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Shadoan
List Price: Unknown [Buy now and save at Amazon]
The Movie:
"Shadoan" is another "DVD-video" game from DVD, LTD., who also brought the popular "Dragon's Lair" game to the format recently. This is another "fantasy" game, where you have to find pieces of a magic amulet to destroy a wizard.
Although I found the "Dragon's Lair" edition to be a generally enjoyable game, there are still some problems with games like that one, as well as "Shadoan". The main problem is, you can't save the game. The other problem is, with all of the clicking to jump to the next clip, some older players might be a little slow, or might have problems with it.
I did enjoy the interactivity with this title a little bit more though, and the way that the viewer uses their remote to point to where they want to go or what they want to look at seems simpler here. Still, this is essentially an older (I believe it was released in the 80's) game brought to the format, so the animation seems a little dated, and this certainly is going to be pretty slow going for kids today, who have been raised on the graphics and speed of Playstation or Nintendo 64.
Once I got the hang of the controls and what to do(I rented it so I had to learn on my own what the game was all about), the game became somewhat enjoyable. The price though, is what sinks the entire game. $49.99 is asking way too much for this DVD. Apparently this is the first game that plays on both DVD players and DVD-Rom(according to the ads, I didn't try it personally), but still, the game itself doesn't merit that price tag, and with what you can get for that price otherwise, I'd recommend a rental if you're considering this because the $49.99 list price(and even the $39.99 or so most online stores are charging) is too high.
The DVD
VIDEO/AUDIO: The disc suprisingly offers a DTS 5.1 soundtrack, but the results are less than exciting. It seems like, for the most part, that when the sound opens up, the same thing is coming from each speaker. A lot of it is also dialogue and with the gaps in-between clips, this doesn't lend itself to a thrilling audio experience. Although this certainly isn't a new game, I did find the general quality of the audio to be good, and everything at least sounded clear and clean.
Picture quality is fine although not remarkable. The animation is not particularly great at all, but images are fairly sharp and reveal some enjoyable-looking colors. There seemed to be some slight marks on the image, but nothing that I found too distracting.
MENUS:: Non-animated menus, but at least they use game-themed images to good effect.
EXTRAS: Nothing.
Final Thoughts: The price is, honestly, pretty ludicrous. Both the $49.99 list price and the $39.99 price that most online stores are charging are way too high for this game. With all of the other things that can be bought for that price - one of Fox's 2-DVD sets, some Criterion Collection releases, those are more worth the money than this game is. "Shadoan" is worth a rental, at most.
"Shadoan" is another "DVD-video" game from DVD, LTD., who also brought the popular "Dragon's Lair" game to the format recently. This is another "fantasy" game, where you have to find pieces of a magic amulet to destroy a wizard.
Although I found the "Dragon's Lair" edition to be a generally enjoyable game, there are still some problems with games like that one, as well as "Shadoan". The main problem is, you can't save the game. The other problem is, with all of the clicking to jump to the next clip, some older players might be a little slow, or might have problems with it.
I did enjoy the interactivity with this title a little bit more though, and the way that the viewer uses their remote to point to where they want to go or what they want to look at seems simpler here. Still, this is essentially an older (I believe it was released in the 80's) game brought to the format, so the animation seems a little dated, and this certainly is going to be pretty slow going for kids today, who have been raised on the graphics and speed of Playstation or Nintendo 64.
Once I got the hang of the controls and what to do(I rented it so I had to learn on my own what the game was all about), the game became somewhat enjoyable. The price though, is what sinks the entire game. $49.99 is asking way too much for this DVD. Apparently this is the first game that plays on both DVD players and DVD-Rom(according to the ads, I didn't try it personally), but still, the game itself doesn't merit that price tag, and with what you can get for that price otherwise, I'd recommend a rental if you're considering this because the $49.99 list price(and even the $39.99 or so most online stores are charging) is too high.
The DVD
VIDEO/AUDIO: The disc suprisingly offers a DTS 5.1 soundtrack, but the results are less than exciting. It seems like, for the most part, that when the sound opens up, the same thing is coming from each speaker. A lot of it is also dialogue and with the gaps in-between clips, this doesn't lend itself to a thrilling audio experience. Although this certainly isn't a new game, I did find the general quality of the audio to be good, and everything at least sounded clear and clean.
Picture quality is fine although not remarkable. The animation is not particularly great at all, but images are fairly sharp and reveal some enjoyable-looking colors. There seemed to be some slight marks on the image, but nothing that I found too distracting.
MENUS:: Non-animated menus, but at least they use game-themed images to good effect.
EXTRAS: Nothing.
Final Thoughts: The price is, honestly, pretty ludicrous. Both the $49.99 list price and the $39.99 price that most online stores are charging are way too high for this game. With all of the other things that can be bought for that price - one of Fox's 2-DVD sets, some Criterion Collection releases, those are more worth the money than this game is. "Shadoan" is worth a rental, at most.
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