![]() ![]() I cannot overstate how great Cyber Shadow feels, the jumping is very precise, you’ve got a lot of mid-air movement control, and the expanding suite of additional powers you gain adds a lot to the flow of combat.Įnemies are also balanced pretty well against your expanding list of talents. Launching on all major platforms, you’ll take control of a cybernetically enhanced ninja as you slash and jump your way across 10 stages battling all sorts of robotic enemies, colossal bosses, and fending off near-death as you make your way through a multitude of platforming challenges. Wearing its old-school inspiration on its sleeve, Cyber Shadow is a 2D action game with spruced up 8-bit visuals, a fantastic soundtrack, and some super-tight controls that combine to make a really fun throwback game that shouldn’t be missed. So when I heard that the developer behind Cyber Shadow had mentioned that NES Batman was one of the inspirations for their game, well, I had to check it out.Ĭyber Shadow releases this week from publisher Yacht Club Games (Shovel Knight) and developer Mechanical Head Games, and boy if you like retro-inspired action-platformers, this is certainly one worth checking out. It was a game that owed a fair amount of its gameplay ideas to other popular titles like Ninja Gaiden but still managed to be a pretty amazing, colorful, and oftentimes challenging, licensed action game for that era. One of my personal favorites was the Sunsoft release of Batman, based on the ‘89 Tim Burton film. ![]() When it comes to classic NES action games, there’s a fair amount of solid games to choose from. ![]()
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