Shadow Warrior 3

Shadow Warrior 3 is a first-person shooter game developed by Flying Wild Hog and published by Devolver Digital. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 1, 2022

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The game returns to a more linear level, boomer shooter design just like the first game rather than the more open world, looter shooter design of the previous game which many disliked.
 * 2) Lo Wang is given a lot more abilities this time including wall-running, double jump, air dash, chi, which is used to push enemies back, and a grappling hook to quickly transverse between platforms, vertical surfaces, and to latch onto enemies.
 * 3) The game has glory kills just like in the modern DOOM games. However, instead of only giving the player ammo and health, the player gets a Gore Tool depending on the enemy.
 * 4) Where the original game was too reliant on the sword instead of the guns, this entry returns to a more linear design and rebalances the weapons by having the sword be assigned to one button to quickly slash enemies and puts more emphasis on the actual shooting aspect.
 * 5) The game puts more of an emphasis on being goofy and humorous, pointing out the absurdity of everything that is and has happened up to this point rather than trying to take itself completely seriously like before.
 * 6) Good voice acting especially from Jason Liebrecht as the new voice of Lo Wang.
 * 7) The game has a more streamlined upgrade system that requires upgrade orbs which can be earned by completing challenges or by finding them hidden in the levels.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The game was released with a lot noticeable bugs and glitches. Nothing game breaking, mind you.
 * 2) The humor does at times try too hard to be goofy which can come across as eye-rolling at times.
 * 3) The game is short on bosses with there only being two: the Ancient Cock and the Evildoing Dragon.

Reception
Shadow Warrior 3 received "mixed or average" reviews for PC and PlayStation 4, according to review aggregator Metacritic; the Xbox Series X/S version received "generally favorable" reviews.

IGN said that the game felt good to play and wrote in favor of its short runtime, but noted that it was "completely unremarkable in execution, being about as straightforward as an FPS can get."

Hardcore Gamer reviewed the title favorably, writing, "It may not be reinventing the wheel in any drastic means, but Shadow Warrior 3‘s warranted excess and lovably chaotic flow is one you’ll easily get lost in and perhaps never want to get out of."

PC Gamer criticized Lo Wang's dialogue, and writing, "Shadow Warrior 3 is best experienced with dialog volume set to zero and subtitles turned off. It isn’t malicious. It’s tasteless. It’s embarrassing, because it expects that you’re the kind of person who’d enjoy it."

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