Shadow Warrior (2013)

• Big money pickups are mostly tied to finding secrets, explore the levels.

• Get your sword techniques first, then whatever.

• The most useful magics are healing and the forward + cast knockdown. Barrier is worthless and the liftoff is powerful, but s situational.

• You don't really need to use the guns at all but they make dealing with certain enemies much easier. The fully upgraded SMG with alt-fire is the most damaging thing you'll have for quite a while.

• All that being said, while you won't max out everything in one playthrough, you'll probably get all the skills you want. There are no really bad ways to spend those points.

• Use the environment. A lot of stuff explodes in various interesting ways and you can do a lot of damage that way.