Game News Shadowrun: Hong Kong Kickstarter Update #43: Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign Released

[V_K]

Shit, looks like they fucked up the main campaign while making the expansion. The Prosperity mission just doesn't load. Guess I'll have to get out of my comfort zone and run with a troll. :D

 

[Roguey]

Aces, I'll probably have something to get into once I'm done with the Cisquisition.

seems like a pretty typical combat-heavy expansion.

Well a lot of people here did complain about their not being enough combat in base HK.

 

[Septaryeth]

Shit, looks like they fucked up the main campaign while making the expansion. The Prosperity mission just doesn't load. Guess I'll have to get out of my comfort zone and run with a troll. :D

You mean the save won't load or the game won't load when it comes to the Prosperity mission?
I just tried the "Mist Rose" autosave and it brought me to the suicide scene right after the plastic-face man mission.
It seems to be in working order but I didn't try to progress any further.

 

[Septaryeth]

Few hours in, not sure how far I am, looks like it'll be two main missions and two sub-quest that are about the same length as those decent run back in Dragonfall.
The story is rather simple and plain, but there could be a plot twist so I guess it could be longer.

Looks like they still haven't fix the memory leak issue, after few hours it takes longer to load and I'm seeing some bloody stuttering.

Game is still easy as hell but there are few decent surprises.
Most gunman will now throw back your grenades which pretty much renders Is0bel's grenade launcher useless.
A new adapt like enemy will throw ninja stars that hurt like hell unless you have high armor or you're a drone.
There is a decreased amount of stealth involved in each level so good riddance.

Too bad the AI is still too shit for them to pose any challenge... If only they add more enemies and have them surrounding you in each encounter.

 

[LeStryfe79]

I haven't played a real video game in years. I just pretended to play games because i was lonely.

 

[Excidium II]

Aces, I'll probably have something to get into once I'm done with the Cisquisition.

seems like a pretty typical combat-heavy expansion.

Well a lot of people here did complain about their not being enough combat in base HK.

It has plenty combat, just too easy and encounters not as good as in DF.

 

[V_K]

You mean the save won't load or the game won't load when it comes to the Prosperity mission?

The latter. The save loads fine, but when I try to leave for Prosperity it loads the area for a bit and then just stops.

 

[Junmarko]

Did Harebrained ever state why "Very Hard" wasn't included in HK?

 

[J_C]

Got it. But unfortunately it is not a final save, I can't import it into the mini campaign. And it is not even a troll, but an elf. :D Are you sure you sent the right one?

Yeah turns out it was my brother's save, which he didn't complete but synced onto my pc
I was finding saves by the order of latest modified and didn't really check them.
This one should be the right one, it has the name final save on it and the date matched.

https://www.mediafire.com/?jc998g15na11n7f

Thanks, that works just fine.

 

[Roguey]

It has plenty combat, just too easy and encounters not as good as in DF.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...campaign-released.102256/page-45#post-4102938
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...campaign-released.102256/page-59#post-4131988
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...campaign-released.102256/page-64#post-4172466

 

[Daedalos]

No amount of "extended" work on this turd will make it better

 

[Junmarko]

Only just noticed this. Wonder if taking him on the Shiawase ocean-lab mission makes a difference? He offers to run for free...

EDIT: It adds some dialogue choices late in the mission:

Spoiler

On the last tram to escape, the enemy diverts you and Duce offers some escape solutions. (Not sure how it turns out should you do the mission without him)

 

[Prime Junta]

Can't say I'm impressed by this thing. It's just more of the same, but nothing really imaginative or interesting so far. They've also decided to make some of the combat encounters ridiculously big, and if you've got about fourteen enemy units involved, turns take forever.

 

[Duellist_D]

Just kill them off quickly.

"More of the same" is exactly what i wanted, glad they delivered.

 

[Gay-Lussac]

Does "updated dialogue" mean that they've cut at least half of the filler boring bullshit that ruins the game?

 

[Gangrelrumbler]

Spoiler

On the last tram to escape, the enemy diverts you and Duce offers some escape solutions. (Not sure how it turns out should you do the mission without him)

Spoiler

I didn't take him, instead took Richter and Is0bel. Each can put the tram back on track by either hacking or rigging. You can do it yourself if you are a hacker or rigger.

 

[Excidium II]

Do you have to import char?

 

[Saduj]

Do you have to import char?

Yes. And only from a save that was made after you beat original content.

 

[Morality Games]

(a) any new companions?

(b) anything at all that makes this worth playing through the Hong Kong campaign to get to?

 

[Septaryeth]

Can't say I'm impressed by this thing. It's just more of the same, but nothing really imaginative or interesting so far. They've also decided to make some of the combat encounters ridiculously big, and if you've got about fourteen enemy units involved, turns take forever.

Why don't you try to do it while keeping a dumbass useless neutral alive.

It's one of the few combat that really had me nervous about my positioning though.
Given that you are being screwed from both ends, it really corners you into finding the best cover without clustering, else you'll be bombarded with grenades from half a dozen grenadiers.

(a) any new companions?

(b) anything at all that makes this worth playing through the Hong Kong campaign to get to?

More or less the same, just slightly more polished; better encounters and an alright story.

No new companions. The pre-existing ones are a lot less irritating now that they stopped complaining about their past. Except Duncan, 'cause it's Duncan.
Instead of the trollish Home-and-Away, you get two people that pretty much tell you "[Fuck you, why are you probing my personal life like a stalker?]"
Too bad the dialogues are still buggy so I'm certain I missed out some after mission talk.

The plot is nothing over-the-top, just some good ol' fashioned corporate warfare. The ending is strangely rewarding albeit a bit out of nowhere.
Having a peak at the ending txt files, I would say excluding in-game scenes, most of the epilogue variations depends on what you did at the end of Walled City and this bonus campaign.

There are more bonus objectives in each run, unfortunately most of them also involve the matrix.
Enemies layout is much better with less stealth element.
Knowing that they can't fix the stupid AI, HBS decided to buff up all the enemies and shoot some new variants.
Most attacks will now reduce your armor, AP, and have continuous damaging effects, but given how strong your endgame characters are... enemies are only threatening when you take your time to let all the backups arrive and face about ten of them at once.

 

[Junmarko]

The ending is strangely rewarding albeit a bit out of nowhere.

Spoiler

"We can get your SIN status back, you'll be a normal citizen again."

Why would I want that? The name of the game aint "Start-a-cafe-mocha-latte" it's "Shadow-run" - keep yo SIN biatch. Haha yes, very satisfying.

 

[Septaryeth]

The ending is strangely rewarding albeit a bit out of nowhere.

Spoiler

"We can get your SIN status back, you'll be a normal citizen again."

Why would I want that? The name of the game aint "Start-a-cafe-mocha-latte" it's "Shadow-run" - keep yo SIN biatch. Haha yes, very satisfying.

Maybe you should put a spoiler quote on that.

Spoiler

But yes, it's rewarding to finally screw over Duncan and leave him with a big FUCK YOU .

Spoiler

On the other end, I can screw over Auntie for once, so really it depends on who you hate more.

 

[taxalot]

Now I need to replay the entire series.
And maybe the SNES Shadowrun too, if it's worth it.

 

[Septaryeth]

I feel like a spammer with the amount of posts I made in this thread, but since it's related I'll just post it here anyway.

For those who backed over 25 bucks, the "original e-novel" by Mel Odom is also available for download in your backer kit.
And... it's a novelization of the game.

 

[Ezrite]

Good news, because frankly, HK was pretty lacking in content, hopefully they remember to add battles this time.

Is more combat really needed? In the older Returns and Dragonfall I sometimes got crazy that a area never ended thanks to wave and wave of enemies.