ShadowMan is still relevant in 2021 - a ShadowMan Remastered analysis

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Published on August 23, 2021 9:27:18 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBFEMai4aFU

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Shadow Man (1999)

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Shadow Man Remastered - an analysis
Shadow Blondie

#shadowman #shadowmanremastered #gaming #nightdive

Nightdive Studios have brought Shadow Man's unique aesthetic roaring into 2021 like a dark Asylum train. Have they improved enough to make Shadow Man fresh over 20 years after its initial release? Do the setting, story, characters, and gameplay still hold up under the refined scrutiny of modern gaming?

Come, let's go Deadside and find out.

Intro 0:00
The Shadow Man Experience 3:19
New Content 26:50
The Story 34:03
Vodou 49:32
Conclusion 57:48

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Asset credits:

N64 Magazine cover
https://oldgamemags.tumblr.com/post/54114818921/n64-gamer-issue-18-august-1999-shadow-man

Shadow Man comic cover
https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?IID=4597361

Redd Pepper (the legend!)
https://twitter.com/thereddpepper

Updated map
https://www.gamepretty.com/shadow-man-remastered-map-new-updated-in-may/

Time magazine cover
http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19990118,00.html
(Cover credit: Aaron Goodman)

Exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism_of_the_Gerasene_demoniac

Thief cutscenes
From my copy of Thief: The Dark Project

Shrunken head
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrunken_head#/media/File:Shrunken_head_in_the_The_Knight_Bus.JPG

Pin doll
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_doll

Hand cut by knife
I forgot to record the URL, and try as I might I couldn't find this image again. If you know where it's from, leave a comment.

Baron Samedi
https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Baron_Samedi

West African Vodun picture (monochrome)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Vodun#/media/File:Voodoo.jpg
(Original authors: Ridpath, John Clark)

Blood Sister concept art
https://shadowman.fandom.com/wiki/Sisters_of_Blood

Cadeaux image
https://shadowman.fandom.com/wiki/Cadeaux

Papa Legba veve
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Legba

Damballa image
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damballa

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