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Dumpshock Forums _ General Gaming _ Good Sci-Fi/Cyberpunk games

Posted by: JonathanC Apr 19 2007, 07:10 PM

I'm in the mood to get back into my old gaming habits. I've had about enough of MMORPGs (unless you know some really good scifi ones; I'm tired of WoW), and I'm in the mood for some near or far-future gaming. Action games are preferable, but I also like RPGs a lot. I found this low-rent German game called http://www.restricted-area.net/, but it's basically just Diablo with some ripped-off Shadowrun-ish elements.

Posted by: Backgammon Apr 19 2007, 08:47 PM

Deus Ex, Deus Ex and Deux Ex some more. Deux Ex 2 after that.

Fallout 2

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

F.E.A.R. (sort of)

Posted by: Fix-it Apr 19 2007, 11:46 PM

EVE online is sci-fi.

Posted by: JonathanC Apr 20 2007, 12:14 AM

Yes, but is it good? Does anyone play it? I thought it was fairly obscure and underpopulated, but I don't really know.

Posted by: Fix-it Apr 20 2007, 02:03 AM

I have no idea, but I hear it's pretty popular.

what I do know is some player screwed a player corporation out of quite a bit of in-game cash then ran for it. earned itself an article in several gaming magazines.

Posted by: Deadhand Apr 20 2007, 10:57 AM

If its old school offline games your after try Bloodnet (if your on the right side of the abandonware arguement), its an adventure game with RPG elements with a cyberpunk game setting involving vampires. Its not the best game ever, with a dodgy combat interface and restrictive time limit (I hate game time limits) but definately worth a shot for cyberpunk fans. Can be found at;

http://www.abandonia.com

For more recent stuff I agree wholeheartedly with backgammon on deus ex (amazing game), never went too much on the sequel though. And fallout 1 and 2 were amazing rpg's (PC versions only, avoid games console versions like the plague unless you like what they did to the baldurs gate series!).

Posted by: nezumi Apr 20 2007, 11:24 AM

One of my friends is a mod on Eve. According to him, it's pretty good. No idea if it's especially SR in flavor, however.

Posted by: IonMage Apr 20 2007, 11:53 AM

Snatcher, an old classic for the Sega CD from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, is an excellent adventure game that should not be missed by any cyberpunk fan.

Posted by: Kagetenshi Apr 20 2007, 06:24 PM

QUOTE (Backgammon)

Deus Ex, Deus Ex and Deux Ex some more. Deux Ex 2 after that.

There is no Deus Ex 2. There is only Deus Ex played again.

Anyway, I second Deus Ex and Fallout 2 and add Fallout.

F.E.A.R. is totally awesome, but it isn't cyberpunk. Still, you also allowed for sci-fi.

For even more future, I highly recommend Freespace 2. It is an awesome, awesome game. Just don't bother with the mouse—a fancy joystick would be great for the game, but I personally just use all-keyboard. Nice chorded input setup to handle the number of commands, too. The company open-sourced the game when it died, so there's still active development for it going on—just look for the SCP.

~J

Posted by: JonathanC Apr 20 2007, 06:30 PM

I played the original Freespace quite a bit, and I remember buying the expansion, though I don't think I finished it. I own Fallout and Fallout 2, but somehow I never end up playing it for very long (due to distractions). Seems fun though. I guess I'll go back and give 'em a try.

Posted by: Kagetenshi Apr 20 2007, 06:43 PM

The expansion was entertaining, but the end was amazingly lame—from a plot perspective, you didn't miss anything.

~J

Posted by: JonathanC Apr 20 2007, 06:51 PM

Has anyone here tried http://spacehack.rebelmind.com/en/main or http://alienshooter.cdvusa.com/index2.html?

Both look equally cheesy, but they're also both budget games, and it's kind of hard to screw up "Diablo clone".

The last I remember of Freespace's ending (it's been a while)...I think I assaulted this big Shivan thing. I don't remember much after that.

Posted by: Kagetenshi Apr 20 2007, 07:26 PM

Yep, that's the Freespace ending. That one was good. The expansion's ending you fought a… thing, sorta like the things you've been fighting all the time, and then all of a sudden you realize that was the last mission.

~J

Posted by: Fix-it Apr 21 2007, 06:15 PM

OMG. I just realized. No one mentioned Half-Life and Half-Life 2!

also System Shock, 2, and the new one around the corner.

Posted by: Kagetenshi Apr 21 2007, 06:47 PM

Man, how did I not say this already?

http://source.bungie.org/get/

~J

Posted by: Fix-it Apr 21 2007, 07:51 PM

what is that?

Posted by: Kagetenshi Apr 21 2007, 07:58 PM

Marathon, of course! All three Marathons, in fact, plus the updated engine that's been in development since Bungie released the source.

~J

Posted by: JonathanC Apr 24 2007, 04:27 PM

I found a copy of Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel for $9.99. Is that any good? I haven't had time to play it yet.

Posted by: Fix-it Apr 24 2007, 07:22 PM

It's a strategy game, not a Role-playing game.

it has rpg character development, but no decisions or major story for the most part.

I found it fun.

Posted by: JonathanC Apr 24 2007, 09:18 PM

The PC version is a strategy game. They made a console game for the PS2 and XBOX, and that's what I found at Fry's Electronics for $9.99. I think it's an action rpg.