Shadowrun
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Pink Mohawk Gang Warfare at it's finest! (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/music-video-trailer-hd/723775) Complete with Gang-Related Megacorporations, over-the-top action and equipment, and a start from the gutter to top of the world in the city storyline from the entire series!
Perfect for Shadowrun, complete with actual Tron-Based DECKERS and MATRIX!!!
Yes, I'm excited and pre-ordered.
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Yep, it'll be active in our house before I get home from work tomorrow morning. My roomie beat me to the pre-order, so unless the extra goodies he got are amazingly can't-live-without, I'll just wait to get my own copy when the price comes down in a bit.
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I beat Rage (Didn't take long), and had a massive bad taste about the time the Deckers trailer came out, and I kinda had to start figuring out budget as soon as it was over...
Damnit, ID, how the hell did you screw up something like Rage? And how the hell did a game that's 3 DVDs in size be so damned short with such a crappy ending??? And not even any true multiplayer?
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OK, I got it, and it's got that old Saints Row 2 feeling with lots of upgrades and improvements. Downside, controls are... Weird. Have to get used to them.
Also, it feels like the streets are covered in ice for some reason. Now, I wouldn't have a problem with driving, but most folks are Canucks...
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Yeah... I just finished Saints Row 2 last week and the driving controls are bass ackwards on The Third. But I'm loving the hell out of it. Especially the Professor Genki game show. :)
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I'm still tooling around with Pierce and his ideas on what to do. And I'm reminded again why he didn't get any respect.
I'm also kicking myself for renting and not buying Saints Row 2 now. I bought Saints Row through X-Box Marketplace as a DL.
Damn but I love the world we're living in now. ;D
And then my realistic side and cynicism kicks in and reminds me of the world we're living in now. And always have been, truth be told.
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You can play as a fucking blow up doll. Or a Toilet.
Or Naked Jesus Christ, wielding a Dildobat.
The horrifying thing is, I know someone who's done all three of those things. In one streamed session.
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For me, this is what the most recent Shadowrun on PC & XBOX should have been.
Seriously, the game feels like what running in Horizon-controlled Los Angeles must be like. It's got all the options I'd want, plus it's funny...the humor makes the game freaking fantastic. Dump in a few extra Shadowrun elements (fantasy stuff, magic, some of the races...though Brutes make a pretty good substitute for Trolls) and it is Shadowrun: The Video Game.
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And very, very serious games of chess.
No, seriously, they have $20K riding on the game!
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this game sounds completely insane....
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Must play
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You start off robbing a bank dressed up as Johnny Gat. WITH Johnny Gat.
The sanity slipped from that point on.
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I downloaded the character generator, and basically made an Ancient, only for the Saints. High cheekbones, purple eyes (cyberoptics, of course), elongated and pointed the tips of his ears, the "loose ponytail" hairstyle (in deep purple), went for a mix of strong/fast for his build, purple t-shirt, black leather biker jacket, plain old blue jeans, bright purple sneakers..."if this were all green instead of purple, he'd be an Ancient," was the whole of my character concept.
Because everything I saw for the game just struck me, time and again, as "this is a go-ganger campaign in Shadowrun's media-obsessed LA sprawl."
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Best quotes from the intro bank robbery:
"Please autograph and then surrender your weapons!"
"Put... the vault... down!"
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I've certainly enjoyed it but it seamed the story was shorter than the last. Also I dislike some the the changes. Overall IMO it's a good game but I like 2 better.
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It was shorter, but I liked the multiple choice options throughout the game. The inability to change controls was very, very telling. I used one of the alternate control forms in Saints Row 1 and 2, and every time I went to swap weapons I ended up throwing a grenade.
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Yeah, adding the options in some of the missions was pretty cool. I also like the rpg like leveling and that buying stores helps take over the city. The change from strongholds mini missions to the big group of gangers to kill Gang Activity I dislike tho. And I miss Freckle B@#%h's commercials.
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Yeah, well, after the condition she was in in Saints Row 2, I doubt she lived much longer.
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Beginning to think I need to check these games out.
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They're both for sale on X-Box Marketplace. Saints Row 2 is available on the PS3 Store and Steam. However, I've heard the PC port of Saints Row 2 was not so good.
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Xbox it is then.
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The first two Saint's Row games are available in a 2-pack for Xbox as well. My roomie found it around for under $25.
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They're both for sale on X-Box Marketplace. Saints Row 2 is available on the PS3 Store and Steam. However, I've heard the PC port of Saints Row 2 was not so good.
It's not bad... I'm glad I have a wired 360 controller to plug into a USB port, though, or it would've been awkward.
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I have to learn how to do that someday...
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The first two Saint's Row games are available in a 2-pack for Xbox as well. My roomie found it around for under $25.
]$19.54 from Amazon, for the 360. Not that I've been enjoying SR3 so much I'm shopping around or anything. ;)
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Y'know... it's really nice being able to walk into the huge three-way battle in the last mission chunk being completely immune to all damage, cheat free. :)
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Y'know... it's really nice being able to walk into the huge three-way battle in the last mission chunk being completely immune to all damage, cheat free. :)
:o :o :o :o
Wow... just... wow.
Convoluted powering up, or just a story-based power?
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Level and RPG-Based System with purchasable powers. 50% immunity to fire is a damned handy one when you're using Incendiary Rounds and the enemy decides to zerg rush you while burning.
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Hit level 50 and spend enough coin and your basically superman with guns. You can sprint forever, your immune from all damage and you have infinite ammo on all guns. At that point tho, your basically running the city. Got so say, the Deckers branch had be chuckle time and time again. From the kinds of things Kinzie say at the drop of a hat, to the HQ you get once the branch is over, the whole thing is just so neon and over the top i think i should have been running power metal on a loop in the background...
Also helps that i opted for the third male voice, making even the craziest statement sound practically deadpan.
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Oh man, the Deckers. I know the writers of the game just *HAVE* to be Shadowrun fans!!!
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The wikia page claims that said gang is a Shadowrun reference.
Oh and keep a ear open while doing the "stop the downloading" mission ;)
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Damn, I wish I could reply missions. I expect we'll see more of Matt in Saints Row 4. He's apparently gone Luddite.
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Yak yak yak... Get a job!
You can start getting the various infinite ammo/damage immune/ubermench upgrades starting around rep level 41. The way to get them is to massage your rep rewards and side gains. First in importance is to always get the rep boosting upgrades as they are made available, and for the extra boost pick the option in the first branching mission that gets you another +10% boost. DO NOT take any of the 'spend cash for rep' options until after you have acquired and upgraded all three strongholds (Morningstar, Deckers, Luchadores). Do not to the 'Convoy' STAG mission or any of its following branch until you've gotten all three strongholds upgraded.
Vehicle Surfing. Get on top of a stopped car and balance yourself as long as possible while it moves. There's no limit on how many times you can do this for rep, and there's a challenge attached for total time.
Do all three challenges that involve killing gang specialists as soon as you feel capable of handling them. If you wait until later, you might not be able to find any of that gang due to control levels. When you do them, you get a good rep hit.
Same token, do the assassination and vehicle theft stuff early. A lot of the things you have to do to draw out your target can't happen if you control too much (I have 100% cover and have a bitch of a time finding Morningstar in the random street crowds... Luchadores should always be findable in the Quarantine Zone, however), and all of them come with a rep boost.
Survival missions... answer your cell phone when it rings and survive the waves of enemies at the marked location. Good rep, good cash.
Buy clothes... repeatedly. This one is incredibly cheap in terms of loopholes. Because every time you buy an item of clothing, you get its rep boost. So buy your beefy, manly man a casual skirt... 50 times.
Once you upgrade all three strongholds (total cost $420k), then buy the three 'cash for rep' upgrades. At this point you should have a +50% or more boost to all rep gains, so they'll be a massive boost and depending on how you've played might even have you in the mid-40's for rep. Here you can start getting some of the uber upgrades and will likely reach rep 50 before the heavy end game missions. And if you choose to chase after Killbane in the last mission, the chain it starts is very good to have as many weapon immunities as possible on.
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Yak yak yak... Get a job!
:D
First time i was "did she just say what i think she said?!".
And in case anyone is wondering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2efhrCxI4J0
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I skipped the survival diversions and the assassinations and had a hard time gettin the targets out on a few when I came back to em. I used the survival and escort activities to get the needed gang notoriety to lure em out.