When comparing Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition vs Shadowrun: Hong Kong, the Slant community recommends Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for most people. In the question“What are the best games on Steam with a rich story?” Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is ranked 50th while Shadowrun: Hong Kong is ranked 75th. The most important reason people chose Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is:
Users can connect over LAN or TCP/IP for up to 6 player co-op.
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Pros
Pro Online and LAN co-op
Users can connect over LAN or TCP/IP for up to 6 player co-op.
Pro New NPCs to choose from
There are two or three new NPCs your PC encounters, and can add one or more to your adventuring party.
Pro Plays like original with more portraits available for PCs and the Black Pits arena combat module
Plays just like the original game with the same hidden treasures. When creating PCs, you have more available portraits to choose from. Black Pits Arena combat module is awesome, but gets really deadly in the later rounds.
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.
Cons
Con Modded original can offer better experience
Depending on if one want to go through the trouble, but modding the original game can offer a better experience over this enhanced edition.
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.