![]() I didn’t find it to affect the experience too much, but I can expect that some players with a pet peeve for such a slight visual chug to find it quite annoying. ![]() ![]() There is quite a lot of frame stutter throughout the gameplay, which I believe is also present in the more powerful console versions of the game. While the cell-shading won’t pull the wool over your eyes for too long, the bright reds and vivid blues do give the game a visual personality. Speaking of performance, Aragami: Shadow Edition does a fairly decent job at masking the basic polygon shapes that the game is made up with. Considering this should be seen as a complete edition compared to its predecessor, slapping on a bit of couch co-op would have been a welcome touch. It is a shame really as the multiplayer component as a whole is known to be a strength of the experience in its original release back in 2016. While the graphics far from push any limitations that the Nintendo Switch has, it seems developer Lince Works has decided not to include such a feature. Unfortunately the same can’t be said for local multiplayer. The campaign does have an online co-op element to it as does the Nightfall downloadable content expansion that accompanies this ‘Shadow Edition.’ So, if you do have a discreet buddy to go on an online hunt with, then Aragami: Shadow Edition has you covered. Unfortunately, it starts to feel all too familiar as the repetition sinks in – even more so when trekking all the way back from distant checkpoints. There were moments where I felt completely invested in the task at hand, especially during the first half of the story. Besides the change in environments and objectives, you will be pretty much repeating similar actions and patterns until the very end. Which goes to say, Aragami: Shadow Edition uses a simple formula that does work well, but stubbornly sticks with it. These perks aren’t a necessity to get the job done, but employing them can help freshen up your approach somewhat. Thankfully, you are able to enhance your skills by finding scrolls littered around the place to be used as a form of currency. You’re unlikely going to be able to get away with chasing and chopping too much though, as the enemy does begin to slightly sharpen up the further into the story you get. This can be useful considering the checkpoints can be quite the journey apart in failure. There are moments where you can gamble on haphazard exposure to get the job done quicker thanks to an enemy’s own stoned reaction. Yet while he may dominate the power of the shadows themselves, any light that beams down upon him will weaken his attributes, forcing the Ninja to regenerate in the nearest, darkest corner. He possesses the ability to shift from shadow to shadow like Batman making a deal with the Devil. However, Aragami isn’t without his own supernatural strengths. If you become sloppy in your mission, the enemies will warn others to which one single shot of a fluorescent razor’s edge will evidently tear apart the matter that binds your animated form. The overall premise is to simply sneak and slice your way from A to B as cleanly as possible with the exception of the crimson and carcasses you’ll leave behind. As for Aragami, he is the darkness summoned from his slumber with very little understanding of his purpose other than to bloody his blade under her desperate plea for help.Īragami: Shadow Edition is a stealth game through and through. Yamiko, the light that awakens the darkness for aid, is the astral projection of a young woman kidnapped by an Empire of light known as the Kaiho. In this case, the tale of Aragami: Shadow Edition instead flips the coin with the tip of a blade, making the only light found to be pure being the very entity that summons our undead protagonist. When it comes to the structure of storytelling, we are traditionally conditioned to root for the forces of light over darkness.
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