Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director's Cut

Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director's Cut is a standalone, story-driven cyberpunk RPG from Harebrained Schemes. In Berlin in 2054, you lead a small group of Shadowrunners through dangerous jobs and turn-based combat. Science, corporate power, magic and mythical creatures exist side by side.

The Director's Cut was released on Sep 18, 2014 for PC, including macOS and Linux. Tablet versions for iOS and Android followed in Dec 2014. On Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series, the game was released on Jun 21, 2022.

Dragonfall – Director's Cut is available for PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series. The console versions offer controls adapted for controllers and a reworked presentation. The earlier tablet versions for iOS and Android are no longer sold as standard.

You prepare operations with your group, explore locations, speak with clients and fight in turn-based battles. While dialogue advances the relationships and story, cover, equipment and the abilities of your companions decide how battles turn out.

Dragonfall began in 2014 as an expansion for Shadowrun Returns. The Director's Cut, released later, is by contrast a standalone game with additional missions and reworked systems. You do not need Shadowrun Returns to play the Director's Cut.

The originally released minimum requirements call for an x86 processor at 1.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, a 3D graphics card with 256 MB of graphics memory and 2 GB of free storage. The current Steam client requires Windows 10 or later; the old macOS version is not compatible with macOS 10.15 and later.

After the return of magic, Germany's political landscape has changed dramatically. Berlin is a fragmented city-state whose anarchic structures are known as the Flux State. Between corporations, street networks and supernatural threats, your team takes on jobs.

Decades before the main story, the dragon Feuerschwinge devastated parts of Germany before the military shot him down. When signs of his possible return appear, your team gets drawn into a conspiracy. The story links this myth with the personal conflicts of Berlin's Shadowrunners.

The campaign tells its story mainly through dialogue, missions and the relationships within the group. Choices affect how individual jobs unfold and can lead to different outcomes. The story can be understood without first completing Shadowrun Returns.

Your companions have their own abilities, weaknesses and personal concerns. Between missions you can deepen their stories and make decisions that affect their situation. In action, the makeup of the group is just as important as the path you take through the story.

Battles require careful positioning behind cover. You use firearms, melee combat, spells and technical abilities to overcome enemies. The Director's Cut changes the armour system and improves cover, damage and enemy behaviour compared to the original version.

At the start you choose a focus, but you are not permanently tied to a single class. Street Samurai and Adepts rely on direct combat, while Mages and Shamans draw on supernatural powers. Riggers control drones, while Deckers break into digital systems.

Technology and magic complement each other when solving jobs. Deckers access computer systems, Riggers expand the group with remote-controlled drones, and magic-using characters rely on spells or summoned creatures. This creates different paths through the same tactical situation.

The standalone version adds five missions, including several operations tied to the personal stories of the team members. It also brings reworked combat, a new interface, customisable gear for companions, additional music tracks and alternative endings.

In June 2022, Dragonfall was released as part of the Shadowrun Trilogy for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Xbox. Paradox published the games with controls optimised for controllers, improved performance and adjusted graphics. Dragonfall remains a standalone part of the collection.

Dragonfall is a single-player role-playing game. The Steam version supports Steam Workshop and includes a level editor for additional content. A cooperative multiplayer mode is not part of the game.

The PC version offers English menus and English in-game text. As much of the story is conveyed through written dialogue, English reading skills are important for this version.