BLADE ROLLER
Using dice to escape Deckard in cyberpunk RPG CITIZEN SLEEPER
By Jody Macgregor
Extractor is the only class whose special ability is ‘sunbathe’.
Citizen Sleeper is like Blade Runner, but you’re the replicant on the run. A synthetic being who has escaped from the corporation that built you, you hide on a space station that’s become a rogue state – home to revolutionaries, refugees, and a pirate gang. While you’re worrying about whether you’ll be hunted down and dramatically shot in the back, you’re also worried about day-to-day survival.
The game is great at encouraging you to live a routine. Where in Cyberpunk 2077 I only went to bed if I was trying to trigger a sidequest, here I lived a day-to-day cycle that included sleeping, eating, working, and feeding a stray cat. Some of it was mechanically necessary, some was pure roleplay.