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"Shadowrun will be the greatest awesome I'M COVERED IN...500 - Internal Server Error"
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The S-Word
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You know.. my major complaint with this game is really the character skins... only 2 per race (RNA / Lineage) major bummer :/
AgentOtaku
Member
FatalT said:
yes...the demo is really good and hopefully encourages more people.....hell I'm still playin the demo
I feel this with Shadowrun and also with Warhawk. It's obvious the game needs single player to contextualize all the stuff in the game. What is "RNA corp?" What is "Lineage?" What's the story? In Warhawk, who are the Eucadians? Why do I care?
This multiplayer only stuff never works when the designers attempt to put in a story.
This multiplayer only stuff never works when the designers attempt to put in a story.
ToyMachine228
Member
Now that the Halo 3 Beta is coming to a close I'll likely be playing Shadowrun, Gears and a little bit of Halo 2 maybe online all summer. Shadowrun mostly I think. Definitely for now. Probably be on all day tomorrow. Have to be getting close to my Human Player achievement. And the pistol and katana ones as well.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
So what are the limitations on the demo anyway?
That was one of the questions I asked FASA when I visited them - how were they planning to indroduce the Shadowrun universe to people new to it (like me)? The answer was the bits of fiction in the UI, and the website. :\Y2Kev said:
Speaking of UI, did anyone else find a striking similarity with the colors chosen and overall design with the Halo 2 UI? The deep purples and scrolling text cased a bit of deja vu for me.
ToyMachine228
Member
Son of Godzilla said:
One map, two races. Not sure about weapons, magic and tech.
PedroLumpy
Member
ToyMachine228 said:
No chaingun or rocket launcher. No strangle (except for the tutorial oddly), summon, or smoke. No wired reflexes or anti magic generator.
Correspondingly relevant tutorials are also missing (4, 5, and 6)
CastleBravo
Member
Can you play the demo versus other people on XBL? Every time I try searching for a game it just sits there and doesn't seem to find anything.
PedroLumpy
Member
CastleBravo said:
While I am almost certain you can play on Live with the demo, I have not actually done it myself, so I'm personally not aware of any problems that might be going on with the matchmaking.
AgentOtaku
Member
Y2Kev said:
QFT!
I feel exactly the same damn way...especially with Warhawk =/
ToyMachine228
Member
Hopping on for at least an hour or so. As usual feel free to throw me an invite.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Gah I got slaughtered my past few games.
Going to cool off and play some rpgs for a bit.
Going to cool off and play some rpgs for a bit.
ToyMachine228
Member
PepsimanVsJoe said:
See I get frustrated in Halo, but Shadowrun for me has been all about fun. I haven't got frustrated at all. If you die, you die. There's always next round. And I just got my SmartLink achievement.
The S-Word
Member
I need some RPGs... for 360:|
anyways, played for a few hours just now, encountered a guy that killed me because i "stared him down" ( i was looking in the buy menu and my dwarf was facing him) :confused on my own team. A kid was spouting racial slurs and random things about F'ng people's dead grandmothers and they booted him... i left game because the teamkilling douche was still there. Went into another game and that Kid was in that game, again spouting racial slurs. We played for about a whole match with him saying racist shit and daring people to boot him since he was the "server". And we did, and continued playing.
I guess this is what i'm to expect of XBOX live huh?
anyways, played for a few hours just now, encountered a guy that killed me because i "stared him down" ( i was looking in the buy menu and my dwarf was facing him) :confused on my own team. A kid was spouting racial slurs and random things about F'ng people's dead grandmothers and they booted him... i left game because the teamkilling douche was still there. Went into another game and that Kid was in that game, again spouting racial slurs. We played for about a whole match with him saying racist shit and daring people to boot him since he was the "server". And we did, and continued playing.
I guess this is what i'm to expect of XBOX live huh?
ToyMachine228
Member
I had a guy online telling me that within the next month there will be free DLC released for Shadowrun that includes several maps that FASA wanted to have ready for the game, but pulled them to release them as DLC and a new mode similar to Slayer/Deathmatch where there will be respawns. We'll see about that. But he swore over and over that it was happening.
The S-Word
Member
man i hope not. respawns would ruin it...ToyMachine228 said:
TekunoRobby
Tag of Excellence
There hasn't been a thread title update in a while. I'm sad 
PedroLumpy
Member
There's no seperate thread for Demo players is there? Assuming no......
Finally got on XBOX live for some matches. You know assholes always play team games? Never see them in FFA match types. No idea why. Anyway the game quite good. I can't imagine playing without Enhanced vision, knowing where people are trumps pretty much anything.
What are peoples preferred builds so far? I'm especially curious to see what people in the demo are playing with. I generally run around with glider, enhanced vision and teleport, with rez, tree backup. And rocking an SMG usually.
Finally got on XBOX live for some matches. You know assholes always play team games? Never see them in FFA match types. No idea why. Anyway the game quite good. I can't imagine playing without Enhanced vision, knowing where people are trumps pretty much anything.
What are peoples preferred builds so far? I'm especially curious to see what people in the demo are playing with. I generally run around with glider, enhanced vision and teleport, with rez, tree backup. And rocking an SMG usually.
flarkminator
Member
I was born a troll
Thats really the only logic can I think of that determined how I go from normal lacky, to Swedish murder machine whenever I play as a troll.
Gust, Link, Minigun / katana, Tree of Life = covered in the blood of my enemies
I'll be sad when I finally get the troll achievement and forced to play other races. So far I hate the dwarves, something about being all short and shit just makes me sad...
Thats really the only logic can I think of that determined how I go from normal lacky, to Swedish murder machine whenever I play as a troll.
Gust, Link, Minigun / katana, Tree of Life = covered in the blood of my enemies
I'll be sad when I finally get the troll achievement and forced to play other races. So far I hate the dwarves, something about being all short and shit just makes me sad...
misterdonut
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Yeah this game is just pure awesomeness. Server issues aside, I just absolutely love it.
I think that Microsoft marketing did the game a disservice by just springing the game on us last E3. I believe previous to E3 the fact this game was an FPS wasn't known (at least not well known). So when they just show up with a Shadowrun non FPS--major freakage.
Most of the reviews knock it for not being an RPG--which is a valid comment but has no bearing on the quality of the game.
It's awesome. They just needed to let the fanboys down easy.
I think that Microsoft marketing did the game a disservice by just springing the game on us last E3. I believe previous to E3 the fact this game was an FPS wasn't known (at least not well known). So when they just show up with a Shadowrun non FPS--major freakage.
Most of the reviews knock it for not being an RPG--which is a valid comment but has no bearing on the quality of the game.
It's awesome. They just needed to let the fanboys down easy.
Rocky_Balboa
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Alien elfs? ughhelement said:what could have been
Damn Forza2. Forza 2 conquered 80% of my friend list. Now I have to play public games in Shadowrun. Still having a pretty good time though and getting "vs vista"-achievements.
element
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none of the shipped maps were outsourced. They did have contractors work on the maps on-site at Microsoft. I don't think Epic outsourced any maps from Gears of War, but they have done so for UT2k4. My pals at Streamline Studios did ONS-Torlan.Bamihap said:
If there are DLC maps, which I don't think there will be many, they will probably be worked on by a new set of contractors on-site at Microsoft.
BudokaiMR2
Member
White Man said:
Yeah he really needs to just keep it to himself. It's common courtesy.
Just makes everyone else jealous that they aren't SO HIGH MAN....
Back on topic. I have been playing a lot of the demo, and am surprised at how much I like it. I really like doing glider/teleport and dropping in on people from above.
I think I will pick up the real game in a couple of months. Gonna be moving around soon so I can't play my 360 until I get settled again.
supermackem
Banned
element said:what could have been
Huh?? i think that looks like ass, yeah shadowrun is no gears but in some parts it looks great and runs like butter.
Ramirez said:So um, how long does it take to find a game? It was searching for like 7 minutes and I got no game...
Their matchmaking service is borked and I can't even stay connected to a game as of late. IIRC their faq says give it 5 minutes and restart if you haven't connected to a game within then, it craps out at the 5 minute mark of searching or something.
Ramirez said:I liked the demo actually, but I just played my first game, had no idea what I was doing :lol Guess I need to finish off those training sessions
But um, I had a really hard time telling who was an enemy and who was a good guy, any tips?
Red vs Blue basically. Models are different enough that you can tell a difference that way too.
Helmet dwarf vs bald dwarf
white haired uniformed elf vs bald elf
uniformed human vs human in more regular clothing
troll with horns pointing up vs troll with one pointing forward and another broken
Hitler Stole My Potato
Banned
The more I play the demo, the more I'm liking this game. I may just break down and buy it afterall. I can't believe how good it feels.
It may be short on maps and playmodes but what's there is golden. I'm really, honestly surprised.
It may be short on maps and playmodes but what's there is golden. I'm really, honestly surprised.
ToyMachine228
Member
Hitler Stole My Potato said:
Yes sir. It's tight, balanced, and more than anything fun. I got my Popgun achievement tonight. I have no idea how I don't have my Human Player achievement yet, but whatever. Anyway I tried the Sniper Rifle on Power Station for a few rounds tonight. Dropped like 6 or 7 guys in those couple rounds. I think I'll use it there a bit more now
I use it on one other map every once in a while. I forget the name but...Damn I love Shadowrun Wish I could convince my real-life friends to buy it. They think the whole "shoot and cast magic" concept is gay.