Shade: Wrath of Angels

 PC
Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 5 out of 12
  1. PC Gamer
    48
    Its generic plot and presentation are so bland, the game's few inventive features are very likely to be lost on most who play it. [Holiday 2004, p.94]
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  2. Computer and Video Games
    41
    If Shade was scrapped and given yet another redesign, the to-do list would be endless - wishy-washy combat, braindead AI, insipid level design, soul-crushing puzzles, a towering stack of bugs.
  3. Boomtown
    40
    If we had a penny for every bug or piece of glitchy physics we’d seen we would have a pretty hefty penny jar. In the end what could have been a potentially potent mix of gaming genres has turned out to be a below average hotchpotch of half-baked execution.
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  5. Worth Playing
    40
    The game doesn’t seem to have gone through enough balance testing and QA testing.
  6. GameSpy
    30
    Lack of inspiration and sloppiness are the hallmarks of Shade: Wrath of Angels. Clunky controls, tedious combat, frustrating difficulty, a forgettable hero, a lame story, silly dialogue, monotonous levels, typos, and bugs all add up to a big mess.

Awards & Rankings

70
#70 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
55
#55 Most Shared PC Game of 2004

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 34
  3. Negative: 3 out of 34
  1. Gamer2014
    Feb 8, 2014
    8
    Man you gotta try this game if you like adventure thinking games
    has very awesome stages and different from each other i never though it    Man you gotta try this game if you like adventure thinking games
    has very awesome stages and different from each other i never though it would have this low score you will feel like an adventurer through historical stages fighting ...(the only thing is that the game actually has pretty the same monsters with different shape)
    **** THE VISUALS I DON'T CARE ABOUT IT .    … Full Review »
  2. insanegamer
    Jun 8, 2014
    10
    Really a superb game I loved it so much that I completed it in 1 day in my 5th try. It is the best horror and adventure game I have everReally a superb game I loved it so much that I completed it in 1 day in my 5th try. It is the best horror and adventure game I have ever played. I would recommend it to everyone. I have an advice "if you use cheats you will not be able to finish this game and start from the respective level(eg: Scales of maat, fields of piece etc). I used cheats once and the rest of the time I never used… Full Review »
  3. Darryl
    Aug 18, 2005
    3
    Dreadfull voice acting, horrible story, meaningless & frustrating gameplay most of the time with key-hunt after key-hunt, a bad bad game. Dreadfull voice acting, horrible story, meaningless & frustrating gameplay most of the time with key-hunt after key-hunt, a bad bad game. Nice music though, graphics above par.… Full Review »
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