well well well i havent done anything in a while havent i?

thats going to change, first off shadowrun.

i have to say i was kind of dissapointed with this game, in more ways then one. first off id like to say that the PC version of the game is only available on vista, and cant be installed on XP. second of all you have to own a live account which means you have to pay microsoft money just to play online. thirdly the single player in this game, is.....fairly non-existant. four.. well thats enough for me at that point...

the gameplay is interesting, new and somewhat innovative of the first person shooter. now with the new addition of magic to the playing field, almost anything is possible.

i thought i might segragate this a bit...

teleportation

neat, its a good way to flash in and out of battle. if your in trouble, you can get out in a second, and your enemy probably wont know where you went, unless you were obvious about it.

drawback... of course there are always solid walls, and sometimes they arent so blatently obvious, so the next time you need to get out of a battle, you might not be able to, and that extra second really counts in this game...

Ressurection

a cool thing about this is that you arent quite alive. if the person that ressurects you dies then you lose health until death.

drawbacks... of course this means that when people die more and more, eventually everyones going to rely on one person to stay alive...

i havent tried to ressurect someone who ressurected me... im not sure how that would work...


smoke

i think of it as "ghosting". you leave your body and become this whipsy seethrough ghost of yourself, inpenatrable to bullets and weapons. although you can be hurt quite a bit by a ability called "gust" but the ability is so useless the only reason you would want to have it is for this.

summon

the last of the "major" spells, which of course summons a big fiend that tears your enemies apart, a fitting end.

you also have some technology at your disposal, including the ability to see through walls, a glider, auto-aim, and grenades...




the game is fairly fun, but gets kind of tiresome quick, also there arent too many levels to choose from and there is a lot of dying involved...

as for online, it might have been enhanced with a mic and earphone, but i think a 40 dollar price sticker for microsofts golden microphone, is asking too much, so they will have to deal with my dissapointment.


i give this game a 7/10

neat idea but there are just too many factors, that kill this game