Grim, dystopian and pessimistic – cyberpunk is the film noir genre of science fiction. This subculture has spawned many great novels, comics, films and, of course, video games. The cyberpunk phenomenon dates back to the 1980s and has lost none of its appeal to this day. In the guise of the memory hunter Neelin, we were able to do gymnastics through the streets of Neo-Paris. Of course, the element of social criticism and the fight against overbearing and corrupt corporations is popular in cyberpunk. In the case of Remember Me, you’re dealing with the mind manipulating corporation Memorize. The cyberpunk genre is also thriving on Kickstarter. Shadowrun Returns is an example of this.
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With Cyberpunk 2077, the makers of The Witcher from CD Projekt currently have a hot iron on fire. The futuristic RPG is based on Cyberpunk 2020’s Pen & Paper template. The first cinematic trailer has already given a first glimpse of the harrowing scenario around brain-dancing neurochips, artificial titanium tissue and all sorts of other improvements to the madness. about absolutes Beauty and maximum efficiency. An aspiration from which so many souls suffer when the brain is overloaded and computer programs take over. You can see the result in the video below this article.
We’ve selected for you ten representatives of video games from the cyberpunk genre. You can find out more in our picture gallery, and of course we’re curious to know which cyberpunk games you particularly liked in the past or which games you’re probably already looking forward to. As part of that, we can also recommend the latest installment of our crowdfunding show Shut Up and Take My Money. In it, Mhaire and Manny are clearly dedicated to Kickstarter projects on steam and cyberpunk themes, including the already mentioned Shadowrun Returns. You can also find the relevant episode 27 as a video stream below these lines.
