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Strategy / tactics

Shadow Watch

by Red Storm Entertainment·published by Red Storm Entertainment, SouthPeak Interactive

1 April 2000Teen17
PCWindows

Reader score

6.7/ 10

12 votes

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About

Shadow Watch is a turn-based tactical strategy game set in a near future world of international intrigue. The player has access to six characters, each of which has special skills. The game is played in a series of missions with each mission having a different goal, such as the stealthy retrieval of secret documents or the extermination of an enemy force.

Although it is often compared to Jagged Alliance and X-COM, Shadow Watch is only vaguely similar to those games. It has a unique action point system where all actions take the same number of action points but action point may be gained by events such as being shot or seeing an enemy. The game also features a morale system where if a character's action points go above their morale score they go berserk and become controlled by the computer until they can calm down. Also unlike the other games mentioned, Shadow Watch does not allow you to pick up weapons from fallen enemies. Instead, each character has predefined weapons and skills which make you use each character differently.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English—

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Supported Systems/Models

x86 (32-bit)

Drivers/APIs Supported

DirectDraw

Media Type

CD-ROM, Download

Input Devices Required

Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

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Single-player

Save Game Methods

Manual Save, Internal Storage

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 95

Min. RAM Required

32 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 6.1

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

4X (600 KB/s)

Min. Video Memory Required

2 MB

Video Resolutions Supported

640×480

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Facts

Released

1 April 2000

Platforms

PCWindows

Age ratings

ESRBTeenUSK16ELSPA11+

Tags

Diagonal-downFree cameraIsometricTurn-basedStealthTurn-based tactics (TBT)Multiple units/characters controlSci-fi / futuristicDetective / mystery