Shadowrun Returns
| Shadowrun Returns | |
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Logo of the game
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| Developer(s) | Harebrained Schemes |
| Publisher(s) | Harebrained Schemes |
| Designer(s) |
Jordan Weisman Mitch Gitelman |
| Composer(s) | Marshall Parker Sam Powell Jon Everist |
| Series | Shadowrun |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android |
| Release |
Windows, OS X
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| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 76/100 (PC) 85/100 (iOS) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Game Informer | 8.5/10 |
| IGN | 7.3/10 |
| Joystiq |   |
| Polygon | 7/10 |
| Hardcore Gamer | 4.5/5 |
Shadowrun Returns is a science fantasy turn based tactical role-playing game developed and published by Harebrained Schemes. It takes place in the setting of the Shadowrun tabletop role-playing game. The game was successfully crowd funded through Kickstarter, and was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, and Android in 2013.
An expansion pack titled, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, was released in 2014. It was later converted to a standalone release and as Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director's Cut. In 2015, Harebrained Schemes launched another Kickstarter campaign to partially fund their next game, Shadowrun: Hong Kong. Similar to the Dragonfall – Director's Cut edition, Hong Kong was released in 2015 as a standalone release built using an upgraded version of the Shadowrun Returns engine.
The player is able to customize their character's gender and appearance. There are five races to choose from: humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and trolls. The player can choose to play as one of six classes, Street Samurai, Mage, Decker, Shaman, Rigger, or Physical Adept, or the player can choose to play as no class at all. Street Samurai focus on combat and weapons, Mages use various spells including attack spells, healing spells and others, Deckers focus on hacking into computer systems, Shamans can summon spirits to aid in battle, Riggers control robotic drones that can specialize in combat or healing, while Physical Adepts use their magic spells to make themselves stronger in various ways.
As the story progresses, the player is given Karma to spend on improving their characters. While classes control what skills and equipment the character starts with, the player can choose to gain any skills they wish (e.g., Deckers can spend Karma to gain a Shaman's summoning abilities). The main statistics are Body, Quickness, Strength, Intelligence, Willpower and Charisma. Besides the player-character, the player can hire up to three other runners to aid the player-character during missions. Some non-player-characters are required to follow the player-character during certain missions.
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