Alright, this is going to be a long one. First off, I loved the original Shadowrun Returns. The campaign was interesting and tons of fun, even if the second half took an odd turn. All in all, the system was fun, the campaign was well designed, and the editor let truly creative people make some amazing content. As Dragonfall, I originally started with the expansion but didn't get overly far. Before I could get much passed the beginning the director's cut came out and I started over. A fantastic idea, I must say. The upgraded graphical tricks, the post-processing, the new animations, it's all great. The new UI is so much more intuitive and the improved combat system adds a ton of strategy that simply wasn't there in the original system. Placing your runners requires a ton of fore-thought and really impacts the battle, not to say there was no strategy in the original, but now cover and the added flanking system really do add a new layer. The story in Dragonfall is awesome and far surpasses the original Dead-Man Switch campaign. The Director's cut even adds new missions (though I'm not sure what missions or if I even played them) all for the same price (or free if you already bought the expansion). That's another thing, if you already bought the expansion, there's no need to buy it again, they give you a key to get the director's cut for free. Shadowrun Returns was awesome, introducing a great system and a great base for new content to be made. Dragonfall took it a step further with a far better story and better use of the system's components. The director's cut went a step further, stepped up the engine and added new features for all the shadowrun enthusiasts. As you can probably tell, this game comes highly recommended. As Harebrained schemes said "The definitive Shadowrun RPG experience on PC".
