it actually takes a lot of skill to be good at shadowrun nowadays. what i like about the community is that the players are pretty committed to the game, and players are getting better and better. there isn't so much skill like in your average shooter, since there is no real focus on aiming (the aim is very forgiving, making PC and X360 players have a even playing field).
but that is what i find good about the game. games like Battlefield, Call of Duty, Halo, Unreal Tournament... they are basically the same thing in terms of shooting mechanics... only differentiating in pace of speed. Shadowrun's magic/tech makes it so you have have to think about how you will fight your opponent. i usually play an elf (i was a dwarf player before... but it didn't suit my style of playing), and the way i would fight two different races like the troll and dwarf are completely different:
i need to get in close with the troll and slice him with a katana before he can fire off his rounds on me. anything other than a surprise attack will get you killed since trolls have high health and harden. with dwarves... i need to fire from medium range and constantly move. if i stay in close, he will suck any essence i need to teleport away if i take too much damage.
these player differences (race, class, or anything similar) do not play as big of a role in other FPS games. its not like people take into consideration the enemies class when you play CoD3 or DoD:S. these classes differentiate in their guns for the most part... so as long as you don't get hit, those differences become irrelevant.
Shadowrun truly does have the best use of classes/races in an FPS game. i can't think of another game that has three level of differences that affect the game (race, weapons, and magic/tech).
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