GAME: Shadow The Hedgehog

Shadow The Hedgehog was what started the rain of bad Sonic games. Everyone knows Sonic. He's a video game icon. Everybody loved him. But now, if you like a Sonic game, you should visit a doctor because there's something wrong with you. I mean, this game is in the Sonic universe, but not about Sonic. But who really thought of this idea? Let's give Shadow guns! Because that's cool! But I guess this review isn't about the history of Sonic, it's about Shadow and this game.


Story/Characters. The story is Shadow wakes up with no memory of his past, except brief images of a girl named Maria. After meeting Black Doom, he realizes the way to remember his past is too collect the chaos emeralds. Not really a new concept, and not executed well, put in with boring really annoying characters. Seriously, the game's slogan is Hero or Villain? You Decide. But the majority of the time you'll play as "normal" A.K.A neither. The heroes have really annoying personalities, but with annoying voice actors. They're all annoying. But than again, the villains over-act. They have to deepen their voices so much to make you know they're evil. I mean, shouldn't you just KNOW they're evil by looking at them?

Gameplay. Playing this game is really annoying. The controls are bad, guns are a stupid idea for a Sonic related game, the jumping is bad, there's too many enemies, the Hero vs Villain thing is executed terribly, and the graphics suck. I really don't understand this Hero or Villain thing. Several times when I was on the evil side I was shot at by my own team. Hell, I was shot at by everyone. It's just really annoying when everyone's trying to kill you. The game has too much going on. And for the graphics, sure, it was back in 2005, but in 2005 there were plenty of games with good graphics for it's time. Hell, Metal Gear Solid 3 was released a year earlier, Final Fantasy X was released 4 years earlier. I don't get it. I figure the developers were just lazy.

Music. As far as Sonic games go, the music is usually one of the only good things about them, and I guess the music was passable. Some of the songs suck, some of them are great.

Overall: 4/10
Pros:Okay music, Shadow is kinda cool

Cons: Annoying characters, bad controls, shooting is terrible, poorly executed story, terrible graphics, bad voice acting, seriously, who thought a Sonic related game with guns would be a GOOD idea?