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I fucking LOVE the Shadowrun trilogy. Love love love love love. It's very not fantasy, and contains no obvious fantasy tropes except for the character types and models themselves, you're not going to go into it all like 'right now i need to find the king of greyfawndr and deliver him the goblet of avantredeth in order to save the life of his lovely daughter cellardor', no no. I'm not a big fantasy fan myself, I can't be doing with all that nonsense, but Shadowrun is great stuff. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Gameplay-wise they're a little dated and clunky (maybe the Switch versions have improved that somewhat) but not to throw-your-computer-in-the-canal level. Story-wise they're chef's-kiss level. I loved those games so much I started playing the actual TTRPG they're based on and now I GM Shadowun on the tabletop for a bunch of nerds. I got WAY into it as a result of the Returns trilogy. The developer had the original writer for the early TTRPG write the stories for them, so it's very story focused over mechanics.
The best one out of the three is Dragonfall, IMO. Dietrich is a top-tier RPG companion <3
I mean, you still might hate it. But if it's anecdotes you want, then that's mine :D I recommend those games to everyone.
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On a tangential note, thinking about picking up the Shadowrun Trilogy on Switch. Not really into the whole fantasy thing. Anyone who's got experience with them who are able to give an opinion on whether it's worth picking up regardless?