Its dark and gritty world is fascinating to explore and well realised, with lots of colourful characters to encounter and exciting quests to complete. Shadowrun really is a top notch slice of old-school RPG action. You've got the obligatory quests to take on as well, while it's also possible to hack into The Matrix, a vast repository of computer-stored knowledge.
You can also hire other characters to join your party and help out in combat, which is action-based and which uses melee, ranged weapons and magic. Players take the role of Joshua and start out by choosing a class, which affects their abilities in combat, magic and hacking, before navigating through the game's extensive open-world, speaking with NPCs, gathering info on their brother's death and engaging in combat. The complex story revolves around the death of a shadowrunner, mercs who take on dirty jobs for the big corporations, which is being investigated by his brother, Joshua. It's set in a dark and gritty universe which is a mix of cyberpunk-style sci-fi and fantasy, where hi-tech gear and gadgets sit comfortably alongside magic and elves. Whatever format you play it on though, you're pretty much guaranteed a good time. There a couple of different versions of this classic RPG out there, with the SNES version radically different from this Genesis take on it.
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