Brink kind of scratches that cyber punk itch

(DouglasDanger) #21

Necromunda looks cool, but I never played it.

I guess there is some cyberpunk influence in Brink. There is a crumbling future, class warfare…

(Jess Alon) #22

Warhammer 40k requires a huge commitment on the part of the person that plays it. And it’s more about a battle warfare situation. Necromunda is a game in which you scavenge supplies and fight rival gangs in order to survive and your gang members gain XP and improve stats and can buy and sell equipment between games. So it’s like a cyber punk dungeons and dragons but there is no game master because there is still a heavy math equation driven system in place. So warhammer is like command and conquer while necromunda is more like diablo.

(Seyu) #23

My knowledge of the W20k is limited to the Dawn of War rts (which was quite good) and reading some codex stuff online. I wouldn’t say that the setting is cyberpunk in general but the Imperium does have some of those elements.

Also, some of the best cyberpunk works I’ve read or watched have come out of Japan, Blame! being one of them.

(Jess Alon) #24

[QUOTE=Seyu;278661]My knowledge of the W20k is limited to the Dawn of War rts (which was quite good) and reading some codex stuff online. I wouldn’t say that the setting is cyberpunk in general but the Imperium does have some of those elements.

Also, sp,e of the best cyberpunk works I’ve read or watched have come out of Japan, Blame! being one of them.[/QUOTE]

Necromunda has a heavy shadowrun vibe to it. Remember old paper and pencil shadowrun? Back when it was good?

(Seyu) #25

Haha, no, I haven’t played any pen and paper game.

(Jess Alon) #26

That was back in the day when children actually had math skills. And used their imaginations sometimes to play games.

(Seyu) #27

Ah, I was more into swimming and track and field until a resurgence of chronic social anxiety ruined them for me.

(MF Maou) #28

It’s not impossible to have a “normal” social life while playing sports and dabbling in pnp. It is hard to manage, though.

(cowfish13) #29

There is a official Shadowrun shooter, and it goes by the name of Dystopia. There may not be any magic or fantasy creatures, but it will be more Shadowrun than “Shadowrun” will ever be.

This game is very different than other dystopian fiction. It isn’t depressing as others, there isn’t an insurmountable authority. In fact, this ragtag recycling of the this world for both sides is very Cyberpunk. The story falls under dystopian definition, overall, but follows none its standards.

(Jess Alon) #30

Yeah I played baseball until college but still did pnp with relatives. And you really need to think about your definition of normal social life. Is normal going out to the tilted kilt with a huge group of your buddies and watching sports on the big screens? Is it going hiking or something with a small group of friends? Is it playing board games with your wife and her friends and their husbands?

I don’t really think there’s a normal ever.

(TiN TiN) #31

Does tick-tac-toe count?

(Jess Alon) #32

Kind of simplistic and rudimentary. But I guess. Two intelligent people would most likely come to a draw in that game almost every time though after playing it for a little bit. Dude you should see the rules in these old pen and paper games.

If player A does whatever random action (like swing a pipe at player B) then player A has to pass dice roll to hit and player B tries to pass a dice roll to dodge and can try a harder dice roll to counterattack if player A misses. If player A hits him a whole other series of dice rolls dependent on the two characters personal stats are made to save from a wound that equals death.

Obviously it may not be as action packed as a video game. But nothing beats the anxiety and excitement of if wondering if you’re going to survive the next turn.

Yes I’m a dork. So what?

(TiN TiN) #33

Well then that’s probably the only one I’ve played.

It’s who ya are, and you were having fun so I can’t judge.

(Seyu) #34

I usually spent seven to eight hours a day on sports so most of the people I knew who were around my age, outside of school, were those into sports plus I am abnormally shy around people, even with relatives.

Being into sports isn’t more ‘normal’ than playing pnp, it’s just that I never came into contact with anyone who played pnp games, that’s all.

(Jess Alon) #35

[QUOTE=Seyu;278799]I usually spent seven to eight hours a day on sports so most of the people I knew who were around my age, outside of school, were those into sports plus I am abnormally shy around people, even with relatives.

Being into sports isn’t more ‘normal’ than playing pnp, it’s just that I never came into contact with anyone who played pnp games, that’s all.[/QUOTE]

Well being an adult I still do it from time to time but maybe in a coffee shop that friends frequent so that I’m out and I see other friends by chance. I also have a kid on the way and am into my second year of marriage. It gets hard to keep in contact with everyone at that point.

(Jess Alon) #36

By the way I don’t shell out cash for overpriced figurines. I make mini cardboard cut outs of my favorite movie stars and television characters. My gang consists of Dr Gregory House, Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, Method Man from Wu-tang Clan, and Charles Bronson (Deathwish Era). It’s celebrity necromunda. Some of my friends use famous anime heros and things. But if a member gets killed you have to retire that character permanently.

(Seyu) #37

My primary reason for getting the internet was to meet people I shared common interests and discuss things without inhibition, social networking sites repulse me though.

(Auzner) #38

I’m trying to stay caught up in this thread. This weekend I’m definitely going to be reading about all of this fascinating stuff. Cyberpunk or futurist survivalist is such a niche genre so I never hear much about it.

(Jess Alon) #39

Auzner if you’re interested my friend is working on a PC thing for a necromunda inspired game he’s working on but it’s not going to be called that. It’s going to be kind of like dwarf fortress format but you do scenarios and so forth. I don’t know if he’ll ever get motivated enough to finish it. I’ve sort of messed around with it a little but it’s no where near finished.

(Jess Alon) #40

I keep waiting for THIS page to change.

http://www.neuromancer.org/