Author Topic: [360/PS3] Shadows of the Damned (Read 3837 times)

iconoclast · « **on:** June 20, 2011, 09:12:06 AM »

A Massimo Guarini game. Oh and Shinji Mikami, Suda 51, and Akira Yamaoka also worked on this or something.
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Gamefly just sent me my copy. Looking forward to it.

demi · « **Reply #1 on:** June 20, 2011, 09:21:24 AM »

I'm gettin it later this week... need to wrap up Red Faction

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #2 on:** June 20, 2011, 09:49:16 AM »

Game looks kinda shitty, but I watched this video and the cutscenes look hilarious. Too bad the gameplay looks tripe

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Third · « **Reply #3 on:** June 20, 2011, 10:33:24 AM »

Such a weird game. I expected something more impressive looking at the devs who are behind it.

demi · « **Reply #4 on:** June 20, 2011, 10:52:25 AM »

Who. Grasshopper? The amazing developers behind No More Heroes?

Third · « **Reply #5 on:** June 20, 2011, 11:02:23 AM »

EA

Suda and Mikami only make shiitty games nowadays. Can't believe EA greenlighted this.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #6 on:** June 20, 2011, 11:26:14 AM »

I like how its labeled "A trip by Suda51"

a trip? to what? the bargain bin?

demi · « **Reply #7 on:** June 20, 2011, 11:29:22 AM »

That's clever. Did you post that on SA too?

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #8 on:** June 20, 2011, 11:33:06 AM »

no just here

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #9 on:** June 20, 2011, 01:07:04 PM »

I was totally down for this on day one, but now I'm waiting for a price drop.

Himu · « **Reply #10 on:** June 20, 2011, 01:08:32 PM »

Renting

The Sceneman · « **Reply #11 on:** June 20, 2011, 10:55:44 PM »

gonna be all over this shit, looks amazing

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12 on:** June 21, 2011, 11:07:13 PM »

Got a $50 Gamestop giftcard today as a gift, so I picked up the game. Probably play it later tonight.

Himu · « **Reply #13 on:** June 21, 2011, 11:37:45 PM »

I'll have it in the mail tomorrow. will post impressions.

naff · « **Reply #14 on:** June 22, 2011, 12:04:20 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on June 20, 2011, 10:55:44 PM

gonna be all over this shit, looks amazing

yep

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #15 on:** June 22, 2011, 12:07:47 AM »

The presentation oozes cool, controls are nice so far. Music is fantastic.

bork · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2011, 12:11:29 PM »

Got this yesterday but didn't get a chance to play it. Looking forward to trying it tonight.

Himu · « **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2011, 06:53:49 PM »

Shadows of the Damned is incredible. It oozes style, the shooting is really great, the dialogue is hilarious, and the music is fantastic. It feels like a Mikami game in terms of design with Suda's style.

bork · « **Reply #18 on:** June 22, 2011, 10:35:59 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 22, 2011, 06:53:49 PM

Shadows of the Damned is incredible. It oozes style, the shooting is really great, the dialogue is hilarious, and the music is fantastic. It feels like a Mikami game in terms of design with Suda's style.

It's a lot of fun, and reminds me of a fusion of RE4, Godhand, No More Heroes, and Silent Hill all rolled into one, style-wise. The game play can best be described as Resident Evil 4 with better movement, since you can move and shoot at the same time, plus roll to avoid attacks. The soundtrack is awesome too.

Definitely worth playing.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #19 on:** June 22, 2011, 10:51:53 PM »

sounds like a dream game! I sold off a few games and snagged the el cheapo Asian region version off play asia, so my copy is in the post. Can't wait.

It also shipped within 2 hours of placing my order, which is pretty incredible for play asia.

bork · « **Reply #20 on:** June 22, 2011, 11:41:38 PM »

Really, the only flaw to me is that you can't skip cut scenes. Something tells me that the game ends a little too quickly and then has no new game+ or extra modes (there is an unlockable difficulty setting, whch IIRC has no achievements tied to it), hence some of the lower scores.

Himu · « **Reply #21 on:** June 23, 2011, 12:02:25 AM »

Yeah, new game + could put this game on another level. cheevs are easy enough, i guess. also, difficulty cheevs don't stack.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #22 on:** June 23, 2011, 12:08:16 AM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 23, 2011, 12:02:25 AM

Yeah, new game + could put this game on another level. cheevs are easy enough, i guess. also, difficulty cheevs don't stack.

when will J-devs learn?

naff · « **Reply #23 on:** June 23, 2011, 12:14:12 AM »

owned

The Sceneman · « **Reply #24 on:** June 23, 2011, 12:22:26 AM »

it was the worst thing about Deadly Premonition. Only cheev I have left to get is "beat game on easy" when I have already finished the game on Normal and Hard. Its BS

Himu · « **Reply #25 on:** June 23, 2011, 01:58:39 AM »

This game almost has Resident Evil 4 like pacing. I can't put it down. Every level offers something new: a new weapon, a new enemy type, a new environment, a new gimmick. And it keeps building up on these new features one after another like some parade of chocolate and sweets and awesome.

I'm almost on chapter 4 which means I'm more than halfway through, but this game is so choice.

Easily a ps2-era Capcom quality game.

DarknessTear · « **Reply #26 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:03:07 AM »

Love this game. The aiming seems a bit off.. but I can put up with it. I got the nasty headache trophy without trying, so that was nice.

Beezy · « **Reply #27 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:08:09 AM »

Sounds like I have to get this.

Himu · « **Reply #28 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:13:29 AM »

Quote from: Beezy on June 23, 2011, 02:08:09 AM

Sounds like I have to get this.

Unfortunately I wouldn't buy it for 60

The Sceneman · « **Reply #29 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:16:04 AM »

dammit, ya'll niqquaz r gettin this homeboiz dick all hard n shit. makin a niqqua wanna FUCC know what im sayin

Beezy · « **Reply #30 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:21:55 AM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 23, 2011, 02:13:29 AM

Quote from: Beezy on June 23, 2011, 02:08:09 AM
Sounds like I have to get this.

Unfortunately I wouldn't buy it for 60

I'm in no rush to play anything at all right now and it will probably be $40 soon. Plus I have a TRU gift card for either $15 or $20.

Himu · « **Reply #31 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:32:05 AM »

Quote from: Beezy on June 23, 2011, 02:21:55 AM

Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 23, 2011, 02:13:29 AM
Quote from: Beezy on June 23, 2011, 02:08:09 AM
Sounds like I have to get this.

Unfortunately I wouldn't buy it for 60
I'm in no rush to play anything at all right now and it will probably be $40 soon. Plus I have a TRU gift card for either $15 or $20.

40 is a perfect price.

As good as the game is, I can't suggest buying it at full price.

I've clocked maybe 3 and a half hours and I'm already halfway through the game, but there's more. There's 50 achievements and I almost have half of those too without not even having beaten the game once yet. I could get three easy right now if I wanted. It's very possible to get every achievement one playthrough except for the ones that are related to difficulty.

New game + could really go far for this game.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #32 on:** June 23, 2011, 06:26:06 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on June 23, 2011, 02:45:29 AM

Play-Asia fail, for some reason they aren't shipping my preorder til July 8th.

thats sucks man

i just went online, saw they had copies available and ordered one. Got an email saying it shipped 3 hours later. looks like an admin fuckup at their end didnt allocate enough copies for pre-orderers. Play Asia seems to have a few service errors like these happen, but I have been sweet with them so far and have made like 20 orders (knock on wood)

DarknessTear · « **Reply #33 on:** June 23, 2011, 06:28:15 AM »

One thing that amuses me is Johnson goes limp when you're low on ammo.

bork · « **Reply #34 on:** June 23, 2011, 08:39:35 AM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 23, 2011, 02:32:05 AM

Quote from: Beezy on June 23, 2011, 02:21:55 AM
Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 23, 2011, 02:13:29 AM
Quote from: Beezy on June 23, 2011, 02:08:09 AM
Sounds like I have to get this.

Unfortunately I wouldn't buy it for 60
I'm in no rush to play anything at all right now and it will probably be $40 soon. Plus I have a TRU gift card for either $15 or $20.

40 is a perfect price.

As good as the game is, I can't suggest buying it at full price.

I've clocked maybe 3 and a half hours and I'm already halfway through the game, but there's more. There's 50 achievements and I almost have half of those too without not even having beaten the game once yet. I could get three easy right now if I wanted. It's very possible to get every achievement one playthrough except for the ones that are related to difficulty.

New game + could really go far for this game.

This game doesn't strike me as a budget title or anything, but it definitely should have been released in the $30-$40 range. I got it for $56 from Amazon, but enjoy this kind of game enough that I wanted to get it now. The game isn't exactly original in any real way, but it's been really enjoyable. It's too bad that it's lacking in extra content and appears to be on the short side.

chronovore · « **Reply #35 on:** June 23, 2011, 10:35:40 AM »

Quote from: iconoclast on June 20, 2011, 09:12:06 AM

A Massimo Guarini game. Oh and Shinji Mikami, Suda 51, and Akira Yamaoka also worked on this or something.
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Gamefly just sent me my copy. Looking forward to it.

After that intro, I had to watch the whole movie just to see if that joker managed to photobomb the credits somehow.

DarknessTear · « **Reply #36 on:** June 24, 2011, 05:57:12 AM »

Found a few glitches. One allowed me to infinitely stomp on an enemy until I got 999 white diamonds and the other let me walk through walls.

DarknessTear · « **Reply #37 on:** June 24, 2011, 06:11:37 AM »

In Chap 4-3 the teleporting demons, I used a light shot on it and ran up to it and pressed square repeatedly and I could just do it forever. He was up against the bookcase but I dunno if that's relevant or not.

iconoclast · « **Reply #38 on:** June 24, 2011, 11:17:02 PM »

I'm almost done with chapter 3. The game is pretty good so far, but I'm finding the whole scenario and story to be really dull so far. It's not nearly as interesting as any real Suda games, unfortunately.

The combat is solid though.

Himu · « **Reply #39 on:** June 25, 2011, 03:55:12 PM »

DarknessTear · « **Reply #40 on:** June 25, 2011, 07:36:33 PM »

Beat the game last night. Too bad it'll never have a sequel due to sales. Loved it.

Himu · « **Reply #41 on:** June 25, 2011, 07:37:19 PM »

EA didn't even bother to advertise it.

DarknessTear · « **Reply #42 on:** June 25, 2011, 08:12:10 PM »

It's a shame that they never advertised it. They pretty much sent it to die.

Himu · « **Reply #43 on:** June 25, 2011, 08:50:49 PM »

I really think this game would have had a big following. Then again, it has the word Damned in the title so it's hard to advertise.

They should have forced them to change the title.

Darunia · « **Reply #44 on:** June 26, 2011, 09:27:56 AM »

I had no idea this was the Suda/Mikami thing and that it came out so soon. So yeah, way to raise awareness for your game. Watched the GB QL and I'm getting it tomorrow, need something to wash away the filth that is Infamous2. Seems like it has tearing on both 360 and PS3, so there's no real difference between the versions?

iconoclast · « **Reply #45 on:** June 26, 2011, 07:31:00 PM »

I just finished this. It's a decent game, but it gets a little repetitive and starts to drag every now and then. And pretty much every boss was terrible too. But I still enjoyed it, for the most part.

I think my biggest issue with the game is that the gameplay isn't as good as a full Mikami game, and the story and characters aren't as interesting as a full Suda game, so it's kinda in this middle ground of mediocrity.

Now I need to play it two more times for the 1000/1000, and I don't really feel like it...

DarknessTear · « **Reply #46 on:** June 27, 2011, 10:07:13 AM »

I got the platinum for this game last night. I'll probably never touch it again but I loved it for what it is. I've never liked a game with Suda51's name attached to it so it's nice to get a little style to match the substance that Mikami brings to the table. Some things could have been better, but they could have been improved in a sequel. Too bad this game will never have one. Steve Blum did a great job playing Garcia Hotspur, by the way. Especially his delivery during the book reading parts. Now I'll just wait for the soundtrack and try to get this game out of my head.

Himu · « **Reply #47 on:** June 27, 2011, 10:09:06 AM »

Garcia reading a book like a 1st grader was the most fucking hilarious thing in the game by far

iconoclast · « **Reply #48 on:** June 27, 2011, 11:00:46 PM »

Oh god... is every cutscene in this game unskippable? $:-\$ $:-\$ $:-\$

The Sceneman · « **Reply #49 on:** June 27, 2011, 11:45:10 PM »

ruh roh, sounds like a painful 1000...

demi · « **Reply #50 on:** June 27, 2011, 11:49:05 PM »

Quite the opposite. You just gotta stomach the game 1 too many times.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #51 on:** June 27, 2011, 11:51:03 PM »

curse non-stacking achievemnts!

anyhow my copy arrived, but I'm far too busy tonight to play it. I'll get stuck in tomorrow

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #52 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:34:26 PM »

Holy shit. Garcia reading the story of Stinky Crow was hilarious.

iconoclast · « **Reply #53 on:** June 28, 2011, 06:43:17 PM »

Just beat Easy.... I wonder if I can run through Hard in 5-6 hours or so, and send this back to Gamefly tomorrow. Guess I'll give it a shot.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #54 on:** June 29, 2011, 04:26:02 AM »

nm, I see Oscar already has a copy

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #55 on:** June 29, 2011, 04:36:24 AM »

So this game is legit good or what? I got some vouchers for Game...

DarknessTear · « **Reply #56 on:** June 29, 2011, 06:13:26 AM »

Quote from: iconoclast on June 28, 2011, 06:43:17 PM

Just beat Easy.... I wonder if I can run through Hard in 5-6 hours or so, and send this back to Gamefly tomorrow. Guess I'll give it a shot.

My strategy for hard was pretty much:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Normal enemies: Spam light shot + run up and press square or whatever the button is on 360.
Mask versions of those: Shotgun
The spiky guys that roll at you are easy. Just stand in front of something and then shotgun blast their stomach when they're down or spam with the Hot Boner. Or dodgeroll away from a wall or let them run into each other.. yeah.
Oh and those electric guys in the last chapter of the game with the red things on them, just use the sticky shot from the hot boner a few times and they're done.

Stock up on a fuckton of Tequila, too. Don't bother buying any red gems. Use the red gem glitch where if you get a red gem and go to a save point, press start and hit quit and go back to your save and pick it up again. It only works as long as the save is where the gem is accessible again since the gems respawn. Sorry if I make no sense. Sleepy. :x

Hard mode is basically easy as fuck if you know the patterns of all the bosses too.

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The Sceneman · « **Reply #57 on:** June 29, 2011, 09:13:26 AM »

the game is good, but as iconoclast said, the setting is a bit boring and the 'attitude' of the game feels kinda forced.

Gameplay is solid, it feels quite similar to Vanquish with more of a corridor approach, where Vanquish had a lot of wide open spaces. Graphics are fine. The writing is entertaining enough and theres some good one liners.

Music is the high point of the game! Love the soundtrack, it's interesting to hear Akira Yamaoka do more upbeat music but still have his unique, dark vibe.

8/10 game so far but I'm only on act 3.

iconoclast · « **Reply #58 on:** June 29, 2011, 01:52:37 PM »

I haven't had any problems with Hard so far, I don't think I've even died yet (at the start of chapter 5). The game is super easy.

Anyway, it's a decent game. The core mechanics are very good - Mikami's influence is obvious. It's like a faster version of RE4 with the evasive roll from Vanquish. The problem is, the level design gets really repetitive because your objectives are basically the same throughout the entire game (find a key, run through darkness and shoot switches, find more keys, run through more darkness, find more keys, etc). They do try to break it up with mini-games, but most of those are exceptionally awful. The first one with the chandelier is okay, but after there's one of the worst turret sections I've seen in years, and three awful horizontal shooter sections. The patterns for the boss fights are okay, but again they're really repetitive and easy to dodge, so it just becomes a slog to burn down their health.

The story is meh. The only two interesting characters in the game are Garcia and Johnson.

I like the game, but it's not that great. I'd probably give it a 7 or 7.5.

Himu · « **Reply #59 on:** June 29, 2011, 04:37:05 PM »

I think the story and characters are pretty good. The stories that Garcia and Johnson read are well written and hilarious. I like that they shell some light on the bosses you fight. The underworld too, has its own unique identity and the game really embraces it.

I think that, while the basic set up is very repetitive, the way you end up doing it is never the same. Sure, you're always getting keys to progress, but you do it in a variety of ways. The light/dark mechanic is excellent and makes a simplistic mechanic something more interesting. It really makes the game for me.

8.0 game for me. It'd be a 9.0 for me if it were more challenging, it were longer, there were more open/bigger areas, and it had new game + and some extra modes. It'd really benefit from a sequel and it's a shame we'll never get it.

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Author Topic: [360/PS3] Shadows of the Damned (Read 3837 times)