@android654
That last sentence hits my main gripe. I see and experience my share of dreariness in life as it is. There are times when it can be torturous for me. That does not mean I stick my head in the sand and avoid darker stories whenever I can. It is just getting tiresome that most recent CRPGs I can think of are about life in crapholes, or characters trying to improve crapholes unsuccessfully.
I'm all for exploring difficult themes in stories. I only wish there were more stories that ended on a hopeful note, or reminded me that hey, not *everything* has to suck all the time.
Also, let's face it: while cyberpunk may have been intended as all these things you write of, I think some of these developers are not trying to share a message so much as shock their audience. They mistakenly believe that sets them apart from the crowd when it doesn't.
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On a side note, agreed with termokanden on Bloodlines. It's true it isn't cyberpunk, but I don't think being a vampire is a step up in that universe as you imply, android. That said, Bloodlines doesn't do as great a job at conveying that as the tabletop setting it was based on. It's very clear from those materials that being a vampire mostly sucks (pun intended), and results in an existence of personal horror until the last vestiges of one's humanity are torn away by either madness or impulse.
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True, many developers are not doing it for the political or reasons of social commentary, but Cyberpunk was created for that purpose but if you ever read Neuromancer (the book written by one of the first authors to use the term cyberpunk) or have seen Portmanteau of Cybernetics and Punk[/quote], you'll know that it's purpose was intended to "preach" about the ills of society and not merely depress for the sake of being edgy. So while a developer could be using these things to just be dark, a lot of them touch on these subjects and if you look for it you can find a lot of food for thought. If you're a politcally or socially inclined individual, then Cyberpunk is the genre for you, but if you don't have the constitution to envelop yourself in real dark themes, then you're going to miss out on a lot of things that could potentially change your outlook on life and yourself.
I don't know how familiar you are with bloodlines, but losing one's "humanity" isn't that big of an issue since none of the houses within or outside of the Camarilla care much for humans. Becoming a vampire means your are rocketed to the top of the social and physical food chain. You literally go from being food for a species in every way your better to being one of them. It's pretty much a "rags to riches" kind of story.
Modifié par android654, 30 mai 2012 - 12:00 .
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