As the hacker, the player will be attempting to tear through the corporation’s security, whilst the player controlling the corp will have to disable the hacker before they can achieve their goal. During the game, two players compete against each other as either a hacker or corporate agent in the realm of cyberspace.
Project NISEI is an unofficial reboot of the original Netrunner card game designed to continue supporting the series after its cancellation by publisher Fantasy Flight Games in 2018. These additional cards include identity cards representing each of the main factions in NISEI. Released alongside System Gateway Starter Pack is a Deckbuilding Pack containing copies of the cards found within the Starter Pack - on top of a selection of new cards - that players can use to start creating their own unique decks outside of the Starter Pack. The Starter Pack comes with one Runner deck and a Corp deck, as well as 10 additional cards designed to allow players to customise their decks once they’ve learnt the ropes. System Gateway Starter Pack is intended to be a more accessible experience for beginners, capable of being played without previous knowledge of Netrunner and completely separate from the card game. Prior to the release of System Gateway, Project NISEI had seen the launch of decks - such as Downfall and Uprising - that were designed to be unofficial expansions to the original Netrunner, rather than entry-points for entirely new players.
Update: A community manager for Project NISEI has told Dicebreaker that the reasons behind the delays to the release of the System Gateway Starter Pack were due to changes in the company team and allowing for enough time to release quality decks without the need for crunch. The creators behind the two-player card game are yet to confirm exactly why the Starter Pack has experienced multiple delays.
The release was then delayed to last December, before seemingly being pushed back to this month, eventually launching on March 28th. System Gateway Starter Pack was initially announced in 2019, with a planned release date of Q2 2020.
Project NISEI, the fan-created successor to living card game Android: Netrunner, has finally seen the release of its first starter packs.