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Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
Shadow Blade: Reload is a action, indie and ninja game
developed and published by Dead Mage.
Released on August 10th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 4 languages: English, French, German and Russian.
It has received 364 reviews of which 320 were positive and 44 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam, but you can find it for 5.99€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP and up
- Processor: Intel Core Duo or faster
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated video card recommended
- Storage: 900 MB available space
MacOS
- OS: OS 10.6+
- Processor: 2.8 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo or better
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated video card recommended
- Storage: 900 MB available space
Linux
- Processor: 2.8 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo or better
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated video card recommended
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Shadow Blade: Reload is everything I wanted from a speed-running ninja game. When speaking to friends about games of this genre, Shadow Blade is a go-to to mention, even among more critically acclaimed titles like Mark of the Ninja. I'm not saying you'll get the same polish or intuitive game-play as in Mark of the Ninja, but you certainly will have a blast playing through this title. Keep it mind, this game was a failed project for its developers. Only 160 reviews, god only knows how many sales, the developers are indie and a small team, and the game frequently goes on sale for 99 cents. I'm not reviewing this game with the same standards as I would a 60$ game with a huge team, because that's not what this is. Shadow Blade: Reload features bugs in certain levels, the one I remember distinctly was a bug which made you clip through a textured wall towards the end of a level, causing you to have to reattempt that level. Not a huge deal, but worth noting since it did ruin some speed-running times for me. I believe it was possible to shift yourself back out of the clipping too, but for the most part you had to completely restart that level. I don't remember any other major bugs, and for the pennies I spent on this game, it wasn't a huge issue. Comic story-lines are present in the beginning or endings of certain levels, which were done quite well for the short story a speed-running game was attempting to tell, and the art-style fit the overall theme and didn't feel outdated. (Game is 6ish years old, doesn't feel it though.) When originally starting this game, you do have to change settings to be able to see the cutscenes, though they aren't important or necessary to understand what's happening in the game. I don't believe it is a bug that causes them to not show up, but rather some contract issue the devs faced. Originally there was voice acting in the scenes, but it was taken out and even after changing settings to show the cutscenes, it's only subtitles. Guessing something happened behind the scenes with the voice actors. With all that being said, I was addicted to this game. Sure, there was certainly many ways this game could be improved upon, but the developers certainly didn't have the money for that, and I don't mind. Finding the hidden bonuses, beating runtimes, doing challenges of full stealth/pacifist were all fun and worth my time. I couldn't NOT do them, this game sucked me in and managed to become one of my favorite ninja titles despite all its issues. I can't say it's worth 10$ due to lack of polish and devs having to more away from this failed title, but it IS worth it when it goes on sale. Severely underrated and unfortunately forgotten, I wish the devs success with future titles. Incredibly fun to achievement hunt as well.
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Shadow Blade: Reload is an average platform game about ninjas and super-powers (somewhat). It's short - something like three hours, four at best, considering you can complete each level in two or three minutes; it's easy - most of the enemies will die just by your shurikens, and the tougher ones can be one-shotted by a simple air move. The story is nothing more than an excuse to let you go through the stages. It has not the brilliant design of Mark of the Ninja nor require skill like Super Meat Boy but Shadow Blade: Reload is still worth your time, if you like platform games filled with enemies here and there you, either you want to play it just once or through its two extra and not-so-more hard modes.
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This is a great ninja themed platformer with more of a focus on speed then stealth. Never heard of it until it popped up in my discovery queue a while ago. Finally picked it up during the last Summer sale. The story is...whatever. It's there. Store says it's "Fully Voiced." This is...untrue? There is sound effects during the story cut scenes but there was no voiceover. Found it odd. There's 3 different modes. Normal, Hardcore and Master Class. You unlock the latter 2 after completing the game on normal. The level design varies differently depending on what difficulty you're on. Overall the controls are tight but on the Master Class difficulty their flaws begin to show when you need to be a little more precise. The games forgiving though with lots of mid-level checkpoints. There's collectables in each level and then a handful of challenges to complete after the fact. The challenges aren't particularly difficult. You can probably beat them all in 15-20 minutes. Overall: Great platforming ninja themed game. More focused on speed than stealth. Just the right amount difficulty to be frustating but not anger-inducing. Controls are tight but sometimes not precise enough for hardest difficulty.
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Actually a pretty fun platformer with great art style, cutscenes, and gameplay. Worth the money.
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An amazing second effort by Dead Mage- whose only past works had been the competent, yet middling Garshasp: The Monster Slayer, and its terrible stand-alone expansion Temple of the Dragon. Were it not for the listing on Steam or their logo in the intro, you'd have no idea that the same studio that made Garshasp made this game- the margin in quality is that vast. Shadowblade: Reload is an action platformer with an emphasis on fast-relexes based around the small, yet versatile toolset the game gives you. Double-jumps, air-dashes, and LOTS of wall-jumping are the name of the day here. So there isn't a whole lot of variety in the actions you can perform- but the game is aware of this and thus enforces the need for a good handle on the nuances of these mechanics for players who want good stage-times or all the collectables. The controls generally do a decent job of allowing you to keep up with the pace of the game- though unfortunately they aren't perfect, occasionally glitching out and causing a cheap death here and there. There is also combat in the game- though it is much weaker than the platforming. Most enemies can be easily killed by just throwing shurikens at them or performing your sword attacks in time while charging at them. Now this doesn't work on all enemies- the larger enemy types tend to require more specific methods to be dispatched... In theory. That is until you realize that ALL of them- except for a single enemy type- are insta-killed by your aerial drop attack. Even without that knowledge- there really isn't much to the combat at all, making the combat arenas the game occasionally throws at you the most boring parts of the game. The surprising contrary to that are the few boss battles in the game- all of which are actually pretty decent. At least the animations for the combat are quite good as well- that's its main redeeming factor. In fact, Shadow Blade's graphics are quite solid overall for the most part. It runs well at a solid clip without losing a step and- again- has some pretty good animation for everything going on. The glitchy ragdoll physics and poorly done shadow effects are the main weak points. (I advise you leave shadows off in the options menu, they just don't add much and don't look good at all.) It should be noted that the game can glitch out in ways that force level restarts though. Bugs I ran into included getting stuck at the end of an enemy introduction cutscene, getting stuck in a ledge grab animation on specific ledge corners, and falling out of the level when standing on a sliding door. Nothing game-breaking, since full level restarts generally fix them, but still annoying when they come up. Overall a great pick for platformer fans. Especially for those who like them fast-paced and/or speed-run focused. Good value as well- with its campaign levels being playable on three difficulty levels and the game having a level editor with Steam Workshop compatibility. Pros: - Simple, yet versatile fast-paced platforming action - Solid controls - Well done graphics and animations - Surprisingly good boss fights (Though there's really only 3 of them) - Good amount of content: All of the game's main levels have at least slight alterations through three difficulty levels, and there's a level editor with Steam Workshop support Cons: - Somewhat buggy in places. - The controls are generally on point- but occasionally glitch out as well - Overly simplistic combat and enemy types
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Shadow Blade: Reload is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.
Shadow Blade: Reload is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 8.19€ on Steam.
Shadow Blade: Reload received 320 positive votes out of a total of 364 achieving a rating of 8.15.
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Shadow Blade: Reload was developed and published by Dead Mage.
Shadow Blade: Reload is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Shadow Blade: Reload is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Shadow Blade: Reload is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Shadow Blade: Reload is a single-player game.
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Shadow Blade: Reload is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
Shadow Blade: Reload does not support Steam Remote Play.
Shadow Blade: Reload is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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10 Aug 2015
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