On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 12:13:48PM -0500, Aaron Deskins wrote:

>Wouldn't Cyberpunk (or a slew of modern/hard sci-fi settings) fall into into a similar category?

I don't believe so. There are lots of things in Cyberpunk that aren't
general knowledge; they're only known by a few people, but when the PCs
discover them and spread the news a bit they don't really make a huge
difference because most people never hear about them (corporate media
stamps on the story, and so on).

But THS has _really good communications_; as soon as more than a few
people know a secret, the entire world is talking about it, and changes
shape to accommodate it.

>To me, THS has a very cyberpunkish feel.  Almost a conspiracy-like setting, with major powers duking it out and the pcs being the small fish in the pond. 

To me, THS is what Cyberpunk wants to be when it gets out of its teenage
"big guns, black, loud music and chopping off your arms to shock your
parents" years. No offence intended, and I realise there are good
Cyberpunk games out there, but that's the way it tends to go.

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