Shadow Man: 2econd Coming

"Terrible sequel"

Story
Some voodoo guy is recking havoc all over the place and it's up to Shadowman to stop him or something like that. I'm not exactly sure if thats the story cause I wasn't able to get very far in the game cause of reasons that will be mentioned in the game play section. I give story a 5/10



Control
I don't know why they made the controls like this. Walking around is easy but changing and equipping weapons and horribly done. In the menu that lets you equip weapons it lists the shoulder buttons backwards and since it's backwards you have to be careful not to put a weapon in the wrong area cause you might end up replacing one you already set and then you'll have to go set it again and hope that you don't press the wrong button again. Changing weapons is pretty easy but sometimes you hit the change button instead of attack which is very annoying. I give control a 4/10



Voice Acting, Sound Effects and Music
The voice acting is decent but you can't always hear what they are saying and the subtitles have a horrible font that I couldn't read very well. The sound effects are pretty basic. The guns sound like they should, grunts sound like grunts but the same grunts are used for everyone... The music is pretty good with pianos and stuff but it doesn't really fit the mood of walking an empty street at night while being attacked. I give voice acting, sound effects and music a 6/10



Game play
The game is almost unplayable. First, the lighting in the game makes it where you can't see anything, not even your character. This makes it hard to move around and fight the enemies. The enemies are another problem, they seem to be part of a cloning program or something cause most of them look the same and I'm not just talking about the dead people. The AI is really bad with guys just standing there doing nothing and sometimes they might try hitting you once before they explode from your attacks. The areas are pretty large but they are also pretty boring. The load times are so freaking long it isn't funny. The game is also full of glitches, I had the game freeze up on me way too many times and I finally gave up even trying to beat the game. There is a good amount of weapons but you only need the ax for fighting and some other weapons for getting past certain things blocking your path. I give game play a 2/10



Replay Value
The game is of decent length but I wasn't able to beat it cause of the glitchs and the fact that my eyes hurt trying to see what I was doing with the horrible lighting. There isn't anything in the game that makes it worth playing through more than once. I give replay value a 1/10



Final Score
I give Shadow Man 2econd Coming a 2/10

Reviewer's Score: 2/10, Originally Posted: 10/12/07

Game Release: Shadow Man: 2econd Coming (US, 03/02/02)