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dhex

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=646612

hey john. so, like, what's the dealy?

with shadowrun, i mean.
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SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject:

This should be interesting...

-Wes
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Szczepaniak · . Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 770

That's old hat, man. I ranted about that on British forums during E3. Months ago. It's crap, and should be avoided.

Basically, they had the Shadowrun license, which would have enabled them to create a PC/Xbox game which could have been like a cross between Deus-Ex 1 and Oblivion, utilising the rich story of the franchise that's been developed over years.

Instead, they created what looks to be an utterly lame Counter Strike clone, that not only wastes the license, but takes massively huge liberties with the back-story, and doesn't even look like a decent CS clone.

It's basically a game which is DOA. Fans of the games utterly hate the look of it, and everyone is just myeh. Because, well, there's already a dozen plus FPS out there for the PC and Xbox. Meaning, they've basically alienated the core market of the license, in order to appeal to no one.

Now, who knows, maybe the game itself in the end will be a brilliant... But! You use a license to appeal to a certain group of people. With that license, you should then create something that will appeal to them. It doesn't make market sense to use a license to create a game that will be of no interest to those who already have a vested interest in that license.

I mean... Imagine they used the Batman license to create a game, and the game ended up being about Batman's buttler, and all you did was polish silver. Now, that might be a fun game, but if I'm playing a Batman game, I want to BE Batman, not his fucking butler. A total waste of a license. And like I said, it doesn't even look like a decent CS clone, let alone a proper Shadowrun game.

Further whiskey fuelled rants here:
http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/showthread.php?t=58540&page=1

Scroll WAY down:
http://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?showtopic=126848&st=40

And if you want to laugh at fanboys puking over themselves in anger, the official forum is a great place to stop by:
http://shadowrun.com/

They've actually toned the forum down a lot since the E3 announcement, and removed a lot of the bad elements.

I spent a few days reading stuff, and it was fairly funny. There was a lot of venom in there, to paraphrase one conversation:

Person 1: Well, at least we're actually getting some kind of Shadowrun game.

Person 2: What? Are you serious? You know, you're the kind of the guy, who if he was in prison, would lean over to his cell mate who had been raped earlier, and say "Well, at least you had some sex."

EDIT:
As you can see, it looks like shite -

ApM · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject:

Nothing says cyberpunk like a ruined temple!

Damn.

Szczepaniak, tell me more about the good stuff of Shadowrun videogame adaptations gone by.

Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

I can tell you this much: The SNES version is over-rated tripe and I'll never understand why people climaxed over it, when the Genesis version was not only better (And open-ended) but more in keeping with the pen and paper rules.
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

The SNES version is a lot of fun. I never got the hang of the other one.

TheRumblefish · . Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Location: Florida

I enjoyed the hell out of the SNES version, but I wasn't compelled enough to finsh what I had started with it a few months ago. Weather or not this is attributed to the erasing of my Computer, is beyond me. I thought that the new Shadowrun game would scream cyberpunk, neon lit cities, flashy andorids with eccentric hair colors. Some sort of gun resembling a "Needler". Time will tell I suppose.
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dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject:

i like decker.
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ApM · Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:10 am Post subject:

I liked Neuromancer, but that's mostly because its main game mechanic is essentially surfing the web.

Also: The terrible and totally needless cyberpunk backstory that was in the manual for Spectre VR. So bad! I wish I still had it.

Szczepaniak · . Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 770

dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:42 am Post subject:

i like the snes shadowrun, but i havn't really been able to get much accomplished in it. i've been trying to get into the genny one for a while now, but it seems to take a lot of effort. it looks promising though.
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dhex · Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:35 am Post subject:

huh. just watched the trailer. it has some serious burroughsian wild boys type material in it, though i doubt there's much spooge magick going on.
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