Shadowrun Returns

[Grim.Reaper]

Been burned way too many times to buy without a review or enough people playing the game to make sure it works well.
No pre-order for me.

But hope the thing works out so I can get it.

Saving a whole $2 doesn't even make it worth considering for pre-order...but if turns out OK, I will pick up.

[Nefaro]

The release trailer says 7-25 release date, at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFYsQ0M2Jrg&feature=player_embedded

Prepare for some of ye olde tactical turn-based ultraviolence, chummer.   8)   Looks very X-Com style but with all the wonderful cyberpunk/fantasy mix to be had in Shadowrun.

Hopefully the legions of fanboys will be burning up the editor.


And more Beta preview playthroughs from earlier this month!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaIj6820yBM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UFYsQ0M2Jrg

[Tpek]

Yeah, release is supposed to be tomorrow around 18:00 GMT (Valve Time).

[tgb]

This was under my radar until yesterday.  For some reason I thought it was a FPS.  Having watched some of the video, I'm psyched, although as posted above, $2 is not enough to get me to pre-order. I will buy it tomorrow, however, if reports are positive.

[Nefaro]

This was under my radar until yesterday.  For some reason I thought it was a FPS.  Having watched some of the video, I'm psyched, although as posted above, $2 is not enough to get me to pre-order. I will buy it tomorrow, however, if reports are positive.

Someone made a Shadowrun FPS a few years ago.  I don't think many of the old Shadowrun fans liked it.  More for adolescent kids playing FPSes and screaming over XBOX Live.

From what I've seen of the beta videos, though, it looks to be in decent shape and the Editor looks damn fancy too.  There are quite a few users already creating content and more to start after release.  8)  AFAIK, it's regularly been on Steam's Top 10 Seller list for a couple months so that bodes well for user-created content.

There is also scuttlebutt that the first DLC, set in Berlin, will have a more open-ended campaign kinda like the old Sega Genesis Shadowrun game.  Kinda like a cyberpunk/fantasy version of Fallout 2 perhaps.

The couple user preview vids I posted above were actually playing a user-created scenario that one of the pre-orderers is creating.  BTW.. sorry for starting out in the middle of the damn things with the fourth one.  Also sorry you have to put up with the dude's annoying gangsta wannabe imitations the guy occasionally blurts when he kills someone.    :P

[Nefaro]

The reviews have been hitting today, so they must've been given the green light to blab.  They few I've seen all give it a great score.

Here's the latest I checked out:

http://gamingtrend.com/game_reviews/buy-this-game-chummer-we-review-shadowrun-returns/

Has a couple short gameplay vids in there too, I think.

[tgb]

The fact that you can't save anywhere is hanging me up a bit.  I guess it depends how far apart the auto-save spots are.

[Grim.Reaper]

The fact that you can't save anywhere is hanging me up a bit.  I guess it depends how far apart the auto-save spots are.

Just read that too....concerns me a bit, but maybe not bad based on the system.  If it is, I am sure most people will beat them up and maybe force them to update the game with more save features:)  For once I am not going to buy right away and see what the crowd says, but have to say it does seem promising for sure....can't wait to read impressions later today from the folks that jump in right away.

[Nefaro]

The fact that you can't save anywhere is hanging me up a bit.  I guess it depends how far apart the auto-save spots are.

I've watched/read a few reviews thus far and checked on this.  Evidentally it saves every time you transition, which is pretty much every time you leave one of the areas that generally covers ~1 to 4 rooms.  So an extended combat encounter or a few dialogues and loot nodes.

I'd still rather be able to save while in the middle of combat, though.  It's just an inconvenience despite their intention of it preventing save "scumming" so that you can choose different dialogue answers.  It should probably be up to the player whether they cheat in such a way, when playing single-player games.   I gotta admit that I do like playing with no player saves and perma-death in roguelikes but SRR isn't hardcore mode.  If you die, it still lets you reload from when you entered the room/area.

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Reportedly the writing is pretty good, even though the campaign leads you by the nose for the most part.  We should probably call it a 'scenario' since this will be more like the NWN series, with all the user-created scenarios that plug in.  As reported, the Berlin DLC is supposed to be more open (like the old Sega Genesis game which I loved) so hopefully there will be more randomized shadowruns to be had from various 'Johnsons' of your choosing. 

TotalBiscuit put up his review too, although it didn't feature much of the combat due to all the backstory and starting dialogue in the beginning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-b-ggUSvo4

Was negative on the save thing and how you didn't have freedom to wander in the first pack but other than that seemed quite happy with it.  Mentioned that people who liked the old Baldur's Gate style of story-driven RPG would dig it. 

The user-content is what will make this game, in the end.  That and extra features added in future DLC.  I'll be a whore for that stuff.. they may as well take all my money right now.  Love the setting, and want more cyberpunk-style RPGs.  8)

Not sure what I want my first character template to be.  Ork Shaman or Street Samurai?  Or battle mage?  Luckily the skill system is open so you can mix & match as you level.  Either way, I'll eventually come gush or bitch about it this afternoon after I spend some time in it.

[Nefaro]

And something Shadowrun-related:

A large index of Shadowrun slang.  One of the best things about the IP..  ;D


http://www.intercom.net/user/logan1/glossary.htm

[Tpek]

This was under my radar until yesterday.  For some reason I thought it was a FPS.  Having watched some of the video, I'm psyched, although as posted above, $2 is not enough to get me to pre-order. I will buy it tomorrow, however, if reports are positive.

Someone made a Shadowrun FPS a few years ago.  I don't think many of the old Shadowrun fans liked it.  More for adolescent kids playing FPSes and screaming over XBOX Live.

From what I've seen of the beta videos, though, it looks to be in decent shape and the Editor looks damn fancy too.  There are quite a few users already creating content and more to start after release.  8)  AFAIK, it's regularly been on Steam's Top 10 Seller list for a couple months so that bodes well for user-created content.

There is also scuttlebutt that the first DLC, set in Berlin, will have a more open-ended campaign kinda like the old Sega Genesis Shadowrun game.  Kinda like a cyberpunk/fantasy version of Fallout 2 perhaps.

The couple user preview vids I posted above were actually playing a user-created scenario that one of the pre-orderers is creating.  BTW.. sorry for starting out in the middle of the damn things with the fourth one.  Also sorry you have to put up with the dude's annoying gangsta wannabe imitations the guy occasionally blurts when he kills someone.    :P

Yes, there was this class-based mutliplayer team shooter that was made for Windows Vista only back in 2005 or so.
It was outright terrible in every conceivable way, and you probably won't even find it for purchase anymore.

[Nefaro]

LOL.. some good ones in the SR slang:

Culture Vulture
    n. A slang term for a member of the media. Often used derogatorily.

ASCWINWOTYTSD ("ask-Win-WHAT-it-said")
    x. Lit. "A Sucking Chest Wound is Nature's Way Of Telling You To Slow Down."

B.R.S.
    n. Decker slang for any master, power, cut-off device. From, "Big Red Switch." See, bruce.
Bruce
    v. 1. To deactivate a machine; 2. To kill someone or render them senseless; Lit. a pronunciation of the decker acronym, B.R.S. vt. bruce'd.

Cement Poisoning
    n. What a person dies of after being pushed off a mulit-story building. See, deceleration trauma.

Chinese Take-Out
    n. Anything extremely jumbled or messy (eg. "That riotgun made his chest look like Chinese take-out.")

Chow Chit
    n. See, kibble card.
Kibble Card
    n. A government-issued food ration card.

Chunky Salsa Effect
    n. The resulting state of a (meta-)human body in a small, well-built area, after the introduction of a grenade or other explosive device.

Floor Routine
    n. From gymnastics, a (usually futile) attempt to dodge automatic weapons fire.

Funderwear
    n. A slang term for form-fitting body armor. From "Finally! Underwear that's fun (and safe) to wear!"

Goose
    n. Street slang for a prostitute.

Gander
    n. Street slang for a pimp (cf. goose).

Panther Cozy
    n. Any large bag used in a futile attempt to conceal an assault cannon.

Rimbo
    n. A gun-toting sex kitten (ie. a "Rambo bimbo").

;D

Had to get in the mood. 

[Tpek]

I'm liking it so far.
My Troll Street-Samurai is pretty neat, despite his handicapped intellect :P

[Nefaro]

I'm digging it too, despite being a bit thin in certain departments.   Note that the first big user-created scenario, "Lost Lamb" is already hosted on Steam Workshop for download, once you finish the stock one.

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Check it out.  I even used some of my favorite slang from the example above, in a sentence.   ;D ;D  Celebration.

"By the time I had pulled my Panther Cozy off the heavy iron, the drek-hot Rimbo had already begun scooting for the door.  I Bruce'd the goose when her floor routine and funderware failed to keep me from turning her into chinese take-out."

[airboy]

Why don't you write a review for the rest of us.  Send it to longblade.