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User Rating: 9.2 | Shadowrun X360
By PoKeR360 | Review Date:
The xbox 360 has a number of first person shooters. Shadowrun is one of them. So what makes this shooter different than the other ones? Many different things, which make it unique and worth playing. Shadowrun is online only, or you can play against bots. There is NO story mode. There are 4 different races: Human, Dwarf, Elf, and Troll. Each has an advantage. For example, Troll's have high life, and low essence (Mana). Humans dont lose essence for tech skills. Dwarves drain other players essence. Elves have low life, but can regenerate it.

There are two teams, the lineage and RNA. The lineage fight to preserve the artifact, while the RNA seek to control it.

Graphics -
Decent graphics. Not gears of war graphics, but you can definitly tell their next gen. Some glitchy parts will make it look cheap, such as bodies stuck in between the floor. It's not a graphical masterpiece, but its not last gen graphics either.

Sound -
Some of the sound gets kind of corny. When someone gets stabbed from behind, the character will keep saying "I'm bleeding out" and nothing more. Gun sounds are pretty good, along with other sounds when you use different skills or tech.

Game Modes -
There are 3 different game modes. Raid, Extraction, and attrition. Raid is where the lineage try to escape with the artifact. Extraction, both teams try to get the artifact and take it to the given area to score. Attrition is team deathmatch. Raid/Extraction - bodies can be destroyed. Attrition - bodies cannot be destroyed.

Gameplay -
When you join a game, you will choose your Race. Depending on your race, you will get a certain amount of cash. You can then buy: Tech / Magic / Guns / or give it to a team mate. Tech includes: Glider , smartlink , wired reflexes, antimagic generator and a few others. Magic includes: Resurect (rez. killed teammates) , tree of life (heals you), gust (like the force), teleport(through walls!), smoke (temporary invincible) and a few others also. You can hotkey up to 3 skills and carry 2 weapons. Weapons include: SMG, Rifle, pistol, shotgun, sniper rifle, katana, minigun, rocket launcher. If you die, the other team can "kill" your downed body so you will not be able to get resurected.

Overall: For what this game is (online shooter) it does a great job. Many complain about no storyline, well thats not what this game was made for. Im basing this review totally on what this game has, not what it doesnt have. What this game has totally changes the view of a first person shooter and should definitly be bought if you enjoy first person shooters and online gameplay.

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