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Shadow and The Flame is that rare sequel that actually builds on the original—more traps, more sword fights, and way more places to die horribly. You start off in this dusty marketplace, and within minutes you're dodging spikes, leaping over pits, and getting ambushed by guards who really don’t want you there. The animation still has that smooth, rotoscoped look from the first game, but everything feels bigger, like they cranked up the chaos.

Some of the jumps are brutal, and the traps don’t always give you much warning. Took me a few tries to stop face-planting into hidden spikes. But when you pull off a perfect run—slicing through enemies, barely making a leap—it feels like you’re in some lost golden-age action flick. Just don’t expect the game to go easy on you.