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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!!

No campaign is no big deal

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: June 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

whoever gave this game a bad review because there is no solo campaign is just dumb. they obviously didn't look into the game enough before they bought it. not sure why you would buy a 60$ game without knowing anything about it unless you had a lot of money to play with. Yes, the game doesn't have a solo campaign. does that really matter? NO. look at Halo 2. Fantastic game, yes it has campaign, but who plays it? you beat it once maybe a few times but the majority of people still play the game ONLY because of its online awesomeness. this game is fantastic online and couldn't be any better even with a campaign. some kids are just ridiculous. but yeah bottom line is that this game is awesome online if you have live or windows vista you should definately buy this game

Excellent game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: May 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game on a whim and i am so glad i did. This game is sheer fun. I played this game for 8 hours straight on xbox live when i first popped it in. It is rather innovative as an FPS, it has magic skills to choose from as well as different races with different abilites. If i had to compare this game to anything it would be counterstrike meets unreal tournament with a hint of heretic (in terms of magic). There is no story mode in the game for anyone without xbox live but you can play againt bots. Basicly if you like fps type games and you have xbox live then this is the game to get.

Unexpected

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: June 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for two reasons: love for the original series and an ongoing high from playing the Halo 3 Beta. It turned out to a be a great but (although not for those reasons). First off, this is not the ShadowRun of your youth. Despite its listing as a FPS, I still expected some RPG/adventure/storyline elements in my heart . The first two are nonexistent (see: other reviews) and the third stops after the manual. My second validation, a desire for continued Haloey goodnesss, also went unfulfilled (and fear of a June Halo detox has begun to cause me nightmares.
Despite my warnings, this game is fantastic. If you donnot have XBOX live, forget it, but online, Shadowryn combines tradional FPS skills, with a need for strategy and teamwork often bereft from the not Rainbow Six/GRAW genre. This isn't I'll get the sniper riffle, you get the missle laucher and go our seperate killing ways, this is you be this race (human, troll, dwarf or elf with varying strengths, speeds, and skills) with this weapon, and these magics (most entirely unprecedented in FPS to my knowledge, i.e. not fireball or ice shard), with this skill and I'll counter you with this set so we can anticipate when the enemy tries this. The lack of a single-player story hurt the most, but Shadowrun is a tasty treat for anyone looking for a new take on FPS multiplierdom.

Fun, but highly limited.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: June 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I should start off by stating that Shadowrun is an extremely fun game to play. There is constant movement, the battle dynamics are always changing and team work is important. It's a strategic FPS that is unique in its design.

My problem is I can't help but feel like the game is incomplete, there are only two game modes, and no where near enough maps to justify only having 2 modes. In fact, I'd only recommend this game if you have extra dough to spend and you don't want to help starving kids in Africa, or if you are willing to pay $50 for an incomplete game, then deal with having to pay another $10 or so for extra content and modes (if there ever is any). If you really need to have this game, rent it, at least until more content or extras come out, because as it stands right now, it feels like I'll be getting bored of it in a week or so.

It's a multiplayer FPS -- and it is good.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game was marketed as a multi-player game only. It is just that. If you like first person shooters online, against real people, you will like this game. If you want to buy a game that has a story and a campaign... don't buy Shadowrun.
I recommend this game to anyone who likes high levels of online competition. Its a brilliant FPS that incorporates new strategies with the ability to customize your character at the start of each round.

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.

Duh...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: June 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First off, the people who are giving this one star because it lacks a campaign, you should have known that before you even bought the game. People who are mad about the change from an RPG, there are enough RPGs out there already for you to choose from. I would say that if you don't have Xbox Live, don't get this game. But, if you do, BUY THIS GAME!

Fun, but overpriced and needs work

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

You should know already that this game is multiplayer only.

However, the game seems to be released more as a Beta than a final version. A lot of the bugs have been fixed with Live updates, but simple things like Preferences, game customization, choosing map orders, etc are pretty poor design. That is inexcusable when a game is strictly multiplayer only. It is worth $30, that is it. Don't pay more.

Very good, but not at full price.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a very well put together team shooter. It winds up being a little bit too no-frills, but if you can catch it on a sale, it is a great value. Do not spend sixty dollars on this game. There are only nine maps, and no story mode to speak of. The bots do a passable job, but nothing matches human player. Adding the abilty to teleport, revive dead teammates and fly changes the gameplay in fresh and enjoyable ways.

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