Shadow Warrior 2

Take 80's badass action hero, add funny one-liners, tons and tons of testosterone, awesome guns, shiny sharp blades, fluent movement and incredible blood pumping - testosterone summoning soundtrack and you have this game. It's what every man needs in his life.

I am very familiar with Shadow Warrior 2013 so I kind of expected the same type of action and game play in Shadow Warrior 2. I was not disappointed. Flying Wild Hog and Devolver Digital delivered, and loads of it! If you are a fan of SW 2013 you do not need to hesitate. You will like this one. Something that really hit me in the face was how big the levels were. You do not feel limited to a straight line to the next objective, instead you can roam around how you please on your way there. Levels are detailed like crazy and very open. With all that and the atmospheric effects, bloom and the gorgeous vegetation, the overall feel creates some very beautiful scenery. Sometimes you want to stand still and just look at it before moving on to slicing the next demon. The amount of weapons you can choose from is enormous, enabling the player to use the arsenal that works so well just for you. Razorback katana, my sweet lovely treasure. Seeing you do your thing is what makes me love you. Lo Wang's comments are hilarious. You get to hear them now and then after neutralizing demons. Hearing him discuss things with the NPC's is an absolute joy. The use of sound is very well made. Not only are the swords very pleasing to use when seeing what destruction they do, but also the sound they make and that makes you feel powerful. Heavy dynamic music very fitting for Shadow Warrior, I must say. The one thing that I find confusing is the upgrades. There are just too many to choose from and you get new ones all the time. In time you don't care what upgrade you just found, you just keep using whatever upgrades you currently have. Would I recommend Shadow Warrior 2? Oh yes! Am I looking forward to Flying Wild Hog's and Devolver Digital's next work? Oh yes!

I don't really like the game. There's a lot going on from the start and I just can't get into it. It looks nice, controls deceltly enough. But I feel like I'm just randomly slashing around with a sword. Definitely wouldn't have bought it if I had the chance to play it first.

- Top notch graphics, plays smoothly. - I almost never feel bored playing it. The game play is full of action, demon guts, and secrets. You hack/slash/shoot your way through hords of demons while looking for secrets. What more do you want? - I've never had any game breaking bug so far. Maybe several collision problem? Those hardly count as bugs. - Component of blowup <--- name of upgrade that makes explosive bullets. Just buy this game.

I will be short - first game was fun until a certain point but after a certain moment it was just copying itself over and over again, becoming repetetive and boring at times (although the ending was okay). The second game may start a little slower but then you are going to be consumed by it to a point where you want to play 1 mission in the evening - and it is almost the time to wake up and go to work =) Visuals are fantastic in 4K resolution with HDR, the game is also well optimized. It easily gets the spot in my list of most fun action games along with Bulletstorm, Far Cry: Blood dragon, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. You can play it equally fine with the mouse & keyboard or a gamepad. The final boss fight scene and music just made my day ^_^ P.S. The only thing I hate about this game - drones, annoying little bastards...