Shadow Gangs

Excelente regreso al pasado, manteniendo las buenas formas que dotan de ilusión y nostalgia a nuestros recuerdos... y que nos darán dar con la cara en el cemento de la actualidad. Shadow Gangs es un juego excelente, pero hay que tomarlo sabiendo lo que ofrece. Es decir, un juego con dificultad y complicaciones bien añejas, teniendo más en mente los juegos de recreativas de dificultad y diseño más espinoso que los juegos pensados para consolas. Esto nos lo debería decir todo, así que solo nos quedaría gozar, porque ya no es solo el aspecto visual homenajeador y deudor, sino que la banda sonora es cañera, memorizable y tarareable. Como salva entre fases (que no entre niveles, cada fase tiene varios) se permite ser así de chungo, y de paso, que el jugador no lo pierda todo por morir. Atrevéos, majos, atrevéos ñieeeeeeeeeejejejejejejejejeje.

Terrible game, it has nothing to do with Shinobi not the music, the graphics are not bad but the animation does and the gameplay is clunky. Also the limited lives when this is an arcade game, the timer sucks azz you cant explore a little because as early as the second stage you will run out of time so there is nothing to enjoy. Bosses are lame, this is a game that tries to evoke old times while missing all the important parts those games had. Bought the game as soon it came out because of the Shinobi feel, when as soon as I played the game everything went to hell.

Bom jogo. :) É você Shinobi? ------------------------------------------ Good game. :) Are you Shinobi?

Good game, terrible port. I am not going to go into it too much as a game - If you have ever played Shinobi in the arcades or Sega home consoles, this is what we have here with a modern lick of pain and some nice parallax graphics. The vertical scrolling is just terrible however, behind time wise and often not scrolling up to show the whole part of the level. Music is fine, kind of electric guitar focused pop rock. The problem is the quality is GARBAGE. Obviously, it's 3yo now so the dev has no plans to fix it. The only game in my entire library where I can't eliminate screen tearing, and it's BAD. The game runs at 60 FPS - if i enable vsync in game it syncs to the panels 144hz rate BUT the game speed is tied to FPS so it plays at nearly 3x normal speed. If I use RTSS to cap at 60 FPS, the game is at the correct speed but obviously v-sync doesn't work cause it still tears, and this is with the display's adaptive sync enabled. I mean really bad line tearing right through a part of the screen horizontally, on every movement. If I force the display to 60hz prior to launch and enable in game v-sync, it speeds up again? What? If I use the GPU control panel to force v-sync there, even THAT does not work. I did get around it. Every time I launch the game, I keep the screen at the native 144hz refresh rate, the game forces the screen to 60hz on launch, I have to minimize the game (thankfully it supports 4K so this is not a problem on a 4K panel even in full screen) and then put the display back to 144hz. When I go back to the game windows, with v sync OFF in game, with RTSS ON to 60 FPS lock and with screen forced to 144hz AFTER game launch, I can finally play it. This has to be done every single time. Even options are stupid. Rather than having the usual A for enter and B for back, it's tied to whatever the fire button is. So I have to press X to select things and then B to go back, it's just so lazy. And if I have B assigned to back, I can't assign it to a game action (I wanted to assign it to magic). If you want to play this game, play it on a console. Those are much better although I can't verify if they are 4k, but at least they "just work". I CAN verify the switch version is 1080P and 720P handheld, so native, and works great. Just do not buy the Steam version, cause it's crap indeed. The dev is working on Shadow Gangs 2, so that's where their development time went. Even if it's a great game, I will not support them again because it's no excuse not to fix your first game. I mean ANY other game, anything, just works without tearing. ALL of them. And on the rare occasion I need GPU v-sync, that has always fixed it on every game in the past. I have no idea how it will behave on lower refresh rate screens but I presume even worse.

E' un bel gioco tipo Shinobi, un po' difficile.

If you don't like old school games and don't have a knack for giving your best in accomplishing a challenge then Shadow Gangs isn't for you. Only the elite members of the Hall Of Kage can acquire such an unbeatable task but if you dare to give it your all maybe....just maybe, you shall stand among the legends and say I am a Shadow Gang Master! ~Step Up And Test Your Skills~

If your a fan of the classic Shinobi series then this is one you cannot afford to miss out on. A more detailed review can be seen here https://youtu.be/BS6GJr8xRY8

Crimson Ninja mode - Strong for the strong psyche, thanks.

Summary: Shadow Gangs is a fun and nostalgic ninja action game, great for players looking for a classic arcade style experience. If you are a fan of the Shinobi ninja game series by SEGA you might enjoy this title. Pros: - Arcade style platforming and side scrolling action. - High resolution hand drawn sprites. - Plenty of variety for enemies, stages, and boss fights. - Interesting bonus mini games which help break up the levels. Cons: - Character animation can be a bit choppy and feel like it's missing frames. - Controls feel a bit tight when moving, jumping, and double jumping. - Game can feel unbalanced when the hero is not in his ninja form. - The bonus games can be unforgiving with the binary win or lose design. Overall I enjoyed Shadow Gangs and recommend people try it out if you are looking for a classic arcade experience. I am looking forward to play the next game from this developer!

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