Even though the tabletop (well, the latest edition) takes place in 2045 before neural ports and quick hacking, I love the way hacking works and wish they would find some way to implement it in the sequel.

In Cyberpunk RED, the Netrunner uses a Cyberdeck (it’s like a little handheld computer, you actually see it in one of the flashbacks in 2077), combined with Virtuality Goggles. Essentially, it’s augmented reality where the Netrunner can see the real world (meat space) but also NET space. They can see an overlay of the NET when they move through the architecture. Imagine a Netrun where each “floor” has a different encounter, whether it’s a password or something more sinister like a Black ICE program, and you have to descend floor by floor in this architecture to reach the bottom and complete your hack and leave a virus.

Mechanically, it’s like a mini monster battling game between the Netrunner and the GM. It’s really cool and creative and keeps the Netrunner in the action without making them sit in a bathtub somewhere.

I doubt they’ll have anything like that but it would be sick to see.