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  Jul 6 2007, 09:11 PM
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Chicago Survivor  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033  |
So, in the name of furthering the idea that a Shadowrun game might be a viable business venture, I bought the Shadowrun. I agree with the critics that hobbling the PC version to Vista only may shoot this horse in the foot before she clears the gate.
Here goes my review: Pro's *Combines some of my favorite FPS features into one mostly clean game *Runs real purdy on my machine *Glider is a fav piece of tech *The AI, even on training skill level still display some intelligent tactics such as removing bodies and placing choke points *Customize your toon to a niche of your creation *Allows tactical game play through creation of choke points, moveable cover and summoning *Elves are rather fun to play Con's *This has as much to do with Shadowrun (History, game play, flavor, etc) as Dragonshard RTS did for both Eberron and D&D *The guns are all generic, Pistol, SMG, Rifle (Not even Assault Rifle). I like seeing the names of guns, choices for different classes for the weapons. *Teleport and resurrection, 2 blatant violations of the game universe. While handy in a FPS, have no place in Shadowrun IMO. *No ammo reloads during game play other than picking up someone elses gun and praying they had more bullets at death or weapon change than you did. *No discrete mines *Little control over aiming of Grenades and Grenade like weapons. *A Grenade launcher would have been nice. *Smartlink was poorly thought out in this iteration, the programmers should re-read the fluff text before implementing game defining technology like this. *katanas should not be able to deflect bullets, though cool it's still dumb *Buggy animation, controls, and training segments *Would it have killed the animation team to give us ladder climbing? |
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Jul 6 2007, 09:49 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Much of what I've heard is that it's basically a good game. Just ignore the Shadowrun label.
Why are elves so special? |
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Jul 6 2007, 10:14 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Faster, self-healing, their freakin elves man
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Jul 9 2007, 01:03 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Did they have continuous mines? ~J |
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Jul 9 2007, 12:11 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Ouch.
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Jul 11 2007, 01:50 AM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
They have anti-magic generators, which sucks essence from everything around it.
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Jul 14 2007, 11:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 533 Joined: 26-February 02 From: In a hot tub, with lots of bubbles and champagne waiting for you. Member No.: 1,972 |
i saw this game on the shelves today at blockbuster. ugh
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Jul 15 2007, 02:05 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
You're talking about the dwarves, right? ;-) |
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Jul 15 2007, 02:22 AM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Besides them, there is a tech piece you can by that does the same thing.
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Jul 15 2007, 02:24 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
You can buy a Dwarf in a box?
Awesome. ~J |
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Jul 16 2007, 12:24 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Well, I guess it is awesome because it's certainly much more portable and less chance of throwing your back than say... a troll in a box.
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Jul 16 2007, 03:10 AM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
And, it's decidely easier to be rid of.
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Jul 18 2007, 12:13 AM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Oh, need to amend an earlier negative statement.
You can pick up ammunition by walking over appropriate weapons. SMG reloads Chain gun and SMG, fyi And if you run out of ammo, you do get to pistol whip as an attack. |
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