Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition

Critic reviews

• NNintendoLife

  PJ O'Reilly · Jun 21, 2022

  5.0

  It's a massive shame, as in terms of overall performance this third entry in the series runs well enough but there's just no getting around the freezing issue here, it needs sorting out with a patch ASAP before we can consider giving this one any sort of positive recommendation. For now, we'd steer clear of another disappointing port for Harebrained Schemes' stellar series.

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• TTechRaptor

  Mark Richard · Nov 07, 2015

  8.5

  Shadowrun: Hong Kong is sure to give RPG fans their money’s worth, with a compelling story that foreshadows a supreme threat and appropriately escalates until the stakes are higher than ever. The companions are so memorable—the ghoul samurai, the redeemed half-brother, the messy orc with really odd eating habits (and this is coming from someone who scoffs Cheetos sandwiches)—it’s everything great from Dragonfall expanded upon for a full blown sequel.

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• GIGame Informer

  Ben Reeves · Oct 05, 2015

  7.5

  Harebrained Schemes has clearly spent a ton of time on narrative, character development, and world-building, all of which make it easy absorb yourself in the fiction. Sadly, the massive amounts of reading in Shadowrun: Hong Kong might exhaust players who are hungry for action, and the combat itself feels comfortable but well-worn. Shadowrun: Hong Kong is fun for a select audience, but doesn’t have the depth or innovation to stand out.
• GGameSpot

  Justin Clark · Sep 18, 2015

  8.0

  It uses Chinese myth and spirituality in an interesting way, albeit with a few predictable elements. Players who have already taken this trip with Shadowrun Returns and its expansion may find themselves wanting a bit with the gameplay, and newbies will have quite the learning curve to surmount, but if you see the gameplay as an adequate means to experience the more satisfying narrative end, Shadowrun: Hong Kong more than earns your attention.

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• IIGN

  Leif Johnson · Sep 11, 2015

  8.0

  Shadowrun: Hong Kong doesn't change much about the core gameplay experience that developer Harebrained Schemes has given us for three years now, but it makes up for it with a quality tactical RPG that's challenging, well-written, and filled with memorable visuals and audio. What it lacks in new features it makes up for in improving old ones, such as a better experiences in the Matrix as well as improved interface options.

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• PGPC Gamer

  Angus Morrison · Aug 28, 2015

  7.0

  Regardless, Shadowrun Hong Kong is a spectacular story of deceit and poisonous evil that will lure you through the most indulgent settings yet seen in the cRPG renaissance. For the price, the scale is giddying, but Shadowrun is starting to cry out for innovation—these are new assets and a fresh script retrofitted to a two-year-old game. Harebrained works tirelessly to please its backers, but if Shadowrun continues to tread water, the genre it brought out of obscurity could end up slipping back into the shadows.

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