Shadowrun

"Shadowrun is an average game at best that should have stayed as an RPG. There are many shooters out there that are better on the Xbox 360: FEAR, Rainbow Six and Gears of War to name a few. It may be a hot game this summer, but there really isn't anything to offer that you haven't seen before. If you are dying for another game to play, Shadowrun may fill that void until the good games start releasing in August. If you don't play online, don't bother because Shadowrun is made for online play."

"This multiplayer-only shooter does absolutely nothing with the Shadowrun name, and its unique strengths are offset by a lack of variety."

"For curious PC gamers, Achievements will be included in the PC version, and those points transfer over to your existing gamertag (if you have one), in accordance with Live Anywhere standards. Nobody really specified what the Achievements would be, however, though they'd concentrate mostly on online play. PC and X360 gamers will be able to yell at each other to their heart's content, as the game is shipping with built in voice over IP support. All PC gamers need to do thereafter is plug in their PC headset and start screaming at those with Live headsets playing on their TV."

"This is a very fun, very creative game. It should be noted that I was not previously familiar with the Shadowrun universe, other than simply having been aware of its existence. I do not claim to offer any fan's perspective of FASA's treatment of the material. I am speaking only from the perspective of a video gamer who has been playing PC shooters since essentially the genre's inception. This game, however, is unlikely to spawn a hardcore competitive scene. Part of this is due to how different it is from the more straight up fast paced nature of most competitive shooters, but part of it is that FASA appears to be specifically looking to keep the game from going too far in that direction. Despite the game being an Xbox Live title on Xbox 360 and an Xbox Live Anywhere launch title for Windows Vista, the game does not feature leaderboards, nor does it save player stats, even locally."