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Cyber Shadow Review | ‘A rusty, defective cyber ninja’

By Michael Leri

Cyber Shadow review for PS5.

Shovel Knight was one of the breakout retro platformer hits in an overcrowded market of retro platformers because of its ability to carefully blend modern, NES, and SNES-style design. That reputation undoubtedly attracted Yacht Club Games to publish Cyber Shadow, a game aiming to do to Ninja Gaiden what Shovel Knight did to Mega Man and…

  • Difficult, rewarding boss fights.
  • Outstanding chiptune soundtrack.
  • Abilities are rarely properly utilized.
  • Flying back after getting hit is overly punishing.
  • Tedious platforming leans too heavily on one-hit kills and cheap spawns.

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Michael Leri
Michael Leri

Michael Leri is Evolve's senior gaming editor. He prides himself on playing and finishing as many video games as he can in all sorts of genres from shooters to platformers to weird indie experiments. There's always something to learn from rolling credits and that thirst for experience and knowledge is mostly what drives him. You can find him on Twitter, Backloggd, Bluesky, and Letterboxd as @OrangeFlavored.

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