Shadowrun Returns released

[SuAside]

I've just started a dwarf mage & found that the damage output is very low compared to your companions at the start. I tend to do 6 dmg standard & often get 3 dmg from weak attacks, with both my bolts & my pistol. Whereas my buddies did 10 dmg standard & often did crits.
I figured a mage would be a support nuker, but it looks more like gimped healer for now.

You'll get better later, trust me.
Once you get AOE spells and damage-over-time spells you can do devastating attacks.

It does indeed seem my fear was unfounded.

I've now got a truckload of handy spells that do decent damage and steal action points from enemies.

Couple that to other characters using shotguns to kneecap enemies & half the time you can stucklock at least a few of them.

One annoyance though, is that it seems that unless specifically required for the mission, having a decker in your team is useless. I always brought a decker to all missions so far, to have a well rounded team since I'm a purely natural mage without even a datajack. But I couldn't even use my hired decker team mate to hack something that required 1 decking?
[spoiler:ee8bf4f4c3](to open the hidden entrance on the ground floor of UB)[/spoiler:ee8bf4f4c3]

Maybe I missed something in the interface to be able to tell the decker to hack it...

 

[Tagaziel]

Doesn't a decker require a Matrix jack first?

 

[SuAside]

Doesn't a decker require a Matrix jack first?

Datajack, matrix jack, whatever.

I just meant that the team member in my team clearly had enough decking skill & equipment. My avatar however didn't. But why can't I just ask my decker to do the trivial hack for me? That's what I pay him for.

It appears to me that it's only during combat sequences that you can give others orders to do stuff like that. Which is kinda sad.

 

[T. T. Darko]

I'm at the end of the game and taking a beating from the bugs in the Bug Nest. I think I might need to rewind a little bit and gather a better party. Having a Rigger is really not that useful.

 

[AnchorsAweigh]

I like it! I feel they could have done more with the story and that it should have been longer. Also that there should be more choices of consequence; towards the end of the game the player simply gets railroaded. But with that price tag, it's still a very good investment IMO. Especially since the editor that comes with the game will guarantee many more hours of free user made content. In fact, there already are a few story content packs on Steam workshop that look good--I've played A Lost Lamb (good, short) and just started Life on the Limb, which seem very ambitious and well-made (I think it's been worked on for quite some time, since the editor was released to the Kickstarter backers long before the game was released).

 

[Tagaziel]

Doesn't a decker require a Matrix jack first?

Datajack, matrix jack, whatever.

I just meant that the team member in my team clearly had enough decking skill & equipment. My avatar however didn't. But why can't I just ask my decker to do the trivial hack for me? That's what I pay him for.

It appears to me that it's only during combat sequences that you can give others orders to do stuff like that. Which is kinda sad.

I meant an entry point into the Matrix. I recall something to this tune being mentioned in the game.

 

[SuAside]

Finished it today. It was an enjoyable experience.
I feel that for the price, it was good value. I'll replay it once & then probably forget about it.

I do feel it has quite a bit of potential. With some more polishing, expansions could be great.

As a gaming experience, it was good, but if you expect a deep RPG experience, you better stay away.

 

[Ausdoerrt]

I think the game's a huge waste of potential, excused only (partially) by the low price tag. It's not BAD, but...

Hopefully the other Kickstarter high-rollers don't end up this half-assed.

 

[WorstUsernameEver]

I meant an entry point into the Matrix. I recall something to this tune being mentioned in the game.

Yeah, they do, but only the PC can use the decking skill in any other situation. If a terminal has a [Decking: 4] option, only the PC's skill gets counted.

 

[Crni Vuk]

why have a decker in your team then ... if you cant use his skills?

 

[Hassknecht]

They're useful in a few missions when you have to go into cyberspace. To have some support. But yeah, not being able to use them to hack terminals and stuff is beyond stupid.
I liked the game, though. A bit short, but it was fun. The story was good, the dialogues were great and the style was absolutely awesome. Now I hope for user-generated content.

 

[Izual]

Just wait for the Berlin campaign, it's promising

 

[Ausdoerrt]

Now I hope for user-generated content.

For now the ones being "advertized" are Lost Lamb and Life on a Limb.

The first one is not bad and designed similar to the OC. Short and unfinished, though.

The second is trying to be more of a traditional RPG but is obviously constantly pushing engine limitations:

- graphical glitches and lag because apparently it can't handle more than 5 npcs on the same map;
- everything resetting/respawning when you go back to the "main hub" map;
- lack of the ability to access your inventory and outfit your party members at any time is clunky and stupid;
- being unable to use party members' skills defeats the point of having multiple non-combat skills in a team-based game in the first place;
- lack of a proper journal with detailed quest descriptions makes it confusing when you have multiple sidequests.

yadayadayada

Unless they put significant additional work in to the engine and editor, I seriously doubt we'll see any worthwhile UGC. At least not gameplay-wise.

 

[SuAside]

New Features, Improvements
- SMG: Aimed Shot now uses 4 bullets, down from 6.
- SMG: Spray and Pray now uses 6 bullets, down from 8.
- SMG: the Beretta, Uzi, Colt, and HK are slightly more accurate.
- Shotgun: Kneecap now has a HP DMG penalty of -6, up from -3. It now has a -5% accuracy penalty, and a cooldown of 3.
- Shotgun: All shotguns have had their accuracy falloff increased slightly, lowering hit chance at long ranges.
- Rifle: Full Auto's accuracy penalty was not being applied properly at high skill levels. It should now always be 15% lower than a single shot's percentage to hit.
- Rifle: Smartlinked rifles were less accurate at very long ranges instead of more accurate. This has been resolved.
- Rifle: The FN HAR and HK G12 were very similar in every aspect except price. The FN HAR is now more accurate and holds more ammunition than the HK G12.
- Rifle: Ammo capacity of the HK G12, Colt M23, and Ares Alpha have been reduced to 32, 34, and 38 respectively.
- Rifle: The Colt M23's damage is now 15, down from 16. The Ares Alpha's damage is now 16, down from 18.
- Grenades: Reduced store prices of all grenades.
- Grenades: HE Phosphorus grenades were not showing up in the store. They should now be purchasable along with the other Tier 3 weapons.
- Cyberware purchase screen is now more user friendly.
- Vendors will now sell more things in various places throughout DMS campaign (such as more med-kits).
- Visual improvements to the summoning grid.
- General UI Improvements.
- Added additional debugging for finding walkable tiles in debug mode.
- Added messaging to alert user when last auto-save occurred.
- Black IC is now less lethal.
- Added an explanation of how Leylines work in the world of SR:R.
- Added a definition of SIN in glossary.

LOL, so many nerfs.

But yes, stunlocking with shotguns was just too damn easy.

 

[AnchorsAweigh]

OK, if you got the game just play this: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=165877151&searchtext=trivia

Insane, hilarious and short. Everyone likes trivia, right!