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Originally Posted by
Gorbash Kazdar
You know, I think I just figured out why I don't mind SR4, and particularly the wireless world aspect, while most of the people of the "age group" that played SR3 really can't stand it.
You see, I missed Nueromancer. I missed the entire original cyberpunk literary movement. I even missed the deconstructions of it, like Snow Crash. I've read a lot of it since then, but I'd been playing Shadowrun and Cyberpunk 2020 (and Netrunner, anyone remember that CCG?) for a few years before I went back and found those books.
What introduced me to cyberpunk was actually already postcyberpunk, which emphasizes the "cyber" over the "punk" aspects, like Swordguy mentions. Not only that, it was postcyberpunk with a lot of wireless and AR elements already introduced. I got into the genre thanks to anime - the original Ghost in the Shell film and manga is probably the primary influence in how I came into the genre. So, for me, SR4 is moving closer to what I've always enjoyed most in the genre, and to what set my original expectations for it anyways.