Shadow of the Beast II
Sega Game Gear · 1994
About this game
Shadow of the Beast is a re-imagining of the 1989 game of the same name .
It has the same premise as the original title and also draws inspiration from the art and design.
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The player controls the creature Aarbron in the alien landscape Karemoon.
He was a human, kidnapped as a child, and transformed into a monstrous warrior beast as a servant.
This is only revealed to him when an encounter killing humans triggers a flashback.
He then seeks revenge against his master Zelek.
The game uses side-scrolling gameplay as in the original game, but now as a 2.5D title with full 3D models and environments restricted to a single, horizontal plane of movement.
During many scenes the camera often zooms out with different layers in the background and foreground.
Levels are often split up in encounters where multiple enemies need to be defeated similar to brawlers.
Claw-based melee attacks can be strung together into combos with a score multiplier and four different target scores, each with their own medal based on the performance.
A single button is used to attack, along with a timing and distance element to land it in different ways based on specific animation frames.
It is possible to block, dodge and parry.
Enemies can also be stunned, grabbed and thrown and brutal finishers can be performed up close.
Killed enemies leave behind blood that is collected to fill a meter in the bottom left corner with different bars.
With a sufficient amount a Rage Chain and other attacks can be activated.
These combat sections usually have enemies pouring in from the left and the right.
Sometimes there are more than 20 at once meaning fighting also has a space management or rhythm element to keep attacking and fending off on both sides.
Later enemies are impervious to attacks and have specific vulnerabilities.
A special Wrath of Aarbron attack, using a limited, rare wrath currency can attack enemies on both sides at once as a final measure.
That resource is earned by doing a different special atta
About Sega Game Gear
Sega's Game Gear (1990) was a technically capable handheld competitor to the Game Boy, notable for its full-color backlit screen — a real advantage at the time, offset by famously poor battery life. Its commercial underperformance against Nintendo's handheld means smaller print runs overall, and complete, well-preserved cartridges (the plastic shells are prone to yellowing and cracking) are a genuine niche within retro handheld collecting.
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