Neocron – Cyberpunk-esque MMORPG
I just stumbled through some notes and found Neocron – A cyberpunk-esque MMORG.
Originally, I found thi gem from The Search for the Holy MMORPG: Part Four. They rated it as a visually good game.
As a taste of the graphics, we can see their plaza:
(Screen cap from their website,
http://ng.neocron.com/index.php?id=100)
Refreshing to see we have some sort of Matrix/Cyberspace interaction, and not just a FPS with a theme. Unlike Shadowrun which seemed to just be a FPS with the name and genre’d graphics, although this is only from what I’ve read. Neocron’s site mentions that “hackers” can go up against security systems, steal information, and the usual cyberpunk cowboy kind of stuff.
It also looks like in Neocron, you can play a strategy style game (like developing skills, building and scrounging, etc ) if your not just a move-and-shoot fan. All runners (sounds like someone there played shadowrun), start with an apartment, I guess that’s a safe haven.
I think it might be worth trying out, although the game files have a 1.7 Gigabyte download !