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Shadowrun only in the name, not the content.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 19
Date: June 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The 360 version is completely unfaithful to the Shadowrun RPG. I can see making modification for a FPS shooter game, but this is a complete bastardization. Furthermore, it's boring and uninteresting.

Gameplay quickly becomes monotonous. People compare it to Counterstrike, but it falls short of even that mark. Yes, it has magic and technology in addition to weapons; however, you're then left with so many functions that you can't possibly use them all effectively and fluidly. What's the point of having 6-7 types of magic and cybernetic abilities if you only have 2 slots to put them into (assuming you want to keep using gernades). It's impractical to switch things in a fight, so you end up never using most of them. It tries too hard to do too much with a poor human interface. So the potential enjoyment of having all those powers and technology? It never materializes.

To add insult to injury, the game appears rushed to production. For instance, if you look at a character climbing up a ladder, they aren't actually climbing the ladder. They just sort of "hover upwards". This is acceptable for a beta version, but not a finished game.

Want to customize your avatar? Too bad. You can't. Why? I can only assume that this is because it was rushed out the door. Or FASA realized that the game sucked and decided to just take whatever they could get with what they'd already sunk into development.

Last, but certainly not least, is the fact that there is no campaign mode--either for solo or co-op play. FASA totally blew their opportunity to establish a worldview and history here, and the opportunity to actually care about things/factions that could have been integrated into multiplayer (like Spartans vs Elite in Halo 2 multiplayer). And so you're left with what is essentially a soulless, mindless FPS with no background context or story. There's nothing to draw you in, nothing to make this game stand out. Once you've used a new magic or tech a few times, it quickly becomes bland and boring.

This game will be going for $15-20 in the bargin bin rack in under a year. I'm selling my copy after having had it for only 3 days. I gave it a chance. It failed.

Seriously, FASA. What were you folks thinking? No karma for you.

This Game Should Have Stayed in the Shadows

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 22
Date: June 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I would give Shadowrun no stars if I could. Supposedly this game is based off of the RPG Shadowrun, but other than the name and the idea that magic and technology coexist in the future, that's as much of a link as you're going to get to the source material. The storyline (if you can call it that, since there isn't any actual story) is completely rewritten and different from the RPG. The graphics are only average, and even if they were great you couldn't appreciate them because you'll spend the entire time running, hopping, or gliding around shooting other bots and players in a mindless shoot'em up.

In one hour I had learned how to use every power and weapon. There are 8 spells and seven bland, non-futuristic, non-magical weapons, but there are only three buttons that can be set to use these abilities at any given time. Firing your weapon is as complicated as aiming and pulling the right trigger. One weapon, the rifle, has one level of zoom, and that's it.

There is NO SOLO STORYLINE. There are six "chapters" of training in how to use your magic, weapons and tech, and the four races--human, dwarf, troll, and elf (apparently they couldn't be bothered to include orks, the fifth player race from the RPG). Also completely missing is any kind of virtual world combat, another staple of the RPG.

Once you've done all six training chapters, all that's left is "solo" play (you and some bots versus a bunch of other bots) or "team play" (you and some online people and bots versus some other online people and other bots). There are only TWO types of games, capture the flag and deathmatch.

And that's it. For $60 you get a game that is allegedly based on the original pen-and-paper RPG, although the only thing resembling the original game is the title, no solo game, and two kinds of multiplayer matches.

I feel totally ripped off. I just bought the game yesterday and I'll be trading it in within a week. A horrible waste of money. Keep this game in the shadows and run far away!

Should have been a budget title.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 14
Date: June 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First, looking at this game purely from the gameplay and content stand point even leaves you wanting. While mildly entertaining, this game feels like a glorified Counter-Strike mod. The game offers a whole 3 game modes, 4 classes, a lackluster 8 avatar skins, 9 maps, and a handful of gear/spells. The graphics are muddy at best and to top it all off the game is an online-only multiplayer game with no splitscreen option.

Second, as for the original fans, this game is Shadowrun in name only. Almost every ability included in this game stands in direct contradiction to the canon of the establish IP, meaning every one of the restricted/prohibitted or otherwise impossible aspects in the original universe are reversed in this game.

So in conclusion if your a FPS fan pass this one up and wait for something better such as; The Darkness, Quake Wars, Crysis, Halo 3, Team Fortress 2 or any of the plethora of FPS on the horizon.

A simple story mode could have helped

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 20
Date: June 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I saw this game online and got caught up by the potential story, prior to this I had no idea an RPG ever existed for Shadow Run. So I'm clueless as to the history of this game. That being said, I noticed there was no single player story mode right away, I played for about 20 minutes and have not played it since. Honestly, because I have no sense of history for any of the characters the game is boring. If you're debating on picking this game up, pass....

Jedi Knight 2 is better than this game, PERIOD.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 18
Date: June 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There are Elves, Trolls, Dwarfs, and Humans. They all wield Tech & Magic. Unfortunately thats is as close to the Shadowrun lore your going to get. Its a crying shame that with mountains of books both RPG and Fiction, Libraries of Lore, Mountains of Magic, and huge arsenals of Weapons to choose from Microsoft decided not to use any of it.

Please pass this title up and buy "Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (for Xbox)" instead and you WILL THANK ME. Multiple Races, Spells, Weapons, and they actually follow the lore from which they are drawing from.

way too expensive.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 14
Date: June 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Sony is selling these multiplayer only games for PS3 for like 10-20 dollars, like Warhawk. It's way too much money and not even that much fun. A big smelly ripoff.

No Solo!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: July 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I would have really liked to know in advance that there was no solo campaign in the game. I would have never bought it. Why bother with a little back-story during the training sessions if there's no CAMPAIGN!!!!

This game is not worth it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: August 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I played the game and it turned out to be a complete waste of money and time

DONT BUY!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a waste! No single player campaign and its boring as hell!! I regret even renting it! Go buy Medal Of Honor Airborne instead!! That game is a million times better!!

This game sucks.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game was made for a cool multiplayer experience, but there is none. this game is awful. if you want a cool Multiplayer game get Halo or Gears of War. Please dont buy this.

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