Shady Part of Me

 PlayStation 4
User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14

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  1. SuperkenGaming
    Dec 13, 2020
    8
    Shady Part of Me
    Facing your fears
    Shady Part of Me is a 4 hour long puzzle platformer where you play asa girl whos afraid of the light, but you also play as her shadow. Shady Part of me starts as one of the most unique gaming experiences ive played in a while.. youll be going back and forth between the two characters, pulling levers and items to help the other progress, and for its    Shady Part of Me
    Facing your fears
    Shady Part of Me is a 4 hour long puzzle platformer where you play asa girl whos afraid of the light, but you also play as her shadow.
    Shady Part of me starts as one of the most unique gaming experiences ive played in a while.. youll be going back and forth between the two characters, pulling levers and items to help the other progress, and for its first half its absolutely magical, reminding me a lot of limbo… howver Shady Part of Me suffers from the same thing I believe limbo does… and that’s just its second half being boggges down with too much puzzle… this is Shady Part of Me’s biggest issue.. it starts out amazing, you forget this is a puzzle game just due to the fact that interacting with its world is so fun, you cant wait to see what the next section has to offer… and then you get smacked with the same old boring cogs and factory nonsense, really killing the magic for me in this game… it gets more and more tiresome the more the game goes on as it loses focus, it stops trying to tell you a story and deliver magic and just starts hitting you over the head with puzzle puzzle puzzle, the game starts to feel like forumelic sections of puzzles rather than a a well crafted and clever experience much like unravel that shady part of me starts as…
    That being said Shady Part of Me is a great puzzle game and its first half is all magic, its just a shame it turns to the same old puzzle platforming stuff towards the end that weve all seen a million times..
    I give Shady Part of Me
    a 7.5/10    … Expand
  2. Pieton
    Dec 13, 2020
    10
    Poétiquement ludique. Des puzzles réfléchit, Seul regret il aurai put être bien plus long sans que je m'en lasse. À ce prix comment passer a côté.
  3. Karbage
    Feb 8, 2021
    8
    In this little game of a few hours, we follow a little girl afraid of the outside world who prefers to hide in the dark. On the other, her adult self represented by her shadow trying to flee the loneliness to reconcile with the world.

    In this puzzle game, we successively take control of the little girl and her shadow. The former refusing to expose herself to the light, the latter will    In this little game of a few hours, we follow a little girl afraid of the outside world who prefers to hide in the dark. On the other, her adult self represented by her shadow trying to flee the loneliness to reconcile with the world.

    In this puzzle game, we successively take control of the little girl and her shadow. The former refusing to expose herself to the light, the latter will need shadow to progress, while her dark alter ego needs light to move forward, a beautiful symbolic antagonism.

    The mechanism of progression is partially reminiscent of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons since we must successively take control of the little girl modeled in 3D and her shadow in 2D to be able to move forward.

    We will underline the particular care given to the puzzles for their clarity and originality. The possibility to rewind our progress like a movie, in case of bad steps. This is more than welcome because it softens the platform phases to focus on the essential, that is to say the puzzles and the narration.

    Concerning the music, not having a musical ear, I didn't pay too much attention to it.    … Expand
  4. Jattaman
    Sep 25, 2022
    7
    Discreto puzzle-platform, con qualche meccanica interessante e uno stile grafico sicuramente apprezzabile.
    Discreti anche gli enigmi.
    Longevo il giusto.

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#67 Best PS4 Game of 2020

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Cubed3
    May 17, 2021
    80
    Haunting, evocative, introspective, atmospheric and memorable, Shady Part of Me feels like a journey - and, a very personal one at that. It's the kind of journey that many in the audience will be able to identify with. It may only take a few hours, but it's one worth experiencing more than once. Just eight people made this title, and it's exciting to see what that little team will be able to do next.
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  2. Cubed3
    May 17, 2021
    80
    Haunting, evocative, introspective, atmospheric and memorable, Shady Part of Me feels like a journey - and, a very personal one at that. It's the kind of journey that many in the audience will be able to identify with. It may only take a few hours, but it's one worth experiencing more than once. Just eight people made this title, and it's exciting to see what that little team will be able to do next.
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  3. BaziCenter
    Feb 10, 2021
    80
    Shady Part of Me is an entertaining experience that will last around 4 hours, and will probably satisfy you in the end, but because of its 15 dollars price tag it might not be something that you want to rush into.
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