![]() ![]() If the writing wasn’t so lively and marked with pathos, these conversations would be textual overload. Uncovering the mysteries of a missing father requires lots of conversation with the talented freaks and criminals who live in the shadows, and inevitably getting drawn into their stories. ![]() The sense of place, as established by NPC conversations and sprawling, rainy streets, suggests the protagonist’s story is only one of hundreds in the world. The Hong Kong of the future is a unique place, veined with corporate malfeasance and human need. It’s important to make friends with Gobbet. While the siblings build the connections necessary to survive life a stone’s throw from the Kowloon Walled City, their investigation into the conspiracy surrounding their father leads through the labyrinthine dealings of mega-corporations and the spirit world. The pair quickly run afoul of the corrupt corporate law, and find themselves working with the local triad to keep their heads above water. A corporate security cop and his sibling, the player-created protagonist, meet in Hong Kong, responding to their foster father’s call for help. ![]() This familiarity with the world of past games carries over into the gameplay: Hong Kong combines tense tactical combat with an engaging story to provide a game that doesn’t offer many surprises, but is nevertheless masterfully crafted and executed.įamilies, both biological and adopted, form the heart underneath Hong Kong’s tarnished chrome. While Hong Kong‘s precursor, Dragonfall – Director’s Cut, provides a better sense of world-building and team cohesion, comparison isn’t especially useful: the games work together and enhance one another. It provides all the paranoid neo-noir thrills one would expect in a magically awakened cyberpunk megacity, without overlooking the human motivations of its inhabitants. Shadowrun: Hong Kong is worthy continuation of Harebrained Schemes’ Shadowrun Returns series. ![]()
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