Cyberpunk actually lives up to it's punk half and is a more established (sub)genre regardless whilst you can liste 'Steampunk' works on a single hand.
On a more personal note, I prefer the high-tech, low-life, cybered up future more than I do a super-extrapolated version of the industrial revolution.
Plus, I dunno. Steampunk usually seems to just be an art style more than anything. All like "I slapped some cogs and shit on something. It's STEAMPUNK!"
...I suppose that might be the way that Steampunk expresses it's punk side - just style that is entirely useless, like kill-counter tattoos and mohawks in Cyberpunk.
Wakikifudge said:
Is cyber punk just scifi. What are some recent games that are cyber punk so that I know what you're talking about before I vote.
It's a very specific sub-genre of sci-fi dealing with the near future, where cybernetic (and other forms of augmentation) have been taking off like crazy and oppressive regimes (be they governmental or corporate) are in control.
It is the dark future, a high-tech but low-life existence. Where folks go out at night strapped and with a pair of retractable claws hidden in their cyberlimb. Where armor-grade bulletproof clothing is the norm.
It's a genre that calls for a rise against, for a fight, and asks philosophical questions like what makes us
really human. How much of your body can you tear away and replace with cold, hard steel before crossing that line?
Is there even a line to be crossed? Etc.
Some games set in this genre are the entire Deus Ex series, Syndicate, Global Agenda, aaaand a bunch more I'm probably totally forgetting.
