Shadowrun review - Xbox 360

Shadowrun has been the subject of much scrutiny and speculation throughout its development and understandably so: it's the first game to be playable as a multiplayer across platforms (it's available on both the Xbox 360 and Windows Vista). It had its share of criticism pre-release, as early looks at the game proved disappointing but there's been a huge amount of work done on it over the last year - the question is, did it bring it up to the standard we were all hoping for? Well it's out now, and we've been playing it, so how does Shadowrun shape up as what is effectively the first Xbox 360 online-only game? Read our Shadowrun for Xbox 360 review to find out!
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Shadowrun review for Xbox 360
As the first game to feature crossplatform multiplayer between Windows Vista and Xbox 360, Shadowrun has been under a perhaps unfair amount of scrutiny for a long time. Since its poor first showing at E3, the developers have been slaving away in an attempt to bring the game up to the standard the public were expecting, and it’s certainly been a rocky road of development. Almost a year later, and Shadowrun has finally been released on both Windows Vista and Xbox 360, but was it really worth the wait? Before we begin this review, we need to make one thing clear - if you’re buying Shadowrun, and you don’t have a Live Gold account, you may as well not bother. There’s no single-player mode worth speaking of included here, and no split-screen mode, which makes Shadowrun the Xbox 360’s first onlineonly FPS.
I’ll see you online Luckily, when it does come down to the online side of things, Shadowrun has the formula almost perfectly cracked. Smooth and lag free, the gameplay is as enjoyable an online experience as you’re likely to find, and it comes complete with a whole host of unique features. Thanks to the heritage of its pen and paper RPG inspiration, the developers have been able to work a lot of interesting ideas into the game, and as a result, the gameplay feels as innovative as you could imagine.

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