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Face-Off: Shadow Warrior

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"Shadow Warrior made a splash last year on PC with impressive visuals and kinetic action, but high system requirements left us wondering how well it would translate to console. With developer Flying Wild Hog announcing a target of 60 frames per second on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One earlier this year, it was clear this was an ambitious project. Of course, hitting 60fps and delivering a consistent experience are two different things. Can PS4 and Xbox One attain and sustain the target?

Shadow Warrior is built on a unique, in-house graphics technology known as the Road Hog Engine, first used in Hard Reset on PC. For Shadow Warrior, the team introduced a host of improvements, including completely dynamic lighting, parallax occlusion mapping (POM), and screen-space ambient occlusion (SSAO). All of these elements have been successfully translated onto console with minimal loss in quality. In its original PC form, one of the game's limitations was its inability to scale well across CPU cores, translating into performance issues with specific settings. So how well do the console versions fares against the PC original?"

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MRMagoo1234140d ago

So the same as always PC>PS4>Xbox one

shame about the screen tearing, that always puts me off, like in the lego star wars games.

MasterCornholio4139d ago

Yep I agree. I'm glad that developers ignored parity and made each version as best as possible on each system.

sigfredod4139d ago

Actually PC>PS4>Xbox one is true IF your pc have the muscle for it otherwise could be a different order, even PS4>Xbone>pc

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This Steam Deck-compatible trilogy is now more than $100 off, perfect for fans of action-packed FPS

The Shadow Warrior trilogy is currently listed with a 93% discount on Steam, and you can save more than $100 - ideal for your Steam Deck?

anast612d ago

It's rated as "playable"...it will look jank and probably run like it too.

ZycoFox611d ago

Well if it's not good enough for you then just play it on a decent PC.

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cthulhucultist611d ago

@GhostMirror

Yeah same here. Lots of unsuported indie horror games that end up being fully playble with standard controls and no issues whatsoever.

Thus far, most unsupported games run fine on Steamdeck but I have run on some issues with some lesser known games as well (do not boot at all despite trying various proton versions) but again those were mostly indie horror games.

Playable games almost always play well and have minimal if any issues so I am not sure what Anast is trying to point out here.

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Espangerish611d ago

I have shadow warrior 2 and am playing it on deck right now. Runs really well and looks good too.

DaMist611d ago

The "playable" label can be something as simple as needing a mouse click on a menu cause controlelrs don't work lol its crazy how many automatically claim a game will run like shit just cause of that label, same with those unverified. take helldivers 2, its unverified on steam because of the mp, not because the game itself doesnt work. just something to keep in mind.

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FinalFantasyFanatic611d ago

I wasn't really impressed with the second game, hopefully the third one is better.

MehmetAlperTR611d ago (Edited 611d ago )

1 st one is the best. Second one is meh. Couldn't play third one because of, it was crashing on my PC.

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Shadow Warrior - The Reboot Hits 10th Anniversary

The Shadow Warrior reboot debuted on PC 10 years ago today. Thankfully, it's still compatible with modern PC, PlayStation and Xbox formats.

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Shadow Warrior 1997 - An Era Defining Classic

Shadow Warrior debuted in 1997, an unlikely Duke Nukem 3D follow-up that later birthed a respected modern FPS series.