Shadow Warrior is a game that tries so much, but ultimately fail to excel at most of it. In a sea of fantastic boomer shooters like DOOM, Postal Brain Damaged, Amid Evil, and more, it gets hard to recommend a game like Shadow Warrior. While the story and writing is witty, and using the environment to kill is fun at first, it fails to be truly unique.
The guns are exactly what you would expect, enemies are cool looking but are generally either completely OK or frustrating to battle, and your coolest abilities have so long animations that halts your momentum that they are often not worth using. The grappling hook for example, makes you stand still for a bit, causing you to almost always take damage when using it on the hardest difficulty.
Killing enemies using the environment is fun at first, but it is not really versatile. You often can't do it unless you lure enemies in there, which takes time, is risky for you, and generally you would be better off shooting them. Even if enemies happen to be in the prime spot for environmental kills, you are often required to use the grapple to activate the trap, meaning you get to stand still and soak some damage first.
Where this game really shines is the unique weapons you can pull out of enemies. While not all of them are worth the effort, it is extremely fun and feels good to "glory kill" an enemy, rip out a part of them, and use it to kill other enemies. This is great and easily the best part of the game.
The graphics look great, the writing is funny, and gamefeel is alright. I would recommend if you are looking for more boomer shooters and you've played the best ones.
The guns are exactly what you would expect, enemies are cool looking but are generally either completely OK or frustrating to battle, and your coolest abilities have so long animations that halts your momentum that they are often not worth using. The grappling hook for example, makes you stand still for a bit, causing you to almost always take damage when using it on the hardest difficulty.
Killing enemies using the environment is fun at first, but it is not really versatile. You often can't do it unless you lure enemies in there, which takes time, is risky for you, and generally you would be better off shooting them. Even if enemies happen to be in the prime spot for environmental kills, you are often required to use the grapple to activate the trap, meaning you get to stand still and soak some damage first.
Where this game really shines is the unique weapons you can pull out of enemies. While not all of them are worth the effort, it is extremely fun and feels good to "glory kill" an enemy, rip out a part of them, and use it to kill other enemies. This is great and easily the best part of the game.
The graphics look great, the writing is funny, and gamefeel is alright. I would recommend if you are looking for more boomer shooters and you've played the best ones.