Shadow Guardian HD for iPad, Review

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The game development company for mobile devices Gameloft has just launched a few games on the App Store, but we are going to focus on what I think may be one of the games of the year 2011 (and we are still in the year 2010), I am referring of course to Shadow Guardian HD for iPad.

Gameloft step step is getting to be one of the game development companies for mobile devices, not to say "the company", with more games published, although many may consider them regular or bad, the truth is that lately this launching true works of art.

And for more Inri, Shadow Guardian HD for iPad, has been completely developed at Gameloft's headquarters in Spain, in the Barcelona studio, so that later you can say that there are not very talented young people in our country. And I can also inform you that they have been working on the development of the game since January 2010.

The story of Shadow Guardian HD for iPad is about the adventures of Jason Call, a treasure hunter, in the style of Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, who has been trapped and tied to a machine that penetrates the mind looking for memories, by Novik (the bad of the game).

Novik, the villain of the story, needs to know all the memories of Jason Call, because he wants to discover the exact location of a statue that he needs to be able to get the Prima Materia. But as soon as he begins to penetrate the memories of Jason Call's mind, he is shocked to discover that the one who has helped him with the statue is his own daughter Natasha Novik, a beautiful woman, who is also a treasure hunter. .

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Shadow Guardian began as a demonstration of technology and art. But thanks to successful development progress the demo project became a complete game. After Avatar, the artistic team has completely redesigned the way that graphics created in HD, use a greater number of polygons (from 1500 to 2000), use 4 times more polygons than in Avatar for example, and inventing new ways of create very detailed environments.

In parallel, the development team also wanted to see how console technologies could be taken to a higher end on Apple devices - streaming animations, to allow literally hundreds of in-game animations at any given point (around than 600 animations just for the main character). And of course the use of shaders to allow ultra-detailed light effects on the textures of the characters, for example.

Shadow Guardian incorporates a new graphics engine developed after completing three previous key games: HOS, Avatar, HoS2. Both the technology and the experience of the team acquired in the development of the three games were essential in obtaining the necessary experience to achieve this new engine.

The control in Shadow Guardian HD for iPad is carried out with the virtual Pad, and various action buttons (Reload, Aim, Take cover, Jump….), Responding perfectly to our keystrokes on the screen.

Regarding the soundtrack, Shadow Guardian HD for iPad has left me speechless. Each phase has its own soundtrack, increasing and decreasing in speed according to the danger that lies ahead, creating the perfect environment for this type of game. The voices are very successful, even in English, and each weapon has its own firing and reloading sounds.

Shadow Guardian HD Features:

- Enjoy the most elaborate action-adventure game ever released on iPad.
- An epic story that will take you from the narrow streets of Alexandria to the ancient temples of India and the frozen plains of Antarctica.
- You will be able to use a great variety of weapons to fight against your enemies.
- Fight in hand-to-hand combat with sequences inspired by the most famous fighting styles.
- Explore fascinating environments and solve puzzles in hidden places.
- Jump, run, roll and take cover to get to the next level.
- 2 Difficulty levels available.
- 7 phases of between 30 to 45 minutes each.
- Stunning HD optimized graphics with thousands of polygons used in each level (over 50.000).
- Spectacular unique animations for each character.
- Compatible with Gameloft Live, but not with Game Center.
- Guaranteed 5 hours of exciting gameplay.
- An in-game gallery to access additional game content and bonuses.

First trailer

Launch trailer

Gameplay

You can download Shadow Guardian HD from the App store for 7,99 Euros.

Source: Gameloft.com

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