@Fosssil: I agree wholeheartedly. I freaking loved that game, but it's use of the Shadowrun name really killed it's "hardcore gamer" cred like a shotgun to a pheasant. That said, I also love Shadowrun as a whole and I'm actually in the middle of reading The Burning Time.

some people in this thread seem to be talking like this is going to be like the snes game or is a remake of it or something along these lines... its not. Its a turn based tactical 2d rpg based on the pen and paper game, not necessarily based on the other console games made in the past.

I enjoyed the Snes game a lot. But its true that the genesis game delivered a truer shadowrun experience at the time and still stands as the best video game adaption of the pen and paper game thus far.

@Noct: Nice! I played the SHIT out of Shadowrun years and years ago.

Congratulations!

You are now an official backer of Shadowrun Returns.

Thanks for the link and the heads up, @Noct !

Genesis Shadowrun was the bees knees. The bees knees.

$29, 000 to go! THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING FOLKS.

I'm cool with a retro vibe but I never want to go back to turn based days ever - unless it's sweet Fallout turn based combat then ok, I'm done, go for the groin.

@steveurkel said:

Guess you guys missed the part where he said "we want to make a game for tablets and PC" Sorry, your greatest RPG ever is going to suck fucking badly if they are making it for tablet.

I don't see how a tablet form factor could inhibit a turn based rpg. Would you care to expand on this?

@DeF: making it for tablets means they aren't focused on one console (PC) and may have to cut features out of the game because they wouldn't be doable on the tablet. I dunno, I'm a hardcore PC gamer and have a pretty strong opinion when it comes to splitting a games project up amongst multiple systems. I would rather just focus on one (or 2 in the case of consoles) so you can do everything you want and not be limited what other versions of the game can do. Tablets seem fairly weak compared to modern day PCs. It just means we won't get a gme that is awesome looking I guess ...

@Driadon: It really is one of the best examples I can think of where a great game was doomed to failure by absolutely horrific marketing. Mechanics-wise, the Shadowrun FPS is exceptional. Unfortunately, it was all but guaranteed to be a failure after they decided to shoehorn it into the Shadowrun universe (where it clearly didn't belong) and in doing so anger an existing fanbase, instead of trying to make an original brand identity for the game. Also, the $60 price just crushed any chances it had of being an impulse buy for curious shooter fans. I can't help but think that it would have been a much bigger success as an XBLA release for 1200 or 1600 Microsoft points -- it would have been a perfect Summer of Arcade title.

@Sackmanjones said:

YO SHADOW RUN IS A MULTIPLAYER FPS!

God this game was terrible, nice to see it going back to its rpg roots

God that game was awful, anyway this sounds interesting

I just had one of those OH YEAH I REMEMBER THAT! moments

@LordAndrew: Dude, sprites are srs bsns. Better have that high end PC!

funded in 28 hours.. game on shadowrun fans.. game on...

Wow, just got back from my nightshift and it's 525k! Good work Shadowrunners!

Also, fair play to the guy who went in for $10, 000 and the 5 guys that went in for $2, 500!