No other multiplayer game scratched an itch quite like this game did. It was so ahead of it's time.

Not retro.

What did it do different

>>11896781
>Released May 29, 2007 for Windows Vista and Xbox 360
How do you still not know the rules of the board? It's been 5 years

>>11896778 (OP)
yeah this was an absolute banger
sorta like a cyberpunk CS
played the fuck out of this back in the day

Gust gliding to the top of the map to get behind the enemy was fun. And it was really satisfying to gust kill people that tried to run away with smoke

>>11896785
It did some interesting things that weren't super common for the time especially on consoles. Things like being class based, having a currency system like counterstrike, cross platform multiplayer, etc. The devs did a great job making each class different and fun to play. There was magic and tech skills with each class having benefits or drawbacks for particular skills.

I guess I'd say it just felt very dynamic and offered a lot of gameplay variety. Sadly it never took off and the studio behind it got shut down. I guess being multiplayer only discouraged some people from buying in.

>>11896778 (OP)
Calling it Shadowrun was fucking gross. It wasn't. That being said, it would have been cool to have a Shadowrun FPS. It would have been closer to Cyberpunk.

>>11896845
>Calling it Shadowrun was fucking gross.
i dont get why they shoehorned this ip into a multiplayer shooter. literally not a single shadowrun fan wanted this. shouldve just made something new. all it did was alienate actual fans. i also found the art style very off-putting. didnt fit the universe at all. i never actually played the game but i do remember this being one of the first pc games with crossplay.

Wasn't that the only game to use Games for Windows Live framework for cross-compatibility with 360, like it was supposed to work, and not to just make PC games more annoying to operate?

>>11896787
Xbox 360 is not retro.

When Skyrim released I was broke and playing it on win xp. Can I make Skyrim threads guys? It's totes retro.

>>11896886
>Can I make Skyrim threads guys?
no but you can make oblivion pc threads

>>11896889
What is the difference? I played both on xp

>>11896787
2007 was almost twenty years ago
When does the retro wall move forward? The 90s / early 00s period was new shit compared to the 80s and late 70s? Why is it retro?

For reference This board was established around 13 years ago when the early 00s was only a decade prior.

>>11896898
Why do you think that retro is time-based? At least half of the stuff released for 6th gen set the standard for what everything after it would be in terms of gameplay. There is functionally no difference between RE4 and a modern RE, there is no difference between GTA3 and any GTA game that came after it. The only difference is graphics and refined QoL stuff. The games are fundamentally the same at the root level. Same applies to all kinds of stuff like DMC, GoW, etc. What is the difference between CoD:MW and any new CoD? It's all the same shit with changes in graphics and some refinements to the formula.

Retro is a gameplay style limited by hardware. Any modern game that seeks to emulate these playstyles could be considered retro, for example Tormented Souls and Octopath Traveler.

>>11896883
It was released on PC as well so it fits within the rules.

>>11896878
lost planet colonies and some rts game called universe at war also allowed it, but yeah only three games. can't believe it took untill now for us to achive crossplay, playing with pc players while im on my ps5 actually feels kinda sick.

>>11896845
>cyberpunk IP abused by corporate owners
Sounds entirely in character. Especially for Shadowrun.

>>11896905
>Retro is a gameplay style limited by hardware.
i agree with this. retro gaming is not about a length of time. the whole 20 year thing doesnt matter for 2005-2025 because not nothing changed. contrast that to 1985-2005 in which everything changed.ps3/360 era games are ever going to be "retro" in any meaningful capacity

>>11896905
>>11896963
Increasingly rare examples of people who actually understand things.

>>11896883
Xbox 360 is a 20yo console. Is retro. Fuck you, old man.

>>11896894
>What is the difference?
Autistic boomers on suicide watch, that's the difference.

>>11896905
>There is functionally no difference between RE4 and a modern RE
You haven't play any modern RE
>there is no difference between GTA3 and any GTA game that came after it
You can't compare III with IV or V, not even with San Andreas. What a senile take.
>What is the difference between CoD:MW and any new CoD?
Movement and gameplay. In BO3 you can run on walls and do shit like TitanFall. BO6 gameplay and movement is way more frenetic.
>It's all the same shit with changes in graphics and some refinements to the formula.
It is not the same shit, Gramps. If that's the case I could say 5th and 4th are not retro because MegaMan is the same shit.

>>11897384
>You haven't play any modern RE
I've played every mainline RE game, the remakes, and Outbreak 1, 2, as well as Revelations 1 and 2. They are all the same as RE4, except they have better controls. They are all loot drop bonanza which follow the same formula.
>You can't compare III with IV or V, not even with San Andreas. What a senile take.
You can, since they are all the same open world game, with better graphics and tweaks to the formula.
>Movement and gameplay. In BO3 you can run on walls and do shit like TitanFall. BO6 gameplay and movement is way more frenetic.
All the same game at the root level.
>It is not the same shit, Gramps. If that's the case I could say 5th and 4th are not retro because MegaMan is the same shit.
Care to try again, kid? Your childhood is not retro, not sorry. You were raised on slop, cry harder.

>>11897417
>Your childhood is not retro, not sorry. You were raised on slop, cry harder.
Yes, I'm raised on slop; a GameCube and GBA with lots of MegaMan. I'm 29yo.
You talking a lot of bullshit just because you can't cope with the fact that you are getting older and this is your comfort zone. Comparing GTA III with V is pure senile retardation, gramps.

>>11897425
I can cope with the fact that I am getting older. I eat very healthy and make an effort to exercise because I acknowledge it. Why is this always the default non argument from braindead zoomers who think their childhood is retro? GTA5 is GTA3 but with a bigger map. Cope harder kid.

>>11897439
>GTA5 is GTA3 but with a bigger map
Senile boomer take

>>11897463
>GTA5 is not GTA3 but with a bigger map
Retarded brainrotted zoomer take

>>11897469
I would add that the only thing I am bullshitting you about is RE. RE4/5/6 are all the same game, RE7 tried to be horror, but then they went back to the action formula with RE8. REV1/2 are the same as RE4. All of these games are RE4 but with better controls and graphics.

>>11896883
>>11702620
The sticky says December 2007

wow wish i knew my childhood was retro when i was growing up

>>11896787
>>11897901
December 2007 for games released on platforms launched no later than 2001. XP fits the bill, but not Vista.

>>11896845
yes it was shadowrun
corporation vs runners
I still think it's the best shadowrun vidya