Ereban: Shadow Legacy It is a game of shadows, a sci-fi adventure framed in the stealth subgenre, which catches your eye at first glance, although… Conclusions, as they should, at the end.

Let’s start this review by mentioning Baby Robot Games, the publisher and developer Ereban: Shadow Legacy. This is actually the debut of this small Spanish studio, and based on the results achieved, we can only congratulate them, because not all startups dare to aspire so much and almost achieve it. Almost yes, which is more than many others, including industry giants, can say.

«Ereban: Shadow Legacy Yippee a stealth and platformer where you play Ayana, the last descendant of a forgotten race. Control powerful shadow powers and sci-fi gadgets and escape or kill to discover your past in a dying and morally ambiguous universe,” reads the official description on Steam, the only place it’s available and only for Windows (which is why almost all of images you will see below).

As for the technical requirements, let’s say they could speed up the optimization a bit more, but it’s within normal parameters.

Minimum configuration:

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• Processor: Intel i5-6500 or equivalent
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or equivalent
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 15 GB free space

Recommended settings:

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• Processor: Intel i7-9700k or equivalent
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or equivalent
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 15 GB free space

Ereban: Shadow Legacy: there is no shadow without light

Good level in technical and artistic part

Ereban: Shadow Legacy It’s, as mentioned, a stealth and platformer with added elements: it has its small amount of puzzles, a small amount of crafting… and a large amount of exploration, along with platforming, the highlight of the level. . However, This is primarily a stealth game.. This is important to point out, because although the title draws on a thousand and one references, the secret is his leitmotif.

In this sense, it is normal that when playing Ereban: Shadow Legacy a classic comes to mind metal gearbox or newer as Aragamibut the same thing happens to you when you get flashes while walking crouched on the roofs of buildings Assassin’s Creed or because of how the missions are structured, you perceive some hit man out there, the latter games where, unlike the one at hand, stealth is just another element.

in Ereban: Shadow Legacy, No. Stealth is so crucial in this game that You can only kill enemies if they haven’t seen you, because if you do, you’re the one who’s done. At most you can try to trick them into hiding again. Which, to be honest, is very good, although some license to lighten this mechanic is missing, because sometimes it can get a bit repetitive and even make the progress too difficult.

It is missing, for example, that in a game of this type of stealth applied to shadows, it is not possible to break a light bulb to facilitate the passage of a section. There is no design decision that disputes this detail. On the other hand, it would be great to be able to use the weapons of fallen enemies upon request, even if it was in a specific and limited way. It would be asking too much and sacrifice some of the spirit of the game, but it would also add a little extra authenticity.

You either hide or you die. Be sure

After all, the concept of hiding in the shadows, a specific power of Ereban, the species to which our protagonist belongs, is very well done both aesthetically and practically: you immerse yourself in the shadow of the floor and wallsin the purest style Splatoon and now you can walk around as long as your energy bar allows. This is how you will overcome obstacles and surprise enemies that stand in your way.

However, this is not the only ability that Ayana will have to face her adventure: as the game progresses, various items are collected, with the help of which, on the one hand, the “shadow powers” are improved, with which the offensive and hidden abilities are increased; or collecting collectibles that can be used to create and upgrade technological “gadgets” on the other side. In both cases, these are key components for everything to run as smoothly as possible.

Ereban: Shadow Legacy It is structured into chapters through which the story progresses, composed of main and optional side quests and that you can repeat them as many times as you want to complete them or improve the score you get based on different parameters (times you died, times you were discovered, enemies you killed, etc.). Typical of this type of game and a good incentive to play it again after the campaign is over.

Just in case: it’s possible to replay any previous chapter, but it pays to do it immediately – that is, replay the chapter until you’ve completed all the tasks before moving on to the next one – or do it after completing the next chapter, or because you’re in the middle of a mission and going to another chapter , you will have to start over, at the beginning, in the last chapter you were in.

The story unfolds chapter by chapter

In terms of character handling, it is well tied except for some camera movements which are fatal on certain occasions due to sudden changes. Or, in other words, you will be caught more than once and fall into the void more than twice because of these cam games. It’s not like a lot happens or anything that doesn’t happen in other games, but it does. This goes for both the more platforming parts and the shadow mode moves.

How long it takes Ereban: Shadow Legacy? Everything you want. But if you’re interested in enjoying it without getting carried away by the extremes, I’d say in between about 8 or 10 hours, depending on how “complete” you are.. I repeat: without getting carried away by extremes, because once you understand the game mechanics, getting straight to the point can shorten everything exponentially. And vice versa: how you intend to do everything one hundred percent and perfectly… That will depend on how skilled you are.

Story about Ereban: Shadow Legacy It’s pretty typical, although I try to avoid it sometimes, without success. So the game is not driven by the desire to know more. A light sin if you ask me, more common than desirable these days. The good thing is that the game encourages you to keep playing just because it’s fun, which is ultimately what it’s all about.

It is not composed, but there are winks that do not lie

One of the shortcomings Ereban: Shadow Legacy is that even though the game is translated into spanish and even catalan (at least since it’s studio catalan) it has a lot of cutscenes and dialogue parts in addition to other languages great dubbing but only in english. And coming from a Spanish studio, that’s not cool at all. That is: either the dialogues are important or they are not, and if they are, dub it in Spanish as well.

The artistic part of the game is also at a good level, with nuances: the sound effects and soundtrack are simply there, accompanying without clashing but not standing out, while the artistic execution is much more explicit. So much so that even though I read words like cyberpunkThat’s all I can think Ereban: Shadow Legacy Aesthetically, it fits the Star Wars universe too well.

And graphic design, better said? Graphics style, wow. It also falls into the ordinary, with almost anime series characters on scenarios that work better in motion. However, this aspect is the most successful since a mix of everything, including lighting and games with light and shadows -of course – make a solid and quite beautiful canvas to interact with. And vice versa: areas with a lot of light or with a lot of shadows lack the most charm.

Ereban: Shadow Legacy, a remarkable debut

Ereban: Shadow Legacy It’s a game you’ll enjoy a lot if you like the genre and don’t worry about its flaws, as none are so heavy that they detract from the work as a whole. First impressions can be very deceiving, for better or for worse. In this case, the game seems to be more than it is: the scenarios are a bit lacking in content, the mechanics are a bit repetitive, there are details that could have been polished a bit more…

You could ask for more, but based on just a few. If we add to these considerations that this is the debut of a small studio Indiathat the experience is very stable – what a good sign that we don’t mention these types of issues – and that it costs 24.99… It’s just that it’s a well-made 3D adventure, not metroidvania typical pixelated… (nothing against the latter, eh?, one of my favorite genres, but the technical difficulty is not the same).

So no, Ereban: Shadow Legacy It’s not a triple A, although in places it feels like it’s trying to be, the originality it provides is relative because it draws from many sources and they’re all very familiar… But it’s very well done, it’s immersive, it’s finally fun… And if you also like stealth games… White and in a bottle. That is, in the dark and in the shadows.