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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Utrecht" data-source="post: 115024" data-attributes="member: 1411">UD Said... quote:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------You know Microsoft has the resources to buy quite a few small countries...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------The fallacy here is that in order to do this, MS would have to liquidate everything - they are a corporation designed to make money and enhance shareholder value - they simply do not have the experience/clout to deal with things like security, education, health and human services - etc at a nation-state level.As I have aluded to above, I have become somewhat jaded with Cyberpunk type settings - because of their inherntly unrealistic base assumptions - and this ruins the suspension of belief.Fundamentally a "good" Cyberpunk genre game needs 1st world technology and standard of living with 3rd world society - and given the current state of the world - (picking out my crystal ball) - I do not see it happening.However, all that being said - it is still a game and subject to the GM's manipulations (however artificial they are...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )I would agree that overall, Shadowrun had a neat feel, (the introduction of magic in some ways made the dysotopic future more plausable) - but Cyberpunk captured the overall genre better.  That said, I do not think that you can outright dismiss psionics as being out of place in a CP game - Mind Control (especially on a state level) is a classic aspect of CP.  Further such movies as Scanners have a Cyberpunk feel as well.I agree that Drugs will play a large part of the underground scene - especially designer drugs customized for your genetics.  Imagine having your PC visit the back-ally doc, extracting your genes and having some type of adrenal-booster made.  (of course that same doc could custom make an "Utrecht" Cancer that only affects me)What is scary is how cheap a quality Genetics lab actually costs to set up - I believ that it is around $70k US - so having these pop up throughout the world is not unfeasable. - An even cheaper option would be something like a Meth lab that costs as little as $500.......Again, so more random thoughts...... YMMV</blockquote>

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