For some reason, the government was terrified of things like imported Asian weapons back then, so they were an automatic no-no. For starters, in the UK, Shadow Warrior was one of the Great Censorship Blunders. Some of the things that surrounded the game however did.
The full version added 18 more, plus extra enemies and weapons, and all the other usual details, but while I have played it. Like many shareware games, the majority of the memorable stuff was in the first episode-just four levels. It's just one of those games that instantly rubbed me the wrong way, with sandpaper, right from the introduction of its character-a ninja called Lo Wang, because Japanese and Chinese people are basically the same, right? It's not even the game's pathetic comedy racism that annoys me so much as the fact it was obviously dumped onto the game because of Duke's success, turning a perfectly solid, polished shooter into one that only seems interested in getting a reaction by acting like a masturbating chimp.
It's aged spectacularly poorly, even worse than Duke Nukem 3D, though for its time it was actually pretty good. I really hate Shadow Warrior, though I can't really say it's a bad game. People liked interactivity! More interactivity! Vehicles! Pachinko machines! RC cars! Everyone enjoyed the real world locations? There would be more! Streets! Towns! Restaurants! People made a fuss about the sexism! Hah! This time, we'll try comedy racism instead! What could possibly go wrong? Right? How do you follow a hit game like Duke Nukem 3D? Obviously, you scale everything up.
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