In California, USA myself, so still an hour until 12am 7/25. Steam says an estimated 11 hours until release though.

The reason we don't count it as a SR game isn't because it was bad or an FPS (although it was both of those) but rather because it didn't have the background behind it. I've said for years that Shadowrun could make for a great Tactical FPS like Rainbow Six: Raven Shield.

Yeah, think it's Noon CST that it unlocks. SOmething like that.

*fires the game up anyway*

Edit: Or, I will once it patches. Doh

If the SR FPS had been like Deus Ex, nobody would have complained.

If it really were like Deus EX, it would have been perfect I would throw copious amounts of money at whoever that could make a game like that happen.

*shakes fist at Bull* yes, yes, play with our jealousy ...

man, 12 o'clock california standard time means almost midnight in germany. darn!

We always get shafted when it comes to videogames

I've always considered Deus ex to BE Shadowrun in honorarium.

Mega corps -check
Dystopia - check
Cyberpunk - check
Hacking - check
magic / trolls / dragons - ummm ...maybe a DLC ?

the rest is gravy

actually came here to say .. is it Thursday yet ?

Steam tells me: 8h ^^

Gah.. having to teach late... ah well....

Yes. But it's not Thursday enough.

Dang, means I'll only get it on Friday!

Stop living in the future! ^^

I've been reading forum talk from a reviewer who's played through the game.

The good news:
Excellent writing
Nice looking art

The bad news:
Very little cyberware. No bioware
Essence isn't in the game
You can become a mage/adept/shaman at any time, just spend some karma

bummer ._.
tells me 6 hours to go in germany.

Luxury. We in Australia get "Coming Soon"

be happy that you get it at all . .

You know ... when I finished the first Shadowrun game, there was this message "See you soon in Shadowrun 2!". This isn't soon, but it's ... something like it. Can't wait till Steam flips the switch on this game.

some time between 19:00 and 21:00 germany time i guess.

Got class all day. Game will be out when I get off. All good.

Looks like about 6 hours.

Well... would be great, I would really love to work on something like that. Sadly, as far as I know, Microsoft still holds the exclusive rights, for anything, that is Shadowrun and fps like. They never really did anything with that licence... (no, don't say it... let's stick with never, please).

After what Microsoft have done... Like Gfwl, destroying Rare and lately Killer Instinct... I would tend to agree, keep them faaar away from anything you even remotely care about...

Reminds me--even though it shouldn't--of my board game design group. The six of us started with Velociraptor! Cannibalism! and have been joking about making a game called "Box of Knives."* Which would actually just be a box full of knives with reviews like "actually dangerous" and "No." The next game we put out is going to have the phrase "From the five remaining members of Velociraptor! Cannibalism! and Box of Knives comes [name of game]," just to screw with people. (There are only five of us now: we bought out the sixth fellow, who was happy to take the money and not have the stress, but the phrasing would make it sound like we either stabbed him or fed him to dinosaurs).

*No, this is not a real game. It's just a joke. We've talked about staging the design of it at Global Game Jam where we disappear into a room for "play testing" and then one fewer people come back out.

This was likely done to keep things simpler. It also provides room to grow and add new toys in future expansions.

But, also keep in mind the game takes place sometimes in 2054. Bioware was still pretty uncommon, and a lot of cyberware we take for granted wasn't out yet. Shadowtech is December 2052, Fields of Fire is '55, and Cybertechnology is '56, so gear from the latter two books hasn't even been introduced into the timeline yet.



It is, actually. I'm not certain what effect it has on magic, as I haven't tried mixing the two yet, but you do have an essence score, and it limits how much 'ware you can get.



From a gameplay standpoint, not sure how this is a bad thing. I kinda get it from a tabletop RP viewpoint, but... Keep in mind that this game here is likely going to reach a MUCH larger audience than the tabletop game will. And hell, both the SNES game and the original Secrets of Power tilogy had it's main character become a shaman sometime after the story starts. So there's a precedent already set here for both tabletop AND videogames.

Bull

Do you mean we'll get the "Reaction Enhancer DLC" followed by the "Wireless Reflexes DLC" that you will have to get to be able to benefit from both the Wired Reflexes from the base game and the Reaction Enhancer from the DLC ?

Don't forget to activate the DLC's wireless bonus so that they can both install into your game at the same time.

Why wait for the DLC when you can have MBW mod by this afternoon?
(or did they restrict that?)

30 minutes and counting!

I suddenly am starting to feel ill at work.... I might have to go home in 45 minutes or so (give the game enough time to load after I use android steam app to install SRR at home).

For backers, the downloads are on the HBS website.... Dunno why I didn't think of that earlier.

The site is running a bit slow. Me thinks they are getting a lot of activity right now.

Yeah, tell me about it. If I'd thought of that three hours ago, it might've been a useful thought.

Live on Steam for East Coast Time Zone now.

The Harebrained account website, however, is just about dead. Reminds me of fluff from Unwired... something about stopping a software release by cutting the trunk line and shooting a HERF gun into it, then using a rocket launcher to destroy the dish erected on the roof.

Install button is up! Yay!

OK, I beat Steam with my cane until it unlocked.

Then it announced that Tropico 4 has a new Expansion.

Well played, Steam, well played.

I mash it and nothing happens!

EDIT: Downloading finally

Restart the steam client if it's giving you problems.

not even 800 megs in size . .
still shitty download speed <.<

Gah! Plans were made for socializing after work that I can't avoid!!! NOOOOOOO!

I have read some reviews, seems pretty positive so far and I am super amped once some of the awesome modders out there get their hands on the system.

I did see from reviews and most from the comments sections that the checkpoint saves is considered a "major flaw" and "game breaker" for many. WTF is with gamers these days?

I cut my video game teeth on games like Wizardry where if you didn't think to make a separate save ON A FLOPPY DISK and your party died... well, you can still rescue them if you level up a new party else, sorry chummer.

Or Ghosts and Goblins, oh the horrors. Actually, I don't think I even managed to finish that one completely.

That said, losing 15 minutes of awesome gameplay because i have to leave suddenly? Yeah, for me a non issue.


Also I'm really, really really really excited.

Checkpoint saves? Ugh. It's a (quasi) turn-based computer game. I oughta be able to save anywhere and attend to real life as necessary. Otherwise, INSTALLING!

if it's turn based enough, just leave it open on your turn?

I'm taking a flight through 3 timezones tomorrow. What I would really like to do is get the DRM free backer version of the game installed on my Laptop so I can play it on the flight, but I don't seem to be able to get through to the Harebrained Scheme website. Meanwhile, the steam version slowly nears completion on my Desktop.

Steam showing missing url, harebrained completly down ugh, Shadowrun killed internets.

Scuttlebutt is that it saves on loading screens, so you'll probably have to let me know since I don't get to download for another 2.5 hours. Hopefully the internets will be less broken by then.

quick save is a feature you expect in an RPG, we've had it before with similar titles and the reason it's not included is... well odd, these things can be modded/patched however...


I can't really comment on Wizardry since that's before my time, but the comparison is not really valid G'n'G is a fairly short game with limited lives, SRR is an RPG with buttloads of dialogue, where decisions can change the outcomes of hours of play (which you can't know beforehand) Would you like to tackle Baldurs gate or Dragon age without quick save?

Shouldn't the steam one play fine without an internet connection? Pretty much everything else does.

Downloading and installing right now, no problems thus far.

Preloading would have been great. Stupid slow internet connection downloading at 30-120kb/sec. x.x

I generally didn't quicksave Baldur's gate. I usually just saved at loading screens and didn't bother with saving between. Yeah sometimes it got tedious before big battles, but really didn't bother me. I played Dragon age on a console and am pretty sure I didn't bother saving all that much either.

Different strokes for different folks I guess.