Shadowrun Returns

Wasn't expecting too much, especially with the numerous similiar titles out there. However it has a good cyberpunk vibe right from the off that draws you into the story, better than most. Nice effective graphics and world making you want to progress just that bit further. So far enjoying what i've played.

Linear, isometric, turn-based combat RPG. Should be as annoying as hell but it's actually a lot of fun. This and its two sequels were free giveaways and well worth the price. Given the engine limitations, however, they are probably not worth more than a few pounds. Given the need to make balanced teams (maintain one in the later games) of four, you will always need 1-2) Shooters, 3) a 'decker' (hacker), 4) someone else. The story is interesting and, all-in-all, well told - well enough that I immediately played the other two (Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Shadowrun: Hong Kong).

What a leap forward from the pixel graphics of the Sega Genesis Shadowrun game. Plenty of things to do, some really deep combat at times. Much better graphics & art, and mechanics. If you are a fan of the books, tabletop game, and such, you will like this. By the way, if you visit Nexus mods, you can get UGC standalone mods to add to this to have more scenarios & missions.

This feels like a minimun effort cellphone game, the graphics are ok, the music is minimal, but seviceable and the writing is what I expected from a tabletop license, all is well so far, but the mechanics, oh boy, is horrendous: The HUD is minimal and so damn small, even with the High res option enabled is very hard to read dialogue text You cannot position your characters prior to an encounter so you will always start with a disadvantage, specially because encounters sometimes start after conversations, with enemies taking the first turn, that's a free shotgun to the face The game estrongly encourages you to hire extra characters for your missions, but this is not only expensive, but a hired character only works for you for a single mission, ytou can't change their loadouts, you can't change their skills or level them up as you see fit Enemies are abundant and your resources are limited, I got to the ripper boss with zero medkits left, I got wiped out like a paper doll I created a decker for my first playthrough thinking it would be very cool to hack into turrets or robots to use against my enemies, but I was wrong Fortunately I received this as a gift because I cannot recommend it in good conscience, extremely disappointing, better off playing the old shadowrun in SNES

It's not that shallow but not deep enough. It places itself in a place where really good ideas meet okay execution. It's story is straightforward and predictable. The atmosphere and the world are pretty cool, though. If you're after a tactical rpg and yet not in the mood for deep strategies, go for it. If you're after the next XCOM, skip it. It's okay.