Shadow Got His Own Game
Sonic has a lot of supporting characters, and one of the most famous is Shadow the Hedgehog. Just everything about him seems specifically designed around being the anti-Sonic: he’s serious, he uses guns, and really only has one friend, and she’s currently dead. He may have originally shown up back in 2001, but he may as well be from the ’90s, because everything about him screams “EXTREEEEEEEEEEEME!!!”
Nowhere is this more apparent than in his solo game from 2005. In his quest to learn more about his mysterious past (because of course he has a mysterious past), Shadow goes up against the G.U.N. organization, or the Black Arms aliens, depending on his alliance. The dark tone for the game didn’t win people over, and even if it had, the controls weren’t all that great and led to many moments of frustration. If you’re a fan of the game’s rock soundtrack, have fun hearing it as you restart a level thanks to Shadow’s homing beacon attack. But the worst part of all, besides how hard it tries to sell itself as “edgy,” is that there’s 11 endings. That’s ridiculous, especially for a game that’s not all that fun to begin with.
