I would definitely agree with that. I mean, I’m not 100% clear on the definition of cyberpunk, but, if it is about rebellious hackers fighting against systemic problems in the real world, then that’s the 1982 movie all over.

Legacy was about the rebellious hacker getting sidetracked, making his own totally disconnected world, getting stuck in it, and then doing nothing until his son came to rescue him (and their eventual triumph over the systemic problems in that world–if you could call it a triumph, rather than just scorched-earth destruction –was much more about personal survival than activism).

I don’t know exactly what is going on with Ares, but going by the trailers it seems to be about already-powerful humans using technology to make the world’s systemic problems worse.

Which is just… depressing realism, at this point.

I mean, I assume someone does fight against it eventually, that’s how such plots always go… but I’m not holding out any hope it’ll be one that interests me, on any level.