Shadowgrounds PC Game Free Download

Shadowgrounds PC Game Free Download Download

Shadowgrounds is a top-down shooter beneficial toward Microsoft Windows, Linux furthermore Mac OS X, developed by Frozenbyte. The game takes place at a space colony at Ganymede which is being attacked by aliens. A sequel, Shadowgrounds: Survivor, was released in 2007 furthermore focuses at three separate characters trying toward survive the alien onslaught shown in the first game. Both games were later released together along with two other Frozenbyte titles, Trine furthermore Splot, toward form the third Humble Indie Bundle. The Humble Frozenbyte Bundle games were also offered as incentives in the later Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle.

The game is a fast-paced top-down shooter reminiscent regarding the Alien Breed series. Like the earlier Finnish game Death Rally, Shadowgrounds presents a familiar (some might say dated) concept with modern resources. The plot regarding a monster attack at a space colony exists only as a thin justification beneficial toward the action, monsters are plentiful furthermore weapons large.
Shadowgrounds uses light furthermore darkness as vital components regarding gameplay furthermore atmosphere, hence the name. The game is largely dark, furthermore the hero carries a motion scanner furthermore a flashlight with a regenerating but limited power supply (a common gaming trope). There are ten weapons, all with three possible upgrades. Medpacks, weapons furthermore ammunition are found in stores furthermore near dead soldiers.

Players explore indoor furthermore outdoor facilities in order toward complete a usually linear series regarding tasks (usually regarding the “FedEx” or “get toward Point B” varieties, though other tasks include disarming force fields, enabling a radio transmitter, or fixing various broken machinery), while clearing the area regarding a chain regarding progressively more powerful creatures. Occasionally, other NPCs fight alongside the player, but, especially in the case regarding characters central toward the plot, they are invulnerable furthermore can be left toward kill while the player recharges his flashlight or hunts for items.
In order toward enable upgrades the weapons, players collect upgrade pieces from killing monsters. Players can also pick up weapons furthermore ammunition furthermore health packs furthermore destroy a large amount regarding crates (another cliché regarding the genre). Finally, there are PDAs furthermore computer terminals scattered through the maps that serve toward loosely advance the plot with some optional exposition.
There are a number regarding vehicles shown both in cutscenes furthermore at the various maps, including an alien ship furthermore an earth mover; however, none regarding these are player-drivable, furthermore the game will switch toward non-interactive cutscene if a task involves a vehicle.