Posted on: July 20, 2015

maja_ldm

Игр: 55 Отзывов: 1

Good story, nice combat.

I ran through the campaign on hard n about 35 hours with a melee character. The fighting was challenging in he beginning but I went on power creep through the ending. I'm new to Shadowrun, but I'd go as far as to give a big plus for the rules (note: you won't be pushing over nine points for any skill in this campaign). The story was good, as in than god they did this game good. The main stats were often used in the game for actions outside combat I really hope that other developers will follow on this... Final note: why didn't I have a lying option for the very last piece of dialogue !?!?

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Posted on: December 25, 2016

FabioMVSousa

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Игр: 42 Отзывов: 4

Adds features and polish but lacks charm

Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall adds features and polish to the original game, along with a new story, but lacks the charm of its predecessor. The story is interesting and has various endings, which is a great improvement over the extremely linear Dead Man’s Switch campaign. At times, I felt enthralled by the plot and extended gameplay sessions for “5 more minutes” in order to know what would happen next. Side quests are now more numerous. Such like the main story line, there’re different ways in which you can resolve a secondary mission. Character stat’s, such as your Willpower or Quickness, now open dialogue options that can be used to gather more intel or solve an encounter in a nonviolent way. You also gain a team of shadowrunners, who level up and have they own side quests and storylines, and a base of operations, that includes a PC with which you can access jobs and a bulletin board. Combat remains, essentially, the same as the original. Armor can “break” or be penetrated, reducing the amount of damage that is deflect by your attire. Cover can block 100% of incoming damage, although you now must account for the positioning of your shadowrunners so to avoid “flanking” damage multipliers. Magic still feels underwhelming and some classes reign supreme over others. Unfortunately, the writing is a couple of notches below the original in terms of quality. The art style is also not as charming as the game seems less cyberpunk-y than the original. As such, the overall ambiance is less immersive. Overall, Dragonfall, with its 30 hours of gameplay and good replay value, is worth a try even at full retail price.

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Posted on: September 22, 2015

periodic

Игр: 71 Отзывов: 4

Lean, focused, story-driven RPG

Shadowrun: Dragonfall is a really tightly focused, story-driven game that uses unusually good writing, atmospheric 2D backgrounds, and striking music to create an immersive, fun game. It doesn't do scope, like a Baldur's Gate. It's got a lot of freedom and branching paths, but it's not a particularly open game in the sense of having a giant world - the 'world' of the game are a few detailed blocks of scifi Berlin and the various interesting locations you visit on missions. The underlying systems are fairly simple - there's no massive loot or inventory system, there's no massive list of spells or skills. What the game does well is telling a very specific, focused, small story with a real sense of detail. Most big RPG's are like the entire run of a TV show, with multiple 23-episode seasons, multiple arcs, huge casts of characters coming and going. Dragonfall is like an 8-episode miniseries. It's fully committed to telling one, highly detailed, reactive story, and after 15-20 hours of gameplay, it's done. The writing is also strikingly good, juggling a fun balance between a "real" "gritty" modern-future cyberpunk setting with elaborate flights of fantasy and a sense of fun. The game mechanics are good, and elegant. They're hugely improved over Shadowrun Returns, which had pretty bad 'gamefeel', and a lot of unbalanced choices. The game's graphics are straightforward, but the 2D backgrounds exude a lot of atmosphere. 5 Stars may be a bit much for such a straightforward game, but I feel like this just a real perfect, polished kernel of a game. It's great precisely because it doesn't try too much. There's nothing to add, and nothing to subtract, and that's rare with RPG's, which can be bloated or fall into grinding tedium. There is absolutely no grinding here, very little grappling with trying to min-max game mechanics, just a very tightly focused, reactive science fiction story with a great sense of tone.

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Posted on: May 25, 2015

robin_de_tolens

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Игр: 267 Отзывов: 2

A great campaign

The game mechanics have been improved from the first game. The campaign itself is very well written and really immersive. If you like tactical RPGs and cyberpunk, you'll love this.

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Posted on: June 14, 2020

David_Rose

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Игр: 670 Отзывов: 37

Good, but not Great

First, let me say that 3 stars is not a bad score. It's an average score, which is fitting since this is an average game. It's not a bad game, but it's not a great game either. Pros: + It has an interesting story that kept me entertained throughout. + Multiple ways to accomplish goals during missions. + Sometimes competing mission objectives forcing you to pick a side. + Mostly satisfying combat. + Runs perfect in 21:9 + Good soundtrack. + Meaningful choices that affect the story. Cons: - No voice acting. That's fine 20 years ago, but it's definitely a negative mark these days. - It has an interesting character development system that only applies to your main character. The other characters level up and you pick one of two upgrades to their skills. - It's not really a 3D environment. It's 2D drawn to look 3D. That's fine in theory, but in practice you'll be wishing for the ability to rotate the camera. Characters will often get lost in the scenery and you can't see what's going on. - The AI is pretty stupid. You can cheese most fights if you want by leading the enemy on a merry chase and picking them off a few at a time. - Inventory management is a pain. You can't swap items between your party members except at the beginning of a mission. If you pick up an item mid-mission, it either goes into your inventory (if you have space) or into your stash back at HQ. You can't give it to one of your party characters. - Party characters have fixed weapons and armor. You can sometimes give them an additional weapon if they have a empty weapon slot, but they won't drop their base weapon regardless of how terrible it is. And you can't give them better armor to wear. It took me just over 25 hours to beat, so a pretty good length. It ended just around the time I was starting to get bored with it. There's a lot of potential here and it would have been great with a little more time in the oven. As it stands, it's just good, not great.

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