You can now grab the silly and over-the-top FPS chock full of blood, demons and swords for free for a limited time.
Shadow Warrior [Official Site] is a remake of the 1997 game of the same name. It features the smartass protagonist, Lo Wang, who is caught up in shenanigans involving demons and a magical sword. There are very many weapons and abilities that the player can use to take on the army of demons that are wrecking havoc and has plenty of fast-paced fun. It’s a generally enjoyable experience and was ported to Linux some time ago by Knockout Games.
It’s a pretty fun game, if not a little repetitive at times. There’s plenty of action and learning how to be efficient at swordplay was rewarding. I also enjoyed the ability and powers system which you can upgrade according to your needs. There’s plenty of tongue-in-cheek and puerile jokes, too, and the game doesn’t take itself too seriously. It was so stupid and silly at times that I couldn’t help but be charmed by it.
You can get your copy here, which provides a redeemable Steam key. You'll have little under two days to get a key as of the time of publishing this article. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Shadow Warrior [Official Site] is a remake of the 1997 game of the same name. It features the smartass protagonist, Lo Wang, who is caught up in shenanigans involving demons and a magical sword. There are very many weapons and abilities that the player can use to take on the army of demons that are wrecking havoc and has plenty of fast-paced fun. It’s a generally enjoyable experience and was ported to Linux some time ago by Knockout Games.
It’s a pretty fun game, if not a little repetitive at times. There’s plenty of action and learning how to be efficient at swordplay was rewarding. I also enjoyed the ability and powers system which you can upgrade according to your needs. There’s plenty of tongue-in-cheek and puerile jokes, too, and the game doesn’t take itself too seriously. It was so stupid and silly at times that I couldn’t help but be charmed by it.
You can get your copy here, which provides a redeemable Steam key. You'll have little under two days to get a key as of the time of publishing this article. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I played Shadow Warrior (2013) about 8 months ago. Personally I was very happy with game-play. It was quite a linear game, but each level had secrets to hunt out, and the story was reasonable. I did like the differences between the weapons. The Katana and the different ways to use it, did make the game more interesting. It took about 20 hours of play to finish the main story. I also liked the differences between each of the enemies. For me, it was a big upgrade compared to the older 1997 version.
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Also, I wonder if giving away Shadow Warrior for free has any bearing on Shadow Warrior 2 - Still looking forward to a Linux port of the new game. Pretty please!
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Also, I wonder if giving away Shadow Warrior for free has any bearing on Shadow Warrior 2 - Still looking forward to a Linux port of the new game. Pretty please!
Last edited by g000h on 21 July 2017 at 1:11 pm UTC
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Quoting: Whitewolfe80But like a lot of older games you are looking back with rose tinted glasses. We've all done it talked about how great x game was from when we were younger. If you play it again now it's usually not that great and the flaws you never noticed back then become very apparent.You see, I get around that problem by still playing them today. ;)
And they are still great, for the most part.
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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoI purchased this game on Humble bundle a long time ago and it includes the DRMFREE version...
Do the FREE game includes the DRMFREE version or just the Steam key?
The steam game is actually DRM FREE, you need steam to download it but you can then play it without steam.
Just go into the game folder and run the script named RunGameNoSteamRT.sh
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Quoting: HamishQuoting: Whitewolfe80But like a lot of older games you are looking back with rose tinted glasses. We've all done it talked about how great x game was from when we were younger. If you play it again now it's usually not that great and the flaws you never noticed back then become very apparent.You see, I get around that problem by still playing them today. ;)
And they are still great, for the most part.
That's great for me i can't i just do not enjoy early 3d games the graphics are so bad you could cut yourself on the edges. 16 bit games hold up for the most part the hand drawn sprites still look good not what guys in their 20's think sprites looked like see any number of games on steam like Broforce good game but no 16 bit games looked better than that.
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Quoting: Code ArtisanQuoting: Comandante ÑoñardoI purchased this game on Humble bundle a long time ago and it includes the DRMFREE version...
Do the FREE game includes the DRMFREE version or just the Steam key?
The steam game is actually DRM FREE, you need steam to download it but you can then play it without steam.
Just go into the game folder and run the script named RunGameNoSteamRT.sh
In that context it's even less understandable that they continue to sell the 'normal' (DRM-free) version of SW for 35€. For me another (huge) step down in Humbles reputation as DRM-free shop :(
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Quoting: Whitewolfe80That's great for me i can't i just do not enjoy early 3d games the graphics are so bad you could cut yourself on the edges. 16 bit games hold up for the most part the hand drawn sprites still look good not what guys in their 20's think sprites looked like see any number of games on steam like Broforce good game but no 16 bit games looked better than that.Your criticism here seems to be a little off base when it comes to the the original Shadow Warrior considering it is a non-polygonal 3D shooter with quite detailed sprite work and rather nice art design. Not as nice as fellow Build Engine stablemate Blood in my opinion, but still pretty nice. You would be hard pressed to find a nicer looking game than Blood when it comes to evoking a specific horror feel.
I do get where you are coming from to an extent, most games for the original Playstation give me the same feeling, but I do still have a soft spot even for early true 3D PC games. They are usually far crisper than any PS1 games in terms of resolution and the ones using early 3D acceleration often have really attractive bright coloured lighting and a certain minimalism that appeals to me. I am still not all that big on the modern "slap some shaders on everything" school of video game art design. And accommodations for low polygon counts often made modellers have to get creative with their work, which I actually appreciate.
There is no right or wrong answer to this, but I still love them.
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Dribbleondo Jul 22, 2017
As a side note, you also net a copy of Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior, which is Windows only, but hey, free unexpected game!
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Quoting: HamishQuoting: Whitewolfe80That's great for me i can't i just do not enjoy early 3d games the graphics are so bad you could cut yourself on the edges. 16 bit games hold up for the most part the hand drawn sprites still look good not what guys in their 20's think sprites looked like see any number of games on steam like Broforce good game but no 16 bit games looked better than that.Your criticism here seems to be a little off base when it comes to the the original Shadow Warrior considering it is a non-polygonal 3D shooter with quite detailed sprite work and rather nice art design. Not as nice as fellow Build Engine stablemate Blood in my opinion, but still pretty nice. You would be hard pressed to find a nicer looking game than Blood when it comes to evoking a specific horror feel.
I do get where you are coming from to an extent, most games for the original Playstation give me the same feeling, but I do still have a soft spot even for early true 3D PC games. They are usually far crisper than any PS1 games in terms of resolution and the ones using early 3D acceleration often have really attractive bright coloured lighting and a certain minimalism that appeals to me. I am still not all that big on the modern "slap some shaders on everything" school of video game art design. And accommodations for low polygon counts often made modellers have to get creative with their work, which I actually appreciate.
There is no right or wrong answer to this, but I still love them.
True there is not right or wrong answer here it's only opinion and while I loved Shadow Warrior and Duke 3d at the time, my tastes have def changed i just cant get into them anymore there no story no reason to care. This is why am not a huge fan of games like painkiller and games of that ilk fun in short bursts but without a decent story and characters i get burned out real quick.
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Quoting: Whitewolfe80True there is not right or wrong answer here it's only opinion and while I loved Shadow Warrior and Duke 3d at the time, my tastes have def changed i just cant get into them anymore there no story no reason to care. This is why am not a huge fan of games like painkiller and games of that ilk fun in short bursts but without a decent story and characters i get burned out real quick.To be fair I love Duke Nukem 3D and Blood (Shadow Warrior is okay by not one my personal favourites) but still don't really like Painkiller, so there might be more going on there than meets the eye. Swarm shooters are not the same thing same thing as old school ones, which the modern Shadow Warrior also forgot.
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