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Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter project by Harebrained Schemes [Ended, $1.8M funded]
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Pinko Marx
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Didn't realize the email was in my spam folder.
Berlin it is!
Berlin it is!
Ignis Fatuus
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Well fuck, Berlin won.
Nice
Pinko Marx
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indigo-cyclops
Member
Take my breath away?
That AMA is going to be awesome, thanks for the heads up. Great reading for the night.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I'll be doing my best to livepost the Kickstarter Games panel at SDCC next Saturday, but I doubt Weisman will drop any nuggets about the game.
Some concept art was posted...
http://harebrained-schemes.com/post/shadowrun-returns-concept-art/
Eh, not digging the character art. Hopefully the concept is just that and not indicative of the final product :/
http://harebrained-schemes.com/post/shadowrun-returns-concept-art/
Eh, not digging the character art. Hopefully the concept is just that and not indicative of the final product :/
DiscoJer
Member
Way too cartoony for my taste. And it's not even the cartoon-ish part that is the problem, something like in Ralph Bashki's style could work, but it looks like a Saturday Morning kid's cartoon. Way too bright and colorful and soft (despite the use of a lot of brown).
Alboreo
Member
I agree, I'm really enjoying the art style they went with in these pictures. I wasn't a huge fan of the art style from before, either.
Yeah, I don't really want my orcs looking like I should be talking to them in Barrens chat. I like the top three but the bottom two are not looking so hot. Hopefully, they work out a nice house art style and these are just early concepts.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
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I see your point but that concept art looks to be made to show tone and scale, when it comes to game assets I'm sure things will have the weight and sharpness they need.
DiscoJer
Member
More concept art today (I'd link it, but the files is like 3.3 megabytes). Almost hidden in a post about GenCon.
Shows what the city view/legwork screen might look like.
http://harebrained-schemes.com/post/there-and-well-still-there-a-gencon-tale-by-harebrained-schemes/
To me it looks good, but they've continued (not surprisingly) the cartoon style characters, which isn't quite what I expected out of Shadowrun (reminds me of the movie Cool World, which I think about 5 people saw)
Shows what the city view/legwork screen might look like.
http://harebrained-schemes.com/post/there-and-well-still-there-a-gencon-tale-by-harebrained-schemes/
To me it looks good, but they've continued (not surprisingly) the cartoon style characters, which isn't quite what I expected out of Shadowrun (reminds me of the movie Cool World, which I think about 5 people saw)
Love the look of that screen.
Not crazy about the cartoony style, but it's not a big deal for me.
Agree with the criticism of the art style. It reminds me of Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes or Swords & Soldiers. The outlines of characters and buildings are too round and soft, and I don't think this "fluffy" visual style fits the tone of a cyberpunk RPG. However, I still think the concept art in itself is technically pretty.
Here's the art:
Here's the art:
Even when clicked it is not full sized.haha, typical Dennis. You do know that it's possible to view quoted images in full sizes if you click on it? I usually just quote large images like what I did above, so the people with small monitors have the option to mess up their browser view, rather than force them to it
Either quickly drag the picture (it will full-size) or right-click->view image (new page in full size). It's been the standard since the new forum update last year.
I know about the feature. I'm just glad that Dennis saved me from having to drag the image to a new tab by posting it in full size
Thanks, DennisK4.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Alright, in isometric view I don't mind the art style, even though it still reminds me of Gorillaz. Something about zooming way the fuck out allows me to accept a not-so-realistic world. Still... I feel weird calling it cyberpunk. Even if that is the theme of the game, it is not what has been firmly established as the look, which is dark, gritty realism. Perhaps they are trying to emphasize that Shadowrun is not traditional cyberpunk, that the fantasy side of it is not merely technical contributions but also a flavor of whimsy in presentation and attitude as well. It will be interesting to see how this compares to Shadowrun Online.
It's like they're trying to distill the whole game into one concept image.
useless barricades (doubled up no less), random doves flying by in the rain, blade-runner ripped chinese food station, clashing 'modern' bus with super futuristic busted car, trees growing out of bricks in the middle of the road, among other smaller things I won't nitpick because it's stupid to do so.
useless barricades (doubled up no less), random doves flying by in the rain, blade-runner ripped chinese food station, clashing 'modern' bus with super futuristic busted car, trees growing out of bricks in the middle of the road, among other smaller things I won't nitpick because it's stupid to do so.
Would you prefer them to go even more futuristic? It seems a bit too close to the present day world. Or at least that's what it seems like. I'm not very familiar with the Shadowrun universe so maybe this is how it's always been. Still, I like it overall. Just a bit different from what I imagined it'd be like.
And that's so funny you mention Gorillaz (I'm assuming you mean the band). Couldn't put my finger on it, but it totally does remind me of their artwork.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Well cyberpunk usually has modern day stuff that is the slummy shithole parts of the world where they have technological stuff but all in the old structure, then in another area or maybe a floating/suspended area above it, a hyperadvanced and cleaner fully technological city. From what I have read of Shadowrun stuff, they separate these into districts rather than have crazy stuff like floating cities, but they still keep the base concept of class separation while adding fantasy things.
Yep, that's it.
Sentenza
Gold Member
Personally, I love it. Maybe not the style I would pick myself if i was in charge, but as far as the game itself is good and it looks pretty enough (which is definitely the case here) I'm totally fine with it.
To be honest, it looks far better than the first concept screen for Wasteland 2 to me.
To be honest, it looks far better than the first concept screen for Wasteland 2 to me.
Agreed on all counts.
First look at characters through a Kotaku article:
Texture work needs to add more complexity (or higher resolution) and polygons need to be smoothed out a bit more. Not to use an over-applied word too much, but the blockiness of the characters remind me of World of Warcraft. Are they aiming really low PC specs?
Texture work needs to add more complexity (or higher resolution) and polygons need to be smoothed out a bit more. Not to use an over-applied word too much, but the blockiness of the characters remind me of World of Warcraft. Are they aiming really low PC specs?