- Publisher: Dolores Entertainment
- Release Date: Mar 27, 2025
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
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Mar 31, 2025Shadow of the Orient is one that I would have happily paid for back in the day and would urge retro enthusiasts to pick up.
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Apr 1, 2025Shadow of the Orient is a 2D action-platformer with tight gameplay, stunning visuals, and brutal yet rewarding combat. A solid adventure spread across 3 acts with plenty of secrets to find, gear to unlock, and abilities to use, makes Shadow of the Orient both a great quick "pick up and play" type of game as well as a game that's fun to master.
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Mar 28, 2025Shadow of the Orient is inoffensive and delivers exactly what it promises, which is, admittedly, not a lot. The gameplay is as classic as it gets and is priced appropriately for its content. It's a solid effort that doesn't do anything wrong apart from some dirty level design and leans on being a bit forgettable.
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Apr 22, 2025While I honestly enjoyed some of my time Shadow of the Orient, I feel like it was the wrong genre. There’s so much effort put into making expansive levels that I feel this would have worked better as a small Metroidvania than a lackluster platformer. It’s clear Spacelab Games put a lot of time into the experience, and I strongly suspect they might have some future great game in them. As for this one, fans of retro might enjoy it, but probably not many others.
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Apr 6, 2025The indie Shadow of the Oriented does not propose to do a whole lot for the platforming genre, but the Switch version goes above and beyond (in the bad sense), and gets delivered with critical technical issues.