From the review: "My bank manager's frowning. Were I smart, I could have spun this out for two reviews and doubled my profits. Instead, I'm doing it for one for the simple fact that this dual PC/XBox release is the same. In fact, I could probably sum up the major differences in one paragraph. Let's give it a shot."
ShadowRun arrived in 2007 and is still played by a core audience on modern consoles and PC today, despite a bungled launch.
Played it a few months back. Not a stellar mp game at its time, but still genuine & janky fun.
I have never played Shadowrun. However, the universe of Shadowrun seems like a good setting for various game genres. The franchise combines traditional fantasy tropes with cyberpunk science fiction.
Yeah since the megadrive game I’ve always thought how cool the setting and premise is but the game never really delivers on gameplay.
Really enjoyed this back on 360. Was one of the first pc games I played as well. Nice to see it's still online I'm going to have to see about getting a copy on pc again.
Edit: is this backward compatible with series X?
The Shadowrun RPGs from Harebrained Schemes were great, but that IP is just begging for a massive, Cyberpunk 2077-style game. Open world action RPG epic with a healthy dose of immersive sim goodness.
The Xbox 360 was a fantastic console in its day with some truly classic titles, but what are the seven best games for the console?
I'll go with,
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga, Shadow Complex, Ace Combat 6 with the flight stick,A Kingdom for Keflings, A World of Keflings.
Bonus Kinect Games: Happy Action Theater and Sesame Street.
*Skyrim was so bad on PS3 that it almost deserves to be #1*
Ah yes, Shadow Complex! Good indies back in the day. Summer of Arcade. I enjoyed Trials Evolution as well.
Was this made by a.i.? No human being would put Shadowrun, Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Conviction into a list of the 7 best Xbox 360 games.
Would love to play Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but Xbox decided to buy exclusivity and keep it off a competing platform.
The only mainline game I never played except for one level at a friends place. Game sold less than any other in the series if I remember correctly.
360 had Namco hitters AC6 and RR6... both quality titles. You should at least bust out the 360 for AC6 if you can score the flight stick. Its great.
When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....
It's a nostalgia peice same reason we get thousands of YouTube videos on sega genisis. Something people have fond memories for but the era is long gone.
It's xboxs golden year imo it was their genisis years the time where they stuck it to the market leaders Sony.
They stuck nothing. Sony screwed themselves giving Xbox an opening. They would have gotten the usual smack down if the PS3 had launched at $399 and was easier to develop for.
But Microsoft said no.
so far two 6 point ratings. IGN and gamespot need to hurry up and rate this game so i can know if its worth my time
Okay, great - so reading the review, he points out how the game is innovative, fun, and a great time. The new mechanics are really cool, etc., etc.
Yet he scores it a 6 because of the price? I dunno... seems a bit harsh to me. I do agree that this game is slim on the features and should cost less, but to give a ridiculously fun, fresh game like Shadowrun a 6 because of the price seems a bit ridiculous.
and ill say it again. IF YOU HAVE LIVE THIS IS THE GAME YOU WANT!!!!!! the game is so much fun and so fresh that it is almost unreal. This is 1 of the top 5 best multiplayer games I have ever played(if you dont count series repeats ie.-graw/graw2 and so on) the only thing that could have been better is if you could change the way the guy you pick looked, kind of like on GRAW or Rainbow. other than that it is a very good game and should not get a score under a 8.5.
I don't expect this game to score anything higher than an 8 on any review. I do expect to see a lot of scores in the 7.5 range once they start to appear.
I beta tested Shadowrun and while I did purchase the full retail version, I do believe that the price is too high for an online only game.
This ame should have been listed at $40 across the board. Not $60 for the 360 and $50 for PC.
Oh well, I am having fun with this game and I see myself having fun with it for a long time from now.
Its too bad that many people will pass this game up due to the reviews its about to receive. People need to remember that just because this isn't the next "Halo" or "Counter Strike", there is still a great time to be had.