Shadow the Hedgehog fails to live up to its pedigree due to terrible controls, an uncooperative camera, and an overall lack of effort.
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Are kids so jaded these days that they really need a hipper, tougher, and more 'tude-filled alternative to Sonic the Hedgehog? We're bordering on Poochie (see: Simpsons episode #167) territory here with Shadow, Sonic's more morally malleable twin. Apparently, tykes these days want their cuddly mascots to spew hot lead, angry expletives, and smoldering rage all over the place. Prepare to feel old.
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Seems like someone in Japan decided it was a good time to make a Sonic game that was "street" but had no idea of how to go about it. Shadow loses his memory, starts toting guns he finds on the bodies of characters he kills (both friends and enemies), says words like "damn," and is the angsty yin to Sonic's hopeful yang. This premise would still be stupid even if Shadow didn't suffer from slowdown issues, a nonexistent lock-on system, a horrible camera, and bottomless pits in which to fall. But it does, and it is stupid--just like this is a stupid way to spend 50 bucks.
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The guys over at Sega are certainly taking a chance with their latest Hedgehog title. The Sonic games, though not the critical successes they may have been in the past, are perhaps Sega's only sure things as far as sales are concerned. But now, the name "Sonic" is noticeably missing from the title of the most recent, well, Sonic game. That's because this time around, the hero (or anti-hero) is Sonic's adversary Shadow. An interesting choice, to be sure, but how well the gamble pays off remains to be seen.
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What was the number one complaint from those who did not enjoy the previous 3D Sonic games? That you did not play as the blue hedgehog himself enough, of course, and instead spent your time doing everything from digging to flying to...uh, fishing as other characters. So for the latest game in the franchise, Sega comes oh so close to giving us a game starring just Sonic, and gives us
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