Shadowgrounds

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Description

Shadowgrounds is arcade style top-down shoot 'em up for modern generation. The plot, which involves distant space colony invaded by shadow-loving monsters, develops throughout the game.

There are several different weapons to choose from and each can be upgraded as player sees it fit. Some weapons have more upgrades than others. Explosive barrels and other objects can be used to increase the body-count. And yes, there are big bosses to shoot out as well.

It's not all mindless carnage though, as the real-time lighting has been integrated into the gameplay itself. Most monsters don't like light and rather stay in the shadows, making your portable light important part of the gameplay. Monsters also get blinded for a short time if you point the light straight at their eyes. Together with more or less destructible settings, Shadowgrounds offers one of the most interactive environments in top-down arcade shooters.

Audiovisual department has features, such as the already mentioned real-time lighting, atmospheric sounds and gameplay-supporting soundtrack.

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Alternate Titles

• "阴影地带" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Preyground" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Middleware: SDL
• Physics Engine: PhysX
• Shadowgrounds series

User Reviews

A top-down shooter? That's so...so 80's!	Windows	Marko Poutiainen (1160)
Alien Breed lives again and gets an update as well!	Windows	adam payne (18)

Critic Reviews

Worth Playing	Windows	May 20, 2006	9 out of 10	90
4Players.de	Windows	Nov 26, 2005	80 out of 100	80
Gamerz-Edge	Windows	Jun 12, 2006	7.3 out of 10	73
GamersHell.com	Windows	Jun 12, 2006	7.1 out of 10	71
GamingExcellence	Windows	Nov 20, 2006	7.1 out of 10	71
Deeko	Windows	May 27, 2006	7 out of 10	70
GamerDad	Windows	May 22, 2006		70
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Windows	May 18, 2006	68 out of 100	68
Game Shark	Windows	Jun 29, 2006	B-	67
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Jun 07, 2006	12 out of 20	60

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Trivia

Linux version

Support for NVIDIA's PhysX is only available on the Linux version.

Related Web Sites

• Shadowgrounds (Official game website)