Shadow Warrior 2

 PlayStation 4
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7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 89 Ratings

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  1. SuperkenGaming
    May 19, 2017
    8
    Shadow Warrior 2
    A great game with too much repeat
    Shadow Warrior 2 is a first person shooter slash hack and slash game where you play as lo Wang... The story starts with this girl getting possessed and her soul leaving her body and entering yours... so you have a girl in your head, and not in a good way.. You spend the rest of the game trying to reunite her soul with her possessed    Shadow Warrior 2
    A great game with too much repeat
    Shadow Warrior 2 is a first person shooter slash hack and slash game where you play as lo Wang...
    The story starts with this girl getting possessed and her soul leaving her body and entering yours...
    so you have a girl in your head, and not in a good way..
    You spend the rest of the game trying to reunite her soul with her possessed body…
    The first half of this about 6 hour campaign if you stick to just the story, closer to 10 if you play around with side missions is pure joy…
    The most fun I’ve had in a game in a while…
    The levels here are pretty open, there’s platforming double jumps and climbing ledges, and everything feels extremely smooth and polished…
    The game is delivered through a hub area where you take on quests and sell items.. You then open your map, choose the mission location and teleport there…
    There’s a marker on the map for every mission with dots leading the way...
    And in these world are tons of enemies trying to kill you that you could ignore unless they’re tied to the objective or you can slice them up for drops and xp…
    There’s an insane amount of variety in weapons and upgrades to make your weapons feel unique….
    You can get both from enemy drops, shops, completing missions, and chests around the open maps…
    This amount of variety is a gift and a curse though because there’s so much choice that it feels almost paralyzing…
    Enemies are dropping all of these items constantly and you have so much to sift through that it feels overwhelming and I just started ignoring them since what I had was getting the job done…
    the mission design and world design overall is initially varied and well-designed fun to play through…
    but onto the 2nd half of the campaign… where you have to go back to levels you’ve already been to..
    and on top of that they throw in keycards where oh you get to a door and its locked, run back the way you came and kill the enemy holding it and then run all the way back here…
    I’ve never been a fan of replaying levels, and I never will be… shadow warrior 2 is no exception despite how fun and satisfying this combat is…
    it feels great going from katana, to gun with the tap of a button, pulling out a chainsaw or using your powers to pull spikes out of the ground
    On top of dropping upgrades and weapons, enemies also drop chi and health packs,
    And you can increase the drop rate, effectiveness along with other perks using the skill points you get from completing missions and leveling up…
    and you need this chi to pull these spikes up or blast overwhelming enemies back…
    And while the combat is fun, it’s not even my favorite part of the game..
    The writing, it’s hilarious, its sweet…
    it always keeps you waiting for the punchline, and I was laughing from start to finish at the banter between every character in the game…
    Combat banter is there too, but of course it starts repeating and gets old pretty quickly…
    The only other issue I had with this game aside from repeat levels, is a bug in the trials…
    after completing a trial it wouldn’t let me leave so I had to back out into the main menu… this caused me to lose the progress of an entire mission I completed because you have to save the game by crossing the path of a shrine… there is no auto save.. A little annoying... so I didn’t touch these trials beyond the first… which means I stayed away from the crafting system here..
    And again... the choices are overwhelming as it is, I didn’t need more choices…
    Shadow Warrior 2 is a blast to play through, one of the most enjoyable first person shooters in recent memory…
    I give Shadow Warrior 2
    an 8/10    … Expand
  2. sityoazzdown
    Aug 1, 2017
    8
    I enjoyed this game, this shoot and loot sucks you in and spits you out (literally). Nice gameplay of melee and shooting, decent loot (doesn't come close to borderlands at all), meh story and characters, voice of main character was borderline funny and annoying. Negatives include game isn't very challenging,mindless killing the whole game countered with some basic strategic elements, whenI enjoyed this game, this shoot and loot sucks you in and spits you out (literally). Nice gameplay of melee and shooting, decent loot (doesn't come close to borderlands at all), meh story and characters, voice of main character was borderline funny and annoying. Negatives include game isn't very challenging,mindless killing the whole game countered with some basic strategic elements, when repetitiveness of this game kicks in, it kicks in hard, you'll just want this game to end because you realize the rest of the game will be the same. All in all fun and mindless (don't take that as a completely negative thing) killing game with the hope of rare loot (this game summed up in one sentence). Also a generous 8.0/10 because not full priced game at release.… Expand
  3. fakkel
    Apr 5, 2018
    9
    I would like the start with the fact that I have never played Shadow Warrior 1 and I mostly play Shadow Warriors 2 in Co-op. I truly missed games like Shadow Warrior 2, they have become so rare and sadly that has been especially the case on the PS4. Three weeks ago I started up the game for the first time, in single player, I played through the tutorial and afterwards, I directly closedI would like the start with the fact that I have never played Shadow Warrior 1 and I mostly play Shadow Warriors 2 in Co-op. I truly missed games like Shadow Warrior 2, they have become so rare and sadly that has been especially the case on the PS4. Three weeks ago I started up the game for the first time, in single player, I played through the tutorial and afterwards, I directly closed the application. The gameplay wasn't bad it just felt a little weird, same for the Art Style and Graphics. I told my best buddies that I bought a game that was freaking awesome and playable in Co-op, but honestly, at the time I just wished it was awesome '' we really needed something fresh to play''. One of my friends directly liked the idea of the game, but was a little sceptical and wanted to see some gameplay through Share Play, so I started up the game (second time ever) and started playing. It took a full 15 minutes and bam we both became super enthusiastic. The Sword mechanics still felt a little bit weird but I was killing things with it and I slowly started to control the sword as a master. The game is extremely satisfying, as a coop experience, you both find your own loot, there is no reviving mechanic, meaning if one dies the monster's health bar just reset and I think that works extremely well. You constantly try to keep each other alive (you watch one another) instead of trying to get somebody back to life occasionally and that only strengthen the Co-op experience. This game has a lot of different difficulty settings from Easy to Insanity and Insanity has multiple difficulty levels on it own. Insanity 1 is the start, Insanity 2 is the logical next step, Insanity 3-4 is where the pain starts and from their, you start to wish again you could super fast revive your mate instead of resetting the monster's health bars you had been busy cutting into for the last 2 hours! Grrrrr, this game is great because it's not too easy, it doesn't hold your hand and tells you which mission you need to do, neither does it forces you a certain path on skill three, no ,no you free to go where you want to, and to molt and shape your character the way you like it '' I only hope for you, that you characters vision will work or you will keep dying a horrible death, over and over and over, reset, after reset, after reset.....… Expand
  4. szszsz
    Jun 8, 2017
    9
    truly enjoyable,
    a lot of weapons, same humour, plenty of missions

    what bothered me was changing environment from green to techno city which led to less chopping and slicing :(
  5. wangnuggets
    Jun 18, 2019
    7
    This is definitely a step up from the first one. The game has enjoyable combat with an over the top comedic style to everything. The story is alright, and the graphics are pretty decent. Not much to talk about, it's solid all around.
  6. Hackslashshoot
    Oct 13, 2021
    10
    Terribly underrated game. I can’t think of a better fps. I have played them all. This is one of my favorite games ever. Can’t wait for 3 to get here. Not happy with the direction gaming is headed . Glad there are still games like this gem being made
  7. massivexploder
    Sep 3, 2020
    10
    extremely underrated fps that is way more fun than DOOM , Destiny, Any COD. This game is Fun that simple. If you are into super challenging games then bump up the difficulty. if wang is getting annoying and eventually he will turn voice audio down. I'm giving this game a 10 because that is what it is in my opinion. I can think of so many AAA games I have played over the years that don'textremely underrated fps that is way more fun than DOOM , Destiny, Any COD. This game is Fun that simple. If you are into super challenging games then bump up the difficulty. if wang is getting annoying and eventually he will turn voice audio down. I'm giving this game a 10 because that is what it is in my opinion. I can think of so many AAA games I have played over the years that don't even come close to how much fun I have had with this game. Gaming should be fun not a chore which is sadly the direction gaming is going.… Expand
  8. HayvenMoses
    Nov 22, 2017
    8
    You wanna have fun? You wanna have fun with your friends? Well then buy this game,its simple but a blast. Its Doom meets saints row,funny as hell,goofy as hell and fun as hell,I love it.
  9. kwstas
    May 24, 2017
    7
    it is unbelievable how amazing games some very small companies do only for the so few fans of them and for the small amount of profit they will do when gigantic companies like ea and ubisoft which are working for millions and have millions of fans do such a crappy work . this game is so amazing ! it has a perfect design the graphics are great and they gameplay is insanely fun ! i amit is unbelievable how amazing games some very small companies do only for the so few fans of them and for the small amount of profit they will do when gigantic companies like ea and ubisoft which are working for millions and have millions of fans do such a crappy work . this game is so amazing ! it has a perfect design the graphics are great and they gameplay is insanely fun ! i am calling to anyone please buy this game , is great and i swear you will not regret even for 1 cent of what you'll spend !… Expand
  10. martinez-x
    Aug 9, 2017
    1
    Console port is terrible. No PS4 Pro Support, no HDR (it's present on PC), low resolution textures... I'm wondering what will Sony do about lack of PS4 PRO support since it's obligatory for new games.
  11. badgerryan19
    Jun 19, 2017
    7
    With the success of SW1 the sequel goes even bigger and better. The combat is so fun, exciting and fast. The game is laugh out loud funny as well. And it not being a full priced game there is no question not to get it.
  12. ourtimehascome
    Aug 11, 2017
    0
    Being a fan of the previous Shadow Warrior I was excited to get this because I thought it would be more of the same. Unfortunately it isn't. Shadow Warrior 2 is completely dissimilar to its predecessor. Instead of a fast paced, fun, action FPS, it's an open-world RPG with an uneven loot-based system. The original gameplay from the first Shadow Warrior is overhauled with the annoyances ofBeing a fan of the previous Shadow Warrior I was excited to get this because I thought it would be more of the same. Unfortunately it isn't. Shadow Warrior 2 is completely dissimilar to its predecessor. Instead of a fast paced, fun, action FPS, it's an open-world RPG with an uneven loot-based system. The original gameplay from the first Shadow Warrior is overhauled with the annoyances of bullet sponge enemies and lackluster upgrades.

    What was an enjoyable story with a witty protagonist is now a "been there, done that" journey with the same beats and plot points. The multiplayer is tacked on and unenjoyable, being that the host is the only player who actually progresses in their game. This sequel pales in comparison to the first Shadow Warrior.    … Expand
  13. ApostleShan
    Nov 13, 2017
    9
    Very good and addicting fun with no micro transactions. The comedy can be a bit cheesy but overall the story is worth completing. The guns and the varieties of upgrades including elemental ammo and various stat boosts. It has a very nice quest structure with side quests actually giving substational benefits and new weapons (many weapons in this game) I really enjoyed it.
  14. Cryers_is_Tired
    Dec 16, 2021
    5
    Despite improved gunplay and traversal Shadow Warrior 2 lacks what made the original and the remake special. Rather then linear but detailed and polished levels and progression SW2 is instead a poorly optimised looter shooter with boring levels, forgettable characters and none of the charm the remake brought. This has nothing to offer to fans of the old game or the remake style of FPS butDespite improved gunplay and traversal Shadow Warrior 2 lacks what made the original and the remake special. Rather then linear but detailed and polished levels and progression SW2 is instead a poorly optimised looter shooter with boring levels, forgettable characters and none of the charm the remake brought. This has nothing to offer to fans of the old game or the remake style of FPS but if you like looter shooters i suppose there are worse ways to spend your time.… Expand
  15. filip92
    Sep 30, 2022
    6
    I expected more from this game. I beat it on co-op with my friend,and it was ok. Levels are usually the same thing over and over - Go there, kill the enemies, take that artifact, go back, take another mission, take the artifact and rinse and repeat. The jokes and voice acting are good, the game has unnecesary too much weapon and character upgrades. Too much artifacts,perks and everythingI expected more from this game. I beat it on co-op with my friend,and it was ok. Levels are usually the same thing over and over - Go there, kill the enemies, take that artifact, go back, take another mission, take the artifact and rinse and repeat. The jokes and voice acting are good, the game has unnecesary too much weapon and character upgrades. Too much artifacts,perks and everything that it looks too much confusing. Overall, mediocre game.… Expand
  16. arostislavna
    Nov 14, 2021
    7
    Another fantastic classic game. Devolver Digital is the best publisher. Period.
  17. bersi84
    Jun 24, 2018
    8
    I was curious for a while and bought Shadow Warrior 2 for my PS4 Pro on the recent PSN sale. So far I m pretty positive on the game. Here are my personal insights:

    Graphics 7 to 8: The graphics look decent to good. Some facial expressions and hair could need some improvements, also sometimes anti aliasing would be huge to reduce some stairway effects. The monsters and the environment    I was curious for a while and bought Shadow Warrior 2 for my PS4 Pro on the recent PSN sale. So far I m pretty positive on the game. Here are my personal insights:

    Graphics 7 to 8:
    The graphics look decent to good. Some facial expressions and hair could need some improvements, also sometimes anti aliasing would be huge to reduce some stairway effects. The monsters and the environment look great. I didnt have any frame drops so far, combat was fluent. One more point I dont like too much is the overload of effects and colors. Especially in the beginning you have a hard time to understand whats going on and how to spot chests. The game still looks very good.

    Gameplay 8 to 9:
    You have a massive arsenal of light, medium and heavy guns plus a nice collection of melee weapons. Every weapon can be customized with elemental dmg and other specialties. Weapons can then be placed for quick swapping which on top has a different quick swap for melee and ranged. Well made! Swapping on the go is easy. So its up to you or the enemy type what you want to use. Melee combat is fun and can be enhanced by special powers and skill trees. Some special attacks do spin your view and get really confusing. After all the combat system is fun and very fluent.

    Story and surroundings 8:
    The story is lacking a bit in comparison to other games but it has an insanely huge amount of humor in it which made me giggle and smile more than once. Whereas the story itself is kind of dull the humor makes up for it and actually drives the game. Its all about the mockery and I love it! If you are into a true well written and accurate story line.... dont buy it.

    Sum up:
    If you are looking for a well made fun shooter with a fluent combat system and a tremendous humorous story then this game is perfect. I would ve appreciated some more PS4 pro optimizations but the game still looks very good on my 65 4K TV and runs smooth without any drops for me.

    If you grab it on a decent sale I m pretty sure you wont be disappointed.

    On a sidenote:
    People compare it to the PC version which might offer more and better graphics but I didnt consider this because I wanted the game for PS4 no matter what and so I only do rate what I got here in comparison to its price on the market.

    If you are able to get it on the PC and run a decent system, your system of choice might be probably the PC version.    … Expand
  18. Chempion1
    Jun 26, 2023
    6
    Прошел Shadow Warrior 2 уже давно, но решил написать сейчас.
    Честно говоря немного разочарован. После прохождения Shadow Warrior в 2015 году, очень ждал продолжения и вот.
    Игра такой 100% сиквел. Теперь в игре хренова уйма оружия, его можно находить, продавать, покупать. Ещё появилась куча всяких прокачек. Качается почти всё. Структура игры стала не линейной. Уровни можно проходить и    Прошел Shadow Warrior 2 уже давно, но решил написать сейчас.
    Честно говоря немного разочарован. После прохождения Shadow Warrior в 2015 году, очень ждал продолжения и вот.
    Игра такой 100% сиквел.
    Теперь в игре хренова уйма оружия, его можно находить, продавать, покупать.
    Ещё появилась куча всяких прокачек. Качается почти всё.
    Структура игры стала не линейной. Уровни можно проходить и перепроходить почти в любой последовательности.
    Игра стала более динамичной.
    Вот по сути и всё, что отличает её от приквела, если так можно сказать, в лучшую сторону.
    Теперь о том, что лично меня разочаровало.
    Боссы в игре стали менее эпичными, в некоторых уровнях их нет вовсе.
    Сюжет скукожился до уровня Doom 2. Если в приквеле это было чуть ли не спасение мира, то здесь наш протагонист превратился реально в наёмника.
    Картинка не изменилась почти совсем. Уровни стали более однообразные. Эта распиаренная система случайной генерации дизайна уровней работает так себе. Уровни просто склеиваются из заготовленных ранее кусков. Поэтому части разных карт иногда очень похожи. И хотя во второй части уровней в разы больше чем в оригинале, выглядит она более однообразно.
    В игре стало больше разговоров и диалогов, а вот субтитры здесь какие то реактивные, не успеваешь прочесть. Очень не хватает озвучки.
    Так, Shadow Warrior 2 как будто хочет вдохнуть в серию свежих идей, их много, они иногда очень интересные, но авторам не хватает опыта, что ли. Очень надеюсь, что в Shadow Warrior 3 исправят все детские болячки и игра наконец станет такой какой её и задумали новые авторы.    … Expand
  19. Jsredna
    Jul 25, 2022
    10
    Definitely an underrated game. I somehow never even heard of this series until 2022. I'm a big fan
    of games with very fast movement speed and when I saw the movement was similar to doom I had
    to try it and wasn't disappointed. I also tried shadow warrior 3 but felt 2 is much better. The meleeing is better and you get more abilities/skills in 2 than 3 as well. For anyone thinking of    Definitely an underrated game. I somehow never even heard of this series until 2022. I'm a big fan
    of games with very fast movement speed and when I saw the movement was similar to doom I had
    to try it and wasn't disappointed. I also tried shadow warrior 3 but felt 2 is much better. The meleeing
    is better and you get more abilities/skills in 2 than 3 as well. For anyone thinking of giving this series a shot in 2022, play shadow warrior 2 not 3, the 2nd one is better. As other's have said too, game is best enjoyed co-op.    … Expand
  20. Awanka
    Nov 6, 2020
    6
    A middling FPS with large levels and a strong melee component. I was originally going to rate this higher because there's stuff here I like. Shadow Warrior 2 has one of the strongest progression systems I've seen in an FPS game. I love the xp system where you put skill point into various perks that you discover throughout the game by completing quests and killing optional bosses. ItA middling FPS with large levels and a strong melee component. I was originally going to rate this higher because there's stuff here I like. Shadow Warrior 2 has one of the strongest progression systems I've seen in an FPS game. I love the xp system where you put skill point into various perks that you discover throughout the game by completing quests and killing optional bosses. It reminds me of the alternative advancement systems in some MMOs, because you have a virtually endless amount of skills to improve on your character. You can also collect harder to find orbs that can be used to improve your weapons. This too is almost limitless as it would take an enormous amount of playing to max out your preferred weapons.

    Overall SW2 is an engaging mix of hacking and shooting with enormously varied armaments, although I came to just prefer swinging a sword. The reason I'm not rating it higher is because A ) The story and characters aren't that great. The original Shadow Warrior's wonderful one-liners have been replaced with self-aware and overwrought exposition that tries to be funny but lands with a thud. The dialog just doesn't work imo. B ) The game is messy and poorly balanced. It's a contest to see who can pull out the most overpowered abilities and deal absurd amounts of damage or get gibbed. it doesn't have the finely-tuned give and take of excellent shooters like the new Doom. It's a fun enough time, but I felt no desire to return to it once the main quest was finished.    … Expand
  21. tariq_almandhar
    Jan 15, 2023
    6
    تكرار ملل بحيث تقاتل نفس الأعداء وبنفس الأسلوب أكثر من مرة ويوجد مط مبالغ فيه للأحداث
  22. Thosevelvetygms
    Sep 28, 2022
    8
    An addictive, atmospheric, and gloriously violent demon slaughterfest. I really enjoyed this turbocharged shooter, even though the protagonist Lo Wang can be really annoying at times.
  23. goodgriff33
    Dec 24, 2022
    7
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  24. BlakkSteel
    Dec 29, 2022
    5
    Yes, the graphics are a HUGE step up from the previous game. However, this story is terribly disjointed & difficult to follow. When you do FINALLY get it n the story trail, it's not worth following. The storyline remains unresolved from game 1. The enemy roster is very small, & becomes uninteresting & highly repetitive. No reason to revisit this.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. GamePro Germany
    Sep 16, 2017
    78
    Bloody retro shooter with flawed controls, but quite fun when played with friends.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jun 24, 2017
    60
    The swift gunplay is upgraded with some basic RPG features, but the repetitive quest hunt structure slows down the fun. This Wang needed a virtual Viagra to impress. [July 2016, p.84]
  3. SpazioGames
    May 31, 2017
    75
    If you didn't get a chance to play it on PC last year, Shadow Warrior 2 on consoles is still worth your time, but this version is not on par with the PC one, with halved framerate, no HDR and no new content.
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