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Shadow Complex on XBLA is a mix of glee and sorrowful violence. As we hear in the finale song, this is a real experience of light and dark day and night. Out of this contradictory affair though comes an experience that is surprisingly grown-up and a lot of fun to play.

I didn't expect to enjoy Shadow Complex so much. It looked like it'd just be a run of the mill 2D shooting game that I would quickly become bored of. It is quite standard shooting fare but it's also excellent fun. It has an aesthetic and musical score that projects somberness while also offering plenty of mindless violence. It's an uneven mix but it works well. If only it had been a little bit longer.
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When it wasn't focusing on its predictable and dull story, Shadow Complex was a tremendous experience. Updating the 2D action shooter genre with some flashy and effective gameplay, its exploration and platforming mechanics were addictive and satisfying, but it was the atmosphere of the game that made its most impressive mark. The way the environments evoked a sense of place and the incidental detail which filled the world around the game transformed Shadow Complex into a much more meaningful experience.

It's been said many times that this game is a true homage to the classic SNES games of Metroid and Castlevania. But being a child of the Commodore 64 and Amiga generation this game feels closer to the thoughtful style of Flashback and Another World or, maybe more bizarrely, Flash Gordon for the C64. But away from this retro navel-gazing , Shadow Complex updates all these influences with some truly slick combat gameplay and exploration mechanics. This is the game's greatest strength as it became clear to me from the cut-scenes that the story was going down a predictable and boring road. I don't like to boast about it but I had the ending figured out within the first few minutes of the game - and I'm usually the worst with predicting storylines!
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