There are three different difficulty settings, and I thought that the Medium default difficulty was fair, with battles that won’t feel overwhelming. You can seamlessly change weapons using the R1 and R2 buttons, with each one being assigned to a weapon type. The enemies can be either pushed back with a kick or using your Chi, sliced with your equipped weapon, or taken down using your gun. Using it, you can swing between hooks, and even hook on enemies to get to them. You’ll soon discover a grapple, and I loved how the level design tool advantage of it. The levels are well-designed, and while they’re mostly of a linear nature, there is plenty to see around you, and exploring is rewarded. You’ll begin by climbing a rainy mountain, and you’ll then go into the jungles! You’ll meet a ton of enemies, with all out to get you. Shadow Warrior 3 is played from a first-person view, and you’ll walk through the linear but gorgeous environments from said perspective. This gameplay section also serves as a tutorial for newcomers – so I didn’t feel like I missed too much playing this game without having played the previous installments. He has one chance to make things right, and as you start, you’ll learn more about what led to the events of this game. Lo Wang – the series’ main protagonist – is in bad shape following the events of Shadow Warrior 2 and is now the last ninja in the world. I was curious about this franchise, and since we had already reviewed Shadow Warrior 2, I had great expectations about the sequel – which were met!Īs is the case with the previous games, Shadow Warrior 3 presents a mix of fighting sequences using your equipped weapon, which is either swords or guns, and your ninja parkour abilities as you jump from place to place using either aerial dashes that will allow you to jump over huge gaps, running on walls, using grapples to reach higher platforms and more, which were great and changed how I approached exploration and fighting against enemies. All it will take is the mask of a dead god, a dragon’s egg, a touch of magic, and enough firepower to hold off the impending cataclysm.Īlmost five years after its prequel released on PlayStation 4, Shadow Warrior 3 from Flying Wild Hog and Devolver Digital is finally out on Sony’s console.

Armed with a punishing mix of blades and bullets, Lo Wang must traverse uncharted parts of the world to track down the dark beast and push the apocalypse back yet again. Fallen corporate shogun Lo Wang and his former employer turned nemesis turned sidekick Orochi Zilla embark on an improbable mission to recapture an ancient dragon they unwillingly unleashed from its eternal prison.

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