And
to cybernetic upgrades/transhumanism, etc., as illustrated in this report on
the video game Cyberpunk 2077 by Emma
Boyle:
I
am still playing through The Witcher 3. It's a big game with a lot to do and
unfortunately, living my life as well as playing other games has meant that
it's taken me a while to get through it.
Long
enough, in fact, that its developer CD Projekt Red has started showcasing its
next game at E3 2018.
After seeing it, not only do I think I'm going to have to give up my real life
for a while to get through every aspect of it, I'm going to have to become a
monogamous gamer.
No
flitting around between platforms and genres as my changing tastes dictate.
It's Cyberpunk
2077, forsaking all others.
Given
this huge and detailed world has absolutely no loading screens, I get the
feeling I could spend time in it as easily as my own life.
That
said, as easy as it would be to make Cyberpunk your life, whether you'll want
to is another matter.
This
is a dark game intended for a mature audience and as it turns out, Night City
is a pretty grim place to live. CD Projekt called it “visceral” and that’s
definitely one word for it. In the hour I spent with Cyberpunk 2077 there was
swearing, full frontal nudity, serious violence and some body modification that
made me say ‘eew.’ There are noodles in the game, though, so it's not all bad
really. Oh, and print media still exists, which I think may have been the most
optimistic thing I saw for the whole hour.
Cyberpunk
2077 is a first-person RPG and shooter that allows you to create your own
character called V. The character creation system looks extremely comprehensive
and it seems like you’ll be able to truly craft the cyberpunk you always
dreamed you would be. You can choose your gender, a life path, adjust your
appearance, hair, tattoos and select from a range of skills and attributes.
This
is a game world in which you can truly live - you get your own apartment and
you can interact with pretty much everything in it, you can forge your own path
taking on quests as and when you want and you can interact with people and
pursue relationships.
. . . You can also mod weapons and, by using
drugs, augment yourself.
. . .
This is a game with
branching narratives and your choices really seem to matter. Our group was told
the mission we watched could have gone a variety of ways depending on a range
of choices we made throughout it. That's a common sentiment at E3, but I'm
optimistic that this game can pull it off.
The thing that makes
me most want to leave the meat space (a cyberpunk term for the 'real world')
for Cyberpunk 2077 though, it's a huge open world game that's a closed
single-player experience at a time when it feels like almost every large game
is throwing us into always online space.
It's kind of funny
that a game that revolves around a world that's connecting to a network is
letting you disconnect from one. Then again, going against the grain to do what
works for you is the most cyberpunk thing of all.
. . .
Source: https://www.techradar.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-is-the-game-that-could-make-me-leave-the-meat-space-for-good,
opened 19 June 2018
Image
from https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/,
19 June 2018
The
deconstruction of humanity marches onward . . .
--
Holy
Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema
to the Union!
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