Shadow Warrior is a popular game that will be rolling out this March 01, 2022. Or should I say ‘Wangtastic’? The answer is no, no I shouldn’t.The review for the game is an interesting one where it is in the favor of the gamer.
A Shadow Warrior 4 that offers some more variety and irons out these small issues could be truly fantastic. This pattern doesn’t really change aside from the occasional boss fight and some standout moments, like a set piece where Lo Wang must chase a giant egg down a mountain before it breaks.ĭespite this, Shadow Warrior 3 is a fun old school shooter with a couple of great ideas of its own and plenty of personality. The game’s structure is basically a loop of environmental platforming (think Doom Eternal, but less frustrating), combat encounters, and cut scenes. Shadow Warrior 3 runs out of new tricks about two-thirds of the way through its scant six hour playtime. The game often struggles to identify your intended enemy for things like the gore tool and grappling hook though, which can be frustrating during the more frantic fights. Gore tools really inform strategies during fights, and it’s fun to relinquish a giant sword from a zombie samurai to swat down bothersome flying enemies or rip off an enemy’s arm and batter his cronies with it for a while. Some may grant double health or freeze surrounding enemies, while bigger enemies who require more meter give more outlandish, limited use weapons. Once the gore tool meter is sufficiently filled, Lo Wang can immediately kill any enemy, leading to a completely unique effect. The most prominent new combat gimmick is gore tools. It’s mainly used to slice up weaker enemies strewn through the arenas to regain ammo. Lo Wang’s katana takes a bit of a back seat this time.
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A full auto upgrade for the shotgun turns it into an absolute death-dealer, while other guns can be imbued with status effects so you can stun lock enemies with electricity or freeze them. You are given the game’s seven weapons fairly early on in the campaign and you can upgrade your favourites, either by collecting upgrade orbs or by performing certain combat challenges. Wang’s arsenal has been streamlined this time. These can hurt the player too, and lead to a few hilarious accidental deaths. Arenas often have environmental hazards that Wang can activate, such as giant spinning blades or trapdoors. You are encouraged to wall run and use other movement options during fights, but some moves, like the close quarters Chi attack or the slide, are largely unnecessary outside specific moments. The game is very linear though, and those expecting the complex secret-laden key hunts of the 1997 game will be disappointed, as you are almost never expected or even able to go off the beaten track. The game even has a handy grappling hook that can be used at specific points and to close distance on weaker enemies.Įnvironments themselves don’t vary massively, but what are there, from icy caverns to the bowels of a giant creature, looks great and are a suitable backdrop to the carnage. Lo Wang can double jump, dash, slide, and wall run to traverse the world and stay alive in its many combat arenas. The player has access to all the game’s movement options almost immediately.
His friendship with Hoji is quite endearing though and watching them bicker and bond over their mutual hatred of authority figures is engaging. Lo Wang makes for a decent enough protagonist, with a lot of fourth wall breaking and some admittedly tiresome pop culture references. Of course, it isn’t long before Hoji’s back on his feet and a spiritual McGuffin has been introduced that allows Lo Wang to redeem himself, kill that pesky dragon, and save the world.
Lounging around in his underpants, Lo Wang pours his heart out to his dead mate Hoji. Recounting his defeat at the hands of a world-eating dragon, Lo Wang is holed up in a deserted mountaintop temple that he has converted into a ‘Wang Cave’ – whose name is much less cool than he thinks it is – compete with arcade machines and a fixer-upper sportscar. The game opens with Lo Wang at his lowest ebb.
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