Jack of all trades, master of none


Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown
2015 THQ Nordic60Worthwhile
Playtime
LongTypically 40 hours
Playable on
Game modes
- 2–4 players
Details
- Launch
- April 28, 2015
- Developer
- Cliffhanger Productions
- Publisher
- THQ Nordic
- Themes
Overview
Lead your team of Runners to survive a corrupt megacorporation’s intrigue threatening thousands of lives in this new action-strategy game set in the most popular cyberpunk universe of all times – Shadowrun.
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Reception
- Metacritic61from 21 reviews
- OpenCritic61from 17 reviews
Shadowrun Chronicles is a bad use of the Shadowrun license, and a bad tactical RPG.
In the end, the missions just aren't enough to really make this stand out too strongly.
Shadow run is a campy romp that doesn't take itself too seriously. Its fun to play through, but only mimics (and doesn't quite stack up to) the exceedingly excellent XCOM. There is better weapon class variety, character customization, and a few other points where it might exceed its muse, but it measures up just a shade below on most other occasion...
Shadowrun Chronicles is not necessarily a game that can stand on its own merits; it exists to fulfill the lack of multiplayer in the Shadowrun series, and while it does this rather well, players approaching this game from an uninformed position should do so only once they've become fully aware of what they'd be getting themselves into. In short: do...






















