SHADOWRUN RETURNS: DRAGONFALL - Berlin, Here We Come

Shadowrun Returns developer Harebrained Schemes recently released some new details on their upcoming Dragonfall expansion (out in January 2014). Fans of the game can look forward to a whole new area, in this case Berlin, to explore and battle in, as well as new items, armor, cybernetics, weapons, and new additions to the robust editor, among other tweaks and fixes. Ultimately though, it comes down to one change.

You can now save anywhere.

Cue confetti and fireworks, people, we have a winner! You can now take pleasure in knowing your 20 to 30 minutes of work won’t be lost because you had to go pick someone up from school or just wanted to go to bed. The checkpoint system in Shadowrun was inconvenient at best and a momentum killer at worst, but Harebrained took that to heart and made a change that will greatly affect many people’s enjoyment of an otherwise stellar experience.

If you haven’t been able to try Shadowrun Returns yet, it's a worthwhile investment of your time. The characters are interesting, the setting is gorgeous, and the turn based combat is streamlined and fun. That said, it might be worth it to wait till the Campaign Pack comes out, which will include the full original plus the Dragonfall expansion for $25. Not a bad deal at all. Needless to say, Shadowrun fans have a lot to look forward to in the coming months. You can read an excerpt from the full press release describing the campaign below.

BERLIN. The Flux-State: a stable anarchy enforced by an ever-shifting coalition of megacorps, political factions, and savvy power players. A place where almost anything goes, and the right connections can be the difference between success and starvation. Dangerous jobs abound and there’s no better place to earn a quick payday - provided you live long enough to spend it. For you and your team of battle-scarred runners, it’s just another day in the Free City of Berlin.

But a new threat is rising, one that could mean untold chaos and devastation. The only clue: whispers of the DRAGONFALL, a long-forgotten event from the earliest days of the Awakened world. As you find yourself drawn into a maze of veiled dangers and strange machinations, you will come face-to-face with a grim spectre of the past… and alter the course of Berlin’s future.