Sherwood Extreme Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · May 26, 2021

Our Sherwood Extreme Review shows how you race to the finish through beautiful low-poly environments. Zip, swing, and soar through the air. Use slow-motion shooting to rack up combos with all the 360 no-scopes and parkour action medieval times were known for.

Sherwood Extreme Review Pros:

Brilliant low poly graphics.
799.36MB Download size.
Controller support.
Free to play.
Graphics-visuals and resolution both using the settings style-low medium and max.
Score chaser gameplay.
Opening tutorial level.
Stars-earn 1-3 based on your score.
Online leaderboards.
Horde mode.
Jump and shoot to trigger slow down.
Levels are designed to be repeated often but enemies’ actions and abilities will change as will gun/ammo types and levels can add or subtract obstacles.
Goal- get to the treasure chest at the end of the level.
Score and time are used for overall score and rank.
End of run breakdown-score, rank, points, health, time, and any bonuses like kill all enemies or take no hits.
Text pop up for explosions and headshots.
Slow down time recharges.
Chickens-hidden Collectibles.
Daily login bonus.
Two currencies-one premium (real money) and in-game cash.
Weapons-bow and shield with each one giving a passive buff or ability.
Shop-has daily deals and the place for cosmetic items like skins, hats, capes, and flair.
Simple controls.
Quests-they continually gets regenerated and give either currency or kingdom pass exp. Quests are a level with a unique set of rules.
Kingdom pass-battle pass style system with tiers, earn exp from playing and doing quests to unlock items/rewards. There is a free and paid-for set of rewards.
Online co-op support.
Hub- can run around and do the shops stiff or pick a level.
Combo counter.
Gets addictive.
Nice change of pace.

Sherwood Extreme Cons:

No Steam achievements.
Controller support doesn’t extend to any of the menus and still requires a mouse.
Level length varies with a couple being very long-winded.
Can be hard to see enemies.
Only a handful of levels.
Very repetitive.
Earning Kingdom pass exp is slow mostly due to the small number of quests that reward it.
Hit detection can be a bit off.
Hard to judge shots.

Got the itch to be a more dastardly Robin Hood in Sherwood? well check out our Hood: Outlaws And Legends Review (PlayStation 5)