Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Cyberpunk (role-playing game)" in English language version.
On a personal level, Cyberpunk v3.0 was a let down on every level. The art, rules, setting, even the system wasn't used to its full potential in my opinion...
... Pondsmith himself cleared the air surrounding the subject, noting how there has been an interview going around the Internet that is not correct. "There's still an incorrect interview floating around the interwebs that states that Cyberpunk 2077 and Cyberpunk 2020 are separate timelines," he said. "To clear this up, I am posting RIGHT HERE AND NOW that the timeline is unified, with the path moving from Cyberpunk 2013 thru Cyberpunk 2020, then through Cyberpunk RED and up to Cyberpunk 2077."
Although many assume William Gibson's Neuromancer was a source of inspiration for Cyberpunk, it was only much later that Pondsmith read Gibson's groundbreaking novel. Instead, the designer cites his own key reference points for the game as the film Blade Runner and the novel Hardwired by Walter John Williams, who also helped playtest the RPG.
The year is 2045, and CD Projekt's next game doesn't kick off for another 32 years. It's an awful lot of space to fill, and I'm looking forward to getting on with it.
See, Cyberpunk v3.0 isn't actually a cyberpunk setting, in the same sense that the previous editions where. It's more or less a post-human setting these days. And that's where the setting falls apart. You see, v3.0 can't decide what it wants to be, and exemplifies its inability to decide by splitting society into six 'alt-cults', each latching onto a particular ideology...
Most of the images are pictures of 80s and 90s toy action figurines with modifications trying to make them look futuristic.
Although many assume William Gibson's Neuromancer was a source of inspiration for Cyberpunk, it was only much later that Pondsmith read Gibson's groundbreaking novel. Instead, the designer cites his own key reference points for the game as the film Blade Runner and the novel Hardwired by Walter John Williams, who also helped playtest the RPG.
See, Cyberpunk v3.0 isn't actually a cyberpunk setting, in the same sense that the previous editions where. It's more or less a post-human setting these days. And that's where the setting falls apart. You see, v3.0 can't decide what it wants to be, and exemplifies its inability to decide by splitting society into six 'alt-cults', each latching onto a particular ideology...
Most of the images are pictures of 80s and 90s toy action figurines with modifications trying to make them look futuristic.
On a personal level, Cyberpunk v3.0 was a let down on every level. The art, rules, setting, even the system wasn't used to its full potential in my opinion...
The year is 2045, and CD Projekt's next game doesn't kick off for another 32 years. It's an awful lot of space to fill, and I'm looking forward to getting on with it.
... Pondsmith himself cleared the air surrounding the subject, noting how there has been an interview going around the Internet that is not correct. "There's still an incorrect interview floating around the interwebs that states that Cyberpunk 2077 and Cyberpunk 2020 are separate timelines," he said. "To clear this up, I am posting RIGHT HERE AND NOW that the timeline is unified, with the path moving from Cyberpunk 2013 thru Cyberpunk 2020, then through Cyberpunk RED and up to Cyberpunk 2077."
