In a tone not unlike the Darth-God James Earl Jones, Legion should give just about anyone the willies with his eerie baritone and subtle use of post-processed echo. My personal favorite has to be the guy who does the voice of Legion. While there are no recognized actors in the mix, the quality of their performances is high nonetheless. Not to be overlooked are the voice samples. If horror music is your thing, then Shadow Man has it. From start to finish, every little tune my speakers played, no matter how short or how long, kept me glued to the set.

From the introduction, comparisons to the House on Haunted Hill remake and the classic brooder Seven immediately spring to mind. Using a powerfully-gothic soundtrack to help tell the tale, this Dreamcast adventure is a treat for your ears. A cool story isn't the only thing Shadow Man has going for it. If Legion and 'The Five' (basically horseman of the apocalypse hidden in the guise of various serial killers) can collect these souls, then an eternity of pain and suffering will be unleashed unto the lives of many for all time. There, LeRoi must collect the darkest of souls and take them into himself before the evil known simply as 'Legion' can. Under the servitude of the priestess Mama Nettie, he has been summoned to the place all things go when they die - Deadside. It goes a little something like this: Michael LeRoi is the Shadow Man, a Voodoo warrior who possesses the power to walk between the worlds of both the living and the dead. Thankfully for us, it handles the subject in a much more detailed and interesting way than the rest of the bunch. In the tradition of just about every movie and game to come out this year, Shadow Man deals with one man's fight to halt Armageddon. Luckily for those who went ahead and snapped up a copy of Acclaim's latest action title Shadow Man (previously available on PC, N64, and PlayStation), you're in for a pleasant surprise. Normally when this happens, it's because the product is more than terrible and the publishers don't want any bad press to take away from its early sales. Sometimes a game comes out of nowhere and sneaks onto the shelves before the press-types can get their hands on it.

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