Normally I wouldn’t care about a game like Shadow Warrior. Flying Wild Hog had decided to remake a classic, albeit controversial FPS, and the resulting release was being positioned as a bit of lighthearted, inexpensive, nostalgic fun. It’s not my kind of game, nor is it my kind of genre,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. If there is one genre that ages more sharply than any other, it’s the First Person Shooter, or FPS. Whether it’s Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Heretic, Hexen, or even the likes of Goldeneye, it’s harder and harder to go back to these games and enjoy them as…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Whoever was involved in the visual direction of Shadow Warrior deserves a massive raise. There is no game that is more fundamentally beautiful on the PlayStation 4 than Shadow Warrior’s remake. I found myself spamming the “share” button on the PlayStation 4 controller with every new…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Because I’m primarily a console gamer, when I viewed a PC Let’s Play video of Shadow Warrior and its amusing, sardonic swordsman Lo Wang as he segregated humiliated limbs from arrogant torsos, I was crestfallen. “When do I get to pwaaay?” I childishly asked, pink pacifier…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Appearing to be a serendipitous cross pollination among Dark Souls’ difficulty, A Link to the Past’s immortal character mobility and top-down aesthetic, and Shadow of the Colossus’ quest to impale gigantic beings to impress some comatose girl’s over-principled step-dad (I know that’s not the story, but just…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A few years ago, a small developer had the bright idea to take RPG Maker, and use it to tell a story. There was no combat, no experience levels. This game offered nothing more than a touching and at times troubling look at humanity through the…
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