# insanely twisted shadow planet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanely-twisted-shadow-planet/503303>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 17, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanely-twisted-shadow-planet/503303 "2009-07-17T03:37:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanely-twisted-shadow-planet/503303/1 "2009-07-17T03:37:03Z")

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I’ve never been blown away by a trailer like i was by [this](http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-extended-insanely-twisted/52779). I don’t even enjoy that type of game but i positively cannot wait for it to come out after watching that video.

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**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanely-twisted-shadow-planet/503303/2 "2009-07-17T05:13:50Z")

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That looks really nice. Assuming that the controls are smooth and natural, that would be a great game to play.

Oh, and I hope it doesn’t turn into one of those “play this part thirty times until you’ve memorised the sequence of bad guys jutting out of the walls” type games. I prefer tests of skill to tests of patience.

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**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanely-twisted-shadow-planet/503303/3 "2009-07-17T10:13:43Z")

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Pretty engaging visual style (and excellent choice of music), but I have no desire to actually play the game. I can’t stand side scrolling “memorize-where-dots-are-coming-from” games.

I’m put off by the awful title and the need to put a director’s credit at the front, but aside from that, pretty excellent trailer right there.

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**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanely-twisted-shadow-planet/503303/4 "2009-07-17T17:36:17Z")

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> [@Jules\_Andre](#):
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> Pretty engaging visual style (and excellent choice of music), but I have no desire to actually play the game. I can’t stand side scrolling “memorize-where-dots-are-coming-from” games.
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> I’m put off by the awful title and the need to put a director’s credit at the front, but aside from that, pretty excellent trailer right there.

The title and director credits are because the game is based on an internet cartoon called “insanely twisted shadow puppets”.

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanely-twisted-shadow-planet/503303/5 "2009-07-17T20:17:39Z")

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Nice score. The music makes the trailer.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanely-twisted-shadow-planet/503303/6 "2009-07-18T01:45:05Z")

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The atmosphere is nice (presumably that’s taken from the cartoon), but the gameplay itself doesn’t really seem to be all that.