Shadow Blade: Reload is an indie developed by Dead Mage, released 1 July 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux and Mac.
What Shadow Blade: Reload is
Shadow Blade: Reload is an indie game developed by Dead Mage and released in 2015. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Darkness and chaos are once again creeping into the world of man. The covenant made in a time almost forgotten has failed, the three clans now in a violent struggle for dominance. The medallion is almost made whole again and it falls upon Kuro?s shoulders to restore balance. All his training has led up to this one moment, where the fate of the world will rest in his blood-stained hands.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 37 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Shadow Blade: Reload holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core Duo or faster, 1 GB RAM and Dedicated video card recommended. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it launched against
Shadow Blade: Reload launched on 1 July 2015, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered and Her Story. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered, Her Story.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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