![]() ![]() So here’s what’s so freaking great – the arenas typically have some kind of environmental hazards that you can activate at will. First, the game’s levels mainly consist of stretches of short exploration and ‘arenas’ filled with bad guys to take out (also… kinda… Doom-like). There are two more points though, that buck the above trend and make SW3 standout amongst its peers. And combined with SW3’s overall sense of humor and fast and gory gameplay, you have a pretty great time. This might sound some me-tooing, but these are modern FPS gameplay innovations at their core. He even makes a joke about that at one point. Oh, also like in Doom (and Halo Infinite) Wang has a grappling hook. Most of these will give Wang a limited-use weapon to brandish and some of them are pretty wicked.Īlso like in Doom, SW3 deals out ammo (and health) as glowing pickups that dot arenas and come from slaying foes. Much like in the modern Doom series, SW3 gives players the ability to perform special finishing moves. There’s a lot more though, as most enemies render their own hardware when they’re defeated. All of them are fun to use, look and sound terrific, and can be upgraded. There are shotguns, a nasty pistol, SMGs, and more. ![]() You mainly wield guns, which you find along the way in Wang’s adventure. Gameplay in Shadow Warrior 3 is a lot of what you’d expect from an FPS. His performance is a strong point, in the midst of really a bunch of strong points. You’re allowed to think whatever you like about it, but Moh does a fantastic job and is funny as all get out. While I’m not going to get into it here, you can likely imagine why that change was made. Wang is voiced by Mike Moh, who takes over for the previous actor Jason Liebrecht. It’s not the most groundbreaking of things, but the narrative is perfectly fitting for Wang and his wild world. The setup is wild, action-packed, and all kinds of insane. Wang, Hoji (or, his mask at least), and former supervillain Zilla Wang is hold-up in the wreckage of his home, where he talks to the mask of his seemingly-dead best pal. So when SW3 opens, it’s more or less the post-apocalypse already. ![]() But as he’s wont to do, he seemingly didn’t take it as seriously as he probably should have. Don’t be shocked.įrom his own filling-in, and a playable flashback, Wang was on track to stop the monster. The beast is wreaking havoc on all creation, and it looks like it’s all Lo Wang’s fault. And this bad boy (or, is that girl?) is basically the living embodiment of the end of the world. And I don’t mean any old dragon, but a gigantic dragon that’s as big as Manhattan island. I didn’t play much of SW, remember? In any event, and if you didn’t either, Shadow Warrior 3 does an excellent job filling in the gaps.Īpparently, there’s a dragon. ![]() Where last we left out heroes… actually, hang on, because I don’t really know where we last left out heroes. Halo Infinite (yes, I know it came out last year), Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem, and Dying Light 2 are all in that mix, and I’d easily say Shadow Warrior 3 was right there with them. Each one was really different, and to all of their benefits. I’ve had the good fortune of playing a bunch of great FPS titles to kick off 2022. Oh, and maybe just as important than all of that, a personality that differentiates it nicely from pretty much every other modern FPS. Shadow Warrior is loaded with awesome weapons, fantastic good-looks, and solid control. As to why, I can’t really say, but I see now that I’ve been missing out. I had a cup of coffee with the original reboot, but that’s about it. I have to admit, I haven’t played much of this series before this newest title. The new Shadow Warrior features a young Lo Wang (punny), who is a self-styled superhero that’s always getting into a little too much trouble. It’s still comedic for sure, but that and the base themes are pretty much all the twin sets of games have in common. A far cry from the spoof that the name embodied back in the 90s, developer Flying Wild Hog’s rebooted series has a personality all its own. Maybe one of the most under-appreciated first-person shooters in the modern catalog, Shadow Warrior just keeps rolling. Of course, it’s an apocalypse he brought on, but you get the drift. Lo Wang is back once again, and this time is up against the apocalypse itself. ![]()
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