{"id":5588,"date":"2018-08-31T09:58:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T09:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/?p=5588"},"modified":"2020-08-20T05:34:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T05:34:35","slug":"shadow-warrior-2-the-bureau-xcom-declassified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/shadow-warrior-2-the-bureau-xcom-declassified\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadow Warrior 2 & The Bureau: XCOM Declassified"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Shadow Warrior 2<\/a> may at first glance look like an FPS, in reality it’s an action RPG with quite a few character progression options. Unfortunately (and similar to Cosmic Star Heroine<\/a>) it also has an overwhelmingly unconventional sense of humor made worse by some notably lackluster voice acting. The actual gameplay though is pretty good once you accept that you’re expected to get hit and take damage (there’s no dodge\/block ability apart from a specific Katana move).<\/p>\n

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified<\/a> on the other hand is a more conventional FPS, albeit a squad-based one with cover shooter gameplay similar to Mass Effect 2<\/a>. Squad tactics are very important here if you’re playing on the higher difficulties; a style of play facilitated by a ‘bullet time’-like mechanic that lets you give orders in relative peace. There are some notable negatives however: Saving is restricted to checkpoint autosaves, the character interactions are pretty terrible, and the PhysX graphic options are broken by default (while they can be fixed easily enough<\/a>, doing so results in extreme slowdown at certain points).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Shadow Warrior 2 may at first glance look like an FPS, in reality it’s an action RPG with quite a few character progression options. Unfortunately (and similar to Cosmic Star Heroine) it also has an overwhelmingly unconventional sense of humor made worse by some notably lackluster voice acting. The actual gameplay though is pretty good once you accept that you’re expected to get hit and take damage (there’s no dodge\/block ability apart from a specific Katana move). The Bureau: XCOM Declassified on the other hand is a more conventional FPS, albeit a squad-based one with cover shooter gameplay similar to Mass Effect 2. Squad tactics are very important here if you’re playing on the higher difficulties; a style of play facilitated by a ‘bullet time’-like mechanic that lets you give orders in relative peace. There are some notable negatives however: Saving is restricted to checkpoint autosaves, the character interactions are pretty terrible, and the PhysX graphic options are broken by default (while they can be fixed easily enough, doing so results in extreme slowdown at certain points).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,7],"tags":[148,472,403,234,121,62,30],"class_list":["post-5588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc","category-video-game-related","tag-action-rpg","tag-first-person-perspective","tag-fps","tag-history","tag-rpg","tag-science-fiction","tag-urban-fantasy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t