Utterly disappointing and an insult to the shadowrun name. Like a bad unreal tournament wanna be.

User Rating: 2 | Shadowrun PC
By silveressa | Review Date:
When I first heard of a Shadowrun game being made for the pc I was thrilled, having enjoyed the pen and paper game for years. Then when i heard it was going to be an fps instead of a rpg I was a little disappointed but figured it could still deliver a good shadowrun experience given the multitude of other fps games with great storylines like F.E.A.R and S.T.A.L.K.E.R

Then I had the chance to play it at a friends place and discovered it was a amazing disappointment.. My first impression is the game was a low budget unreal tournament wanna be, only about 6 maps, multiplayer only, and basically nothing to do with the shadowrun universe what so ever. (at least the unreal series had bots with a single player storyline and a good 25+ maps) The play control is alright, but with smart links the whole idea of actually aiming at your opponenet is laughable since the game does it for you, and the matching system for gaming is horrendus. (3-5 minutes between games +)

Graphcially it's eye catching, but nothign you haven't seen in other games before, and does nothing to distract you from the bare bones map choices or zero replayability. (at least battlefield 2142 let you build up your char through play, in Shadowrun it all fresh from the start each time)

The sound is nice too, but once again nothing to make you want to max out the volume or buy better speakers for.

Over all it feels like a product rushed out the door and marketed to sell off the famous Shadowrun name while providing a game that pretty near has nothing in common with the setting.

Basically I'd compare it to a demo as far as quality and replayability. As I played it I kept thinking to myself how much it feels like and secondary addon to a main game, much like F.E.A.R.'s multiplayer was secondary to it's single player story. Almost as if they lost the main part of the game so decided to release the small bit they still had as a game itself.

End Result: Not worth the money, not even close. If you want good multiplayer fps action pick up Battlefield 2142, or try S.T.A.L.K.E.R's multiplayer out, Shadowrun gives nothing in the way of substance.

If you want a rpg/fps style game set in the Shadowrun universe however, you're out of luck. With any luck someday we'll see a Elder Scrolls Oblviion style rpg set in the Shadowrun Universe, but hopefully from a quality developer.

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