A protagonist can use mana to improve certain abilities and skills. I've yet to finish Shadow Warrior 2 at the moment, but will do soon.In the process of passing it is important to gain experience. The chi powers are a nice change, definitely. The categories are structured better and the katana mastery tree is something you get without needing to spend that many points (unless you want to make the techniques stronger, of course!). The power system that's been put into function into the second game is an improvement in my opinion. After the first few missions you really couldn't bother using them anymore, they didn't really do much. They took shurikens out of quick use in the second game which I think was an understandable decision. I really like the idea that was put into the game, to make things different rather than only cosmetic. In the second game however, you can get drops or mission rewarded weapons (which include other things rather than swords only).

The first game had this katana that was purely cosmetic and you could've changed from the game's menu and wouldn't really make a difference. What I do very much like in the 2nd game that I see as a huge improvement is the weapons. Ninjas didn't have shurikens ( apart from one-offs). 'Ancient ninja technique' of vanishing and so on. Something that I've seen done in the 2nd game but not in the 1st (or at least I don't remember it being done) is this Hollywood ninja image. Except the tip, looks too dull for thrusting. Besides, I can't know what that goddamn chi-powered Zilla katana can do, at least in the 2nd game where it looks a bit more functional. I know it's a game, but in a game like this realism does the thing for me in terms of fun and enjoyment. The basic starting katana used in both games is pretty nice, although it feels weird to see it cut through steel and other materials (referring to the 2nd game here, since there are robots and enemies of the sort).

His story is so much better than what Kamiko has. I liked Hoji more than Kamiko, because his humor's better (in my opinion) and I like the character more altogether. I definitely see much improvement in that. I did like the 2nd game's art and graphic style, quality better than the 1st game's. I very much liked both of them, but for different reasons.I have many more things to say but I wouldn't like to be here all day! I'll write a few of my thoughts here:

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