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Shadowrun: Dragonfall

BERLIN. The Flux-State: a stable anarchy enforced by an ever-shifting coalition of megacorps, political factions, and savvy power players. A place where almost anything goes and the right connections can be…

83 27 February 2014

Shadowrun: Dragonfall is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Harebrained Schemes, released 27 February 2014 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 29 hrs to finish.

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What Shadowrun: Dragonfall is

Shadowrun: Dragonfall is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Harebrained Schemes and released in 2014. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In 2012, magic returned to our world, awakening powerful creatures of myth and legend. Among them was the Great Dragon Feuerschwinge, who emerged without warning from the mountains of Germany, unleashing fire, death, and untold destruction across the countryside. It took German forces nearly four months to finally shoot her down - and when they did, their victory became known as The Dragonfall. It’s 42 years later - 2054 - and the world has changed. Unchecked advances in technology have blurred the line between man and machine. Elves and trolls walk among us, ruthless corporations bleed the world dry, and Feuerschwinge’s reign of terror is just a distant memory. Germany is splintered - a…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Shadowrun series

Shadowrun: Dragonfall is the fifth of 9 entries we hold in the Shadowrun series. It arrived 7 months after Shadowrun Returns. The next entry was Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut in 2014. Its critic score of 83 is 8 points above the series average of 75. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Shadowrun: Dragonfall holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 29 hrs.

What it launched against

Shadowrun: Dragonfall launched on 27 February 2014, within three weeks of South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone and The Last of Us: Left Behind. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, The Last of Us: Left Behind.

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Shadowrun: Dragonfall — frequently asked questions

When did Shadowrun: Dragonfall come out?
Shadowrun: Dragonfall was released on 27 February 2014 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How long does it take to beat Shadowrun: Dragonfall?
The main story of Shadowrun: Dragonfall takes around 29 hrs.

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