What would be a current or upcoming Shadowrun-like game? • Gaming • General Gaming • Eurogamer.net

Peew971 11 Apr 2016 09:31:24 7,268 posts
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I mean the Xbox 360/PC game people hated on for no reason. Still the best MP game I've played to date, don't judge me

Is there any similar game nowadays I should be aware of? The kind that truly rewards team work over individual skills? I tried Battleborn this weekend but wasn't hooked, not sure where else to look.

LittleSparra 11 Apr 2016 09:33:34 7,926 posts
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I never played very much Shadowrun so I'm probably stabbing in the dark, but something like Overwatch might be up your street. Different to Battleborn in several ways, as I understand it.

As for teamwork, Halo absolutely rewards that, but chances are you've tried that somewhere along the line already

Peew971 11 Apr 2016 09:42:31 7,268 posts
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I was too deep into Destiny and kind of missed the Halo 5 MP train to be honest. Also Reach was so great that playing the 2 games that followed left me a bit cold.

LittleSparra 11 Apr 2016 09:47:12 7,926 posts
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The H5 train is still going, might be worth a look. But it's still Halo, and not so much Reach Halo.

Edited by LittleSparra at 09:47:23 11-04-2016

tpsou 11 Apr 2016 09:53:59 146 posts
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Definitely give OVerwatch a try, I loved Shadowrun and am really enjoying the Overwatch beta.

Other than that it's pretty tricky, Shadowrun's movement and objective gameplay is like nothing else I've played.

Peew971 11 Apr 2016 10:00:01 7,268 posts
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tpsou wrote:
Other than that it's pretty tricky, Shadowrun's movement and objective gameplay is like nothing else I've played.

Couldn't agree more. I've recently watched some Shadowrun gameplay and it really had a lot of depth with every class being viable which is not often the case in this type of games.
Looks like Overwatch might be what I should be looking into then, too bad the console beta releases fairly late.

LittleSparra 11 Apr 2016 10:15:09 7,926 posts
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OW isn't class-based, rather hero-based, but being Blizz it'll probably be nicely balanced.

Peew971 11 Apr 2016 10:39:52 7,268 posts
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Probably heroes that work like classes, same way in Shadowrun they had races that really acted like classes in practice.

Dante_Cubit 11 Apr 2016 16:11:01 1,996 posts
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Peew971 wrote:
I mean the Xbox 360/PC game people hated on for no reason. Still the best MP game I've played to date, don't judge me
Is there any similar game nowadays I should be aware of? The kind that truly rewards team work over individual skills? I tried Battleborn this weekend but wasn't hooked, not sure where else to look.

I actually agree with this. Shadowrun was superb and had a really great community in the main. There were very tactical decisions in team composition and the characters all played very differently. I have many fond memories... Fuck katana elves though seriously...

Edited by Dante_Cubit at 16:12:08 11-04-2016