Shadwen

I can't remember being this addicted to a linear stealth game since Mark of the Ninja. Stealth and platforming feel good, and the rewind mechanic more than makes up for any jankiness in the physics. There are a lot of viable ways to play the game. Unlike a lot of other games in the genre, it doesn't really punish you for going lethal, just for not keeping it secret. So you can play mercifully, focusing on distraction and avoidance, or you can murder every single guard in the game, piling their bodies in haystacks when little Lily isn't watching you. You can use your quite satisfying knife, or you can build rat torpedoes out of metal balls and explosives (and rats). Or you can just fling crates around until everyone dies. It's nice to see a fantasy game take place in a dense city, instead of the typical forests and villages. I love the lighting, architecture, and general atmosphere. It's dark, spooky, and cozy at the same time. The game feels quite long to me, but relatively spar...

"Oh boy, oh boy I can't wait to play half of the game pressing the right bumper!" The curse of the Mostly Positive game continues.... So I thought I would give this a chance because it looked cool and it was a stealth game with a girl but alas, I should've heed the reviews. There isn't much of a game here. The story is pathetic, like you're just going to kill a king and and an orphaned girl follows you for some reason. That's it. Horrible idea for time to stop when you stand still. Why can't you just control time at will like Prince of Persia? The game is too repetitive. There's only one, YES ONE bad guy BUT 2/3 in now they have armor so you have to kill them from certain height. The stages are all the same, look the same and play the same. It's always pulling some barrel or crate with a rope, or letting them see you then knife them in the back and out the body away. There's some light crafting and looting but that was completely unnecessary. 95% of the time you will use your trusty k...