Shadowrun Returns

Andy Gravity

http://store.steampowered.com/app/234650/

Releasing tomorrow, looking good if you're a fan of turn based tactical rpg's.

Loving the look of it, seems like it may be fun plus the inclusion of an editor might add a ton of user content down the line.

calex71

Is it the same as the old one only more pretty or a totally new game

Spear

calex71 wrote: »

Is it the same as the old one only more pretty or a totally new game

Do you mean the action shooter thing? Then, no it's not like that.

Sarky

Looks to be very much like the original two Fallout games. This is a Good Thing. A very Good Thing.

Sprog 4

Pre-ordered today. Cant freakin' wait

Zero-Cool

Some gameplay videos in the other thread

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=77947330

If this is anything like the original, it might warrant my first Steam purchase in years!

calex71

Spear wrote: »

Do you mean the action shooter thing? Then, no it's not like that.

No meant like the one on snes/mega drive

Zero-Cool

calex71 wrote: »

No meant like the one on snes/mega drive

Was the Mega Drive one any good? Only played a small bit. The Snes version was superior in every way so never gave the MG one a proper go.

Sprog 4

It's a turn based tactical combat game. Think a cross between X-Com and Fallout (1, 2, Tactics) so not really like the old console games.

Zero-Cool

Just so everyone is on the same page, the original version on the Snes looked like this, which the new one seems to be going back to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5mg5EFK00k

Sprog 4

It's only similar in that they are both isometric. The new one is turn based with a squad as opposed to real-time and solo. The Snes game almost played like a point and click with combat elements.

Retr0gamer

The megadrive game is closer to the new one. It was an open world RPG like Fallout.

calex71

sheehy83 wrote: »

Just so everyone is on the same page, the original version on the Snes looked like this, which the new one seems to be going back to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5mg5EFK00k

Ah man that music !!!!! Has to be up there with my all time favorite game soundtracks, any way also haven't bought anything outside a sale on steam in quite some time, price on this seems a bit steep but thats just me being used to the sales I guess

Looks like there is a tonne of potential and maybe adding multilayer later?

Zero-Cool

calex71 wrote: »

Ah man that music !!!!! Has to be up there with my all time favorite game soundtracks

F*cking +1!

Dcully

degrassinoel

just installing it now

Sprog 4

degrassinoel wrote: »

just installing it now

Same here time for some pissing about with the character creator.

Sprog 4

Gone for a tech-savy engineer type dwarf with a big beard and a bad attitude :cool: Will probably invest in decking and drones and maybe some charisma. Quite handy with a pistol too if push comes to shove.

degrassinoel

i went troll female street samurai, specced into shotguns for the craic it's very similar to xcom:eu in the combat, also reminds me of fallout 1 and 2's combat

Sprog 4

Quite impressed so far. Loving the gritty atmosphere and the music fits perfectly. Reminds me of Blade Runner only with elves and such. The combat has been solid. Been in one or two fights but my drone has done nearly all of the dirty work. I might get some decking karma early as it seems like it would add a lot of utility to my character. Jake Armitage is badass

Sarky

Classic UPC, just as I start the download my connection starts to crap out. I'd expected poor download speeds on the day of release, but losing the connection every ten minutes is just goddamn frustrating.

Stev_o

Worth getting?

degrassinoel

if you can deal with the enormous amount of really well detailed, witty and mildly dark text yeah. The combat is similar to XCOM's, but it's much more RPG heavy. Very well done though, for 17 quid, ye cant really go wrong with it.

Havent gotten to play with the editor yet, should be fun messing about with that too.

Sarky

Just spent the last two and a half hours utterly engrossed. It's excellent. Noticed a typo or two I think, but it's slick and well-presented with plenty of depth for character progression. It's really pretty. Combat and dialogue options are very much like the old Fallout games, which is fantastic seeing as they were simple but really well-done. Music is fantastic.

Campaign that comes with it is good so far. Give it even a few weeks and we'll have a community creating new campaigns every bit as good or better.

Well worth the cash, I have to say.

calex71

Sprog 4 wrote: »

Gone for a tech-savy engineer type dwarf with a big beard and a bad attitude :cool: Will probably invest in decking and drones and maybe some charisma. Quite handy with a pistol too if push comes to shove.

I see Salvador from Borderlands 2 took up a nixer there :pac:

Shiminay

I spent a couple of hours playing the campaign this evening, I really enjoyed it. Dying to see what community efforts start rolling out.

Kiith

How big is the download? May have to get it over the mobile, as i've no proper internet access till next week.

Nm, it's 1.25gb.

Sprog 4

calex71 wrote: »

I see Salvador from Borderlands 2 took up a nixer there :pac:

Thats what I imagine him sounding like. Only Greasy Griff isn't as trigger happy and smells more like engine oil as opposed to jalapeños and smoke :P Kind of disappointed at the lack of [Intelligence] conversation options. Any stat-derived options seem to be [Strength] or [Charisma]. Oh well, time to play on!

Lone Stone

I love it apart from the save system which is killing it for me.

grizzly

Lone Stone wrote: »

I love it apart from the save system which is killing it for me.

Yeah I made the mistake of quitting after defeated a major enemy, thinking it would auto save – nope. I the auto safe only kicks in when you enter a new area.

Sarky

Yeah, the checkpoint thing is a bit weird. Hopefully someone can 'fix' that. But really a minor niggle in what's really a brilliantly created game. I agree with Shiminay, very interested to see what the community can create. Ireland alone is crammed with RPG players and writers, some of them award-winning, and I like the look of this editor so it won't be long until we're all churning out campaigns.

Sarky

Just cracked open the OST to listen to at work. That is some glorious music. Who's the composer? I wanna track them down in a creepy stalker manner to congratulate them...

Sprog 4

Sarky wrote: »

Just cracked open the OST to listen to at work. That is some glorious music. Who's the composer? I wanna track them down in a creepy stalker manner to congratulate them...

Same guys who did the Snes/Megadrive soundtracks, Marshall Parker and Sam Powell. Those were also also awesome by the way. If you like this, I recommend the Frozen Synapse and Deus Ex (original) soundtracks but you've probably already got em

Sprog 4

A little annoyed now I didn't order the deluxe edition. I knew the OST would be good but now I really want it. It doesn't seem to be available for purchase on its own anywhere yet. Hopefully they'll make it available.

Zapp Brannigan

All I needed was for someone to say Fallout-ish. Bought.

Sarky

Bah, editor keeps crashing on me when I try to create a new project. Can't figure out why.

Kiith

Gonna spend a few hours on the editor tonight, see if i can make a poorly designed and cheesily written level of some sort.

Also, the game is excellent.

Manach

Slightly OT, but I enjoyed the some of the books from the original Shadowrun series.

Gummy Panda

Can't stop playing this game. it is awesome!

Lemming

There are project groups looking to recreate both the SNES and the MegaDrive versions of the game apparently. Also;

• Level Editor forum
• Mission Design forum

There is also another site for a group looking for volunteers for an outline of lots and lots of campaigns. When I find the URL again I'll post it; I think it's the guys behind the Berlin DLC

Sarky

Is anyone else on Windows 8 unable to create their own projects in the editor? Damn thing just creates some folders and crashes, or if the folders are created it fails to actually create the project and does nothing. Waiting a response from the support folks, but it'd be nice to know if I'm alone in this...

Gummy Panda

I think I'm pooped

Can't find a medpack vendor in elf estate and the heal spell is kinda poor. I get far I'm tunnels but once I get a large pack of insects I'm done.

Lemming

Spoilers dude; spoilers!

Andy Gravity

Getting a little frustrated with the amount of misses I'm getting in combat even when applying hit buffs to my team and debuffs to targets.

But otherwise really enjoying the game.

Lemming

Found that other site! It is ShadowrunIdentity.org and the landing page has an appeal for players to volunteer for a variety of positions to help make campaigns for the game.

Gummy Panda

Lemming wrote: »

Spoilers dude; spoilers!

The tags looked right on my tablet and it was even spoiler hidden after i posted it. don't know why the / was removed.

pixelburp

So based on the generally high-praise Shadowrun has been receiving, I picked this up and whilst only an hour or so in, I'm loving it. A slick, old-school RPG very much in the Fallout mould & a real testament to the worthiness of Kickstarter as a concept.

If I have one grumble, it'd be the same one already mentioned here: the bloody autosave function. It's especially annoying in a genre that demands you spend time tending to your character's stats, the fact you can't then save your status is a borderline dealbreaker.

Sprog 4

It's only a matter of time before a mod comes out for the save game malarky. I came to terms with the save system pretty fast however. The game is after all just a series of 'levels'. It does suck if you get geeked right at the end of a 30 minute long fight though. If this had been open world then I think I'd have it down as one of my all time favourites - but then again it was as much as I could have hoped for (and then some) considering it was Kickstarted and relatively small budget. Providing an editor was the best thing they could have done with the resources they had.

Shiminay

Finished the story of this last night, very enjoyable. Last mission was tough, took me a while to figure out what I was supposed to be doing with it too, so I may have made it take longer than was strictly necessary

And now I await some great Workshop content. I may even take a look at the editor myself, I've got an idea or two for a run Reminds me of my Quake World map making days 15 years ago...

Zapp Brannigan

Just had my first go of this. Very good, wish it was open world though.

Baked.noodle

This looks kinda cool. Is there any destructible terrain? It just adds to the tactical side of computer tabletop games.