Shadow

CONCEPT

A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object.

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In most first-person games (e.g.Mirror's Edge, etc.), the shadow is cast onto the player character using a third-person model while the camera is in first-person. This is made to make the game looks and feel more realistic than old-school first person games.

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• 4-Play Action Pack (Volume 1) (Game)
• A Hat in Time (Game)
• Aarklash: Legacy (Game)
• Advanced V.G. (Game)
• Adventure Park (Game)
• Adventurezator: When Pigs Fly (Game)
• Afrika (Game)
• Afterparty (Game)
• Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (Game)
• Alan Wake's American Nightmare (Game)
• Alice: Madness Returns (Game)
• Alien Rage (Game)
• Alter Ego (Game)
• Among the Sleep (Game)
• Angel in Danger (Game)
• Aragami (Game)
• Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (Game)
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Game)
• Assassin's Creed Origins (Game)
• Assassin's Creed Unity (Game)
• Astral Terra (Game)
• Aura Kingdom (Game)
• Banshee's Last Cry (Game)
• Batman: Arkham Origins (Game)
• Battlefield 4 (Game)
• Beasts of Prey (Game)
• Beat Cop (Game)
• Beyond: Two Souls (Game)
• BioShock 2 (Game)
• BioShock Infinite (Game)
• Blood of the Werewolf (Game)
• Body Blows (Game)
• Body Blows Galactic (Game)
• Brave Firefighters (Game)
• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Game)
• Brukel (Game)
• Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (Game)
• Bug Heroes 2 (Game)
• Cabela's 4x4 Off-Road Adventure III (Game)
• Call of Cthulhu - The Video Game (Game)
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Game)
• Call of Duty: Ghosts (Game)
• Call of Juarez (Game)
• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Game)
• Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Game)
• Call of Juarez: The Cartel (Game)
• Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium (Game)
• Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 (Game)
• Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro (Game)
• Carnage Racing (Game)
• Castle Story (Game)
• Chaos Rings (Game)
• Child of Light (Game)
• Clandestine (Game)
• Clockwork Empires (Game)
• CoBots (Game)
• Construction Simulator 2015 (Game)
• Contrast (Game)
• Crazy Taxi (Game)
• Crazy Taxi 2 (Game)
• Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (Game)
• Criminal Case (Game)
• Crossing Souls (Game)
• Cry Of Fear (Game)
• Cryostasis (Game)
• Cryptic Escape (Game)
• Crysis Warhead (Game)
• Darkfall (Game)
• Daylight (Game)
• Dead Island (Game)
• Dead Island Riptide (Game)
• Dead Rising 3 (Game)
• Dead Sky (Game)
• Dead Space (Game)
• Dead to Rights: Retribution (Game)
• Deadfall Adventures (Game)
• Destiny (Game)
• Deus Ex (Game)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut (Game)
• Deus Ex: Invisible War (Game)
• Distortions (Game)
• Dogs of War Online (Game)
• Dota 2 (Game)
• Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist (Game)
• Dragon Knight (Game)
• Dragonsphere (Game)
• Drakan: The Ancients' Gates (Game)
• Dying Light (Game)
• Echochrome II (Game)
• Elemental Ninja (Game)
• Emily Wants to Play (Game)
• Enclave (Game)
• Enemy Front (Game)
• Enforcer: Police Crime Action (Game)
• Escape from Monkey Island (Game)
• Eternal Sonata (Game)
• Executioners (Game)
• F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Game)
• F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon (Game)
• Far Cry 2 (Game)

Concept details

Name

Shadow

Aliases

Shade,Shadows

Games

• 4-Play Action Pack (Volume 1) (Game)
• A Hat in Time (Game)
• Aarklash: Legacy (Game)
• Advanced V.G. (Game)
• Adventure Park (Game)
• Adventurezator: When Pigs Fly (Game)
• Afrika (Game)
• Afterparty (Game)
• Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (Game)
• Alan Wake's American Nightmare (Game)
• Alice: Madness Returns (Game)
• Alien Rage (Game)
• Alter Ego (Game)
• Among the Sleep (Game)
• Angel in Danger (Game)
• Aragami (Game)
• Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (Game)
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Game)
• Assassin's Creed Origins (Game)
• Assassin's Creed Unity (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Super Smash Bros. (Franchise), Capcom Versus (Franchise), Marvel vs. Capcom (Franchise), SNK vs. Capcom (Franchise), Street Fighter (Franchise), Street Fighter Alpha (Franchise), Street Fighter EX (Franchise), Street Fighter II (Franchise), Tekken (Franchise), X-Men (Franchise), Final Fight (Franchise), Fatal Fury (Franchise), The King of Fighters (Franchise), Half-Life (Franchise), Portal (Franchise), Mario (Franchise), Mario & Luigi (Franchise), Mario RPG (Franchise), Assassin's Creed (Franchise), Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (Franchise), Batman (Franchise), DC Universe (Franchise), Street Fighter III (Franchise), Batman: Arkham (Franchise), Spider-Man (Franchise), Metal Gear (Franchise), Metal Gear Solid (Franchise), SEGA AGES 2500 (Franchise), Virtua Fighter (Franchise), Metroid (Franchise), Splinter Cell (Franchise), Tom Clancy (Franchise), Tatsunoko (Franchise), Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Franchise), The Chronicles of Riddick (Franchise), Duke Nukem (Franchise), Viscera Cleanup Detail (Franchise), Tomb Raider (Franchise), Back to the Future (Franchise), Jaws (Franchise), The Darkness (Franchise), The Elder Scrolls (Franchise), Deus Ex (Franchise), Resident Evil (Franchise), F.E.A.R. (Franchise), Naruto (Franchise), Dungeons & Dragons (Franchise), The Lord of the Rings (Franchise), The Lord of the Rings Online (Franchise), Naruto: Clash of Ninja (Franchise), Age of Empires (Franchise), Just Cause (Franchise), Crysis (Franchise), Manhunt (Franchise), Silent Hill (Franchise), Mount & Blade (Franchise), The Longest Journey (Franchise), Far Cry (Franchise), Tenchu (Franchise), True Crime (Franchise), American McGee's Alice (Franchise), Prototype (Franchise), Darksiders (Franchise), Jurassic Park (Franchise), Call of Juarez (Franchise), No More Heroes (Franchise), God of War (Franchise), PainKiller (Franchise), Serious Sam (Franchise), MDK (Franchise), Fruit Ninja (Franchise), Watchmen (Franchise), Woody Woodpecker (Franchise), Dead Space (Franchise), Echochrome (Franchise), Dead to Rights (Franchise), Crazy Taxi (Franchise), Variable Geo (Franchise), Chaos Rings (Franchise), Space Harrier (Franchise), Garshasp (Franchise), Dead Island (Franchise), Sniper: Ghost Warrior (Franchise), Kamaitachi no Yoru (Franchise), Mistbound (Franchise), Buck Rogers (Franchise), Zaxxon (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Bi-Han (Character), Solid Snake (Character), Sam Fisher (Character), Slim Cognito (Character), Beldam (Character), Marilyn (Character), Vivian (Character), Anti-Sora (Character), Oswald (Character), Shikadai Nara (Character), Phantom (Character), Sakura Matou (Character), Luclin (Character), Polpo (Character), Father (Character), Elsa Maria (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: The Pit (Location), Katta Castellum (Location), Grieg's End (Location), The Maiden's Eye (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: Night Vision Goggles (Object)

People

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Stealth (Concept), Darkness (Concept), The Darkness (Concept), Jump Scare Moment (Concept), Gengar (Concept), Crepuscular Rays (Concept), Day/Night Cycle (Concept), Flickering Light (Concept), High Dynamic Range (Concept), Silhouette Within Game Title (Concept), Silhouetted 2D (Concept), Hiding (Concept), First Person Shadow (Concept), Shademon (Concept)