Shadow Watch
Shadow Watch is a video game developed by Red Storm Entertainment and released for Microsoft Windows in 2000.
Shadow Watch
- Date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Red Storm Entertainment
- Genre
- tactical role-playing game · turn-based tactics
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Shadow Watch is a video game developed by Red Storm Entertainment and released for Microsoft Windows in 2000.
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• Title — Shadow Watch • Developer — Red Storm Entertainment • Publisher — Red Storm Entertainment • Designer — Kevin Perry • Composer — Bill Brown • Genre — Tactical role-playing, turn-based tactics • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Microsoft Windows
Gameplay
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It is a turn-based tactics game in which the player fights a conspiracy to halt construction of an international space station. It is based on the Tom Clancy's Power Plays novel Shadow Watch. The player's team consists of six operatives, each of which has a specialist skill. These abilities can be upgraded and characters learn moves after enough experience points are earned. Missions are somewhat randomised, and often the story mode will branch out into several paths. Most missions involve killing all of the enemies, but other missions include stealing a package, retrieving a hostage, defending a location. Missions typically have a difficulty and alarm rating, some missions will automatically fail if the alarm is sounded. In a mission, characters have a certain number of action points (APs). Most actions (shooting weapons, opening doors) cost 1 AP, whereas some moves can consume more. Characters can get injured, and a severe injury will automatically fail the mission. The music for the game was composed by Bill Brown.
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The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Christian A. O'Brien of NextGen said in an early review, "Unless you want to trudge through medieval technology and game play, pass right on by Shadow Watch. It belongs in the history books." GamePro said that the game was "perfect for a quick mission, with none of the elaborate notes you have to employ for tracking inventory, research, and travels in larger, more complex turn-based tactical games."
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- 1.CBS Interactive. Shadow Watch for PC Reviews. GameRankings.
- 2.Bub, Andrew S. Shadow Watch. Gamecenter. CNET. April 11, 2000.
- 3.Mayer, Robert. Shadow Watch. Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. March 12, 2000.
- 4.Liberatore, Robert. Do Looks Kill? (Shadow Watch Review). Computer Gaming World. Ziff Davis. 191. 118. June 2000.
- 5.Walker, Mark H. Shadow Watch. The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions Ltd. September 11, 2000.
- 6.Shinno Media. REVIEW for Shadow Watch. GameFan. June 15, 2000.
- 7.Ryan, Michael E. Shadow Watch Review [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000"]. GameSpot. Fandom. April 12, 2000.
- 8.Timperley, Nate. Shadow Watch. GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. May 4, 2000.
- 9.Shif, Gil Alexander. Shadow Watch Review. GameZone. June 9, 2000.
- 10.IGN staff. Shadow Watch [Incomplete Review]. IGN. Ziff Davis. April 17, 2000.
- 11.O'Brien, Christian A. Shadow Watch. NextGen. Imagine Media. 64. 94. April 2000.
- 12.Rausch, Allen. Shadow Watch. PC Accelerator. Imagine Media. 20. 73. April 2000.
- 13.Werner, Nash. Shadow Watch. PC Gamer. Imagine Media. 7. 6. June 2000.
- 14.Brenesal, Barry. Shadow Watch Review for PC on GamePro.com. GamePro. IDG. April 12, 2000.
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