![]() ![]() The racial stereotypes are a bit more muted, and Wang is more of just a generic douchebag than the original's backwards, barely-English-literate Asian caricature.Īlthough Lo Wang has moved to a somewhat better location on the offensive scale, he's still not particularly likable. This time around, Lo Wang has been dialed back a bit and skips over any overt sexism - he barely interacts with women at all this time around. That makes this 2013 remake of Shadow Warrior all the more bizarre. It's not the sort of game that could be released in today's climate of more mature, inclusive, thoughtful gaming. Lo Wang was a hodgepodge of racial stereotypes who made denigrating comments towards women while cracking dick jokes. Everyone has their own definition of what constitutes "sexist" or "racist," but by my standards it was way over the line on both counts. The 1997 version of Shadow Warrior was pretty extreme even by those standards. They were very much the "B-movie slasher flick" of gaming in the late 90's - the kind of thing you might think was titillating to sneak into as a young teen. These games were packed with gratuitous violence, gore, sexual imagery, and basically every aspect of videogames that the media would have you believe go hand in hand with creating psychopathic killers. Although this remake has very little to do with anything Duke Nukem related, I feel like it's still important to bring up, as Shadow Warrior's style is very much in line with classic Duke Nukem and several other Build Engine games. The original Shadow Warrior shares a lineage with Duke Nukem 3D. What makes me feel that way? Let's find out in my Shadow Warrior review. After playing it through from start to finish, I feel confident that both games should probably just stay forgotten. Both games are first-person shooters, featuring Asian protagonist Lo Wang's struggle against the Zilla corporation and a demonic horde trying to invade Earth. Shadow Warrior is a 2013 reboot of the 1997 3D Realms game of the same name. ![]() Shadow Warrior Review: Best Left in the Shadows ![]()
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