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No More Heroes and Resident Evil devs’ cult shooter Shadows of the Damned finally gets a PC release this yearBlast demons with a gun who is also a motorcycle who is also a demon while shouting “Taste my Big Boner!”
Blast demons with a gun who is also a motorcycle who is also a demon while shouting “Taste my Big Boner!”
Image credit:Grasshopper Manufacture
Image credit:Grasshopper Manufacture
Shadows of the Damned, the unexpected collaboration betweenNo More Heroes,Killer7andLollipop Chainsawcreator Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda andResident Evilcreator Shinji Mikami, will finally see a PC release with a new remake later this year - over a decade after it first hit consoles.
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Helping Garcia was Johnson, his demon pal who could transform into a full armoury of guns, a flashlight - used to weaken darkness-dwelling demons,Alan Wake-style - and a literal motorcycle amidst lines like “Taste my Big Boner!” and “Aim for the cracks and shoot it with your hot Boner.” (The Boner being Garcia’s revolver, obviously.)
Image credit:Grasshopper Manufacture
As you can probably grasp from that if you haven’t played it, it’s a very silly affair, soaked in Suda’s trademark love of rock music and punk stylings as seen in the likes of No More Heroes and Lollipop Chainsaw (which isalso due a return). Mikami’s influence comes through the game’s solidsurvival-horror-tinged shooting and genuinely demonic monster designs, despite the goofy approach. I remember liking it a good amount at the time, despite never really gelling with No More Heroes, though I was also a literal teenager at the time, so I can’t speak to how its crass tone might land today.
The original Shadows of the Damned never went further than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, potentially one reason behind reportedly small sales despite a generally warm consensus about its engaging gameplay and charmingly rompy road-movie feel. This year’s remaster - the title of which will probably tell you whether you’ll get along with it, as it’s calledShadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered- will inspire a proper PC release for the first time,landing on Steamlater in 2024.
