The first time I heard about Cyberpunk 2020/2077? Had a dorm friend in my first year of college who showed me the original trailer back in early 2013. They were super stoked and I was like "that looks neat, I guess.".
First time I ever encountered the genre "Cyberpunk"? I mean, I grew up with those films as well and I don't really consider any of them (except Bladerunner which I didn't watch until later life and don't care for much) actual "Cyberpunk" based on my perception of the genre. My first experience with "Cyberpunk" as it is in CP2020/2077 was probably the Shadowrun games by Harebrained Schemes. That was the first time I really remember having seen the streets bathed in garbage, blood, and neon. The first time hard rock blared as corporations sapped the life from the oppressed masses composed of flesh and chrome... and ghosts... it had ghosts.
First time I ever encountered the genre "Cyberpunk"? I mean, I grew up with those films as well and I don't really consider any of them (except Bladerunner which I didn't watch until later life and don't care for much) actual "Cyberpunk" based on my perception of the genre. My first experience with "Cyberpunk" as it is in CP2020/2077 was probably the Shadowrun games by Harebrained Schemes. That was the first time I really remember having seen the streets bathed in garbage, blood, and neon. The first time hard rock blared as corporations sapped the life from the oppressed masses composed of flesh and chrome... and ghosts... it had ghosts.