Shadow Warrior 3 Reviews
Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition is the new version of Lo Wang's adventure, adapted and designed for the new generation of consoles that adds new game modes to make your experience even more complete and challenging.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Shadow Warrior 3 works really well as an arcade shooter, especially for someone who just finished Doom Eternal and wants something similar, but for die-hard fans of the franchise it falls a bit flat. The Survival Mode does help add some much-needed extra game time, but overall it’s a “meh” Definitive Edition. At the very least, everyone who already owns Shadow Warrior 3 gets a free upgrade, so it isn’t a bad deal.
Overall, Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition brings more Shadow Warrior 3 to its fans. You know exactly what you get with Shadow Warrior 3: fast-paced combat, wise-cracking jokes, and a pretty streamlined experience. The Definitive Edition gives players more to do and allows them to go back to their favorite parts of the game. In addition, it brings a higher quality of the game to current-gen consoles. As far as Definite Editions go, Shadow Warrior 3 does a solid job in implementation.
While it is appreciated that Flying Wild Hog has addressed many of the concerns surrounding Shadow Warrior 3 and even added a bit more content, there isn't a justified reason to repackage the entire game into a Definitive Edition. Can't complain though, because it's still a fun time with Lo Wang and best of all, it's free for existing owners!
Slightly above average or simply inoffensive. Fans of the genre should enjoy them a bit, but a fair few will be left unfulfilled.
Another new change with Shadow Warrior 3 Definitive Edition is the Hero Mode for the story playthrough. Hero mode makes it, so you have a limited amount of lives in a playthrough. If you lose those lives, you’ll have to restart the entire story mode again. It is a good test to see how well you remember the game and some of the tricks for each arena.
While this is dubbed as the Definitive Edition, I just don’t see how it can be called such when it’s still missing a lot of what made Shadow Warrior 1 and 2 so good. It being a free update for current players is certainly amazing and lowering the price of the game for newcomers is always welcome, but it still doesn’t make this a great game. Shadow Warrior 3 ends up being just ‘ok’ in the grand scheme of things and especially in comparison to the games around it. Lo Wang deserves better and if the fates will it we will get to hang out with our pal Wang again soon.
The least Shadow Warrior 3 can do is appease some die-hard fans of the series. The biggest drawback of this game is the lack of variety and repetition in all aspects. The lack of content makes Shadow Warrior 3 a disappointing title that cannot be recommended for purchase.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Shadow Warrior 3 reprises the ancient tradition of FPS Doom clones in the most unflattering way possible.
Shadow Warrior 3 felt like a significant step down from the excellent Shadow Warrior 2, and it's a tremendous disappointment and a squandered chance to improve the franchise and get it out of its rut. Even when things go well, Lo Wang's irritating attitude makes it difficult to take pleasure in them. He is constantly pounding our ears with silly one-liners and awful acting, and even the bosses aren't fun to confront.
Flying Wild Hog has gone overboard with complexity reduction - and sacrificed a great deal of Shadow Warrior's mojo in its return to the series' roots. Although the game isn't even half as long as its predecessors, it wears out noticeably after just three hours, having lost the originality of its brand mark katana, chi powers and weapon variety.
Review in German | Read full review
Shadow Warrior 3 presents more streamlined action than its predecessor, and revels in his glorious gory shooting and potty-mouthed protagonist. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss some of the RPG elements from Shadow Warrior 2, and there are some rough edges to be found in this latest iteration of the series – but it’s a bloody good time all the same.
Shadow Warrior 3 is packed with humor and action, however there is just not enough content to recommend it. In addition, even despite the short length, the gameplay can get quite repetitive fast.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Shadow Warrior 3 is a bit of a mess. It has good points, with its humor and cool weapons. Yet it also feels like something that has been done better in other games. Still fun for its runtime though.
Shadow Warrior 3 quotes many good ideas but applies them on a smaller scale in a limited experience that misses the challenge and features that may not make a lasting impression on the player.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
It's a huge step backwards after Shadow Warrior 2.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
Shadow Warrior 3 for my taste is definitely a step backwards for the franchise. As a title it is a remarkable game, with great graphics, very worked physics, well-designed enemies and frantic action. My problem is that the similarities to either of the last two DOOM are directly excessive. And of course, the problem with comparing it to the king of shooters is that you always lose.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Shadow Warrior 3 is a fast but extra intense experience. Although it does not bring much new to its genre and sometimes suffers from technical difficulties, killing Japanese demons has never been more fun.
Review in Czech | Read full review
It is somewhat odd to make such drastic changes in design for a game on its third entry, but what they set out to accomplish they did with flying colors.
A good title that will give us some crazy hours of fun. A pity that the scarce content plays so much against it.
Review in Spanish | Read full review