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Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown2015

Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown

2015 THQ Nordic60Worthwhile

Playtime

LongTypically 40 hours

Playable on

Game modes

Details

Launch
April 28, 2015
Publisher
THQ Nordic

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

Jack of all trades, master of none

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...