<s>
Shadowrun	B-Application
Returns	I-Application
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Harebrained	O
Schemes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
science	O
fantasy	O
setting	O
of	O
the	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
crowd	O
funded	O
through	O
Kickstarter	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expansion	O
pack	O
titled	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dragonfall	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
converted	O
to	O
a	O
standalone	O
release	O
,	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dragonfall	I-Application
–	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Harebrained	O
Schemes	O
launched	O
another	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
to	O
partially	O
fund	O
their	O
next	O
game	O
,	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hong	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
Dragonfall	O
–	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
edition	O
,	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2015	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
release	O
built	O
using	O
an	O
upgraded	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
Returns	I-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remastered	O
compilation	O
game	O
including	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
Returns	I-Application
,	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
Dragonfall	I-Application
:	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
,	O
and	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hong	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
,	O
is	O
released	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
5	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
on	O
June	O
21	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
decker	O
's	O
avatar	B-Application
engages	O
in	O
a	O
minigame	O
where	O
they	O
fight	O
ICs	O
and	O
enemy	O
deckers	O
while	O
trying	O
to	O
gather	O
data	O
and	O
hack	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Afterwards	O
the	O
runner	O
meets	O
Jake	O
Armitage	O
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
of	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
Shadowrun	I-Application
game	O
,	O
who	O
provides	O
some	O
leads	O
to	O
investigate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mary-Louise	O
connects	O
the	O
team	O
with	O
her	O
boyfriend	O
,	O
a	O
decker	O
going	O
by	O
the	O
alias	O
Baron	O
Samedi	O
,	O
who	O
organizes	O
a	O
shadowrun	B-Application
on	O
Telestrian	O
Industries	O
to	O
steal	O
a	O
sample	O
of	O
Project	O
Aegis	O
;	O
a	O
chemical	O
weapon	O
capable	O
of	O
killing	O
the	O
insect	O
spirits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
epilogue	O
describes	O
the	O
immediate	O
events	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
tying	O
in	O
with	O
the	O
larger	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
canon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
main	O
campaign	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
first	O
expansion	O
,	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
Shadowrunner	O
who	O
has	O
recently	O
arrived	O
in	O
the	O
anarchic	B-Application
free	O
state	O
of	O
Berlin	O
to	O
join	O
a	O
team	O
headed	O
by	O
an	O
old	O
colleague	O
,	O
Monika	O
Schäfer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
lead	O
designer	O
is	O
Jordan	O
Weisman	O
,	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
game	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
inspired	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
more	O
authentic	O
tone	O
"	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
2007	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
first-person	O
shooter	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
was	O
not	O
involved	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weisman	O
was	O
originally	O
inspired	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
universe	O
after	O
reacquiring	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
it	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
through	O
his	O
Smith	O
&	O
Tinker	O
startup	O
company	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unfortunately	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
restrictions	O
on	O
the	O
license	O
,	O
he	O
could	O
not	O
obtain	O
the	O
backing	O
of	O
other	O
publishers	O
for	O
new	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
success	O
of	O
crowd	O
funding	O
financing	O
models	O
then	O
motivated	O
him	O
to	O
obtain	O
funding	O
for	O
his	O
project	O
,	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
Returns	I-Application
,	O
through	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
crowd	O
funding	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
reaching	O
the	O
$1	O
million	O
mark	O
,	O
Weisman	O
recorded	O
a	O
video	O
for	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
project	O
stating	O
that	O
if	O
the	O
project	O
were	O
to	O
reach	O
$1.5	O
million	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
would	O
develop	O
a	O
"	O
backers-only	O
exclusive	O
mission	O
which	O
will	O
tie	O
together	O
the	O
stories	O
of	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
title	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Sega	O
Genesis	O
title.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
platforms	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
and	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weisman	O
justified	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
tablets	B-Device
as	O
a	O
development	O
platform	O
alongside	O
more	O
traditional	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
desktop	O
because	O
"	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
game	O
we	O
want	O
to	O
make	O
lends	O
itself	O
best	O
to	O
these	O
platforms	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
the	O
gameplay	O
determined	O
the	O
platform.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Cliffhanger	O
Productions	O
,	O
characters	O
and	O
plotlines	O
of	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
Returns	I-Application
will	O
be	O
carried	O
on	O
to	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
Online	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
set	O
approximately	O
20	O
years	O
later	O
and	O
will	O
be	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
multiplayer	O
aspect	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
has	O
potential	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Marshall	O
Parker	O
and	O
Sam	O
Powell	O
who	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
SNES	B-Application
and	O
Sega	O
Genesis	O
iterations	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
independent	O
composer	O
Gavin	O
Parker	O
,	O
whose	O
previous	O
work	O
includes	O
Test	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
Unlimited	I-Application
,	O
Viva	B-Application
Piñata	I-Application
and	O
Scene	B-Application
it	I-Application
?	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
launch	O
trailer	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
18	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
voice	O
talent	O
by	O
Charles	O
Legget	O
and	O
music	O
by	O
composer	O
Jon	O
Everist	O
,	O
who	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
compose	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dragonfall	I-Application
and	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
score	O
for	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hong	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
the	O
DRM-free	O
version	O
was	O
only	O
available	O
to	O
backers	O
as	O
the	O
developing	O
team	O
managed	O
to	O
get	O
an	O
exception	O
only	O
for	O
Kickstarter	O
backers	O
while	O
licensing	O
the	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
brand	O
,	O
but	O
on	O
November	O
12	O
,	O
2013	O
Harebrained	O
Schemes	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
reached	O
an	O
agreement	O
to	O
release	O
DRM-free	O
versions	O
of	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
Returns	I-Application
and	O
future	O
expansions	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
sell	O
them	O
through	O
GOG.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadowrun	B-Application
Returns	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
garnering	O
a	O
76/100	O
on	O
review	O
aggregation	O
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Functionality	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
was	O
omitted	O
because	O
of	O
development	O
resource	O
constraints	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
added	O
in	O
the	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
Dragonfall	I-Application
expansion	O
.	O
</s>
