It’s mildly disorienting at first, but hugely cool. Whether it’s spins, lunges, or rolls, they’re all there. Not only does Shadow Warrior 2 very successfully implement its melee combat, it’s also the first FPS I’ve seen where sword dancing is all in first-person.
We were both put off by games like Fallout 4 where melee was only viable while using V.A.T.S., and not while playing in real-time mode. The first thing that stuck out to both of us was just how viable both ranged and melee weapons are. Rather interestingly, NOTMike and I share very similar opinions on the game. The second is: holy crap is this game fun. The first is that there’s a lot to play through in Shadow Warrior 2, even if tilesets do start to repeat themselves by the second act. In solo, I cleared about double the content in double the time-fancy that. All told, we clocked about 10hrs in co-op, which left us at a little over 30 per cent of the game completed.
But, hey, NOTMike and I usually play in Hardcore, so it had to be done. Also, playing on the hardest difficulty that features increased loot at the penalty of massive losses on death probably wasn’t the wisest choice. Being a bit of a completionist, I spent much more time than required in missions (which play out like typical zones in an ARPG) than was necessary. As they say, “The way of Wang is long and hard.” And long and hard it was. I’ll confess that neither of us managed to finish the main story, so I can’t speak on expected features like New Game+ or new difficulties, or whatever you want to call them, but it certainly wasn’t for lack of trying.
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