When comparing Shadowrun: Hong Kong vs Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, the Slant community recommends Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition for most people. In the question“What are the best games on Steam with a rich story?” Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition is ranked 55th while Shadowrun: Hong Kong is ranked 75th. The most important reason people chose Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition is:
Due to the game popularity many guides and help tutorials are easily found through google search, which is great as there is much one needs to learn about the game that is not available as a tutorial.
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Pros
Pro Excellent writing
The characters, missions and dialogue are extremely well written.
Pro Rich story and universe
This is the 3rd installment of Shadowrun from Hairbrained Schemes Development, giving us even more fantastic story content to explore. Much like the previous game the story is BladeRunner esque as a cyberpunk type story but with a twist of involving fantasy elements such as Orks and Elves.
Pro Engrossing theme
Fantastic setting blends science with magic. The Classic Shadowrun experience from the original creators.
Pro Easy to google for help
Due to the game popularity many guides and help tutorials are easily found through google search, which is great as there is much one needs to learn about the game that is not available as a tutorial.
Pro Remastered RPG classic with extra content
The whole game has been remastered to play and look well on modern devices. With additions to the game like skipping dialogue or being able to finally zoom this is the definitive version.
Cons
Con Nothing much new added to the gameplay from previous games
While the developers are not trying to stray from a working formula it would have been nice to see some new elements added tot the gameplay over just refinement.
Con Combat system is still convoluted
Certain weapons need certain stats to damage certain enemies, which is most left unexplained in game, which makes the game difficult to play at times.