Shadow Warrior 2

Overview

It’s DOOM without the claustrophobia. A Serious Sam + Borderlands cocktail with weighty, thumping, exciting, speedy combat. Diablo in first-person, with wide open spaces, packs of enemies, giant bosses and more weapons than you can shake a wang at. Shadow Warrior 2 is anarchic, excessive, ridiculous, occasionally spectacular and almost entirely wonderful.

-- As reviewed by Rock Paper Shotgun

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 28 expert reviews

Excellent:

10
Good:

12
Average:

5
Bad:

1

7.8

User Score

Based on 18,210 reviews
as rated by users

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Last revision on February 14, 2022

Reviewers Liked

Exciting first-person action and shooting
Expansive levels filled with enemies to fight and secrets to find
Higher difficulties make for a more exciting experience--not a frustrating one
Cheesy humor adds levity to the over-the-top gore
The few "hand-crafted" moments are suitably spectacular

Reviewers Didn't Like

Special attacks can be finicky to execute
NPC sidekick can be intrusive at times
Terrible jokes overshadow much of what's good
Too much procedurally-generated fluff

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Expert reviews and ratings

The McDonalds ball pit of first-person shooters: disorganized, colourful, daft, and a surprisingly good time considering its limited avenues of entertainment. Shadow Warrior 2 is well worth your...

By New Game Network on October 27, 2016

Shadow Warrior 2 takes up everything that was great about the first game and makes it a little less fun. Instead of an upgrade, it feels like a cheap imitation. But if you can stand “Wang” jokes and want some mindless killing with blood all around, this...

By gamingcentral.in on October 25, 2016

Shadow Warrior 2 is a fast, gorgeous shooter with smart loot components, trapped inside a world and age that lost its luster ages ago. Where the core gameplay still feels fantastic, the story, world and mission structure gradually drag it down short of...

By gamingtrend.com on October 22, 2016

For Fans of Infantile Humour After what seems like a lifetime of the slow, drab and tactical, there’s no doubt that the old school shooter is back. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of times in which I’ve enjoyed games with deep, pensive narratives....

By Hooked Gamers on October 20, 2016

Overall it's a lot of fun… sure it's immature humour but it's done with tongue in cheek (apply snicker here)… it also doesn't seem to have as much hate in it as Duke Nukem Forever did. High Score… would play with my Wang again!About the AuthorChris...

By ImpulseGamer on October 20, 2016

Shadow Warrior 2 is a game about slicing and shooting through hordes of monsters and soldiers. It’s about as classic a setup as the shooter genre has in that regard. A player itching to hack up some demons could do a lot worse. But everything else about Shadow Warrior 2 feels hollow. The characters are lifeless, the jokes aren’t funny, the story is worthless, and the levels are repetitive.

By Polygon on October 19, 2016

FPS fans, Shadow Warrior 2 is just brilliant, dumb, fun. You won't regret investing your time and money in this raunchy and a bit outrageous shooter, believe...

By WCCFTech on October 19, 2016

Before you start reading this review, scroll down and hit play on the song. Trust me, it is worth it.I grew up on 90s FPS games. Duke Nukem, Blood, Rise of the Triad, and of course Doom. There was always Shadow Warrior though, a game built off the Build...

By ztgd.com on October 18, 2016

A solid game that definitely has an audience. Might lack replay value, could be too short or there are some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun. How we score: The Destructoid Reviews...

By Destructoid on October 14, 2016

Shadow Warrior 2's combat is gleefully expressive and varied, but undermined by tired, dated...

By PC Gamer on October 14, 2016

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Shadow Warrior 2

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