This game essentially predicted the themes of the year 2020. It also provided a great roleplaying experience, overflowing with the sleek coolness of the best the cyberpunk genre had to offer. Like the better works of literature in the genre, the discerning reader would recognize it as a warning about the future toward which we were headed, with hints that one day the real heroes would necessarily be criminals. It was a futuristic game about the warnings of the present, and here we are. ( )

A dystopian RPG based on the cyberpunk genre, with very brutal combat mechanics. Published by a small gaming company, it couldn't compete with the better funded (and more fun) Shadowrun, even though C2020 was far truer to the genre. ( )

An interesting concept, but ultimately a very flawed game system. If you stick to the core rule system you'll be led to making characters that can not survive in the world they inhabit. ( )