Mike Myler, Savannah Broadway, Luis Loza and Michael McCarthy deliver a book that deserves being called unique; I have literally never before seen a take on cyberpunk that emphasizes the at times cheesy superhero-esque components that e.g. high-powered Shadowrun etc. tend to feature. The flavor of the setting is unique and it has this gleeful over-the-topness that makes you smile – we don’t get sharks with lasers, we get dragons with lasers. This would perhaps be the best way to look at this toolkit/campaign setting. If you expect copious information on the minutiae of daily life, an exploration of social dynamics and the more subdued aspects of cyberpunk, including what “humanity” means…then this is probably not for you. If you, however, want to blow up skyscrapers, crash-land flying cities into legions of genetically-engineered nazi-drones or test your superhuman strength against a ginormous plant-monstrosity with your pal Edgar Allen Poe riding a hoverboard…then this will be just what the doctor ordered. This setting polarizes. Chances are that you already know whether this is for you or not at this point.
Read it for yourself, check out its free PDFs, and consider grabbing a copy (here on Paizo or in print)!
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Well done! I'll definitely be reviewing it myself at some point soon, once I've managed to wrap my head round it.
Well done! I'll definitely be reviewing it myself at some point soon, once I've managed to wrap my head round it.
Woo! I look forward to hearing your thoughts! :D
Good to see some free Hypercorps 2099 stuff out there (in their home territory, no less!) for 2016. ;)