- Publisher: Mass Creation
- Release Date: Jan 21, 2021
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
- Summary: Experience an immersive beat-em-up combat system – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style. Join a band of wisecracking warriors in a bloody adventure through the land of mythical monsters and mysterious machines.
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- Developer: Mass Creation
- Genre(s): Action, Beat-'Em-Up, 2D
- # of players: Up to 4
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 3
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Mixed: 1 out of 3
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Negative: 2 out of 3
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Sep 3, 2021Shing! is a unique beat ’em up experience on Switch, with a good presentation and fresh gameplay ideas that are mostly satisfying. Local co-op, unlockable costumes, and online high score lists give it additional replay value for fans of the genre.
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Feb 1, 2021Shing! has a few decent ideas and a reasonable premise up its sleeve but all of these things collapse under the weight of poor performance issues combined with scrappy combat and shoddy enemy AI and placement. The game's unique right-stick control mechanic could have worked a treat but isn't refined enough or even given the room to breathe and the story that backs the whole thing up is let down by atrociously dated writing. If you're desperate for a four-player co-op side-scroller you may find something to enjoy along the way here, but otherwise, this one is almost impossible to recommend.
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Jun 16, 2021I don’t know if SHING! will find its desired audience. The control scheme and deviations from genre standards leave a sour first impression, and it’s not helped by the vapid quality of the story and writing. The game is filled with schlocky Shadow Warrior style jokes at the expense of the Far East setting (fake-Asian words which sound like English swear words!), and bloody violence despite the immature Saturday-morning-cartoon simplicity. If a game is crass, it needs to have other qualities to redeem it, and SHING! unfortunately fails to justify its shortcomings. I can respect the desire to experiment and to break from tradition, but this game doesn’t do enough to be worth the investment.