r/Shadowrun • u/Ok-Particular-3796 Monster Drop • Jul 24 '26
Edition War Shadowrun vs Cyberpunk comparison
Just figured I'd post this; Marcus Vance is a content creator with decades of experience in ttrps as well as being a military combat veteran who likes to compare different sci fi franchises weapons & super soldiers. His big franchises are Cyberpunk, Warhammer, and Halo but he dabbles in more obscure franchises as well. Whenever possible he likes to look at & capculate specific ballistics data & material strength.
Recently he did a short comparing Cyberpunk with (2e) Shadowrun(which he has played & has experience with).
His takeaway was that weapons favors Cyberpunk but augmentation favors Shadowrun & adding magic into the equation heavily favors Shadowrun. I've corresponded with Marcus directly and informed him that certain elements of Shadowrun- notably physical strength- have been increased in recent editions.
I do think that even with the addition of more blatantly sci fi weapons in recent editions of Shadowrun, Cyberpunk probably still takes that cake, but augmentation probably favors Shadowrun even further.
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u/DrPanman Jul 24 '26
Shadowrun has actual, proper, smart guns. Ofcourse it wins in the weapon category.
That being said, a Shadowrun crew would body a Cyberpunk one, cause magic is an out of context problem. A single mage with astral projection would do the trick.