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 Jun 6 2006, 12:59 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 12-August 05 From: Spirit Kingdom of Palmdale, CFS (Mojave Desert) Member No.: 7,550  |
The shadowrun game is a big disappointment to me. I can forgive minor background changes, or altering game mechanics a bit, but this isn’t close. It’s not fair to compare this to X3. In order to do that, X3 would have had to have had the Professor played by Vin Diesel (renamed to Prof XXX), and the story revolving him running (and teliporting) around carrying a bazooka and blowing up terrorists with his mind (Q: why does he have a bazooka if he blows them up with his mind, A: character development).
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Jun 6 2006, 04:44 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 902 Joined: 5-September 03 From: Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia Member No.: 5,585 |
Wow - I think this has turned into a self-help and discussion forum for "Geek Rage".
1st ever incidence for me: Reading how Shadowrun was going to be a CFT/Team Fortress clone, in South America... ...what the HELL? Where is the urban-decay of Seattle's sprawl? Then I went and looked at the actual website. Gods, cleanse it with fire indeed. (At least the Mechwarrior series was 'ported quite nicely into a romp 'em, stomp 'em junk fest.) 2nd case of Geek Rage: More recently, the eagerly awaited X3... (Please gods, don't let it suck) [ Spoiler ] The fanbase has spoken. And has waved the torches and pitchforks. Let's hope it works. -Tir. |
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Jun 6 2006, 05:27 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
what Canis said. X3, for all its changes, was still recognizably X-Men. it was still a band of mutants facing off against a hostile world, hated both by those they fight for and those they fight against. mutant powers and their effects on those who express them are discussed and explored. everyone's abilities can still be completely defined by a one-line description. yeah, there were changes and alterations--but it was as enjoyably and recognizably X-Men as, say, X-Men: Evolution.
the "Shadowrun" game simply isn't Shadowrun. where X-Men changed canon details to fit the overall story, "Shadowrun" makes up the story and then picks and chooses canon details that fit. |
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Jun 6 2006, 06:28 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: 22-June 05 From: Behind you!!! Member No.: 7,458 |
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Jun 6 2006, 06:38 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 16,898 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Ugh, that's even worse. The Troll isn't terrible aside from his "must tilt head upwards so the viewer gets a good look at my face" poses, but… the other things? The pain, it never ends…
~J |
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Jun 7 2006, 12:04 AM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
that elf is outahere, looks like a alien or something...
that orc was kinda "funny" (as long as noone request a shotgun/axe anytime soon). but the troll, and the setting it was shown in on the second pic, oh yes! now make that some kind of datasteal or something and we are rolling. but please, give that elf a nose! edit: just spotted the image in the last post. hmm, now thats a rent-a-cop ;) |
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Jun 7 2006, 12:30 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 197 Joined: 15-June 05 From: Portland, Or. Member No.: 7,447 |
frak the 360... look if i wanted a computer i'll get a computer. if i wanted a game console i'd get either anything made by nintendo or the PS. .. the xbox or 360 however can't make up its mind and is not worth the money i could use on porn.
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Jun 7 2006, 01:10 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 16,898 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Have you no internet where you live?
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Jun 7 2006, 04:45 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: 22-June 05 From: Behind you!!! Member No.: 7,458 |
The elf's eyes are too far apart. That's why he has no nose.
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Jun 7 2006, 05:29 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
That troll is fantastic. I yoinked it and put it into my SR folder under "what the races really look like in my games". Same for the ork, although my fave ork remains the SR4 gunslinger girl.
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Jun 7 2006, 08:17 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: 22-June 05 From: Behind you!!! Member No.: 7,458 |
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Jun 8 2006, 02:09 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Indeedy. Thanks! |
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Jun 8 2006, 06:37 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,635 Joined: 27-November 05 Member No.: 8,006 |
The one with the troll strangling what I think is a scribble of a elf in one hand is hilarious. That top rendered one though doesn't really work for me. It feels very cludged together. It doesn't really match up with pervious Shadowrun. But if that's what you think of when you think troll then I guess. I really like the bottom drawing. Similar in some ways to the rendered one, but IMO the horns just work with the rest of the skull and the face. Of course that is purely concept art. No way they'd be able to put something even remotely that detailed into the game. Not sure how well it would come out once you dropped the polycount down to something usable. Not that it really matters much in a FPS. You don't see the game in still motion when you are playing it. If you try to you are already dead. That's why screen captures, especially ones displayed on a web page in JPG, are usually not that good a gauge of how the game will look in motion. |
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Jun 8 2006, 03:32 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
i think the problem of the render is that the horns are, well, flesh colored...
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Jun 9 2006, 02:06 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Ever look at fingernails? Makes perfect sense to me. A lot of exposed bone in nature has that hue (of course, it varies).
Of course, there's always horn polish. I like blood red. :) |
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Jun 9 2006, 01:01 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Fingernails aren't bone. They're um... like monowire, which is why they're clear. Or something.
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