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Interview with Mike Pondsmith at CDPR

Started by GeekyBugle, August 28, 2019, 04:30:34 PM

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GeekyBugle

August 28, 2019, 04:30:34 PM
Some insight to be gained towards Cyberpunk Red and CP2077

[video=youtube;bZZVj7OaymI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZZVj7OaymI[/youtube]
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HappyDaze

#1
August 28, 2019, 06:34:03 PM
Thank you for that. I really enjoyed the interview.

Shasarak

#2
August 28, 2019, 07:38:22 PM
Always interesting to hear the concept behind the design plus Mike seemed pretty cool too.
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crkrueger

#3
August 29, 2019, 08:39:16 AM
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.
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Alexander Kalinowski

#4
August 29, 2019, 09:24:03 AM
I have come to regard him as the patron-saint of the genre, not Gibson, who has turned out to be largely useless.
Author of the Knights of the Black Lily RPG, a game of sexy black fantasy.
Setting: Ilethra, a fantasy continent ruled over by exclusively spiteful and bored gods who play with mortals for their sport.
System: Faithful fantasy genre simulation. Bell-curved d100 as a core mechanic. Action economy based on interruptability. Cinematic attack sequences in melee. Fortune Points tied to scenario endgame stakes. Challenge-driven Game Design.
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Armchair Gamer

#5
August 29, 2019, 10:09:32 AM
Does he say anything about the rumored 25th Anniversary Edition of Castle Falkenstein? :)

hedgehobbit

#6
August 29, 2019, 11:04:26 AM
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.

GeekyBugle

#7
August 29, 2019, 11:08:58 AM
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: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

Ratman_tf

#8
August 29, 2019, 12:19:54 PM
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.
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Armchair Gamer

#9
August 29, 2019, 12:56:30 PM
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. :)

Shawn Driscoll

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August 29, 2019, 02:04:47 PM
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.

Alexander Kalinowski

#11
August 29, 2019, 02:55:30 PM
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.
Author of the Knights of the Black Lily RPG, a game of sexy black fantasy.
Setting: Ilethra, a fantasy continent ruled over by exclusively spiteful and bored gods who play with mortals for their sport.
System: Faithful fantasy genre simulation. Bell-curved d100 as a core mechanic. Action economy based on interruptability. Cinematic attack sequences in melee. Fortune Points tied to scenario endgame stakes. Challenge-driven Game Design.
The dark gods await.

RandyB

#12
August 29, 2019, 04:24:12 PM
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.

ThatChrisGuy

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August 29, 2019, 04:28:36 PM
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.
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videopete

#14
August 29, 2019, 06:27:15 PM
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.
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