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** Gas bombs are an excellent choice for clearing out a room full of enemies or at least softening them up enough to finish the job with Uzis, Riot Gun and Shurikens. Tossing a well placed cannister into a room and hearing the leaking sound of the gas escaping combined with your enemies groans, is satisfying indeed.
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** There's also Lo Wang's DirtyOldMan characterisation, which in contrast to VideoGame/DukeNukem who, despite his chauvinistic personality, hates seeing women abused and tips any sex worker he interacts with generously, Lo Wang lacks any of that basic respect and instead just sexually harasses anime girls who clearly want nothing to do with him, going as far to [[PrisonRape say to a bathing woman that he dropped a bar of soap and ask her to bend over to pick it up for him]]. This is however not condoned, as many of these girls will frequently pull out a firearm and shoot you if you pester them enough.
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** Lo Wang might also occasionally drop two very homophobic comments when watching the rabbits mate, including dropping the [[QueerPeopleAreFunny F-bomb.]]
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** The Shuriken. Ostensibly meant to be the games version of the standard pistol in games like VideoGame/DukeNukem3D and VideoGame/{{Doom}}, it fails in this regard by being remarkably inaccurate and underpowered. It also doesn't help that the game starts you off with an ammo count of only 30. Funnily enough the game seems to understand that players wouldn't gravitate towards them. Although you start every level with the Shuriken in stock, Lo Wang will always be [[KatanasAreJustBetter equipped with his sword.]]
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Dewicking Just For Pun


* CrossesTheLineTwice: The game gleefully throws itself into its pisstake of bad kung-fu movie cliches with "[[JustForPun wonton]]" abandon, being as outrageously over-the-top and offensive and getting everything as deliberately ''wrong'' as possible (Lo Wang is a {{Ninja}} with a Chinese name who wields a Katana and [[StockNinjaWeaponry shuriken]] just for ''starters'') in order to [[PlayedForLaughs play it all for maximum giggles]].

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: The game gleefully throws itself into its pisstake of bad kung-fu movie cliches with "[[JustForPun wonton]]" wild abandon, being as outrageously over-the-top and offensive and getting everything as deliberately ''wrong'' as possible (Lo Wang is a {{Ninja}} with a Chinese name who wields a Katana and [[StockNinjaWeaponry shuriken]] just for ''starters'') in order to [[PlayedForLaughs play it all for maximum giggles]].
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* ValuesDissonance: What would've passed for harmless goofing on Asian culture in 1997 can come off as cringeworthy nowadays. The amount of Asian stereotyping in this game is enough to make someone's head spin. Though it is admittedly PlayedForLaughs, it's not hard to see why someone would be a little turned off by it all, nor is it hard to see why [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013 the remake]] takes itself seriously with careful detail to avoid stereotyping.

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* ValuesDissonance: What would've passed for harmless goofing on Asian culture in 1997 can come off as cringeworthy nowadays. The amount of Asian stereotyping in this game is enough to make someone's head spin. (In fact, the word "coolie" is considered an offensive term, and refers to a low-wage laborer, usually of Chinese or Indian descent.) Though it is admittedly PlayedForLaughs, it's not hard to see why someone would be a little turned off by it all, nor is it hard to see why [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013 the remake]] takes itself seriously with careful detail to avoid stereotyping.
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***''BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM!''
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: The game gleefully throws itself into its pisstake of bad kung-fu movie cliches with wanton abandon, being as outrageously over-the-top and offensive and getting everything as deliberately ''wrong'' as possible (Lo Wang is a {{Ninja}} with a Chinese name who wields a Katana and [[StockNinjaWeaponry shuriken]] just for ''starters'') in order to [[PlayedForLaughs play it all for maximum giggles]].

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: The game gleefully throws itself into its pisstake of bad kung-fu movie cliches with wanton "[[JustForPun wonton]]" abandon, being as outrageously over-the-top and offensive and getting everything as deliberately ''wrong'' as possible (Lo Wang is a {{Ninja}} with a Chinese name who wields a Katana and [[StockNinjaWeaponry shuriken]] just for ''starters'') in order to [[PlayedForLaughs play it all for maximum giggles]].
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* ValuesDissonance: What would've passed for harmless goofing on Asian culture in 1997 can come off as cringeworthy nowadays. The amount of Asian stereotyping in this game is enough to make someone's head spin. Though it is admittedly PlayedForLaughs, it's not hard to see why someone would be a little turned off by it all, nor is it hard to see why [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013 the remake]] takes itself seriously with careful detail to avoid stereotyping.

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* ValuesDissonance: What would've passed for harmless goofing on Asian culture in 1997 can come off as cringeworthy nowadays. The amount of Asian stereotyping in this game is enough to make someone's head spin. Though it is admittedly PlayedForLaughs, it's not hard to see why someone would be a little turned off by it all, nor is it hard to see why [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013 the remake]] takes itself seriously with careful detail to avoid stereotyping.stereotyping.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Videogame/DukeNukem3D'': they have [[Creator/ThreeDRealms the same developer]], [[FirstPersonShooter the same gameplay]], and both rely heavily on heavy combat and crude humour.
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the text implies he only crashed a small plane and killed a few people. It was a big airliner, and everyone on board (which would be hundreds of people) died.


* CompleteMonster (includes ''[[ExpansionPack Wanton Destruction]]''): [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Master Zilla]], the President of [[MegaCorp Zilla Enterprises]], summons [[TheManBehindTheMonsters an army of monsters]] in the hopes of becoming even more powerful and wealthy than he already is, alienating his loyal bodyguard, Lo Wang. As a result of Zilla's actions, the setting [[CrapsackWorld has become overrun with monsters]], with corpses and incapacitated victims strewn across the streets. When Lo Wang resigns from his position, Zilla [[ResignationsNotAccepted retaliates by sending monsters after Lo Wang]]. Additionally crashing a plane with several people, and keeping prisoners to torture, after a confrontation with Lo Wang, Zilla escapes before resurfacing in San Francisco. Attempting to pillage San Francisco with an army of ninjas, Zilla is finally neutralized on top of a skyscraper in a final confrontation.

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* CompleteMonster (includes ''[[ExpansionPack Wanton Destruction]]''): [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Master Zilla]], the President of [[MegaCorp Zilla Enterprises]], summons [[TheManBehindTheMonsters an army of monsters]] in the hopes of becoming even more powerful and wealthy than he already is, alienating his loyal bodyguard, Lo Wang. As a result of Zilla's actions, the setting [[CrapsackWorld has become overrun with monsters]], with corpses and incapacitated victims strewn across the streets. When Lo Wang resigns from his position, Zilla [[ResignationsNotAccepted retaliates by sending monsters after Lo Wang]]. Additionally crashing a plane with several people, an airliner and killing everyone on board, and keeping prisoners to torture, after a confrontation with Lo Wang, Zilla escapes before resurfacing in San Francisco. Attempting to pillage San Francisco with an army of ninjas, Zilla is finally neutralized on top of a skyscraper in a final confrontation.
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* ValuesDissonance: What would've passed for harmless goofing on Asian culture in 1997 can come off as cringeworthy nowadays. The amount of Asian stereotyping in this game is enough to make someone's head spin. Though it is admittedly PlayedForLaughs, it's not hard to see why someone would be a little turned off by it all, nor is it hard to see why [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013 the remake]] takes itself seriously with careful detail to avoid stereotyping.
* WhatAnIdiot: At the end of level 16 Lo Wang is teleported into a cell by a trap and has to escape in level 17. The problem: the grate is easily opened so he can escape his cell right away. You also have to wonder why they didn't [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim have a bunch of mooks waiting at the receiving end of the teleporter to all shoot Wang at once while he's in a cell with no room to dodge.]]
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* ValuesDissonance: What would've passed for harmless goofing on Asian culture in 1997 can come off as cringeworthy nowadays. The amount of Asian stereotyping in this game is enough to make someone's head spin. Though it is admittedly PlayedForLaughs, it's not hard to see why someone would be a little turned off by it all, nor is it hard to see why [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013 the remake]] takes itself seriously with careful detail to avoid stereotyping.
* WhatAnIdiot: At the end of level 16 Lo Wang is teleported into a cell by a trap and has to escape in level 17. The problem: the grate is easily opened so he can escape his cell right away. You also have to wonder why they didn't [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim have a bunch of mooks waiting at the receiving end of the teleporter to all shoot Wang at once while he's in a cell with no room to dodge.]]
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stereotyping.
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Replacing Player Character pothole.


* CompleteMonster (includes ''[[ExpansionPack Wanton Destruction]]''): [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Master Zilla]], the President of [[MegaCorp Zilla Enterprises]], summons an army of monsters in the hopes of becoming even more powerful and wealthy than he already is, alienating his loyal [[CorporateSamurai bodyguard]], [[PlayerCharacter Lo Wang]]. As a result of Zilla's actions, the setting has become overrun with monsters, with corpses and incapacitated victims strewn across the streets. When Lo Wang resigns from his position, Zilla [[ResignationsNotAccepted retaliates by sending monsters after Lo Wang]]. Additionally crashing a plane with several people, and keeping prisoners to torture, after a confrontation with Lo Wang, Zilla escapes before resurfacing in San Francisco. Attempting to pillage San Francisco with an army of ninjas, Zilla is finally neutralized on top of a skyscraper in a final confrontation.

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* CompleteMonster (includes ''[[ExpansionPack Wanton Destruction]]''): [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Master Zilla]], the President of [[MegaCorp Zilla Enterprises]], summons [[TheManBehindTheMonsters an army of monsters monsters]] in the hopes of becoming even more powerful and wealthy than he already is, alienating his loyal [[CorporateSamurai bodyguard]], [[PlayerCharacter bodyguard, Lo Wang]]. Wang. As a result of Zilla's actions, the setting [[CrapsackWorld has become overrun with monsters, monsters]], with corpses and incapacitated victims strewn across the streets. When Lo Wang resigns from his position, Zilla [[ResignationsNotAccepted retaliates by sending monsters after Lo Wang]]. Additionally crashing a plane with several people, and keeping prisoners to torture, after a confrontation with Lo Wang, Zilla escapes before resurfacing in San Francisco. Attempting to pillage San Francisco with an army of ninjas, Zilla is finally neutralized on top of a skyscraper in a final confrontation.

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