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Rating of
3.5/5
The Wang is Strong with This One
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/23/2018
Modern FPS games tend to follow the same pattern - your Call of Modern Division Duty Warfare if you will. Those who search, however, can find a diamond in the morass. While Flying Wild Hog may not get the attention of their more flashy brethren, Shadow Warrior 2 is certainly something different. The humor is even more juvenile than the Borderlands game (which is both a boon and detriment) but it is the options they give you that really sets this apart from the never-ending parade of banal military shooters. Want to run and gun? Great, this game is for you! Want to get up close and personal and cut down enemies with a samurai sword? Great, this game is for you! Want to stay half a map away from an enemy and snipe him from a distance? Great, this game is for you! What it doesn't have is …
Rating of
4.5/5
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wang.
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 04/06/2018
In 1997, 3D Realms, a then-new purveyor of garbage PC games, produced a new IP called “Shadow Warrior.” This game was built on the same engine as the company’s more widely known – and for some reason beloved – “Duke Nukem 3D,” but never managed to step out of the shadow (pun intended) of its more famous sibling. Nearly two decades later, in an attempt to stave off death and bankruptcy, 3D Realms sold a number of its IPs to other developers, with the Polish Indie developer, Flying Wild Hog, gaining custody of ‘Shadow Warrior.’ After rebooting the ‘Shadow Warrior’ story continuity with a “Shadow Warrior” remake in 2013, Flying Wild Hog created the most ambitious sequel they could three years later with “Shadow Warrior 2.” I was initially skeptical of ‘Shadow …
