Why was the setting of futuristic cities so common in video games during the late ’90s and early ’00s, and why don’t we see it as much anymore?
Star Wars prequels
Because people gushed over Blade Runner's aesthetic and shit, and future tech was exciting, Cyberpunk was hot shit then>Why don't we see it as much any more?Because everyone started becoming pessimistic about the future, the future of tech becoming shitty and boring, and most nucyberpunk aesthetic shit becoming more "Apple's wet dream" instead of actually interesting looking.Yeah, sure, you have 2077, but that's kinda the exception than the rule.
>>11984568> and why don’t we see it as much anymoreNot retro
>>11984568People realized that a future full of mixed third worlders would never be able to build and maintain those buildings, it's so unrealistic it breaks immersion.
the future turned out to suck
>Why don't we see it as much anymore?We're in a cyberpunk dystopia right now, it just sucks because those towering buildings you see in futuristic media are never getting built in our lifetime. The reality of cyberpunk is boring and gay as shit.
>>11984568Computer technology was moving super fast. In less than a decade arcade gaming went from Marble Madness to Daytona USA. The home computer evolved from the original Macintosh barely able to show black and white graphics to a blazing fast Pentium 1 taking you on an amazing space adventure in Wing Commander III.And it didn't look like this technological revolution was stopping any time soon, which inspired many creators to look forward to a future where tech rules every aspect of our lives, for good or bad.
>>11984568Not a real human poster.
Anyways, what's everyone's favorite game with a futuristic city? I liked Final Fantasy VII
>>11984568The fact we were entering a new millenium probably influenced the zeitgeist. A lot of past futuristic media had been set in or around 2000 or with 2000 in the name, and now we were reaching it. Y2K aesthetics were futuristic. The future was on people's minds.
>>11984619>>11984634>got all the worst parts of cyberpunk and none of the cool shitI hate living in genre deconstructions.
>>11984568Technology was on the rise and we thought we would all be able to benefit from itInstead all we got was spy devices in our pockets and nothing else. Infrastructure started crumbling, not being replaced by a better one. Building materials have become cheaper and flimsier, not high tech or more functional or aesthetic. Phones now all look like the same featureless glass brick, not the cool diverse multifunction and specialized devices they were in the 2000s.Cars have all amalgamated into the same gray/white Crossover Hybrid with only the manufacturer badge being different.We have seen promise after promise from trillionaires and governments alike deliver absolutely nothing and instead just pocket money and run.Science Fiction itself has lost nearly all public interest as we have no hope for a future better than the boring, drab, decaying society we are currently in.
>>11984932It really is sad that scifi in movies for the most part is dead outside of cape shit, and half of current cape shit is essentially period piece stuff, like the new Fantastic 4 movie taking place in the 60s.
>>119845681980s: "cities are going to get so overcrowded and overbuilt and covered in ads you wont even believe it"present day: "actually are cities are exactly the same as they were before just now they're all covered in piss and garbage and foreigners"
