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I got so pissed off at MS that I bought the sourcebook for Shadowrun's 4th Edition, and I have to admit that I'm impressed at it.

My problem with the Battletech universe is that it was always one growing piece on another. If you were to relate the current timeline of the Clans now, you would have two or three focal characters per time period and their interactions with characters from a later as well as past time period. It gets really involved to the point where missing out one point will make you wonder where you are again.

SR this time hit the reset button. Most of the famous figures in the original story are dead or disappeared. The technology has been updated to feel futuristic to us in our current concepts, and there's still the strong endless theme of magick in a world that refuses to leave dystopia. I'm surprised at how well this game has kept up and made sure that newbies like myself can handle reading it.

A little more writing was done, but otherwise I built up a warrior on MS. Unlike the previous character, though, leveling up was waaaay easier with this new class and to add insult to injury, there's a lot more goodies I get randomized with as well. After reading up on it, I realized that I need to make more money before I can afford the thief's budget. Considering how cheaply/effectively my character is running, I see this as the much wiser way to go.

Date: 2006-05-16 03:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aurenfaie.livejournal.com
Pissed off, why? XD

Date: 2006-05-16 04:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zesty-pinto.livejournal.com
Oh, they removed a lot of core concepts in "Shadowrun." If you play the games (P&P or SNES/Genesis), then think of about half of the character concepts in the game were removed. The purpose of the name behind the game? Think of that as also losing its purpose. As well as this, get rid of the entire storyline and turn it into a multiplayer only team battle game.

Basically, Microsoft's dev team more or less removed whatever was in the game that they felt would get in the way of making a good First-Person Shooter. It's a waste of a really well-developed rpg world.

Date: 2006-05-17 03:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zesty-pinto.livejournal.com
I just realized that I screwed up when I used the abbreviations for Maple Story and Microsoft in the same entry.

I don't have any qualms about MS, honest! Well, outside of being called newbie, but that hasn't happened anytime recently, thank god.

Date: 2006-05-16 07:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] into-focus.livejournal.com
I'm so confused....

Date: 2006-05-16 07:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zesty-pinto.livejournal.com
What would you like elaborated? :O

Date: 2006-05-16 07:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] into-focus.livejournal.com
Nothing, I'm out of the loop.

Date: 2006-05-16 08:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zesty-pinto.livejournal.com
How dare you not spend every waking day catering to knowing about my life! Next thing you'll tell me is that you actually have a normal life with *your* own needs to think about!

Date: 2006-05-16 08:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] into-focus.livejournal.com
*sulks in shame*

so pick one

Date: 2006-05-16 11:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nathangentzen.livejournal.com
1. form an underground resistance and topple all that is unholy like 'v for vendetta', getting to kill those who hurt you the most personally.
2. do number 1, but in a MI:3 sort of way
3. go to the nearest 7-eleven, find a straw, and suck it up.

Re: so pick one

Date: 2006-05-17 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zesty-pinto.livejournal.com
That won't stop Microsoft from making a crappy FPS out of a very well-developed RPG, though. The only RPG I think they'll have will be a Rocket Propelled Gun.

did you not hear me?

Date: 2006-05-17 11:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nathangentzen.livejournal.com
how is killing everyone on the project not going to stop it? or the MI3 version and stealing all data from the project

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