So that new Shadowrun Returns game...

[Anaximander]

Ye about the Trolls and Orcs and Elves (and Dragons*), I came from Fourth World / Earthdawn before playing Sixth World / Shadowrun (the Mayan calendar / Mayan world cycles thing), so for me it made perfect sense - but I can see how it can lead to some WTF moments

Anyways, I got it and finished the campaign and yeah it's very short; but I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It's like a mix of tabletop Shadowrun storytelling and Fallout 1&2 turn-based style gameplay (also there are some similarities with parts of the Fallout 1 campaign).

Can't wait to see more campaigns out there (FASA published some really good ones over the years for tabletop Shadowrun, maybe some of them will be imported), hopefully as good at "Dead Man's Switch" - I found it very well written and for once I cared for both story and characters in a computer game, even though both are conveyed mainly through plain text. I guess that goes to show that a good writer trumps a good animator when it comes to bringing characters to life.

I'd recommend this game to others, just beware it's short and we'll have to wait a little while for decent user generated content. Only drawback is the savegame system (autosave on level start, no manual save) because some levels are quite lengthy and it can be frustrating having to replay them entirely if you messed up, but on the other hand you invest more of yourself in the game and try to get it right first time round and I suppose that's a good thing.

Also I would think system requirements are pretty low, I played it in 1080p windowed mode while watching Youtube and doing other stuff np.

*Spoiler alert: You'll meet one in humanoid form during the campaign