Like I said, it's the too big pix. Compare:
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I sure as hell know which one is easier to read, and I was expecting the layout to look like dis in the first place.
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Review RPG Codex Review: Shadowrun Returns
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Like I said, it's the too big pix. Compare:
and
I sure as hell know which one is easier to read, and I was expecting the layout to look like dis in the first place.
Codex standard is 500px thumbnails. Infinitron has put the doublephotos side by side now, so you whiny cunts can relax.
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Actually, the Codex standard thumbnail is 120px, which is too small, which is why I hate using 'em.
^ Crooked Bee told me 500px 
Game is too shallow.Will not buy anything more in the future.
Fucking Xenforo, what good has it ever done to us 
tuluse
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Very fair review Darth Roxor.
I'm only about 5 hours in, but it matches my experience. It's a shallow game, but it's fun.
I'm only about 5 hours in, but it matches my experience. It's a shallow game, but it's fun.
flushfire
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Reading your comments in the SR release news post I was actually expecting a more.. apologetic review. Glad to be disappointed in this case. Although you missed the summoning bug (any summon beyond the first becomes an uncontrollable, as in just standing in place, AP drain) and the lack of 'end combat' option, It's fairly spot-on. The end boss music gave me LSS for a day, its so good 
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Brofists Received: 3,734Fucking Xenforo, what good has it ever done to us
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Anyway good job on a great in depth review. I'm still on the fence about the game, but at least now I know exactly what to expect. And kudos on managing to critique the story and writing without a hint of a spoiler anywhere.
toro
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But it did not have a soul.
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But Demonic in nature.
Good Review of game which proved to be surprisingly fun to play with.
Just finished this game, and I agree the review was spot-on for the most part. I hired a rigger merc for one run and think I hit that glitch where I couldn't get his machines to work properly.
I used a human decker, and ran into some trouble early on as my character was a poor combatant. I resolved that issue by switching karma points into quickness and rifle, which let me play a hybrid decker/street samurai. There is a lot of karma point bloat in this game, so I was pretty good at both by the end and felt comfortable having my character take point. I did enjoy the matrix runs, but the game is very combat oriented and there are few times you can rely on being a decker to avoid a shooting match. Also, six or seven points in decking is all you really need by the end of the game if you buy the best decking equipment, so I really should have played a troll street samurai with decking abilities rather than a decker with points in quickness and rifle.
I enjoyed the game, though $20 is about right for it. It is not long enough, they compensate for it with karma bloat so you have a powerful character by the end, the story starts off as a low key mystery that gets too epic in proportions at the end, and it is not an open world game at all. But still, it does feel like you are playing a Shadowrun game, and so I'll give the developer credit for respecting the IP and for the tactical combat.
I used a human decker, and ran into some trouble early on as my character was a poor combatant. I resolved that issue by switching karma points into quickness and rifle, which let me play a hybrid decker/street samurai. There is a lot of karma point bloat in this game, so I was pretty good at both by the end and felt comfortable having my character take point. I did enjoy the matrix runs, but the game is very combat oriented and there are few times you can rely on being a decker to avoid a shooting match. Also, six or seven points in decking is all you really need by the end of the game if you buy the best decking equipment, so I really should have played a troll street samurai with decking abilities rather than a decker with points in quickness and rifle.
I enjoyed the game, though $20 is about right for it. It is not long enough, they compensate for it with karma bloat so you have a powerful character by the end, the story starts off as a low key mystery that gets too epic in proportions at the end, and it is not an open world game at all. But still, it does feel like you are playing a Shadowrun game, and so I'll give the developer credit for respecting the IP and for the tactical combat.
Excidium
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It's a fun game but ultimately very shallow, not as much for technical reasons mind you, maybe more to do with the few months they had to work with because the editor can clearly offer much more.
Time limitations however are no excuse for how bad the game systems are. They're gamey as all hell (Put points in guns! You can now carry another gun and hold an assault rifle you couldn't before! Also you learned to wait before you shoot! Woot! You reach a middlepoint in the story, +1 AP! COOLDOWNS ARGH) and very unbalanced as roxor pointed. It's pathetic how little it draws from any of the pnp iterations when it could benefit greatly, specially on the spellcasting. I figure it has to be dumbed down for tablet crowd or whatever. It's what ruins the game, because the editor can make some cool stuff but ultimately the systems will bring everything down to me.
Despite the lack of C&C I found some fun bits worth replaying a few times, with different character types. At least it's short, which reminds of VTMB in the sense that it's a mediocre game with some cool bits, and you can reach the cool bits fast enough in a replay and then drop it when it gets boring.
Time limitations however are no excuse for how bad the game systems are. They're gamey as all hell (Put points in guns! You can now carry another gun and hold an assault rifle you couldn't before! Also you learned to wait before you shoot! Woot! You reach a middlepoint in the story, +1 AP! COOLDOWNS ARGH) and very unbalanced as roxor pointed. It's pathetic how little it draws from any of the pnp iterations when it could benefit greatly, specially on the spellcasting. I figure it has to be dumbed down for tablet crowd or whatever. It's what ruins the game, because the editor can make some cool stuff but ultimately the systems will bring everything down to me.
Despite the lack of C&C I found some fun bits worth replaying a few times, with different character types. At least it's short, which reminds of VTMB in the sense that it's a mediocre game with some cool bits, and you can reach the cool bits fast enough in a replay and then drop it when it gets boring.
Dude, it'll be cheating if he's named now.
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Hint, hint.
DeepOcean
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Mit Refeahcs! Now it is easy.
Duraframe300
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I don't think so. Shadowrun: Returns Editor has the advantage of not having much competition when it comes to setting.
Excidium
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3.3
Tommy Wiseau
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That Tim Schafer project, I guess. Hey, who knows, it might still see a release date one day.
Clockwork Knight
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That's true. Still, where did the extra millions go?
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