Grasshopper has no middle ground. If you analyze the "curriculum" of the company, you can in fact help but notice how many of their recent products have received conflicting opinions, to say the least, both by critics and the public-just think of the recent No More Heroes-but they were negative or positive, such opinions have always had a common denominator: the ability to recognise the genialit of Goichi Suda.
The Japanese company's latest effort, however, not only fruit of the work of Suda 51, but also of another figure-to put it mildly-of contemporary industry, Shinji Mikami, "father" of Resident Evil survival horror as pioneer of new generation thanks to the revolutionary Resident Evil 4.
In the light of those circumstances, it was therefore reasonable to assume that Shadows of the Damned would prove to be a must-see masterpiece ... but gone really cos? You just have to keep reading to discover the long-awaited response.
The title tells the story of García Hotspur, a Demon Hunter tamarrissimo Hispanic finding himself forced to travel down to the depth of hell to rescue his sweetheart Paula, kidnapped by what appears to be the ruler of hell itself, the evil Fleming.
Accompanied by his bizarre travel companion, a talking skull named Johnson, Garcia then as single target avr to sow chaos and destruction in an attempt to save his beautiful blonde before it's too late.
As you no doubt guessed the narrative premise for a deliberately over the top but this, of course, is one of the undisputed advantages of the product. The adventure of Garcia, character who seems to come directly from the film "from dusk till dawn" by Tarantino and Rodriguez, may be defined as a kind of road movie style splatter where everything, from the decor and the protagonist, then the enemies that the latter is faced with one after another, does nothing but enhance an amazing art direction capable of guaranteeing a perverse and at the same time really fascinating and engaging.
Nevertheless, I must admit to not being able to digest one thing: being a Hunter of fiends, assumes that Garcia has a good knowledge of the creatures who usually fight ... but no, because throughout the adventure, whenever our hero faces a hallucination representing Paula or, as in many cases, a demon with the appearance of his belovedbegins to run as the last of the gullible thinking that it is the real Paula ... and this should be our indomitable and expert "demon hunter"?
Al l of this questionable-and believe me, at times even frustrating-contradiction, the characterization more than satisfactory, and if to this we add the perfect fusion between extreme violence, profanity to no end (in Spanish), terrifying clashes last blood and "dark humor", the experience may not be that attractive and rewarding in the eyes of any fan of the category.
The title seems to be made to the cry of "overboard!" and this feature becomes gradually more apparent with each passing minute: you have to do with goats which act as anti-darkness lamps, distributors of spirits able to restore the energy of the protagonist, winged eyes that light up your path with their droppings and demons to eat strawberries guard doors ... all without mention that the above-mentioned Johnson ricoprir the role of "Swiss army knife demonic "becoming all you need during your journey to the underworld.
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