Harebrained Schemes General Discussion Thread

[Roguey]

So are there any worthwhile modules for the Shadowrun games? They come with a level editor after all. Someone has to have made something good with it.

I made a thread about it https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/reviews-of-shadowrun-mods.131706/

 

[Nikanuur]

I have sent a letter to Harebrained, threatening their puny realities and stuff with like horrible sci-fi dangers if they don't make a new game soon.

 

[Roguey]

I have sent a letter to Harebrained, threatening their puny realities and stuff with like horrible sci-fi dangers if they don't make a new game soon.

Good news, Lamplighters League is out in a few days.

 

[Darkwind]

I have sent a letter to Harebrained, threatening their puny realities and stuff with like horrible sci-fi dangers if they don't make a new game soon.

Good news, Lamplighters League is out in a few days.

Like the idea of it, very concerned that they have Woke it up badly since they started tilting heavily towards that direction with Battletech where I don't think a single white man existed in the future. Like an isometric version of Cottonfield™ basically. It is very obvious that white men simply are not going to make it into the future and on our current timeline, there is maybe some truth to that sadly.

 

[Roguey]

Like the idea of it, very concerned that they have Woke it up badly since they started tilting heavily towards that direction with Battletech where I don't think a single white man existed in the future. Like an isometric version of Cottonfield™ basically. It is very obvious that white men simply are not going to make it into the future and on our current timeline, there is maybe some truth to that sadly.

So far it seems the biggest issue with it is that making Commandos meets XCOM results in a half-baked game that's not as good as either, which was a likely outcome. They probably should have downscoped to something like Phantom Doctrine Without the Flaws.

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

Cartoony style is also bad. Additional characters that are behind a paywall is also crap

 

[Alienman]

Cartoony style is also bad. Additional characters that are behind a paywall is also crap

The style is very corporate. Turns me off.

 

[Nikanuur]

I have sent a letter to Harebrained, threatening their puny realities and stuff with like horrible sci-fi dangers if they don't make a new game soon.

Good news, Lamplighters League is out in a few days.

A new Shadowrun game, that is. Specifically said it there but have forgotten to write it here. I don't know why for sure, but when you are busy casting a horrible condition-based curse at the same time you are writing on RPG Codex, these things are bound to happen.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Cartoony style is also bad. Additional characters that are behind a paywall is also crap

The style is very corporate. Turns me off.

and it is overused like WoW like graphics.

 

[Hellraiser]

Cartoony style is also bad. Additional characters that are behind a paywall is also crap

The style is very corporate. Turns me off.

and it is overused like WoW like graphics.

Also ugly as fuck. If you want to make cartoonish characters and have no clue how to make them aesthetically pleasant, at least go for that 80s/90s merchandise tie-in cartoon look, like X-COM did:

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

Cartoony style is also bad. Additional characters that are behind a paywall is also crap

The style is very corporate. Turns me off.

and it is overused like WoW like graphics.

Also ugly as fuck. If you want to make cartoonish characters and have no clue how to make them aesthetically pleasant, at least go for that 80s/90s merchandise tie-in cartoon look, like X-COM did:

but how do you make them/they action figures?

 

[Delterius]

80s/90s merchandise tie-in cartoon look

why is this a desirable thing

 

[Hellraiser]

80s/90s merchandise tie-in cartoon look

why is this a desirable thing

Desireable, no, preferable to what they did, yes. That was my point.

 

[Delterius]

80s/90s merchandise tie-in cartoon look

why is this a desirable thing

Desireable, no, preferable to what they did, yes. That was my point.

tie in merchandise look just rubbed me the wrong way. if you had said draw on the aesthetics of old cartoons it would have been different. it implies a connection. but merchandise look feels like if corporate focus tested styles gain legitimacy with age.

who knows maybe 30 years from now someone will praise the heartfelt designs of the google dot com website

 

[Roguey]

Glassdoor review from last week

Best place I ever worked
Principal Software Engineer/Manager
Former Employee

Pros

Open, person-first leadership. Great people to work with.

Cons

It's been shut down.

On resetera, a former HBS employee claimed that Paradox laid off 80% of the company back in July, likely on account of Lamplighters League's incredibly poor sales forecast. Just keeping a skeleton crew to fulfill their obligations before turning the lights off.

 

[fantadomat]

Lamplighters League

isn't that the jew resistance crew fighting evul nazi or some such shit??

 

[Roguey]

Lamplighters League

isn't that the jew resistance crew fighting evul nazi or some such shit??

Multicultural crew fighting an evil cult in the 1930s.

 

[fantadomat]

Lamplighters League

isn't that the jew resistance crew fighting evul nazi or some such shit??

Multicultural crew fighting an evil cult in the 1930s.

Yeah,just watched the trailer,jewz fighting evul nazi. Who was the target audience i wonder. Obviously it didn't had one lol.

 

[Abu Antar]

They should have just whored themeselves out to Microsoft.

Go woke, go broke.

 

[negator2vc]

Harebrained Schemes died after the release of Shadowrun: Hong Kong.

 

[almondblight]

Harebrained Schemes died after the release of Shadowrun: Hong Kong Dragonfall: DC.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

They should have just whored themeselves out to Microsoft.

Go woke, go broke.

Yes, but now InXile can pick up where HBS left off, with a Mechwarrior Tactical RPG followed by a Shadowrun Open World RPG.

 

[agris]

Be careful what you wish for Zed Duke of Banville

 

[Zeriel]

Glassdoor review from last week

Best place I ever worked
Principal Software Engineer/Manager
Former Employee

Pros

Open, person-first leadership. Great people to work with.

Cons

It's been shut down.

On resetera, a former HBS employee claimed that Paradox laid off 80% of the company back in July, likely on account of Lamplighters League's incredibly poor sales forecast. Just keeping a skeleton crew to fulfill their obligations before turning the lights off.

Note how the happier the employees are, the more likely a studio is about to shuttered. These garbage indie studios always have really "happy" employees--probably because the heads are more focused on pandering to their progressive interns than producing good games.

 

[scytheavatar]

I don't get it..... Harebrained Schemes was brought by Paradox shortly after Battletech was released. Which means they must have shown Paradox pitches of this Lamplighters League game and something about it made Paradox go "Wow, this looks amazing and is easy money! We need to buy these people!" Do people seriously think the Indiana Jones wannabe genre is huge or something?