Shadowrun Trilogy Nintendo Switch Review!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Hey SwitchUp Family - excuse the watermark on the framerate - Wondershare Filmora decided I no longer owned it even though I do. I gave up trying to get it to agree as it was just that small segment. I’m a big fan of Shadowrun it has been a while. Let us know what you think of this one and if you’ll be checking the game out. If you’ve not played these before they are excellent CRPGs.

[@Hamox]

Ah yes! Classic flimora being high! The usual haha

[@tdotran]

I have never played this before so I’m excited to give this a shot. This genre is my cup of tea. As for an older gamer with limited time on hand, does the easy mode easy enough to get the story moving if the game gets too difficult on normal? Thank you for the review!

[@marcoasturias8520]

I'll try it on game pass. I love trpgs and the setting intrigues me, I hope they're good games!

[@TommyVercettisGamingNews]

Great video man. Thank you 🙏

[@GrinningWolfGames]

Was really looking forward to your thoughts on this one Mark. I know how much you loved playing them back in the day. I have a feeling this will have a physical release by Limited Run Games.

[@Ant-bm1qk]

My switch has become my console for my favorite games… ultimate alliance… Xcom and now Shadowrun… I love this

[@lostpeonies]

Popping in here to say that the trilogy is on sale for 10 USD until June 20, 2024, so I'm checking out this video. Thanks for this! Will likely pick this up along with Maglam Lord perhaps.

[@Ponaru]

SwitchUp coming in clutch with a review before the preorder sale ends. Well done guys. Thank you.

[@hauntedhotdog]

These games are GREAT. The price point is fantastic for all three games, and they are meaty enough experiences without overstaying their welcome. I can't stress enough how refreshing it is to play a story-driven RPG that isn't trying to dominate all of your waking hours with insane time investment requirements. If for some reason you don't grab them all and are only going to buy one, Dragonfall is the way to go. However, you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not picking up the whole trilogy. These are easily some of my favorite RPG's released in the last decade.

[@TheSuperspyk]

This comment alone was enough to push me over the edge and take advantage of the pre order price. I know they’re coming to game pass so I could have tried them there buuut I wouldn’t be able to then play them on the toilet 😂

[@hauntedhotdog]

@@TheSuperspyk I own them on pc, and will 100 percent be taking them on the go with the Switch versions. If you are a fan of classic PC role-playing games, cyberpunk themes, or the world of Shadowrun in general, you will be very well served indeed.

[@sunderland69]

@@TheSuperspyk Yeah, these games feel very right to be played in handheld. As far as I love Shadowrun, there are other games I'd prefer to play on the big screen, not to sit in front of TV and read a lot of text.

[@henriettereines6273]

You ever play Disco Elysium?.

[@hauntedhotdog]

@@henriettereines6273 It's in my backlog.

[@jaredpoon5869]

Just to go off the point of time commitments in a game, all three games function off a mission-based system, where you will receive a mission from someone, and you can choose who you bring and what loadsout those people will have (at least in the later two games). Then, once you're on each mission, you will have a variety of ways to accomplish the goal according to your abilities, and you will often have side quests that will give you extra bonuses or will alter the outcome of the mission. The benefit of having a mission-based system is that there is essentially no grinding in the game. The "grinding" comes solely from side quests and interactions with other people, but the game is very doable without any extra interaction. I will note, of course, that these games are very text heavy. If you are someone who skips through text in a game, then you will likely find these games much less interesting, as the text enables a lot of world building and character exposition that you won't really get from skipping the text.

[@jasonmyers8278]

Best Switch reviews online. You do a great job at breaking every category down.

[@sevensyns7732]

I've never heard of this series but this review has me intrigued. Since it is coming to Game Pass, I plan on trying it out there first before spending the money to have it on the go.

[@mickeymickey9914]

Skip SR Returns and play SR Dragonfall. It's amazing. SR Returns is a glorified tech demo.

[@oculedo9137]

Skip it all and play Shadrowrun on your Super Nintendo, it's great.

[@SBandy]

Would love a remake of the SNES version, hell just a straight up HD remaster It confused the hell out of me when my younger self played it but I remember loving the vibe of the game. Also, Switch Up is honestly the best KZbin channel for Switch content. Outstanding work from all involved. Kudos!

[@elmatasesues3630]

Real talk bro. On all points. First time I played it I was fascinated, but I never got past the second chapter; I kept hitting narrative dead ends every time or just straight up dying. But I kept coming back until I figured out I’d need to download a walkthrough, at which point I enjoyed it enough to play it 3 times.

[@joncliffmckinley5868]

so if you play Returns on PC, there's a deep catalogue of user created scenarios including a full remake of SNES SR. food for thought

[@peterhalliday6492]

Did you know there is also a megadrive version which is a completely different game to the snes one?

[@trevorchadwick7649]

Backed it, played it, pre-ordered it on Switch, will buy a physical edition for the collection of available. These are my kinda games.

[@Mitsubachicats]

Thanks for the info: I'm a fan of the original paperbacks. I've Shadowrun on Steam/pc but haven't jumped into it yet. I do have original Switch, I'm considering purchasing Shadowrun for it now. Again, thanks. 🌻🍯🐝🐈‍⬛🐈

[@DoobieDoctor5000]

Oh man I'm gonna have to check out another review. I bought the trilogy on PlayStation, and I pushed through Returns and Dragonfall, but by the time I got to Hong Kong, I just couldn't put myself through it anymore. The amount of times the game would hang for 10+ minutes was astounding. Also sometimes two and even three songs would play at the same time, giving me an earache. However, if the experience truly is better on Switch, I just might have to get it as it's on sale.

[@danielsosa2240]

Thanks for the review, I’ll add the collection to the wishlist!

[@GoodOldGamer]

I'd love more games in this setting. The ttrpg is great. And these games show it can make for great video games too. I wish more ttrpgs got this kind of love in the video game medium.

[@xelthos2051]

I've always heard how good these games are and yet I've never had an opportunity to play them, even though I even saw the originals at Blockbuster back in the day. I think it's time to finally try them.

[@statesminds]

I'm hoping someone picks this collection up for a physical. Will grab if so

[@jaylucien669]

I want this physically for sure.

[@drumtap2792]

Limited Run Games recently announced they are doing the physical, though they haven't set a date yet.

[@seedmurda666]

Limited run is putting it up this Friday.

[@JO-rx4tk]

Hello from the future :) Trilogy currently on sale until tomorrow (2024/09/11) for $10 USD! Looks like an amazing value at that price.

[@LINNNNN2010]

Big Thanks for the Review. I am never sure about preorder a Nintendo Switch Game because of the no refund policy. So you really help us out if a game running well enoug for the switch or not

[@WinstonAug]

I played the tabletop and sega versions. I am so happy Shadowrun continues and is still commited to the creator's vision and story quality.

[@NixBuffaloBill]

I was on the fence about this game but you guys did a great video review and sold me on it. Thanks

[@Night-Jester]

I've been looking forward to this trilogy coming to the switch for a while. I wasn't going to get it until I saw your review but I got scared I would miss the sale so I just went ahead and bought it. Thanks for the review though I can't wait to play!

[@kaidorade1317]

A review to kick off my weekend? You guys rock! Thanks

[@SwitchUpYt]

Lol that’s a long weekend bro! Mark

[@kaidorade1317]

@@SwitchUpYt nothing more than two days ha

[@nickk3403]

Mark thank God you reviewed this if you didn’t I wasn’t going to buy. I’m checking on KZbin and online no other reviews posted.

[@Pandaramaster]

June has been an unbelievably strong month for Switch, and July is bringing Xenoblade Chronicles 3! Returning to Shadowrun Returns (no pun intended) trilogy I preordered as soon as I could because, like you say, the Switch is the best place to play games like these! I was bit hesitant at first with the performance but I appreciate you do that first in the review, as that’s the most critical point really when it comes to a switch port on good games already! Great review as always and least the watermark disappeared quickly 😂

[@curtmeister45451]

Played the Sega version. Finally on the switch. Not disappointed with it. So far so good. Great game.

[@xan00xz33]

great review. I all ready have it on my Switch. going through Shadowrun Returns first whith my Elf Street Samurai.

[@stormrider1049]

Running into the shadows of a sale and backlog then! Thanks for the review

[@_tilbernator]

Appreciate the review while it's still on sale! Might check these out. I'd never heard of these games until I clocked them as coming soon on the eshop (my only experience of Shadowrun was a weird deathmatch first person shooter on the Xbox 360)

[@atransstar]

I'm definitely going to be picking this one up. Especially considering it's 75% off right now on the eShop. So like $10 for three games seems like an amazing deal. Plus I love the Shadowrun RPG

[@nicked_fenyx]

Just pre-ordered the trilogy pack. So glad to hear they turned out well. Thanks for this.

[@mariovj1764]

Thanks for the review it is great for you guys have more sponsors

[@manicmafia]

this makes me immensely happy. ive had a shadowrun itch since they removed it off the playstore years ago, this is an eassyyyy buy.

[@KitOConnell]

It was so good on tablets, too!

[@blizmo2]

You guys are putting in work Thanks for all the vids 😎🤙👍👍

[@SwitchUpYt]

Thank you mate! Mark

[@brichan1851]

I just love the Shadowrun universe. These games are so welcome on my system. I do hope there is a future physical release. I’ll buy it even though I have the downloads. Thank you for the review. It really is nice to hear professionals have a similar experience and appreciation as myself.

[@MaikonGarcia]

I Just want Microsoft to stop with the license and gave It to one of their studios, preferably Inxile/Obsidian.

[@brichan1851]

@@MaikonGarcia good call. But as long as they make smart decisions like putting these games on Switch and PlayStation along with PC, mobile, and the Xbox, I’m okay. Just pray they never release that god awful excuse for a game they called Shadowrun on the 360. Talk about suck!

[@JawnSmith]

I played the first one on Android back when it was released. It made me nostalgic for the SNES shadowrun game.

[@kcadventures1454]

Been waiting on this one!

[@dojayssauri28]

man i remembered playing this games in my old laptop such a blast

[@Hamox]

Really really good games! Definitely a must!

[@XhoowieX]

I have been waiting for this review since I saw these games announced 👍

[@punkydudester3]

Games like this with small text in handheld or TV, thank god you can press the home button twice to zoom in. if it wasn't for this option I wouldn't play many games.

[@kevindawley54]

i preloaded these games and im going to start returns tonight. I'm also excited for bladerunner enhanced edition. I hope you guys do a review of that too. I'm loving the cyberpunk love that the switch is receiving!

[@spear-twirlingbokoblin7390]

I remember waking up one morning a year or so ago and thinking: "Man, they should port shadowrun to the Switch". Could it be that they were already working on it? NO, it must be I who has paranormal powers!

[@sportosellout]

haha ive been hoping for a port since i got me switch,so glad its here. cheers

[@yuzundogame7347]

looks like a good indie game to play. man switch has a lot of indie games and its really hard to choose which one is the one that right for you. thank you for reviewing this games. Keep it up my man!!

[@robertduggan4617]

Warning for some reason in shadowrun returns the academic etiquette reads in game as the street so it locks you out of the academic choices like the one that doubled your first payout from the black market fence

[@darkridearts]

I own these on PC and I’ve played through them already. Glad more people will get to play them.

[@sportosellout]

same here but i will Def play them again on switch soon,cheers

[@ymarksthespot]

Having only played the SNES Shadowrun, I really love these games so far. The spirit feels really close to that game!

[@poohbear01x48]

As an IT person, I’ve noticed a pattern in MY crashes, at least. They appear to only happen to me after lLONG gaming sessions within the same game. My guess, the Switch has an issue clearing cache or memory or some finite resource that once unavailable causes the software to immediately crash close. Definitely mitigated by closing the software every day or so and power cycling the unit. I treat my Switch like my 3DS. It’s always running some game in sleep mode.

[@madscientist2621]

Just bought it on sale! Can't wait to play!!

[@ThePlob]

Went to wish list this and the sale was a nice surprise definitely picking it up

[@sportosellout]

been waiting for these games to Come to switch,really enjoyed these games on pc so love to play these on the go

[@kjs8495]

Text size in handheld iswhat I was wondering about. Thanks for addressing that.

[@Rkocuh]

those joypads are sick

[@MunkeyD]

Hell yeah. SwitchUp coming through with the review. Its nice to see they run well and the switch. Now gotta wait till they unlock.

[@sportosellout]

ah yeah ,kinda annoying that u have to ,ait for it to unlock ,for me its allways 5pm, so if i have a Day off when a New game releases i cant play it till the day is almost over,so sad lol. cheers

[@orionassante3386]

I was a Kickstarter backer for the original PC ones and happily bought the trilogy again on both Switch and PS4. Only thing I don't like about the console version of Returns is that they removed your default leather trenchcoat outfit from the game. I actually spent most of the game in that outfit when I played on the PC.

[@The_Gnome_Chomskee]

Still trying to figure out if I want to play a mage or a rigger, two classes I’ve never used before.

[@SwitchUpYt]

Yeah I chose to create a custom class this time around! Mark

[@The_Gnome_Chomskee]

@@SwitchUpYt I have a quick question you didn’t cover: can you import your character from game to game or do you make a new one for each?

[@sportosellout]

​@@The_Gnome_Chomskee u make a New character for each game

[@Ser-Smiley]

I want this. No. Correction. I NEED this!!

[@nickk3403]

You are the best I was waiting for this before pulling the trigger. Mark did you try all of them in details at least couple hours in game?? Just curious sales ends tomorrow so just want to make sure if I get them they work solid

[@Ytnzy250]

Excellent apparently, just make sure you save onto your internal HD & not the SD.

[@SwitchUpYt]

Hey Nick I put by far the most time in the first game and had no issues. The other two only an hour each - just wanted to check performance there. I love these games and it’s great playing through them again. As always though, although I didn’t get a crash - it doesn’t mean you wont. The Switch seems to like different models of Switch and SD cards etc etc - either way, I am having a blast! Mark

[@nickk3403]

@@SwitchUpYt you are awesome Mark timely review I will pick this up while it’s 25 off. Thank you!

[@nickk3403]

@@Ytnzy250 very good to know that. Thanks

[@DemomanHub]

Pre-ordered this a few days ago since I've wanted to move beyond the Android versions of Returns and play the other two games, but for some reason the games haven't unlocked in my region yet. Hoping I won't have to wait until noon or later for it to pop, but I'll be patient! Anyone else still waiting for the unlock?

[@HesarealNoWhereMan]

I bought these games when they released, but I never played them much because I do not like playing games on my phone. I'm a huge fan of the SNES game. I thought what I played of these games was cool. definitely buying this on the switch.

[@mw9448]

I already own them on PC but my brain kept pushing the "but you could be playing in bed. In BED" argument. Glad I picked it up while it was still on sale.

[@JustSumGuy01]

I remember these came out on tablet and the moment I finally bought a good tablet that could run it, they delisted it

[@baddragonite]

Currently these three games individually are $4.99 on the Switch for the next few days

[@WINTERMUTE_AI]

BOUGHT IT THE OTHER DAY, already had it on PC, EPIC!

[@Bajso84]

Took me about 10 minutes to run into the first annoying bug; The music audio setting default back to max volume whenever you load a new area or save file (doesnt show on the slider). The Master audio overrides this but I just want to lower the music which is too loud. Cant do that without entering the settings after every loadscreen. Edit: It seems initiating a conversation reestablishes custom audio levels after a loadscreen. Real confusing.

[@donncon]

When he mentioned the font was a 'little' too small, I should have known it was WAY too small for me. I broke the cardinal rule and pre-purchased. I have an oled, but the font is still way too small. It's unplayable. I would not recommend until a font adjustment is added if your eyesight isn't 20/20.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

Thanks, I was looking for this.

[@Jon-bw4ie]

This game is different than what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be more like Divinity but happy it's more like XCOM. I will be getting this

[@Murasakitsuyukusa]

Definitely getting this when it goes on sale on eShop.

[@GeminiSunrise06]

Great review, never did those game while they are on my radar since years 😅 Gonna pick them up but on serie S. Hope i'll enjoy them but i'm sure i will.

[@AM-hv3pd]

Hi @SwitchUp, one question: Does the game provide subtitles in other languages (e.g. German) or is it only in English? Best regards!

[@Fenrid]

I would really appreciate if you guys add a little text at the end with the list of languages available.

[@chompachangas]

Yeah, been looking forward to this one.

[@sierstilez]

Another great video!

[@Ashassin1981]

Shadow run still showing as pre order on switch. Any advice on if it has officially released.

[@A_Dad]

I'll have to pick this collection up at some point.

[@Sabre_Wulf1]

Stellar review, stellar games, played them since snes days. The modern versions are absolutely top drawer and probably the best cyberpunk game on switch now imo. (The observer with Sir Rutger being the other). Trilogy is an instapurchase. You can get them on ps5 cheaper. But this is perfect handheld gaming for me, so switch it is.

[@Bajso84]

Observer was pretty cool. We recently got Blade Runner ported aswell. Thats a classic.

[@Magnast4r]

I’ve always wanted a Cyberpunk RPG game on Switch. Hoping this is good because I’ve been wanting this for the longest time, and never played any of the Shadowrun games

[@JustSumGuy01]

I was really confident that this port will be stellar and at a discount for pre-purchasing it is a good deal.

[@MrClawt]

Dead man's switch... Ohhh i love you guys so much. That's how i can tell you know the source material well.

[@chrisr024]

We need a physical copy !

[@supachill1]

Things not mentioned in this review. Text is barely readable in handheld. Restart forcing bug. Characters get stuck behind objects, preventing progression. This happens frequently. Save often.

[@SwitchUpYt]

I did mention text size and that it’s just about ok on an OLED but needs a text size option. You must have missed that. Mark

[@kva7922046]

Loved these games. Finished them on PC, but defo wait for a sale.

[@dazzianocolucci3538]

Never played any of these Shadowrun games. Cheers Mark. Was you up late finishing this video?

[@davidhall2018]

So very happy to see this review. I've been stuck on "should I? shouldn't I?" with the hours left on the sale ticking down. Just bought it and I can't wait to dive in!

[@sportosellout]

enjoy:) hope u like it. loved these games on pc was waiting hoping they would port it to switch:) glad its finaly here

[@alienanxiety]

Nintendo Life just dropped a 5/10 score. 😩

[@davidhall2018]

@@alienanxiety yeah, I saw that after I bought the collection already. Still, there’s already been one patch released and hopefully the developers will take care of what’s needed to make these games run great

[@nickk3403]

Hey guys a patch came out today for all three games I’m noticing at the moment runs better than before but will confirm once input more hours in.

[@duffman9908]

I loved playing Shadowrun a decade ago and just saw it on sale for $10 on Switch. How can you go wrong at that price?

[@paulwilson1555]

Which controller is attached to the Switch?

[@nickman187]

I don't know what I was thinking. Text is too small to read on a switch lite.

[@holo1560]

My condolences

[@ms-h7617]

All three are on sale now. Any recommendations as to which I should start with? I'm not sure if I should go in release order or if one is better than the others

[@MalditoSeasEstadoDelsrael]

Dragon fall and Hong Kong are very good and the three are standalone games that just use the same rules. Returns isn't even worth playing but I've replayed the other 2 several times.

[@halo3cod4assanscreed]

Breif shoutout to shadowrun on the 360 and games for windows… not anything like these but that game shaped who i am today; there are probably 9 people that would agree but still

[@skerryman]

Would typically be all over these on Switch but Game Pass being so awesome has stayed my hand from pressing the buy button. 25% off is tempting but with Sunbreak out next week, I see a lot of MHR in my immediate future and not much Shadowrun

[@thatsithlord9906]

Same man. I was also going to pick up dragons dogma on switch last night but it was 5 dollars cheaper on the Microsoft store.

[@gabrielconcepcionmo7660]

Great video, could you please tell me, what's the brand of your joycons?

[@SwitchUpYt]

All details in description mate

[@Valkian24]

Will be getting this when LRG gest the physical pre-orders going.

[@DaPrecursor]

Playing this on the the SNES was good times! I’m definitely picking up a copy.

[@Ashenshugura]

I loved both the Snes version and the Genesis version. However, I like the Genesis version slightly more. Probably because it was the first version I played.

[@StephenWingsTV]

This is the fourth time that after watching one of your reviews I was like, nice I’m going to buy this. And than thought, well maybe I’ll watch one other review. And all of those times the other reviews talked about the games being so buggy it’s not worth playing in this state. I swear to god switch up want to release their videos so fast that they don’t even play the games before reviewing them. Total bullshit. And than I go back to the switch up review to point it out and they’ll have a top pinned comment along the lines of “we personally didn’t encounter any bugs but are aware of other people reporting problems” Even though people literally show gameplay that bugs out all the time. Yeah you don’t encounter the bugs because there’s no way you guys are actually playing the games long enough to know what the fuck your talking about.

[@KingBatiatus]

I thought for a sec that the watermark was part of the game! 😅

[@SwitchUpYt]

Lol no just me being special with my software! Mark

[@fotografick]

5/10 on Nintendo Life. ACG says wait for a sale. Did you have any serious performance issues like these reviewers mentioned?

[@cal5860]

Curious about this as well. Did buy it at 30% off or whatever it was but it was discouraging to see that on nl. Won’t probably dig in for a month or so and maybe they will ah e patched some of these issues by then

[@fotografick]

@@cal5860 7/10 on Xbox, and its on gamepass so I'll play it there. I wish it was more optimized for handheld on the switch

[@SwitchUpYt]

I certainly trust @ACG I’ve not had any crashes at all on switch- did he play there? Mark

[@fotografick]

@@SwitchUpYt I know he mentioned Xbox. Nintendo Life said it performed better on Xbox though.

[@MRKYootube]

I play on Switch Lite so small text is a deal breaker for me. Especially when it comes to text heavy games like this.

[@jamiechildress1708]

Glad to hear it got such high marks

[@Fortunes.Fool.]

I wonder if the sale will be cheaper at Thanksgiving, I already have a backlog that’s not moving.

[@regulardadhere8832]

On sale right now $4.99 each game. Ends 9/10/23. Most likely will get all 3 games.

[@AndrewSlice219]

I have really enjoyed the games so far. Unfortunately, I have had quite a few freezes, and it appears an entire save file of mine is corrupted. It is impossible to complete the mission without a freeze. A real bummer since I’m a few hours in. Hope issues like these are patched up soon