Some welcome modern touches in Cyber Shadow include the checkpoint system and infinite lives. I found I had to get too close to actually get some hits in and it took forever to kill the beast so it was more an endurance test than a fun fight. Battling on water, you have to make sure you hit enemies to create platforms to stand on to try and hit the serpent before it fries you. The serpent, although impressive, was a bit of an annoying one. Most of these you can get through after a couple of tries once you learn the pattern. You’ll get to battle a giant tank on a sea of fire, other synthetic ninjas and a giant fire breathing serpent. Luckily Cyber Shadow nails it with responsive, precise jumping and movement. It is critical for games like this that the control is on point and precise, otherwise jumping between platforms becomes a frustrating experience and ruins the feel of a game. There’s also a bit of Megaman thrown in there as well, particularly in both the control and the mechanic of adding new skills along the way by beating bosses. Trust me, you will need all the skills and help you can get because some of these levels and bosses are TOUGH.Ĭyber Shadow is an action platformer along the lines of Ninja Gaiden on the NES.
The story unfolds by speaking to survivors and L-Gion during levels and the odd animated cutscene furthers the narrative. There are secrets to uncover that will help you increase your health, survivors to rescue and new skills to be learnt.
But what has happened to the clan’s master? Off we go then, to make our way through the various locations in Mekacity, defeating Progen’s minions and of course the formidable end-of-stage bosses along the way. Progen and his synthetic army having wiped out your clan. Meeting your robotic companion L-Gion for the first time, it is explained that the world has gone to ruin with Dr. Didn’t think I’d ever get to say that… It’s available on Steam, Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1 and XBsX.You start off the game waking in a pod in Mekacity. While the final stretch of the game felt like forever, I still got there and the game is finished. I especially like fading things into absolute darkness since that means there’s less detail to draw overall D Thank you for taking the time to talk to us! Please tell everyone when and where the game will be available This is why Cyber Shadow sticks to these simple controls, while still going for a myriad of unlockable skills.įor visual influences there’s comics like Transformers or TMNT and manga such as Battle Angel Alita and Trigun. Having just the D-pad and A/B to use, the games were straightforward to start and the level design itself would teach you the ropes. The pick and play nature of most NES games really struck me as something that would still be great to have in a modern game.
Seeing many retro inspired games (Shovel Knight and Odallus) at the time gave me confidence to keep going, to make a game that combines all the things I like: ninjas, robots and 8-bit art. I started making a game and forgot to stop. Don’t tell anyone tho… What inspired you to create a game such as yours? I’m a time traveling robot from the future, disguised as a regular dude with a computer. And who are you? Tell us about your studio You go on a journey to save your ninja clan from the terror of Dr. Cyber Shadow is an 8-bit influenced jump and slash game featuring a cyborg ninja.
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