History VideoGame / ShadowWarOfSuccession

* FunWithAcronyms: S.H.A.D.O.W. stands for '''S'''yndicate of '''H'''ate, '''A'''narchy, '''D'''estruction, and '''O'''rganized '''W'''arfare.%%* GutturalGrowler: The announcer, to a laughable degree. Some have compared him to an angry dog.

''Shadow: War of Succession'' was developed by Tribeca Digital Studios (not to be confused with Tribeca Interactive) and released in 1994 for the [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer 3DO]]. It was one of the many {{Fighting Game}}s [[FollowTheLeader that tried to copy]] ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.

* TheRival: except for Viper or [[spoiler: the Shadow King]], each character has their own rival.

** Erica and Gabriella are also rivals. Gabriella was apparently framed for the Shadow King's murder by Erica, even though [[spoiler: it was Erica who killed the Shadow King]].

* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler: Apparently, it is possible to play as the Shadow King upon beating the game.]]

* TheRival: except for Viper or the [[spoiler: Shadow King]], each character has their own rival.

** Erica and Gabriella are also rivals. Gabriella was apparently framed for the Shadow King's murder by Erica, even though it was [[spoiler: Erica who killed her own father]].

* FunWithAcronyms: S.H.A.D.O.W. stands for '''S'''yndicate of '''H'''ate, '''A'''narchy, '''D'''estruction, and '''O'''rganized '''W'''arfare.
* GutturalGrowler: The announcer, to a laughable degree. Some have compared him to an angry dog.

* BadassLongcoat: Carlos is of the sunglasses, trenchcoat and shotgun type.

* ContinuitySnarl: A lot of what the characters say don't correlate with their stories. [[spoiler: Erika Storm was the one that tried to kill her father, not all the characters she challenges, as one example.]]

* EasyModeMockery: Of sorts. The final boss can't be fought on Beginner difficulty. Instead it shows a portrait of said boss, with text hinting at the boss itself, then boots back to the main menu. Considering text dumps featuring said boss tend to use different portraits depending on which version is being played, it's likely the freeze issue only affects certain locations.

** Riggs introduces himself to Carlos with "You killed me once, [[Franchise/StarWars but now I'm more powerful than you can ever imagined!]]"

* EiffelTowerEffect: The helicopter in the opening flies by the Statue of Liberty.

** Riggs introduces himself to Carlos with "You killed me once, [[Franchise/StarWars but now I'm more powerful than you could ever imagined!]]"

** Riggs introduces himself to Carlos with "You killed me once, [[Franchise/StarWars but I have become more powerful than you ever imagined!]]"

%%* GutturalGrowler: The announcer.

** Riggs introduces himself with "You killed me once, [[Franchise/StarWars but I have become more powerful than you ever imagined!]]"

* FollowTheLeader: This was (or at least pretended to be) a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' clone.

** Carlos introduces himself with "You killed me once, [[Franchise/StarWars but I have become more powerful than you ever imagined!]]"

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[SincerityMode What a great cover]] for some [[FilmNoir Noir]] MortalKombat for [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer the 3DO]]!]]
->''"Yes, it was created by a bunch of guys who knew nothing about making video games and they laughed all the way to the bank after selling it. They were actually one of the very few game developers that made a profit that year!"''
-->''"That's exactly what it was. We didn't know what the hell we were doing and did not get much support from 3DO either. Yeah, the game stank, but we didn't fail. It made money."''
-->-- [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjUOeGz7vOo [=TheMadViper=]'s comments]], [[OrSoIheard a coder for this game]].

The story, while silly, is not bad for a fighting game. The leader of S.H.A.D.O.W. has died, and seven of the Shadow King's lieutenants fight each other to the death to become the next mob boss.

With Website/YouTube available, this game has recently became more known as a way of BileFascination. Just seeing the quality of the game and knowing it was published and sold makes the player/watcher feel weird. [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/1884364179/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_1?ie=UTF8&index=1 One multi-game strategy guide]] provided a list of moves and spent the rest of the section talking about how awful the game was, even in the screenshot captions.

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjUOeGz7vOo Here is some gameplay footage]] and here are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZAWAqyjedo two]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuCT7CuEIz0 videos]] of the WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} duo poking fun at the game.

* DigitizedSprites: In keeping with being a (poor) ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' knockoff.

* GutturalGrowler: The announcer, to such an extreme degree that the Retsupurae duo weren't even sure if that was a ''human'' voice they were hearing.

* EasyModeMockery: Of sorts. The final boss can't be fought on Beginner difficulty. There's no proper programming for this, so the game simply freezes up at the character select screen when it shows the boss.
** Actually the game shows a portrait of said boss, with text hinting at the boss itself, then boots back to the main menu. Considering text dumps featuring said boss tend to use different portraits depending on which version is being played, it's likely the issue only affects certain locations.

** Riggs introduces himself with "You killed me once, [[Franchise/StarWars but I have become more powerful than you ever imagined!]]"

* MysteriousStranger: Viper, who wears a ski mask, wants to put a stop to S.H.A.D.O.W. for some unexplained reason. Nothing else is known about him.

* BadassLongcoat: Carlos is of the shades, trenchcoat and shotgun type.