Is Shadowrun Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk
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- Опубліковано 21 кві 2014
- An acquired taste.
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Back in 1994 I spent two weeks washing dishes in my uncle's pizza place to buy this game. Easily in my top 10 of SNES games.
my dad was pissed when I finally convinced him to shell out the 70(!) dollars for this game back when it was released; he ended up playing it as much as i did.
Only top 10!? It’s number 1 for me
2 weeks? How much was he paying you an hour??
@@joblack5933 it was the 90s, so not very much lol.
I’d say definitely a top 10 rpg one of my favorite games too 👌🏽
Besides the combat, this game in it's entirety was way ahead of it's time. That's one of the reasons I loved it. The isometric view, the art, music and even the subtle "whisper" sound effect when people talked was great. Let's not forget the really interesting keyword dialogue, that thing made you feel like a detective, going around asking the right questions to the right people would get you further in the story.
also add to it's list of pros is that it was NOT a turn based RPG.. i loved that about shadowrun. you don't see too many RPGs like that..
Who's still playing in this 2020?! Love this game! My first Cyberpunk experience.
Right! This and Johnny Mnemonic. Ah the 90s lol
2023😂❤
@@DerangedKat Hell yeah!
I love this game. I heard the music and I was 11 again.
Playing it now 😎
I poured more time into this than any other SNES game as a kid. Worth it.
Man! This game blown my mind! I love everything on this game, I used to play Table RPG (GURPS, anyone?) and saw a shadowrun playbook on shelf, instant love, oh! that art! And when I knew about an SNES release, couldn't wait to try it out... my life... is... so damn good! Thank you SNES!
I played SR in pen and paper.
It's great chummer!
to quote AVGN, " I'd pop this fucker in any day. " the genesis version had it's good points too, but overall I enjoyed the snes version more.
Tried playing this a lot when I was a kid. It intrigued me because of the serious tone. I was never able to get into it and usually gave up before I even had a weapon to fire.
So last year I decided to give it another try, now 20 years later i'd at least be able to get somewhere right? And I did. The start felt a bit trial and error, but eventually I got what the game was going for and it actually does it really well. For those with the patience to trial and error through the first hour, and get used to how it wants to be played, which it doesn't convey well, it's going to be a great time.
If you go left right when you leave the morgue there is a Beretta pistol laying on a corpse, grab it and geek the booster giving you drek next to him. Bam, you've got a gun and used it in less than two minutes of gameplay
I just started replaying this, in 2021. I just had to from how much of an impact this game had on me when I was a kid, when I was stuck early, for not understanding English too well at the time.
Have you ever played the tabletop? I'm running a Sixthworld game right now and dude it's so much better than DnD in my opinion
@@CrudeConduct666 I don't really playing like tabletop games as much as video games since I like getting into the action right away but I do like the setting of it.
Try Shadowrun Returns again. The creators acknowledges players wanted more malleable saves, save scumming or no. It was updated with the introduction of the superior Dragonfall DLC, and now Returns (or Dead Man's Switch as it's really known) runs like Dragonfall.
In short, try it again. Or try Dragonfall autonomously as you can play it as a separate game now. And if you like that, Hong Kong is even better.
AWESOME GAME!!! One of the few Western RPGs for the SNES. Definitely a breath of fresh air after so many JRPGs. I really recommend to people that enjoy Fallout 1/2, Planescape Torment, Pillars of Eternity.
So happy you covered this one. I've played Shadowrun through a few times on SNES and was never disappointed. I hope more people get to enjoy this unique experience.
Recuerdo encontrar el juego en un emulador de SNES, tenía como 9 años y no paré de jugarlo por 2 semanas, ( no entendía mucho ingles y fue lo que me hizo abandonarlo), pero sus mecánicas me parecieron únicas para la época. 10/10 !
Summer 94. I cherish these days.
Talk to: Dog
Ask about: Drake
Dog: GRRRRRRR!
GrRrRrRrrrrrrrr!
let dog out.
GrRrrrrrr...YAYY!
The story is pretty well integrated into the game play as you, the player, have to decide whether or not you're going to ask every. single. person. in the world every word on the list, or select key words or barely talk to them at all. Heck, at some point you can EVEN CHOOSE TO KILL THEM [which, unfortunately I chose to do so after some point of frustration (stop telling random strangers that they are homeless, businessmen! :p)].
Also, not sure if anyone else has mentioned this or not but magic is VERY USEFUL. It's all in how you use it. Level your magic up along with strength, and firearm so that you can a: last longer, and b: heal yourself and your party [if you choose to rent runners (hint: always get Kitsune)]. I used Invisibility on Kitsune and used all her heals on myself throughout the game and pretty much BROKE it that way once I had tank 'Runners to shoot tank enemies while I healed.
Shadowrun is like Dark Souls in this way: you figure out what you want to do and then inch your way to that point of the game. I love it.
"fox thing" = Shape shifter = intelligent awakened animal capable of taking a metahuman form
in the 5th edition of the tabletop (rules as written) using karma to improve your character takes an amount of weeks(?) dependent on that stat or skills current value.
fun fact: the main character in the SNES shadowrun game has cyberware (a data jack) and in the table top having any cyberware reduces essence which makes spell casting more difficult. typically awakened characters opt not to get cyberware even to correct something as simple and debilitating as blindness.
I think essence is considered in the snes version, though it has been a while and I could be confusing it with ther shadowrun videogames.
@@bramvanduijn8086 Genesis version has essence snes character can do anything for some reason , he's also present in returns where yet again he has both cyberware and magic
One of my Top 10 Favorite SNES games of all time. Great music and atmosphere.
Nice job. I just played through this game again about 2 months ago. Love it.
SNES Shadowrun was always one of my favorite SNES games
the most underrated SNES title (way better than the Genesis game)... the SNES game influenced 'Fallout'... the SNES version has one of the greatest soundtracks ever.
NOSTOGLIA at its finest! I love this game so much and the music takes me back to my older brothers room sitting on the floor watching this game. Beat it 100 times and it still tugs at my heart.
Another excellent review. You really have a knack for this. I hope you get more and more subscribers - you put so much more prep into your reviews than 90% of what is out there on UA-cam.
Thanks man
Great review, one of my favorite games and I think your summary is perfect.
Thanks Richard
I'd put this in my top 5 SNES games. I love the cyberpunk aesthetic! You're right about the awkward point and click controls, though. It would have been really clever if they had an option that you could walk around with the D-pad in one hand, and use the mouse to control the cursor/crosshairs with the other.
The Mega Drive one, yes it's called Mega Drive in the UK (Genesis) one is pretty good, worth playing if you haven't... I like them both equally but the SNES one is better really. The new reboot ones are good, especially Dragonfall. Hong Kong is nice too because it's better graphically and you get the sweet Monofilament Whip too.
Blew my mind back in the day, my first shadow run experience
2:14 I always chuckled at "Doggie"
I loved this game!! I really got absorbed into it,like I remember real streets, from the game.
I loved this game and played it in the early 00s as a huge cyberpunk and Shadowrun fan. It was so good.
I borrowed this off my mate when I was at school and swapped a load stuff to keep it and still love it
Love this game. Easily in my Top 10. Great soundtrack too.
Side note, Shadowrun Returns recently added the ability to save anywhere.
Otherwise I agree entirely with this video.
Thanks, might try it then. Still, looking at videos it seemed kind of stiff for a modern release. More effort could've been put into it to make the setting come alive more.
Doc Dee do you have any idea how I can play this game now cuz I haven't in like 17 years or have they made a new one on a new system
Brian O'Neil shadowrun returns is on Steam and has a fan made version of this game as an add on. It uses the pc games engine though so doesn't play anything like the SNES game. I would play it on an emulator if you want to play the SNES version.
Oh good thing you agree entirely with this video, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to add that side note.
The controls are actually surprisingly fine once you get use to them (which doesn't take long). The bigger issue is not knowing where to go and having to wander around aimlessly for ages while constantly getting shot at by hitmen and snipers, etc. I'd love to see a real-time remake of this game as the atmosphere was great and it was almost a great game. Maybe Cyberpunk 2077 will be something in this tone.
Love your channel man. Thanks for all your hard work. Have a request if you have time, could you please do a review of 'Syndicate'? (SNES version of course)
Thanks in advance.
cool nice review this game is one of my favourites from when i was a kid
I loved shadowrun.
Absolute classic. There is nothing else like it.
When i had a snes in the 90's i had almost 30 games and half of them are the one's coming out on the mini but this was the one game that i was really surprised about. It was really different to most games i had in a good way. This was my 2nd favorite of the bunch followed by super metroid. My best was and probably always will be link to the past.
Ended up learning a lot about emulators in the process of getting this game onto my snes mini.
I had the exact same opinion about the shadowrun returns game. Nice to know someone else shares that opinion.
Grew up with this game and really loved it. Fans have done a remake using the Shadowrun Returns engine on Steam, recommend!
Way better than the Genesis version, IMO. This game still feels unique and the atmosphere still holds amazingly well. The Genesis version just feels like a compromised PC RPG in comparison.
I was glad to finally find the debug room using the matchbox.
I borrowed this game from a friend. It was pretty tough to figure out at first for a 13 hear old but what an amazing feel to this game. Really felt like you were part of this world. I loved it
I played so much of this game with my friend, we went all tired and fuck up to school without getting any sleep, good times.
An absolute classic. Fully immerses you in a cyberpunk world with a believable story. Great atmosphere with those detailed portraits and mysterious music when you're encountering NPCs in their menu. I just loved it and beat it several times just to go back into that world. Where mythical creatures meet magic and technology in a neo-industrial world.
If I remember right, I got really stuck at the part where you had to get three items off the three dogs. It was the dog in the middle of the park, in the first area. I never made any connection about the dogs being important and thought it was just a random dog running about. I think I had to phone a helpline or something to tell me to talk to the dog to get the dog collar.
My first cyberpunk experience. One day my dad just gave me some games he bought at some store and this was one of em along with Choplifter 3. As a kid, I couldn't figure out shit of what to do till we got internet and I wrote down an entire GameFAQs guide on a notebook to know what to do. But man, I still love the game all the same. I truly wish we could get a romhack of it or another game like it. The PC revivals were fun but just didn't feel the same. If we could get this game but with actual shadowruns to be hired in like on Genesis, I'd be thrilled!
And the soundtrack!!! to this day i still enjoy listening to it.
Just played this for the first time ever over the summer. Agreed on all points. I think the only thing that truly annoyed me was scrolling through the entire keyword list every time you selected a topic. If it was more obvious which topics were relevant in NPC conversations or if it at least kept your cursor in the most recently selected option it would have saved a lot of frustration. There were parts where I missed progressing the story because I had only tried half the keyword options but skipped the relevant one out of pure impatience.
Still, very fun game! I actually got used to the point and click aspects of it a lot quicker than I thought I would.
As a kid I was near oblivious to the SNES mouse and not sure why it existed. Now as an adult I'm left wondering why more games didn't use it.
It's a good thing they don't though. Most people don't want to bother with it, myself included. We had/have a Sega mouse that we never used. It's a fun, kind of hackish idea to mess with it, but not practical.
Actually, it's not a good thing that it wasn't made usable for so many games that it would have clearly benefited. It doesn't matter if you "didn't want to bother with it", and most people would in fact like the option. The games could have easily supported both the controller and the mouse so you would have a choice.
Game development isn't particularly about player choices, and when it is, it's an exception. That's why it's a good thing more games weren't made to take advantage of these old low accuracy mice. We have better, more playable games for developers not having bothered with this niche hardware option.
Low accuracy? You've clearly never played Gnat Attack.
Low accuracy, yeah, that's what I said.
As always, fantastic review. You always provide so much good information in a nice compact review. I personally would enjoy it if you provided a rating based on your opinion for the games you review. But, it seems like you try to give very unbiased reviews and a rating may muddle that a bit. So either way I look forward to future videos.
Thanks!
Shadow Run on the Sega 32x back in 1993 was my favorite RPG. brings back memories anyone remember Sega Channel?
I loved this game as a kid and I got it when it first came out.
I had no idea what I was doing, nor how to do anything. I was so lost just what to do, but I went everywhere and clicked everything and fumbled my way through.
It was great.
The Shadowrun novels are mostly fantastic as well, and still relatively cheap to find used online.
I really enjoyed Shadowrun I actually found it at a Blockbuster video about 2 months after it came out and I held onto it for like 2 weeks and paid late fees cuz I wanted to do everything in it
Probably my favorite SNES game ever. There was so much to do and you had to work your way through it.
Aaaah yes, Shadowrun, using the Matrix before the movie :P such a fun game, and it was really easy to max out your levels in that crypt stage, a gamble yes, but an easy gamble :) nice review :)
I started playing this recently and it surprised me with how good it is.
Anyone else playing this in 2021? I’ve just started playing (properly after understanding the game system) and now I’ve been enjoying this RPG more. Grinding and so on.
Love me some shadowrun. One of my favorite snes games.
I have the genesis version it's cool and I've played a little bit of the snes version and I liked it also but I don't have a snes copy..gonna have to pick one up sometime
One of the best games ever!
I love the keyword mechanic. It makes you feel like a detective.
Fox brings you to life?
Does he show up again later?
Yes? I'm sold.
One of my Favorite snes rpg’s by far. When I got my snes mini I modded this game to it.
This game was the shiznits!!!!💪Great Review SNESDrunk
Hey Snesdrunk! Just wanted to throw something on your radar. Some fans of shadowrun on snes used the level editor in Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall on steam to completely recreate this game. It’s fully playable and really well done. Might be worth a video 🤙
SNES version is more along the lines of an adventure game like Monkey's Island. I swear this was a MSX port or something.
Genesis version is more of a well rounded RPG but with open world elements. Almost like a GTA game before its time.
I feel like Shadowrun Returns wasn't advertised properly. The real selling point is the game engine itself. I consider it an RPG Maker that just so happens to come with a free game. The real fun is the fan made campaigns which the developers actually play and wind up being surprised with what people come up with design wise. I'd recommend Jacked Up, From The Shadows, Run and Nightmare Harvest to really see what the engine is capable of. There was even a fan made remake of the SNES version in the works, but I doubt it was ever finished.
solblackguy thx for the mod recommendations I had no clue about these
Nice review, but how could you not mention the music. It's amazing
The first RPG I was ever exposed to. I got absolutely obsessed with this game over one summer.
Sometime in 1995 one of my friends gifted me this game because he said it was too hard and I played it and never got out of the first world I didn't know anything back then I was like 11 years old and years later as an adult I bought a USN SNES controller and loaded a rom on the PC and gave it a go and got hooked I beat the game many times over including twice this week because I had a bit of time to spare really fun.
For me this is in my top 5 SNES games. One of the few rpgs I had the patience to finish when I was younger. Am still replaying it to this day every few years.
Utterly brilliant soundtrack and the world truly sucks you into the story.
I loved how unique this game was, as a kid. Playing through it as an adult, with a walkthrough, was also super satisfying. I sucked so much less at it...
It kind of reminds me of Fallout. I want to emulate this but it looks like a title I'd like to have the hard copy. Good stuff Snes drunk.
I LOVED this game growing up. I would probably have a better appreciation for it nowadays. I remember playing this so much trying to explore everything while having no idea what I was doing. My first dive into the cyberpunk genre.
I love this game. Just bought it again
Everything about this game is great, but especially the music and sound. Unbelievable and ahead of its time for sure!
Yeah, you're right
Are there any good mods/hacks of this game? I fell in love with this game the first time I played it as a kid.
Thanks alot man for mentioning the sega cd version, never knew it existed, just checked it out, totally different game, very different.
Shadowrun for snes = one of the best rpg made.
First game I was really addicted to. Street Fighter 2 was my next game 🎮 I sunk in to.
absolutely! someone even made a mod you can use with emulation to allow for mouse to control the pointer making it more comfortable to play!
if you have nothing against the visuals or isometric view go for it!
The answer is yes. I discovered it in a list of SNES games on my modded Xbox in 2007 and got hooked. Yeah 2007 was 13 years ago but still...
I don't think you necessarily need to look at a walkthrough to figure out how to get the plot moving. When my friend lent me his copy of Shadowrun, he gave me three pearls of wisdom:
1. Which buttons do what
2. The purpose of *highlighted words* in conversation.
3. Where Jake's apartment was.
From there, everything else just sort of fell into place, for the most part.
The more recent releases on the PC by Hairbrained Studios (i think?) left me feeling a bit wanting. Now that everyone is reminded that the cyberpunk genre is still a thing, maybe we'll see some high budget remakes or sequels? I bet Inixile or Larian could do wonders with the franchise.
Crystalis on NES and Shadowrun on SNES are certified RPG-adventure classics that unfortunately - for you, if you never played 'em - just didn't get the love that more familiar household name titles got.
My brother’s favorite game. I miss you, chummer!
And now, a collection of the game series is coming to consoles next year. Nice!!
This was my fav game back then. Game got me into the matrix conspiracies 😂
Awesome game very rare to find. Even hard to find on eBay
This was my favourite game of all time, back in the day. Followed by Terranigma.
I never got to play Secret of Mana 2 though until I was older, sadly and I've never managed to play it for very long as an adult. Chrono Trigger, though, could have usurped Terranigma for No. 2 perhaps.
Secret of Mana (the first one) is one of my favourite games ever but Shadowrun takes the gold.
Damn i remember renting this game so many times
Sometimes I'll replay this for the soundtrack... Never got far enough to beat it yet. Although that seems to be a trend with me and games.
Loved this game! So worth a play though if you haven't!!
1:44 the best part of the song.
This gem was underrated for sure.
Fun fact, the main character of this game does show up as an NPC in Shadowrun Returns.
dang what a short snes drunk theme song...
Shadowrun was an awesome 'hidden' SNES gem
Good lawd. I used to love this game
How many snes games do you own?