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okay, one more for tonight

#93. Shadows of the Damned (Xbox 360, 2011)

Shadows of the Damned is a Suda51 game with lots of weird stuff, but it's kind of interesting in that the final product is heavily altered from Suda's original vision. From what I understand, it was supposed to be even more strange and had some really interesting ideas. Despite the final product being kind of watered down to appear more western audiences with guns and whatnot, the experience was still very unusual and lots of fun.



The ways in which this game leaned so heavily into the style, whether through excessive innuendos or the oddball over-the-top action, it's totally corny and eye-rolling. But the eyes roll so hard that it loops back around to being hilarious, and the game runs so hard with this in a very self-aware way. There's a lot of action that's solid and gets the job done, but the real thrills are just seeing what wild events are up next.

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