Some weapons feel satisfying to use, while others lack the appropriate level of kick. This same inconsistency applies to the weapons in your arsenal. By contrast, the Oni Hanma hammer does very little damage and feels weightless in your hand despite its enormous size. It makes even the most challenging encounters too easy. The Hattori Sword can take down the strongest enemy in the game in a matter of blows before automatically targeting the next. The abilities feel unbalanced, with some feeling completely broken, while others offer no value in combat. They donвЂ™t feel satisfying, nor do the abilities they offer. Gore Kills - a play on Glory Kills from Doom - may serve a purpose to the loop, but the animations pause combat for far too long, interrupting the flow entirely. More importantly, it pales in comparison to its contemporaries. But itвЂ™s a very different approach from the developerвЂ™s past efforts, something that may not sit well with fans. YouвЂ™ll dance between enemies, leaving explosions in your wake. This loop gives each encounter a particular rhythm. The weapons range from bombs that freeze the field of enemies to deadly swords. Each Gore Kill fills your health and gives you the unique Gore Weapon of the enemy you used it on. With each enemy killed, youвЂ™ll gather finisher orbs, allowing you to build up to a Gore Kill. I appreciate the way this keeps you in the action at all times, but it comes at the expense of depth. YouвЂ™ll need to use your arsenal of guns to take down enemies, but to refill your ammo, youвЂ™ll need to either pick up blue ammo packs or slash enemies with your sword. The team at Flying Wild Hog has clearly been influenced by Doom when it comes to Shadow WarriorвЂsВ combat loop. Your sword is used almost exclusively to replenish your ammo. Slashing your sword is no longer a viable way to wipe out hordes of enemies. Gone are the sword combos and abilities, instead replaced by a single button that delivers the same three animations. If you loved the swordplay in past games as much as I did, youвЂ™ll be sorely disappointed here. While Shadow Warrior 2 might have gone overboard with its weapon levels and customization, 3 boils its combat down to the basics. But this comes at the cost of its swordplay and depth. This entry manages to have some of the seriesвЂ™ best gunplay to date thanks to its incredible speed. Shadow Warrior made its name in part thanks to its over-the-top writing, but also thanks to its excellent combat. Being self-aware can only excuse so many problems.

It would all be more tolerable if the game didnвЂ™t rely on calling out its own poor mechanics so often. Or at all, depending on your tolerance for fart jokes and pop culture references. Just donвЂ™t expect to be laughing consistently. They throw so many jokes at the wall that a few are bound to stick. If you found the humour from the previous games to be up your alley, youвЂ™ll still find lines to love here. ThereвЂ™s nothing special here, but the story is serviceable enough to get you from point A to B. SungWon Cho does a great job as Zilla, but he isnвЂ™t given enough material to make Zilla feel like an essential part of the story. And MohвЂ™s acting shines in more dramatic moments, selling WangвЂ™s frustration and fear in a way that felt far more genuine than in past games. Throughout the game, the performance improves drastically, to the point that I eventually forgot about the change altogether. His performance at the beginning of the game feels forced with even the best jokes falling flat due to his performance. Mike Moh, the actor behind Lo Wang, takes a while to settle into the role. Devolver Digital and Flying Wild Hog decided to recast the characters to be played by Asian actors. ThatвЂ™s a saying, right? No? WeвЂ™re a Canadian site, let me have this one.ДЇans of the previous games will notice that the voices of Lo Wang and Zilla have changed.

YouвЂ™ll see every twist coming from a kilometre away. Hoji is back, and while itвЂ™s great to hear that iconic voice again, it doesnвЂ™t feel like his return was earned. Instead of offering new content, the writers chose to rehash moments from prior entries. ThereвЂ™s very little in the way of motivation for what youвЂ™re doing and that leads to forgettable moments throughout its campaign.

The story in Shadow Warrior 3 - to put it kindly - is sparse. If you were hoping for answers to the massive cliffhangers from the previous game, youвЂ™re out of luck. Knowing that heвЂ™s their only chance for survival, WangвЂ™s former employer and rival, Zilla, has come to beg Wang to help him stop the dragon.

Shadow warrior 3 review