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The main problem with Shadowrun is that this is a mediocre game with some potential. That's why people are so pissed off about it: SRR could be a great game, but it isn't and will never be.
Pissed off? I don't think the Codex was ever that pissed off at Shadowrun Returns, and certainly not now. I don't remember there being hundreds of pages of rage ala Wasteland 2 and Pillars of Eternity. It didn't get as much attention compared to the other Kickstarter RPGs, and therefore, not as high expectations.
I don't think it ever had "potential", either, if by "potential" you mean potential to be a Vault Dweller-defined "full scale RPG". HBS was never in the position to afford that.
Yeah, some people had to high expectations to begin with. I never thought that it would turn out like a full rpg, even their kickstarter never claimed this. They said it's going similar like the SNES and Genesis games with X-com tactical level combat. Basically they did exactly what they promised, except the difficulty wasn't X-Com like at all.
Overall I never regretted backing SR:R, I even bought it togetgher with Dragonfall on gog again.
Not being able to distribute items between your party isn't realistic at allI love how SRR's rather realistic inventory causes such butthurt in all those pathetic hoarders.