"In Doom, you can't cuddle the demons..." *H-Doom intensifies*

The reason the Doomslayer doesn't reload is because the bullets just know better

Yakuza is probably the best example of successful stupidness

HO HO JUST LIKE HIROSHIMA. *Watches nuke vaporize forty percent of the enemies on screen*

Dumb stuff are made all the time, but the memorable ones are done with confidence.

4:25 I mean I laughed. But not in the "that was well written and landed" way, more in the "sweet merciful xenu somebody got paid to write that and that actor was forced to say it" way.

I didn't laugh at the fart joke. I laughed at Cobbler telling us to f off if we liked it.

"In Doom, you can't cuddle demons" The Grey Knights chapter: *real shit*

The first Shadow Warrior actually had a lot of confidence.

Wait people don't like Wang talking during combat?

4:27 “if you laughed at that” Yeah... I, a guy who laughs at everything, didn’t laugh, somehow.

I don’t think I have ever disagreed with something so much, while simultaneously agreeing with every argument presented. I absolutely love shadow warrior 2 (except the writing which is awful), but every single point you made in this video perfectly illustrates the issues with the game. Very good video. And here’s to hoping shadow warrior 3’s shallow attempt to imitate doom eternal’s flow turns out well

5:04 “in Doom, you can’t cuddle the demons-“ Hdoomguy: I, *respectfully disagree*

The points are good but the thumbnail is amazing 10/10

The clip from "not dead yet" when you are talking about putting it all on the line is pefect. NakeyJakey, and his music, deserve more love.

To sum up the video: Shadow warrior isnt doom.

Whoever said wang's accent is racist has never met an asian with english as a second language

Gah tell me soy Wang does not piss you off when you go back and play 1997 old man wang. He was such a psycho/unstoppable bad ass who was actually funny.

Fun drinking game: Take a shot of Vodka every time he says "Stupid"

This video gives me so much more appreciation for games like DOOM Eternal, Both Bayonettas, Devil May Cry 3 and 5 Special Edition as well as Ninja Gaiden Black and Ninja Gaiden 2 also Ultrakill for how confident and sincere they're in their Stupidity.

I played SW2 and i never really had a problem with it maybe because i have played alot of games with more bullshit than it did but i really liked the swordplay i found it very entertaining

That fart joke was so stupid and unexpected I actually laughed.

damn, that ending was actually just straight up inspiring

A lot of these things are also in Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, the reloads, the sprint button, cutscenes, iron sights, but it was done beautifully. Just because a game is linear doesn't mean it can't have those things and still be awesome.

Honestly it would've helped if you played shadow warrior 2013 and maybe the original first. You can see how 2013 was such a success and loved for certain reasons, and the devs try to cram the good elements into the sequel and fail. I'd still say it's a fun game if you don't want to be snobby about it, but compared to shadow warrior 2013 it sucks. Bold move at the end too- the devs didn't procedurally generate most story missions and things like ADS weren't added to "not scare off cod gamers" but have always been here. You are trying to directly compare it to doom for some reason rather than its predecessor.

I agree with you 100% but I still love the game.

“If that made you laugh...I do not like you and I do not want you here.” That made me laugh. Over 400 people must of somehow laughed at that “fart joke”.

4:25 12 years old: And I took that personally

Wow crazy I just finished shadow warrior 1 Watched this video and liked it Then started downloading shadow warrior 2

Doom Eternal DID take the Dash from Shadow Warrior

The worst part of it all is when you finish the first Shadow Warrior, wich was a true fast shooter with dumb stupid cool shit, and an amazing story and dynamic between characters, and go on to play this game... Everything hits you so hard I couldn't even play beyond the first level. Also, the fact this game came around the same time as Doom 2016 baffles me

That ending is one of the most creatively inspiring things Ive ever seen

That ending though its fucking amazing

Keanu is amazing, and unfortunately underrated. Ahhh, fart jokes, the same stupidity as in the Transformers movies - farting robots. Props for the Pacific Rim clip

Honestly, this is one of my favorite videos on the internet, because it's both a critique of a game and a positive message about taking healthy risks. That or I love the fact that you shat over a piece of shit while flinging more at game journalists. Honestly, I can't tell at this point

that ending strangely empowered me. i really can't believe you aren't more popular than this, i cant stop watching your videos

I guess 81 people really liked that fart joke 😂😂

"STOP LIKING THE THINGS I DONT!!!" The 17 minute video lmao

The ending segment to this KZfaq video is probably the best I've ever seen in any video essay. You sir have a true talent

I mean I thought it was kinda funny when that dude decided to use the rabbit as a weapon, and just piff it at the car

You made some good points, especially about the 'comedy' in the game, but I'm willing to go as far as to say that SW2 is better than Doom 2016, gameplay wise. Doom Eternal is a masterpiece and it beats SW2 by a landslide, but hear me out. The gameplay loop in SW2 is good. Not only is it good, it's satisfying. Yes, it's a bit everywhere in terms of mechanics but I kinda like that. Every mechanic feels like it has its place and is even fleshed out. The gem upgrade mechanic is actually really fun. The ability to customize each gun to serve its own purpose allows for some great combinations. Eternal gives you a load out which has its own applications, and so does SW2 if you think about each gun in the same way. I've beaten SW2 on the hardest difficulty (ignoring the Insanity difficulties because those are unfun imo), and I've beaten it with guns only, melee only and even gemless. All are possible if you tailor your build correctly. For example, make sure to have at least one weapon of every elemental type and exploit enemy vulnerabilities. I like having a melee with HP on kill and a chainsaw type weapon with Life Drain. Aside from that I love the sawn off with damage and crit and a mini gun with ammo save chance to keep firing it for longer. Plus I never have to reload because I weapon swap often and have the 'auto reload' skill maxed out so every gun is passively reloaded after 20 seconds (long enough for me to cycle through most of my weapons). The game looks a bit ugly, especially the NPC animations, and sure the random level generation and story is unpolished to say the least, but the gameplay shouldn't be slept on. It's the most fun FPS aside from Doom Eternal and I love both for different reasons. But yeah the dialogue is cringe city and the jokes do NOT land. That's my short rant. Thanks.

I love this game and still talk about it regularly. Considering not everyone can be ID and considering it came out 4 years before doom eternal and could have at least 1/10th of the game play brilliance is impressive to me. Plus I liked the ridiculousness of lo Wang. Comparing almost anything to doom eternal is just unfair lmao.

715 people laughed at the "No, thats not it. You make me fart."

That giant looked like it was asserting dominance by ‘dabbing’ you into submission.

Just found your channel though your "Doom fun-zone" video and proceeded to binge-watch your catalog for 2 hours. This is probably my favorite video you've made from the ones I've seen, and I absolutely adore the message at the end. +1 sub

I laughed at the fact joke because I was not expecting it to be that unfunny.

Why was the last little monologue such amazing advice, like dear god, that’s something my wise old grandpa or yoda say

Broooo that last 1 minute of this video made me feel accomplished somehow.

That old time road bullshit was amazing, you are genius sir

some answers for 6:46 - yes, it's a fast and chaotic old school shooter. - there are skills and experience points because the game wants to give you an abundance of ways to customize your experience. between the skills, the weapon upgrades and the weapons themselves, there are an insane amount of build varieties, some upgrades range from just stat boost, to some completely changeing how the weapon works. it is important to state that every system of this game can be individually ignored during a playthrough on normal difficulty. - this is a sort of preference, but every mission has some text before taking it. i discovered on my 2nd play through, that you can skip everything and still be in the loop, due to that text. the cutscenes are there if you want them. - skills or magic powers are again there to provide variety for play styles, and on higher difficulties they are essential i would argue. for example if you go for a melee build, spells are very useful for controlling enemies while you fly around like a madman tornado. you can also upgrade your healing spell with a body artifact so that it costs no mana. and you can become an unkillable meditank, the downside of the upgrade is that health drops do 0 heal. - ADS is not required all the time, it depends on the build. so all weapons have a miss stat on them, which sometimes can be inconsequential, or be lowered by artifact upgrades. but some upgrades like akimbo actually increase this in the hundreds of %. personally i used it on the bow at long range and on the duke grenade launcher. i put a split shot upgrade on it, which made it shot 3 grenades, but they were very spread out and i also had a charge shot upgrade on it. so i would dash in the air while charging it, ADS below me on an elite target, and then release to melt it. really fking satisfying. - it takes so long to reload because the game wants you switching weapons, you have 8 weapon builds that you can equip. in an encounter, you would basically dash around looking for specific positioning to unload every weapon on appropriate targets, and then finish them off with melee. - the hub is there so if you find yourself needing some specific upgrades for a level you can access it in the stores. you have a lot of money, so i usually hunt upgrades by resetting the stores. it is also a nice game area, like the wang cave i guess - sprinting is there but i never use it, because you can string dashjumps. dash - jump-jump, and another dash that can change directions mid-air, maintaining velocity, then imediately as you hit the ground repeat. you move extremely fast like this, sprinting is there for when you can't do that consistently i think. also you don't have sprinting as default, because with the sprint speed it's really hard to get precise shots if you build for that, especially with some movement speed upgrades. so it's there as an extra layer of control for movement. i really want to make a video on this because i think SD2 is hard slept on. sorta like darksiders 2. really rich experience, i also had no idea the levels were procedural generated.

Your editing is so good it could make a film student cry, I know because I am one and I did.

Yeah I didn't like how they characterized Wang in the second one. He seemed cooler and more confident in 1 but still kinda freaked out by all the shit. By this time he should've been badass. Here's hoping sw3 fixes Wang.

Never would I have thought that doom and old town road would be mentioned in the same video together

Yea I felt the same way but didn’t know how to put it into words, really good video man. I thought the linear and more compact design of the 1st game was way better, plus it had actual level design. Also the story was better in the 1st with better characters (I actually gave a shit about Hoji and was sad when he died). Hope shadow warrior 3 goes back to how the 1st was.

4:30 The fact his jacket has Warsaw written on it makes me, as a Polish man, feel like I just contracted a terminal illness

Honestly, shadow warrior 2 had some of the best swordplay of any video game, EVER. It was gritty, bloody, and made you feel enveloped in the action in a way that no other game really has done for me. It has to be my favorite FPS of all time, so it's such a shame that it didn't get more love, and that the game was so short.

Are we just gonna ignore the texture pop-in in the prerendered opening cutscene? That was my first impression.

"If you wanna do something stupid, either do it or don't But if you decide to do it, don't falter, don't hesitate, don't compromise Because if you do people might think you're alright, they might even think you're good But they sure as hell won't remember your name" Damn that line was actual fire.

Having not played SW2 (or SW1 remake either), the very second you mentioned long weapon reloading I thought to myself: 'Wait, why this game has reloading in the first place?' And a second later you reinforced that question. This was a moment I felt truly connected. Thanks man. Excellent essay btw.

"Hesitation is defeat" - Glock Saint

Honestly, Shadow Warrior 2 is one of the few games that I've ever completed... Along with Doom Eternal. This is because of the gameplay. I don't think I laughed a single time throughout the entirety of SW2, and the story was so forgettable that I could hardly even remember that it could be described as forgettable. The gameplay is what carried me through the game, and honestly, it was great. I loved playing it, and especially eviscerating enemies, particularly with the melee weapons. It was fun to move around, to fight, heck even the magic was fun to play around with too. Heck, even despite the style of gameplay, I actually liked the reloads, or rather, I liked the reload for the smgs when you use the Akimbo modifiers. There's plenty of justified criticsm, and honestly yeah he should have just been sprinting automatically rather than having a sprint button, but it's still extremely fun to actually play.

This is an underated channel I hope you get up to a million + subscribers

The most sentimental ending to one of your videos ever, actually gave me the motivation to keep on going today. Thanks man.

Damn the speech at the end was extremely inspiring imma go chug 6 cans of soda

That nakey jakey clip at the end got me. What a genuine guy.

In the Immortal worlds of Weird Al Yankovic "Dare to be Stupid!"

That outro was legendary, If I could give two likes for the video I'd give one for your arguments and one for the last part. Amazing.

Oooh man you dropped the ball eith the intro. The safe scene from Fast5, the stunts are legit it took some brains to make it work

4:18 187 people laughed

I feel bad for the voice actor of lo wang, since he is not bad at all in another projects, a really annoying game, a really good video i wanna die 10/10

To make your guns really do damage you have to build them with the weapons upgrades that are drop by the enemies. With those weapon upgrades you can shape the gun as you want and that's something that I love.

This guy has become one of my favorite creators. Reminds me of old school youtube where creativity was everything.

I played Shadow Warrior 2 and honestly it’s great yeah it doesn’t have the other stuff that people like nowadays like Doomslayer with metal music but Shadow Warrior is pretty damn fun to play and that’s the only thing that matters in games. As long as you having fun playing it wtf else matters

Thank God!!! That theres no reload and sprint button in Doom Eternal

yooooo the end bit was sick as hell.

been checking out your channel for the last week now, your intros are fucking gold dude. your bit on fury road had me grinning from ear from ear.

Love how Im reading these comments. Ah chuckles galore. As a player of both DE and SW2... Im on the fence really. I love both, no lie. DE cause well... its doom. Thats it. My only enemy? Swarms and playing on nightmare first run cause masochism. (Plus Ive been on a run of playing games hardest difficulty first go, cause then that way you learn better and quicker) story is little but encapturing (especailly the overarching story of eternal) SW2 for me, has, to me at least, few flaws. Yes theres a lot of guns, yes theres a lot of fiddling with gems, yes theres BS passives, cutscenes and all the stupid crap Flying Wild Hog put into it. But to me, nothing matters, as long as Im having fun. I like fiddling with the gems, cause I get that many I can make a quick profit off selling shit ones, and compare the ones I have to maximise their effectiveness on a weapon. Leading to the fact that I have at least 2 weapons with 1 of 4 elements, so I know Im ready to deal with anyone and anything. I like the gunplay, and barely had to ADS (gotta do it more often then before cause removed crosshair) and it feels nice. Its solid, feels punchy, and just makes me feel like a badass like Doom Slayer, mixed with Deadpool, cause Wang wisecracks. The story is weird, but I mean... weirder stuff has happened before? My only gripe? Finding weapons and dealing with loss of chi. Cause the flow is ruined whem your low on health, no medkits around, and you dont have enough chi to start healing. Thats my only gripe. I like using vanish for the extra damage bonus so I can one shot a enemy. I like chi blast for a quick relief. I like spikey poles cause... spikes. But like youve said. Everyone is entitled to a opinion. This is mine. I like both games, and kinda been binging SW2 recently, along with the Far Cry series.

I like shadow warrior as an escape from all the politically driven cliche games. It's just so different from any game I've played. Just kinda fun to mess around on

you've become one of my favorite youtubers. somehow, this video relieved me of flu symptoms after finishing it. you magical pie

Honestly this probably had one of the best video endings of all of KZfaq

I always taught this was a demo for a game never released.

Please keep making more of these man

Wow the ending was awesome!! I will remember your name.

Liked the game, completed it multiple times and i can say that jokes are rarely funny and reloading and RPG elements are just tedious. The RPG elements gave the game some Gun switching incentive to swap to a better element but that could've been achieved without the RPG elements. Stopping after every big fight to sort out gun stats weren't fun. Honestly just played it like a faster version of doom 2016 (in terms of using guns), and after playing eternal, i put in more weapon switching which made the game fun on subsequent new game plus since I rarely have to deal with the RPG stuff because my guns already have the best stuff i could fit in it. BUT most of the time i was just using the insane mobility (Dash jump lets you keep your dash momentum) with the decent array of melee weapons. Edit: forgot to say that this was a great video and a lot of great points were made

I mean Lo Wang is more complex than current game characters like idk. Joel from TLOU , yea Joel has a history and stuff but he looks like any other 2015-2020 main character and his voice lines are just grunting and some obvious things like "i need to be quiet now" or "the doors are locked".

that ending felt dope

Also you can make a confident arena shooter while still having to aim down sights, and throughout my play through of Shadow Warrior 2 I never really found a need to win down sights most of the time.

The Doof Warrior (Flaming guitar) in Fury Road seems stupid but it was an insane wasteland warlord version of old school war tactics of using music, chants or flag signals to coordinate war bois on the battlefield. Love you content! Keep it coming!

Well, everyday you learn something, today i found out someone actually enjoys Painkiller.

Hey, Little Wang you always make me smile Misery loves company you know? *Boom hire me Flying Wild Hog wait you're out of business never-mind*

The Lead Paint bit was SO GOOD WTHHHHHHHHH Its literally the concentrated essence of the video and I love it

1:21 I like how there is good pause after this phrase, as if just that alone is a stunning achievement amidst everything else that legend had to do in that scene.

From the looks of it, SW3 changed that, Wang is better written, the comedy is better, the movement is great, the reloading is fast and is like a small break from killing an enemy, it overall looks better and like a really good game so far

starting a new game project soon, I came here for a peptalk. Ill let you know how it turned out.

I saw the thumbnail and I thought I was back on Instagram looking at some shitpost

I honestly come back to this video pretty often when I need a confidence just for that last speech

The walking in doom Is slower than the normal walking in sw2, I wish there was a Sprint in doom

I've been saying this about Highfleet. It's a game where you command a nuclear-capable fleet of methane-burning, flying battlebricks where you might also possibly be Russian Jesus in impossibly big Space Afghanistan (seriously, distances between towns are like 2000km). And it just looks you straight in the face, unblinkingly, and tells you to do deal with it. And it filters people, because it's not always easy. That's the point. But coming in screaming across the horizon with dozens of tons of metal just under the speed of sound, obliterating the garrison of a dusty, Middle Eastern town with accurate fire from battleship caliber weaponry, to land and impose my cultural imperialism by telling the locals to stop selling slaves just wouldn't feel like it means anything if the game had to try and validate the ridiculousness of this by turning to me and making a yuck-yuck joke.

Bruh your editing straight up slaps harder than my angry Nan

DUDE, NakeyJakey is THE PERFECT example of your point (the video of goth boy dancing just before end 15:00). It was so stupid but he went all out with that Beserk anime theme. He didn't shy away from any bit as you can tell I'm his outfit alone. Great reference!