054: Shadow Complex

Developer: Chair Entertainment in association with Epic Games | Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios | Release Date: August 19, 2009

Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn stomp around a secret military base throwing grenades at every Metal Gear…. i mean…. “mech” they see.

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Players: Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Kevin Reaburn

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Show Notes (spoilers):

3:00 Metroid/Castlevania similarities
4:20 What is this game? Do we find the Vice-President?
6:52 This story isn’t as good as we were expecting.
9:00 The mechanics of targeting
10:15 Small game? But didn’t Epic Games make it?
12:45 More Fortnite
13:50 Kevin tries to dig into his issues with the game
15:50 How did this get built secretly? There were definitely Instagram and Snapchat leaks
20:50 Weapons were OP; grenades killed everything
26:00 MOE READS (in real life only)!
27:20 MIKE PROVEN WRONG!
31:30 What part of the suit was your favorite?
38:30 The guys cringe
41:00 The ending and story were so random?
43:10 What was Xbox Live Arcade and how did it effect development
46:30 Our final thoughts, is it a great game, should you leave it behind?