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[Raskolnikov]

So they are trying to make SR4 more street level, a laudable goal in my opinion. I and where I play (www.shadowland.org) are large fans of the street. We have characters who are exactly the opposite of street-level running around, true, but with locations like The Hollow Point, Sick Haxx, and such, street mercs (because really, these guys only wish they were sams) are classic fixture of the shadowland character base.

The question however, is will the story support this new street-level push? Most of the emphasis in SR3, even the many of the recent releases, was on big events. Dragons taking over things, runs that pit runners against Tir Ghosts and such, and let's not forget Comets. Will we actually see sourcebooks that focus on Seattle events? Will we see fiction that doesn't have the characters meeting Damien Knight every other day? Because, frankly, the runner on the street doesn't care who killed Dunklezahn, and that story arc was actually interesting. There have been many arcs with huge events that were not and thus devoid of merit for the street game.

Bad anime stereotypes, cartoonish art and writing, and high-powered excited-eight-year-old action-loving runs are all current stumbling stones to this push back to the street.

I hope they actually to grit up SR, but I'm wary. We may end up with cartoon characters who just have less toys than before. Comments?