Shadowrun holds a huge part in my heart. I remember sitting in my room watching this one “betatage” of Shadowrun and thinking “One day I’m going to be great at this game”. I didn’t care about MLG or any other league I just loved Shadowrun. Majin (one of the best SR players) does too. He details the history of Shadowrun to educate gamers born and bred on the Modern Warfare’s and sequels of past FPS games.
Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus Urquhart revealed that he would love to make a Shadowrun game if given the chance.
Yes! But don’t water it down or make it an MP competitive shooter. I’d love a Cyberpunk 2077 level Shadowrun game.
This would be awesome, but let's see what they can do with Avowed first. I don't think the talent is there anymore to make a deep RPG.
What do you mean? They still have the OGs like Josh Sawyer, Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarski as acting design leads on all of their projects. A lot of the veteran talent have remained at the studio.
@anast
All the creative leads of classics like NeverwinterNights 2, Kotor 2, New Vegas, then to Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2; and modern games like Pentiment and Outerworlds; all very legitimate, deep RPGs; them being there, doing as they always have, means we need to question whether the "talent" is there to make deep RPGs. Definitely makes sense, as long as you don't think about it.
ShadowRun arrived in 2007 and is still played by a core audience on modern consoles and PC today, despite a bungled launch.
Played it a few months back. Not a stellar mp game at its time, but still genuine & janky fun.
I have never played Shadowrun. However, the universe of Shadowrun seems like a good setting for various game genres. The franchise combines traditional fantasy tropes with cyberpunk science fiction.
Yeah since the megadrive game I’ve always thought how cool the setting and premise is but the game never really delivers on gameplay.
Really enjoyed this back on 360. Was one of the first pc games I played as well. Nice to see it's still online I'm going to have to see about getting a copy on pc again.
Edit: is this backward compatible with series X?
The Shadowrun RPGs from Harebrained Schemes were great, but that IP is just begging for a massive, Cyberpunk 2077-style game. Open world action RPG epic with a healthy dose of immersive sim goodness.
The Xbox 360 was a fantastic console in its day with some truly classic titles, but what are the seven best games for the console?
I'll go with,
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga, Shadow Complex, Ace Combat 6 with the flight stick,A Kingdom for Keflings, A World of Keflings.
Bonus Kinect Games: Happy Action Theater and Sesame Street.
*Skyrim was so bad on PS3 that it almost deserves to be #1*
Ah yes, Shadow Complex! Good indies back in the day. Summer of Arcade. I enjoyed Trials Evolution as well.
Was this made by a.i.? No human being would put Shadowrun, Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Conviction into a list of the 7 best Xbox 360 games.
Would love to play Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but Xbox decided to buy exclusivity and keep it off a competing platform.
The only mainline game I never played except for one level at a friends place. Game sold less than any other in the series if I remember correctly.
360 had Namco hitters AC6 and RR6... both quality titles. You should at least bust out the 360 for AC6 if you can score the flight stick. Its great.
When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....
It's a nostalgia peice same reason we get thousands of YouTube videos on sega genisis. Something people have fond memories for but the era is long gone.
It's xboxs golden year imo it was their genisis years the time where they stuck it to the market leaders Sony.
They stuck nothing. Sony screwed themselves giving Xbox an opening. They would have gotten the usual smack down if the PS3 had launched at $399 and was easier to develop for.
Shadowrun still has a good online community even though people try to claim otherwise although I doubt they've even played the game in recent years. I still play it from time to time, the competitive and tactical nature of the game provides for a good break from other shooters.
Sucks no DLC was released for it though and that the map editor was canned, even worse was the closure of FASA. :(
A few users were trying to set up dedicated server "farms" for the game, wonder how that went.
Edit: How can the writer forget about FASA Univeristy?!? The turn around the team was able to accomplish as a result in less than two weeks, they definitely deserve props.
Health Trees FTW
Shadowrun is stil home to a strong community following, there is little effort involved in finding a game, and little wait. The game is easily in the catagory of the most Underrated Title's this gen, offering a highly addictive yet limited package. The games lack of Single Player Campaign was ok, however, if a title is to be Online-Exclusive, it should be shipped with a diverse number of online options for it players and Three very similar online modes wasn't a great decision. It was a HUGE shame that FASA Studies disbanded and a bigger shame that with it the hopes of a sequel where forever shrunk, I still hold hope, the opportunities for future installments are limitless and it would be a great reward for the communities strong dedication to the game and its online...
Absolutely love Shadowrun, honestly one of my favorite titles this generation. Completely underrated.
i remember playing the demo like 3 years ago or 2? i wish i could go back in time and enjoy the child memories