Any cyberpunk story recommendations like deus ex human revolution/deus ex
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I love E.Y.E. It really is absolutely insane, but it has some pretty damn cool things about it, even if it's pretty buggy.weker said:
The similarity to Deus Ex is disturbing, but I couldn't really keep myself past the first book at all.lastwanderer said:
Main character is an augmented detective, basically, explores transhumanism and has a big twisty plot.
As expected, the thread is packed full of stories written by Philip K Dick. It's one of my favourite genres, so let's see more!
Go to GOG sign up and download Beneath a Steel Sky for free. Cyberpunk point and click.
As others have said it is hard to go past the Sprawl trilogy by Gibson and the supplemental short shtory collection Burning Chrome, although it is dated tech wise. I like all of Gibson's work myself and would reccomend the Bridge trilogy and the ummm, Bigend trilogy? Spy trilogy? Fashion trilogy? His most recent three books anyway.
Snow Crash has also been mentioned and while I like Stephenson I think Cryptonimicon and the Baroque series are far superior books that unfortunately have nothing to do with cyberpunk.
Other than that, I don't know, have you seen D.A.R.Y.L.?
As others have said it is hard to go past the Sprawl trilogy by Gibson and the supplemental short shtory collection Burning Chrome, although it is dated tech wise. I like all of Gibson's work myself and would reccomend the Bridge trilogy and the ummm, Bigend trilogy? Spy trilogy? Fashion trilogy? His most recent three books anyway.
Snow Crash has also been mentioned and while I like Stephenson I think Cryptonimicon and the Baroque series are far superior books that unfortunately have nothing to do with cyberpunk.
Other than that, I don't know, have you seen D.A.R.Y.L.?
Uplink is really good, but probably not for everyone. It's not particularly forgiving.TypeSD said:
Snowcrash, Ghost in The Shell, Blade Runner and of course, the original Deus Ex.
You might also enjoy RoboCop. It's not cyberpunk per se, but I'd recommend it to anyone and it's available via netflix.
You might also enjoy RoboCop. It's not cyberpunk per se, but I'd recommend it to anyone and it's available via netflix.
Ghost in the Shell is really, really good. I'm currently watching it alongside playing Deus Ex: HR and there are a lot of interesting similarities between the two. Hell, Ghost in the Shell is practically Deus Ex in Japan, give or take a few differences in technology and terminology.Phoenixmgs said:
Well it seems I was probably way off with the Blade Runner thing. Not surprised really,
I was expecting it to at least be based off a book.
Speaking of Blade Runner however, there is actually a game too!
It's a point and click and apparently it is also quite good. It's not just a copy of the story from the film either. There's a new story and new characters etc.
The Aliens quadrilogy has quite a strong cyberpunk feel to it, not sure if it's considered as such though.
I was expecting it to at least be based off a book.
Speaking of Blade Runner however, there is actually a game too!
It's a point and click and apparently it is also quite good. It's not just a copy of the story from the film either. There's a new story and new characters etc.
The Aliens quadrilogy has quite a strong cyberpunk feel to it, not sure if it's considered as such though.
Another option, since ShadowRun has been mentioned, is to track down copies of the old SNES and Genesis ShadowRun games. The Genesis version is more action RPG and the SNES is more.. umm.. weird action RPG point and click hybrid, but both are great plays if you're into slightly retro gaming.
Dick also wrote several other books/short stories that have inspired films (Total Recall is based on Dick's "We Can Remember it for you, Wholesale" and Minority Report is based on.. Minority Report). Dick's work is another great read for cyberpunk even if his writing is often, to put it simply, out there. He doesn't always tackle cyberpunk directly, having been writing long before cyberpunk really existed in earnest, but many of the themes he uses later became cyberpunk staples.
BladeRunner is excellent, and should be seen by everyone.. but it's not really a great example of cyberpunk in it's classic sense. And it is based on a book. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is the name of that book and it was written by Philip K. Dick. Unlike with many movies based on books, both the book and movie are excellent though they are quite different in some ways (and quite alike in others).crusha_aa said:
Dick also wrote several other books/short stories that have inspired films (Total Recall is based on Dick's "We Can Remember it for you, Wholesale" and Minority Report is based on.. Minority Report). Dick's work is another great read for cyberpunk even if his writing is often, to put it simply, out there. He doesn't always tackle cyberpunk directly, having been writing long before cyberpunk really existed in earnest, but many of the themes he uses later became cyberpunk staples.
Heh everyone mentions Shadowrun but nobody mentions Cyberpunk 2013, 2020 or 203X which were fantastic (pen and paper) rpgs.
I still have all the Chrome Books which were essentially all the cybernetics that were in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2020
People have mentioned it but Snow Crash, also Diamond Age by the same author.
Also, also: Anyone played the Netrunner CCG? It's out of print now but I still play it with a friend of mine.
I still have all the Chrome Books which were essentially all the cybernetics that were in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2020
People have mentioned it but Snow Crash, also Diamond Age by the same author.
Also, also: Anyone played the Netrunner CCG? It's out of print now but I still play it with a friend of mine.
Snatcher!
Also, Snow Crash. Its kind of unique in that its actually a lampoon of Cyberpunk, written before cyberpunk "seriously" took off.
Also, Snow Crash. Its kind of unique in that its actually a lampoon of Cyberpunk, written before cyberpunk "seriously" took off.
The A-Men trilogy storyline is centred around a direct brain access games universe that draws people into a deadly game played inside their own mind. It started out as an actual text/graphical adventure game called Mind's Eye (sadly unpublished) and grew into novel statusafter reading the excellent God Game by Andrew M. Greeley. Unlike God Game, the world milieu it's set in is definitely Dystopian cyberpunk --- and well worth a look (and listen, too as the dramatised version of the first novel is free to download on iTunes).
The books are The A-Men, The A-Men Return and Forever A-Men.
The books are The A-Men, The A-Men Return and Forever A-Men.