Shadow the Hedgehog User Reviews (PS2)

Vergil Ties' Review
Nov 4, 2010

Written by Vergil Ties

Shadow The Hedgehog is the first of many games within a big name franchise that dared to actually try something new, and as a result, pissed off a lot of fanboys. I suppose these cretins masturbate daily to the Pokemon and Dynasty Warriors franchises, because they almost never change. With that said, given that the execution ranged from meh to shit, it's no surprise that people have come to such conclusions. I... don't particularly care for their reasoning, but I guess it makes sense after baring witness to how horrible it ended up. Shadow The Hedgehog isn't terrible, but it never really meets its full potential.

I suppose it has an alright storyline. Basically, Shadow is trying to figure out who he is and what his purpose is. One day, he meets up with Black Doom, and he supposedly has the answers to the questions Shadow has - all Shadow has to do is give him the seven Chaos Emeralds. Sounds fishy, but I guess Shadow will do anything to get what he wants, right...? Well,...

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Galacticdramon's Review
Feb 27, 2009

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Written by Galacticdramon

If you're a really successful game character and you have a lookalike, it's a good idea to give said lookalike his own game, however much you hate him. So, following in the footsteps of many game characters, Sonic the Hedgehog homing attacks out of the way for a bit. As you can surmise, Shadow the Hedgehog diverts attention away from the happy-go-lucky blue 'hog, instead concentrating on his mysterious, dark, emotionally void lookalike (who, let's be honest, has dominated the series since Adventure 2).

Let's recap (spoilerphobics might want to skip this paragraph). Shadow (supposedly) fell to his death at the climax of Sonic Adventure 2. Later, he was discovered in stasis by fellow Emerald hunter (and borderline furry) Rouge, a happy reunion which was later shattered when she discovered a warehouse full of Shadow robots in similar stasis booths on Eggman's battleship. So Shadow, poor lad, has been left not knowing whether he's the real McCoy or...

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Offendr's Review
Jul 15, 2006

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Written by Offendr

THE GOOD:
The Music; Not as linear as the other Sonic games

THE BAD:
Poor controls; TERRIBLE camera; Horrible graphics; Even worse level designs; No target locking, making the guns useless; Shadow is too badass to use the worst form of vulgar language known as slang or use guns that do not know how the hell to aim.

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Detailed Summary:
Shadow the Hedgehog is a game where the Sonic series' badass, Shadow, gets to be a badass while trying to remember his past. However, with so many faults within the game, this makes Shadow look like a pussie who tries to be a badass when even one of the bad rappers look more badass than Shadow. This may as well be one of Sega's worst games ever during the PS2/GCU/Xbox generation.

Graphics: 2/5

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