[RPG]: Shadowrun 4th Edition, reviewed by DangerDwarf (4/4)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12482.phtml

Mike Spires's Summary:

Quite a change from earlier editions of the game but still alot of fun.

Go to the full review for more information.

[ragnarok]

And where is your playtest review?

OK, this is your first review, but most capsule reviews give me more insight into a game and I usally have a better glimpse of what it could play like.

[SurfingOnSineWaves]

Originally Posted by ragnarok

And where is your playtest review?

OK, this is your first review, but most capsule reviews give me more insight into a game and I usally have a better glimpse of what it could play like.

Yah, I sort of agree... One thing I'd like to know is if the new edition has the same character templates as the third edition, or if they correspond to the 2nd edition figures, as the 3rd ed book corresponded (more or less) to the 1st edition figures.

[JongWK]

You mean the ready-to-play archetypes? There are 16 of them:

Troll bounty hunter, elf combat mage, human covert ops specialist, dwarf drone rigger, troll enforcer, dwarf face, ork gunslinger adept, ork hacker, human occult investigator, dwarf radical eco-shaman, elf smuggler, ork sprawl ganger, human street samurai, troll street shaman, human technomancer, and elf weapons specialist.

[SurfingOnSineWaves]

Originally Posted by JongWK

You mean the ready-to-play archetypes? There are 16 of them:

Troll bounty hunter, elf combat mage, human covert ops specialist, dwarf drone rigger, troll enforcer, dwarf face, ork gunslinger adept, ork hacker, human occult investigator, dwarf radical eco-shaman, elf smuggler, ork sprawl ganger, human street samurai, troll street shaman, human technomancer, and elf weapons specialist.

Thanks. Hm. That's a bit disappointing. Many of those are nearly the same as the third edition.

[JongWK]

It's somewhat unavoidable, as you need to display common archetypes (street samurai, mage, hacker, etc).