Shadow Warrior 3

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  • Summary: Shadow Warrior 3 launches the offbeat first-person shooter series to the next level with a seamless blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and a spectacular free-running movement system. Fallen corporate shogun Lo Wang and his former employer turned nemesis turned sidekickShadow Warrior 3 launches the offbeat first-person shooter series to the next level with a seamless blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and a spectacular free-running movement system. Fallen corporate shogun Lo Wang and his former employer turned nemesis turned sidekick Orochi Zilla embark on an improbable mission to recapture an ancient dragon they unwillingly unleashed from its eternal prison. Armed with a punishing mix of blades and bullets, Lo Wang must traverse uncharted parts of the world to track down the dark beast and push the apocalypse back yet again. All it will take is the mask of a dead god, a dragon's egg, a touch of magic, and enough firepower to hold off the impending cataclysm. Bring a Katana to a Gunfight. Conduct a symphony of death with each encounter by mixing overwhelming firepower with devastatingly precise katana strikes as you dash in and around the demonic hordes.

    Fancy Footwork
    Flow between nimble movement techniques including air dashes, wall running, double jumps, and the fancy new grappling hook busts your combat and movement options wide open in every battle.

    Execute Then Annihilate
    Execute spectacular finishing moves to claim a piece of your conquered foe and unleash its powers back on the horde in a burst of unstoppable fury and powerful magic.

    Dynamic Combat Arenas
    Each environment is lined with hazardous structures and devices that can be activated to add another layer of creative choice to the offensive strategy.

    Neo Feudal Japan
    Trek across a mythic Asian land infused with the magic and technology of ancient samurai, now overrun by the demonic yokai from Japanese folklore.

    Funny Business
    Brace for expertly delivered one-liners from Lo Wang, pointed banter with Zilla, and an intense thrill ride of absurd predicaments on the way to turning doomsday into a new day.    … Expand

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 32 out of 59
  3. Negative: 2 out of 59
  1. GameSpace
    Feb 28, 2022
    95
    Shadow Warrior 3 is an unbridled good time with great fights and even greater one-liners. Add in some character and weapon upgrades with a great store and that is a recipe for success in my book. With the exception of the controller issues everything else in this game comes highly recommended by myself.
  2. Hey Poor Player
    Feb 28, 2022
    80
    If you sometimes get tired of plodding, greyish-brownish-greenish pseudo-realistic military shooters, this is the antidote. Dazzlingly colourful, unrelentingly fast-paced, unrepentantly zany and bursting with potential for player creativity, Shadow Warrior 3 is absolutely joyous to play from start to finish. So after 25 years, do I STILL want some Wang? You’re damn right I do!
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    80
    It's nice to switch off and enjoy the joy of movement, spoiled by a few poorly placed checkpoints. It's nice to slaughter hordes of demons in generic arenas with a small arsenal of weapons. It's nice to occasionally save a world that you yourself have thrown into terrible trouble. We all have a little Lo Wang in us. [Issue#318]
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  4. Meristation
    Feb 28, 2022
    72
    Shadow warrior 3 is an excellent first person shooter with an awesome combat system full of possibilities and cool mechanics, with gorgeous and colorful graphics that looks outstanding. The poor and simple level design, short length and lack of content avoid it from reaching the top tiers of the genre.
  5. GameSkinny
    Feb 28, 2022
    70
    Shadow Warrior 3 is a game that knows exactly what it’s doing. It’s not the best-looking game, nor the most polished. The ambitions are limited, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. This is the action movie you watch on a weekend afternoon, not Citizen Kane. That confidence results in a game that is extremely enjoyable with a great mix of action and absurdism, but also something that will be easy to forget. The linear design works for a single playthrough, which is more than enough to get what Shadow Warrior 3 has to offer.
  6. Shacknews
    Feb 28, 2022
    70
    Shadow Warrior 3 lives and dies on how much fun it is to play. Thankfully, the minute-to-minute action is downright delightful, even if the boss encounters maintain the series’ streak of being underwhelming. The shooting, movement, and killing are every bit as good as recent Doom games, even if the whole thing feels derivative. The guns and enemies are wildly inventive and engaging. It is a shame the rest of the experience fails to meet the same standard. I was disappointed at many of the design choices here, particularly the loss of cooperative play and randomized encounters. Die-hard fans and shooter aficionados should pick this up, but most folks would probably find more fun with some different wang online.
  7. GamesHub
    Feb 28, 2022
    40
    That’s the problem with Shadow Warrior 3. For all it’s hay about subversiveness and whacked out combat, there was never a moment during its campaign where I didn’t know exactly what to do, the basic shape of what was to come, and the exact way I’d solve those problems once I got there. The game has a linear, flat trajectory all the way through – and its inability to truly bring its own world to life is a key failure in what could have been a far more charming, interesting experience.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 43
  3. Negative: 14 out of 43
  1. Maop18
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Shadow Warrior 3 is an excellent FPS, perfect mix of action and platforming. Environmental kills are fun tu use. Graphically it makes a hugeShadow Warrior 3 is an excellent FPS, perfect mix of action and platforming. Environmental kills are fun tu use. Graphically it makes a huge impression. The world is amazing, colorful just as enemies. Gore Tools mechanic are awesome. I hope the next part will be a longer repeat of what you presented in this part. 10/10… Expand
  2. Tanerseto
    Mar 27, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So Awesome the game Ilove it so nice very violent game and very nice graphic this game is so awesome… Expand
  4. Topaz44
    Mar 6, 2022
    8
    Fast action, fun shooting, short but fun game, just perfect for short stress out session after work.
  5. hardkot
    Apr 19, 2022
    7
    Guardians of The Galaxy: SW edition

    Actually I don't expect that I like this game because of it reviews. But in fact this is good mix of    Guardians of The Galaxy: SW edition

    Actually I don't expect that I like this game because of it reviews. But in fact this is good mix of pop culture, doom clone, and Deadpool as main character.

    Visual (8/10) Design in game is awesomely good, at least for me. Characters, different demons, all locations are extremely colorful and fancy. I really enjoyed what I see on screen. But I don't like that all arenas are quite small, except 3-4 arenas on final stage. Also music is quite average for shooters, it feels good in game, but I hardly can remember songs after. In game interface is cut, you can upgrade some stats or weapons in old fashioned menu it contrasts to other game it ruins atmosphere, but not so badly.

    Gameplay (6/10) Gameplay is typical for fast shooters. You have 6 weapons, smth like 12-15 enemy types, press-q-to-kill ability, grappling hook and chi strike to get out from crowd. That's all you need for fun, really I've enjoyed all this arsenal and I can say that no odd mechanics here you will use all of this very often. Of course you can just run and shoot like in Serious Sam but the game is very dynamic so you will be just hanging around the arena and kill all enemies. Game is quite short, but the good point - you will not be tired of it. On the other hand the whole game is series of arenas, quite similar, some boss fights(fun part) and that's all. Nothing new with game difficulties - just more hp for enemies and less ammo for you. NO challenge. And this is huge minus for this game - it's fun, but no challenge, no new game+, no need to ply in it more than 1 time. So that's why it is so average.

    Story(7/10) Story here is mix of stand up jokes, parody on marvel and previous game in series. No need to understand what is going on, but some jokes were good. Characters are quite unique and memorable. All in all adventure is good background for this and it's good.

    The game is good but now we are in 2022 and we have doom eternal which is much much better and you can replay it a lot. It feels more like indie parody on AAA titles, I think everyone should try this game with discount -50% but not for full price    … Expand
  6. GandalfCzarny
    Mar 16, 2022
    5
    This is not a good game. Not bad, not terrible, just painfully mediocre, criminally linear and scandalic short. Definitely not worth 39$.
  7. KesslerCOIL
    Mar 16, 2022
    2
    My rating seem kinda harsh, and I guess it is, but this is NOT Shadow Warrior.
    Almost everything that made the previous 2 games good has been    My rating seem kinda harsh, and I guess it is, but this is NOT Shadow Warrior.
    Almost everything that made the previous 2 games good has been stripped out. Chi attacks? basically gone. Directional sword play and decapitation? also gone. A cohesive story? gone. Exploration for secrets? again, gone(there are "secrets" but they're literally just barely off the main track and you can clearly see them without looking)
    I honestly dont really care that much about the game length, as long as the game is good and a worthy sequel, but it's NOT a worthy sequel. It seems they wanted to prioritize saving money because the budget on this game is incredibly small with very few characters compared to either of the previous games. The story seems to be completely an afterthought, with the entire focus being on the repetitive combat in small preset circular arenas.
    On top of this, it has horrific prerendered cutscenes that are extremely jarring for those familiar with Shadow Warrior.

    2/10 - It's more Duke Nukem Forever than Shadow Warrior.    … Expand
  8. instinct46
    Mar 10, 2023
    0
    Graphically this game is stunning and the combat is very fluid. I found the writing to be very drab and its attempts at being funny fallingGraphically this game is stunning and the combat is very fluid. I found the writing to be very drab and its attempts at being funny falling extremely flat. If your a 12yo kid you may enjoy this game.… Expand

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