Reasons why I can't wait to Play the Shadow of the Beast Remake

PS4Home author explains why they're excited about the upcoming release of Shadow of the Beast Remake.

[ABizzel1]

From what I played it's okay. It's a 2D God of War like game, with simplified "timing-based" combat, and a great artstyle / graphics.

It's success depends on how much the mechanics grow as your progress through the game.

[Stapleface]

Anything from what you played blow your mind or are they just taking forever on a 2d side scroller for no reason? They showed this game off what, 3 years ago now?

[ABizzel1]

Unfortunately it might be just an amazing looking 2d side scroller, with solid gameplay. Not a bad game at all, just nothing special.

The graphics and artstyle are really good. But the overall combat will probably get extremely repetitive really fast (like within the couple of hours).

That's why I said it depends on how the mechanics grow as you progress.

[jb227]

For me personally this gen has been hurting for good hack n slash experiences w/ simplified combat. I get frustrated w/ the games that have dozens of upgradeable weapons & attacks, gigantic skill trees & all of these reasons to be forced to spend so much time in the pause menu when the results are just incremental differences. I like upgrading to an extent but there's something to be said for a more simplified system that I think games could benefit from going back to. The "kitchen sink" mentality that devs have been using this gen is just exhausting to me and it ultimately detracts from a direct & impactful experience. There's definitely a place for that stuff but I don't think everything needs it.

So if it is like a 2d GoW then it sounds like a great game for my personal tastes...definitely looking forward to it.

[OB1Biker]

Uncharted 4 and Shadow of the Beast are my day 1 games in May.
Cant wait Game looks great and should be great fun