Movement is fluid, probably more so than DOOM, and you’ll be dashing and flying around during fights like a true ninja warrior. Thankfully Shadow Warrior 2 is easily one of the best shooters in a long time. Humour and writing are one thing, but a game, especially a game that sells itself on old-school action, needs to be fun to play. The humour may not be for everyone-in fact some will find it downright tasteless and offensive-but if you can tune yourself to the game’s wavelength, its easily one of the funniest games in years. Even the quiet moments of actual storytelling are handled in a funny way. The jokes come fast, hard, and constantly, and nearly every line is worth at least a chuckle or too. It’s strange in a way, since it wanders from 13 year-old humour to quick-witted banter from an HBO comedy, usually within the same sentence. The actual dialogue is less thought provoking, and features a lot more dick jokes and swear words. The detail is fantastic and you can get lost just reading the scraps of info or item texts, all laced with humorous asides. There’s a great degree of world-building done through the scenery and layout, as well as the dozens upon dozens of collectibles you can find. Wang’s rescue goes south and Kamiko’s body turns demonic, so in order to save her, her spirit is pushed into Wang’s body while he and his friends figure out a cure.įor what could be just another dumb 90’s style shooter, there’s an awful lot of writing and lore in Shadow Warrior 2, and the plot, cliche as it may be, is well told. In particular, at the game’s outset he’s working for a powerful crime syndicate whose daughter, Kamiko, was kidnapped by the (still alive) villain/businessman, Zilla. Playing with Wang once was great, but is it good enough a second time?įive years ago the human world and the Demon world collided, and now in the post-collapse Lo Wang makes a living acting as a hitman for anyone that pays. In 2013 Shadow Warrior retold the story of Lo Wang in the style of an old-school shooter, and now Flying Wild Hog is back to try it again.
But DOOM wasn’t the only classic shooter, and Machine Games aren’t the only company that can reboot an old series. It was everything we wanted from a shooter and we loved it. It was fast paced, full of action, had a chainsaw, and a heavy metal soundtrack straight out of the mid-90’s. Earlier this year it seemed like shooters of old had come back to life thanks to the amazing experience of DOOM.
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