ZP- Theif Series He liked it... is there really anything to say?
#16
Posted 22 February 2009 - 07:18 AM
For goodness' sake, Thief is not cyberpunk, there are no cybers or punks. It is set in a Middle Ages city where technology and magic uneasily co-exist. Hence street lanterns powered by mystic sprites, and gold-plated security cameras that hiss steam, and 'moss arrows' that... spread moss everywhere. It's just a device so the developers could have modern stealth elements like flashbangs in a period setting.
#17
Posted 23 February 2009 - 02:59 AM
QUOTE (Game Over @ Feb 22 2009, 02:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Electricity + Faggy dresses + "goverment is bad/weak" = Cyberpunk < lesbians
+???=Profit!
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#18
Posted 26 February 2009 - 11:42 AM
QUOTE (AdamM @ Feb 22 2009, 01:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
For goodness' sake, Thief is not cyberpunk, there are no cybers or punks. It is set in a Middle Ages city where technology and magic uneasily co-exist. Hence street lanterns powered by mystic sprites, and gold-plated security cameras that hiss steam, and 'moss arrows' that... spread moss everywhere. It's just a device so the developers could have modern stealth elements like flashbangs in a period setting.
Alright, lets just call it science fiction for the argument's sake. Threads around here are usually left discontinued or just concluded very easily.
I never liked William Gibson anyway.
#20
Posted 26 February 2009 - 06:47 PM
QUOTE (Gobbler @ Feb 26 2009, 07:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's called Steampunk, for fuck's sake.
Wasn't steampunk a little more Victorian?
#23
Posted 27 February 2009 - 05:26 AM
There's a multitude of subgenres, obviously. Thing just is, Cyberpunk is mainly futuristic and focused on severely dystopian societies, whereas Steampunk indeed used to be primarily Victorian, but now also includes all sorts of shenanigans reaching from Swingpunk to Glowpunk, Clockpunk, Mythpunk and Whatever-You-Can-Think-Of-Punk, all commonly narrowed down to a specific base technology.
Edit: Hang on, forgot to include the geek emoticon somewhere. There we go.
Edit: Hang on, forgot to include the geek emoticon somewhere. There we go.
This post has been edited by Gobbler: 27 February 2009 - 05:28 AM
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#27
Posted 28 February 2009 - 11:57 PM
QUOTE (Invertin @ Feb 28 2009, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Let's just call it Cybersteammagicpunk and get it over with.
sure
#28
Posted 01 March 2009 - 12:45 AM
For King and Country
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