Posted on: February 28, 2015

liquidkoshman

Jeux: 383 Avis: 3

A great game in an awesome world.

I'm reviewing the SDragonfall, it is a significant improvement, you get both anyway. The best thing about SD is writing - there is a lot of text here and it is very well written, it really pulls you into the world, makes characters interesting and believable. The story is great I was really invested emotionally in the people of Kreuzbazar - the writing really helps with that. The gameplay itself is the next best thing. There is much more variety compared to the original and different characters give you a lot of options on how to approach battles - sniping, close combat, conjuring, magic, drones etc. Sometimes the hit calculation seemed a bit unfair (70% chance to hit = 3x miss), but overall the difficulty is just right and it never happens that a single miss or a missclick would force you to restart. The atmosphere is great and if you like the Shadowrun world (I love it) you will really enjoy the game, because it really leverages the mythos - magic, shamanism, decking, megacorporations, dragons you name it it's all there. The environments are varied and interesting - cities, countryside, seweres, corporate buildings, alternate dimension (sort of :) ) as are the enemies - (meta) humans, drones, ghouls, basilisks, hellhounds... I like that the game works equally well controlled by a mouse or a touchscreen. Now for some cons: SD is relatively heavy compared to how simple the engine is - loading, overall speed, but that's not really a problem. People complain the game is linear I don't consider it a problem - this is no Baldur's Gate it's rather a series of turn-based battles in a vey interesting environment held together by an engaging story. I would welcome if besides the main and side missions there would be a random mission generator which would tie to the merc principle of shadowrunning. You only have 4 character slots for missions which limits your options a bit. Overall an awesome game. Buy it if you love turnbased combat, Shadowrun or just good stories.

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Posted on: November 18, 2016

SlavaKosmina

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Jeux: 319 Avis: 50

Better than Dragonfall

It does not have to be Fallout or anything else to be a quality game. I played Dragonfall first. Faced some bugs and BS in the first hour. Got mad, wrote a 1-star review here on GOG, uninstalled. Then, when I cooled off, I gave it another try. It turned out to be an OK game (brainwashing and propaganda aside - I have an anti-virus in my system that prevents infection of this sort). Decent enough game to make me buy and play Shadowrun Returns (which I did not buy at first because of mixed reviews, and negative reviews brought up some legitimate complaints). Returns is actually a MUCH better game overall than Dragonfall. The latter takes longer to finish but it is mostly due to unnecessary text filler which contributes little or nothing to the game or the story, but you are forced to read it for fear of missing something story related. Granted, it is written well, but still, it is just filler. Returns and Dragonfall share some common problematic design decisions (inventory management SUCKS!), but eventually one kind of gets used to them. In the end, both are decent games, and, I guess, between my 1-star rating for Dragonfall and my 5-star rating for Returns the average score is somewhere between 2-3 stars... Why? Because these are NOT games. These are mind altering, brainwashing TOOLS. I wonder if the devs are just mindlessly 'going with the flow' of zombie-cyborg TV crap or they are PAID to promote human organ harvesting, trans-humanism, GMO and meta-humanism, cannibalism, human sacrifice, corruption, betrayal, selfishness and, of course, the hopelessness of average men because 'great Dragons have always ruled', the 'haves' have always subjugated the 'have-nots' with the latter always succumbing to 'whatever drug' to forget 'for a day' just how pointless and miserable their lives really are. And that's the message: ACCEPT IT. Sure, you are out for justice, but the above messages are implanted in your mind. Try to stay human. Good luck.

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Posted on: December 26, 2019

davidbalparda

Jeux: 192 Avis: 34

Definitely worth it

Great cyberpunk setting, great graphic concept (seamless mix of 2D maps and 3D characters), a nice combat system and cool RPG experience. The included campaign "Dead Man's Switch" is quite good, well-written and might take a while to finish (even though it's not huge by present day standards), but the best thing is that this system allows you and a community to create new campaigns. (most are available at Nexusmods for GOG users) I enjoyed "A Stitch in Time" quite a lot and that one is huge compared to Dead Man's Switch. If you liked this game and don't own Shadowrun Dragonfall already, get it too!

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Posted on: December 28, 2020

apc

Jeux: 567 Avis: 14

Feels like a demo of the engine

The game is good and stable, the general level of the plot is decent. But 90%+ of the game is linear. There are like 1-2 side missions, very little character development, no choices that matter etc. Basically, it's like "we've built an engine, here's what it can do" type of feeling. Somehow reminds me of Half-Life 2: great engine, solid story, solid experience, 100% railroad shooter. Except that HL2 did not pretend to be an RPG, but this game does. Shadowrun Dragonfall, for example, feels quite differently (even though after classic CRPGs the world feels a bit empty of action, and controversial choices could matter a bit more..).

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Posted on: June 5, 2022

KennaDeMerkedo

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Jeux: 158 Avis: 1

game stopping bug halfway through

I've just run into a bug discussed online since 2014- the game freezes after a dialogue scene at the UB basement and all you can do is watch an NPC moving her hands. Can't even access controls and exit the game other than ctrl f4. It's mid 2021 guys... I enjoyed the game so far (even though it's linear as hell), but this is taking the biscuit.

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