I am sure many here don't recall, but when Shadow of the Beast came out for the Amiga, it was the most impressive combination of graphics, animation, and sound. It was amazing to see the level of animation (and of such well rendered images) that was taking place. As far as gameplay went, it was nothing at all special. The only motivation to keep going was the hope that new backdrops would present themselves, really.
At this point, I would say that the most impressive display of graphics + sound (forgetting animation) was still Defender of the Crown. It is still a beautiful thing to behold.
Perhaps more impresive, relative to the platform specs, than Shadow of the Beast for Amiga is Shadow of the Beast for the C64. I cannot believe the level of animation achieved on that 1MHz, 8-bit machine in that game. It does not match the Amiga version at all, but the Amiga is many times more powerful a machine.
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