Abstract: In the book Peter Pan, Peter loses his shadow when a window slams on it, slicing it off, after which it lays in a drawer until he retrieves it. The puzzle-platformer Lost in Shadow has a different take on the life of a severed shadow; after being viole...
Abstract: In Lost in Shadow, the latest platforming adventure from Hudson, you play as the shadow of a boy trying to recover both his body and his memory. The game takes place in a mysterious tower, with the foreground shifting and turning as the camera sees f...
Published: 2011-01-11, Author: Tom , review by: cnet.com
Abstract: Lost in Shadow is a prime example of the idea that you can have too much of a good thing. The majority of this thoughtful twist on side-scrolling platformers is bursting with imaginative puzzles and heart-racing boss fights and is held together by a vi...
Hopping on shadows forces you to view the world in new ways, Clever puzzles make excellent use of the core mechanics, Rousing boss fights provide a dose of excitement, Tons of content that is largely good.
Uneven pacing leads to long stretches of boredom, Basic combat is a drag.
Poor pacing almost derails this imaginative platformer, but a variety of clever puzzles in the second half of the game make it worth sticking with to the end....
Abstract: There are a certain set of games that try to be clever ’puzzle-based platformers’ and art at the same time; Lost in Shadow is like that, joining peers such as Limbo and Braid. Focusing more on atmosphere than game mechanics, Lost in Shadow tries to giv...
Abstract: Drawing as much inspiration from Jordan Mechner’s classic Prince of Persia as from Team ICO’s gloomy, haunting aesthetics, Hudson’s Wii-exclusive Lost in Shadow seemingly begs for gamers’ attention. The good news is that it’s a striking and impressiv...
Lost in Shadow is a great experience that’s spread a bit too thin. Though the core ideas behind the game are remarkable, the game’s length and awkward pacing early on will frustrate some and might make others outright bored. And when a game is this min...
Mind-bending game mechanic, beautifully stylised, accessible for all kinds of gamers
Finicky controls and combat system, brainless puzzles, generic platforming under the packaging
This slick, stylized action-adventure boasts a unique visual style and some innovative, well-implemented gameplay mechanics, but still suffers from some finicky, generic platforming...
Abstract: Here’s a neat thought: Imagine you existed a plane of shadows. Your world would, for all intents and purposes, be two dimensional. The geography would be perpetually unstable, changing drastically as light sources shifted and the objects in front of th...
