Shadow Gangs

[table][th] Review by [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34633003-Gaming-Masterpieces/] Gaming Masterpieces [/url] - The greatest games of all time on Steam. [/th][/table] Do you want an arcade cabinet straight from the 80s at home, but don't have the space nor the money to buy it? Emulating the classics with MAME is an option, but when you also want new content and a game made exclusively for your PC, then this game is as close as it gets. Everything in the game looks and plays like I remember it from my youth, the way the character moves, the endlessly attacking enemies, the merciless difficulty. Shadow Gangs doesn't take your hand to guide you through a relaxing gaming experience - you just die when you make a mistake. It is made to kill you, but at the same time to motivate you to insert another quarter. Ok, since you cannot insert more coins to continue, you are given a few more lifes to waste. Also the difficulty is not that high, after you have learned the basic moves (shoot, jump, duck) and the placement of the enemies even I can walk through the first few stages, at least until I encounter the first boss. He kills you within a few seconds as long as you don't know how to avoid his laser beam. There are bonus stages in the game and between the levels, but they are also like in the good old days... make a wrong move and they are over. A time limit, (hidden) bonus items, a cheesy story, boss fights... Shadow Dancer, Shinobi, Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja... if this rings a bell in your ears, you know what you'll get with Shadow Gangs. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2080051839 [u][b] Conclusion:[/b][/u] INSERT COIN TO CONTINUE

Shadow Gangs is an excellent sidescroller. Currently singleplayer only but at least as good as double dragon. Game offers 10 levels with 6 very challenging bosses & Also a fantastic matching soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UByg1-YNhCg

Did you ever see the Movie Pixels? The 2 excited Boys that drove on their Bikes to a Arcade Hall and spend all their Money in these Addicting Playing Machines? Oh yes, i did it, too. I loved it, i spend so much money i just can`t remember how much. Thanks God the Homecomputer and Consoles came right in time to rescue my Wallett….. 2 Games of this Era were the Legendary REVENGE OF SHINOBI and the SHADOW DANCER. Timeless Masterpieces with an amazing Gameplay, Graphics and Sounds. And it has been very long since i saw Games like this. The only light for me was in 2014 when STRIDER came back. Until now. Welcome to SHADOW GANGS. The Moment the Developer gave me a Key to this Game was like early Christmas to me. So, at first, thank you very, very much dear Developer. After installing and starting my Eyes lighten up. A Typical Arcade Old School Intro. One big old school Picture of our Hero, scrolling from Down to Top while the Storytext Scrolls with the Picture, guided by typical Arcade Music. Oh my God i made a Timejump! I was so excited that i was trying to insert a coin into my Laptop. Thanks God it doesn`t have a CD Player…… Anyway, after calming down my Excitement i got my Controller and was ready to start. After choosing my character i started somewhwere in a City as a normal Guy in Jeans. And from now on it was a pure Time Journey. SHADOW GANGS has everything that an old School Arcade Game. A Sidescroller with wonderfull old school Graphics and of course Sounds and Musics. In the Beginning you have Shurikens and when a bad Guy comes near you, you automatically make close combat. Your Mission ist to reach the End of a Level and free all captived Ninjas on your Way. From Time to Time you get into Boss Fights. With the Help of Power Ups, you can upgrade your Jeans Guy into a Ninja. Funny fact, as the Jeans Guy you use Shurikens, as the Ninja a Machine Gun. Distorted World. Oh i forgot to mention the Story. You are Dan, a Ninja Master and have to rescue your Family from a bad, bad Crime Organization. Yep, thats all. Gaming Fun doesn`t always need to have a complex Story. That works also without it. Oh yes. Controlling Dan is also another Timejump. It feels EXACTLY like playing SHINOBI or SHADOW DANCER. I just felt like coming home and died fastly. .. No, the Game is not hard. It is a learning Thing. Easy to play AND easy to master, because most of your enemys have a fixed Place. Typical Cannonfodder Sidekicks running into the screen excluded. This goes also for the Boss Fights. At first, they seem hard, but if you learn their Movement, they are going to be easy, like the Bosses in the CONTRA Series. Also a big Bow from me for the Level Design. I love every Level and every Boss. Very variet. And another nice thing from the Arcade Era, Mini Games between the Levels. SHADOW GANGS is a 100% Hommage Blast and it is really, really amazing. You ever want to play like us ehm Old Guys? You want to know how challenging Games in the Arcade Era were, because sometimes there can be unfair moments, like when you get a hit and fly 3 Seconds immortal over the Screen. Pray, that there is no Bullett in your 3 Second Phase Way. If yes, you get another 3 Seconds Journey. No, not good. But that was the Arcade Era. Yes, dear Reader, this Achievements must be earned! So, if you want to make a Time Jump back or to the Golden Arcade Era, then this is absolutly for you. A very big thanks goes to the Dev for this amazing Pearl and a good friend of mine. We played this Game together through on her PC after i told her about this. She bought it and it was a great Time. Thanks. And thank YOU dear Reader, for reading. [h1][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/26335619-Adult-World-Gamers/] If you like this Review and want to read more like this then Follow our AWG Curator! You`re always welcome. [/url][/h1]

[h1]《Shadow gangs》————忍者带师上分之路[/h1] Shadow gangs是一款街机风格的动作类游戏。游戏无论是从画风配色，还是人物形象设定，都将老派街机风格的感觉打造的淋漓尽致。玩家在游戏中将操纵主角忍者丹将家人从邪恶组织中解救出来。游戏中可以使用忍者转换功能和特殊节能来挑战10个关卡，6个boss。 [h1]经典街机[/h1] 游戏以典型的游戏画风，高清的画质和细致的人物设定打造出了非常完美的街机风格游戏。80年代的音乐风格配合着ZXC和上下左右的打击操作让我直呼爽快！就算是中间插入的一些手绘也别有风格。Shadow gangs有许多细节都是忍者系列的致敬，包括关卡后的小游戏都能感受到游戏作者对这款游戏的诚意。 游戏中玩家操作的忍者丹，默认攻击方式为远程攻击，当敌人近身时远程攻击将转为近战。配合上下左右+攻击还可以使出不同的攻击方式。除此之外丹也可以拾取地图中固定掉落的状态将自身转换为红衣忍者。红衣忍者除了在远程攻击方面进行加强，近战肉搏也变成武士刀攻击，更可以使用二段跳使自身更灵活的躲避敌人。 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2063052216 [h1]来自开发商的友情提醒[/h1] 游戏开发者友好的提示我请先尝试轻松难度，游戏默认也是轻松难度。轻松难度中玩家可以承受三次伤害，并有更多的重生次数。我尝试过调整更高的的难度，事实无情的告诉我我不配（菜鸡咆哮）。游戏中的敌人虽然不会多如潮水般得向你涌来，但因为画面分辨率的原因，前后显示距离不多，稍有不注意可能会被刷出来的二三个敌人教你做人。不同的敌人攻击方式也都各不相同，也都非常有特色，当一个敌人骑着摩托车追着你轧时候我的内心时拒绝的。 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2064194042 [h1]总结[/h1] 作为一款典型的街机游戏，每一关在多次死亡后都可以通过背板或者是熟练度达到游戏的通关的流程度。虽然每个boss难度都比较大，但却不是那种打着打着令人狂躁的难。这种让人想要通关的挑战才是最爽快的。 这是一款质量非常的街机风格游戏，街机爱好者不妨一试！ [quote] 关注[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36224058/]老实人鉴赏家 [/url] 老实人评测，不恰烂钱，给您带来最老实的评测。 [/quote]

I feel bad writing this because I really appreciate the effort but...this is so old school that it hurts. All the annoyances from the 8-bit era are here. The only thing modern about this is the graphics. Everything else, from the stiff animation, clunky controls, annoying hit traps where one hit freezes your character causing you to likely get hit again, to the limited lives, deadly pits you have to jump over, and the endless, repetitive cycle of enemies that keep respawning hurts the game overall. It's everything you hated about the 8-bit age and, unfortunately, it's just not fun. I'm sorry, but this is just not worth it....

めちゃくちゃ硬派なスタイルのアーケード、まさに死に覚えでクリアを目指す。 音楽もレトロなサウンドでゲームにとてもマッチして雰囲気が良い。五年音楽作成に費やしただけの事はある。 そのストロングスタイルな横スクやりたいなら間違いなく買いだ。でもちょっと３０００円は高いと感じる現代ゲーマーの性よ。 「外国人が考えるニンジャ！」が全部詰め込まれている！ なぜか変身する前のヤンキースタイルが手裏剣投げて、忍者に変身してから使い勝手の良いサブマシンガンをぶっ放す！変身ポーズが最高にダサかっこいいぜ！！ ニンジャだからって手裏剣投げると思ったら、現代最強の火器で戦うとか汚いさすが忍者きたない。ついでに地雷も設置だ！ 必殺技は「漢字」だ！出てくる文字に意味なんかないぜ！！「春」って漢字は外人にはかっこいいんだろうな！！！ 出てくる敵はもう「アウト」級のパロディばっかだ！個人的には柔王丸がそのまんま過ぎて草だ！！！ 音楽も本当に８０年代風アーケードで雰囲気を全然損なっていない、本当に「過去、こんなゲームあったんじゃ？」と錯覚するテイストでかなり良い！ あえて悪い点を挙げるとするなら、分かりにくい近接攻撃判定（小ネタ：しゃがみキックの方が射程長い） 理不尽なボーナスステージと鬼畜難易度なミッション３とボス：エディ・・・ここはマジで鬼門だ それと、お使いのグラボ設定で「垂直同期をオフ」に基本設定してる人は「オン」にしてください。 ゲーム自体に垂直同期の設定がないので、ゲーム速度が爆上がりでまともにプレイできないぞ。 なにやら最高難易度で隠しボスかステージがある模様だが・・・硬派すぎる・・・クリアできねえ 現代の忍者マスターである主人公を操り、誘拐されてしまった家族を「シャドウギャング」から救い出し 「ダン・ザ・クリムゾン・ニンジャ」の伝説をを刮目せよ！

Shadow Gangs is a classic arcade fighting game with sharp and updated graphics that is 100x better than streets of Rage or Double Dragon. Tried the old sega genisis Streets of Rage yesterday and i was like wow this game Shadow Gangs is much better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=30&v=trZRfbp5CXo Pros: - Sharp HD graphic and hand drawn. Amazing!!! - Great 1980s soundtrack Music. - Spectacular backgrounds - Diverse enemies - Challenging - Leaderboards. Cons: - Those bosses are hard, maybe adding difficulty level would be much appreciated. Many thanks to the developer for letting me beta test.

たまたま数回遊べたから一応おすすめにしとくけどトロイ判定で怒られるのはどういう事なんですかね…ゲーム自体は「ジェネリックSHINOBI」なんだけども。（2023/2/19時点では改善されています）

Excellent side-scrolling action in the tradition of late 80's arcade games from companies like Sega and Data East! Shadow Gangs does a great job of replicating the look, feel and challenge of the games of that era, and with a wonderful presentation to boot. The visuals speak for themselves, but I was happy to discover that the game plays just as good as it looks; controls are tight and the combat feels really satisfying. Level designs and enemy types show an impressive amount of variety, with each of the game's levels set in a different locale, with completely unique art assets. Aside from visual variety, the level layouts themselves are more varied than I expected too! Some levels are far more vertical than others, some focus on perilous platforming, and others feature foreground/background switching similar to some of the Shinobi games. The enemy design is quite well done too, each enemy type has a distinct and predictable pattern, and none of them are usually much of a threat on their own - but if you allow them to gang up on you things get very hairy very quickly. The variety in level layouts and enemy attack patterns makes each level and even each enemy encounter a unique challenge, so the game never gets repetitive despite its simple mechanics. In other words: the game puts forth a simple set of mechanics, and through different level and enemy permutations it tests your skill and understanding of those mechanics - just like a good arcade game should. The pacing and length of the game feels just right, with each level (and boss fight) requiring a decent amount of trial and error to figure out, but once you do it feels really satisfying to blaze through them quickly! I've completed the game on the lowest difficulty setting (which the game wisely advises you to start with), and now I'm enjoying the challenge of trying to make my way through it on the higher difficulties. The game is quite approachable as far as diffiulty goes - people who aren't used to 80's arcade games will likely consider it very tough! But the easy difficulty setting provides a nice degree of leniency with some extra HP and lives, and with the Mission Select allowing you to start a new game from later levels, getting to the end is significantly easier than in most of the games that inspired this one. A 1-credit clear on the highest difficulty is a very serious challenge though, so there's definitely something here for seasoned arcade pros as well. I do have a few minor issues with the game, probably the biggest of which is the somewhat finicky behaviour of the camera. It's totally fine most of the time, but in some spots the camera is scripted to move up or down, which can obscure enemy attacks and lead to some unusually cheap deaths. The ability to manually scroll the camera up or down would be a very welcome addition! I was also annoyed a few times when the game let me advance through the level after having missed a few of the mandatory hostages, even getting checkpoints - forcing me to awkwardly backtrack. I don't mind having to rescue the hostages to clear the levels, but with a few of the more open levels it can be needlessly easy to miss places you have to go. Finally, some of the difficulty tuning also seems a little off, with some early bosses seeming more difficult than the later ones. All in all though, the few complaints I have with the game are very minor, and I had a ton of fun with it from start to finish! As a long time arcade game enthusiast it's awesome to see new games come out that embrace this style of game design, especially when done this well. If you're a fan of Shinobi, Shadow Dancer, Rolling Thunder, or any games of their ilk, I would definitely recommend checking out Shadow Gangs.

Not gonna lie, I was hoping for something more like Shinobi 3 instead of OG shinobi lol. But this game is still solid.