'Shadow Complex' Beatable In Under 2 Hours

gaffyh - 186 days 1 hour ago

I was also like wtf, but I remember back in the day I beat MGS1 in 3 hours 15 mins, which was my best time. Must have played it over 20 times through though.

But still I don't expect Shadow Complex to be a must have game, it'll probably be good, but I would have preferred a bigger game from Epic.

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Marcelles25 - 186 days ago

i was thinking the same thing MGS4 had a challenge to beat it under 5 hours

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Shbzshar - 186 days ago

you beat mgs 1 in 3hrs ... ?!!? wow man how is that even possible...

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Fishy Fingers - 186 days ago

Big Boss... Complete on Extreme, no kills, no deaths, no alerts, no health packs. In under 5 hours.

Thats a challenge, one I personally gave up on.

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Kigmal - 186 days ago

Before anyone gets their panties up in a bunch, this is an arcade game, not retail.

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Greywulf - 186 days ago

I doubt most gamers spend money to see how fast they can burn through a game, skipping everything...

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gaffyh - 186 days ago

@1.3- yeah seems impossible but i knew exactly what to do after playing the game so many times. The bit that was the most tedious was the key cards bit towards the end. Easily my favourite PS1 game

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FamilyGuy - 185 days 23 hours ago

It was on topic and completely inflammatory, are the mods just targeting user names now?

REPOST
Why is it that
That this game is more constantly compared to the snes metroid? It has similarities but has even more similarities to Castlevania: SOTN. Maybe cause you shoot?

It supposedly has the hidden treasure rooms, the map display of where you've been, the 2D platformish nature (though this has 3D aspects, i don't know about the music as it's isn't mentioned or used as a selling point.

It was a really clever idea to make it similar to two legendary games, you know it'll be good.

On topic:
"sequence-breaks" were completely prevented in C:SotN unless you had beaten the game already or put in a cheat code. The one that let you play as Ricter belmont, for example, gave you his ability to kick straight up several feet, basically you could fly, so you could go straight to the boss skipping EVERYTHING and beat the game in minutes, not sure about the reverse castle though.

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Troll-Killer - 185 days 23 hours ago

This isn't being made by EPIC. They bought the dev, Chair Entertainment, who had already made 'Undertow', using UE3. EPIC is just funding and, of course backing with extra staff to help them further exploit UE3....but EPIC is NOT the dev. MS is publishing.

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gaffyh - 185 days 23 hours ago

@1.10 - Oh OK alright. I just expected something more when Cliff Blezinski came out at E3. Still hopefully this is good.

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callahan09 - 185 days 23 hours ago

Yeah, it'll be like Super Metroid in that if you know the ins and outs and every thing exactly as it needs to be, you can beat it in a couple of hours, but certainly not on your first play through, only after total memorization of the game and with a lot of skill.

I have high hopes for this game. I really dislike the art style, but I think the gameplay looks fun and the concept is top notch, grade A awesome. I like Card's writing as well.

The last teaming up of Chair with Card was Advent Rising, which was pretty good, if a bit less impress than it was hyped up to be. I couldn't get into Undertow, though. Didn't like anything about it. But I think they can get back to glory with this new game.

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likedamaster - 185 days 20 hours ago

...looks absolutely phenomenal. An arcade game looking that good and playing that long? Day 1.

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cherrypie - 185 days 20 hours ago

"only after total memorization of the game and with a lot of skill"

Exactly.

The world record for Super Mario Bros. is 05:08.

Does anyone say "SMB is beatable in under 6 mintues"?

No. The game is being designed to be *explored* and *discovered*, something lacking in modern adventure/platform games. I think this is a terrific idea; it adds re-playability -- if you get good, and want to "show" or "play more" at a certain point, you can "speed run" to that point... Serves the same purpose as SMB warp-zones... sort of "skip ahead".

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Downtown boogey - 185 days 15 hours ago

I finished MGS4 in 2:34:02 along with the BIG BOSS EMBLEM

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butterfinger - 186 days ago

if those were the only reason you were keeping it, then you've already missed out.

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GiantEnemyCrab - 186 days ago

no kidding 2.1 and that was nothing but a stealth troll anyway.. you didn't even read the article because you can beat it if you know the tricks but it's normally a 10-15 hr game.

EDIT: the mods are on FIRE today! Good job!

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The Master Chief - 186 days ago

You tried to make a funny.

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iHEARTboobs - 185 days 23 hours ago

Not really, but they are. I'm sure it'll be out next year. Should be good.

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Kushan - 186 days ago

I'm glad you read the article.

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cgoodno - 186 days ago

Read the actual article, you might find that the reason for being able to beat it in 2 hours a bit more reasonable.

I enjoy games that the developers take the time to build in hidden portals and items into the various levels for additional gameplay fun.

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Polluted - 186 days ago

In the article poster's defense, N4G rules state you're supposed to use the exact same title as the original article. This wouldn't be an issue if people were actually reading the story and not just the headline.

...oh well.

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n to the b - 185 days 23 hours ago

yeah, nothing wrong with the title if this were, say, a decade ago. like b4 the RIF (Rabid Internet Fanboy) virus began to spread.

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Nikuma - 185 days 20 hours ago

Did you think they were gonna make a gigantic title? " Shadow Complex can be beaten in 2 hours if you know the correct secrets and do a speed run."

Honestly...

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iHEARTboobs - 185 days 23 hours ago

If you ever get a 360 there's plenty of games you should get. Just like on PS3. It's always better to have both. Multi consoles FTW!

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GiantEnemyCrab - 186 days ago

Are you not a fan of the Metroid series? This is a sort of homage to the game and it looks to be fun for an Xbox Live ARCADE title.

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likedamaster - 185 days 20 hours ago

On the other hand, you'll have to be a real fanboy not to see this game's appeal. And just like you said, it's from Epic.

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GiantEnemyCrab - 186 days ago

You should read the story because the game is not 2 hours long.

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likedamaster - 185 days 20 hours ago

Oh, wait...

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Gamer_Politics - 185 days 23 hours ago

Yes another jealous sony fan but its tipical now days....

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dem0n - 185 days 22 hours ago

Nasim is working really hard today, I've noticed.

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