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[Ghost]

My biggest disapointment isnt that its an FPS from FASA, tbh the fact its PC & 360 (together online) is kinda interesting as are all the gameplay combinations brought about by the magic, its just that they've called it Shadowrun.

This isnt Shadowrun, i know its FASAs franchise they can do what they like to it but i feel like they've totally wasted the opportunity to bring back a world which would be almost totally unique in todays market...for the sake of adding to a genre thats already more than covered on 360 and PC.

 

[Burger]

This is the biggest shocker of E3 so far, well, that and the whole Sony fiasco.

But hey, at least BIOSHOCK is still coming out right ?!

 

[OatmealMu]

Wow, I haven't seen a texture mapped pile of bones in a while. Oh, 1999, how I missed you so.

 

[Joseph Merrick]

This isnt Shadowrun, i know its FASAs franchise they can do what they like to it but i feel like they've totally wasted the opportunity to bring back a world which would be almost totally unique in todays market...for the sake of adding to a genre thats already more than covered on 360 and PC.

Yeah, exactly.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

My biggest disapointment isnt that its an FPS from FASA, tbh the fact its PC & 360 (together online) is kinda interesting as are all the gameplay combinations brought about by the magic, its just that they've called it Shadowrun.

This isnt Shadowrun, i know its FASAs franchise they can do what they like to it but i feel like they've totally wasted the opportunity to bring back a world which would be almost totally unique in todays market...for the sake of adding to a genre thats already more than covered on 360 and PC.

Exactly. The world itself and the existing game already lends itself to something that can translate incredibly well to electronic gaming, as evidenced by the Genny and SNES games...especially the Genny version. It's a fucking no-brainer and it would've stood out so well given what the standard fare is like out there now. They had to go out of their way to destroy this shit. GG FASA. MS should've given Bethesda, Bioware, or Obsidian a chance to work on this.

 

[Funky Papa]

It just doesn't make sense at all. Shadowrun had it everything to be a perfect GTA-Deus Ex hybrid, even a futuristic Fable. Why the hell do they use the franchise to create another FPS with shitty graphics?

WTF, FASA?

 

[Shaheed79]

There was someone in the other topic trying to tell us how fun it was and how it started as an Xbox game but I don't care if its fun or not. That sh1t ain't Shadowrun it's something entirely different. I'm going to start callin 360 the Halo box again not because Halo is the only game worth getting but because 80% of the games are shooter Halo wannabe's.

It just doesn't make sense at all. Shadowrun had it everything to be a perfect GTA-Deus Ex hybrid, even a futuristic Fable. Why the hell do they use the franchise to create another FPS with shitty graphics?

WTF, FASA?

QFTMFT

I don't even care that it looks like a subpar Xbox game its the direction that f*cks it all up. Tournament Deathmatch game? I mean WTF?!

 

[gollumsluvslave]

It just doesn't make sense at all.

I wouldn't quite say that. if you look at it from a 'suit' perspective, Halo, Counterstrike, it makes sense in a 'let's avoid any risk' kind of way, especially if you look at the sales of stuff on Xbox that has been 'non-shooter' - Fable excepted.

The problem is that if they think this is the way to get the Shadowrun franchise 'back in the door' they are flat out fucking wrong! If they fuck it up at the first hurdle which it certainly looks like they are doing, then we won't get the RPG and deeper games in the 'series' because the franchise will be dead.

Meh.

Bioshock FTW!

 

[Blackace]

Shadowrun™ is a team-based FPS

they lost a sale with me right there... reminds of the wheel of time game....

 

[jammer]

Devs if you read this then please change the name to Magic Thingy Battle 2007 as not to dishonour Shadowruns good name.

Your boat is not equipped to handle the shitstorm your currently heading.

I so wish I was kidding..

 

[ToxicAdam]

I wrote FASA an email linking this thread. They will probably dismiss it as rabid fanboy hate, but maybe they will get the point.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

I wrote FASA an email linking this thread. They will probably dismiss it as rabid fanboy hate, but maybe they will get the point.

It's too late, I'm sure. I'd so love for this game to be delayed and reevaluated. So much for hoping that quality over quantity would ensure a mean level of quality design and creative choices across the board at MGS. MS has gotten loads better, but this is just stupid. God, it pisses me off...I was really looking forward to what EVERY FUCKING PERSON LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW SHADOWRUN WAS: A REAL GOD DAMNED (ACTION) RPG.

 

[Mama Smurf]

Shadowruin more like.

 

[gamergirly]

"So what should we do? Satisfy fans of the paper and pencil game? The novels? The SNES and Genesis games? It wasn’t a long debate, really. We decided to restart the Shadowrun timeline and grow the fiction over a series of games, allowing the world we loved to unfold over time."

Ehh