Shadowrun Returns

This game has one of the most flexible character building systems. You can become whoever you wish: Decker (hacker) gunslinger with silver tongue, summoner martial artist, and so on and on. The gameplay itself is fully turn-based with high emphasis on positioning and usage of covers. It is fun, relatively fast and requires a little bit of strategical thinking. Story and characters, however, are on the weaker side. I wasn't able to care about any character except for my own. The story is a bit bigger offender: it started out as search for a murderer of your former partner and by the end turned into *SPOILER* giant space bugs trying to take over the world *END SPOILER* which was anti-climactic. But overall I had tons of fun with it.

Don't go into this expecting to properly roleplay. It's a mostly linear story, broken up by combat. I knocked one star off because the installer is bundled with Galaxy, which I don't use (and doesn't add anything).

Seeing that the game is often sold dirt cheap in sales, I decided to grab it. It's a good primer for introducing you the the world of Shadowrun, but the game feels very bare-bones. Fortunately the later games really flesh it out. It's also quite short so worth maybe looking into if you're curious.

It has the atmosphere of Shadowrun and an ok skill tree. But it is the most linear rpg video game I have played in my life. Early NES games are less linear than this game. It is a time waster, but ultimately unless you try to get every skill at the same time this game is a cake walk. I can not recommend this game unless it is heavily discounted. If you want something more enjoyable and less linear but with the same feel go watch "Bright".

While it missing a few things alot fo would like, such as save anywhere option(which to me not in tune with the SR mindset, i'll expline later) a reworking of magic, i think for a first go they did a good job over all getting shadowrun up and going. now Berlin DLC said to allow a save anywhere, more open area and some wide options. how for anyone that played aPnP game know the GM let you roam abit, but in the end you will be going to his end goal somehow, either sneaky or the GM will hammer you till you do lol. so the lineir issue while not fun now whole uncommon for a pnp gone pc. as for teh save anywhere, while it be great for poeple taht have to go suddenly, kids,work call in, heart attacks, or what have you. in the old PnP you could not "save" ebfore a fight and if you got geeked be like, "wait can we do that again, i screwed up in turn 5..." so maybe a save outside of combat optin be a happy medium. thanks for reading ^^