Ever since nineteenth-century science fiction guru Herbert George Wells pioneered the "dystopian" genre, people realized that the future wasn't always good. But with the advent of the Second Industrial Revolution, the rushing current and the roaring internal combustion engine crushed people's worries, and mankind began to believe that advanced technology would fill all the gaps in the future.
It wasn't until the 1950s that a small group of "confused people" suddenly appeared in the soaring world. Surrounded by high-rise buildings, neon lights and the Internet, they struggle to achieve their ideal lives.
The sharp contrast between technologically advanced human civilization and the fragile and small human individuals is confusing to them. So, in their thoughts and sighs, "cyberpunk" was conceived.
Cyberpunk plots often revolve around the contradictions between hackers, artificial intelligence, and large corporations, often set in post-industrial dystopias, many of which echo the atmosphere of film noir, and written works often use the techniques of detective fiction. Therefore, in a sense, the "cyberpunk" theme and the script killing are actually quite compatible. Today, we will introduce you to a few "cyberpunk" style script killing.
The Promised Land – Would Bionic Moses Dream of an Electronic Jesus?
Script Type: Restoration, Reasoning, Sci-Fi
Number of players: 6 (3 men and 3 women)
Game duration: 5-6h
Author: Dr. X
Distributor: Fuji Script Studios
The cyberpunk script on the market today, "Promised Land" is the deserved leader, as a hardcore reasoning book, whether it is the content of the script or the degree of hardcore, "Promised Land" has a very high standard.
The word "Promised Land" originally came from the Bible's Old Testament Genesis, and in legend, the ancestor of the Israelites, Abraham, made a covenant with God and promised his descendants that they would have a "land of milk and honey," a place of the mythical "Promised Land."
The story of the script "Promised Land" takes place after the end of The Three World Wars, when the earth was reduced to ruins due to nuclear war, and the surviving humans hid in the dungeons. On a space battleship that left Earth for Mars, there are 6 passengers with different minds, and they are the characters played by the player. Players are heading to space in search of new "hopes," so will it take humanity into the Promised Land? Or will humanity continue to struggle in the dark? It's up to the player to decide.
"Supnos" – "To live or to die, that's a question." ”
Script Type: Mechanism Reasoning Restoration
Number of players: 7 (4 men and 3 women)
Game duration: 4-5h
Author: Su Mei
Distributor: Produced by Drama Stack
Shupnos is the sleeping god of ancient Greek mythology and legend. Legend has it that he was a winged deity who fell asleep when he struck a magic wand or flapped his wings. The script kills "Xiupunos", just like its name, is a "dream and wake up" story.
The story of "Supnos" takes place at the end of the 21st century, with the purpose of integrating the fate of mankind, and the world is ruled by the Supreme Coalition Government (SCG for short). In order to monopolize resources and interests, the SCG conducted a value ruling on all people, dividing those with high value creation into the "polar day zone" and the rest in the "polar night zone". In such an extremely polarized world, where seven people of different classes come together because of fate and intrigue to find the buried truth, this is the story that players will experience.
Pure hardcore players can have a good experience of this book, reasoning restoration is really good, the most important details are actually in their own timeline, and then combined with the clue card, you can deduce a lot of things, for players who like cyberpunk, this brain-opening plot and excellent writing are very worth looking forward to.
"Strange Life 2100" - the human heart is colder than steel
Screenplay Type: Mechanics/Sci-Fi/Restoration
Number of players: 6 (3 men and 3 women)
Game duration: 6-7h
Author: Smile
Publisher: Stars Studios
Bizarre Life 2100 is a work of some depth, and this script contains speculations about human nature and morality, as well as team-based decision-making. The most brilliant thing about this script is that you don't need to understand what science fiction is, what cyberpunk is, and you will have a super sense of body. The author uses the most common writing and narrative to show a huge pattern.
"Strange Life 2100" is a book with a super large volume, a total of seven chapters, the overall style is biased, each scene has a unique meaning, but the super size does not make it bloated, but laid a lot of Easter eggs, so that players have the core drive to actively explore. At the same time, the script is also more plump, and old players who love science fiction themes and cyberpunk can get a good experience in this script.
"Uptown Game" - The Game of Carbon and Silicon
Script Type: City Limit/Sci-Fi/Mechanics
Number of players: 6 (3 men and 3 women)
Game duration: 5-6h
Author: Grand Prince/TG
Publisher: Black & White/Night Escape Studios
Driven by the uncanny valley effect, we instinctively fear objects that are "very close to humans, but slightly different", and under the influence of this effect, those robots with human appearances are particularly frightening.
"Uptown Game" is a story that extends from the uncanny valley effect, in which technology is extremely prosperous, society is extremely chaotic, and humans and robots are almost impossible to distinguish. At the same time, the government issued the "Fifth Generation Of Bionic Robot Destruction Order" to test every citizen living in the downtown area, once found to be a robot, it will be destroyed immediately, so a "man-machine showdown" will be launched, players need to protect themselves in this silicon and carbon battle, left and right, a large number of psychological games and pit abduction is inevitable. For the old cheater players, this would have been a good fit.
summary
Bruce Stirling summed up the qualities of cyberpunk this way: "Treat people like rats, all measures against rats can be applied equally to people, and closing your eyes and refusing to think does not make this unbearable picture disappear. As a result, strong dystopian and pessimistic overtones become the tone of cyberpunk.
But in reality, cyberpunk often appears metaphorically, reflecting concerns about large corporations, government corruption, and social distancing. Some cyberpunk writers have tried to warn of what human society might look like in the future according to today's trends through their work.
Therefore, the purpose of cyberpunk writing is to call on people to change society, so whether it is a script or other cyberpunk works, the most fundamental core is probably to "seek change in the status quo".
Article author: Big sweet potato