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Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDR Reveal Next Month? |
Jan 12, 2013, 02:35 |
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Flatline wrote on Jan 11, 2013, 20:12:
Edit: Cyberpunk itself is outdated as a genre. A lot of it's tropes and predictions fizzled, but really that's okay. It's "alternate future" now, on par with fantasy more than predictive sci-fi.
A genre can't be outdated. Only the interpretations of it can be...
Basically I agree, and this is why I was surprised to read that they base their newest Cyberpunk game on Cyberpunk 2020 . The setting is not bad, but it has no relevance to our current times. Robotics are constantly developing, drone warfare, corrupt banks, social developments, new technologies. All that needs to be in cyberpunk stories and extrapolated.
But you have a good point with musicians..
Still for me, cyberpunk is about transhumanism, technology, ethical, political, consumerism, moral and social shifts. That is why I think Cyberpunk 2020 is not cyberpunk. Or at least in my (probably wrong) definition.
This is also why to me, it is never outdated. As long as it takes are current times and extrapolates, a good cyberpunk story will always be relevant. |
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| News Comments > NPD 2012 Results |
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Re: NPD 2012 Results |
Jan 11, 2013, 12:49 |
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We are normal. Everyone else is not normal 
You forget as long as we are there, someone is going to cater to our needs in form of games. Sure maybe not everyone, but as long as we have kickstarter I am sure there will never be a time where we don't get to play the games we actually want to play. ON PC  |
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| News Comments > Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDP Reveal Next Month? |
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Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDR Reveal Next Month? |
Jan 11, 2013, 12:11 |
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Hehe That's the reason I NEVER read manga. I watch Anime adaptions exactly because, if there is a Manga, I know I would be unhappy with the adaption.
And as mostly anyone who mentions GITS, I usually mean the Stand Alone Complex 1 and 2. I know some people don't like their more focused narrative but as far as Cyberpunk goes, the SAC's are milestones. |
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| News Comments > Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDP Reveal Next Month? |
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Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDR Reveal Next Month? |
Jan 11, 2013, 11:57 |
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I know you are just pointing out the dates.. but Cyberpunk 2013 did not release 1988 in Japanese. And I highly doubt Japanese cared about some obscure cyber punk tabletop from the states during that time. Especially one that painted Japan as the enemy.
This guy here -> http://myanimelist.net/people/2609/Masamune_Shirow was the story writer for the manga. And I highly doubt that in 1989 he googled "Cyberpunk 2013" and ripped it off. (Same for the reverse)
Realistically in the western world, GITS only became generally known 1997 with the Movie and the fansub of it. So you can with some certainity say that both, Cyberpunk 2013 / 2020 and Ghost in the Shell, are unique concepts. In the sense that both were not aware of each other.
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| News Comments > Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDP Reveal Next Month? |
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Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDR Reveal Next Month? |
Jan 11, 2013, 09:41 |
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I would think that is 100% intentionally. This pose instantly registered for me as GITS (hence I got a gits vibe). They prolly did that because nearly nobody knows of Cyberpunk 2020.. especially "younger" gamers (born 80ies to 90ies) are much more likely to think GITS when they hear cyberpunk (heck, GITS basically defined cyberpunk for me and is the only reason I love this subgenre)...
Heck, there are many who think GITS (the first movie, and the 2 stand alone complexes) are the best cyberpunk there is. There many for whom cyberpunk is DEFINED by what GITS movie 1 put on the table. They would be insane to make a cyberpunk game trailer and not have some GITS references. ^^ |
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| News Comments > Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDP Reveal Next Month? |
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Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDR Reveal Next Month? |
Jan 11, 2013, 09:11 |
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I listen to anything as long as it has a beat.. I won't tell you that I l like all dubsteb because that'd be a lie but there is some stuff that is epic with the right video to cover it. As music it's shit, but as action theme with good cuts it can be epic. Certainly more epic than some dude repeating the same phrase over and over in a wrong tune... I mean, if ye can't sing.. don't sing!
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| News Comments > Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDP Reveal Next Month? |
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Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDR Reveal Next Month? |
Jan 11, 2013, 06:20 |
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As someone who ignored Cyberpunk 2020 completely the trailer had more of a Ghost in the Shell vibe and that's good. Let's just hope they won't spoil that vibe by putting too many 2020 references in there. (Yes yes, you Cyberpunk 2020 fans can now bash me, I never liked the setting, to me it felt OUTDATED (or disjointed from current times?) even when it came out). And of course you may hope they stick to the source. But as Deus EX and Ghost in the Shell showed, good cyberpunk takes our CURRENT situation and extrapolates believably forward. Even today you could play Deus EX and take the sci-fi out, and you end up with believable fictional events that could happen right now. If you (try) that with Cyberpunk 2020 you get hilarious results. Rockers who are charismatic leaders, for example ;p Full machine races... I mean.. please. Transhumanism is about the PROCESS. It's not proper cyberpunk if you put us too far into it. Then it becomes disjointed and has no impact.
Syndicate tried to do this to some extend as well, but boy did they fuck that up in gameplay, but at least the setting was cool.
Anyway, time will tell whether it was a good idea to take Cyberpunk 2020 as inspiration.. Personally, I would have chosen Ghost in the Shell... |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Jan 11, 2013, 04:35 |
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German power revolution a success?
Cost per KW/H in Euro cent: 28,16
Prospected increase by 2014? 5%
Prospected cost level in 2020: 36ct per KW/H
Sound like a success to you? Remember electric cars? Who wants to get one when "filling it up" is 3 times more expensive than gasoline?
You know how much energy is in 1ltr normal car fuel? 11.4 KW that means 4€ worth of electric power. Fuel here costs 1.55€ Meaning the "green" power revolution is currently destroying the electric car market. Even normal customers are not stupid enough to buy a car that costs them 3 times as much to drive around.
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| News Comments > Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDP Reveal Next Month? |
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Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer - New CDR Reveal Next Month? |
Jan 10, 2013, 23:24 |
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dj LiTh wrote on Jan 10, 2013, 20:59:
Cutter wrote on Jan 10, 2013, 19:17:
Yeah, nice flavour but the song they chose is horrendous. And unlike the Wticher 2 please tell me it'll have a fucking camera zoom function.
Although its not my cup of tea either, they could of done worse and just inserted a random dubstep tune in there.
Not sure what you got against dubstep.. some of it is great, at least when it is accompanied by visual stuff. This song however, was genuinely bad. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Jan 10, 2013, 14:05 |
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Also notice that 8gb Ram means 64bit Windows 8 .. so that means we may finally get native x64 games.. what a joke that a console is the one that is bringing us this, FINALLY.
If these specs are true, then they are a huge boon to PC gaming... especially since that means games should be technically compatible between that box and a pc.. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Jan 10, 2013, 13:54 |
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Mhh, I did not know that. I expected when Obama got all this coverage for his Obamacare.. the comments meant something like Healthcare Insurance we have here in Germany. Or is it really the case that Germany got the best healthcare system in the world? I mean the system here is pretty.. well, expensive (in a sense, you can call it a sort of income tax) but nobody here is ever financially ruined because he fell ill. Though it will definitely be a financially drain on you if you end up requiring 10 different prescriptions that are non-standard (ie, not under coverage) and you end up requiring the social security payments (they are relatively low).
Mhh, this makes me realize that you Americans must have misunderstand my rant then. To me, going to work with flu is a CHOICE you have to MAKE. It is not something you *have* to do or that someone can force you to do. But if you are not insured for the lost income then... wow that is retarded. How come there is no rebellion yet?
I still hate all humans hehe, but at lest I can understand why you go to work with flu now.
For your understanding, if you have a real flu (not a cold, an actual proper flu) any doctor in Germany will give you a week off from work. This is also why Germany tends not to have large epidemics... at some point people get worried and go to a doctor who blanket takes them off work. But if you are signed out by a doctor you should really take that serious, and not make a vacation, throw parties or dance naked on your balcony, you can get fired for that ;p
By the way, there are some rules to that insurance obviously.. but I am not entirely sure what they are.. I never was sick for longer than a week. Only once, but that was before my working (or freelancing) days... ^^
This comment was edited on Jan 10, 2013, 14:00. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Jan 10, 2013, 13:31 |
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|RaptoR| wrote on Jan 10, 2013, 13:18:
eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 10, 2013, 09:50:
I would be for a severe fine to anyone going to work with a flu... (Also, anyone saying they can't tell a flu from a cold, bullshit!!) IF you can't tell feeling like death and feeling like a running nose apart you shouldn't even be qualified to live.
God damn, I hate humans.  (And as I learned from reading stuff by psychologists, that's normal)
There is such a negative stigma associated with sick leave in the US that most people don't take it unless they're dying. No one wants to deal with that.
For me, that's been the culture at NetGain, Halliburton, and General Electric. Having worked in those places for a collective 12 years, that culture has carried over to my work at Wizards of the Coast. Even though this company isn't like that, I find myself writing this from my desk at while plagued with the flu.
Just to get something right, you have health insurance I assume? does it not take pay the wage you lost for a set amount of sick-days? Because this is quite literally why employers here usually don't have to go to work with a flu, though they'll have to see a doctor to get .. what you call it, proof?
If your sick days are not paid by your insurance.. then one wonders wtf you are having insurance for, honestly. Because health insurance shouldn't just cover medical stuff, obviously being ill has an economic effect that it has to cover as well, or you just end up being punished for being ill. |
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| News Comments > Path of Exile Open Beta This Month |
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Re: Path of Exile Open Beta This Month |
Jan 10, 2013, 13:20 |
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So if you played the game beta 4 5 questions
1) Are quests (are there quests?) you take instanced for you (and your group? are there groups? What size limit), or are they public property and so there is a large queue standing in front of a boss spawn?
2) How is PvP handled, can I choose not to partake, or can a high level dude walk into the newb areas of another race and kill everyone.
3) Random levels... how is that handled? Or has it the same problem as Diablo 3.. that is after a while you can see the "tells" of the "random" generator and so know instantly where everything is. Are overland maps random?
4) How is in-game communication handled... mail system? Is there an auction house and bank system? How does trade work (sorry, but what you wrote makes no sense to me... gold less trade?
5) Good story? AI companions?
These are the main things for me that nobody here ever explains properly. To me the primary factor of enjoyment (same for Diablo 3) is whether I can choose to play solo. I don't mind if it's online all that much, but if I don't want to be social on a day, does this game force me to be or not?
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Jan 10, 2013, 12:33 |
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Creston wrote on Jan 10, 2013, 11:39:
eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 10, 2013, 09:50:
I would be for a severe fine to anyone going to work with a flu...
Are we also going to fine all the bosses who FORCE their people to come in even though said people are sick to their bones? Trust me, few people CHOOSE to go into work when they're sick. The ones who do do so because their boss has told them to come to work or get fired.
Creston
Well obviously I wouldn't fine people who are forced.. their bosses are so stupid that it does not even require a fine... sick employees are unproductive and cost more than if they stayed home a long week (realistically, that is the time you need to get over a flu). I won't quote studies here, but at least here in Germany you are not forced to go to work if you are sick.. |
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| News Comments > Oculus Rift Impressions |
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Jan 10, 2013, 12:29 |
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Well these don't even have head-tracking, so I am surprised you even survive 10 minutes ,p I can't enjoy fake 3D vision at all, I get nearly instant headaches. But sim sickness is not funny at all, imagine not feeling so good, except it involves throwing up and not being able to walk straight. This effect is like being hit by a train. It is drastic, and you can believe me it is not something you will ever want to experience more than once... I tested one of these formula car simulators at an EXPO and learned my lesson there (they warned me though ,p).
Until I see someone who knows what he's talking about actually testing these goggles on real games (especially driving games) I won't buy into the hype. Sim sickness is real and well known problem of heads-up displays , and there is no way Oculus Rift solved a problem the most advanced research labs on the planet haven't solved (yet). As the valve developer wrote, it is a purely tech problem related to input/output delays. It's worse when the view is moved by an external element but you are not (ie, a car driving in a sim). That's also where the name comes from... the most famous dude who has severe sim sickness is Michael Schumacher.. he could never use the simulator his team used, likely because he was such a good driver, the slightest mismatch of simulated physics vs what he saw vs what he expected to feel and he got sick. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Jan 10, 2013, 10:20 |
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In America, we are working everyone to death.
Quite literally at that...
Most sane companies have strict rules on flu here, it is not good for productivity if you infect your entire office level of 300 people. |
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| News Comments > Oculus Rift Impressions |
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Jan 10, 2013, 10:18 |
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Note that the comments from Valve's Michael Abrash talked about simulator sickness, this is not something you feel unless you have interactive gameplay that extends for a certain amount of time. It is different for everyone, but "short time" is not enough, we talk hours. 1 or 2 hours and then it starts. It can go up to migraine attacks. For most, it's just a sort of vertigo.
I hope they figure out a way for this tech not to cause simulator sickness, because I want VR headsets.. but not if they make you sick. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Jan 10, 2013, 10:04 |
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The funny thing is that the article isn't even so far off (it just got cause and effect inverse ;p).. because the people not caring for others are basically what caused this flu "epidemic". When they go outside with a flu, coughing in everyone's face and office then they are worse than narcissistic, they are ignorant idiots who don't give a shit about anyone.
I mean I could live with humans that just "pretend" they give a shit.. I am not expecting them to care about me personally.. but at least in general they should have some passing feeling of responsibility to the greater good, to society! I was taught that when I have a flu, not go outside, not invite anyone, just live it out and don't infect anyone (that's harder than it sounds in a family) but you can do it.
But people nowadays just don't give a shit anymore. And that's how these stupid epidemics all start.
Sigh.. the greatest achievement of our intellect, is that we hate our own race and can reason logically why everyone should too. Yay us! |
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| News Comments > Path of Exile Open Beta This Month |
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Jan 10, 2013, 09:53 |
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So this is a Diablo MMO basically, right? not interested 
Why would I want to grind in a persistent free to play game that only offers the same gameplay as any other Diablo clone? Or does this game offer something incredible super awesome that wasn't done before? |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Jan 10, 2013, 09:50 |
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I would be for a severe fine to anyone going to work with a flu... (Also, anyone saying they can't tell a flu from a cold, bullshit!!) IF you can't tell feeling like death and feeling like a running nose apart you shouldn't even be qualified to live.
God damn, I hate humans. (And as I learned from reading stuff by psychologists, that's normal)
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