After 30 minutes or so, however, Shadow Warrior 2 reveals its strongest asset. However, I’m hoping it feels just as valid to simply play through the game start-to-finish if I want, without feeling like my gear is underpowered. Only Wang's katana retains its lethality, its charged stab and 'vortex' power attacks carrying a satisfying heft. Again, I wonder if it’ll have the same uniqueness I loved about the original Shadow Warrior‘s arsenal-every weapon in that game had a reason to push for the last upgrade, which isn’t really a feature of loot-driven games.Īnd then there’s the question of re-running levels.
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The upgrade path for weapons is also more fluid, with three gem slots per weapon. when Flying Wild Hog shows off katanas, short swords, crescent blades, and hand claws does it feel different to play with those weapons or is it just an aesthetic choice? Absolute majority of weapon types exists.
Theres also one more type of division that is not quite obvious to the naked eye, but is readily apparent if one were to take a peek at games internal tables. Theres the type of weapon itself, the ammo type it uses, the category to which the game attributes it to. I mainly wonder whether it’s actual variety or mainly a bunch of weapons that look different but function the same way-e.g. Shadow Warrior 2 contains a lot of weapons, which can be classified by many criteria. It’s not an inherently bad idea-I can’t fault them for adding variety. It’s a personal bias: I tend to like when games mete out weapons in a logical manner, and Shadow Warrior was a perfect example of this-starting out with just a katana and a pistol, you eventually filled out the weapon wheel with everything from a four-barreled shotgun to a nuke launcher. I’m worried we’re entering Darksiders/ Darksiders 2 territory-I much preferred the original’s Zelda-esque approach to gadgets, whereas the sequel’s loot-grind felt tedious by comparison.
I’m less of a fan of the new loot system, but that’s because I’m not a fan of loot systems in general.
Generally, though, a level will change each time you play it-and you might be playing them a lot, thanks to the new loot system. There are areas that will, of course, remain the same to accommodate boss fights and the like. Four players in the original game’s tiny corridors would’ve been a nightmare, but four players in levels geared towards exploration seems like a more reasonable proposition.Īll of the levels are also procedurally built. It does make co-op more appealing, though. I’m curious to see how balanced the stealth approach feels at release-during our E3 build it was a bit disconcerting to watch how easily the developers were able to cut out large portions of the level.
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