Tomi on 24/3/2017 at 18:29
Thanks for the reminder NV. Shadwen was 75% off on Steam a few days after your post, so I didn't hesitate to grab it for a fiver. :)
I pretty much agree with everything that you said about the game. Shadwen looks rather nice, has some fresh ideas, and feels somehow unique... but there's something missing. Perhaps there could be some more options for distracting the guards, as the game does get quite repetitive very soon indeed. The story could have been a bit more interesting too. I really wish that there had been more secrets to find and more places to explore as well.
But don't get wrong, Shadwen is still a pretty fun little game though! I don't get to play games that much these days, but during the last 2-3 weeks I played Shadwen to completion twice and saw all the four different endings. My first play through was a stealthy and non-lethal one, and compared to my mass-murdering psychopath approach on my second play through, the stealthy approach was definitely more fun. Of course you don't have to choose between the two extremes (unless you care about Steam achievements), so if you don't mind killing guards every now and then, that's probably the most fun way to play the game. The "kill everyone" style actually felt really fun at first, but I soon discovered that it's really easy. The gadgets (mines, arrow traps, noisemaker thingys) that you can craft seemed fun but I didn't use them much. It was still nice to experiment with them though. Attaching an explosive onto a wagon and pushing the wagon down a hill towards an unsuspecting group of guards was my favourite moment in the game. :D
So if you're looking for a decent stealth action game, then you might want to give Shadwen a go.
