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Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey, The

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Based on 9 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Developer: Vir2L Studios
Genre(s): Role-Playing Game
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: November 22, 2004
Summary
Based on the highly successful Elder Scrolls series by Bethesda Softworks, Shadowkey continues the epic story series that has thrilled RPG fans for more than 10 years. In Shadowkey, you'll explore a vast fantasy 3D world with rugged terrain, ancient temples, bandit lairs, and murderous caverns. You'll fight more than 50 different kinds of foes in your search for the power of the Shadowkeys. Customize your gameplay experience by choosing from the classic Elder Scrolls character classes including Assassin, Barbarian, Battlemage, Knight, Nightblade, Rogue, Spellsword, Sorcerer, and Thief. [Nokia]
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What The Critics Said
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If you’re looking for a solid, engaging RPG from people who definitely know their stuff, you’ll get quite a kick out of The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey.
Read Full Review >GameZone
Shadowkey aspires to be as deep an experience as Morrowind, but ultimately comes up short due to poor graphics and unresponsive controls.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Makes few compromises to adapt to its new format, and it suffers as a result. Technological hurdles cripple the gameplay, making Shadowkey little more than a failed attempt to simulate the Elder Scrolls PC experience.
Read Full Review >1UP
Everything about Elder Scroll Travels: Shadow Key confuses, frustrates, and leaves me unwilling to play through the epic tale of fantasy it's been hyped as being.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
You are entering a realm where a game starts having everything going for it, then utterly falls apart to the brink of total annihilation, but holds onto life enough to inspire prolonged play.
Read Full Review >AceGamez
The thing is, you're going to need to play The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey in hour blasts to enjoy this to the fullest.
Read Full Review >Console Gameworld
It tried to be too ambitious and ended up sacrificing the quality of the game. It boasts over 80 hours of gameplay, but you’ll be hard-pressed to even get past the first few battles.
Read Full Review >Just RPG
While a game of such magnitude would understandably have to be toned down for the portable market, Shadowkey is unforgivably bland, clunky and boring. Even N-Gage owners dying for a new RPG should steer clear: Shadowkey won't do anything to satisfy that urge.
Read Full Review >RewiredMind
Shadowkey feels unpolished, incredibly dull and far from what budding dungeon masters would want.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 5.8 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Sherman H. gave it a10:
Greatest mobile 3D RPG ever! Long hours of gameplay and seemingly endless replay value.
Tommi K. gave it a10:
This game has good graphics and gameplay is solid. Dungeons and cities are majestic and beauty. This game rules!
