Shadow Warrior started life as a 3D Realms developed first-person shooter, so we can understand why your scepticism is already at an all time high. This PlayStation 4 reimagining by Polish developer Flying Wild Hog, however, aims to drag the original into the next generation – without forgetting any of the late 90s tropes that defined its predecessor. Already available on the PC, you’re left with an affair that aims to fuse the best of both the old and the new – but is it successful in its objective?
Eurogamer.net - 7/10
In the years since the original Shadow Warrior, games like Half-Life and Halo have done things with first-person storytelling and enemy behaviour that set a new baseline for quality, but this modern reimagining has little interest in those advances. It taps expertly into our memories of frantic battles, sprawling levels, scattered secrets and regular humour, but it doesn't strive to go much beyond that, merely taking an archetypal 90s shooter and iterating on it using modern technology as though nothing else has happened. As a smarter-than-it-looks nostalgia trip, then, Shadow Warrior delivers, and as long as you keep that in mind - and consume it in moderation - it's an easy recommendation.
Metro - 6/10
For a game obsessed with OTT violence and knob gags this is a surprisingly charming and likeable shooter, if an unavoidably shallow and repetitive one.
Are you eager to unleash the warrior within, or is this one title that you’ll be grabbing from the bargain bin? Travel through time in the comments section below.
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Godlike game, one of the best FPS ive played in quite some time, the sword mechanichs are beatiful, and the gunplay its just as satisfying, cool weapons, cool sword with cool looking skills you can get by using points (Karma wasnt ?)
Get it (ive played at least 3 times on PC got it in release) and love it. Its flying wild hog, you knoe you are getting an amazing game (if you can get Hard Reset on PC)
@oddtodd I hope the PS4 keeps some of the perks of PC with great graphics and decent frame rate, Because on PC it was one of the best looking games last year (especially in the art department), maxed out its a sight to behold.
Really looking forward to this game, metro reviews are always poor IMO, I generally avoid them like Ebola.
Sweet
@Bad-MuthaAdebis Cant believe they said this game is "repetitive", yes you kill millions of enemies, but the ammount of weapons, upgrades, sword skills, even the combos you can do... Its as repetitive aa you want it to do
Theres even a "grade system" that gives you more points depending on how varied was the way you killed enemies (which gives yiu an incentive to do even greater combos)
I want this game but I'll wait for a price drop.
WOW i never heard of this until today! Is it out already? fun,nostalgic and hilariously grisly?! YES PLEASE!
Does any one Know if there is a southpaw control scheme on ps4?
When does this come out
Just bought this today and i already love it. Vulgarity, comedy, demon rabbits, and brutality. A good mixture for good times. Plus excellent sword play
i rented it, came in the post today, so i'll play this or the evil within on the
weekend.
i'm getting really bored of Destiny now, i'd still like to reach lv 30 (28 right now)
but my interest is fading, same old crap every day, need some DLC fast.
Didn't they just do this with Duke Nukem? Lol.
In all seriousness (and I am aware this isn't the same situation as Gearbox & Duke Nukem, etc.), this has that feel of......if you were around in the 90's, owned a PC, played FPS on it, then you may like this game. If not.....probably not.
So, in that case, I am interested.
@SunnyShores @fozzie-mpd Please can you tell me if shadow warrior has a southpaw (left handed) control scheme? i'd be eternally grateful..
@ special_donkey Yes.Yes it does
Oh,ok..cheers (seriously though,i just found out it does) i guess i can save my eternal gratitude for myself.
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