Shadowrun Shadowrun: Hong Kong Pre-Release Discussion [GO TO NEW THREAD]

Hmm, yeah thinking again Lone Star could be avoided anyway through that contact that erase your criminal records (or by hacking their matrix node directly), while there is no other way to get the yakuza armor.

 

This is also a strength of SRR. Karma and money are/were limited, albeit it was too much available sadly. GenSR basically allowed you to grind everything to the max regardless how long it took.

 

I think its apple and oranges. On a sandbox environment like the Genesis its actually good that the player is allowed to accumulate all power in the world as long as he is ready for some serious grinding ( and the game is pretty grindy), while on a static and story-driven environment like Returns the limits are dictated by the story progression. I don't see a right or wrong here, just different approaches to fit different environments.

 

Been playing Dragonfall again, and honestly even after all the AI improvements you still very regurarly see the AI just complete waste the turn. Start at cover, run somewhere out in the open, run back to cover.

Also it is annoying because the way AI is shackled it's almost complete guess how many APs the enemies you are facing actually have. Which makes using -ap items/abilities kinda frustrating.

 

Not mine because I said fuck it and took the loss. You're welcome.

 

That's interesting, particularly since it implies that Shadowrun isn't self-sustaining (which I suppose isn't much of a surprise). It does seem like Dragonfall DC has decent legs, though - it didn't debut that high up, but it seems like it manages to stay at a decent number on the sales charts.

 

Best part of that interview:

edit: It's amazing what not having a publisher does... you can actually tell the truth...

 

They said they could have released another expansion, they went to KS to make it bigger and better.

Depends on your definition of self-sustaining I suppose. Is funding ever smaller releases self sustaining? I mean you can go for quite a while like that.

 

I hope that they will stay with this franchise for years as both previous games were great. Plus some fine mods and we have fun with some nice runs for a loong time.

 

Take Neo-Anarchists : Guide to Real Life. I don't know Shadowrun too good, but I think that matches Codex nature very well.

 

http://www.amazon.com/The-Universal-Brotherhood-Abilities-Shadowrun/dp/1555600247

User reviews are never wrong are they ...

But for those more interested in other aspects...

 

For us that put in money in the Codex fundraiser, we don't have to do anything, right?

 

This might help: http://gurth.home.xs4all.nl/shadowrun/fasa.html

I picked the Seattle Sourcebook, because the torrent-able copy is shit. The NA: Guide to Real life and Universal Brotherhood are also good, but Brotherhood is really just a well fleshed-out adventure.

 

Depends what you want.

Corporate Shadowfiles - Lots of details on the megacorporations and how they work. If you are curious about the megacorporations, choose this one.
Fields of Fire - Lots of information on mercenary groups and how to roleplay them. If you plan to play P&P and want to go on a mercenary campaign, maybe this is useful otherwise, avoid.
Neo-Anarchists: The Guide to North America - Good introduction to the setting, it goes on details about the daily lives of people on shadowrun, actually, sometimes, it waste too much pages on the ordinary lives of people on shadowrun but has a ton of detail on the setting. There is a good quality PDF version of this you can find on any torrent site.
Neo-Anarchists : Guide to Real Life - Same as above. Choose those neo-anarchist books if you aren't familiar with shadowrun and want a nice introduction.
Native American Nations Volume - Lots of native stuff you only find on this book, want to go on a native P&P campaign? You will like this book, otherwise, no.
Native American Nations Volume 2 -Lots of native stuff you only find on this book, want to go on a native P&P campaign? You will like this book, otherwise, no.
Seattle Sourcebook - Can work as an introduction to the setting too as Seattle is the capital of the shadowrun, as the name says, it goes on a ton of detail about Seattle but the tone, atmosphere, humour and conspiracy stuff is quite similar to any other shadowrun city.
Shadowbeat - It explain how entertaiment, sports and the media works on shadowrun. I for some strange reason you wanna roleplay an elf singer or media person on some P&P campaign, this is good, otherwise it has alot of detail on the setting but you can kinda live without it.
Shadowrun 2050 - Didn't read it.
Tir Nanog - Lots of elves and Ireland, that make you curious? If for some absolutely weird reason , yes, pick this one otherwise avoid like a plague.
Tir Tairngire - Same as above, honestly, who cares about elves? If you want to be bored to tears...
The Universal Brotherhood - nice horror theme on it but by now it was mostly wasted as anyone who played Shadowrun Returns knows what the Universal Brotherhood is about but if you wanna more detail on those creepy motherfuckers, good choice.

I recomend Corporate shadowfiles, the Seattle sourcebook or The Universal Brotherhood because the torrent versions of the three are really awful and barely readable.

 

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That's a pretty fair deal, I'd say.

 

From adversity, they grow strong.

 

Having a good editor who knows how to cut out unnecessary shit and who can figure out what works and what does not is a good thing.

 

They are learning from their mistakes it seems. I'm fine with that. The dwarf's face is a bit derpy, but it would work well ingame. They exaggerate the features to make sure it's all recognizable when you have the isometric camera.