You’ll dance between enemies, leaving explosions in your wake. This loop gives each encounter a particular rhythm. The weapons range from bombs that freeze the field of enemies to deadly swords. Each Gore Kill fills your health and gives you the unique Gore Weapon of the enemy you used it on. With each enemy killed, you’ll gather finisher orbs, allowing you to build up to a Gore Kill. I appreciate the way this keeps you in the action at all times, but it comes at the expense of depth. You’ll need to use your arsenal of guns to take down enemies, but to refill your ammo, you’ll need to either pick up blue ammo packs or slash enemies with your sword. The team at Flying Wild Hog has clearly been influenced by Doom when it comes to Shadow Warrior‘s combat loop. Your sword is used almost exclusively to replenish your ammo. Slashing your sword is no longer a viable way to wipe out hordes of enemies. Gone are the sword combos and abilities, instead replaced by a single button that delivers the same three animations. If you loved the swordplay in past games as much as I did, you’ll be sorely disappointed here. While Shadow Warrior 2 might have gone overboard with its weapon levels and customization, 3 boils its combat down to the basics. But this comes at the cost of its swordplay and depth. This entry manages to have some of the series’ best gunplay to date thanks to its incredible speed. Shadow Warrior made its name in part thanks to its over-the-top writing, but also thanks to its excellent combat.
Being self-aware can only excuse so many problems. It would all be more tolerable if the game didn’t rely on calling out its own poor mechanics so often. Or at all, depending on your tolerance for fart jokes and pop culture references. Just don’t expect to be laughing consistently. They throw so many jokes at the wall that a few are bound to stick. If you found the humour from the previous games to be up your alley, you’ll still find lines to love here. There’s nothing special here, but the story is serviceable enough to get you from point A to B. SungWon Cho does a great job as Zilla, but he isn’t given enough material to make Zilla feel like an essential part of the story. And Moh’s acting shines in more dramatic moments, selling Wang’s frustration and fear in a way that felt far more genuine than in past games. Throughout the game, the performance improves drastically, to the point that I eventually forgot about the change altogether. His performance at the beginning of the game feels forced with even the best jokes falling flat due to his performance. Mike Moh, the actor behind Lo Wang, takes a while to settle into the role. Devolver Digital and Flying Wild Hog decided to recast the characters to be played by Asian actors. That’s a saying, right? No? We’re a Canadian site, let me have this one.įans of the previous games will notice that the voices of Lo Wang and Zilla have changed. You’ll see every twist coming from a kilometre away. Hoji is back, and while it’s great to hear that iconic voice again, it doesn’t feel like his return was earned. Instead of offering new content, the writers chose to rehash moments from prior entries. There’s very little in the way of motivation for what you’re doing and that leads to forgettable moments throughout its campaign. The story in Shadow Warrior 3 - to put it kindly - is sparse. If you were hoping for answers to the massive cliffhangers from the previous game, you’re out of luck. Knowing that he’s their only chance for survival, Wang’s former employer and rival, Zilla, has come to beg Wang to help him stop the dragon.
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