Back to nature. We got a lot of greasing to do. [Shadowrun]

[Zomg]

This thread delivers.

Can some of you describe the main differences between Shadowrun MegaDrive and Shadowrun Snes? 'Cause this game looks friggin' awesome.

SNES version came first, Genesis later

SNES version is like Quest for Glory with a really painful interface. Point and click using a d-pad with a lot of input lag and ugh. It would be nice for emulation if it used the snes mouse thing but I think they correctly guessed it wasn't worth the time to implement in the early '90s. The PC is a do-everything-in-shadowrun decker-bionicgunner-magician.

Genesis version is like baby's first Darklands. Main plot is terrible, '80s Neuromancer internet is much more developed, combat is less annoying but also more brainless.

 

[Mystary!]

Bump for MOAR!

The SNES one was my first "rpg", and still one of my favourite games. I've tried this genesis version on emulator many times but it just seems so repetitive and farm heavy for me, and I could never understand what the hell i was doing in cyberspace. This is a good alternative for me, as I'll probably wont try it again.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Update 7: Frag doesn't even come close. Fuck shit cunt #$^@QHAGRETQ$#~

Lets chat up our new contacts.

Since the screen is off and there's no voiceovers, we'll have to do our best to imagine she isn't a tranny. But this is the internet matrix, after all.

Well she's got the attitude of a shutin obssessed with computers, so thats a good sign I suppose.

Lets get the free info first.

This'll probably be crap we already know since we've already focused on decking a lot and bought this contact late. Oh well.

Might as well ask about those programs next.

These are both very powerful programs for their level. The problem is, at level 3 they're likely to simply fail against the kinds of nodes you'd need them against. Anything weaker can probably be popped without their help. They also take up a lot of space, and cost a pretty penny for such low level programs.

We won't be buying either of these any time soon.

Lets meet Max next.

Looks boring and average. Which I suppose is a good thing in this business.

Ahhh hardware. I love that word.

Damn, this guy was worth it even if we only want to pick up one of those guns. That is one hell of a deal. SMG suppressors alone cost 1500 to install.

The passkeys are insanely expensive, but also technically a good deal. Assuming you're planning on using them a lot of course.

What was that he said about a security badge? That sounds useful.

6k is a great deal if they last forever, but I don't know if they do. Might be worth it anyways in a Renraku run, those cunts have serious security. We'll say goodbye for now.

Our next stop is another bar we skipped by because of the cover charge.

One paid off smug bouncer later, and we're in.

There's... something... at the bar. Lets check it out.

An elf decker. Nice. Elves make good deckers with their stat adjustments. And since the entrance fee on this place is higher than what Riki charges for a run, I'm guessing she's high end.

We'll indulge our inner story-fag and ask her about her past.

Damn, why do elves get a cool prophet? All humans got was a shitty carpenter and a little girl diddler.

Seems like she's a lot more knowledgable than that shitty contact. Lets ask this chick about the Matrix.

How about those corps anyways? What's the info?

We can't hire any more runners right now, so we say goodbye for now.

Lets check out the booth.

He's a dwarf, in case the 'diminutive' bit didn't catch your eye.

He's also going to give us some nice contracts I'd imagine, based on this place's door fee and company.

But first we ask some questions.

Yeah, you can't trust a creepy one eyed guy in a dark booth like that. I mean, all he needs to be a textbook villain is a mustache to twirl.

Lets see about that contact.

Well damn, gotta be pretty badass to be a pro at breaking into prisons. Definitely want this guy's number.

We ask him to line us up a job next.

Moderate runs are becoming pretty trivially at this point, and the door fee is a joke compared to our payouts. We run a lot of these contracts, both for the cash and the karma, since a moderate runs nets us 3 karma from this guy for each team member. We upgrade a lot of stats, including our rep.

I mean, you don't want to be known as the guy who lost to THAT now do you?

Aww frag.

Also not a good moment.

Thankfully our BROs are there to patch us back up. We can't actually be magically healed while unconscious, but Marrs is becoming damned good with those medkits.

We get hassled by some idiot on our way back from a job-

But we refrain from murdering him outright, and put our trained charisma to good use.

This particular node is a gold mine, and we dig a lot of data out of it on repeated runs to turn our deck into a hulking monster.

And with this kind of cash:

We start turning some other things into hulking monsters as well.

Well actually Hellblast is a pretty crappy spell. Even at 6 willpower on full defense, the spell still has an insane amount of drain, and only 1 success pip. At full offense the drain goes up a smidge and it becomes sort of viable, if you don't mind half killing yourself twice over.

We also decide to make Marrs start living up to his title.

Or at least we tried to, but he needs some more stats before he can pull that shit off properly.

Back to the big gun for now.

Why all the effort in pumping up Marrs here? Well, despite copious amounts of money spent on our deck, we simply cannot finish the mission we're on. The required file is behind too much black ice and tar pits.

So we're going to take a different mission.

Time for some sweet sweet revenge.

Fuchi is small time compared to all the other corps around here, but it's still a corp, and it's filled with loot, guns, and people to kill.

We catch a very lucky break while searching the first floor:

thanks to this random encounter, we can employ our computer skill in an attempt to dredge up some info on our target.

Success!

We blunder past some security cameras like complete morons.

The aftermath is very bloody:

But we come out on top easily.

Hello...

Lets try hacking down the security alarms.

We manage to sleaze by the first node.

But this one hands us our asses. It's just too difficult when the alarm is already tripper and the system is on active alert.

Afterwards, a bunch of interesting things were done. None of which I have screenshots of because apparently this emulator just overwrites the 999th screenshot when it reaches that number. Awesome!

We got pretty fucking strong though.

 

[anus_pounder]

I doubt you'll need the elf chick though. What with you already being a hacker...

 

[spekkio]

All humans got was a shitty carpenter and a little girl diddler.

because apparently this emulator just overwrites the 999th screenshot when it reaches that number.

So you keep ALL the screenshots from the entire LP?



Also: Gens sux.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Wasn't using Gens. And keeping the screenshots makes it easier to post links without having to mass name change files and shit. If I'd known it was going to be an issue I would have moved them or something obviously.

 

[lightbane]

And to think that Shadowrun had soo much potential, after the awesome games for SNES and Genesis... That terrible shooter appeared, ruining forever any chance of seeing another Shadowrun rpg

 

[ghostdog]

moar

 

[Drakron]

And to think that Shadowrun had soo much potential, after the awesome games for SNES and Genesis... That terrible shooter appeared, ruining forever any chance of seeing another Shadowrun rpg

That is not the problem ...

Shadowrun was FASA, Microsoft acquired FASA Interactive that meant they got Shadowrun along with BattleTech (and Crimson Skies).

Right now Shadowrun is still in Microsoft hands, they licensed it (along with Crimson Skies and MechWarrior) to Smith & Tinker back in December 2007 ... unfortunately chances are Shadownrun will turn out to be a iFag/Shitbook game or a MMO.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Nice LP. Me wants moar.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Might do an update on the weekend here.

 

[Mystary!]

Yes please do. I gave it another try and I just keep getting ganked on the streets by random thugs. I cannot into Shadowrun.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Played some more, need to write up the post now. Decided not to bother dicking around to try and re-enact all the stuff I did that the screenies got lost for, so a chunk of the plot and our massive power grabbing phase is going to be missing from this LP. Losing save files is always incredibly aggravating and screenshots of progress isn't much better, and makes me want to just quit the whole thing. But I'm determined to finish things at least, so I'm going to focus on the main story from now on, and forget about some of the sidequests and talking to every asshole we can find.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Update: Something I lost count.

First off, lets do a little recap of what was lost.

First of all, we got really fucking strong. Josh and Marrs are both cybered up, and let me tell you, the chances of anything in the game not taking damage from something with 'Massive' power are pretty much zilch. Everyone is also virtually bulletproof.

Our notebook keeps track of some details concerning our investigation, which had some progress.

Owlfeather was apparently on our brother's team. We got this information from that Tabatha chick in another hotel in Puyallup we overlooked before. We got more info out of Borris once we asked him about Owlfeather; apparently our brother used that name when he came to Borris for some gear.

We also find out our bro was working for that black elf guy, who was apparently working out of that snobby elf nightclub in downtown. Dropping his name got us through the door and he gave us another tidbit of info:

Heres the latest info Borris gives us:

Instead of getting Borris to rig us up a visa, we opt for another approach. A friend of a friend can get us in:

In case you hadn't guessed, the numbers these guys are throwing around are trivial to us. Money is essentially a non issue at this point. So we're out in the boonies now looking for Owlfeather:

Finding your way around isn't difficult as long as you stay on a path.

Ah, the natives are such noble people, what with the corpses and all.

The local fauna are also noble, but thats what SMGs and cyberware are for.

We get to the village pretty quickly.

You'd think these things would go extinct pretty quick with everyone having guns and this being a populated area, but apparently not.

We enter one of the little huts:

Stupid useless cunt. It's like she wasn't placed there expressly for the purpose of aiding us or something. Ugh.

This building looks more promising:

Jackpot. Lets pump him for info.

We might as well ask him about the area too, he probably knows it pretty damned well.

So by keeping these lands clean he must be referring to littering or something right?

Oh. Well fuck him.

Hmmm, lets just wait in case it's just some reasonable people and not horrible savage animals.

WTF? Fucking niggers DIE!

We check out this cave too while wandering the area:

But it's basically empty with no other exits we can find.

Also even though it's a fucking cave in the wilderness it's apparently electrically wired and the lights stay on all the time. Also lava pits or something. Because that makes lots of sense.

Our internal monologue concerning the realism of well lit caves is interrupted by winged monsters made out of stone that hunger for human flesh.

Afterwards we make our way back to the totally believable Vidphone/Matrix port installed in a rock wall and get a cab back to the city.

Well stop by a few bars to see if anyone has some info for us regarding Aragorn or anything else useful. Our first stop is Caleb, since he's probably got the most connections.

Even these guys turn into bootlickers once our rep is high enough.

Well, where the :monocle: gentleman has failed, perhaps the :cybermonocle: gentlemen can succeed.

Looks like this was the right place to come. We'll chase after Aragorn first, and leave the Mako douchebag for later.

It's showtime.

Oh gee, good thing we snuck in huh?

Well maybe that worked out after all.

Like I said, it worked out just fine.

Hah! No door can stand before Joshua's mighty hacking skillz!

Oh right. Trent has the electronics skill. Not the same as computer hacking. The movies lied to us.

And behind the door we find... security terminals. Without guards. Because surely nobody who could override the door's security could possibly also handle the terminal security right?

Wouldn't want the guards forgetting where they're supposed to guard our important stuff. Better leave a memo for them on this unguarded security terminal on the first floor...

One elevator ride later:

More doors. We simply re-attempt them until Trent gets through. The only possible penalty is an alarm, which we don't care about since the guards are pussies.

Also retards, judging by the fact that not only did this guy believe our fake story, dispatch VERIFIED it for us, AFTER we'd set off an alarm with the same story a few minutes ago. Also, lots of bodies. Probably blood all over us.

Oh cool, lets start a fight with this douchebag.

Awww. Next time we'll just shoot him in the face instead of insulting him.

Oh look: We found our guy.

Speaking of douchebags...

We murder our way back out of the building and return to Owlfeather.

Or try to. Lets try hiding this time.

Good to know feral beasts can't smell/see/hear a trio of freaks from the city.

Urge to kill just keeps rising today.

Oh I wish he'd try something. Fucking idiot deserves a bullet between the eyes more than those guards did.

Oh wow, we just did that fetch quest so we can talk to some crazy shaman dude? Fucking hell. Might as well go see him since we already did the quest.

Back we go to council island:

Oh yeah, this looks totally promising.

Is that the awe-inspiring way of saying he smells like he's been pissing himself for days?

More fetch-questing? This is getting pretty lame.

Fuck. You couldn't have mentioned this before we killed a billion of the fuckers?

One trip to Redmond barrens later...

Oh FFS. What do you say guys? Should we keep at this shit or go hunt down that Mako guy?

Bonus event while walking around town; we get to sate some of our bloodlust for stupid assholes:

If you're wondering where Marrs is in that pic, he got hit by a single attack that chipped away his last bit of mental health by an enemy that spawned the instant we were walking out the exit. It booted him from our party and pissed him off back to neutral hiring range. Not that the money matters now. This happened while heading back to re-recruit him.

Suffice to say heavy combat armor makes these punks pretty irrelevant. Why did they attack us and where did we get heavy combat armor you ask? We're chumming it up with the japanese mafia, thats how.

We could have sided with the normal mafia (eye fivers) or the orks(chums with lone-star) but nothing says power like walking through a cloud of SMG fire, and Agira is the only guy who can sell us heavy combat armor.

Next update, we either hunt down so more foozle parts for Spirit Eyes or go bust Mako's balls and see where that leads us. Your call.

 

[lightbane]

Also retards, judging by the fact that not only did this guy believe our fake story, dispatch VERIFIED it for us, AFTER we'd set off an alarm with the same story a few minutes ago. Also, lots of bodies. Probably blood all over us.

Yes, stealth missions were unfortunately pretty random, you could have a fake ID that a guard would accept but the next guard you faced immediately detected it as a fake. However, I remember that the invisibility spell made these missions very easy. And it doesn't matter which quest you do first, you'll have to do both to finish the game. Still, I say to finish first Spirit Eye's fetch quests.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Like I said, it worked out just fine.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Got tired of the game or what?

 

[Damned Registrations]

 

[Yeesh]

Ok, fetchy fetch is fairly lame, but still. What an awesome game. That's some good LP'n.

 

[Damned Registrations]

I'd probably just abandon this but it's so near the end and I'd feel like a douche not finishing it before moving on to another game. Plus this way I can be all at people who abandoned theirs.

Next game will either be Shining in the Darkness or Brigandine.

 

[lightbane]

I vote for Shining in the Darkness, I read a bit about Brigandine and it seems awesome, I would like to (try) do a lp about it some day.

 

[anus_pounder]

Voting for Brigandine. Make sure to choose the least viable faction.

 

[Damned Registrations]

We could probably both do LPs of Brigandine honestly. There's more than enough content in the quests and stories for two separate runthroughs without much/any overlap. I'm leaning towards Shining in the Darkness though, simply because it'd be much easier, and I've never actually finished it.

 

[Yeesh]

Next game will either be Shining in the Darkness or Brigandine.

I remember Shining Force and Brigandine well, but I don't think I've had enough exposure to Shining in the Darkness. Will I carry this regret to my grave?

 

[Damned Registrations]

I suppose it's too much to ask for, getting this to a new page before I dump hundreds more images onto it?