Shadowrun has been CONFIRMED for the new 2nd gen Xbox.
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| JonnyG: To begin by introducing yourselves, what would you like to say about who you are, what games you've worked on and your current position? Theron Benson: My name is Theron Benson; I am an Animator currently working for FASA Studios at Microsoft Game Studios. I have worked on many projects, ranging from PC games to console, FPS to role-playing. Right now, I am animating for an Xbox 2 project called Shadowrun. It's a first-person shooter based on an old paper RPG of the same name from a couple decades ago. |
Cool. I hope it stays true to the game.
It will, there are alot of shadowrun fans in microsoft who have been pushing this game for a long time. It almost got made for the xbox.
Great, now I'll have to buy the markably inferior next gen console in order to get the game I've been looking forward to for ages.
Burn in Hell, Bill... burn in Hell...
Note: I have an XBox now, and have no issues with it, but the PS3 is going to make the XBox 360 look like a kid's toy.
preach on digital, preach on.
Just read some public info on the PS3, and man that thing is gonna fly.
| QUOTE (Digital Heroin) |
| Note: I have an XBox now, and have no issues with it, but the PS3 is going to make the XBox 360 look like a kid's toy. |
This is where I pray to every deity I can think of that it at least gets a PC port.
| QUOTE (CirclMastr @ Jul 20 2005, 09:35 AM) |
| This is where I pray to every deity I can think of that it at least gets a PC port. |
I'm just not going to buy a system when I won't get everything out of it. Xbox 360 and PS3 are designed for HDTV, but compatible with standard TV with the normal loss of definition for the down grade. I'm not going to pay porsche prices if I con only drive it at hospital speeds.
| QUOTE (nezumi) |
| Funny, some of us were under the impression gaming consoles were SUPPOSED to be kid's toys. |
I think the more you read about Xbox 360 and PS3, the less you'll be able to make statements like "PS3 is gonna make Xbox look like a kid's toy". I'd suggest:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2453&p=1
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050629-5054.html
Edit: I found a copy of Anandtech's pulled article referenced at ArsTechnica. http://forum.xbox365.com/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=66;t=000578;p=1#000009
| QUOTE (Digital Heroin) | ||
That's one hell of a naive statement to make, considering gaming culture has been geared more and more towards adults in the past decade. |
| QUOTE (nezumi) |
| Are you honestly suggesting Microsoft is NOT actively trying to sell their product to children? Are you suggesting Microsoft sells significantly more XBoxes to the 18+ crowd than the 12-18 crowd? Yes, it IS a children's toy. Whether it's marketed EXCLUSIVELY to children isn't really relevant. Get over it. |
Of course, gaming is being driven more by software than hardware nowadays, so the operating systems are probably going to be more important. Not to mention the quality of the individual games.
| QUOTE (Digital Heroin @ Jul 19 2005, 09:46 PM) |
| Note: I have an XBox now, and have no issues with it, but the PS3 is going to make the XBox 360 look like a kid's toy. |
Shadowrun for the xbox 360! Yet another piece of hardware I'm going to have to buy. And of course now I'll need an HDTV, and surround sound klipsch speakers...and apparently a second job.
This must be the SOTA curve coming back to bite an SR GM in the ass.
And as far as Xbox's being childrens toy's, mine run's linux, and Media Center. It's definitely transcended the level of Tonka Trucks and Mazinger figures.
I would like to point out that when Splinter Cell first came out it was billed as a FPS. I think most of us would agree that a Splinter Cell like game could be very Shadowrunnish.
Can anybody confirm:
a) whether it will be available for PC, and
b) whether it will be Live-capable?
Either would be good; the second would be especially sweet. I'm so tired of having to play some D&D knockoff to get an RPG fix (there are no non-creepy pencil and dice players in my area, so the net is the only refuge for me).
Gamespy doesn't have a PC version listed. Since it's a Microsoft console, any PC version would probably come out at least a year later, to avoid competing with the Xbox version.
Actually, most XBox games that do come out with a PC version come out within a few months of the Console release, if not day and date with it. Some games don't get a PC release, especially if they are more "Console-oriented", specifically I'm thinking Crimson Skies, MechAssault 1&2, and Fable. All 3 can be done on the PC, but they're all really designed to work with a controller and would be awkward on a keyboard/mouse set up.
Other games, such as Knights of the Old Republic 1&2 got pretty close together release dates. Halo, on the other hand, was released for the computer a good deal later than the XBox release.
I'm actualy blanking on other X-box specific exclusives here... Damn near everything else i can think of, especially stuff that had PC and Xbox versions was also released on the PS2 or Gamecube, so that's not an entirely fair copmarison, and in many cases the PC version was released at the same time or even earlier...
Bull
Fable is coming to the PC. It really depends on the game and if the company that made it thinks its worth porting to the PC. If it is really successful, or the company making it chooses to cause there huge (Bioware) it will be out for the PC.
Since they are labeling it as a FPS (for now) and most of the more popular FPS games get PC and Xbox release, its a good bet we will see it for the PC eventually.
Ahh, didn;t know that Fable was coming out on PC. Course, been a while since I was a Gamestop employee now, so I'm out of the loop a bit, especially since I don;t really play many video games.
That could actually be pretty cool, espeically if it's moddable like Morrowind was. Fable was neat, but a bit short and shallow on gameplay. I have high opes for Fable 2 though.
Bull
One thing that may have been pointed out. (I just scanned the list) is that Microsoft may not necessarily finish the game. I'm guessing they're somewhere in the first stages of development. This is where they do the story boards, animations, some programming and start working out the nuts and bolts. There's no guarantee that it will get green lit for final production. As I understand it they have to go before the Director or VP of game development (I don't remember the exact title) and get authorization based on what they put together. This isn't the first game that's been put forward for Shadowrun. A few years ago Randy Millholland pointed out that they had plans for a SR FPS that got shit canned when the code was too clunky. I think we've still got a ways to go before we hear anything on the project. Look at Warhammer online from GW. They poured tons of cash into that and then canceled the project. I'd love to see a FPS for the Xbox or PC but we're still a long ways away from a final beta release. Mike Pondsmith worked for MSoft and can tell you all the trials and tribulations of game design. Anyways just my $0.02.
Slight correction... Actually, the SR FPS got shit canned by FASA, not MS. From what Mike M told us at Gen Con that year, they had approved one game, and the demo's they were shown a year later bore no resemblance to that game, and barely resembled Shadowrun. He didn't go into any real specifics though, but basically it was FASA's decision to pull the plug, not MS's.
Bull
Sorry that's right, that's before Msoft bought Fasa Interactive. So they were still an autonomous group.
| QUOTE (kryton) |
| Look at Warhammer online from GW. They poured tons of cash into that and then canceled the project. |
Man a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay-based MMORPG would rock. It would have to be total PK-town though, or else it would be cheap.
Besides, we all know that GW pays for the software development by hiking the prices on the minis.
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