History VideoGame / ShadowsOfTheDamned

* FromNobodyToNightmare: If the story books you find scattered throughout the game are to be believed, [[BigEater George]] [[TheDrifter (a harmonica playing drifter)]], Elliot [[BewareTheQuietOnes (a shut-in kid with a flying fascination)]], and the [[TheGrimReaper Sisters Grim]] [[BornUnlucky (three VERY unlucky women)]] are all this, becoming demons after their deaths. Averted with [[MakeMeWannaShout Justine]] because she was a [[BrawnHilda famous opera singer]] while alive.

''Shadows of the Damned'' is a ThirdPersonShooter developed by Creator/GrasshopperManufacture and published by Creator/ElectronicArts. The game was conceived from the minds of Creator/ShinjiMikami, Massimo Guarini and Creator/Suda51, with a soundtrack composed by Music/AkiraYamaoka. It is a comedic horror game with a camera [[AlwaysOverTheShoulder similar to]] VideoGame/ResidentEvil4, resulting in an ample amount of RefugeInAudacity, [[BloodyHilarious gore humor]], and [[WorldOfHam hamminess]]. The title was originally developed as ''Kurayami'', but EA's ExecutiveMeddling ended up twisting the game into a still fun but far different and less trippy product. It was released in June of 2011 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/Xbox360.

Despite ''Shadows of the Damned's'' pedigree, it bombed, due to a near-complete lack of marketing and its extremely short playtime. A single run through the game is about six hours long and there's no New Game option to replay with all your upgrades in place. Some sources have claimed that ''Shadows's'' sales on its opening week were as low as ''seven thousand''. Despite this, the game would not go quietly - in 2023, it was announced that Grasshopper Manufacture was developing [[https://www.ign.com/articles/shadows-of-the-damned-remastered-on-the-way a remastered version of the game]] titled the ''Hella Remastered Edition''.

Despite ''Shadows of the Damned's'' pedigree, it bombed, due to a near-complete lack of marketing and its extremely short playtime. A single run through the game is about six hours long and there's no New Game option to replay with all your upgrades in place. Some sources have claimed that ''Shadows's'' sales on its opening week were as low as ''seven thousand''. Despite this, the game would not go quietly - in 2023, it was announced that Grasshopper Manufacture was developing [[https://www.ign.com/articles/shadows-of-the-damned-remastered-on-the-way a remastered version of the game]].

''Shadows of the Damned'' is a ThirdPersonShooter developed by Creator/GrasshopperManufacture and published by Creator/ElectronicArts. The game was conceived from the minds of Creator/ShinjiMikami, Massimo Guarini and Creator/Suda51, with with a soundtrack composed by Music/AkiraYamaoka. It is a comedic horror game with a camera [[AlwaysOverTheShoulder similar to]] VideoGame/ResidentEvil4, resulting in an ample amount of RefugeInAudacity, [[BloodyHilarious gore humor]], and [[WorldOfHam haminess]]. The title was originally developed as ''Kurayami'', but EA's ExecutiveMeddling ended up twisting the game into a still fun but far different and less trippy product. It was released in June of 2011 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/Xbox360.

Despite ''Shadows of the Damned's'' pedigree, it bombed, due to a near-complete lack of marketing and its extremely short playtime. A single run through the game is about six hours long and there's no New Game option to replay with all your upgrades in place. Some sources have claimed that ''Shadows's'' sales on its opening week were as low as ''seven thousand''.

''Shadows of the Damned'' is a ThirdPersonShooter developed by Creator/GrasshopperManufacture and published by Creator/ElectronicArts. The game was conceived from the minds of Creator/ShinjiMikami, Massimo Guarini and Creator/Suda51, with with a soundtrack composed by Music/AkiraYamaoka. It is a comedic horror game with a camera [[AlwaysOverTheShoulder similar to]] VideoGame/ResidentEvil4, resulting in an ample amount of RefugeInAudacity, [[BloodyHilarious gore humor]], and [[WorldOfHam haminess]]. The title was originally developed as ''Kurayami'', but EA's ExecutiveMeddling ended up twisting the game into a still fun but far different and less trippy product. It was released in June of 2011 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/Xbox360

* CityOfTheDamned: City of the Damned is the setting's equivalent of Hell; a realm ruled by Flemming where all damned souls are now demons.

* IHaveYourWife: Flemming kills Paula and ''then'' kidnaps her. (She keeps getting better).

* AwesomeMcCoolname:
** Combined with WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Garcia Hotspur.
** That's Garcia ''Fucking'' Hotspur. [[note]]Fucking is actually capitalized in the subtitles so it's assumed that it really is his middle name.[[/note]]

--> "Before you die, demon scum, [[BloodKnight I will carve my name into your flesh!]] [[AwesomeMcCoolname That name is Garcia Fucking Hotspur!]] [[DemonSlaying Hunter of demons]] and slayer of pendejos like you!"

* HalfHumanHybrid: Christopher the demon, who functions as your shopkeeper (even though he looks all-demon). To hammer home the fact that he's a good demon, he's usually surrounded by pretty flowers and wears a bunch of lamps on his back to drive away light-sensitive demons.