At the Video Game Awards, Epic Games announced that the Xbox Live Arcade (Xbox 360) title, Shadow Complex, has been remastered for the PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Moreover, it is available on the Epic Games Launcher for free. Some sites are reporting that it's only free for a limited time, but one of the community managers at Epic Games said that it was, in fact, free forever. If you're interested, open the Epic Games launcher and download it so it's available to play whenever you get a handful of hours free. No rush, though.

While it's been about six years since I played it, Shadow Complex was fun. Chair Games set out to make a Metroid-like side-scroller (apart from a couple of sections) with secrets and items that could only be accessed by backtracking with later equipment. The story was fine.

Shadow Complex Remastered has fairly light system requirements, too.

Minimum:

  • Windows 7 / Windows 8.x / Windows 10
  • Intel Core 2 Duo (or AMD Equivalent)
  • 2GB System RAM
  • NVIDIA GeForce 7800 / AMD Radeon HD 4600 / Intel HD 4000
  • 512MB Video RAM
  • DirectX 9.0c

Recommended:

  • Windows 7 / Windows 8.x / Windows 10
  • Intel Core i5 / AMD A4 APU
  • 4GB System RAM
  • NVIDIA GT 540 / AMD Radeon HD 5550
  • 1GB Video RAM
  • DirectX 11

Of course, while you've downloaded the Epic Games Luancher, you might also consider downloading Unreal Tournament. Also, if you're a creative type, Unreal Engine 4 is available for free on the launcher too (although royalties are due if you start making money with it).