None of these areas are particularly done with any kind of style or grace. You search around fairly linear levels for stuff to solve fairly basic puzzle elements, jump across chasms in frustrating platforming elements, and kill things using firearms, medieval weapons, and magical powers. Shade is a game I'd categorize as an action/adventure game. Far Cry, while in a different genre and a completely different game, comes to mind. Heck there are some games with trite stories that I enjoyed quite a bit because of the gameplay. If that were the least of Shade's worries, I might have been in a more forgiving mood, but unfortunately, that's just where they begin. But when you tack on some terrible writing, hokey voice acting, a main character that's about as boring as I've seen in recent years, and a plot that characters don't really seem to react to, it's not fun. Now, by itself, the premise is a little bland, but it could have been serviceable in the right hands. The funny part about the whole thing is that badass brother never seems to be surprised or upset in the slightest, even at the appearance of the angel and subsequent transportation to a realm where he needs to use a glowing sword to fight skeletons.
Badass brother then goes on a quest to save archeologist brother. Soon enough, badass brother is confronted by a ghostly angel saying that archeologist brother is trapped and has to be saved, which can only happen should she and her angel friends be freed as well. And, like all professionals would, he invites his hardcore badass brother (the player character) down to help protect the secret, only when said brother arrives, nothing is as it should be. The beginning scene shows an archeologist writing a letter to his brother (the main character) telling of a discovery he's made that's incredibly important. It's a fantasy that probably could have been cool, but is just too unintelligible and horribly written to be anything but awkward and confusing. It's a pretty huge damn bug to ship a game with. Those of you that don't have an Internet connection on whatever computer you're playing the game are out of luck. Now bodies, including your own (quite often), will fall to the floor with some bit of realism. As it was, killing enemies would cause them to fall through the floor into some mysterious underland or even stretch off in ridiculous fashion before disappearing into the ground.
While it's not a magical "this file will make this game good" patch, it does make it better, solving some issues with the physics and some weird graphical glitches. If you already have Shade, or are planning on purchasing it regardless of my rantings, you should go and download the patch.
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