Working In The Shadows
HIGH Easy-to-learn mechanics.
LOW The voice acting.
WTF They swallowed the sun guys.
Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a third-person action-adventure stealth game where players take control of Ayana, a humanoid alien with shadow-themed powers — as in, she can literally turn into a shadow. Ayana will use every skill she has to combat Helios, a shady corporation obsessed with harvesting energy.
Ereban has a cel-shaded art style that is simple and legible — vital for a stealth title where recognizing patterns (especially in enemy movement) is key for players to avoid them. The devs also do a great job at conveying other relevant information visually via excellent prompts and alerts, relating to hostile NPCs especially.
Looking to the gameplay, Ereban gives players a handful of tools to sneak around its levels. These tools
include things like the most important one — turning into a shadow and traveling through shadows in the environment. She also gets things like ability to hide downed enemy bodies, sonar to reveal hostiles, and binoculars for extended sight, providing the player with enough options to surpass even the most challenging encounters. For example, the sonar allows Ayana to identify her foes so she can adapt to their patrol patterns and use that information to safely move past them, or she can also strike at them from the shadows if she wishes for a more aggressive approach.
Speaking of enemies, while there isn’t any real combat, Ayana can attack from above my landing on top of passing foes or by sneaking behind them. Thankfully the game provides her with tools that can either distract enemies like holograms or mines that can stun them giving her the chance to take down or avoid her foes.
This leads me to the narrative. Ereban: Shadow Legacy‘s plot is about Ayana and her quest to understand the fate of her people, and how it’s tied to megacorp Helios. During this inquiry, she’s dragged into a power struggle between the corporation and a group of freedom fighters called the Forgotten Suns.
Plainly put, the narrative is better in concept than execution. This exploration of the conflict failed to elicit any emotional responses from Ayana, whose voice actress half-heartedly reads through the script. That
apathy dictated how invested I became, and little about the protagonist and the general premise is ever well-realized. It’s a shame, since themes of reclaiming one’s identity and the abuses of foreign corporations are very relevant in the modern era. The failure to capitalize on real-world politics around us was a disappointing missed opportunity.
While the narrative falls utterly flat, Ereban: Shadow Legacy remains a good point of entry into the stealth genre, encouraging players to take things patiently and strategically while also giving them a unique adventure that lets them — quite literally — blend into the shadows. It’s worth a try for this, if nothing else!
Rating: 7 out of 10
— Fumo Chabalala
Disclosures: This game is developed and published by Baby Robot Games. It is currently available on XBO/X/S and PC. This copy of the game was obtained via publisher and reviewed on the PC. Approximately 8.5 hours of play were devoted to the single-player mode, and the game was completed. There are no multiplayer modes.
Parents: This game has not been rated by the ESRB. However, it does contain mild violence which is mainly directed towards robots, and there is minimal gore. Also, there are a quite a few jokes that contain sexually-suggestive innuendo, but I suspect most of them will fly over the heads of younger players.
Colorblind Modes: There are no colorblind modes available.
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Gamers: This game offers subtitles. The subtitles can be altered and resized. I played a portion without sound, and aren’t any audio cues that lack a visual indicator. In short, I believe it is a fully accessible experience.
Remappable Controls: Yes, this game offers fully remappable controls.
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