Shadows of Adam
An outcast with a fearful power ventures out into the unknown world to save her father and herself. Shadows of Adam is a unique take on a classic genre. A retro JRPG built for the modern era.
Shadows of Adam is an adventure developed by Something Classic Games LLC, released 23 February 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux and Mac.
What Shadows of Adam is
Shadows of Adam is an adventure game developed by Something Classic Games LLC and released in 2017. It was published by CIRCLE Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A specter haunts the small, remote village of Adam. It is the ghost of its dour hero, Orazio, who set out 10 years ago without explanation and never returned, leaving his son and adopted daughter to wrestle with the dark secret he left behind. A secret that must now be revealed if the children hope to save their departed father, though its revelation could unhinge the world. Shadows of Adam is a 16-bit era, character-driven JRPG with an indie soul. Players will journey through a vivid and mysterious world and take on a cast of comical and brutal foes in fast-paced battles. Navigate your way through treacherous dungeons such as the ominous Tangle, dizzying Wind Tower, or foreboding Haunted…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 32 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Shadows of Adam holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD E-350 or Intel i3 3220, 2 GB RAM and Radeon HD 6310. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Shadows of Adam launched on 23 February 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata and Hollow Knight. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata, Hollow Knight.
Official trailer
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