Friday, August 10, 2012

Game overview : Shadowrun Online

Shadowrun is a online game, and will be available for Ouya, Mac, PC, Linux, iPad and Android... Or maybe not. I absolutely don't know how it works when your project on Kickstarter don't reach the goal by the expiration date. The fact is, they reached $269,930 , but the goal is $500,000 and there are only four days left..

However we wanna know more about this game, so.. It's a online game, and there will be two main game modes :

  • free-to-play mode, in which the game can be played for free, with items in the shop for real mone. For this model there are Premium subscriptions, that allow you to save time grinding by giving a boost to how quickly you accumulate Karma, Reputation and Nuyen. 
  • Campaign model (or Guild Wars) : you buy the game (or if you want you can pledge $25 on kickstarter) and play without buyin any premium stuff. You can then acquire new campaigns and cities as expansions to be regularly released. 
For more information about this, you can take a look at the reward overview of the Campaign and Free to Play models
In Shadowrun Online you can play alone or with other players in the dystopian world of the 2070s, ranging from hustling a local Ork gang, to stealing valuable cargo from a ghoul-infested warehouse, through infiltrating a remote megacorp research lab to sabotage a top-secret project. It reminds me of World of Warcraft (worse and less expensive). 
Shadowrun is an incredible setting with a history that moves on through our modern day, when the ancient cycle of magic's ebb and flow began to spike, returning magic to our world, and finally settles in the technological era you'll explore in the decade of Shadowrun Online's 2070's. There is a wealth of information out there with countless novels and pen and paper books. If you are down for some serious reading, you can find a primer on Shadowrun here!
Set in a dystopian near-future, a world where cybernetics, biotech, cyberpunk, and metahumanity meet magic, and mega corporations have become independent states, Shadowrun allows you to experience a truly unique mix of gritty cyberpunk style known from Bladerunner and the magical creatures and races of settings such as Lord of the Rings. The Awakening has brought forth ancient races from Orks, Dwarves, Trolls, and Elves to mythical animals and even powerful, intelligent dragons, who use their horded treasures to purchase and run global megacorporations.
Technology has changed mankind- cyberware can make you stronger, faster and smarter. Augmented senses and organs can be bought from illegal street clinics, and you can even experience the Matrix itself by moving your consciousness into the endless stream of data.
Though technology is pervasive in every sprawl of every city, there are a lot of cracks between the giant corporate structures where the shadows are run deep. If you want a job done and don't want to dirty your hands, you hire a Shadowrunner - a deniable asset, living beyond the reach of the law and the ultimate survivor in the urban jungle.
Hackers, Riggers, Combat Mages and Street Samurai will take on the most dangerous missions - for a price. You and your team, will run the shadows, becoming part of the underground elite, and experiencing adrenaline filled adventures such as infiltrating a hidden corporate lab, fighting chromed-up mercs over a secret magic formula, spying on a crime syndicate, even perhaps sabotaging an almighty AI on the brink of controlling the Matrix, while looking for the deeper meaning, that may reveal the machinations of major players behind the scenes. Do you have what it takes to run the shadows, chummer? Do you have what it takes to survive, in Shadowrun Online? 
Here below some game trailers




More informations at official Shadowrun Online website and official Cliffhanger webstite


If you wanna know more about Android Ouya console and games, you can join our official G+ page  or follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook!

No comments:

Post a Comment

All blog comments are subject to moderation. Therefore the publication of comments will not be immediate.