Thirith on 18/10/2012 at 20:12
It's been decades since I played it, but I remember finding it an amazingly frustrating gaming experience. I can imagine someone enjoying it for nostalgia's sake, but I'd be surprised if anyone who comes to it fresh ends up enjoying it as a game. Sure, there are some cool setpieces and fun moments (beating a guy to death with his own arm has a certain charm...), but it's definitely not a great moment in game design.
gunsmoke on 27/10/2012 at 18:21
My thoughts exactly, Thirith. I considered revisiting it via GOG until I recalled how just un-fun and frustrating the damn thing can be. Nostalgia is a bitch, and GOG are reaping the profits!
sNeaksieGarrett on 15/11/2012 at 15:52
Cool, if I didn't already have the CD-ROM of the game I'd be on that right away. Never did play through the game though, nor do I have the expansions.
For those that don't already know, there's source ports for Shadow Warrior. One is (
http://www.jonof.id.au/jfsw) JFSW There's also a High Resolution Pack, shown off (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlVEBCc_y7I) here.
I remember playing the shareware of this game and loving that you could drive an RC car and man the forklift.
june gloom on 15/11/2012 at 20:46
Shadow Warrior, unlike Duke Nukem and Blood, really shows its age these days. It is painfully easy to die, and the abundance of high-ROF hitscan enemies can bring your health down from 200 to 20 in a matter of seconds (and then someone throw a rocket at you.) The level design is lovely, but the difficulty is for masochists only. Blood is hard as nails, but it's a fair, balanced hard as nails.
Chimpy Chompy on 15/11/2012 at 22:17
I mostly agree re: Blood, altho I remember really hating the first boss, that gargoyle thing. I didn't seem to have any effective weapons and it was an utter bullet sponge.
Shadowcat on 27/11/2012 at 06:12
It's a free upgrade to anyone who already owned the previous version on GOG (as with the recent updates to Stronghold and Space Colony).
gunsmoke on 28/11/2012 at 18:25
Just bought this. My friend PaYnE on Steam chat and I got to talking about Carmageddon. I have never played it. He said, "if yer lucky, you MIGHT see some polygons". Lol.
Seems ok so far, what is this Splat Pack it came with?
