Shadow Warrior

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  1. apokalipto
    Aug 25, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  2. Vishapin
    Mar 3, 2023
    8
    It's kinda a guilty pleasure for me. Controls are kinda clunky and protagonist is really unlikable asshat at first (and for some maybe till the end). But it really has a heart! Main story is something worth exploring, bossfights are interesting, two main characters really start to grow on you, swordplay while clunky is an interesting addition. It's overall really worth checking out
  3. renyw
    Dec 19, 2022
    9
    great great great great great great great great great great great great great
  4. Bottlecaps
    Feb 5, 2022
    8
    SHadow warrior 2013 is a reboot of the classic 90s shooter , this game also came with a free copy of that classic shooter for me , the first time i played this game i hated it , i thought this game was dumb i was confused why my guns would run out of ammo and all my enemy's would still be there but that was my call of duty addled brain not being smart enough to learn the game at all.SHadow warrior 2013 is a reboot of the classic 90s shooter , this game also came with a free copy of that classic shooter for me , the first time i played this game i hated it , i thought this game was dumb i was confused why my guns would run out of ammo and all my enemy's would still be there but that was my call of duty addled brain not being smart enough to learn the game at all.

    Story: you play as "LO WANG" self proclaimed and actual demon slaying bad ass and you are sent to acquire a sword from some other dude whos not important by any means necessary OH then suddenly demons and you got to deal with them now with your new demon buddy . the story is actually full of twists and turns , betrayals and plot twists some you don't expect and some you would , for a game that starts like a meme game its got a surprising amount of substance
    STory: 8/10

    World building: i didn't really know what to say about the world of shadow warrior except that its actually some what believable the demons seem to have their own higher archy and reason for wanting to take over the human world as well as reasons for humans to actually call for the demons it doesn't really do anything clever or all that surprising but its definitely solid effort , i think this game would have been considered racist if it didn't also respect the culture its based on , while lo wang is mostly a stereotype and all the fortune cookies are old man jokes there is alot of love for Japanese culture , as dave chapplle once said " No one is to good to be the butt of a good joke "
    World building: 7/10

    Graphics: the game looks great even if it is a little cartoony at times the gore in this game really helps sell the violence and the fact that your main weapon is a sword and the slices are mostly correct to where you actually slice is impressive , the environments are breath taking sometimes , my favorite scene is when lo wang is walking cross the bridge to zillas main palace
    Graphics: 9/10

    Gameplay: this game shines in how it plays , it feels very ahead of its time and that's why i didn't like it at first but this time when i played it i played on the hardest difficulty witch is surprisingly balanced , every time i died it felt like i had made a mistake not that the game threw to much at me at once . the demons are fantastic , they all have different strategy's for dealing with them and certain guns work better one certain ones , but they are all weak to the sword. nothing wa smore satisfying than having the onslaught of demons near the end of the game , i think i tried near 100 times to beat it dodging and weaving my way in-between demons picking and choosing when i shoot , reload slice , use KI it was all calculated because it had to be calculated , i had a blast playing this game and the game play was and is superb , it plays a lot like doom 2016 except 3 years before that
    Gameplay: 10/10

    Sound design: the music is really well done , blending big orchestral sounds with classic Japanese instruments fitting the tone of the game very well the music almost makes it feel like a cool Saturday morning cartoon , the voice acting is also particularly great lo wang and his demon buddy play off each other really well and Jason liebrect gives a great performance as lo wang
    Sound design 8/10

    8+7+9+10+8= 42
    42/5= 8.4/10    … Expand
  5. chumpwithnoname
    Aug 20, 2021
    9
    Good FPS, good humor, a bit tedious bosses that is for sure, however they are doable.
  6. Gorbunov2004
    Jul 19, 2021
    9
    Монстры очень красиво рубятся на мясо, также есть пару комбо ударов. Оружия среднее количество но почти все монстры убиваются катаной. Прокачка оружия, магии и персонажа нормальная нет ничего лишнего. Некоторые шутки главных героев вызывают смех, жалко что нет фоторежима для фотографирования красивых моментов в драках. Финал если честно меня удивил.Монстры очень красиво рубятся на мясо, также есть пару комбо ударов. Оружия среднее количество но почти все монстры убиваются катаной. Прокачка оружия, магии и персонажа нормальная нет ничего лишнего. Некоторые шутки главных героев вызывают смех, жалко что нет фоторежима для фотографирования красивых моментов в драках. Финал если честно меня удивил.
  7. jelikey
    Jun 1, 2021
    8
    Why do reviewers never give credit to these superbly smooth and well designed FPS games?! The gameplay... is so damn satisfying.

    If you like games like Painkiller and Serious Sam, then definitely give this a go.
  8. vgi99
    Jan 3, 2021
    9
    A rare hardcore shooter these days.
    Advantages of the game:
    1. Gameplay is the development of the Hard Reset game. A mixture of corridor shooter and arena shooter. Perfect proportion. 2. A variety of weapons and the possibility of modifications during the game. 3. Beautiful level design and unique design of enemies. 4. Lo Wang is one of the coolest shooter heroes. With its own    A rare hardcore shooter these days.
    Advantages of the game:
    1. Gameplay is the development of the Hard Reset game. A mixture of corridor shooter and arena shooter. Perfect proportion.
    2. A variety of weapons and the possibility of modifications during the game.
    3. Beautiful level design and unique design of enemies.
    4. Lo Wang is one of the coolest shooter heroes. With its own specific humor
    5. The original storyline was not much more than porn. In the remake, the developers twisted the plot around the invented mythology and did not badly dilute the game with comics.

    Disadvantages of the game:
    1. Variety of enemies - you always want more.
    2. In order to feel the game, you need to play only on high difficulty. The game is too easy on medium difficulty
    3. A "gassed" level in the laboratory is a dubious decision of the level designer.
    4. Overly light bosses.

    To summarize, we can say that the developers of Shadow Warrior (2013) came up with everything that Bethesda + id sowtware passed off as their ideas in 2016.    … Expand
  9. Dex9
    Jun 30, 2020
    8
    Играл в эту игру давно на пк, но помню что получил удовольствие от игры. Это мясной шутер где вы можете крушить врагов начиная с катаны и заканчивая гранатометом. Из минусов можно выделить местами неудобное управление и частое пойди поищи тотемы которые находятся хрен пойми где.
    P.S Берегитесь черных кроликов они самые страшные враги в этой игре.    Играл в эту игру давно на пк, но помню что получил удовольствие от игры. Это мясной шутер где вы можете крушить врагов начиная с катаны и заканчивая гранатометом. Из минусов можно выделить местами неудобное управление и частое пойди поищи тотемы которые находятся хрен пойми где.
    P.S Берегитесь черных кроликов они самые страшные враги в этой игре.
  10. The_Nametag
    Feb 10, 2020
    9
    This game is amazing.

    On its own, the combat is fantastic, the graphics and scenery can be gorgeous at points, and the story is highly engaging. There's a lot of hectic action, good pacing, and a pretty decent length (took me around fifteen hours to beat). Beyond that, this game was made by fans of the original. That you can tell. There are secret areas patterned off the first game,    This game is amazing.

    On its own, the combat is fantastic, the graphics and scenery can be gorgeous at points, and the story is highly engaging. There's a lot of hectic action, good pacing, and a pretty decent length (took me around fifteen hours to beat).

    Beyond that, this game was made by fans of the original. That you can tell. There are secret areas patterned off the first game, this game includes several pop-culture references, including some in hidden areas. The multitude of enemies and fast pace gameplay is more reminiscent of FPS games before the jump to 3D, when they could actually have more things on the screen at once. There's some callbacks as well (the rabbits, for example), and it does give us the story as to why Zilla is so upset with Lo Wang in the first game.

    The game is not without fault though. My biggest complaint would be some of the very repetitive level design. You'll see some of the same building designs in the early and late game. Mind you, it does make a bit of sense that areas designed by the same person (in game person, Zilla), would have a similar look and feel. Plus, those building designs are actually taken from the original game. So I can forgive it, but that doesn't make it any less redundant.

    The boss fights are also the typical hunt the weak spot grindfests. Though there is some interesting bits here and there in them. Also, none of the weapons truly stood out in my mind. Other than the weapons taken from the original, they seemed to be basic shooter fare. And some weapons I pretty much never bothered using. Mostly, I stuck to the sword early game, and then had to mix it up a bit more later on.

    In the end though, even with the complaints, I had more fun with this game than I've had in a while. So I highly recommend it.    … Expand
  11. JaydenPickens
    May 22, 2019
    8
    One of the best 2013 games. Oldschool FPS stuff, that I love. Lots of fun humour, great easter eggs and beautiful gameplay, which I adore. Let's get some wang, folks. Pickens approves!
  12. POstAL_QueeN
    Nov 23, 2018
    8
    Достаточно хороший слэшер. Когда кажется уже наигрался, кромсать хочется дальше. Геймплей приятный, хорошо проработана бойовка от 1-го лица, я практически всю игру прошел с катаной в руке только боссов мачил огнестрелом. Сюжет прост и примитивен, хотя стоит учесть то что для таких игр это характерно. Обычные боты довольно часто попадаются тугие и не убиваемые, хотя если мочить тупо долго,Достаточно хороший слэшер. Когда кажется уже наигрался, кромсать хочется дальше. Геймплей приятный, хорошо проработана бойовка от 1-го лица, я практически всю игру прошел с катаной в руке только боссов мачил огнестрелом. Сюжет прост и примитивен, хотя стоит учесть то что для таких игр это характерно. Обычные боты довольно часто попадаются тугие и не убиваемые, хотя если мочить тупо долго, рано или поздно скончаются. Также мне понравилась прокачка скиллов и перков, удобная и простая, все самое важное и игра не заставляет прокачивать что-то по-любому, все зависит от игрока, а также от уровня сложности.… Expand
  13. aralath
    Aug 7, 2018
    8
    Fun and good action game. Definitely worth for time and money. Recommended..
  14. CoreGamer1408
    Jun 27, 2018
    8
    Graphically nothing to write home to about, but a solid music score sets up some good ambiance. I think this game just pips the DooM reboot to the post for this style of mass mayhem and carnage. Never had so much fun slicing and dicing with a sword like I have had in this game. The option of upgradeable, powers, weapons and abilities helps to improve the mass mayhem and carnage. WhileGraphically nothing to write home to about, but a solid music score sets up some good ambiance. I think this game just pips the DooM reboot to the post for this style of mass mayhem and carnage. Never had so much fun slicing and dicing with a sword like I have had in this game. The option of upgradeable, powers, weapons and abilities helps to improve the mass mayhem and carnage. While destructible objects in the environment serve a fun tactical usage. If you just want to shoot, chop and blow crap up and have a laugh playing a cheeky a-hole? Then this might be the game for you...… Expand
  15. TharosTheDragon
    Apr 24, 2018
    8
    Other than its moderate focus on melee combat, it's not particularly different from any other shooter in the genre. There's a normal number of levels with a normal number of enemies. There are a handful of weapons that you're encouraged to switch between because otherwise you'll run out of ammo, and if you're like me you want to get the weapon-specific achievements.

    I understand the    Other than its moderate focus on melee combat, it's not particularly different from any other shooter in the genre. There's a normal number of levels with a normal number of enemies. There are a handful of weapons that you're encouraged to switch between because otherwise you'll run out of ammo, and if you're like me you want to get the weapon-specific achievements.

    I understand the original is completely off the wall and tongue-in-cheek. This game starts out that way but eventually becomes oddly serious, so that comes across like a tone issue to me.

    It's good for one play-through but maybe not for two.    … Expand
  16. AvallacS
    Dec 5, 2017
    8
    Analysis: Shadow Warrior

    Shadow Warrior is a game that surprised me. I won a Humble Bundle promotion for free and great was my surprise to start the game. One word perfectly defines: T-H-R-I-L-L-I-N-G. Gameplay: Excellent! Game in first person, with plenty of action and excellent gameplay. The way the developer found to facilitate the use of the most varied abilities was very    Analysis: Shadow Warrior

    Shadow Warrior is a game that surprised me. I won a Humble Bundle promotion for free and great was my surprise to start the game. One word perfectly defines: T-H-R-I-L-L-I-N-G.

    Gameplay: Excellent! Game in first person, with plenty of action and excellent gameplay. The way the developer found to facilitate the use of the most varied abilities was very interesting, since they were able to add a variety of skill in simple commands. The game is fluid and without any bug;

    Note: 9.5

    Graphics: Good. Nothing impressive. Fits well with the role.

    Note: 8.0

    History: Complicated. I particularly had a hard time understanding the story behind each character and the main reason why the main character is behind gathering the parts of the katana. I found all the characters very superficial, except the main one, in which, due to the narrative, you begin to identify.

    Note: 7.0

    Final grade: 8.2

    Summary: It's a game that surprised me and held me for many hours. It's a lot of fun and makes you want to play more and more. Worth buying the game.    … Expand
  17. Claytality
    Oct 6, 2017
    8
    Good action, weapons, upgrades, and level design. The weapon progression feels similar to Bioshock, which is good. Encourages extra playthroughs with 5 difficulty settings, many achievements, and new game plus.

    Some enemies shake up your aim, which can be very frustrating, forcing you to stop attacking for a few seconds until you recover. It can be difficult to tell if you are    Good action, weapons, upgrades, and level design. The weapon progression feels similar to Bioshock, which is good. Encourages extra playthroughs with 5 difficulty settings, many achievements, and new game plus.

    Some enemies shake up your aim, which can be very frustrating, forcing you to stop attacking for a few seconds until you recover. It can be difficult to tell if you are hitting certain enemies, such as the berserker, as there is no indication of damage until it's dead. Hitboxes/aim sometimes felt inaccurate.

    The heal ability would sometimes fail to activate and instead use weapon's secondary fire, which caused unnecessary deaths.

    2 glitches forced me to go back to previous saves, but the auto-save checkpoints are common and you can manually save to create your own checkpoints.

    Overall great fun. Estimated value $5-$10, first playthrough took 15 hours.    … Expand
  18. Nyakuya
    Dec 30, 2016
    10
    Amé cada pequeño aspecto de este juego. Amo su ambientanción gráfica, amo las voces de los personajes y sus dialogos y personalidades carismáticas. Amo que puedas mejorar las armas parte por parte, amo poder subir de nivel y repartir puntos de habilidad, y amo que ademas de estas 2 cosas haya otra seccion para los poderes donde puedes ir obteniendo cada uno con cristales de KI que teAmé cada pequeño aspecto de este juego. Amo su ambientanción gráfica, amo las voces de los personajes y sus dialogos y personalidades carismáticas. Amo que puedas mejorar las armas parte por parte, amo poder subir de nivel y repartir puntos de habilidad, y amo que ademas de estas 2 cosas haya otra seccion para los poderes donde puedes ir obteniendo cada uno con cristales de KI que te encuentras a lo largo del juego.
    Como si esto fuera poco, la historia es muy buena, practicamente impecable en cada aspecto. El juego resalta en Gore, Accion, Comedia, Rol, Etc.
    Tiene modos de dificultad MUY interesantes y bastante dificiles incluso para jugadores veteranos, (como es mi caso).

    No puedo esperar para jugar a al segunda parte, la cual ya de por si está teniendo una aceptacion increiblemente buena por parte de los jugadores. Espero que Lo Wang pueda seguir con nosotros un largo tiempo, pues este personaje me ha agradado en una medida que no creía posible.    … Expand
  19. Blanel
    Oct 14, 2016
    8
    A good game overall. Fun and action packed. Solid controls, like the upgrade system. The dialogue can be pretty funny at times. The story takes a while to get cooking, but is surprisingly good towards the end.

    My only complaint is that the limited enemy selection does make stretches of the game repetitive, which knocks it down to an 8 out of 10 for me.
  20. Melgacius
    Aug 30, 2016
    8
    1- GENERAL

    Shadow Warrior is a FPS made with that great 90s style. Lo Wang, the main character, starts the game trying to get a sword to his employer, Zilla, and after that he spends most of the game fighting demons with the help of a banned demon named Hoji. The plot is not the best I've seen, but is very good, and the acting is even better. I admit I spend the entire game looking for    1- GENERAL

    Shadow Warrior is a FPS made with that great 90s style. Lo Wang, the main character, starts the game trying to get a sword to his employer, Zilla, and after that he spends most of the game fighting demons with the help of a banned demon named Hoji. The plot is not the best I've seen, but is very good, and the acting is even better. I admit I spend the entire game looking for a twist, but the story is very straightforward, and after any chapter we want to play the next one just to discover another bit of it. Thumbs up.

    The story mode is the main thing in the game. It took me about 14h to go through, and I've enjoyed every single bit.

    2- GAMEPLAY

    The game plays great. I have some issues with the controls, but just because I'm not very skilled and I do not like when I have button combinations to trigger a move.

    The swordplay is great, and I was always trying to use it just for the fun, despite having a lot of weapons that could make my life a bit easier. Being able to carry all weapons we can find was great, and the chance to upgrade them even better. It's funny that the sword destroys almost everything bt is not able to go through bambu. There're strong bambu in Japan.

    We have 3 independent skill trees to unlock and upgrade abilities, but we never feel overpowered. New opponents are always a bit stronger or annoying than the previous one, and the new abilities are always welcome and needed.

    The levels are long and kinda labirintish. We have no map, and sometimes we feel a bit lost. That's normal, and you always find the way out. Normally is the blinking door. There are a lot of secrets to find, and that gives you some replay ability. The fortune cookies where a lot of fun, and I was always looking for a new one, just to have a laugh reading them.

    When a enemy locks on us the music always changes. It's nice to set the mood, but is always a warning to when we have enemies, since after we kill any horde, the music goes back to normal. I rather prefer to have to look for the enemies and be surprised when I see them.

    There are some recycled sets, but there is no problem. The references to Serious Sam are obvious, and the gameplay and artstyle are very similar.

    3- CONCLUSION

    This game is now at 34,99€ at Steam, and I would not pay that price for the game. I've bought it in a sale for under 5€, and for that price you have to try it.

    Oooh, just the demon rabbits alone worth the 5€ tag.    … Expand
  21. ZaPaAl
    Jul 31, 2016
    9
    Much more then I expected. It's a modern shooter (and kataner swinger + demonic power wielder) with nice scenery, fun gameplay, quite a good story and very strong voicing and humor. Played it on hard and that was rather challenging. Reloads take only a few seconds though. Bosses could have been more interesting and I suppose it could have used more variance in enemies and gameplay. ButMuch more then I expected. It's a modern shooter (and kataner swinger + demonic power wielder) with nice scenery, fun gameplay, quite a good story and very strong voicing and humor. Played it on hard and that was rather challenging. Reloads take only a few seconds though. Bosses could have been more interesting and I suppose it could have used more variance in enemies and gameplay. But nevertheless it's really worth playing.… Expand
  22. Loucetios
    Jun 27, 2016
    10
    A nice refreshing twist on FPS versus CoD X.. underrated by critics because "hurr durr too silly and childish for a mature individual like myself". Ignore all that **** game is a rollercoaster from start to finish. If you want instantly playable highly polished FPS, this is what you're looking for
  23. agurczuk
    Jun 22, 2016
    10
    I have never played the original shadow warrior though I was raised in a Duke Nukem era. And I never heard of it as well which is strange.

    However this game is great! It's almost perfect for what it tries to be. It's a little bit of Duke Nukem (original one) humor combined with great gameplay. The graphics is good, voice acting up to standard and as a shooter this game is awesome.    I have never played the original shadow warrior though I was raised in a Duke Nukem era. And I never heard of it as well which is strange.

    However this game is great! It's almost perfect for what it tries to be. It's a little bit of Duke Nukem (original one) humor combined with great gameplay. The graphics is good, voice acting up to standard and as a shooter this game is awesome. Combined with amazing katana fighting system I could not recommend this game more.

    The story is acceptable - nothing fancy - but nothing fancy is needed. The upgrade system works really well. Weapons do feel different from each other and it makes sense using different ones on different situations. And the fighting with katana is just pure fun. Slashing through hordes of demons, watching their head and limbs fly.

    Was very surprised when I got this game just how enjoyable it is.    … Expand
  24. Captain_Chaos
    Jun 22, 2016
    9
    Flying Wild Hog's Shadow Warrior reboot is a suburb singleplayer FPS, marrying the original game's ribald humor and chop-suey, Hong Kong bloodshed flavor with the fast-paced, challenging-but-fair new-old-school gameplay that has been on a slow rise, seen in game's like Serious Sam: BFE and Wild Hog's own Hard Reset. Much like those games, this game does an excellent job of making you feelFlying Wild Hog's Shadow Warrior reboot is a suburb singleplayer FPS, marrying the original game's ribald humor and chop-suey, Hong Kong bloodshed flavor with the fast-paced, challenging-but-fair new-old-school gameplay that has been on a slow rise, seen in game's like Serious Sam: BFE and Wild Hog's own Hard Reset. Much like those games, this game does an excellent job of making you feel like an unstoppable badass, a critical element of FPS that I have found sorely lacking in, say, the military shooter genre. This title sees a younger, but no less self-important Lo Wang pitted not only against his original nemesis, corporate magnate Orochi Zilla, but a new assortment of vicious demons, and he's got a new wisecracking sidekick who sees Wang for what he is: a hopeless nerd playing at being a street samurai. But while he is quick to dispense one-liners, this Lo Wang is a fay cry from the lecherous old master of the first game, and finds himself in the midst of a powerful and emotional struggle between ancient demon lords, and matures greatly as both a warrior and a person over the course of his adventure. Shadow Warrior seamlessly (More or less. The upgrade menus strike some as jarring interruptions) blends modern character progression, enemy dismemberment and bit of iron-sight aiming with movement-based, coverless shooter combat against large numbers of enemies, typical of its predecessor's day, weaving magic spells and special sword techniques into Lo Wang's already considerable arsenal of brutal firearms. The sword itself takes a much greater role then the first game and is great fun to use, rending the demons hordes into so many meat chunks. Scattered throughout the levels are a multitude of secret areas, including one lifted directly from the original game, much like the hidden Wolfenstein 3D levels in New Order and Old Blood, and you're met with a score screen at the end of the level, assessing your skills as a Shadow Warrior- I never scored particularly high, but it didn't stop me from loving the game from beginning to its surprisingly poignant ending. I eagerly look forward to playing the upcoming sequel.… Expand
  25. sft
    May 23, 2016
    8
    As with Flying Wild Hog’s previous title, Hard Reset (great, 4/5) SHADOW WARRIOR is a whole lot of riotous fun. Like it’s predecessor, it’s an old-school shooter, but with SW we get the added fun of melee combat. And that’s basically what SW is all about: katana mayhem. It also shares much of the mechanics and gameplay tropes of the earlier game, and that’s all to the good as well. ItAs with Flying Wild Hog’s previous title, Hard Reset (great, 4/5) SHADOW WARRIOR is a whole lot of riotous fun. Like it’s predecessor, it’s an old-school shooter, but with SW we get the added fun of melee combat. And that’s basically what SW is all about: katana mayhem. It also shares much of the mechanics and gameplay tropes of the earlier game, and that’s all to the good as well. It differs from Hard Reset in some areas, however, most notably with the variety of weapons and the more conventional upgrade system and skills tree. There’s also a stronger story, although it is a tad incoherent at times. There are some very cool cutscenes, but they’re used sparsely and never intrude but do help to flesh out the story. And there’s also plenty of amusing, deliberately cheesy, dialogue to enjoy. Graphically, SW is one of the most stunning games I’ve come across, and it also delivers some impressive physics. It’s not open world, as is de rigueur these days, but its linearity keeps the story, and the game progression, on the rails and never detracts from the fun. Hugely enjoyable and highly recommended.… Expand
  26. kingcrimsonbiu
    Apr 4, 2016
    9
    Lets slay some monsters!
    This is an excellent game overall. Badass weaponry, scary monsters, creepy atmosphere, beautiful graphics, and a pretty decent story that is beyond my expectation.
    The shortcomings are occasional simplistic map design, erroneous mountain shadow (should be a bug in the engine), and sometimes too glazing and glossy surfaces (especially the snow mountain area). Hope    Lets slay some monsters!
    This is an excellent game overall. Badass weaponry, scary monsters, creepy atmosphere, beautiful graphics, and a pretty decent story that is beyond my expectation.
    The shortcomings are occasional simplistic map design, erroneous mountain shadow (should be a bug in the engine), and sometimes too glazing and glossy surfaces (especially the snow mountain area). Hope these problems can be fixed in the sequel!!    … Expand
  27. QuincyMcC
    Nov 6, 2015
    9
    Pure and brutal fun. Some of the best times I've had with a game of late. It's fast-paced action is reminiscent of painkiller, and it's glorious katana mechanics are similar to Metal Gear Rising. I can't describe how much I adore this game. It's also very pleasing graphically and aesthetically if that's your thing, and is very well optimized. If you fiddled with a couple of settings youPure and brutal fun. Some of the best times I've had with a game of late. It's fast-paced action is reminiscent of painkiller, and it's glorious katana mechanics are similar to Metal Gear Rising. I can't describe how much I adore this game. It's also very pleasing graphically and aesthetically if that's your thing, and is very well optimized. If you fiddled with a couple of settings you could get 60 frames/second on a toaster. If you miss the 3Drealms days of yore you will love Shadow Warrior.… Expand
  28. Neddy
    Sep 28, 2015
    9
    Shadow Warrior scores in so many ways. It's only let down for me are the tap-tap stuff you have to memorise. I have skill or chi points unspent because I don't want any more tapping around the keyboard. It means I lack advantages to tackle the game.

    Only other negative is the bosses. They are OK, but just a fraction annoying and difficult. I prefer bosses like Doom 3 final boss. Just    Shadow Warrior scores in so many ways. It's only let down for me are the tap-tap stuff you have to memorise. I have skill or chi points unspent because I don't want any more tapping around the keyboard. It means I lack advantages to tackle the game.

    Only other negative is the bosses. They are OK, but just a fraction annoying and difficult. I prefer bosses like Doom 3 final boss. Just hit them until the die. Not target a piece of armour and then change attack when it becomes vulnerable.

    Overall Shadow Warrior is a rich fest of brilliant fun, cartoony graphics, and fairly fast paced shooting. Serious Sam and Doom fans, should buy it. The weapon mods are all good fun, so you get new ways to blast 'em.

    The main character is slick and cool. He delivers his lines perfectly; acting credit too to the ghost. SW is a well set up game, that at first can seem a little over-coloured and difficult to warm to. Just a little game time and think you'll either love it, or it won't be your game type. Since some players seem to have moved away from single player shooters. It's style is sufficiently refreshing to make it really well memorable.

    I am a Hard Reset fan too, so will be looking out for future titles in either series.    … Expand
  29. ThePCGamer101
    Jun 24, 2015
    8
    I am Lo Wang and I am the Shadow Warrior, a fantastic game from my favorite company Flying Wild Hog and Devolver Digital. The game's environment is absolute beauty as well as the sword mechanics in this game are fantastic!!! I recommend getting this game to chop up some Shadow Beings!
  30. ingreenblue
    May 5, 2015
    9
    Pure old school FPS fun with excellent fast-paced swordplay, skills, special powers, weapon customization, cheesy one-liners, easter eggs, and some beautifully designed levels. Could use some more enemy variety, but all in all a great game.
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#52 Most Discussed PC Game of 2013
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#47 Most Shared PC Game of 2013

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 50
  3. Negative: 0 out of 50
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Mar 11, 2014
    84
    Shadow Warrior is highly 90’s in a very good way. Pace is fast, health kits are in, guns are powerful, action is great, puns are bad and there is lot of flying blood and boy parts. The letdown is level design: they are too bland. [Nov 2013]
  2. PC Gamer
    Dec 5, 2013
    80
    A successful revival of the mid-90's shooter. Shadow Warrior's combat is fun despite an irritating sense of humor. [Jan 2014, p.66]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Nov 25, 2013
    50
    No matter which way you slice its solid shooting mechanics, it still doesn't feel like Shadow Warrior. [December 2013, p.90]
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