Shadow Complex Remastered Review | NextPowerUp

Shadow Complex Remastered is the original 2009 title refreshed and redone in the not-so-latest Unreal Engine 3. It's still developed by chAIR and Epic Games, and was let loose for free over the holiday period. The full reimagining will be released for all platforms shortly after the beginning of the New Year. It's a sidescrolling shooter reminiscing of gameplay slightly similar to that of Crysis. It has all the token bits and bobs of sidescroller, with puzzles requiring specific gear to solve in hopes the player will revisit old parts of the map. The key difference is not only the super-soldier style gameplay, but also the unique Z-axis firing methods the game throws in here and there. Movement isn't 3D, but the shooting and use of grenades are rather awkwardly thrown in for pezaz.