ShadowMan is still relevant in 2021 - a ShadowMan Remastered analysis

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/5...

Shadow Man comic cover
https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?II...

Redd Pepper (the legend!)
  / thereddpepper  

Updated map
https://www.gamepretty.com/shadow-man...

Time magazine cover
http://content.time.com/time/covers/0...
(Cover credit: Aaron Goodman)

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

Thief cutscenes
From my copy of Thief: The Dark Project

Shrunken head
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrunke...

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

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/Bar...

West African Vodun picture (monochrome)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Af...
(Original authors: Ridpath, John Clark)

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

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

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

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

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