Shadow Warrior 2 reviews are out...

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

In that case I might pass up on SW2 entirely. Randomly generated levels don't really work well if you ask me.

They work kind of like Torchlight dungeons. Elements of the levels are shuffled around a bit every time.

Can you go into a little depth about this? Hearing you compare the game to Borderlands has my interest and hope plummeting. I did not enjoy those games at all and is the last thing I would want Shadow Warrior to be like.

It's loot based. But you don't get a gazillion weapons like Borderlands and only 4 weapon slots. Weapons also aren't level restricted. You get about 60-70 unique weapons and 8 slots and you can upgrade them with various enhancements that suit your play style. You have three slots that you can use to add elemental damage to your weapons, increased rate of fire, reload speed, health or chi regen on kill etc. There's a lot to play with. And there's no inventory limit to worry about.

It's not a stressful game like loot based games tend to be. I doubt that any of the upgrades matter too much unless you're playing on the hardest difficulty. It's mostly designed to provide you with freedom to create your own fun. So if you don't like a certain gun or set of weapons you can just use something else or use one of the upgrades to make your weapon behave the way you want it to. You're bound to find something that you'll like. If you don't want to have all 8 weapons equipped you don't have to. If you don't want to use melee weapons you don't have to. Same with ranged weapons. You can mix and match or use just one slot if you like. It's a really relaxing game that allows you to craft your own play style and it gives you enough unique weapons and upgrades to do that and then it sends you on your merry way to slaughter demons.

 

[Poetic Nova]

In that case I might pass up on SW2 entirely. Randomly generated levels don't really work well if you ask me.

They work kind of like Torchlight dungeons. Elements of the levels are shuffled around a bit every time.

Yeah. I'm not giving a final judgement on it until I've played it myself. My cynical view on things has been wrong before.

 

[SweetShark]

So I played Shadow Warrior 2 for 3 hours.
So much fun!!!
It is like the first game, but because it is random regenerated, sometimes the whole battlefield become a beautiful Chaos of slaughter with a lot of toys to play!!!
Like, you start fighting a Mini Boss in a giant area with his minions, but while you are fighting freely, you trigger Snake-Men and Hammer-Heads all around you and they start making the whole thing more AWESOME!!! You start shooting like a maniac with the Fire-base Shotgun, then you pull-out the awesome hightech double swords and start sending laser shashes across the field killing the remaining assh*les, then you turn around using the spin attack killing some random clawlers which they decided to appear as well. Then you continue shooting the Boss and the with the help of well-placed barrels/husks of pain to cause even more damage, at last see the motherf*cker fall down like a little b*tch!!!

I also like the fact that right now at least the sword isn't anymore an OP weapon. You must indeed use nearly all the available arsenal you have to defeat some really naughty enemies types you visit.

Right now the only complain I have is the Abilities Loots you get. Very good to update your weapons and even sometimes with each update the weapon you use change its visual appearance, but it is very time consuming and I ignore the most of them. I only check if they are the blue or golden loot to use. The silver ones are meh.

Btw, I get the RazorBlade and I REALLY want to like it, but it is very ssslllooooowwwww.....
Is there a trick I can make it more deadly and faster?

Anyway, Awesome game!!! 9/10 for now.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Right now the only complain I have is the Abilities Loots you get. Very good to update your weapons and even sometimes with each update the weapon you use change its visual appearance, but it is very time consuming and I ignore the most of them. I only check if they are the blue or golden loot to use. The silver ones are meh.

Further into the story you'll be able to combine 3 abilities into a more powerful one. But you'll need cold hard cash too so try not to spend much at Larry's or Hideo's.

 

[SweetShark]

Right now the only complain I have is the Abilities Loots you get. Very good to update your weapons and even sometimes with each update the weapon you use change its visual appearance, but it is very time consuming and I ignore the most of them. I only check if they are the blue or golden loot to use. The silver ones are meh.

Further into the story you'll be able to combine 3 abilities into a more powerful one. But you'll need cold hard cash too so try not to spend much at Larry's or Hideo's.

Sound cool! Thank you for telling me because At some point I had plans to sell the minor loots for cash.

 

[SweetShark]

Me and my ADHD, I got a Steam deal on 1 and liked it but barely got into it.

Good reviews for 2. Makes me want to pick up on it.

They are calling it Doom with Japanese settings and a potty mouth.

The new Doom or the old one? Because it is nothing like the new one.
I am not saying the new Doom is bad, the opppsite. It is very awesome. However the 2016 Doom fight the enemies inside Arenas whichnyou must kill ro continue. Shadow Warrior 2 is the opposite. You can fight whatever you feel like it because there are no boundaries to keep you for running around freely. However as I said even if you want to run away from an enemy, some other will pop up to add another hazardous element you must take care.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Sound cool! Thank you for telling me because At some point I had plans to sell the minor loots for cash.

Oh you can go ahead and sell silver loot. It's a nice way to make some extra cash. Focus on combining blue and gold loot into more powerful items.

 

[B-Cell_v1legacy]

Me and my ADHD, I got a Steam deal on 1 and liked it but barely got into it.

Good reviews for 2. Makes me want to pick up on it.

They are calling it Doom with Japanese settings and a potty mouth.

The new Doom or the old one? Because it is nothing like the new one.
I am not saying the new Doom is bad, the opppsite. It is very awesome. However the 2016 Doom fight the enemies inside Arenas whichnyou must kill ro continue. Shadow Warrior 2 is the opposite. You can fight whatever you feel like it because there are no boundaries to keep you for running around freely. However as I said even if you want to run away from an enemy, some other will pop up to add another hazardous element you must take care.

SW 2 is indeed fantastic game but its no where near as good as doom. Doom has perfect shooting mechanics, amazing level design and overall better gameplay. only think SW2 did better is meelee.

to me

Doom is 9.5/10
Shadow warrior 2 is 8/10

 

[SweetShark]

Me and my ADHD, I got a Steam deal on 1 and liked it but barely got into it.

Good reviews for 2. Makes me want to pick up on it.

They are calling it Doom with Japanese settings and a potty mouth.

The new Doom or the old one? Because it is nothing like the new one.
I am not saying the new Doom is bad, the opppsite. It is very awesome. However the 2016 Doom fight the enemies inside Arenas whichnyou must kill ro continue. Shadow Warrior 2 is the opposite. You can fight whatever you feel like it because there are no boundaries to keep you for running around freely. However as I said even if you want to run away from an enemy, some other will pop up to add another hazardous element you must take care.

SW 2 is indeed fantastic game but its no where near as good as doom. Doom has perfect shooting mechanics, amazing level design and overall better gameplay. only think SW2 did better is meelee.

to me

Doom is 9.5/10
Shadow warrior 2 is 8/10

Truth to be told, it is still early to judge the game. I played only 3 hours, so I don't know how much repetitive will get.
So I hope it get better even later after I get rocket launchers and similar weapons.

 

[gorfias]

Me and my ADHD, I got a Steam deal on 1 and liked it but barely got into it.

Good reviews for 2. Makes me want to pick up on it.

They are calling it Doom with Japanese settings and a potty mouth.

The new Doom or the old one? Because it is nothing like the new one.
I am not saying the new Doom is bad, the opppsite. It is very awesome. However the 2016 Doom fight the enemies inside Arenas whichnyou must kill ro continue. Shadow Warrior 2 is the opposite. You can fight whatever you feel like it because there are no boundaries to keep you for running around freely. However as I said even if you want to run away from an enemy, some other will pop up to add another hazardous element you must take care.

That makes it sound like the Serious Sam series! Also fun games. This game is definitely on my radar. Thanks!

 

[B-Cell_v1legacy]

So I just beat this game. and heres what i think of it.

pros

combat improved upon previous game
lo wang is pretty funny and badass. (however he potray much better in SW 2013)
Its heavily optimize and run great on any system
no drm
Excellent Meelee

cons

Too shot
Too easy even on harder difficulty
Borderlands loot system ruined the experience
Lo wang and kamiko has no where near chemistry like lo wang and hoji
terrible level design and all missions feel exact same
still weak gunplay
shitty story and characters
bad graphics and character models (worst i have ever seen)
All in all. its Alright game. not bad but not great either

I rate it 6.5/10. when i played it first. my rating was 8 but slowly decrease more i play more.

its dissapointing game.

not even a Rival of Doom.. I prefer shadow warrior 2013. its one step forward, two step backward. shadow warrior 2013 was great game apart from terrible boss fights and shadow realm levels.

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[Elvis Starburst]

I rate it 6.5/10

I remember a time when you were hyping this shit up like crazy. I find it kinda fun to see it didn't live up to expectations. This is what happens when people hype things up way too much and it doesn't quite reach the hype levels we set up. Such is life of a gamer though. It's always better to see a game turn out better than expectations, though that doesn't always happen. As for the game itself... It looks alright?

 

[Zhukov]

Meh. Yet another game that can't animate melee combat worth a damn.

You wave your sword around, enemies make disconnected flinch animations and bleed numbers.

It feels like I'm waving a ribbon in their faces and they're falling over out of pity.

I like the tone though. I generally prefer more serious-minded games but every now and again it's nice to play something that knows how dumb it is and just rolls with it. Reminds me of BUlletstorm in that regard, in a good way.

 

[B-Cell_v1legacy]

I rate it 6.5/10

I remember a time when you were hyping this shit up like crazy. I find it kinda fun to see it didn't live up to expectations. This is what happens when people hype things up way too much and it doesn't quite reach the hype levels we set up. such is life of a gamer though. It's always better to see a game turn out better than expectations, though that doesn't always happen. As for the game itself... It looks alright?

Same thing happened with his Quantum Break. Some people just don't learn control.

I won't be getting this. I found the first one a monotonous slog and gave up after three hours.

Except Quantum break turn out Good.

Im dissapointed because its borderland rather than shadow warrior.

Stick to Doom. that game is masterpiece.

 

[SweetShark]

Lot of negativity here.....
Still Playing the game, after 24 hours. But I am still in 44% of completion.
Even like that, still so many varieties in weapons and enemies on each corner I visit.
Just yesterday I picked up a Nail-Gun, a MiniGun and a Gun made of Bones and Skulls. Also previously Had the pleaser to buy one of the best weapon on the game: Chainsaw b*tches!!! So beautiful, so beautiful...
And surprisigly if you care about the story and READ the texts and scrolls you collect, the Lore is very interesting. Not close like the Lore of the new Doom, but it give answers to many questions [IF you want answers of course.]
I take my time with the game. No rush, even though I must admit I have many others games I want to play.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Meh. Yet another game that can't animate melee combat worth a damn.

You wave your sword around, enemies make disconnected flinch animations and bleed numbers.

You can simply ignore melee and turn off floating dmg points.

I can't really say anything negative about the game because it gives you all the tools that you could want to create your own style of gameplay, without losing focus. You can be a tank, a melee player, a ranged player or a mixed bag of whatever you can think of. Possibilities are endless. I use mostly shotguns because they're so much fun and a bow because it's very challenging to use.

Being a primarily shotgun oriented guy reminds me a lot of playing Vanguard in Mass Effect 3.
The gameplay is fast. So freakin' fast I love it. I've invested a lot of points in movement speed, auto reload when you don't have your empty weapon equipped and ammo capacity. I also have that chi-blast power maxed out. So basically I'm just running around, dashing, jumping and basically flying around the map and shooting at giant monsters and creating big ass explosions everywhere without stopping. It's A LOT of fun. Wide and open level design in this game is tailored for fast movement and jumping around. It's also quite a vertical game as well. You can jump from rooftop to rooftop with ease, and so can your enemies. This is how freedom of movement should look like in an arcady shooter.

The game is like a weird mix of first Shadow Warrior, Borderlands and Blood Dragon. And that's a GOOD THING.

 

[Jandau]

I was interested in it until I heard about the loot mechanics and the randomly generated levels. Then my interest died down. Or to be more precise, died off. Might look into it when it's heavily discounted in a year or two...

 

[Post Tenebrae Morte]

I was interested in it until I heard about the loot mechanics and the randomly generated levels. Then my interest died down. Or to be more precise, died off. Might look into it when it's heavily discounted in a year or two...

Only certain aspects of the levels are randomly generated and that mostly applies to the sidequest areas, not the main story areas. As for the loot mechanics, it really isn't as exorbitant or complicated as something like diablo or borderlands. I'd recommend it whole heartedly, and it's only 40 smackers.

 

[Blitsie]

I was interested in it until I heard about the loot mechanics and the randomly generated levels. Then my interest died down. Or to be more precise, died off. Might look into it when it's heavily discounted in a year or two...

Its really not what you think it is, I honestly wouldn't have even known the maps were randomly generated if I never heard of it as they still play and feel like something originally made (which I think is the case as it sounds like the random parts are minor and only related to the side quests)

The loot system and RPG mechanics are also just there for you to create your own playstyle with and not something like an end goal where you start off weak and have to grind gear and levels to actually amount to something, instead you already start as a badass, monster killing ninja and just go from there.

Its still the same Shadow Warrior 2013, its literally just bigger, stupider and better. Except the story, the story is really awful this time but that's not what you'll be playing it for.