"Oh pardon me, I haven't played the xbox in quite a long time! I still think what I said stands however. If you transfer the license to your current console, any profile on your system can play the game. The games are all tied to the same console so I can play them with any gamertag.Rorie, did you happen to originally purchase the game on a different console? If so, you'll have to do a license transfer at. I do it all the time with games I bought with different profiles. So as long as the license is assigned to his current console, any profile on said console can play the game. Have you tried deleting the savegame and wiping the cache of your 360? "Its linked to the gamertag and the console its license is tied to. It seems like a very strange hindsight that you can't delete the map however. It's not like the PS3 where any profile can play anygame. under the seven different umbrellas of collectible in Shadow Complex. Reach level 20 to unlock the full map that reveals the location of all. As an indie dev who started in the mid aughts, Shadow Complex was pretty interesting to me personally and sparked a lot of creative ideas (especially the foam gun).Said: " said: " said: " I tried signing into another profile but it only lets me play the trial version of the game, even though I have the full thing on my HDD. Shadow Complex at IGN: walkthroughs, items, maps, video tips, and strategies. FAQ, unlockables, achievements, and secrets for Shadow Complex for Xbox 360. But I distinctly remember having to explain to several of my developer friends what Shadow Complex even was. None of my indie friends wanted to be Shadow Complex. Since this is a lot more complex then just calculating the distance between the light source and each fragment of the scene and storing and comparing those values, this alternative approach is used instead. They wanted to be Cave Story or Symphony of the Night or Super Metroid, and later they wanted to be Super Meat Boy, Canabalt, and Fez. I know the timing makes it feel important but really most of what happened is that XBLA was causing a general indie boom. It was the success of people like Team Meat with Super Meat Boy that ushered in the indie craze because those guys had a long history of indie dev (on sites like Newgrounds) and were suddenly seeing a much more accessible and financially viable platform. A lot of the people who were at the right age to take advantage of this indie boom were people who had played Castlevania and Metroid growing up, and it was a quick path to making a 2D style open world action adventure game, which have long been popular. I only downloaded the game because I had read that Orson Scott Card helped write for it. I was a big Ender Series fan so I wanted to check it out, and it was cheap for a broke college student. The Xbox's game description didn't really explain the gameplay, and there wasn't any trailer videos to download. XBLA games were really hit or miss in its early days. So I was hoping for at least a cheap short multi-level based action platformer like Contra.Īfter I played the prologue/intro, I was a bit disappointed that it was so short, and I thought was that the game was going to be some sort of offspring between Wild Guns and Contra. I was hoping the levels would at least get longer and that they didn't spend all their money on fancy graphics and Orson Scott Card. I was nervous I wasted my money on a game with only 5 levels that would take me but a few hours to beat. Seriously, for the first 30 minutes or so I kept expecting a mission or level complete screen to show up. After beating the first tank boss and still no mission complete or level clear screen, I was like sweet, the levels are long, that must have been a mid level boss or some shit. It wasn't until like 15 min later that it finally dawned on me that I was playing a metroidvania. It had been my favorite genre since I was a little kid. I didn't own a DS or anything like that, and besides the XBLA release of Symphony of the Night, most of the newest ones that I had were on my Gameboy Advanced. I got the same feeling when I bought and downloaded Strider 2014. Shadow Complex Remastered: Game Save Guide. I thought it was level based like Ninja Gaiden, having never playing any of the originals. Sign in to get personalized help for Shadow Complex Remastered. NOTE: Orson Scott Card writing for a game now definitely won't have the same impact. #SHADOW COMPLEX MAP IMCOMPLETE SERIES#īack then, I only knew of him as the author of the Ender Series and didn't know a thing about him. I do know of all the dumb shit that has come out about what all he has said and believes. Just mentioning this so I don't get any, fuck that guy replies. While agree Shadow Complex was a well received game, I dont know if you can say it reignited the genre.
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