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

• Games with downloadable official map/level editors
• 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

Pelit	Windows	Dec, 2005	90 out of 100	90
Gamer Within	Windows	May 17, 2006	8.3 out of 10	83
2404.org PC Gaming	Windows	May 04, 2006	8.3 out of 10	83
GamesFirst!	Windows	May 04, 2006		80
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Oct, 2005	80 out of 100	80
GamerDad	Windows	May 22, 2006		70
Gamers' Temple, The	Windows	2006	70 out of 100	70
JeuxVideoPC.com	Windows	Feb 07, 2006	14 out of 20	70
Gamer 2.0	Windows	Apr 18, 2006	6.9 out of 10	69
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)