Incline Shadowrun Returns - yes, it's a Kickstarter

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They put up a new update,they will add a Linux version if they reach the 1 million after all

I'd prefer for a more cyberpunk feel to it. Needs more guitars, techno/electro and less happiness (no flutes please!).
Could you do it 16 bits instead of 8 bits?
I love chiptunes but I doubt the studios are going for it this time.

Get Shadowrunner SNES music, mix with some electro-industrial (Angelspit, Rammstein) and/or techno music (ghost in the shell OST), and add that Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines - Isolated flavor. And you're good to go. At least that is something that I'd like to hear.

Keep in mind that I'm a fish out of the water here.
I haven't played Shadowrunner yet (just following this kickstarter because I'm fond of the cyberpunk setting and I have some small hopes for the game).
And I know squat about music, so don't fret over anything I said.
I did listen to the music on youtube .

Just try doing a couple of things considerably different from each other for the sake of having fun and trying out to see what works best.

Seattle. Shouldn't the s/t be grunge?

I dunno, but I found the System Shock 2 soundtrack the only one worth listening to, as well as some warm ambient moments in Deus Ex. I am a big fan of INDUSTRIAL musiq in general, so maybe more machinery sounds and use of general tone, bass kept to a general hum, and keyboards on repetitive, darkwave-driven loops...

That is my general vision of Cyberpunk, friend.

Which is mostly a given. I already see them go well past 1 million, and perhaps even 2 million. They are already in the same hunting ground as Fargo. It's up to them now, if they can declare a vision that wins people like me.

But please no more Wow! and top men! videos, we are already getting past that stage.

Weisman and co. have announced a deluxe, boxed version of Shadowrun Returns. It's $125.

Too expensive. The Wasteland 2 box is only 50 bucks and comes with a cloth map.

I think Brother None mentioned that Fargo was actually being too consumer-friendly there (meaning he's likely losing money by setting it that low). Double Fine's box copy was $100. Plus you also have to account for getting the hardcover book from the previous tier.

I'm still going to hold out until like the next-to-last day to see if a cheaper non-deluxe box option shows up of course. :p

He shouldn't be losing money with 50$ boxes, even with postage and shit, but yeah, he might not get more in the end than he would from a straight 15$ backing which doesn't come with extra costs. Even if they do get more money up fron from it.

Game comes on a custom sr/ks dogtag USB it's pretty sweet

Just hit one million 2nd location here we come

Update #6 1.5M goal gets backers an exclusive mission that ties the SNES and Genesis games into this one. Here was my response on Kickstarter:

^I think you mean 1.5 mil but yeah sounds good, especially if you played the originals, which I never did, and will never do. I'll just look at it as a bonus mission thanks to new backers.

oops I had Wasteland 2 on the brain!

I don't like the "exclusive" bit at all. Just feels like a publisher type thing to do.

I don't like it either, but I think they are just trying to find a way to say "thank you". Besides, if the runs in this game works as I think they do, having a "mission" tying the console games to this isn't much more than an easter egg.

They've been doing that since the beginning of their Kickstarter, "Exclusive to backers deal!1", yet people haven't been on their ass as much as Fargo, perhaps due to people looking at Wasteland 2 as their personal Second Coming of Christ.

Funnily enough when it's a good turn-based game I don't care about not having exclusive map content. What are the chances it'll be the best mission ever you are missing out if you don't play it? About as likely as one map in Jagged Alliance 2 having the absolute best combat you have got to go to this location first man

heeey Clockwork Knight

So, no one else is worried that this game ends being a linear mission-after-mission campaign with little to no interaction outside of combat ?

There is a turn based tactical game a la JA coming in this day and age, in a wonderful setting, and you are worried >? I'm mostly worried that my wallet cannot handle the incline.

Dwarvenfood, Jagged Alliance 1 and 2 had meaningful interaction outside of combat - hiring mercs, managing them (healings, repairing, training ), exploring the map, freedom to piclk missions, making contacts with the locals, etc. The same can be said about Xcom, Fallout: Tactics, etc.- great tactical combat games by itself.

My worry is that this game ends like JA2: Unfinished Business - a series of linear missions with no interaction outside of it. Or worse like consoles "Final Fantasy Tactics" games, consisting of a linear (and boring) story interspaced with combats.

Got the difference ?

While I do understand the need to make the backers happy, I do not see a "backer exclusive mission" as being fair to those who buy the finished product simply because they couldn't back the game at this time due to factors such as unemployment, bills to pay, or other events beyond their control.

I have no problem with all the backer goodies but making content exclusive is really not a cool thing. For example, the Codex gets a temple in their honor but at least everyone gets to see it not just those Codexians that donated.

Maybe I am just grumpy because I can't support the games I want because of unemployment and that is coloring my judgement.

Silva -

In one of the videos he seems to make it clear that a lot will happen outside of combat. I think it might be the 3rd or 4th one?

^I don't understand how Obsidian could make the game better but yeah, should be well worth the pledge...