Shadow Watch

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Summary: EGA and the early 90s
Review: I should say late 80s, but whatever. So, I played the demo of Shadow Watch - and I must say, if you you're my age (age undisclosed), and remember the really great games of the late 80s - early 90s... then you will absolutely LOVE Shadow Watch. The game is very reminescent of Rise Of The Dragon... 16 colors. Turn based. But visually very well done. Stylish and so on... anyway, if you are reading this, and considering the game - then BUY IT! ;)

Rating:
Summary: EGA and the early 90s
Review: I should say late 80s, but whatever. So, I played the demo of Shadow Watch - and I must say, if you you're my age (age undisclosed), and remember the really great games of the late 80s - early 90s... then you will absolutely LOVE Shadow Watch. The game is very reminescent of Rise Of The Dragon... 16 colors. Turn based. But visually very well done. Stylish and so on... anyway, if you are reading this, and considering the game - then BUY IT! ;)

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Summary: Living in a comic book!
Review: If you remember Gogol 13, then you will love this game. Mystery, political intrigue, it's all here. This game also has somewhat of an RPG element, as each member of the team gains new skills. This game isn't as intense as X-Com, but it's very hard because the player has to plan very carefully. You're not commanding a battalion of soldiers. You're leading a group of specialists. Each character specializes in a very important skill, and you're going to need every single character alive. To do that, you have to strategize, avoid detection, cover, figure lines of sight, keep track of movement points, and watch accuracy ratings. And if a character gets hit, you can kiss him or her goodbye because he or she's not getting up unless another character nails the attacker. If you're a relaxed type of gamer who doesn't care about a lack of intensity, then this game is sure to please.

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Summary: Great style of gaming returned ....
Review: Once upon a time we've been playing U.F.O. series (apocalypse not included) hundereds of hours. Now turn based gaming is back with Shadow Watch with a great story (i've finished 4 times and with 4 different story! ), with great skill improvements (60 different skills! ), with great sound effects and musics (You will be excited when music begins in Brazil, i am sure!), with good grafics (Simple comic style, but just use Maya's Martial art skill and see how it looks ! ). Buy it and cancel all of your rendez-vous! Not recommended for people who have girlfriend or boyfriend! :) Enjoy!

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Summary: Strategize at Your Own Pace
Review: The real selling points of Shadow Watch for me were the ability to save the game whenever I wanted, and because it's a turn-based game, to be able to walk away whenever I needed to. That's pure convenience, but it lets me really enjoy the game without getting frustrated or punished ridiculously when I decide to go and enjoy real life.

That said, the fun of Shadow watch is being forced to preserve and develop your characters correctly. Bodily damage carries over from mission to mission, so every turn becomes a decision in tactical strategy-Shadow Watch is much more a tactical game than say, Ground Control (which I also greatly enjoy), though some may criticize the decision to go with the uncommon comic-book look than something more traditionally realistic. While real-time strategy games demand immediate action and fast reflexes, it's nice to play a game whose closest relative in the strategy department is probably a very good round of Chess.

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Summary: A One of a Kind...
Review: This is the only game of it's kind out there. It reminds me a bit of the old 16 color games that were popular in the early days of the Amiga and Commodore 128 personal computers. This game has great audio, and the graphics, believe it or not, were all hand drawn! People compare this to playing a game in a comic book, which is partially true.

The interface is much like that used in X-Com and some other turn based strategy games. They have perfected the system for use with this game, and it works flawlessly. I did, however find a minute flaw. After you complete a mission and receive an experience point to 'train' a character in a skill. If you skip the training, thinking you can come back later and pick something, your out of luck. Once you leave the screen, the point is no longer usable. Oh well. You'll only make that mistake once!

If you're a computer geek, and enjoy those 'old' games that you used to play, like Police Quest, Space Quest and the like, you'll love this because it has the same look and feel, but a better interface!