Thread 725185330

Why is it so boring?

>>725185330 (OP)
isn't it procedurally generated? that shit sucks

>>725185330 (OP)
>Why is it so boring?
It's not. It is one of my favorites.

>>725185330 (OP)
guns feel like shit. same problem the first game had. Aggravated on higher difficulties.

>>725185414
the levels are, but they all look the same

>>725185330 (OP)
Loot autism and procedurally generated levels plus enemy design is a hit and miss. SW2s gameplay is insanely good though,that game has possibly the best first person melee combat system ever.

the only entertaining thing about this game is Lo Wang's dialogue
did they change the voice actor in 3?

i enjoyed it i only stopped playing it cause i was playing it when my brother committed suicide by jumping off the balcony in 2019 and still have not picked it back up

>>725185560
>that game has possibly the best first person melee combat system ever.
a charge attack that takes forever to charge, a block, and basic swipes.
It's basic and bland. Condemned 2 is better with rudimentary combos, kicks, and weapons that matter.

>>725185330 (OP)
it's the only game I know that lets me slowly chainsaw through azn chicks, while you control the direction of the blade. Awesome.

>>725185721
y-you didn't pick up your brother?

>>725185819
i mean i stopped playing and called 911 but it was far too late by the time they got there he ha also apparently ingested bleach

>>725185680
they changed the voice actor in 3 because the polish idiots drank the californian koolaid and believed it wasn't okay to have a white dude play an asian guy, or the og voice actor demanded more money.
The new guy sounds like the og reboot voice actor, right down to the fake asian accent, which is fucking funny for a myriad of reasons.

>>725185918
i was not a huge fan of three cause it was basically watered down doom eternal

>>725185414
It's "randomized", as in the game has a pool of pre-designed environment parts that it rearranges with each reload.
Problem is, the pool is rather lacking in content and only gets marginally bigger the further you get in the story so you keep running through the same shit over and over.
The three different environments also barely interact with each other and there is almost nothing to do in the levels due to their randomized design concept besides shooting and looting.

You also never feel like as if you actually get stronger when levelling up since your HP, Ki, etc. stays the same and you only get a bunch of flat increases with skill points.

>>725185330 (OP)
>We want to make a looter shooter FPS game because Borderlands was successful

Flying Wild Hog has always been a trend chaser with some of their games. Shadow Warrior is just the most obvious. It's not the worst game I ever played but most of the weapons will feel like shit until you get the right trinkets and upgrades to make them good. Also the games "elemental" system really doesn't allow you to deal more damage so much as tell you which elements you can't use against certain enemies because they're completely immune to it. Or several, because higher difficulties made enemies bullet sponges with a bunch of immunities.

>>725185727
Never played Condemned 2 since its console exclusive but Im a sucker for this type of combat and I disagree about SW2 being bland. Shame no one tries doing some good ass fpm games and ones that do not put emphasis on combat that much. Zeno Clash will always stay based honorary mention to Riddick titles.

>>725185330 (OP)
They decided to not iterate on the previous game, instead go looter shooter, and add an element system nobody asked for.

>>725185918
They also changed Zilla's for some Youtuber or something.
The funniest and SBI-tier shit is that they tried to explain the change with "honoring Wang's heritage", nevermind that
a) Wang and Shadow Warrior are the last things for that
b) the games don't even fucking know what Wang even is or where they take place
and
c) the guy they replaced the VA with was born in NYC and is of KOREAN heritage

>>725185795
Skin-tight suits + chainsaw = yes

>>725186458
Which gets even funnier because not a single FWH Shadow Warrior game even has a particularly good story, and they got flak for a gay tranny joke in SW2 because some Kotaku journo didn't understand the joke and took it at face value. My biggest bugbear with SW3 is that it's painfully short even on hard and it somehow fell into a lot of the pitfalls Doom Eternal (the new game they were aping) avoided with the movement and combat systems.

>>725186093
Also
>fortune cookies are just philosopher quotes and shit instead of offensive jokes and puns
>EVERYTHING is randomized, even the drops for the game's fucking lore
>loot autism and ridiculous droprates grind the game to a halt

>>725186660
Was it the "there's a woman inside of me" one?
The writing in the game in general was total mood whiplash garbage that ruined the characters from 1.
Hoji's sister became a sexcrazed bitch who stars in porn, Mezu became a rapist, Gozu a complete retard and Hoji himself doesn't even get mentioned once by name outside of one item description (but I heard he came back in 3 and they turned him into someone who cradles his own shit).

>>725187094
It was exactly that one, and even in the context of the scene that journo would've needed to intentionally misinterpret it to make it seem like it's some sort of anti-tranny thing when trannies weren't as widespread in the industry yet. Also yeah, they brought Hoji back in 3, and he and Wang have to go on a really bad buddy cop style adventure to kill the big ass dragon that the chick in 2 ends up turning into by the end of SW2. It's really stupid fucking story.

>>725186102
>Or several, because higher difficulties
I cannot think of a good reason to ever play shadow warrior 2 or the 1st game for that matter on higher difficulties. They are not challenging because Wang is sturdy except maybe the hardest difficulty in SW2 to reliably faceroll the game, and enemies aren't that challenging either, just tediously tanky.

>>725187323
>big ass dragon that the chick in 2 ends up turning into by the end of SW2
did the annoying bitch in your head in 2 turn evil?

>>725185330 (OP)
It was the last good game devolver did before they went full DEI retarded with 3 because the CEO is a stupid lesbian cunt with a fragile ego and killed the company after it out of hate against the og game

>>725187549
No she gets turned into a dragon and she never comes up again. She literally did not matter outside of being the catalyst for a sequel.

>>725186458
They replaced George Ledoux aka fucking Duncan Fisher who was also the Voice director for both games with some DEI hire as they did with Lo Wang, plus the fact that the third game literally erased the OG game and even the first two's prequeboot events because the retards began hating the Shadow Warrior community for being "too rayciss".

>>725187690
Which is funny because it is implied that she gets back to normal and is Lo Wang's wife in the original game.
Also, Lo Wang's sister which was going to be the protag of a shadow warrior expansion is still "canon" and she was unhinged as him.

>>725188028
>going to be
let me guess. Shadow Warrior 3 sold like shit so that never happened.

>>725188168
Yes. The game wasn't as good as advertised and as I said before it's painfully short. As in, you can finish the whole thing in 4 and half hours short. After that you just fish for all the "secrets" to unlock shit that makes an already fairly easy combat loop even easier or go into the arena mode. Not a lot of meat on that bone.

>>725188028
>erased the OG game and even the first two's prequeboot events
The reboots were prequels of the original? When?

I had a lot of fun with this game when I cheated myself optimal gems and a million of purple currency to upgrade all weapons and then switched to the highest difficulty.

>>725188168
Not really it was OG Shadow Warrior, see the history of Shadow Warrior Deadly Kiss.
https://shadowwarrior.fandom.com/wiki/Tensi_Yoka

>>725185330 (OP)
>let me guess. Shadow Warrior 3 sold like shit so that never happened.
I liked the original, I liked the reboot, but 2 was just generic looter shooter slop. Wasn't even aware tha they made a third game until this thread kek

>>725188372
>pitch shifted versions of the original Lo Wang lines as placeholders
Did fiverr raise their prices.
Tensi Yoka is a trash name. "Noh Wang" is unironic perfection.

>>725185330 (OP)
This was the looters shooter? Hp bloat was the problem, also way worse enemy encounters

>>725186093
>You also never feel like as if you actually get stronger when levelling up since your HP, Ki, etc. stays the same and you only get a bunch of flat increases with skill points.
Its the perk cards that are the only things that matter. Just put all the points on lowering enemy resists and you do so much damage even on hardest difficulty that weapons kinda stop mattering.

>>725188302
Technically Lo Wang and Zilla's personal warfare would lead to the original.
Also his Brother would Show up and also led to the events of twin dragons in the future.
It is easy to notice that SW2 was remade mid development to support co-op and be this borderlands lootbox shitshow.

>>725185330 (OP)
Looter shooter where 99% of the loot is worthless gems.
Lo Wang goes full asian deadpool wacky sociopath, undoing his whole character arc from Shadow Warrior 2013.
Stupid ending.
Takes the Nobitsura Kage and turns it into another worthless gem you get in a shitty sidequest.
Everything else is completely unmemorable.

>>725185330 (OP)
the first one wasn't great and they added lootclicker shit to the sequel instead of improving core gameplay

>>725188914
friendly reminder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWrd9pReTdA

>>725188663
The 90's Shadow Warrior and the reboot series are 2 separate things and I will die on that hill. 3D Realms wanted to make a game that was inspired by pop culture kung fu flicks with Duke Nukem shooting (because build engine) and the reboot is...not that. Quite frankly none of the reboot Shadow Warrior games share much besides being shooters that feature an Asian man called Lo Wang.

>>725185489
speclet. Guns that are capable of actually killing shit is the biggest advantage 2 has over 1.

Xing was the best character

>>725189450
>speclet
Yeah, fuck you and your gems. The "loot" aspect of SW2 deserve to be jettisoned into the sun. Anybody that likes it deserve to be sent to the EVE Online mines.

WHO WANT SOME WANG?