Some insight to be gained towards Cyberpunk Red and CP2077
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Thank you for that. I really enjoyed the interview.
Always interesting to hear the concept behind the design plus Mike seemed pretty cool too.
I'm gonna have to get a hold of Mike and ask him the name of that importer if he's gonna start bringing Polish food in. My grandma used to make that Polish soup, it's awesome.
I have come to regard him as the patron-saint of the genre, not Gibson, who has turned out to be largely useless.
Does he say anything about the rumored 25th Anniversary Edition of Castle Falkenstein? :)
Is cyberpunk considered a "retro-future" like flash gordon style rocket ships or steampunk? I always considered it sort of silly back in the 90s and twenty years later it seems even more so. Sort of like the 70s tech from Alien Isolation. A future as predicted by people of the past.
Quote from: hedgehobbit;1101416Is cyberpunk considered a "retro-future" like flash gordon style rocket ships or steampunk? I always considered it sort of silly back in the 90s and twenty years later it seems even more so. Sort of like the 70s tech from Alien Isolation. A future as predicted by people of the past.
I don't think so. IMHO it always tries to extrapolate current tech and design into a more advanced version of it. Not to mention the society is presented as a dystopia.
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;1101411Does he say anything about the rumored 25th Anniversary Edition of Castle Falkenstein? :)
Maybe you're kidding, but I'm still leery of the failed Mekton Zero kickstarter. I think Cyberpunk Red is going to get finished due to sheer momentum surrounding the impending release of Cyberpunk 2077. But RTalsorian has had a terrible track record since CP 3.0.
Quote from: Ratman_tf;1101426Maybe you're kidding, but I'm still leery of the failed Mekton Zero kickstarter. I think Cyberpunk Red is going to get finished due to sheer momentum surrounding the impending release of Cyberpunk 2077. But RTalsorian has had a terrible track record since CP 3.0.
No, he promised it on the company web page a couple of years back, but I hadn't heard anything lately. You're right about the track record, but Mike does claim on the web page that they hired J. Gray, who was doing licensed material through Fat Goblin Games. If we see it, great. If not, this hobby is full of disappointments. :)
Quote from: hedgehobbit;1101416Is cyberpunk considered a "retro-future" like flash gordon style rocket ships or steampunk?
It depends on when the cyberpunk was published.
Quote from: hedgehobbit;1101416Is cyberpunk considered a "retro-future" like flash gordon style rocket ships or steampunk?
It has come to be both retro-future and near-future, depending on the universe, and sometimes a mix of both.
Quote from: Ratman_tf;1101426Maybe you're kidding, but I'm still leery of the failed Mekton Zero kickstarter. I think Cyberpunk Red is going to get finished due to sheer momentum surrounding the impending release of Cyberpunk 2077. But RTalsorian has had a terrible track record since CP 3.0.
Including CP 3.0, IMO. Frankly, Fuzion as a whole was a major error, in execution if not in concept.
Quote from: RandyB;1101458Including CP 3.0, IMO. Frankly, Fuzion as a whole was a major error, in execution if not in concept.
Combining Hero System and Cyberpunk 2020 is one of the worst ideas gaming has ever had. They go together like sandpaper and booty wipe.
I think a major issue with V3, is that everything about the core rule book from an aesthetic level was a fucking mess and really killed the line before it could find its wings and fly. The horrible green font (printing in greyscale helped imensely) made it unreadable and the goddamn toys. The fucking toys as art really was the two ton boulder that broke the camel's back. It distracted from everything, and just didnt allow people to get into the world. The only two books were a lot better, but toys and or cgi art is subjectively and objectively the worst.
Quote from: hedgehobbit;1101416Is cyberpunk considered a "retro-future" like flash gordon style rocket ships or steampunk? I always considered it sort of silly back in the 90s and twenty years later it seems even more so. Sort of like the 70s tech from Alien Isolation. A future as predicted by people of the past.
Yes.
Cyberpunk has many elements that today could be seen as retro-future. As 2020 is upon us, Cyberpunk can be seen as alternative-future RPGing, much like Twilight 2000.
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;1101411Does he say anything about the rumored 25th Anniversary Edition of Castle Falkenstein? :)
If it gets a video game, we'll see a new Falkenstein.
It's a great IP for a video game so who knows?