Another Kickstarter? Yes, Another Kickstarter, Shadowrun Returns

[Keyrock]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...dowrun-returns

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.

Interesting. I briefly played the pencil & paper Shadowrun waaaaaaay back in the day (briefly because it was at the very tail end of my pencil & paper RPG days) but have never played any of the video game iterations. Anyone here have any experience with Shadowrun video games? Cyberpunk + High Fantasy always seemed like it would work very well in a video game setting IMHO.

[ASYLUM101]

Looks cool, I'm not old enough to really know shadowrun, but the lore seems incredible and would make an awesome game.

[LostSoul]

Grim Dawn? Check.
Wasteland? Check.
Shadowrun? Yeah I'll check that too when I get home.

Let the good times roll? Now all we need is someone to throw their hat into the arena with some old classic D&D remakes or sequels and it'll be like reliving the 80s and 90s. Mmm....

[matthewfarmery]

dont remember it, but looks interesting, not sure if I have the funds to support it yet, waiting for grimdawn one then I see

[icedmetal57]

Really glad to see this Kickstarter boom lately, more great games to come.

As for Shadowrun, I've briefly played the SNES game on an emulator a few years ago but didn't get into it too much as I was currently playing some other SNES game that had my attention unfortunately, so I don't have much to say on that one. Then I've played the FPS game on Xbox360 which I really enjoyed. Aside from those two games, I haven't had much experience with the series so I don't know too much of what to expect.

That being said, I am looking forward to see what comes of this upcoming game as well as more Kickstarter projects like the ones mentioned.

[Counterbug]

Wow it seems we had the same idea about posting this Kickstarter!
I haven't much experience with the first game but i've played a bit of the 360 one which was a fun shooter but saddly didn't take any advantage of the world's background story.

[Malpheas]

Killing a dragon with an automatic rifle was satisfying. I used to play this on PNP...