Long story short... I had very HIGH expectations for this game, but I was sadly disappointed. Unlike most, who had low expectations at first, then changed their minds after playing.
But for me...
After playing the beta for a couple weeks, I got tired of it. BUT I knew that once the game was finished that I would be hooked for months, maybe even years. At my job, I'd always talk about how fun and competitive it was going to be and how it would most likely dominate Halo 2 and other very competitive games. This is because I was under the impression that there would be more to the game after the Beta.
I was wrong. VERY wrong. Not much has changed AT ALL since the beta besides a few extra maps. I'm not really a campaign type of person, so I don't mind the lack of story mode so much, although it would be nice. So that's not what my complaint is. My complaint is... It's strictly a multi player game. That's cool and all, but there is basically ONE gametype. That's it. ONE. (Ya.. I know there's two, but honestly... how much difference is there between the two? Close to none.) If you're going to make a strictly multi-player game, then shouldn't there atleast be more gametypes? More options? More SOMETHING?! Anything! Maybe even the option to create your own gametype and change things besides just the maps. They give you NOTHING to work with. You play the exact same gametype over... and over... and over again.
The awesome thing about this game and the reason why I loved it so much at first was how different it is and how competitive and fun it is. If you don't like it at first, it's because you have to figure out the controls and stuff. Once you figure out everything and realize what you're doing, it turns into an awesome game. I love how you have so many different things to choose from in picking your character and what he does. You first pick a race. Each race has it's different advantages and disadvantages. Then you can pick your weapon, your magic, and what tech stuff you want to use. Which is really cool because basically no two people would have the EXACT same character and it makes it more interesting. Then you have to make sure your teammates aren't the exact same and whatnot, which makes it really competitive between teams because the better combination has a better chance of winning. (ie: if your whole team is a bunch of dwarfs with the exact same weapons and stuff compared to a well balanced team... Your chances of winning is pretty low.)
Basically... I LOVE the thought behind the game and what is ACTUALLY THERE is freakin awesome, but I was expecting SO much more.
I hear that there will be updates coming, which I hope come out very soon. There's a bunch of other annoying lil bugs and stuff that need fixing as well. As of right now... I'm not satisfied at all. This frustrates me so much because they basically let a really good game go bad. Very bad. If things change and things are fixed/added then I would love to buy this game and play the shit out of it, but right now... I don't feel like wasting 60 bucks.
Just my thoughts on the game so far... :)
PS: yes, I am aware that my top banner looks effed up. I'm having it remade.
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Britini and Nex, sitting in a tree....
I'm really enjoying Shadowrun.... until it goes back to Blockbuster on Friday.
That's about as long as you'll like it.
20$ game
100$ gameplay
all I know is that I'm going to play this game to death until the first overpriced DLC is released, at which point I'll shake my fist at the heavens and play my DS for a week strait to spite MS
I know it's WAY too much to ask for that DLC too be free. but right now my experience with all the people I've played with are pretty much going to stop playing the moment that MS charges 10$ for 3 new maps.
totally agree with u brit..not enough to the game!
Me WAAAAAANTS MOOOOOORE!!!!!!
if they make us pay for shit I'm going to be royally pissed off. The game as it is isn't even worth 60 dollars. If they make us pay even more for this shit I'm gonna break something.
>.<
I downloaded the demo of Shadowrun a bit ago and played against some of the bots. I was a bit confused at first, but I picked it up rather quickly.
It's got a lot of depth to it, but this is something that is so much better on paper than it is in practice. What a shame.