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[Great Rumbler]

wat??

MP2's Sanctuary Fortress is definitely cyberpunk-inspired with lots of neon and robots.

 

[johnsmith]

I know.
There's no 'steam' driven technology but they do share the retro art design with lot's of bronze, tooth wheels, 19th century diving suites (dig daddies) and stuff like that.

It's retrofuturism.

 

[ToastyBanana]

G-Police? Been a long time since I played it but the aesthetic is certainly cyberpunk.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

The following are the only great Cyberpunk games worth your time out there which aren't text adventures:

Deus Ex

Thank you and good night.

 

[destrosio]

digital devil saga think.

 

[Iadien]

I want a new Shadowrun... that's not an FPS.

 

[Bluemercury]

Too bad the game isn't very good.

Played it on pc....it was a Blade Runner rip off, but i liked it alot back then.

 

[Bluemercury]

What's the best version of shadowrun???

 

[OokieSpookie]

What's the best version of shadowrun???

Pen and paper

(followed by Genesis)

 

[Bluemercury]

Pen and paper

(followed by Genesis)

The snes version looks better with the isometric view....

 

[2DMention]

Phantom Dust would be considered cyberpunk.

 

[Bluemercury]

The following are the only great Cyberpunk games worth your time out there which aren't text adventures:

Deus Ex

Thank you and good night.

this is almost true, but system shock says hi...

 

[Speevy]

Phantom Dust would be considered cyberpunk.

That's what I figured.

 

[Iadien]

Pen and paper

(followed by Genesis)

SNES is better...

 

[Bluemercury]

SNES is better...

Should i try it???how are the combats?turn based?

 

[codecow]

http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/circuits-edge

You win the prize, Circuit's Edge was and is an awesome game.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

this is almost true, but system shock says hi...

As already stated SS isn't cyber-punk.

 

[Core407]

"but there's only one."

I beg your pardon:

Dreamweb

Shadowrun [Genesis]

Neuromancer

Omikron

Omikron was so bad ass! I can't wait to see how the sequel turns out.

 

[coldvein]

ARRRR PUNK!!! PUUUUNKKK!!!

 

[jon bones]

OK I know you asked for a video game but hear me out!

If you haven't read Snow Crash already, do yourself a favor and pick it up. It reads like the greatest cyberpunk videogame ever.

 

[Scrow]

Some people are associating Bioshock's art deco with steampunk for some reason.

i'm associating the types of weapons and how you can upgrade them with steampunk.

 

[M°°nblade]

Art Deco is a architecture style not a genre. Some people are associating Bioshock's art deco with steampunk for some reason.

Because it all depends on definitions and criteria.
Just like steampunk, Bioshock and Fallout are alternate history-style presentations of "the path not taken".

If you insist on using the term 'steampunk' strictly for steamdriven technology and 19th century victorian style, you have to define dozens of new genres for alternative historical realities that took off in different periodes of time.

In Command&Conquer: red alert Albert Einstein travels back in time to kill Hitler in 1924.
In Resistance history diverges from the real world before World War 2 took place.
In freedom fighters, during WW2 (the atom bomb was developed in Berlin).
In Fallout, after WW2.

 

[Rei_Toei]

mine was better, good list in it

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=182168

You should add this game, it's as cyberpunk as they come, but I seem to be the only one on the board that ever played it:

 

[wolfmat]

If you know what a terminal is AND enjoy typing stuff on keyboards AND like solving some puzzles AND always wanted to be a central decker figure in con warz in a cyberpunk world, then GET UPLINK BECAUSE IT'S FUN IN THAT SENSE!!
It's not terribly realistic, but I enjoyed it a lot.

It'll rape you through a hole

IGN.COM​

 

[Servizio]

What's the best version of shadowrun???

SNES is more story driven, Genesis is more gameplay driven. SNES is generally easier, puzzle and dialog driven, combat is point and click. Genesis can be pretty unforgiving, sort of...Dungeon crawling? You get Shadowruns, do them for cash, upgrade yourself, do some of the story to open up more areas. Some runs are easier or harder depending on your class, and you can theoretically make up for your weaknesses with other runners. I like the SNES version better since I favor narrative heavy games, but with the Genesis version you can spend a lot of enjoyable time doing runs, as they contain a lot of randomized elements. You had random encounters that played out like mini choose-your-own-adventure scenarios. A man stops you on the street and asks for help, you follow him and stop a mugging and get rewarded, or he turns out to be bait for a gang, or a vampire. It was a neat little system that added some variety and tension to every area.

The 360 version is an online multiplayer FPS game, like Counter Strike or Team Fortress. Something like four classes, several guns and spells, a couple of maps. It was pretty fun when I played the beta and the demo, but I don't think you can get the demo any more and I'd be surprised if the player base was that vibrant.

 

[m3k]

I want a new Shadowrun... that's not an FPS.

seconded

 

[Anticitizen One]

wat??

Jak 2 is cyberpunk by definition

Metroid Prime 2 has a cyberpunk influence especially in the sancturary fortress as someone mentioned above.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Fine, whatever, bioshock= Artdecopunk and biopunk.

Actually Bioshock and Fallout fall into "50s retro" (and yea I know the first 2 bio games take place in the 40s)

I guess you can call them Americanapunk or 40spunk or retropunk or greaserpunk

 

[just tray]

not sure if I understand this genre but would Crackdown fit into it?

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Played it on pc....it was a Blade Runner rip off, but i liked it alot back then.

I think the main characters name was Blade Hunter. I really enjoyed it a long time ago on the PC as well. Heart of China was pretty good too

 

[René_EM]

Except from Deus Ex 3 which one should you look forward to?

Are there any good games for Consoles (this generation or last generation)?

I know konrad77 said other than Deus Ex 3, but here are some supporting concept art images.

 

[Lakitu]

OK I know you asked for a video game but hear me out!

If you haven't read Snow Crash already, do yourself a favor and pick it up. It reads like the greatest cyberpunk videogame ever.

Yes. Read this. It would make for the best cyberpunk game ever, or movie.

 

[Guled]

someone should make a Ghost in the Shell game for the HD consoles. Let it use the Mirror Edge tech, it would be so awesome. If I won the lottery the first thing I'll do is bankroll that project myself. If done right it can easily be the best game ever made

 

[Philthy]

I would kill for a Neomancer update, or something close to it. Uplink got it halfway right, it was just missing the whole adventure genre part to complete it.

 

[Melhisedek]

OK I know you asked for a video game but hear me out!

If you haven't read Snow Crash already, do yourself a favor and pick it up. It reads like the greatest cyberpunk videogame ever.

Any other books you guys can recommend ?

 

[Anticitizen One]

Any other books you guys can recommend ?

I would start by reading "Cyberpunk" by Bruce Bethke since thats the story that started it all.

Then read Snow Crash, Neuromancer, and everything by Phillip K. Dick.

 

[nicknick]

Memory says Burn Cycle is the answer to everything, but I'd have to play it again to see if it held up.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Shin Megami Tensei 2 is pretty damn punk. It's translated to boot.

 

[-PXG-]

Cyberpunk Tokyo + rocket skates + funky music + graffiti = GOTF

 

[akachan ningen]

The ghost in the shell (SAC?) game for ps2 has a pretty good story. It's about rice.

 

[Tokyo Rain]

 

[dfyb]

it's really a shame games have basically dropped the cyberpunk theme. games are the best medium for experiencing the impossible (or experiencing the [fictional] future).

Dystopia (mulitplayer HL2 mod) is a more recent cyberpunk game.

 

[Durandal]

Its really a shame that almost everything has dropped the cyperpunk theme really. But yeah, especially games. One would think that theres tremendous potential for great games if you imagine a remake of say, the Shadowrun games.

 

[CiSTM]

Just started playing

 

[Woakes]

Cyberpunk and Sci-fi in general seems to have suffered a quite bizzare backlash of complete apathy across all genres lately: games, tv, movies... I genuinely wonder why, very depressing. Usually even what we do get is some sort of thin mockery that's mostly some other genre with vague tinges of CyberFi thrown around it.

 

[voodoopanda]

I love the Genesis Shadowrun and Snatcher. I wish they would make more.

 

[CiSTM]

You should add this game, it's as cyberpunk as they come, but I seem to be the only one on the board that ever played it:

Whoa, that looks cool ! Any fan translations ?

 

[jon bones]

Any other books you guys can recommend ?

First read Snowcrash, then PM me

 

[Angelus Errare]

Speaking of novels, there was a cyberpunk book I read as a teen that I can not remember the title for the life of me.

All I remember is this kid was a huge computer geek, camped up in his room he began work on a OS. He showed off the OS to some guy in a chatroom who said they could market it and make it big. He then took the full OS to the address given to him, but there was no one there. Some stuff happens, and he wakes up (I think years later) the guy stole his OS and made it big. The guy then pretty much turns the kid's brain into a PC, and even gives him a virus and some other ish.

 

[NovemberMike]

First read Snowcrash, then PM me

Snow Crash is good, but I'd almost recommend Neuromancer or one of the earlier cyperpunk works to start out with. Snow Crash is actually considered Post-Cyperpunk if I remember correctly, and represents a slightly different take on the genre than what is really considered "Cyperpunk".

Of course, anything with a main character called Hiro Protagonist is awesome.