The Bladez Of Zaibatsu can also be a bit overwhelming, as they can shoot devastating blades of energy like your katana did at the end of the first game, though this requires ammo. Most notably the Deck-ARD, a revolver that looks like the one Harrison Ford used in Blade Runner. The problem is that some of your new weapons in Shadow Warrior 2 are overpowered. While the remake of Shadow Warrior did a great job of being equal strong as a shooter as it was a hack & slash game, by having you battle way more enemies who like to get close, Shadow Warrior 2 decidedly works best as hack & slash game in which you also have a gun in case you need it.īut that’s not the problem. In fact, your melee weapons are actually more fun than your guns this time around. Not a lot, mind, you - this isn’t Injustice 2 - but enough to keep this from being as redundant as a Dynasty Warriors game. Especially since, as in the previous game, you can do some simple combos with them. Neither of which are twice as deadly as your swords, but they’re still effective. Though specific to certain weapons, these enhancements are varied and sometimes powerful, adding special attacks and abilities like gems do in a role-playing game.Īs for your new weapons, these largely fall into the bladed category, and are highlighted by a set of dual short swords called The Bladez Of Zaibatsu and a pair of curved blades called Rippers. Which is why this became way more fun when I imposed a linear path to this by always following the dotted line on the mini map that showed the way to the next objective.Īlong the same lines, Shadow Warrior 2 also gives you some new weapons, as well as ways to improve them, and the results are similarly both good and bad.įor starters, you can now augment your weapons and armor in Shadow Warrior 2 by picking up lucky charms that are dropped by your enemies or just lying around. Especially if you don’t pay attention to the story, which you’ll be tempted to do, given how it’s rather inane and forgettable. But Shadow Warrior 2 feels more convoluted, like it’s just a bunch of stuff that happened. The strength of Shadow Warrior was how, in old school fashion, it went down a single path, building and building until you hit a climax - i.e., a boss battle with someone the size of King Kong - and then kept going until the final showdown. Unfortunately, the lack of a linear path, in both its quests and locations, doesn’t always work in the game’s favor. Which makes for some rather frantic, and thus engaging, firefights and fisticuffs. As is always the case when a shooter has open battlefields, adding them to this game means you now have multiple ways you can approach your enemies, and multiple ways they can approach you.
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On the plus side, being more open - both in its missions and battlefields - makes Shadow Warrior 2 more varied than the previous game, if only just a little. While you have main story quests, you also have side missions, as well as hub area where you can get these missions, go shopping, or talk to people. Similarly, the story and mission selection is a more open and less linear as well, kind of like a role-playing game. Where the previous game was linear, but often had nooks and crannies you could explore, looking for treasure, Shadow Warrior 2 has a much more open approach to its level design.
This sequel has some major structural changes that, not surprisingly, are both good and bad. The point is, it doesn’t take itself too seriously, which makes it decidedly more in the vein of such over-the-top shooters as Bulletstorm or Duke Nukem Forever than something such serious shooters as Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare or Battlefield 1.īut Shadow Warrior 2 isn’t just Shadow Warrior with some new battlefields and a different plot.
In other words, it’s like if Deadpool was the hero of the new Doom.
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But while Shadow Warrior 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) is thankfully more of the same, it’s also unfortunately just more of the same.įor those unfamiliar with the original or the remake, Shadow Warrior 2 has you fighting demons and jerks with a full complement of guns, swords, and other weapons, all while spouting pop culture references and dumb jokes. A sentiment that was echoed when the remake was released in 2013. When the original Shadow Warrior came out in 1997, it was dismissed by some, and embraced by others, for being yet another Doom-like first-person shooter.
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