History VideoGame / Neocron

* {{BFG}}: Gen-Tanks can specialize in Heavy Weapons which are usually examples of this trope. Instead of using a gatling gun they can use a [[GatlingGood Gatling Cannon]]. Instead of using a laser rifle Tanks are more likely to use [[BeamSpam Laser Cannons.]]

* VisibleInvisibility: When a player uses a Stealth Tool most NPCs will ignore him and he won't normally be targetable by other players but he'll still be visible as a flickering translucent blue cloud.

* RedLightDistrict: In-universe Pepper Park is Neocron's infamous red light district where drugs and prostitutes can be found for cheap, provided the would-be customer is willing to take the risk of going there. In-game Pepper Park is literally covered in red lights, dancing girls, and erotic advertisements. It also contains the headquarters of the Black Dragon and Tsunami Syndicate criminal factions.

* KarmaMeter: In Neocron the karma meter is called 'Soul Light' (SL). A player will lose SL when he kills other players from friendly factions or kills players in a 'high-security' sector or player housing. A player will gain SL by killing players from enemy factions and slowly gain it over time from normal gameplay. Players with low SL will drop more items when they die, those items will be easier for other players to steal, other players will be able to place bounies on their head and, at especially low levels, law enforcement NPCs will shoot on sight.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The ''City Mercs'' faction is the closest thing to one of these that remains in the post-apocalypse. In gameplay terms CityMercs members will see most other factions as 'neutral', which gives them a bit more flexibility in player versus player.

* RedMage: Private Eyes can't reach the maximum in any character stat but can raise them all to at least mediocre levels. They're the only characters besides Psi-Monks that can get a non-trivial amount of Psychic ability, but have much better physical potential than Monks.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The ''City Mercs'' faction is the closest thing to one of these that remains in the post-apocalypse.

* PsychicPowers: Psychic powers are the specialty that Psi-Monks have acquired via mutation. In gameplay they're basically the same as magic in fantasy RPGs with 'Aggressive Psi Use' specialists filling the role of BlackMage while 'Passive Psi Use' monks are a group's WhiteMage.

* Determinator: A meta-example in that ''the game itself'' is one. Over the course of ''sixteen'' years, it's had two different publishers, Reakktor went through financial issues twice before eventually throwing in the towel, handing the game over to a team of fans in the process and, somehow, the servers are ''still'' running.

''Neocron'' and its later expansion-turned-sequel, ''Neocron 2: Beyond Dome of York'' is, as considered by many, the very first (and perhaps ''only'') cyberpunk MMORPG, fusing together elements of both traditional [=MMOs=] and the relatively faster-paced combat style seen in first-person shooters; in a time long before "action combat" (such as in ''Guild Wars 2'') was a marketing buzzword in the MMO scene.

Despite its presence on this site's DefunctOnlineVideoGames list, the game - despite now being two decades old (for reference, it's two years older more than the seemingly immortal ''VideoGameWorldOfWarcraft'') and its original developers having experienced financial troubles ''twice'' - is still in an active if played-by-few state, the reins of the game having been given to a team of skilled fans under the name of [[https://www.neocron-game.com/ Neocron Evolution]].

Despite its presence on this site's DefunctOnlineVideoGames list, the game - despite now being sixteen years old (two more than the now seemingly immortal ''World of Warcraft'') and its original developers having experienced financial troubles ''twice'' - is still in an active if played-by-few state, the reins of the game having been given to a team of skilled fans.

!!Neocron and Neocron 2 provide examples of:

'''''Neocron''''' and its later expansion-turned-sequel, '''''Neocron 2: Beyond Dome of York''''' is, as considered by many, the very first (and perhaps ''only'') cyberpunk MMORPG, fusing together elements of both traditional [=MMOs=] and the relatively faster-paced combat style seen in first-person shooters; in a time long before "action combat" (such as in ''Guild Wars 2'') was a marketing buzzword in the MMO scene.

Originally developed by Reakktor Media, the original game was published by CDV Software, while its sequel had 10Tacle Studios take up publishing duty. The game received middling, mixed reviews - netting a MetaCritic score of 66 - with its FPS-style interface and combat systems proving rather divisive.

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* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The ''City Mercs'' faction is the closest thing to one of these that remains in the post-apocalypse.

** Beyond the cap, for a character's main stat, is the ''Wisdom of Ceres'' system. Though, given the sheer amount of XP required to hit the regular cap, very few players ever got to shoot for a ''WoC'' level and the rewards doing so conferred.

* FantasticDrug: While not an illegal narcotic, ProtoPharm's ''Vitae'' vaccine qualifies as one of these; essentially signalling the end of debilitating disease.

** ''pro-City'': City Administration, NEXT, Tangent Technologies, BioTech, ProtoPharm, Diamond Real Estate and City Mercs[[note]]The City Mercs officially declare themselves as a neutral party due to the nature of their business as a [[PrivateMilitaryContractors PMC]], but they aren't viewed as enemies of the state for precisely that same reason.[[/note]]

'''''Neocron''''' and its later expansion-turned-sequel, '''''Neocron 2: Beyond Dome of York''''' is, as considered by many, the very first (and perhaps ''only'') cyberpunk MMORPG, fusing together elements of both traditional MMOs and the relatively faster-paced combat style seen in first-person shooters; in a time long before "action combat" (such as in ''Guild Wars 2'') was a marketing buzzword in the MMO scene.

* ForeverWar: As far as MMOs are concerned, ''Neocron'' both subverts this trope ''and'' follows it. While Neocron has a dozen factions with their own relationships/alliances between each other, they can be lumped into one of two camps:

Despite its presence on this site's ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DefunctOnlineVideoGames "Defunct Online Video Games"]]'' list, the game - despite now being sixteen years old (two more than the now seemingly immortal ''World of Warcraft'') and its original developers having experienced financial troubles ''twice'' - is still in an active if played-by-few state, the reins of the game having been given to a team of skilled fans.