[Malgon]

I'm kind of liking the look of the art direction from the teaser and few screenshots so far. It'll be interesting to see how they go about the overall feel of the game in regards to how humourous/serious it'll be. Has it been stated anywhere how long they've been working on this?

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randir14, on 19 May 2013 - 08:43 PM, said:

Those screens kinda give me a Serious Sam vibe. I hope that isn't the case, I'd like to see old school level design again.

Yes, just look at all the wide open areas in the screens, the over 40 enemies on screen at the same time ... oh, wait.


And also the coloring and bloom looks more like Hard Reset than any SS game. Not even SS2 had this color scheme.


On a different note:
I still await the classic SW on Steam more than this. Maybe it is good, but screens say nothing about gameplay. Hopefully it is different than what you got from Flying WIld Hogs and their former mates of People Can Fly (I mention them, because they have the same roots). The corridoresque levles in Hard Reset were already mentioned and in Bulletstorm it was worse and you couldn't even jump (only had some sort of "cutscene" for a "climb over chesthighwall animation").

[OpenMaw]

John Galt, damnit. I'm just gonna keep saying his name until it happens. John. Galt.

YOU NO MESS WITH LO WANG!

[Mr. Tibbs]

The teaser trailer gave me a NOLF 2 vibe - albeit with a lot more gore.

Definitely excited for Shadow Warrior to make a 2013 comeback. Both FWH re-imagining and General Arcades' Classic Edition. I hope Flying Wild Hog go a little wacky/crazy with this game. Looking forward to seeing more of the game. I hope they can walk that fine line of appreciating what made Shadow Warrior special, a loud-mouth hero, secrets, great combat, interactivity, and a cool atmosphere while doing their own thing with the game. That's a tricky thing to do, though I'm not too worried as they've proven they can make great shooters. This certainly has the pedigree to be something special. Time will tell.

Still can't believe we're getting a new Shadow Warrior and ROTT in 2013!

Edit: It looks like their using the Road Hog engine again. I wonder when they started this project? They shipped some pretty expansive Hard Reset DLC early last year, but I'm not sure if the whole studio was working on it.

[Mr.Deviance]

Hard Reset was crap and if the same guys are making this game, I fear the worst will happen.
Luckely, I have absolutely no nostalgia for the old shadow warrior game because I never really loved it to begin with.
This game can be as different as it wants if you ask me, as long as it's a good game.
It's also pretty much dancing on the line of decent graphics and in some places it looks kind of outdated if the teaser and screenshots are anything to go by.
The graphics fidelity appears to be at a level found in 2008 - 2009 triple A games.
The gameplay is the big question.
Did they go for a classic gameplay retained from the old game or did they go for a modern type of gameplay that retains nothing from the old game.

In my opinion, a better shadow warrior would have been one that would have been developed in the style that ROTT is being done by interceptor...
It retains all the classical things down to the weapons and the general overview map of the classic levels, but with new high res textures, 3d models and with a much more detailed level design.

[Sangman]

ReaperMan, on 19 May 2013 - 08:47 PM, said:

Meh.

Pretty much.

[Nukeaholic]

I would've preferred a game play trailer if I'm honest, as good as the screens and trailer look (to me) I'm not seeing much to make me feel like I want it this instant. I hope this doesn't get all the "modernised" treatment that most FPSes get these days, aka regenerating health, limited weapons at your disposal etc. I hope for a bit more sword play as well and it would be nice to see the old arsenal back as well, plus some new guns.

[Player Lin]

I checked some pages about Hard Reset and those screenshots.....


Well, I have really bad feel about they will screwed up again...



Hope it's not...

[Kristian Joensen]

I am completely sold on that teaser. Awesome!

[LkMax]

* Teaser with no usefull information whatsoever
* Screenshots that resemble Painkiller (closer to Serious Sam than Shadow Warrior itself).
* Not so promising developers

"Ok people, nothing to see here (yet at least), move along".

[Micky C]

Is there any chinese influence in this at all or is it full-blown japanese now? I always found the chinese culture more interesting.

[Player Lin]

Lunick Prime, on 20 May 2013 - 05:32 AM, said:

Is there any chinese influence in this at all or is it full-blown japanese now? I always found the chinese culture more interesting.

From the currently video & screenshot, it looks like Asia-like but Japanese is more, for some reasons...

But I won't surprised if they mixed them up again.

[Inspector Lagomorf]

I think the whole point of Shadow Warrior is that the line between China and Japan is helplessly blurred, from walking into Japanese dojos to raiding Buddhist temples to Lo Wang blurting out "Ancient Chinese secret!" when he crawls into an airvent with a fortune cookie hidden inside.

[Player Lin]

Comrade Major, on 20 May 2013 - 06:11 AM, said:

I think the whole point of Shadow Warrior is that the line between China and Japan is helplessly blurred, from walking into Japanese dojos to raiding Buddhist temples to Lo Wang blurting out "Ancient Chinese secret!" when he crawls into an airvent with a fortune cookie hidden inside.

Yeah, mixed them up and showed its style is a reason why SW so awesome to me, even it's weird.

Lo Wang is a Chinese name, actually, but I just don't know 3DR was decided which one is the last name...

[Kathy]

Hey, at least palette is way better than that first screenshot suggested.

[Jimmy]

Looks like it might be an okay game, but the media shapes it up a piss poor Shadow Warrior game. DNF Syndrome.

[Inspector Lagomorf]

I will say that the media has made me start playing classic Shadow Warrior again.

[Richard Shead]

No multiplayer or offensive humor

[trustn0!]

Duke Rocks, on 20 May 2013 - 08:08 AM, said:

No multiplayer or offensive humor

We no wash Wang?

Ok, this kind of soured me.
I was thinking to myself that there was no way you could make a remake of SW in this PC(political correct) gaming environment.
And looks like i was right.

[Inspector Lagomorf]

Quote

much of what made Shadow Warrior interesting at the time wouldn't work in the modern market.

Why not? Don't the sales of the Grand Theft Auto series practically kill this premise completely? There's no substantial evidence to indicate that politically incorrect humor doesn't sell. As a matter of fact, the opposite effect might occur.

Methinks the developers simply decided to leave out the humor because they didn't want to have a legal battle with the idiot Million Moms advocacy groups.

[Kristian Joensen]

Press release and details over at bluesnews.com

[Engel220]

Comrade Major, on 20 May 2013 - 08:49 AM, said:

Methinks the developers simply decided to leave out the humor because they didn't want to have a legal battle with the idiot Million Moms advocacy groups.

It's a reasonable thought. If some advocacy group pressured them then Devolver, as a small publishing company, wouldn't have many legs to stand on, unlike the bigger publishers/developers like Rockstar. I did see on YouTube link to the trailer that Devolver said in response to a comment they said that "Lo Wang is a wise-cracking badass with some brutal weapons, don't you worry! He's just a bit younger and more of a smartass this time around!", but they've probably tweaked the character and the vocal delivery/lines to seem less stereotypical to avoid any claims of racism.

Politically incorrect humour is funny and it does sell, but if the shit hits the fan then you either need a good PR man or an even better legal team, and as good as Devolver's PR can be (Fork Parker for one) I doubt their legal team is a fearsome as Rockstar's

[ReaperMan]

So they call it Shadow Warrior..... but its not like Shadow Warrior in any way..... So why do they even use the FUCKING NAME!??!?!??!?!??!?!??!?!?

I'm not buying this.... the ROTT reboot sounds better... this just sounds like 3DR shovel ware.

[Player Lin]

"If some fans don’t like it, that’s unfortunate, and we think we can win them over with the other parts of the game,” he continued."

So confident...
And... it's the problem when this damned game called SW...

Nah, I guess I lose a lot of interests after read that page,, I don't know.

[Jimmy]

Don't care at this point. Another reboot where they just slap a name on a completely different product.

[ReaperMan]

Maybe they will make the eniemies shoot rainbow blood and lo Wang will defeat them with love...... oh and no guns thats too politically incorrect.

[Hank]

If Devolver does not have the talent to write satirical humour, at least they are honest and stay away from it. I'd rather have that then someone trying and messing it up.


Also, I just got interested in this
http://www.gameinfor...ior-reboot.aspx
"Right now, players should expect a narratively-rich single-player experience. The team at Flying Wild Hog is focused on the solo experience right now,"

It would be nice to have a good Single Player game. , well, I play SP.

[Kristian Joensen]

Looks like Develolver talked to 3D Realms about getting Flying Wild Hog involved before they talked to Flying Wild Hog.

[randir14]

Kristian Joensen, on 20 May 2013 - 09:19 AM, said:

Press release and details over at bluesnews.com

The teaser trailer listed fall 2013 as the release date, but the press release says 2014?

[Kristian Joensen]

randir14, on 20 May 2013 - 12:02 PM, said:

The teaser trailer listed fall 2013 as the release date, but the press release says 2014?

As I understand it, it will be released in 2013 for PC and 2014 for next-gen consoles. Flying Wild Hog is on Sony's official list of developers for the PS4.