Shadowrun Returns

Luxer_sl said:

Do want.

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Indeed.

Looks very promising. Can't wait for release. Map editor to design your own campaigns is just bonus. Two questions:

1. Anyone know if there is multiplayer support for the game? I.e. is the map editor only going to work for single players campaigns?

2. How sandboxy is SR Returns, anyone heard anything? Iirc, the SNES version of SR was great, but not very sandboxy. The Genesis version was much more sandboxy. I remember being able to build up quite a stack of cash by doing side runs, invading corps on my own, and poking around in the matrix to find random data files that could be sold to Johnsons. Is SR Returns going to support a lot of sandbox elements, or be more like the SNES version, which was pretty much just a campaign play through?

It's going to be more like the SNES version. They said it would cost too much money to go with something closer to the Genesis model, which is sad because I liked that game alot. The video has gotten me excited though and I'm ready to play it right now.

this game's art style/direction really puts the wasteland kickstarter game to shame.

Game is releasing in June, backers who qualify for the editor will get that at the end of April. Collector's edition pre-orders from harebrained studios end April 28th. Only April 29th the regular and deluxe versions will be available for pre-order on Steam.

They also showed some examples of backers who have been turned into NPCs or PCs options:


Yet another example of the awesome that is Chris Kluwe hah.

Qhue_sl said:

Game is releasing in June, backers who qualify for the editor will get that at the end of April. Collector's edition pre-orders from harebrained studios end April 28th. Only April 29th the regular and deluxe versions will be available for pre-order on Steam.

They also showed some examples of backers who have been turned into NPCs or PCs options:

Yet another example of the awesome that is Chris Kluwe hah.

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Is "Lite" going to be the name of the orc looking dude with a cigar or is that just the backers' web-IDs?

Shadowrun Returns is now available for Pre-Order from Steam

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

Available: June 2013

Here have my money, just take it. SNES Version one of my favorite games. I haven't wanted to play a "new" game more than this since I don't remember when.

You guys! This is obviously a case of nostalgia. Take off those rose-colored glasses and you'll clearly see how much better the Shadowrun FPS is!

HERPADERP.

So today the Shadowrun Returns editor got released for those who were at the relevant kickstarter tiers. I've gone through the tutorial they have up at their Wiki and have been playing around with it and then firing up the game to test out the stuff I've made...

They promised a powerful but ugly editor and they delivered. This is a very powerful tool and just looking through the various options to generate content has me literally dizzy with possibilities. For those who are willing to put in some serious effort I have no doubt that you could create Story modules that are just as good as the officially released campaign. Think Neverwinter Nights only with more functionality.

In testing out the map I made with the tutorial you get to 'play' the game in the barest sense of the word and so I can comment at least a little on what the game feels like.


It feels like Xcom on crack.


Imagine if your Xcom operatives also had the ability to cast spells, have jacked up cyberwear and be orcs and you pretty much have Shadowrun Returns.

Please don't think of this as anything other than a first impression, but I am extremely pleased with what I have in front of me.

Qhue_sl said:

So today the Shadowrun Returns editor got released for those who were at the relevant kickstarter tiers. I've gone through the tutorial they have up at their Wiki and have been playing around with it and then firing up the game to test out the stuff I've made...

They promised a powerful but ugly editor and they delivered. This is a very powerful tool and just looking through the various options to generate content has me literally dizzy with possibilities. For those who are willing to put in some serious effort I have no doubt that you could create Story modules that are just as good as the officially released campaign. Think Neverwinter Nights only with more functionality.

In testing out the map I made with the tutorial you get to 'play' the game in the barest sense of the word and so I can comment at least a little on what the game feels like.


It feels like Xcom on crack.


Imagine if your Xcom operatives also had the ability to cast spells, have jacked up cyberwear and be orcs and you pretty much have Shadowrun Returns.

Please don't think of this as anything other than a first impression, but I am extremely pleased with what I have in front of me.

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HNNNNG

Slight follow up after finishing off the existing tutorials (more are planned, they just arent done yet) and then experimenting myself with some of the scripting options that appear.

Firstly this is indeed the exact same tool that the designers themselves are using to build 'the main game'. Thus unlike Neverwinter's (the new one) Foundry you can literally do anything you want with this sucker.

You set the number of Runners that can be active on a map and when that 'Run' is started you get to hire Runners to fill out your party from amongst the contacts you and your fixer know. To test out the map you can set it so that you also hire 'the player character' in which case Runner0 is just another hired gun. I've used this to play around with the different character types and check out how the SR system translates to this game.

Essentially you have an Action Point system which corresponds to initiative passes in the pen and paper game. You can use an action to move, cast a spell, shoot someone etc. Some actions have a cooldown before you can use them again (several big spells for example) but otherwise just as in the pen and paper game having quickened or wired reflexes = win.

The biggest note I have about character types is that Magic Users and Riggers seem a lot more powerful than Samurai or PhysAds. Riggers in particular as they get to command their drones which also have their own pool of action points and seemingly crazy strong weapons. But it is all clearly far from done soooo.

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The biggest note I have about character types is that Magic Users and Riggers seem a lot more powerful than Samurai or PhysAds. Riggers in particular as they get to command their drones which also have their own pool of action points and seemingly crazy strong weapons. But it is all clearly far from done soooo.

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So it's just like tabletop. heyoooo

Also it can't be too far from done, it's supposed to come out this month.

Things like class abilities, character types, that sort of thing are not included in the editor as near as I can tell. It seems to be intended for content generation only, although you do have some room to force particular runners on the player, apply some global modifiers, etc. Each map is a Scene and a series of linked Scenes is a story. Variables you set in one Scene can carry over into other Scenes within the same Story.

Character advancement seems to be through a combination of Nuyen earned during the Story and the accumulation of Karma.

What about hacking? Messing around in cyberspace was one of the best things about the Sega version.

Decking (yeah they got rid of calling it Hacking thank god) takes place either by using your decking skills on existing computer interfaces on any real world level or by jacking into the Matrix which is a completely seperate map. They dont have a tutorial up yet for Decking stuff and I havent played around with it enough to know how they link into one another.