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.
The graphics are surprisingly good for as old as this is, and being a dos box game. This version of links has a lot of courses to play on, You can create a male or female golfer, customize your club selection, practice any hole on any of the courses, or play a full 18. A word of caution: if you are used to the Tiger Woods swing mechanics, this isn't like that. You hold your left mouse button to set power, and then click at the bottom to (hopefully) swing straight. My one gripe is that club distance is not very consistent. You can try to hit 50% power i.e. on a 130 yard club, and the ball only goes 40 yards (yes this is factoring wind). There are many ways to customize your shots, including foot placement, swing type, etc... I think that overall, this would be a decent game for most that like golf games.
Where to begin? The unnecessary redesign of running the matrix to include a hacking minigame was unnecessary, and only takes away from the rest of the game. The game even on "easy" is ridiculously tough at times. The super high charisma requirement (7) for Prosperity tower makes you skip over combat attributes that would be useful. Is0bel is the worst matrix runner I've seen, she can't hit water falling out of a boat when attacking IC, even in the wide open. There are also some bugs present (when stealing the prototype from ARES, the other runner crew stands back and does nothing at times. Enemies get in a "can't miss" groove further in the game, even with you behind cover). All in all a bad effort with ill advised design changes from the first two games + bugs as mentioned.
