A unique first person shooter that nails online play, but the single player is lacking. Oh...wait. There is none.

User Rating: 8.2 | Shadowrun X360
By sproke | Review Date:
I pop the disc out of the box, put it in my 360, and patiently await the awesomeness that this game should be. I immediately look for the campaign, but only find the "Start here" button. There are six training "chapters" within. I exit out to the main menu once again? "Where is the campaign?" I ask myself, "Maybe it's using smoke."

The lack of a single player experience is a huge blow to the game's playability as a whole, but it doesn't utterly destroy it. The training chapters DO do a good job of teaching you the ropes, giving you the basic knowledge of the technology, magic, weapons, and races within the game.

The way that you obtain weapons, technology, and magic powers is through a points and money system. Humans start out with $2500, where the other races start out with only a mere $2000. As you play the game, killing and even reviving people, you gain money bonuses (points), which give you more money to buy more things.

But enough about the single player. Let's talk about what the game is about, and what some say the game was made for - The intense, enjoyable, and long-lasting multiplayer mode. The gameplay modes are not very diverse, but they are still fun. You're never really outmatched due to a "TruSkill" system, which matches you up with people that are on the same level of play that you are.

The races are well balances, each with a different strength and corresponding weakness. It's fun, but IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN INTERNET CONNECTION DON'T BUY THIS GAME!

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