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This is some funko pop junk Why wouldn't you just play Shadowrun

scbrg 4y ago
The world is quite different, in that the Shadowrun is full of magic and fantasy creatures, creating a very different feel. Also, Free League might perhaps create a rules system that doesn't suck ;-) A better question would possibly be: Why wouldn't you just play Cyberpunk?
- jhbadger 4y ago
  Although Blade Runner is often called cyberpunk, it isn't really. There's basically no computers whatsoever (unless you want to call Deckard's photo editing tool a computer) and no cyberspace. I think the only connections with cyberpunk is that Blade Runner's setting is gritty and it's implied that Asia has taken over from the US/Europe as the primary culture.
  - scbrg 4y ago
    Absolutely, I agree. My comment was written in the context of Shadowrun as an approximation of Bladerunner though. I'd say Shadowrun is strictly further away from Bladerunner than Cyberpunk, given that it's essentially just Cyberpunk + every fantasy trope you can think of.
  - Barrin92 4y ago
    Fredric Jameson considered the key feature of cyberpunk to be transgression, that is to say the erosion of boundaries. Cyberspace is cyberpunk because it erodes the line between physical and digital space, mind and body. Megacorporation's are cyberpunk because they erode the lines between private and public life, national borders, and so on. Transgression is also the key theme in Blade Runner. What is being transgressed is the distinction between machine and organic body. Synthetic and natural life, person and machine, authentic and inauthentic memory, and so on. Computers are only one particular artifact of the cyberpunk genre because they're a great example of a tool that breaks down barriers. But Blade Runner has every reason to be situated in the genre as well, because it deals with the exact same topic, merely placing focus on a different technology.
bovermyer 4y ago
Shadowrun's system is awful, in my opinion. If I had to try and play Bladerunner without using this particular system, I think I'd go for Shadow of the Beanstalk first.
- aidenn0 4y ago
  I have a soft spot in my heart for Shadowrun 3E; the 4E system was terrible, but it had much needed updates to the fluff.
  - bovermyer 4y ago
    Which is why I said "my opinion." I know there are a ton of people out there who love the game, and I'm not going to say y'all are wrong, haha.
afpx 4y ago
Who doesn't love rolling big piles of dice?

The world is quite different, in that the Shadowrun is full of magic and fantasy creatures, creating a very different feel. Also, Free League might perhaps create a rules system that doesn't suck ;-) A better question would possibly be: Why wouldn't you just play Cyberpunk?

jhbadger 4y ago
Although Blade Runner is often called cyberpunk, it isn't really. There's basically no computers whatsoever (unless you want to call Deckard's photo editing tool a computer) and no cyberspace. I think the only connections with cyberpunk is that Blade Runner's setting is gritty and it's implied that Asia has taken over from the US/Europe as the primary culture.
- scbrg 4y ago
  Absolutely, I agree. My comment was written in the context of Shadowrun as an approximation of Bladerunner though. I'd say Shadowrun is strictly further away from Bladerunner than Cyberpunk, given that it's essentially just Cyberpunk + every fantasy trope you can think of.
- Barrin92 4y ago
  Fredric Jameson considered the key feature of cyberpunk to be transgression, that is to say the erosion of boundaries. Cyberspace is cyberpunk because it erodes the line between physical and digital space, mind and body. Megacorporation's are cyberpunk because they erode the lines between private and public life, national borders, and so on. Transgression is also the key theme in Blade Runner. What is being transgressed is the distinction between machine and organic body. Synthetic and natural life, person and machine, authentic and inauthentic memory, and so on. Computers are only one particular artifact of the cyberpunk genre because they're a great example of a tool that breaks down barriers. But Blade Runner has every reason to be situated in the genre as well, because it deals with the exact same topic, merely placing focus on a different technology.

bovermyer 4y ago

Shadowrun's system is awful, in my opinion. If I had to try and play Bladerunner without using this particular system, I think I'd go for Shadow of the Beanstalk first.

aidenn0 4y ago
I have a soft spot in my heart for Shadowrun 3E; the 4E system was terrible, but it had much needed updates to the fluff.
- bovermyer 4y ago
  Which is why I said "my opinion." I know there are a ton of people out there who love the game, and I'm not going to say y'all are wrong, haha.

afpx 4y ago

Who doesn't love rolling big piles of dice?