Shadow Warrior (2013 video game)

A 2013 videogame.

Lo Wang is a warrior entrusted by his employee to get a valuable sword from a man known as Mr. Mizayaki. However, when Wang finally meets him, Mizayaki wants nothing to do with him and says the sword it's not for sale, even if Wang offers him millions of dollars for the blade, the Nobitsura Kage. So, as he was ordered, Wang decides to engage in some aggressive negotiations to get the sword back. If you didn't get that yet, it means slaughter his way through anything Mizayaki puts between him and the sword.

Directed by Michael Mazur. Developed by Flying Wild Hog. Published by Devolver Digital.


 * A Date with Rosie Palms: One of the fortune cookies reference this: "Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a great hand".
 * Aggressive Negotiations: To be fair, Wang tries words at first. Then he pulls out a katana when that fails, as his boss ordered.
 * A Load of Bull: Gozu controls a giant minotaur armour to fight Wang.
 * Amnesiac Hero: Hoji is a banished demon that don't knows why he was banished in first place.
 * An Axe to Grind: Gozu uses a giant hammer as weapon.
 * Attack Its Weak Point:
 * Gozu's armor have shiny weak points. Hoji directly points that out to Wang in the case the player didn't figure that out by himself.
 * The Berserkers have huge protuberances on their backs that are the only parts of their bodies where Wang can inflict damage.
 * Cutscene Boss:.
 * Dem Bones:
 * Necromancer demons raises dead people that are just bone with no flesh.
 * Hoji's form after being defeated by Wang is simply a human-like skeleton.
 * Demon Slaying: Wang is more of a traditional mercenary but has no problem with slaying demons once they appear.
 * Doomed Hometown: Downplayed because it's just Wang's house but it feels mostly the same. Hoji even mentions how "every hero need this kind of thing".
 * Guns Akimbo: One of the upgrades for the MP-7 allows Wang to have one of them in each hand.
 * I Know Your True Name: Wang believes that to be the case in this reality, but it is not. Hoji has a good fun playing around with him by convincing him he is The Chosen One because he can say his name,though.
 * Important Haircut: Wang shaves his head after his house is destroyed, believing it's needed. Interestingly, instead of an anime reference you would expect from a game so...eastern asian, Wang mentions kung-fu movies and Travis Bickle, that's hardly an hero as Hoji mentions.
 * Katanas Are Just Better: The game's description of the katana fits this trope to a T, calling it "the best sword ever devised".
 * Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me: Some demons carry shields with them.
 * Necromancer: One kind of demon raises dead skeletons to fight Wang.
 * Off with His Head: You can inflict this on enemies, in several ways.
 * Sequence Breaking: You can kill the first teleporter demon before it ever teleports, prompting Wang to say a line he would never say unless he saw the demon teleport.
 * Snarky Non-Human Sidekick: Hoji is a demon that kind of possesses Wang, gives him supernatural abilities, and loves to mock our hero.
 * Teleport Spam: A kind of demon is capable of doing this, annoying Wang.
 * The Berserker: The Berserker demons. All they do is roar and charge like a bull towards Wang. However thanks to being almost completely immune to damage, they're much more dangerous than a normal demon. And their reckless behaviour actually helps them in avoiding damage, since Wang has difficulty to target in their weak points, localized in their backs.
 * The Chosen One: Hoji jokes around the concept by convincing Lo Wang that he is one because he can easily says his name, that was supposed to be unpronounceable... a fact that the demon invented on the spot.
 * The Undead: Dead human skeletons are brought to life by necromancer demons to fight Wang.