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Shadowrun: Hong Kong review: When life gives you chopsticks, stab someone |
August 27, 2015
It’s oddly comforting we’ve made it so far into this isometric CRPG revival that there are now things I consider a “known quantity.” But it’s happened.I’ve been playing Shadowrun: Hong Kong this week, the latest [expansion/new game/whatever they want to label it] from Harebrained Schemes, and it’s a bit like pulling on an old, comfortable pair of cyberpunk-approved leather pants.Street of dreams
Hong Kong makes the third entry of the series in as many years, following 2013’s Seattle-based Shadowrun Returns and last year’s Berlin-based Dragonfall. And like Dragonfall, Hong Kong wipes the slate clean—new main character, new crew, new location, new threat. In a way it feels like Harebrained is treating Shadowrun, The Video Game akin to Shadowrun, The Tabletop Experience. It’s an ever-growing series of modules, not your traditional video game “sequel.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2973585/software-games/shadowrun-hong-kong-review-when-life-gives-you-chopsticks-stab-someone.html#tk.rss_reviews
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