First impressions of Shadows of the Damned after my first couple hours with it: HOLY CRAP YES.
Er, yeah, I'm enjoying it very much. It's like a marriage between Resident Evil 4 (being a greater successor to that game than RE5 was), Silent Hill, No More Heroes, and a Robert Rodriguez film. But with more dick and poop jokes.
Akira Yamaoka's soundtrack is wicked. I think I caught a snippet of a riff from his soundtrack to Contra: Shattered Soldier, which is by no means a criticism, that's probably my favorite game soundtrack ever. He also reuses sound effects from Silent Hill, which also makes me happy. For a game powered by the Unreal Engine, it's a bit fugly, and the aiming is kind of wonky, but these things don't bother me. Actually, they add to my enjoyment of the game and it's a lack of polish that adds to its punk rock attitude.
So many dick jokes, man.
Also: Demon that swallowed a harmonica, strawberries are made of ground up tongues, your machinegun fires teeth, Hell is a creepy abandoned old town with cobblestone streets, and horse crap playing an important part in a boss battle.
I love this game.
[Brett]