"Given its old school roots, Shadow Warrior also falls into old school trapping with levels not really being clear, without the aid of a map it can be sometimes unclear and confusing where you’re meant to be heading, cue running in circles for 10 minutes while you try to locate the only door you haven’t tried to open that’s been hidden away down corridors and pathways that look exactly like the ones you’ve already searched 10 times or more. It’s by no means a deal breaker but it can cause some frustrating downtime in what is otherwise an incredibly fast paced game.
If Shadow Warrior was a £15-£20 downloadable title, I’d have absolutely no hesitation in singing its praises from the rooftops but it isn’t, it costs £30 or over and is about to go up against Advanced Warfare and Far Cry 4 and with those on the horizon, it’s a little more difficult to sell Shadow Warrior to anyone who doesn’t have money to burn and is looking for a good time, which is a shame as Shadow Warrior is a hel...
The Shadow Warrior trilogy is currently listed with a 93% discount on Steam, and you can save more than $100 - ideal for your Steam Deck?
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@GhostMirror
Yeah same here. Lots of unsuported indie horror games that end up being fully playble with standard controls and no issues whatsoever.
Thus far, most unsupported games run fine on Steamdeck but I have run on some issues with some lesser known games as well (do not boot at all despite trying various proton versions) but again those were mostly indie horror games.
Playable games almost always play well and have minimal if any issues so I am not sure what Anast is trying to point out here.
I have shadow warrior 2 and am playing it on deck right now. Runs really well and looks good too.
The "playable" label can be something as simple as needing a mouse click on a menu cause controlelrs don't work lol its crazy how many automatically claim a game will run like shit just cause of that label, same with those unverified. take helldivers 2, its unverified on steam because of the mp, not because the game itself doesnt work. just something to keep in mind.
I wasn't really impressed with the second game, hopefully the third one is better.
1 st one is the best. Second one is meh. Couldn't play third one because of, it was crashing on my PC.
The Shadow Warrior reboot debuted on PC 10 years ago today. Thankfully, it's still compatible with modern PC, PlayStation and Xbox formats.
Shadow Warrior debuted in 1997, an unlikely Duke Nukem 3D follow-up that later birthed a respected modern FPS series.
