Why cant we have Shadowrun FPS on steam?

[Dr. Daddy]

I understand that Shadowrun tanked when it came out due to it only being Online, but those who played it know how amazing it was. I believe if we brought that game to steam it would be alive and well in the steam community. On a side note, if anyone knows who I could write a letter to (who ever owns the game rights) I would love to try and voice my opinion to them. So I ask you steam heads would you buy/play Shadowrun FPS if they brought it to steam?

[Woe²]

Microsoft owns those rights... good luck.

And I wouldnt buy it....

[Phoenix7786]

No I would not buy a FPS Shadowrun UNLESS it was FPS with Shadowrun driven elements, like having 2 or more sides during a Corp run, extraction run, sabotage run, wetworks mission, or the like. Then throw in like 3 or more teams (one team could be Lonestar, another the corp security, and then even several rival Shadowrun teams), then I'd consider it,

[Kozzy]

can get a copy on amazon for $5 last I checked. SUre it wasnt TRUE Shadowrun game but it was more fun than most FPS at the time (Thought it was way better than COD, Halo,etc..).

[Moysey89]

Originally posted by Kozzy420 -:

can get a copy on amazon for $5 last I checked. SUre it wasnt TRUE Shadowrun game but it was more fun than most FPS at the time (Thought it was way better than COD, Halo,etc..).

yeah it still uses the shadow run story, its just a fps instead of a rpg

[bytestream]

The Shadowrun FPS didn't tank because it was only online, it tanked because MS screwed with the balance in order to let consoles fight pcs and that scared away a lot of people. And, to make things even worse, the game didn't even feel like Shadowurn, at its heart it was just another 08/15 FPS.

[Demon]

Payday 3 Shadowrun Edition Some railroad society !!!

[Raevir]

I'd play it if it was like mass effect where you get to pick up runs as missions and buy and upgrade your armor and weapons.

[Moysey89]

i personally think that the fps version was just as good as this version! the only real problem was you needed a gold microsoft account which sucked

[eigenvector001]

It was anyoldfps with elves, dwarves, orks and trolls playing deathmatch. That's why it tanked.

[Procrastinating Gamer]

They changed way too much about what made Shadowrun, Shadowrun. To old Shadowrun fans; it was a disgrace to the franchise, Shadowrun In Name Only (even the developers admit that's all it is). To FPS fans, it fell into that 'interesting, but not great' area where they don't fail spectacularly, but don't really get much recognition, either. Just another forgetable FPS.

Obviously, there are exceptions at either end of that but I'm not gonna waste a half-hour or so listing out the variations.

Personally; the most galling change of all was that they made the iconic Ares Predator - the shadowrunner sidearm - look like a Walther P99. The damn thing was based on Robocop's gun! If they were going to make it look like any real-world handgun they should've just used a Desert Eagle.

EDIT: If another Shadowrun FPS is ever made, it pretty much needs to be a story-driven game ala Deus Ex (albeit with more freedom in what sort of character you play as). Multiplayer shooter just doesn't work. Unless, like the skirmish-level miniatures game Catalyst is working on at the moment, you focus it not around Shadowrunners, but around sprawl gangs. Make each team a gang in the Redmond Barrens and you've got a foundation for a more traditional multiplayer FPS without having to mess with the setting like the last one did.

[HeavyAl]

Old thread but worth necroing - bring Shadowrun back!

[////]

have you seen what they did with fable anniversary? they couldn't even add new distinctions, and i'm not even speaking about menus... everything was 100% ported (like playing with xbox emulator) and sold full overpriced price, under microsoft logo...

no, thank you. -_-

[Light 光]

Originally posted by Randy:

No I would not buy a FPS Shadowrun UNLESS it was FPS with Shadowrun driven elements, like having 2 or more sides during a Corp run, extraction run, sabotage run, wetworks mission, or the like. Then throw in like 3 or more teams (one team could be Lonestar, another the corp security, and then even several rival Shadowrun teams), then I'd consider it,

He's not talking about the Shadowrun series. He's talking about a completely separate game called Shadowrun from 2007 that was fantastic for the 360.

[Harko]

Because the game was pure S H I T

[Valravn]

I wasn't very old at the time and didn't know what Shadowrun was and I thought it was terrible. Now I'm a certified Shadowrun fan I believe the developer's should be sued for defamtion of character.