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We’re back on our normal schedule as this week we get to play Chair Entertainment’s “Shadow Complex” for the Xbox Live Arcade. A great take on the “metroidvania” games, this one would be better off with a take on Super Metroid’s opener: “The Last Liberal is in Captivity. The Nation is at peace”. Political arguments aside, for a game that doesn’t present a great amount of story to the player, a solid experience, live leaderboards, and a fantastic return to gameplay of old really drove this game home for the crew. We tangent (as always) on the Metroid of old, the changes good and bad, and debate whether or not the hand-holding experience the “metroidvania” games give us these days make the game too easy. So, join us – as we play through our first Xbox Live Arcade game and come out feeling refreshed with our experience.
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