Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Users comments:
Highlights:
- Dragonfall takes the same basic formula, with lots of small improvements. The new UI and VFX put a bit of extra and much welcome polish on the game (found in 17 reviews).
- The game itself is an RPG with turn based combat, with real time exploration smoothly (for the most part) transitioning to turn based when the combat starts.
- An expanded and improved version of the Dragonfall DLC for Shadowrun Returns, this Director's cut cleans up the user interface, adds some new quests, allows for a few new endings, and has lots of achievements to grab. Really though, Dragonfall was already good when it was a "DLC", and as a bigger and improved stand-alone game it has not lost any of its quality.
- 15-20 hours to complete the main campaign.
- That Dragonfall director's cut mission has little new stuff in comparison with the "classic" version: aside of better graphics and some new missions and dialogs, it's basically the same thing.
- Long story short - amazing single player experience.
- One of best old school RPG's I've played since Fallout 2 and Planescape: Torment.
Story
- By the way, your companions are all very well written, having many memorable lines and moments.
- The Shadowrun universe can be intimidating at first, it was for me at least. Though this actually can help gameplay, as you are thrown head first into a living breathing world; which wasn't made for the player but rather the player is a part of it.
- The story is simply amazing and the side missions are intense.
- Phenomenal storyline with appropriate twists and turns.
Graphics and art Style
- Graphics and art style are really well-made, with vibrant colors even for a game that takes place in the "shadows".
- There's no voice acting.
- This game is a top-down / isometric rpg design.
Gameplay:
- Story and character development are trully engaging. One of the few games that actually manages to make you care for your team outside combat situations.
- They need to hurry up and get the campaign editor set up and give author's the tools to port their work over.
- The story and game mechanics are delightful, overall skill usage was diversified compared to original Dead Man's Switch campaign and a bunch of other improvements were made (more optional missions, manual save points, selling items option, etc.).
Combat System
- The mechanics aren't exactly deep, but they're much more in depth than Shadowrun Returns, and they focus on fast, fun tactics.
Recommended for:
- Fans of Shadowrun, cyberpunk in general, or just turn based strategy.
- If you like cyberpunk worlds, with great story.
- If you like old school, pen and paper RPGs.
- If you like turn based, isometric RPGs, you will love Shadowrun. Lots of fun, great replay value.
System Requirements:
- OS: OSX 10.6
- Processor: Intel-based Macs only (x86-compatible, 1.4GHz or better)
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Modern 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory
- Hard Drive: 2 GB available space
