Shadow Complex (2009) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Shadow Complex

Shadow Complex is a side-scrolling action-adventure game presented in a 2.5D style, where the world is rendered in three dimensions but movement stays on a two-dimensional plane. Drawing heavily on the…

85 19 August 2009

What Shadow Complex is

Shadow Complex is an adventure game developed by ChAIR Entertainment Group and released in 2009. It was published by Epic Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

While backpacking through the mountains, Jason Fleming follows his girlfriend Claire into a network of caverns after she fails to answer his calls. He instead discovers a vast underground military complex run by a paramilitary group called the Progressive Restoration, which is preparing coordinated attacks across the United States. Jason sets out to rescue Claire and unravel the faction's plans before they can throw the country into chaos.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Shadow Complex holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 59 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 16 hrs.

What it launched against

Shadow Complex launched on 19 August 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Wolfenstein, Metroid Prime: Trilogy and The Beatles: Rock Band. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Wolfenstein, Metroid Prime: Trilogy, The Beatles: Rock Band.

Cheats and codes

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