I'm still washing my underpants from the first hour of playing this game. This game is scary unlike any other horror game I have played, and it does not let you rest or feel safe and easy at any point, the terror comes in layers and is constant. Play this game.
Lacking all of the the charm and character of the original Lo Wang this reboot takes little more than the character and re creates a modern day linear shooter (Or slasher as the Katana is super powerful), The addition of skills and weapon upgrades doesn't make up for the lack of fun game play which gets extremely repetitive very quickly, And the tap tap click combo system doesn't add to the game play mechanics in any real sense. The level design lacks of the fun found in the quirky original build titles like Duke3D Shadow Warrior and Blood. The new Lo Wang jokes are deliberately too cringe worthy and I found them to be quite distracting and yearning for the silly comments the old Lo Wang would make with the cheeky humor of the late 90's. Redeeming features include plenty of gore and violence and pleasing graphics, The keen eyed player will find many sprite based objects from the original game hidden around the new Shadow Warrior which give you a nice pang of nostalgia, Although after seeing enough of these I wanted to go back and play the somewhat more charming original title.
