Shadowrun: Dragonfall - You should play this one
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Yes, this is a must-play. One of the best end-boss fights ever!
Carnifex
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Absolutely a must play. If you've ever cared a whit about the Shadowrun universe, you really should try this game. Even if the world is unfamiliar to you, the rpg aspects should leave you well satisfied.
Carnifex
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I talk on my phone maybe once a week, and that's enough for me. I'll never understand how anyone could play a video game on such a teeny tiny device, with an equally bitty screen. But then again, call waiting sounds like a dreadful idea to me as well.
On my computer, it is a gem. Both Shadowrun games are! I'd suggest playing it that way.
On my computer, it is a gem. Both Shadowrun games are! I'd suggest playing it that way.
Nothing is a must play but I did enjoy it.
The 3 Shadowrun games are worth playing. I enjoyed all 3 of them, sure Dragonfall is great probably the best of the 3, but that doesn't mean the other 2 are not fun.
Carnifex
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Quite right indeed, all are worth playing. I try not to play favourites as each are excellent in their own ways!
khaight
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I played the first one and enjoyed it for what it was. It was a bit skeletal in both systems and content, but the developers did a nice job with what they had. The other two are on my backlog list, but I want to play some of the stuff I already own before buying more.
SR:R is a bit barebones and more of a proof of concept. Still a fun turn-based tactics game.
SR DF is the best in regards of combat and story.
SR:HK has great atmosphere and chars, but lacks a bit in encounter design.
SR DF is the best in regards of combat and story.
SR:HK has great atmosphere and chars, but lacks a bit in encounter design.
Yup, I've been a SR newbie, and while DF:R piqued my interest, Dragonfall made me a serious worshiper. Hong Hong seems to be cool, just in time to play after I finish Sleeping Dogs.
FYI: Sleeping Dogs is a GTA-style action crime drama set in today's Hong Kong.
SR: HK would fit the bill nicely for something (not completely) different.
FYI: Sleeping Dogs is a GTA-style action crime drama set in today's Hong Kong.
SR: HK would fit the bill nicely for something (not completely) different.
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Cyberpunk for me is more about "low society" blended with the societal consequences of the proliferation of high technology; not to take anything away from the more classical associated imagery from fiction of course.
That said, the aesthetics as a whole in cyberpunk and in particular the Shadowrun setting really make it quite compelling for role-playing experiences. Dragonfall was excellent and certainly my pick of the three. I can still hear Glory's theme resounding in my head from the completion of her quest-line; she was a very memorable character.
I also liked the pulp like restraint and direct narrative minimalism from the first game.
That said, the aesthetics as a whole in cyberpunk and in particular the Shadowrun setting really make it quite compelling for role-playing experiences. Dragonfall was excellent and certainly my pick of the three. I can still hear Glory's theme resounding in my head from the completion of her quest-line; she was a very memorable character.
I also liked the pulp like restraint and direct narrative minimalism from the first game.
Liked all three of them, but have to agree DF was the best. And I have no understanding why you can't play a game becuase it's also available on mobile devices? Poor Joxer can never replay Baldurs Gate? XCOM? FTL? FFVII? A lot of great games are ALSO available on phones, I see no problem with that.
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The Shadowrun games are very simplistic systems-wise, mechanics-wise, etc…without much of the depth a real PC RPG would have. I've always figured that's what he meant by phonegames in this case, not literally just that it's available on phones. (Also, Shadowrun: Hong Kong was never available on Android/iOS...coincidentally, it's probably the worst of the 3 in my book)
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I agree they could have more depth, but that's hardly because of phone limitations? If it it's then I stand corrected, but my feeling is that Joxer just has a pet peeve with anything that's released on phones. Just like he does with respawns and multiplayer content.
We all have them though I suppose, mine is level scaling.
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Well if you're gonna have one, that's a fantastic one to have. Probably the single-worst thing that ever happened to CRPGs.
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A friend of mine played p&p Shadowrun back in the past, so I've asked his expert opinion on the games.
He told me, that the games are VASTLY simplified to the p&p version, but this is not a bad thing -- e.g. the "etiquette" social interaction mechanism is pretty much useless without an good DM, so the game wisely reduces it into a simple CYOA-style conversation system, where the chosen etiquette simply allows you to select certain responses.
I guess this simplification is the same as most crpg ad&d games do follow.
(...and don't say to me that ToEE was the best, because it was most certainly not)
Afaik Joxer uses the phonegame term as a bad sarcasm - games that do not fit well to our resident troll's personal fave of game qualities: i.e. dark, gritty, more of a sim-type, open ended games, using cutting edge game tech, etc, etc, etc.
Which is fine (horses for courses), but obviously he misses a lot of great stuff because of his own dubious reluctance.
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