Fancy Shaping the World of Shadowrun?
July 25, 2012 by brennon
The world of Shadowrun is a complex one where the Hi-Tech and the Cyber-Punk meet the Fantastical and the archaic. Races like Elves and Trolls mix with humans in futuristic cities where having good knowledge of firearms could save your life. If this sounds interesting to you (and I would imagine it does!) then you'll be pleased to know a number of companies are working together to forge a new history for Shadowrun...
Shadowrun Online is just one of the products that will immerse you in the world. It will be a browser game, running on a number of different platforms that lets you play with friends in an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) setting. Not only that but as you quest and complete missions your actions alongside your friends will influence the world as a whole.
Check out some footage of early gameplay here.
It's an interesting prospect and a real love letter to the Shadowrun game. A lot of you might know of Shadowrun though its Pen & Paper life and if you haven't yet had a go then you can always download a copy of the Quick Start Rules for free and see if this world is the one for you.
But if video gaming really is your thing then Shadowrun: Returns is another project also in the works. This was funded by Kickstarter and is currently in development as a single player experience. You can find out more about it at the Harebrained Schemes website.
Catalyst Games are also involved with the project, pooling their writing talent with those of Cliffhanger Productions to make Shadowrun Online the best it can be.
So take a watch of the video above and see if the world of Shadowrun might be for you.
Shadowrun Universe
Harebrained Schemes - Shadowrun: Returns
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So much du backup and fund these days 🙂 but of course i’m a backer for that. So many fond hours of Shadowrun Pen and Paper do that to you hehe.
My biggest problem with all of these projects is that I just don’t have the time anymore for all of them. I already supported the last Shadowrun CPRG kickstarter and I intend to enjoy it thoroughly upon release, but how many RPGs can one guy be expected to play? It doesn’t help that I really only play videogames when I’m tired. If I have any energy at all, I’d much rather be playing tabletop these days, or painting, or modeling or… you get the idea. I think a lot of people who are plunking down their cash right now for… Read more »
Or maybe I meant to say the last Shadowrun CRPG… The mind races to figure out what a CPRG is though.
Theyll going to fuck it up as always. Dont know why but nowadays the they talk alot but in the end its just yet another clone of preexisting game-mechanics + they manage to fuck up the original feeling completely ….at least thats what happens to most licences brought into a PC-game. In the end it might be a fun game but I doubt that it will be able to convey the feeling Shadowrun has. Its allready too “happy” …dont know how to explain that better but it doesnt feel really cyberpunky and dirty as it should, it feels too colourful,… Read more »
by cartoony/anime I just mean that the ingame sequences look way too colourful for me, I know that cyberpunk includes these elements but in a different way …sorry I am lacking the right words to really convey what I mean.