this serial killer to help, he had to convince him to commit suicide so he could follow him to Deadside. The game takes place in 1999. Many years after the first serial killer was recruited by Legion. By this time, 4 more serial killers have been recruited, and are know as The Five. The Five are Milton Pike, Marco Cruz, Avery Marx, John G. Pierce/Jack The Ripper (who was the architect of Asylum), and Victor Batrachian, who is acting as the leader of The five.

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