With only 7 days until its end the Kickstarter project for Shadowrun Online
reveals new core gameplay footage detailing the unique ?multi-layered?
perception concept and in-game legwork, schedules Reddit-AMA session for August
8th, 3 pm EST.
Vienna, Frankfurt - August 07, 2012 - With the Kickstarter campaign for
Cliffhanger Productions reaching its final week, Cliffhanger Production
unleashes an all-out information offensive released on their Shadowrun Online
game including an AMA scheduled for August 8th 3 pm EST on
reddit.com. Launching two new videos
presented by actor Jeff Ricketts (Angel, Buffy, Firefly, Star Trek, 24) which
give gamers a peek at their information gathering and preparation missions
called ?legwork? and the game?s unique multi-layered world view concept.
The world view layers allow players to uniquely perceive the game?s environment,
NPCs and enemies as they receive different information from the game?s interface
based on their character?s skills and abilities. This new form of contextual
gameplay allows players to interact differently with ?their? individual world
layers. A Hacker may be interacting with access nodes, security devices and
hostile drones in Augmented Reality, while a Street Samurai can perceive
weaknesses in the enemy?s armor or see the cover benefits granted by objects in
the world. Mages can sense the life essence and magical abilities of enemies and
objects through walls and even see augmentations on living beings as ?essence
dead zones?.
?By combining these world views members of a team can support each other?s
tactical decisions while players can experience the world and its challenges
from very different perspectives ? a game concept our team is quite excited
about? says Jan Wagner, Co-Founder of Cliffhanger Productions.
The Kickstarter campaign has raised over $250,000 so far and has found support
from fans as well as the original pen and paper Shadowrun Co-Creator Tom Dowd
and numerous other Shadowrun writers and artists.
Our Kickstarter campaign enters its home stretch with seven days to go to make
the necessary funding goal.