Shadow the Hedgehog

If you're a really successful game character and you have a lookalike, it's a good idea to give said lookalike his own game, however much you hate him. So, following in the footsteps of many game characters, Sonic the Hedgehog homing attacks out of the way for a bit. As you can surmise, Shadow the Hedgehog diverts attention away from the happy-go-lucky blue 'hog, instead concentrating on his mysterious, dark, emotionally void lookalike (who, let's be honest, has dominated the series since Adventure 2).

Let's recap (spoilerphobics might want to skip this paragraph). Shadow (supposedly) fell to his death at the climax of Sonic Adventure 2. Later, he was discovered in stasis by fellow Emerald hunter (and borderline furry) Rouge, a happy reunion which was later shattered when she discovered a warehouse full of Shadow robots in similar stasis booths on Eggman's battleship. So Shadow, poor lad, has been left not knowing whether he's the real McCoy or...

THE GOOD:
The Music; Not as linear as the other Sonic games

THE BAD:
Poor controls; TERRIBLE camera; Horrible graphics; Even worse level designs; No target locking, making the guns useless; Shadow is too badass to use the worst form of vulgar language known as slang or use guns that do not know how the hell to aim.

SUMMARY:
Detailed Summary:
Shadow the Hedgehog is a game where the Sonic series' badass, Shadow, gets to be a badass while trying to remember his past. However, with so many faults within the game, this makes Shadow look like a pussie who tries to be a badass when even one of the bad rappers look more badass than Shadow. This may as well be one of Sega's worst games ever during the PS2/GCU/Xbox generation.

Graphics: 2/5
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