Shady, is an open world, action video game following the rapper Eminem, in a fictional universe inspired by his music and animated show created in the early 2000's. The game plays similar to a compilation of a third person shooter, and a hack n slash with serious role-playing elements elements.
Gameplay
The gameplay consists of multiple missions or quests that can be completed in succession to further the game's story or ignored to explore the open world map primarily based on Detroit Michigan. Gameplay that can be experienced in the missions range from Melee combat to fight from afar with guns. Vehicles are also a large part of the gameplay acting as part of all the above styles.
Combat
Combat consists of Melee attacks, Firearms and explosives (some stylized as Soulja Arms) to fight enemies. The melee plays similar to a hack and slash like No More Heroes, relying on the timing of multi-button combos and attacks. Firearms, although functioning like the normal third person shooter's mechanics, the player can use an auto-aim feature and a cover system. Should players take damage, their health meter will regenerate at an extremely slow pace until a mission ends, in where the health comes back to 100%. A way around this is the drug mechanic.
Weapons
- Melee
- Heavy D (Bat)
- The Shadesaw (Chainsaw)
- Yelawolf (Axe)
- Stat Quo (Crowbar)
- J Dilla (Katana Sword)
- Creek (Hammer)
- Kon Artis (Staff)
- Ca$his (Brass Knuckles)
- Firearms
- Swifty (Automatic Pistol)
- Kuniva (Revolver)
- N. Dogg (Shotgun)
- Slaughterhouse (Machine Gun)
- Proof (High Caliber Pistol)
- Eazy-E (Grenade Launcher)
- 2Pac (Double Shotgun)
- Notorious BIG (Mini Gun)
Playable Characters
Unlockable
- Royce da 5'9" (After Chapter 1; Mission 2)
- Obie Trice (In Chapter 3)
- 50 Cent (In Chapter 4)
- Dr. Dre (In Chapter 5)
- Eminem (After Chapter 6)
Bosses
(Desc, TBA)
- Royce da 5'9" (Minor)
- Blondie Black (Minor)
- Blondie White (Dave Winkly) (Based on Everlast and Vanilla Ice)
- Juggalo Jason (Minor)
- Bizarre (Minor)
- Juggalo Jahfrey (Based on ICP)
- Obie Trice (Minor)
- Pristina Gags (Based on Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera)
- Jinx Slum (Based on Ja Rule and Irv Gotti)
- Suge Chino (Based on Benzino and Suge Knight)
- Ken Kaniff (Minor)
- Susan (Minor)
- Slim Shady
- Matthew Mitchell (Final)
The Drug System
The drug mechanic allows the player to receive buffs (ex. Health Regeneration, Damage Shielding, increased strength) from drugs purchased off Dave, the drug dealer. However the system's catch is that the drugs are addictive, if the player takes any drug too many times it's effects will become less effective and eventually cause the player to gradually lose health without taking the drugs (the health always stops at 5%). A player can lose the addiction by stopping their drug intake but in return has to deal with the diminishing health.
Story/Chapters
Prologue
- Track 01
The game opens up with a sequence with little context. The player takes control of Marshall as he chases and must corner his ex-wife Kim in her house with a sword. As it seems Marshall is going to stab and kill her, he wakes up from a dream. The player is then introduced to Marshall and his therapist Dr. Dre. Marshall lives a relatively normal and quiet life, co-parenting his daughter, Hailie with Kim. Marshall mentions receiving a cryptic letter from a man with the initials M.M. threatening to kill him.
- Track 02
Slim Shady, Susan and Ken Kaniff break into a warehouse protected by mercenaries in order to retrieve Shady's old weapon, the Shadesaw. The crew succeeds and slaughters the mercenaries. Unfortunately for them the police are called so they are forced to flee and end up running to Marshall for help. Although reluctant Marshall agrees to give them a place to stay while things calm down.
Chapter 1; Hi, My Name Is...
Finding the letter from M.M. Shady decides to do Marshall a favor and try to hunt down the sender with Ken and Susan. The group's first assumption is that the letter was written by old friend, turned enemy, Royce da 5'9".
- Track 01
Shady, Ken and Susan infiltrate a warehouse owned by Royce da 5'9" and his hired crew.
- Track 02
Upset with Shady and co.'s warehouse massacre, Royce agrees to meet with Slim himself in a nearby public park. Unfortunately the meeting turns violent and the two have a massive public duel that ends with them being arrested.
- Track 03
Ken and Susan follow Shady and Royce to the police station to try and break them out.
- Track 04
While in a cell together Royce and Shady end up talking out their differences. With the arrival of Ken and Susan, the group works together to escape the Police Station. After escaping, the crew return to Marshall's with Royce. (Royce now joins the crew as a playable character.) Royce reunites with Marshall, and the whole group try to brainstorm about who the mysterious M.M. could be. While doing so they end up getting distracted and reminiscing about how they all met.
- Track 05
In 1991 Shady and Susan met at a house party hosted by their friend, Dave. At said party Shady tries to seduce Susan. However things go horribly wrong when Susan accidentally takes a fatally large dose of psychedelic mushrooms. Hoping to find something to counteract them and stop Susan from dying Shady goes to Dave who gave him the mushrooms. Dave is unsure of what to do but sites that he got the Mushrooms from local drug dealer, Blondie Black. Shady and Susan leave the party handcuffed to try and track down Blondie Black.
- Track 06
At the same house party, a young Marshall steals a rich bully's car keys and convinces a young Kim to go joyriding with him. After reaching a waypoint by the woods, Marshall and Kim fire guns off at a make shift target practice area.
- Track 07
Shady and Susan barge in on a big drug deal Blondie Black is making in a warehouse. Upset by Shady's poor timing and blunt demands for a antidote for Susan, Blondie commands his underlings to all take out Shady and Susan. With no other option, the two fight through the crowd in order to get a drug able to counterbalance the mushrooms, and save Susan.
Marshall eventually drops Kim back off at her house and drives away still in the bully's car. Unfortunately for him, Shady and Susan were able to run Blondie out the warehouse, and Marshall hits a confused Blondie who staggered into the road. Furious, and confused from the trauma of being hit Blondie prepares to shoot Marshall confusing him and Shady. Luckily, for him Shady jumps in, taking the bullet for Marshall and saving him from the impact. Blondie is then shot in the head by Susan. As everything is wrapping up, the group meets a young gangbanger, who was sent to kill Blondie, a young Royce. Royce suggests that the three become independent gangbangers like him and that if they're interested he could connect them with some of his friends. Back in the present, a frustrated Marshall leaves and demands the others stop trying to find the one who sent him the letter.
- Track 08
Marshall must pick Hailie and Kim up from Hailie's school and drop them off at Kim's house. Kim acts more apprehensive and rude to Marshall than usual. After dropping them off and going to leave, Marshall runs into a now older Dave, but unable to recognize him Marshall simply walks passed him despite Dave greeting Marshall. Marshall thinks little of the event.
- Track 09
Shady's crew is ambushed on there way to a drug deal Susan was going to. With no other option, they fight back.
- Track 10
- Track 11
- Track 12
Going to pay Kim a visit to talk to her about the drugs he found in her purse, Marshall arrives only to find Kim passed out on her floor unconscious. A clueless Hailie walks in moments after and with no other option, Marshall must rush Kim to the hospital. At the hospital it's revealed that Kim had taken a near fatal amount of drugs which were mislabeled. It is unknown if Kim will live or not. Marshall immediately realizes that it was the work of Dave and decides to finally retrieve his old sword and firearm, named J. Dilla and Proof respectively.
- Track 13
The Shady crew is finally able to come face to face with Dave. However, thinking ahead Dave reveals even more Mercenaries who greatly outnumber and outgun Shady, Susan, Ken and Royce. Marshall comes in last minute with his old weapons and joins them in the fight. After plowing through the army, Dave finally challenges Shady himself to a one-on-one fight. The battle between the two ends with Shady as the winner and Winkly being sliced in half.
The crew can now rest easy knowing that Winkly's been taken care of and no one besides the police are pursuing them. Meanwhile Kim's health shows major improvements at the hospital and it's estimated she'll be able to return home in a matter of days.