Unless it also have the usual troop of cyberpunk "everything controlled by cooperates" it won't be one
So let's wait and see

Apparently it's called brainpunk because of the way technology in the world works for it, information is directly streamed into the brain and displayed accordingly or utilized as such. The -punk suffix has many different variants, and typically it represents some sort of downtrodden society with a direct rejection of aspects of it (the punk part), mixed in with something that powers the world around the characters, with cyber typically referring to a logical extreme of corporatism in the future, steampunk utilizing steam and victorian era inventions, and diesel referring to heavy machinery and oil being a focus on how things work in that world. I've heard Dishonored be described as "Whalepunk" as well, an accurate description based on the broken down, disease ridden society that game takes place in and its need for using Whale Oil as energy.

Creative/marketing types are either huffing their own farts and think their copycat product is unique or they are knowingly lying about being different when it is clearly just cyberpunk.

Cyberpunk refers just as much to the art style as the setting. The art style is much more important in determining if something is cyberpunk.

Dishonored is STEAMpunk. There is no such thing as WHALEpunk. That's just stupid and anyone who seriously uses that name is an idiot.

I laughed aloud after seeing "whalepunk" rotfl

The "punk" sub genres have been a thing for longer than any of us have been alive. Used to be used to sell sci-fi books. It's dumb, but it's been around long enough that it's really ingrained in the sci-fi genre so it'll likely not be going anywhere.

Originally posted by Shahadem:

Creative/marketing types are either huffing their own farts and think their copycat product is unique or they are knowingly lying about being different when it is clearly just cyberpunk.

Cyberpunk refers just as much to the art style as the setting. The art style is much more important in determining if something is cyberpunk.

Dishonored is STEAMpunk. There is no such thing as WHALEpunk. That's just stupid and anyone who seriously uses that name is an idiot.

Art style is a very, very small aspect of what constitutes cyberpunk...

cyber punk is called cyber punk because it revolves around a cybenetic setting, as dumb as it is it aint cyberpunk its quirky like djent is

Originally posted by LazyAmerican:

Brain Punk lol

Is Brain Oxide better?

Originally posted by Sputnik:

The "punk" sub genres have been a thing for longer than any of us have been alive. Used to be used to sell sci-fi books. It's dumb...

I got the point, but one gets the impression that books are some kind of outdated technology from a very long past...

I'm just sick of this buzz word tbh....call it anything else lol.

Originally posted by LazyAmerican:

I'm just sick of this buzz word tbh....call it anything else lol.

saying you are sick of the" buzz word"cyber punk is like saying every sub genre of metal is a buzz word

Originally posted by Shided pants man:

Originally posted by LazyAmerican:

I'm just sick of this buzz word tbh....call it anything else lol.

saying you are sick of the" buzz word"cyber punk is like saying every sub genre of metal is a buzz word

I mean... One could argue they are, no? I'm not here to start a war over it, though. It does come across to me as a little odd to hear the word "Brainpunk:" but hey, I see nothing wrong about coming up with creative words for their setting. Even if it is a little jarring to hear.

Mental/Psionic Wars?

Music genres are a legitimate thing though....whereas cyberpunk is literally a cash grab for many different products because of the massive hype that surrounded Cyberpunk 2077.....I mean I don't see bands with "heavy metal" in their name at all lol.

Originally posted by LazyAmerican:

Music genres are a legitimate thing though....whereas cyberpunk is literally a cash grab for many different products because of the massive hype that surrounded Cyberpunk 2077.....I mean I don't see bands with "heavy metal" in their name at all lol.

cyber punk 2077 was based off of the ttrpg called cyber punk made back in the 80s and the ttrpg series is named after the years i.e cyber punk 2022 cyber punk 2077

cyber punk has also been a legitimate genre since the 80s-90s

Originally posted by LazyAmerican:

Music genres are a legitimate thing though....whereas cyberpunk is literally a cash grab for many different products because of the massive hype that surrounded Cyberpunk 2077.....I mean I don't see bands with "heavy metal" in their name at all lol.

Cyberpunk (like steampunk or dieselpunk) are indications of the technology of the fictional world; and the game Cyberpunk 2077 is your association.