History VideoGame / ShadowWarrior2

''Shadow Warrior 2'' is the follow-up Flying Wild Hog's offbeat ''Videogame/ShadowWarrior2013'' shooter following the further misadventures of former CorporateSamurai Lo Wang. On June 10, 2015, publisher Creator/DevolverDigital announced the game. An announcement trailer soon followed, confirming the game for PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne. The game also features four-player co-operative multiplayer. The game was released on PC in October 2016, and for consoles in May 2017.

** The first gatling-type weapon you get is called "The Raven", after [[Franchise/MetalGear a certain GAU-18 wielder with a Raven motif.]]

* PermanentlyMissableContent: The specific way to gain several of the weapons is to kill the BonusBoss found in several main missions and side missions' map. While side missions and some main missions can be replayed after completion, not all main missions are replayable. Notably, the Sheng-Long grenade launcher can only be gained from the loot dropped by the Lord Destroyer unique boss from the story mission "All in the Family", which isn't replayable.[[note]]Though the New Game + feature makes no weapon truely missable[[/note]]

** A Demon grenade launcher with a heavy dragon motif is called the [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Sheng-Long.]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** A couple of missions (starting with "Hot Blooded", the third story mission) feature "Demonic Rods" as {{Plot Coupon}}s; said items are shaped like male genitals. In one mission (bounty hunt "A Delicate Subject"), the quest giver (a priest from Ameonna's cult) mentions they're some sort of holy relics (they are worshipped by a rival cult). While this may be dismissed as another instance of the usual immature humour of the game, it actually has basis in real life, as worship of penis-shaped holy objects actually exists in Shinto religion.
** In the shops, the price of ''everything'' looks very high, yet money drops very often, and in high amounts. It actually reflects the low value of yen in RealLife.

* CoolCar: Lo Wang's custom black Datsun 240z makes a return. Wang has shown a soft spot for Datsuns when the Kyokagami twins offer a white one as trade for a large amount of Shade. Against his better judgement, he agrees to the deal.

* MsFanservice: Form-fitting red dress, high-heels and a very graphic body frame, it's very unusual to see this coming from Kamiko's spirit form, whose original body gets corrupted [[spoiler:twice]] by Shade injected through-and-through. And also, invoked in the mid game by [[spoiler:Ameonna]], who is stated to be [[ReallyGetsAround the star of several naughty tapes]].

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lo Wang is a man made full of mockery, violence and dick jokes, but the few times something or someone ''truly'' gets under his skin, such as Gozu for doing nothing for his kin, or after acquiring the Blade of Exile [[spoiler:and wondering if he would be capable of speaking to Hoji again]], are moments that shows that although he's far from being the nicest person around he's also just as far from being the worst. Also whenever Wang doesn't spice his dialogue with stupid/immature jokes, such as when meeting Orochi Zilla personally since the events of the first game, he can be actually pretty scary.
-->'''Orochi Zilla:''' Lo Wang! I thought I smelled comic books and hand lotion.
-->'''Lo Wang:''' ''(without a speck of sarcasm in his voice)'' You lost a hand last time we met, Zilla. I don't recommend testing me again.

* AbsoluteCleavage: [[spoiler:Ameonna's]] outfit doesn't leave much to the imagination.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Ameonna]], In the first game she is a more or less benevolent spirit who's crying controls the rain in the Shadow Realm, with Hoji giving her a sleeping potion every now and then so she wont cry too much and flood the place. Unfortunatley, Hoji [[BrotherSisterIncest fell in love with her and started an affair]]. This caused a massive drought since [[NiceJobBreakingItHero she didn't feel like crying anymore due to being so happy with Hoji]] and as such, Hoji was punished by having his face flayed, but not before he put her into eternal slumber. In the second game she awakens again, and seems benign at first, until you learn she is [[spoiler: completely insane now and wants to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the world]]. The reason she went insane isn't entirely clear, but likely is due in part to losing Hoji.]]]]
* WomanChild: Despite seemingly being in her 20s or so, Kamiko is very immature and tends to complain like a little kid a lot [[spoiler: you find there is a reason for this: she is half demon and literally only three years old.]]

** An option for pistols and [=SMGs=] (and assault rifles with the Heavy Metal amulet). By slotting the appropriate gem, you can get another copy of the gun in your off-hand. This also imposes hefty damage, accuracy, and reload speed penalty, but the significant increase in close-range DPS is well worth it.

** The Ryuken, implied to be the sword that Smith Masamune forged from his grandfather's ashes. You get it [[spoiler:after vanquishing Ameonna]]. While it only accepts white and blue quality upgrades, its formidable damage and special traits - a chance to restore all your Fury after a kill with a special attack, and casting Chi Blast on every critical hit, more than make up for that.

** "Mamushi Heika" could basically be interpreted as "Her Majesty the Pitviper". "Mamushi" is an East Asian species of venomous pitviper (''Gloydius blomhoffii''), and "Heika" is Japanese for "Your Majesty".

* NoYay: In-universe: After Lo Wang [[spoiler:defeats Zilla again, Ameonna appears]] and is utterly convinced they have the hots for each other, and to just Kiss already, because [[spoiler:the universe is ending soon. Zilla]] is disgusted, and Lo Wang is bemused, but being Lo Wang, goes along with it to annoy him some more.

* SwordBeam: Called Force Slash in this game. Can be done with any standard melee weapon, and can be charged for more power. Chi-tech melee weapons can throw them around with their default attacks, though this is weaker than the charged version and uses ammo.

* FoeYay[=/=]NoYay: In-universe: After Lo Wang [[spoiler:defeats Zilla again, Ameonna appears]] and is utterly convinced they have the hots for each other, and to just Kiss already, because [[spoiler:the universe is ending soon. Zilla]] is disgusted, and Lo Wang is bemused, but being Lo Wang, goes along with it to annoy him some more.

The third installment, ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior3'', is set to be released sometime in 2022.