Yup, Another Kickstarter - Shadowrun Returns

sirdilznik · **Joined:** Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:40 am **Posts:** 419

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/161 ... un-returns

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Shoot Straight. Conserve Ammo. And Never Cut a Deal With A Dragon.

Jordan Weisman, the creator of Shadowrun, is back and Shadowrun Returns (for Apple & Android tablets and PCs) is the game that Shadowrun fans have been waiting for a long time. A graphically rich 2D turn-based single player game with deep story interaction, meaningful character development, and highly-contextual tactical combat, Shadowrun Returns is not only going to make some old geeks (like us) very happy but it will introduce new players to a dynamic gaming universe that is beloved around the world.

Created almost 25 years ago, Shadowrun remains one of the most original and cherished role-playing settings. The game world’s origin story mashes-up the dystopian Cyberpunk future of a Blade Runner with the high fantasy creatures and races of a Lords of the Rings in an organic way that produces iconic characters, environments, and situations.

I never played any of the video games but I played the pencil & paper RPG and always thought it was a fantastic setting. I'm gonna pledge $15 to this to essentially pre-order.

llew silverhand · **Joined:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:14 am **Posts:** 207

I just did so myself. I've never played the PnP - in fact, I've only played the latest iteration (which lasted all of 10 minutes before I uninstalled it) - I'd love to try this new game, and even the old tabletop RPG.

sirdilznik · **Joined:** Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:40 am **Posts:** 419

They've just reached the $400,000 goal with tons of time to spare. Man, I'm loving turn-based RPGs coming back.
:mrgreen:

llew silverhand · **Joined:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:14 am **Posts:** 207

sirdilznik wrote:

They've just reached the $400,000 goal with tons of time to spare. Man, I'm loving turn-based RPGs coming back.
:mrgreen:

zzaaaaaaaagggggg

Gene · **Posted:** Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:05 pm

Oooooh my!

I'm pretty sure I've put more into Kickstarter in the past three months than I put into triple-A titles in all of last year. So glad to see these companies getting a chance to make the games they want to make.

Doubly glad that the games getting made are ones that I'll enjoy!

sirdilznik · **Joined:** Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:40 am **Posts:** 419

How's about some gameplay footage?

Holy smokes, I'm really impressed, especially by the AI! Oh man, the zany wacky adventures my Ork (likely Shaman) is going to get into.
:mrgreen:

IJBall · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:07 pm

sirdilznik wrote:

How's about some gameplay footage?

OK, just watching through the first minute, and that does look pretty cool. I'm not a particular fan of this sub-genre ("FuturePunk"?...), but I'm glad their Kickstarter was so successful that Mac and Linux versions will be produced. If they put out a demo of this, I'll definitely check it out...

blatherbeard · **Joined:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:35 pm **Posts:** 217

definitely reminds me of the old super nes game combined with the pnp game.

gameplay was pretty cool, kind of reminds me of the new xcom style.

agelinaking · **Joined:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:50 am **Posts:** 2

Gene wrote:

Oooooh my!

I'm pretty sure I've put more into Kickstarter in the past three months than I put into triple-A titles in all of last year. So glad to see these companies getting a chance to make the games they want to make.

Doubly glad that the games getting made are ones that I'll enjoy!

yeah dude i am totally agree with you dude.. i think it should be share around the web.

agelinaking · **Joined:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:50 am **Posts:** 2

Gene wrote:

Oooooh my!

I'm pretty sure I've put more into Kickstarter in the past three months than I put into triple-A titles in all of last year. So glad to see these companies getting a chance to make the games they want to make.

Doubly glad that the games getting made are ones that I'll enjoy!

yeah dude i am totally agree with you dude.. i think it should be share around the web.

Yup, Another Kickstarter - Shadowrun Returns

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