White Shadows

 PC
User Score
6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14

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  1. hardkot
    Feb 22, 2022
    5
    Inside about Birds

    I like platformers, but I am neutral to Limbo and Inside. So I don't expect anything special from this game. But I wasn't ready that this game will be so bad and disappointing. Visual (6/10) First look was - ok, something interesting, but after some minute I understand how I was wrong. Models are really bad together with darkness and blur it was painful to play. I    Inside about Birds

    I like platformers, but I am neutral to Limbo and Inside. So I don't expect anything special from this game. But I wasn't ready that this game will be so bad and disappointing.

    Visual (6/10) First look was - ok, something interesting, but after some minute I understand how I was wrong. Models are really bad together with darkness and blur it was painful to play. I feel real discomfort, I don't like this experience, even if it was designed as "big art idea". Music is great, but it's timeless classic. It fits everything and it helps feel the atmosphere. Interface and style are also average, I feel myself playing alpha demo version of Inside sequel.

    Gameplay (5/10) Gameplay is too boring. No interesting puzzles, the main challenge in game - bad hitboxes, something like in Oddworld Odissey, when you can't jump normally. So this is the only challenge. No new mechanics or something interesting. Feels like engine alpha demo. it's platformer and you should do your best to make something boring in this genre.

    Story (4/10) Story is very dumb and abstractive. I'm sure they just didn't find something interesting and decide just to leave small parts of abstract story in game, so all intelligent guys can write: "Masterpiece, who can't understand this - dumb". So no jokes just not try to search sense here, it doesn't have anything. Characters - even more understandable than story, but also frustrating.

    The only good thing for this game - it lasts 2 hours, but should you play even this few hours? I think definitely not, but I believe devs can create something more interesting, because at least they tried to make design interesting, that's the only point why review in mixed zone.    … Expand
  2. Kichi
    Jan 11, 2022
    8
    Given that this game is the first one from Monokel Games and they created this with just a hand-full of people, this is a solid entry imo.
    Yes, it does not come with a sophisticated gameplay, but if you are like me and enjoy good stories and artful experiences you will not be disappointed.
    The audio deserves a special mention here I think. All in all this was a nice play and I felt well    Given that this game is the first one from Monokel Games and they created this with just a hand-full of people, this is a solid entry imo.
    Yes, it does not come with a sophisticated gameplay, but if you are like me and enjoy good stories and artful experiences you will not be disappointed.
    The audio deserves a special mention here I think. All in all this was a nice play and I felt well entertained. If you like the likes of Limbo, Inside and Little Nightmares, this will fit just nicely in your library.    … Expand
  3. acka47
    Jan 12, 2022
    9
    Excellent game for the first one by a small team. Great atmosphere, sound and story. I played it through in one go.

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71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. SECTOR.sk
    Jan 24, 2022
    80
    White Shadows offers black and white Orwellian dystopia with great level design and smooth gameplay. It's a shame the game is so short.
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  2. AusGamers
    Dec 20, 2021
    70
    When viewed through a cinematic lens, White Shadows becomes an easy experience to recommend. The wonderful art direction, cinematography, animation (for the most part) and other elements do come together to create a cohesive and visually surprising journey. There’s variety here, quite a bit of it considering the very short runtime. So even though it doesn’t quite emerge, fully formed, from the shadows of Limbo, Abe’s Odyssey, or Another World, White Shadows certainly makes its mark. However fleeting that might be.
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  3. TrueGaming
    Dec 14, 2021
    60
    White Shadows does a good job of representing a dark industrial dystopia with an interesting choice of music to accompany some scenes. Yet, some narrative decisions are incoherent, and gameplay is lacking.
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