Shadow Man Remastered Nintendo Switch Review!

Sat as a kid finishing this on my Xbox I always felt a sense of achievement having overcome what was made particularly difficult by dodgy controls! Now with almost 60FPS and some shinies added as well as new controls. Is it time to revisit this old classic? Let’s find out! #Shadowman #Switch #Review

Artwork - Shadowman by patryk-garrett on DeviantArt

Changelog

Shadow Man: Remastered is a complete overhaul of the classic game with restored, previously cut content!

3 New Levels:
"Summer Camp, Florida" (Day and Night)
"Salvage Yard, Mojave Desert" (Day and Night)
"Asylum Station 2 - Experimentation Rooms"

New Audio (from the original games composer, Tim Haywood):
Remastered music and SFX
New music and SFX for the restored levels
Restored cut/unused voice dialog in levels

Art Updates:
HD Textures for all levels and objects
Nvidia Intro Cutscene Textures
HD HUD and inventory icons plus a new icon for the Shadow Gun
Restored unused animations
Restored several cut and censored models from the original levels
N64 Gad Icons

Gameplay Improvements:
New weapon wheel to select weapons faster as time is slowed down
Improved controls
Improved destructible objects using Bullet Physics
Auto targeting
Tweaked/improved AI
Levels rearranged as originally intended
A ton of fixes across the entire game to each level from object to geometry fixes
Fixes to the localization for English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian
Over 30 achievements

New Weapons:
A second Violator (Consistent with the N64 version)
Sawed-off Shotgun (replaces the second regular shotgun)
New model and many sound variations for the Shadow Gun

New Enemies:
Yort
Yort Floater
The Seraph Queen
Seraph
Dead Worm
Unused zombie restored in Station 2
One arm Tenement Zombie.

Rendering Improvements:
Dynamic Per Pixel Lighting
Clustered Forward Shadow Mapping
Order-independent transparency

New Post Processing Effects:
Ambient Occlusion
Antialiasing
Anisotropic Filtering
Motion Blur
Film Grain
Depth of Field

Secrets:
All the secrets from the N64/Dreamcast/PC included in this remaster
Plus many more to be discovered!

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Mark & Glen
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[SwitchUpYt]

Ha it’s been a minute since I finished this one - we’ll take a look a the Switch version and have a look at all bells and whistles they added in. Mark

[TimHaywoodProductions]

Hi SwitchUp, cracking review. It was a pleasure to work on the project again after 20 years. I added 1h20m of new music to the game. As well as the new levels, there is extra music dotted around some of the original levels too. Especially in the Asylum. The entire soundtrack now rocks in at over 3hours! So great for a long journey - INTO DEAD SIDE!

[mikekenny]

It’a tempting, I wish we could get some more old ports, a legacy of kain port would be incredible

[nixipixi]

I remember back in the day, my dad bought this game for me and my mom threw a huge fit because of the content 🤣

Dad didn't care he wanted to play it too, and we had so much fun! I will always remember this game. One of the best birthday presents ever lol

[insidestraight]

Omg, this was one of my favourite N64 games, completely forgot about it. I hired it from the video store countless times. Can't remember much of it, but definitely purchasing for the nostalgia

[ianturner]

Played this to death on Dreamcast back in the day, underated gem of its time. Looks a fantastic remake, Nightdive really know how to bring old games into the modern era whilst keeping the essence of what made the game great - pity they didn't get the Gta trilogy gig!

[silentsaturn]

This is one of my all-time favourites. The atmosphere and soundtrack is just so good, it easily makes up for some gameplay flaws. Can't wait to dive back in and discover the extra content.
Btw, the map you showed, came with the N64 game back in the day. I think I still have it somewhere.

[scottw]

That main theme soundtrack is still one of the best ever to this day!

[chadmax]

I'm glad you reviewed this! Once they announced it for the Switch, I was interested in grabbing this one.

[r_apt_ure]

I'm going to be playing Shadow Man like it's 1999!

[sebastianpafpaf]

Such an awesome soundtrack, that intro music was what kept me going to complete the game back i the day

[WhispyWoods.]

Keep up the strong work with the game specific puns in your intros. They’re appreciated more than you know ❤️

[gnomefoam]

Thanks for the review! This game made a huge impression on me when I played it back on the N64, it was so good. Can’t wait to be able to play it again.

[Nedwig]

I don't remember this game at all as a kid. The work the developers put into this one with all the recommendations the connect section for this one definitely had me intrigued!

[PaulGirdlestone]

I am playing through it again on my Switch after owning it as a kid on N64. I am lost but refuse to use a map. Loving it!

[richm]

That map you had in the video came with the original N64 game back in the day

[aldisberjoza]

I loved this game on PC. This is a must buy for me...

I really love the level designs in this game. Great artwork

[The_One_Cosmos]

One interesting fact, is there are samples of music in this games soundtrack that are from actual Vodoun Cultural music that is hard to find, but exists. Those samples being most, if not all of the Tribal sounds and beats in this game.

[mrgee]

One of the very few games I didn’t complete on the N64. I remember I was so excited when 12 year old me got it. And yep I hid from my mum too playing it when I was meant to be sleeping, great times.
Thanks for the review and for the nostalgia ✌️ awesome as always

[paulharries]

Me and one of my stepsons used to play this together on N64, taking it in turns to have the controller. Probably one of the first experiences I had of a videogame that had a darker, more adult vibe, and I remember the intro (with Moonlight Sonata playing) being so atmospheric.