![]() When you do a glory kill on an enemy in this, most of them will provide you with a weapon, known as a Gore Tool, to use against other foes. That’s right, another thing taken from DOOM, except with an interesting twist. These are not the only ways to kill foes, for Shadow Warrior 3 now features glory kills, usable through building meter. These, along with the multitude of traversal options, create this smooth flow that you can follow and change at a moment’s notice. Certain devices will require you to shoot the button on it to activate, which will result in myriad new ways to take down foes. Speaking of environmentals, this game has a plethora to use, if the arena allows for it. These upgrades are either earned or found in the game areas, which incentivizes exploration and daring traversal at times. Some of these can be very small, like carrying extra ammo, but other times it can be hugely beneficial, like bullets piercing through enemies (despite that one not working quite as well in my playthrough). To that end, there are also upgrades you can apply to your weapons and character, separately. Using this in combination with chi blasts can create some devastating ends to your foes. Not only that, but the addition of the grappling hook can allow you to grapple to enemies, or pull environmental objects to you like explosive barrels. So there’s no level of complexity where certain weapons work better against certain enemies and their weak points, but I’m sure there’s more ways to maximize your damage output with clever use of your tools. While there are some uses that makes switching between them viable, I mostly just used a gun until it ran out of ammo, then switched to whatever had ammo. Tools of the Tradeīesides your average sword, you have six weapons to switch between. Plus, using your sword to kill enemies provides ammo, incentivizing getting close. The game has dedicated your left click to shooting, and your right click to slashing, which allows for a smooth transition from range to melee in the simple press of a button that actually feels satisfying to switch between. Feels pretty good.Ĭombat is where the true fun, and interesting tweaks, come in. Movement feels just as fast and fluid as DOOM, but with new traversal options like traversing vines by climbing or wall-running, or using a grappling hook to cross gaps, avoid enemies, get out of danger, etc. If I could describe Shadow Warrior’s gameplay in few words, I’d say it’s a cheaper DOOM Eternal with new tweaks. However, what most people look forward to is the gameplay, and, honestly, I had a good amount of fun, though it all felt quite familiar. A Familiar Feelingīut most people don’t come to Shadow Warrior for the story. Though I think the devs didn’t expect me to laugh at the jokes anyway, since Lo Wang complained about no one laughing at them. I was rather stone-faced throughout the entire endeavor, but I didn’t necessarily hate it. It’s mostly just getting you from one place to the next, a kind of motivation to get you to keep playing. Though his constant bad jokes did get me annoyed somewhat, plus the sidekick they shackle with him has a grating voice. Lo Wang does stupid stuff, and stupid stuff leads to more stupid stuff until it somehow works in his favor. Filled with a new hope, the crude merc sets out to save the world again.Įverything about the story of Shadow Warrior 3 is what you’d expect from a Shadow Warrior story: it’s not complex, nor is it very funny. ![]() Said dragon destroyed the world, leaving Lo Wang to wallow from his failure, until former enemy Zilla comes to offer him a chance to redeem himself by destroying the dragon. Shadow Warrior 3 takes place not too long after Shadow Warrior 2, where infamous mercenary Lo Wang accidentally released a dragon upon the world. Safe to say, I had no idea what to expect exactly, coming into Shadow Warrior 3, besides the obvious usage of guns with swords. ![]() Other than the huge jump in graphical quality from the 1997 version to the 2013 version, it also changed entire systems in Shadow Warrior 2 to allow for a more loot-shooter vibe without getting new guns out of it, just items to mod your weapons with. Shadow Warrior has gone through its fair share of changes leading up to now. ![]()
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