[scriptkiddy]

You probably feel that way because the tabletop game that CD Projekt's game is based off of kind of defined the genre.

Calling Cyberpunk cliche is like calling Lord of the Rings cliche; it makes no sense because they invented the cliches.

[danbolt]

I was under the impression that Gibson's Neuromancer defined the genre, but I'm not very knowledgeable about Cyberpunk so I might be wrong.

[scriptkiddy]

Maybe I should have said "one of the things that defined the genre".

[romwell]

The genre is defined by many things.

Visual aesthetics in particular can only be defined to a certain extent by a book.

[DEADBEEFC0FFEE]

High tech, low life.

[datameta]

A.K.A the Seinfeld Effect