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<b>Fandom/Canon Name:</b>
<b>What's awesome about it:</b>
<b>Where to find:</b>


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Shadowrun: Hong Kong

[lucios]

Fandom/Canon Name:
Shadowrun: Hong Kong

What's awesome about it:
Do you like cyberpunk? Do you like fantasy? Do you ever wish there were a combination of the two? Say no more, Shadowrun is here.

Shadowrun takes place in a cyberpunk dystopian world with fantasy elements and magic. Think Bladerunner and Dungeons & Dragons had a lovechild except dragons run corporations that rule the world instead of sitting on a pile of treasure.

Shadowrun: Hong Kong takes place in Hong Kong as it's name might suggest and you play as someone from Seattle who recently got out of corporate jail for reasons you can decided in game. You're there to meet your estranged adopted brother, Duncan, an ork cop with a temper and your estranged father Raymond Black.

A series of events follows that leads to you becoming a shadowrunner. A criminal who works the streets doing illegal things that no one else wants to including but not limited to: corporate espionage, wet work, working with gangs, finding a serial killer, stealing an actress, and more.

You have a crew consisting of: said estranged brother Duncan, your weird Russian sociopathic half-robot roommate who lives in the basement, a rat shaman who will eat anything, a shy dwarf hacker who's mean with a grenade launcher, and a zombie samurai.

Shadowrun is super funny and has a really engaging plot full of lots of mystery. It's a crapsack world but it has very engaging well-written NPCs who have their own little mini-arcs alongside your teammates. There's background gay NPCs, your brother Duncan is gay, and one of the NPCs you meet is a cool agender monk named Spider Shen.

There's a lot of f/f potential between Gobbet and Is0bel who have a history together and if you're into it, the MC's relationship with Duncan is super slashy because of some choice narration. (How was I supposed to not ship it when my characters notices how buff he is and how shiny his perfect teeth are.) If not, their relationship is pretty fraught but it's obvious they care for each other depending on what dialogue options you take.

Where to find: You can buy it easily on Steam, it's been on sale a couple of times and is actually 80% off atm on hundle bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/shadowrun-complete-collection?hmb_source=search_bar

Re: Shadowrun: Hong Kong

[rosehiptea]

I am definitely going to buy this as long as it will run on my laptop which it looks like it will. I don't know how far I'll be able to get before sign-ups but we'll see!

Re: Shadowrun: Hong Kong

[lucios]

I have an absolute potato of a laptop so it should be able to run for you, it took me about 40 hours to finish I think? But it's honestly an amazing game that I recommend for everyone, I hope you enjoy it!

Re: Shadowrun: Hong Kong

[(Anonymous)]

It's also dirt-cheap on Good Old Games, for those who prefer that to Steam, along with the other two Shadowrun games (Reborn and Dragonfall). Definitely seconding the rec, these games are all a lot of fun.