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Any other Cyberpunk games anyone like?

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:56 pm
by hybridtheory
I liked Deus Ex a lot. It had a lot of freedom, and pretty much drew inspiration from Gibson, Phillip K. Dick, and newer visions of the fture namely Ghost in the Shell. The main theme is what stick to my head. Too bad Ion Storm is dead, and I didn't think the sequel was as bad as people said it was.

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:54 am
by ratperson665
Blade Runner.

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:59 am
by Modnar
viewtopic.php?t=476&highlight=cyber+punk

all the game listed in there are pretty good....sci fi/cyberpunk

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:15 am
by 87th
Is it safe to call FF VI and VII Cyberpunk? 8-[

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:58 am
by ratperson665
87th wrote:Is it safe to call FF VI and VII Cyberpunk? 8-[
No.

Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:57 pm
by hybridtheory
FF7 is Steampunk.



Wiki'd
Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction which came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. It concerns works set in the past, or a world resembling the past, in which modern technological paradigms occurred earlier in history, but were accomplished via the science already present in that time period. It is often associated with cyberpunk and shares a similar fanbase but developed as a separate movement.

Works of this genre typically also fall into the categories of either science fiction or fantasy.

There are a lot of reasons:

- Space Exploration in its infancy.
- Old stlye veichles
- Old fashion towns but big hight tech mega city.


You could also put FFVI into it also with victorian settings and comtemporery fantasy settings.

Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:21 pm
by OtakupunkX
Deus Ex all the way.

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:18 am
by Junker_05
System Shock 2 and Deus Ex, man.

EDIT: System Shock 2 is the godfather of games like Deus Ex. You go and play them both, and they're very similar in gameplay, the inventory set-out and the ability to customize yourself using augmentation - I think you can get it for free at The-Underdogs.org. If anyone wants a link to that, by the way, just PM me. Peace.

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:38 am
by Marc
Yeah, the Shocks and Deus Ex are great games.

There's a spiritual sequel to Shock called Bio Shock in development. I guess you'd call that steampunk as well.

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:58 pm
by OtakupunkX
I'm planning to play System Shock 2 eventually. Apparently it's compatiblity with newer computers is crap.

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:04 pm
by Marc
Yeah, I hate trying to get old games to work with modern systems. I've decided to buy a desktop PC98 so I can play Policenauts properly, and trying to get the right soundboard and DOS (Japanese) version is going to be a pain. It would be ridiculously easy if I was still living in Japan (30 minute subway ride to Akihabara). It's not so much that it's hard to gather the gear, it just feels so awkward having to do it from halfway around the world (through Rinkya to boot), and you have shipping costs, too.

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:09 pm
by Junker_05
It's now my understanding that collecting Kojima games and buying the equipment to play them is a very costly hobby.

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:12 pm
by Marc
That computer would be just for playing that game.

But the actual stuff isn't very expensive. I once saw the model I needed for around $20, but I couldn't stay with the auction til the end and someone had outbid me.

Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:26 am
by Junker_05
Osiris wrote:the actual stuff isn't very expensive.
Have you seen the prices for every copy of Snatcher on eBay? 50-100 British Pounds at the least, which over here's about $120-$400.

Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:28 am
by Marc
Did you read my whole post? I was talking about a PC98.

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:37 pm
by Gaff
One hell of a bump, but one that's worthwhile.

You might want to try Beneath A Steel Sky, it's a classic cyberpunk title. Plus it's freeware.

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:58 pm
by Rick Deckard
I heard news of a BaSS sequel getting a release a couple of years back... so, what happened to that then?

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:01 pm
by Gaff
Rick Deckard wrote:I heard news of a BaSS getting released a couple years back... what happened to that then?
According to Wikipedia, Charles Cecil had another interview on August 10th of this year. He basically commended ScummVM and pretty much continued to state his interest in a sequel. So yeah, who knows what's going on. I just hope it isn't facing cancellation.

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:07 pm
by 87th
I've been playing a bit of Syndicate again, now I've got my GP2X. A very nice game.

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:10 pm
by Rick Deckard
I'm just glad I had time to edit; forgetting the word 'sequel' was a bit of an oversight. I really hope that does happen, a sequel like that has such potential. The first one's excellent but so short, though incredibly entertaining while it lasts. The ending's always bothered me, though - he heads back home but wasn't his home blown to bits at the start?

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:29 pm
by Gaff
Rick Deckard wrote:I'm just glad I had time to edit; forgetting the word 'sequel' was a bit of an oversight. I really hope that does happen, a sequel like that has such potential. The first one's excellent but so short, though incredibly entertaining while it lasts. The ending's always bothered me, though - he heads back home but wasn't his home blown to bits at the start?
Yeah, the ending to BASS kind of confused me. Like you said, where's he going to go if his home has been destroyed? My guess is that he went out on some lone survival mission, like that retired judge official in Judge Dredd. Takes a shotgun with him, along with some food and goes out to explore The Gap.

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:42 pm
by Rick Deckard
Heh, also didn't help that his spiritual home shared its name with a popular American clothing outlet.

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:19 pm
by Snake Plissken
87th wrote:I've been playing a bit of Syndicate again, now I've got my GP2X. A very nice game.
Lol indeed, I've been playing "Wars" alot lately myself and Shadowrun for some reason.

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:30 pm
by Marc
Another interesting cyberpunk game is Rise of the Dragon for Sega CD. If I remember right, you have an actual time limit you need to finish the game under.

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:32 pm
by Artemio
rise of the Dragon... It was also very interesting for it's setting.. and the story did change depending on your actions a lot. It had tons of little details too, very nice game indeed.