The textures are more detailed and the lighting effects are far more noticeable. It became immediately obvious that the 360 version of the game was the more polished version.
#SHADOWRUN FPS PC#
The gameplay between the PC and 360 versions is much the same, but graphically it is a different story. By far the coolest magical ability you get though is to unleash an Orc, who does the killing for you and acts as a bodyguard. Unlike the technology, your magic is drained away each time you use it, but is replenished over a short period of time. Some parts of the maps are tall and best suited to players who have Gliders - while others parts with lots of corridors can be easily navigated by those with the teleporting ability. We played only a handful of the maps, but they are designed to accommodate almost all of the different abilities. The maps are highly detailed with multiple levels and paths leading to your objectives. Then the fun begins - as the matches are often very chaotic. Each round starts off in the purchase screen where you are invited to buy a variety of weapons, technology and magic. The game itself is quite fast paced with rounds averaging around three to four minutes. Trolls can wield the heavy chaingun without slowing down, unlike the other races. A few of the technological abilities you can purchase in Shadowrun include a glider, aim assist which also lets you see through walls, and grenades. However, while the technology abilities in Shadowrun are cool, they aren't as well thought out as their magic counterparts. The magic can be used for a variety of things including reviving your dead team-mate, making a healing tree which heals all players within a two metre radius, teleporting you five metres forward and even summoning a mighty Orc to do your dirty work. The other way, and by far the most fun way to play Shadowrun, is to use a mixture of technology and magic. Whilst that way works fine, it isn't the most exciting way to do it. The first being to treat Shadowrun like any other online first person shooter (FPS) and just run and gun, learning which weapons suit which situation and just sticking to your guns. Set in a fantasy world, Shadowrun puts a variety of maps and game types at the player's disposal. Shadowrun is an online First Person Shooter which borrows elements from a variety of games including Counter-Strike and Oblivion.
#SHADOWRUN FPS WINDOWS#
While Halo 2 will be the first game to utilise the Games for Windows - Live multiplayer features on Vista when it is released for PC on 17 May, Shadowrun has been the first game built from the ground up to be played over Live. The action is fast and bloody in Shadowrun.