Shadwen
Shadwen: Full Stealth Rewind and Fast Forward
Shadwen is a third person stealth escort game crafted by Frozenbyte. You play as Shadwen, an assassin on a mission to kill the king. Early in your journey you save a little girl named Lily from a guard and she then accompanies you on your journey through a medieval city on the way to execute your target.
Story
The story in Shadwen is the weakest part of the game by a large margin. It makes zero sense. First of all, there is no backstory. You begin the game as the little girl, Lily, who is on her way to snatch an apple from a tree. She is caught by a guard but before anything can happen you begin playing as Shadwen ( this intro playing as Lily and Shadwen serves as your tutorial as well) and save Lily from the guard. You are on a mission to assassinate the King who has just defeated the old royal and taken up residence in the castle. For some reason, you decide to take Lily along for the ride. There seems to be no legitimate reason to take this little girl along with you since you already saved her from the guard. From this point until the end of the game, you sneak and/or kill your way through the city with Lily in tow, chatting with her between chapters (briefly).
– Real player with 29.3 hrs in game
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The first thing that happens when you start to play Shadwen is, you’ll probably be annoyed by the game. That’s because the controls are rather awkward. If you stop moving in the game the game freezes that very moment. Imagine Keanu Reeves in Matrix during a fight where he’s floating in mid air while the camera is circling around him and you’ll get the idea. In order to re-establish the normal flow of time you can either keep moving or have to press a button. The first time you experience this there’s a big chance the game will repel you. The trick is to get over it. The controls really aren’t the downside of this game and you’ll get used to them very quickly.
– Real player with 17.6 hrs in game