Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! After three highly successful outings with Shantae, Shantae: Risky's Revenge, and Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Shantae and her friends finally get a full HD…
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an adventure developed by WayForward, released 20 December 2016 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The main story takes about 10.3 hrs to finish.
What Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an adventure game developed by WayForward and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Shantae is roused from a deep sleep, suddenly alert. She plunges into the moonlit forest in search of answers. In nearby Scuttle Town she discovers a mysterious trapdoor, and beyond that, a luminous subterranean cavern. A familiar voice calls out, drawing Shantae to a beautiful fountain. Touching its waters she is immediately spirited away to the fabled Genie Realm. At her feet a magical seal swells as some powerful evil seeks escape. The chamber trembles with a deep, bellowing roar and everything goes white. Shantae sits upright, back in her bed. Was it just a dream? Or a vision of things to come?"
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 65 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 75 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 13.6 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.2 GHz Dual-Core CPU with Hyper Threading, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 310 or equivalent (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 1GB of display memory. 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 2GB. 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
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero launched on 20 December 2016, within three weeks of Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Darksiders Warmastered Edition and Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Darksiders Warmastered Edition, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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