automaton88 ([info]automaton88) wrote in [info]cyberpunk,
@ 2006-06-11 17:03:00
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top 10 cyber punk games
today on gamefaqs someon has posted what they believe to be the top ten cyberpunk video games. so...check it out
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/top10/394.html

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[info]pope_guilty
2006-06-11 09:19 pm UTC (link)
You know, as much as I love Fallout and SS2, neither one is, well, cyberpunk.

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[info]automaton88
2006-06-11 09:50 pm UTC (link)
i guess hes unfamiliar with the differances with post-apocalyptic and cyberpunk

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[info]joeshamo
2006-06-11 11:59 pm UTC (link)
i always thought of fallout to be both post-apocalyptic and cyberpunk, since it was fairly technologically advanced for a post-apocalyptic setting.

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[info]morbid_curious
2006-06-12 02:41 am UTC (link)
He's unfamiliar with a lot of things. "Harley Ellison"? Bloody hell. The review of I Have No Mouth... also says "The plot revolves around the usual rogue AI theme...", when the Ellison short story was from 1966.

It's an interesting list, but I wouldn't call it journalism, or particularly noteworthy. It's a guy with some opinions, and you may have noticed there's quite a few of those on the internet.

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[info]xerode
2006-06-11 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Maybe I'm missing something here, but how is SS2 not cyberpunk? Hell, SS1 is so obviously inspired by Neuromancer and SS2 is carrying on the storyline. Rogue AIs, hacking, implants... what more do you want?

But no Bladerunner or Uplink? What was he thinking?

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[info]psi_ko
2006-06-12 03:58 am UTC (link)
I always thought an intergral part of cyberpunk was the depiction of individuals isolated from society or opposing it, where that society dominated/controlled/heavily influenced by a government/corporation/whatever.

I do not think the character in SS2 stands in opposition to society, he is isolated, but thats beacause everyone dies.

I dunno, Im not really claiming to be a expert by any means.

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[info]radiodog
2006-06-12 04:58 am UTC (link)
SS1 would have matched that, what with being a hacker enslaved by the company.

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[info]psi_ko
2006-06-13 08:29 am UTC (link)
Alas, I have not yet had the pleasure of SS1.

Must be to young/uncultured

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[info]fearrett
2006-06-11 09:21 pm UTC (link)
That's quite the article.

I reeeaaalllyyyyy need to find a copy of sustemshock 2

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[info]fearrett
2006-06-11 09:21 pm UTC (link)
*systemshock

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[info]necro2607
2006-06-12 07:20 am UTC (link)
home of the underdogs .. search google. :)

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[info]rpgpunk
2006-06-11 09:28 pm UTC (link)
Final Fantasy Vll, if you want to call it Cyberpunk.

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[info]automaton88
2006-06-11 09:49 pm UTC (link)
yeah that first town is very much so.

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[info]joeshamo
2006-06-12 12:01 am UTC (link)
yea, if i was gunna say any FF game was cyberpunk i'd agree. The first town (midgar or something?) was practically straight out a gibson novel.

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[info]automaton88
2006-06-12 01:43 am UTC (link)
initially i was thinking alot of ff3 for snes but no...thats really more of steam-punk setup

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[info]joeshamo
2006-06-12 01:47 am UTC (link)
yea, the livejournal community back in the days of the pony express were all about steam-punk

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[info]telecart
2006-06-11 10:22 pm UTC (link)
God I miss Syndicate Wars.

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[info]cybrid
2006-06-11 10:30 pm UTC (link)
nah....not by far....and they didnt even count bloodnet and hell?
sadly picked top10 list from where im standing...

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areadenial
2006-06-16 05:19 pm UTC (link)
That is how most lists are when it comes to games.

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[info]cybrid
2006-06-16 05:27 pm UTC (link)
ive seen some decent ones...but yeah...crappy game listings seem to be the norm... :\
interesting profile..mind if i add ya?

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areadenial
2006-06-16 05:31 pm UTC (link)
Added you

and yeah I've seen a few well constructed lists, but there are just way too many that make little to no sense.

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[info]razorw1re
2006-06-11 11:14 pm UTC (link)
Syndicate Wars is my favourite game of all time.

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[info]confusiontempst
2006-06-13 06:21 pm UTC (link)
That game paled by comparison to the original and you know it.

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[info]razorw1re
2006-06-13 10:06 pm UTC (link)

No way man, Syndicate Wars pwned on the original.

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[info]joeshamo
2006-06-12 12:02 am UTC (link)
i believe bionic commando should get an honerable mention.

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[info]rpgpunk
2006-06-12 03:09 pm UTC (link)
Yes it should! I loved that game.

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[info]joeshamo
2006-06-12 05:02 pm UTC (link)
yea, and of all the games that havent been remade for later nintendo consoles i thought it would've got one. oh well.

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[info]necro2607
2006-06-12 07:22 am UTC (link)
the thing that disappoints me is how dated all of these games are..

it would be great if a company developed some excessively cyberpunk-esque game with up-to-date tech and so on...

of course someone will say this same thing 10 years from now... ;)

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[info]agamemnon667
2006-06-12 07:59 am UTC (link)
Played about half of those, I think. "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" was weird and not at all enjoyable. I still have the 3D mousemat that came with it, tho.

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john5
2006-06-14 01:06 am UTC (link)
You can see a shifting sensibility in games developers, back in the mid to late 90s, cyberpunk was a huge influence on game designers because so many of them came from hacking backgrounds, as really they were all backyard programmers without major corporate sponsorship. Now, with the likes of Electronic Arts and Microsoft, we're seeing a shift away from that cyberpunk ideal and towards the opposite, where the player character works for the machine, or the government, or whatever.

I think the only game with real cyberpunk credentials released in the last few years is Deus Ex Invisible War, but even that is dated. The creators of System Shock are putting out a spiritual sequel called Bioshock, so hopefully that will be cool.

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