![]() I thought this could lead to some really interesting gameplay. Drawing upon the William Gibson novel Neuromancer it adds the element of the Matrix and cyber warfare. Similar to Rifts it is a setting of an alternate earth, where magic and technology clash. This was a huge system as I was growing up, and while I never actually played a lot of it, I owned most of the books. This is another long time dream of mine to see Shadowrun in a massively multiplayer setting. There is just so much world to wrap a game around, and almost unlimited content to explore for expansions. Additionally there are some pretty amazing character classes like Glitterboys, Juicers, Cyberknights, Techno Wizard, Ley Line Walker, Psi-Stalker, and again these go on and on. This alone would be enough for me… but additionally they have set up all sorts of great opposing forces… the Splynn, the Coalition, the Federation of Magic, the Triax, the NGR, the list literally continues on and on as there are over 30 separate sourcebooks each filled with its own list of opposing forces. When two intersect there is a chance of a dimensional rift opening and spilling forth all manner of crazy into our world. ![]() Rifts sets up an earth where the magic has returned and caused leylines to blaze open across the planet. Rifts took this earlier concept of the palladium system and infused it with so much personality. What always drew me to the system was the promise of being able to create damned near anything you can think of. Quite frankly the rules are pretty lousy if you get down to it and and extremely cumbersome. I love the palladium system, not because it was some great feat of gaming. It never really had the big money marketing that for example Dungeons and Dragons had, but it represents a good chunk of my childhood. 5 – Riftsįor those who have not been hanging around game shops most of their lives… this title could go completely unnoticed. These are the five settings I want most in MMO form. However every now and then there is a setting that feels like it screams to be an MMO. If you check my Raptr profile you will see that the majority of all the high consumption titles are massively multiplayer online games. For me… I love MMOs, it is my favorite type of game, and comprises of the vast majority of games I play. This is not a post for you in the least, so I will probably only serve to frustrate you this morning. I know there are several folks out there that really hate it when an franchise gets turned into an MMO.
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