Ruffiana wrote on Oct 13, 2011, 17:48:

Why does it have to be in any universe? Why not a completely modular game that let the community flesh out their own genres, rulesets, art styles, etc.

Hell, you could even monitize it. Let small groups work together to build a SR inspired kit and sell it through a marketplace for a few bucks with 10% going to the original "game" creators.

Cutter wrote on Oct 13, 2011, 12:34:
Soon as I saw Shadowrun Online my heart almost exploded out of my chest. Then I saw browser-based and my heart dropped. Is it too much to ask for a NWN style game based on Shadowrun where were can play co-op with some nice graphics and create and build our own missions?

Meh, I guess this is better than nothing. It depends on how annoyingly micro-transaction oriented it is and whether this thing plays out more like a virtual table-top.

Creston wrote on Oct 13, 2011, 13:47:

Cutter wrote on Oct 13, 2011, 12:34:
Is it too much to ask for a NWN style game based on Shadowrun where were can play co-op with some nice graphics and create and build our own missions?

I think there's just not enough money in the SR license to justify that type of an expense anymore, at least not in today's market. Sadly. An NWN style system in the SR universe might genuinely be the last game I'd ever buy.

Creston

Cutter wrote on Oct 13, 2011, 15:50:
I'd love to see Obsidian - now that Tim Cain is there - make a generic CRPG creator similar to NWN where you plug in universal PAKs to create modules based on games like Shadowrun, Paranoia, and Pathfinder. Something like that would do amazingly well because geeks from all over would use it for their particular flavour of PnP.

Cutter wrote on Oct 13, 2011, 15:50:
I'd love to see Obsidian - now that Tim Cain is there - make a generic CRPG creator similar to NWN where you plug in universal PAKs to create modules based on games like Shadowrun, Paranoia, and Pathfinder. Something like that would do amazingly well because geeks from all over would use it for their particular flavour of PnP.

Creston wrote on Oct 13, 2011, 13:47:

Cutter wrote on Oct 13, 2011, 12:34:
Is it too much to ask for a NWN style game based on Shadowrun where were can play co-op with some nice graphics and create and build our own missions?

I think there's just not enough money in the SR license to justify that type of an expense anymore, at least not in today's market. Sadly. An NWN style system in the SR universe might genuinely be the last game I'd ever buy.

Creston

Cutter wrote on Oct 13, 2011, 12:34:
Is it too much to ask for a NWN style game based on Shadowrun where were can play co-op with some nice graphics and create and build our own missions?

Quote from: primetide

We are not doing a full fledged client based MMO, I am afraid, as this would be beyond our meagre means and also almost all big client based futuristic RPGs have failed commercially, so it is a BIG risk. So it means our game will not be huge, shiny and it will not aim to build the 6th world brick by brick for you to experience. That being said, if anyone has 60 to 70 million dollars lying around unused looking for an investment opportunity, we are happy to reconsider.

Instead we intend to focus on the more tactical parts of the game and we will do a browser based game with small team gameplay (either alone or with others), more in the tradition of Baldur's Gate crossed with Jagged Alliance - with more firepower.