I've never played Shadow Warrior but I know that it's from the creators of Duke3D. I should track a copy of it, but I would have some hard time getting it to work in WinXP.
I have seen quite a few unsold copies of Cyber Mage in various forgotten shops down town. Judging from the box covers it seems to have a comic strip theme, similar to Comix Zone on the Mega Drive.
I haven't had a chance to see the AVP movie yet...Should I spend my hard-earned cash to rent it?
Is it that bad?
Shadow Warrior, in my humble opinion, had to be the most underrated FPS in all of PC FPS history. The game used the same engine as Duke Nukem 3D and was received fairly well by the critics (although they bashed the game for having the same problems as Duke Nukem 3D yet they praise Duke Nukem 3D as the greatest FPS ever made! WTF?). The humour in the game I found to be much funnier than Duke Nukem because all it was a chinese man speaking really,
really bad english (Just listen to Lo Wang throw a broken english one-liner at a blown up monster!). It had its share of gore, asian locales, and anime girls (complete with Lo Wang trying to talk dirty to them XD). If you want to try and track down a copy of the game, you'll need to look pretty hard in bargain bins in your local computer shop or bargain stores. The game is very hard to come by on store shelves but you can still order it from 3DRealms' main site
here.
NOTE: You will need a computer that runs DOSv6.2 or a DOS emulator to play the game on XP. The game is next to impossible to play in pseudo-dos on XP (I tried it and the game had choppy framerate and sound up the shitter).
Cybermage, is also a very underrated FPS. Even though it doesn't have the smooth controls like Duke Nukem or Shadow Warrior, it's still pretty good if you're looking for more DOOMesque type gaming.
The game practically pits you as a cyborg with a crystal implanted in your brain against a Destro ripoff warlord named Necrom who wants to rule the post apocalyptic future.
So, you begin by busting out of the lab you were reborn in and going around different areas of the game like cities, wastelands, and prisons to stop Necrom! The plot may sound cheesy at first, but as you play through it, it fleshes itself out very gradually and deeply and you will find yourself drawn in more to the story.
The game also has a TON of weapons and magic powers to use. Trust me on this, to this day, I have not seen a single FPS that could beat the sheer amount of weapons and powers that you can get in Cybermage. The game doesn't let you use number keys to equip your powers though. You need to select them from a menu. You can use your mara-tach-mang magic (which is given to you from your crystal implant) to shoot fireballs or energy streams and your weapons for basic fighting. The weapons range from hand-to-hand (swords, axes, a light-saber) to guns and cannons (rocket launcher, sub-machine gun). You can also drive tanks, pilot police aircars, and use other vehicles too.
The game also runs in DOS so again, use a DOS emulator if you have XP.
Phew...I said a lot, didn't I?
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