What was the first cyberpunk video game you played? Were you playing the point & click adventure games back on DOS? Shadowrun on SNES? Deus Ex on PC? Or did you just recently discover this thing called “cyberpunk” with Cyberpunk 2077?
I’m curious how long everyone here has been into cyberpunk.
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Syndicate wars. I think they was cyberpunk.
Does Jet Set Radio Future count as cyberpunk?
I’d say it does. Have you seen the new-ish game Bomb Rush Cyberfunk? It looks just like JSRF to me.
It’s amazing and well worth the price.
I’m a huge scifi nerd. I’ve seen Bladerunner, and am well aware of Cyberpunk, but 2077 was my first game of the genre.
Does Perfect Dark count as cyberpunk?
Maybe a little, with a game that wierd it’s hard to tell
Shadowrun on the SNES
Well, Oddworld for gameboy probably doesn’t count but it was my first game in this kind of dark setting, even though there’s some NPC and alien town with futuristic elements, it’s probably not punk enough.
The only games I could think of that might be cyberpunk and that I have played are ones like BioShock or Halo 3, which are clearly not cyberpunk. So probably the earliest one I can recall playing would be Jet Set Radio Future about 2-3 years ago. Can’t think of any other titles, besides maybe borderlands (specifically the first since it’s the game I’ve played the most).
Edit: don’t remember the exact entry in the series or if it counts, but Twisted Metal. Not sure if it counts, though. Also, Ratchet and Clank came into my head too, but that’s probably a lot closer to sci-fi than cyberpunk. I would also probably say the same for Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
Nomad Soul. Sick cyberpunk detective game that also featured David Bowie. Always sticks in my brain as such a cool one
Shadowrun: Returns from Hair Brained Schemes.
Syndicate. Control 4 agents doing corporate espionage missions.
Tron for the Intellevision.
Deus Ex. Give me the GEP gun
“Stick with the prod.”
Remember that a nonlethal takedown is always the most silent takedown.
The GEP gun takedown is always the most silent way to eliminate Manderley.
Don’t believe me? It’s all in the numbers.
It’s a silent takedown if no one else is alive to hear it 😎
I’m not really into that style of gaming, but I did try “Watch Dogs” for a couple hours. I mention this bc I thought the hacking part was the most interesting, and when I mentioned this to a friend they directed me to picoCTF: https://picoctf.org/. Basically this is a training environment aimed at high schoolers to teach them how to do hacking “capture the flag” competitions. So it’s realistic in terms of teaching real hacking skills, but back when I did it they had a “game mode” where your character walked through this 2D environment and solved challenges as part of a story. I could only solve some of the challenges, but still it was pretty cool. Anyway, the web page is still up, don’t know if they still have the game mode.
This answer may be a cheat and a stretch, but hear me out…
Star Wars: Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight
Specifically, the opening levels set in Nar Shaddaa, one of my favorite, underappreciated locations in the extended universe.
The whole moon was one giant, grimey, neon-lit city blanketed in night, overrun with sleazy organized criminals and jazz music. Pretty big noir vibes too.
It’s the first time I remember experiencing the aesthetic, which felt so sharply different from the colorful, swashbuckling Star Wars I had known. And I knew I loved it.
Syndicate I have fond memories of, seems cyberpunk enough. Deus Ex was also a lot of fun, though my computer at the time could barely run it.
Plenty of anime from the 90s that fit the theme as well.
I’m ashamed to say the only Syndicate game I’ve played is the 2012 FPS reboot which was basically Syndicate in name only.
Although, the original Syndicate creator was so mad about the 2012 reboot that he made Satellite Reign as a spiritual successor, and I really enjoyed that one.
