Curse Of Shadows

By: Thegreenback

Curse of shadows is a jumping puzzle game where you are Suni, a thief, that has stolen an amulet with magical powers. As a curse crosses the land making people lose their shadows to a demon or spirit. As your gramps goes to try to lift the curse from the people to be a hero. But after a while goes by, Suni tries to go save her grandpa.

As you play the game you have a cool thing that will help you out. Since you have the magical amulet you have the power to shift into your shadow. But you can’t just shift when ever you want. You must be in strong light from a lamp and if you get out of the lamps light you will go back to the normal world. Trying to sneak past the guard who will kill you on site.

Seeing the different worlds are unique and you can just change with a quick push of a button. As you do change from one realm to another each has its own set of rules. In the light you see object as they are with all the colors. But in the dark world you see things in black and white as you no longer can see or be affected by the light world. You must jump on the shadow that will progress you further to where you need to be. To get across areas you need to use both light and dark realms to figure out the puzzle. As you move across the area you see a pole with a red scarf on it is your check point so if you die you will restart there. While the end of a level will have a pole with fireworks.

Trying to get to help your grandpa is a very treacherous journey. As you need to shift into the dark realm to get away from the guards. Who have been told about you and will take you down in a single blow. As well as the other beasts in the shadow realm. As they go looking for things if they spot you best move quickly or jump into the light realm to be safe.

The look of the game is very colorful. It is a cartoonish style of look as it has cut scenes to tell you how the story goes and get to know about Suni. As you play cities going in the background or cherry blossoms falling down from the trees gives it a nice feel to it. While also looking for collectibles throughout the game.

Overall, the game is very challenging with jumping at the right time to tricking guards to try and attack you. The story is sweet and simple, telling you what is going on and why things are happening. Also being able to jump back to any level you want is nice with some secret things if you beat the game. It is a very fun game where you can play a little bit if you want or try and beat it all in one go. For just 80pts ($1) it is a good jumping puzzle game so go try it out and buy it.

~Thegreenback~