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Dumpshock Forums _ General Gaming _ Shadowrun-ish for pc?

Posted by: Veynom Mar 18 2011, 01:16 AM

The big question... I know there's Shadowrun for PC and XBox 360. But besides the name, it ain't Shadowrun.
What's the most "Shadowrun"ish game for pc out there?

Posted by: CanRay Mar 18 2011, 01:42 AM

Dues Ex comes to mind, the new one looks slick.

Posted by: Belvidere Mar 18 2011, 02:00 AM

Though not very advanced in the graphics department, System Shock and System Shock 2 were pretty good. Not terribly close to Shadowrun. But how many games will you find out there where a man who believes he's a knight of the cross, an ex-spec ops stripper ninja and a ten foot tall monstrous troll with a pungent for stealing organs can work together to steal the pepsi-cola formula?

Posted by: Stahlseele Mar 18 2011, 02:09 AM

Syndicate. Old as hell, but otherwise pretty much perfect.

Posted by: silva Mar 30 2011, 12:20 PM

Dreamweb.
Blood Net.
Neuromancer.
Syndicate.
Omikron: the nomad soul.
Blade Runner pc game.
Deus Ex 1.

P.S: dont forget the old SNES and Sega Genesis Shadowrun rpgs. Both great games, and much better for capturing the SR vibe than the cited above.

Posted by: Doc Chase Mar 30 2011, 02:58 PM

With the proper mods, Fallout: New Vegas is making some decent inroads to the cyberware side.

Posted by: CanRay Mar 30 2011, 03:53 PM

"You sell plants?"

"No, I sell IMPLANTS. I suggest the Intelligence one to start with."

Posted by: Stahlseele Mar 30 2011, 04:17 PM

Well, Bonelace is in there.
As is the Cyborg thingie.
And of course, the Implants from the New Vegas Clinic.

Posted by: Tiralee Mar 31 2011, 12:45 AM

As mentioned, Deus Ex (God, there are some AWESOME mods for that now) & Syndicate (If you can find a system that it'll run with)

And grap a SNES emulator and fire up Shadowrun, I spent a few weeks playing and replaying that sucker, trying hard to earn enough cash to be upgrade the warez to be "King of the Pit" - why those mages were in the junkyard, I have no idea....

And what other SR edition allows wired reflexes and 6 magic?

Magic->Cast "Freeze"
(Hint, you'll need to get rid of that incubus in the warehouse first)

Shoot
Loot.
Repeat

And frankly, having an all-sammy team worked out much better than mana-hungry mages. As soon as you froze a target, everyone unloaded into it.
-Stupid troll kept getting shot...
-Stupid Street Doc, "Whoops" my ass.

Gotta load up Deus Ex again, dammit

-Tir.

Posted by: CanadianWolverine Apr 4 2011, 05:07 PM

Just so it is abundantly clear:

Deus Ex (first one for sure: implants, multiple possible ways to solve a problem, specialization, point buy, conspiracy)
System Shock 2 (Psi-ops is kinda magic, multiple possible ways to solve a problem, specialization, implants, point buy)
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (point buy system, specialization, magic, and a few different paths, conspiracy)

That's off the top of my head, there are probably a few others.

Posted by: Voran Apr 5 2011, 08:59 AM

Alpha Protocol, but that's more solo/spy stuff.