Shadowrun-Xbox 360

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject: Shadowrun-Xbox 360

I bought this game a couple days ago for 60$. Now, some of you may think this game stinks because it has no story mode. But after 2-3 rounds of playing online, you'll see why it doesn't need a story mode! The online play probably rivals server 3 in fun-ness (is that a word?), speed, and amount of players. There are 4 races(all with pros and cons), 9 weapons to choose from, tons of maps, different game types (raid, extraction, attrition) that I will explain later. It is round-based, first to 6 wins (sorta like Counter Strike) and has a buy menu (buy weapons, magic, tech, and help teammates out with money--will explain below). I'll start explaining stuff:

Weapons:
SMG--your automatic weapon, short to mid range
Rifle--semi-auto, mid to long range
Shotgun--short range, packs a punch
Mini-gun--huge automatic weapon, takes 1-2 seconds to power it up
Sniper Rifle--headshots=insta-kill (or almost, in the case of Dwarves)
Rocket Launcher--blow everything out of the way
Pistol--basic weapon, you always have one (unless you drop it for a different weapon)
Katana--slice 'em up!, can cause bleeding if it hits an unsuspecting enemy
Grenade--blow 'em to bits, good for taking down multiple enemies

Races:
Human--doesn't reserve essence for tech, it's an average character
Elves--fastest race, also has health regen while not taking damage, more of a hit-and-run type
Trolls--it's like a tank, can take mucho damage, has protective spikes, doesn't slow down while carrying heavy weapons (all other races have speed penalties)
Dwarves--smallest, hardest to hit, most essence, steals essence from enemies and allies, doesn't die from a headshot from a sniper rifle

Magic:
Tree of Life--healing
Resurrect--bring dead allies back to life
Teleport--go through walls, floors, roofs
Strangle--bring up shards to halt enemy movement
Gust--blow back enemies, also kills whoever uses smoke
Smoke--take no damage (aside from gust), your essence depletes while you have it active
Minions--summon a minion to fight for your team, can patrol an area or target lock onto an enemy, basically a troll with no weapons
*Maintaining Resurrect, Minions, and Strangle take up essence.

Tech:
Glider--fly away from enemies, scan the area, hop from roof to roof
Enhanced Vision--for 5 seconds, you can see enemies through objects
Wired Reflexes--most faster, shoot faster, reload faster, block bullets when not attacking with a katana (some still get through), can use it for a speed boost but you take damage
Smartlink--adds an extra zoom to every weapon, target locks, weapons do more damage, weapons reload faster
Anti-magic Generator--drain everyone's essence!, ideal to put near a group of enemies, and also near trolls (no essence=no extra defence, easier to kill)
*Essence is required for magic, and must be reserved for tech.
*You can only have a total of 3 magic/tech abilities equipped at once, but you can buy as many as your money allows.

*Have extra money? Donate it to teammates! You need your teammates as much as they need you--the game really focuses on teamwork.*

Game Types:
Raid--Lineage tries to get the artifact to the extraction point, RNA defenders the artifact and extraction point. Killing all of the opposing team will also win the round.
Extraction--Both Lineage and RNA try to escape with the artifact. Extraction points are at the opposing team's spawn.
Attrition--Kill all of the opposing team. Grabbing the artifact will only benefit your team by showing where the enemies are. You must kill all of the opposing team to win.
*While carrying the artifact, you cannot use magic, tech, or grenades. You can use the artifact like a katana (swipe it at enemies).

FINAL RATING:9/10
While the game has no story mode, the online play makes up for it greatly. I recommend renting the game first (if you like FPS games) and then buying it...Because you may not like the fast-ness of the gameplay. If the game had a story mode, it would definitely have a 9.5 or a 10.

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:

I thought this might be a decent game...

I think Gamespot gave it a 6 out of 10.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:38 pm Post subject:

I am assuming this is based off the role-playing game, by...was Steve Jackson Games?
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:50 am Post subject:

This is for vista only on the pc ?
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject:

im sure theres gonna be some problems with cheating since its on both 360 and computer because of hacking, cheating, and so on plus i tried the demo on xbox live and at least to me its seemed ok but never really grew on me
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject:

Sorry for the bump/late reply, I was on vacation...

@mos- G-Spot doesn't understand how fun it is...Like I said, most people flip out over have no story mode.

@Cyber- I'm not sure, I haven't heard of it.

@ren- It's Vista-only for PC, they also play with Xbox 360 players.

@Knight- To prevent cheating(to my knowledge) they select a host...so you'd have to hack the hosts PC or 360...so it's not really worth the effort.

Plus you can beat cheaters, all the cheaters on Halo2 always get pwnd--cheating won't help.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject:

Munky, not really "cheating" but super jumping, lagging, ect. is considered glitching/cheating.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject: