Shadow Warrior (2013)

Except Shadow Warrior was never as good as Nukem in first place. Gameplay feels like bad Jedi Knight clone, with rudimentary swordplay and not-Force-really powers. The guns are there but ammo is scarce, so the half-baked Jedi Knight is going to be large part of experience. The enemies are dumb and game throws them at you by bucketload, in closed arenas, before unlocking the door to next room where experience repeats. There are attempts at humour, but like everything else they are effort half made. There are attempts as story behind to tie one chamber of monsters with another, but while original Shadow Warrior had hilarious excuse plot that never treated itself seriously, here the authors cannot decide if they want to treat plot seriously or not; the result is artificial mix that is neither funny nor involving. Whole thing feels like elements were developed just rudimentary enough to check all boxes: sworplay - check, guns - check, upgrades - check, powers - check, jokes - check, story - check, enemies - check, levels - check, without making any of these interesting. Either play real Shadow Warrior or real Jedi Knight.

Crossbow is THE best weapon besides the katana. Rocket launcher is far too slow, shotgun is weaker than the pistol, flamethrower is worthless, SMG is good to spray into big targets, demon head laser moves very slowly. What a shame, the game actually looks good and inspired Doom 2016's secrets.

WOW! I haven't seen anything so fresh in PC shooters for a long time! The only thing I'd like to add here : multiplayer could be awesome, if developers decided to implement it.

This game is a classic example of great gameplay and sharp wit that got left behind by the quake kiddies and doom squad. It is great to see that the game stays the same, with updated graphics. Hopefully now the world can see the humor in "Ha Ha! Horny Wabbits!" in a FPS. Now let's see Duke 3D redone in HD! (no, DN4E was NOT that game...) (on a side note, this is the game Daikatana could have been.... just saying, John Romero...)

This game show that shooters can be fun - the game mechanics are perfect, and using the katana makes the experience unforgettable. Although the game does still have some technical issues (framerate sometimes drops to 9 on a pretty decent gamer laptop), but with a few tweaks those can be mostly overcome. What was really surprising is that the story is also very good. Not as complicated as BioShock Infinite's, but still, the plot drags you through the endless hordes of enemies, who you then willingly chop/shoot into pieces. I can only recommend this game to anyone who wants to have great fun. Thanks Flying Wild Hog.