Should you even play Returns and the Dead Man's Switch campaign considering Dragonfall and Hong Kong expand this game greatly? It could be argued that it is not necessary, after all, this campaign is pretty linear, has like a single side-mission, its UI now feels dated in relation to the next games, except for Coyote on most missions you otherwise don't get a crew of Runners and the story and writing have much more meat on the following games. Also, the modding tools and such are more advanced on the following games.

That said, if one takes it for what it is, I think you can still have a great time here. The dialogue choices and the different ways to tackle missions started here and make for some nice replay value on a small scale, the plot is still pretty intriguing, the cast is fantastic, the combat is very enjoyable, the music is very nice, has great art and really important here, the customization is pretty flexible and the character creation is great (though apparently I read that going Physical Adept here is not very viable).

Dragonfall is the much more true and meatier experience, but Returns does make for a nice intro and I think it's easy to overcome its limitations and enjoy the game for what it is. At the very least you can now buy it for dirt cheap, maybe even bundled with Dragonfall and Hong Kong.

Should you even play Returns and the Dead Man's Switch campaign considering Dragonfall and Hong Kong expand this game greatly? It could be argued that it is not necessary, after all, this campaign is pretty linear, has like a single side-mission, its UI now feels dated in relation to the next games, except for Coyote on most missions you otherwise don't get a crew of Runners and the story and writing have much more meat on the following games. Also, the modding tools and such are more advanced on the following games. That said, if one takes it for what it is, I think you can still have a great time here. The dialogue choices and the different ways to tackle missions started here and make for some nice replay value on a small scale, the plot is still pretty intriguing, the cast is fantastic, the combat is very enjoyable, the music is very nice, has great art and really important here, the customization is pretty flexible and the character creation is great (though apparently I read that going Physical Adept here is not very viable). Dragonfall is the much more true and meatier experience, but Returns does make for a nice intro and I think it's easy to overcome its limitations and enjoy the game for what it is. At the very least you can now buy it for dirt cheap, maybe even bundled with Dragonfall and Hong Kong.