Review: Shadow of Loot Box (PlayStation 4)

Shadow of Loot Box is a first-person shooter about micropayments, loot boxes, cut content and everything we “love” in modern video games.

Pros:

• Pixel graphics.
• Three difficulties- Easy, Normal and hard.
• Platinum trophy.
• Invert axis option.
• Instant loading times.
• First person adventure gameplay.
• Weapons- Pistol, Shotgun, Rifle and rocket launcher.
• Earn EXP, Level up and get upgrade points to put in a tree to unlock new abilities like more health, Run or interact with objects etc.
• 240MB Download size.
• 16 levels.
• Big boss fights.
• Easy Platinum trophy.
• A lot of in-game humor about the state of the games industry today.
• Simple controls- Shoot, Jump and interact.
• Clear HUD shows health, AmmoEXP etc.
• Loot boxes- Give random loot like EXP, weapons, ammo or health.
• Collect/buy/earn loot boxes.
• Nice locations from jungles to snow to medieval towns.
• Takes in multiple genres like a crafting themed level to one where you manage your hunger and warmth to puzzle mazes.
• Autosaves regularly.
• Took a few hours to finish.
• Levels are quite big.
• Can find and take on optional; side quests.

Cons:

• Difficulty option feels redundant.
• Took only a few hours to finish.
• Dodgy hit detection.
• No replay value.
• Same couple of enemy models over and over.
• Repetitive music.
• Possible (I did it!) to farm EXP and loot boxes by doing a simple fetch quest over and over with no limits.