Cyberpunk: Night City Deep Dive (History, Gangs, Neighborhoods)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ค. 2024
- Night City, the City of Dreams... You would be hard pressed to find a better exemplar of the dark future of corporate excess and rampant criminality. Night City has an expansive history starting with utopian ideals and going through two wars that left great impacts on its people. This video will seek to explore that history with special deep dives into the Night City of 2020, 2045, and 2077.
Sources:
Night City, City Sourcebook for Cyberpunk (Supplementary Sourcebook for Cyberpunk 2020 TTRPG)
Cyberpunk RED (Core Rule Book for Cyberpunk RED TTRPG)
Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game)
The World of Cyberpunk 2077 (Lore Book for Cyberpunk 2077 Video Game)
Music Used (All from Cyberpunk 2077, OST or Radio Tracks):
0:00-2:41 - "r e l - Night City"
2:42-11:06 - "Bells of Laguna Bend"
11:07-15:33 - "The Streets Are Long-Ass"
15:34-18:26 - "Tower Lockdown"
18:27-20:48 - "Bells of Laguna Bend"
20:49-21:07 - "Atlantis"
21:08-32:34 - "Scavenger Hunt"
32:35-52:33 - "The Streets Are Long-Ass"
52:34-1:10:18 - "Friday Night Firefight"
1:10:19-1:21:46 - "Extraction Action"
1:21:47-1:29:49 - "Hanako & Yorinobu"
1:29:50-1:43:30 - "Atlantis"
1:43:31-1:52:02 - "Outsider No More"
1:52:03-1:55:05 -- "Selva Pulsátil"
1:55:06-2:02:03 - "Night City Aliens"
2:02:04-2:05:31 - "Bells of Laguna Bend"
2:05:32-2:09:51 - "Atlantis"
2:09:53-2:11:44 - "BM"
2:11:45-2:14:16 - "V"
2:14:17-2:18:56 - "There's Gonna Be A Parade!"
2:18:57-2:20:59 - "Urban Downunder"
2:21:00-2:33:50 - "Modern Anthill"
2:33:51-2:35:14 - "On My Way to Hell"
2:35:15-2:36:37 - "Wushu Dolls"
2:36:38-2:38:19 - "When It's War"
2:38:20-2:39:57 - "Night City Aliens"
2:39:58-2:41:33 - "Dinero (feat. Cerbeus)"
2:41:34-2:43:26 - "No Save Point"
2:43:27-2:45:19 - "Hole in the Sun (feat. COS & Conway)"
2:45:20-2:47:30 - "To Hell and Back"
2:47:37-2:49:22 - "I Really Want to Stay at Your House"
Intro: (0:00)
One Man’s Dream...: (1:16)
Coronado City (1994-1998): (6:26)
Mob Rule (1998-2011): (11:33)
Corporate Takeover (2012-2020): (17:37)
2020: The Cyberpunk Golden Age: (20:48)
The Fourth Corporate War (2021-2023): (1:10:40)
Survival & Recovery (2023-2045): (1:21:48)
2045: In the Time of the Red: (1:29:49)
Reborn & Rebuilt (2046-2069): (2:02:03)
The Unification War (2069-2070): (2:05:32)
Independence (2070-2077): (2:09:51)
2077: A New Corporate Era: (2:11:44)
Outro: (2:47:46) - เกม
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It's wild to think that all these stories we hear about now, like Bartmoss nuking the old net and Morgan Blackhand declaring war on Arasaka, are all the result of Mike Pondsmith and his friends playing a tabletop game almost half a century ago.
The lore for this entire series is sooo insanely cool and so much content. Mike sure has a great fantasy and knows a thing or two about worldbuilding
@@mort7987 Theres any chance we get another game like that? Dont need to be 2077, but another year in that universe.
@@nicolasoliveira4903 I mean, everything is possible. if a studio wants to do a game I'm sure there will be a way for them to develop it. But since 2077 kind of flopped i am not sure if there will be any games similar to 2077
@@mort7987 sounds like you'll be surprised how successful cyberpunk actually was financially. In the first week of release it had made over 500 million euros of profit. The reputation wasn't great but I think it's image has been improved a lot now. Defo more to come from the series
@@dentistrygt4946 Right! What was a flop was CDPRs ruined brand image and trust. They did a good job of redeeming themselves. As long as there isn't another huge breach of trust/blunder, I think the Cyberpunk IP is something they will absolutely continue to invest in big time.
It is truly staggering how so much lore has been produced for Cyberpunk, it's a rich world... You did a fantastic job putting this together.
You know it's been around since the 80s?
I highly implore you to get into the tabletop game. It has existed for almost 40 years but you really only need Cyberpunk Red and can find sourcebooks for the older editions. They don't need much to adjust for the newer system and you will have years of stories to tell. O7
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Don't cry, dry your eye.
This came up automatically, while I was sleeping in front of my TV. I'm a light sleeper, and generally, whatever I'm listening to gets incorporated into my dreams.
Needless to say, I had some pretty awesome dreams while listening to the entirety of your presentation. I really appreciate the work you put into this presentation, it was fantastic.
Damn wish I could do that too
Damn I wish I could do that… as well
Damn i wish i could do that……..
@@damo905 I think it started happening more and more often the more I "daydreamed" while falling asleep. Each time I go to bed, or take a nap, I start imagining things the way I'd like to dream them. I do this each night or day, each time I close my eyes for a break, basically. I play in my mind.
I guess my brain just started making me remember my dreams, not to mention make me aware I'm dreaming while I'm dreaming, because this and my "daydreaming" are so similar, I'm more ME when I'm dreaming than I used to be.
To make that make more sense, I think the reason we often can't remember our dreams is because our dreams are so different and disconnected from our waking lives that our brain automatically deletes any memory or severs the connection as soon as we wake up. The brain says "this is this, and that is that, totally unrelated, no need to bother you with that information."
That's how it normally works, I think. So, by intentionally basically manually dreaming the way I want to dream, as soon as I close my eyes, there's less of a clear boundary between the two (or more) me's.
I hope that makes sense. I definitely do this (from my original comment) a LOT more, after starting manual dreaming, a lot more than I ever have before. It's a super common occurrence for me now, while it wasn't common at all for me, before.
Damn....
I love pondsmiths cyberpunk. It’s so extremely interesting. I found it at a time where I was really low and I connected with the empty cynical cyberpunk world which was also so alive and vibrant and aesthetically beautiful. The fiction we saw as kids just doesn’t feel relatable or interesting anymore, It feels childish. Cyberpunk is one of the mediums that feels real like it could be the future for our children or maybe even late in our lives. It reminds us of the high stakes environment we faced in medieval and prehistoric times which we are so attracted to including in apocalypse shows and such. And cyberpunk doesn’t mincemeat the gruesome details In how society works. So it feels relatable. Edge runners was so good and ever since the game came out I already knew the world had huge potential for a show. I really hope there’s another cyberpunk show with new characters. I’ll admit though I can only think about cyberpunk for so long until it gets to dark. But it’s one of the only few fictional universes I’m actually interested in.
ive never resonated so much with a comment before
Especially since alot of cyberpunk lore is just what happened while pondsmith and his group were playing the game
This comment was perfectly said 👌 I’m still in the beginning of my first play through, still haven’t seen the anime, and I’ve never been so fascinated by lore in a game.
It's definitely not a future to aspire to, though, unless you're a nihilist or a psycho.
An exaggeration of current reality is always most satisfying to our ape like brains.
My big brother always had the cyberpunk table top books lying around I would used to flick through them as kid. The cyberpunk night city universe is so well built. It becoming a video game was inevitable. Loved the video 💚
Was your bro excited when he heard there was a cyberpunk video game?
yeah, how did you brother react to them announcing a video game about it?
Come on, choom. Ya gotta tell us how your brother felt about the game coming out.
Sup choomas, he loved it especially how CDPR stayed turn to the source material in how utter dark the world is. Men, women, children all being exploited beyond the realms of humanity
I have insomnia and this video has helped me fall asleep countless times. Your voice is quite relaxing and the fact that you don’t use loud music or sound effects is appreciated. Looking forward to more hopefully
Yea i was out in under 2 mins
Just what he wants to hear, that you use his videos to fall asleep.
@@BenignAndaHalfit's soothing and gives him good watch time numbers. Win for everyone!
Thank God for wireless earbuds. I'm cleaning up my apartment and this video is essential listening. I absolutely love the lore of Cyberpunk 2077. Thank you for this incredible video.
YESSS CYBER CLEANERS UNITE
Same plus i love this guy's voice and audio equipment.😊
I'm listening at work!! Gotta love long form videos like this to listen to while being productive.
@@mekaibowen8262 work gang lmaooo
It Cyberpunk 2013, 2020, Cyberpunk RED, and 2077. I can't stand when someone say they love something, yet know nothing about it.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I don't know how much time you saved me. This helped me fill in the gaps in my main hook for the Cyberpunk Red campaign I'm preping. Thank you
Glad it helped!
Hows that going??
Ooohhh how IS that going?
Yes yes!! How is THAT going??? Good luck!
@@mekaibowen8262 yoooo how is that GOING?
For someone who's fallen in love with this game, this was fascinatingly entertaining to watch! felt like I was really watching an actual documentary of a made up/fictional city and it's history! I can only imagine the level of work and dedication this must have taken!
You DID watch an actual documentary of a made-up/fictional city and its history.
Man if this is California then wtf is Detroit
It’s just a massive radioactive crater now, can’t have shit in Detroit
Incredible video dude! This is my favorite Cyberpunk lore channel! I'd love to see you cover the Sourcebooks that discuss the lore of Asia, Europe, etc. I can't get enough of this universe and your narration of it
Well someone said that the EuroSource ain’t the best Cyberpunk course book.
I need to see some lore on asia and europe
This was an excellent history!! Many thanks. I would love for you to do more long form lore on main NPCs such as Silverhand, Blackhand, Rogue. Also, love a similar treatment covering Europe, Asia, Africa and space
Adam smasher please
Well done. As an old school Cyberpunk TTRPG player, I appreciate the level of detail you presented here. Made me nostalgic for some of my first tabletop game sessions.
I am a brand new player in CP2077. Just started today. Played for 5-6 hrs. Now listening through this video at my work. Its playing such a critical role to immerse me into the game. Thanks so much
Id throw in the anime edgerunner too it help me get more into the game
@@rookbwater Edgerunners is great but I don't think it really helps with immersion, at least it doesn't for me.
Nothing gets more immersive for me in the game than driving through the streets at night in Night City listening to the radio.
Welcome to nite city choom,
I recommend you do all side gigs before meeting takemura or judy after the intro. Getting as much street cred and exp as possible before main story’s and getting ur stats like technical
And intelligence up to like 15
So you can always have access to short cuts/ hidden paths. Physical strength also open paths. Those 3 skills really come in handy for me, keep iconic weapons(maybe in the trunk) idk why yet but that’s what a friend told me.
Wow, it’s scary how accurate this could be in real life. In many developing countries crime is as plentiful as described in this game. In California the homelessness has become just as crazy.
I hope policy makers can use night cities stories to avoid this possible future. If not, I guess a career as a bounty hunter might be doable.
It’s a lot closer than you think. There’s a corporate twin being built in Arizona we have ai. And ar technology in fast development along with the neurolink and we already got exo skeletons in use. It’s all around the corner lad
@@blackbettyswe’re not even remotely close to the tec or the political situation in cyberpunk. AI is greatly exaggerated by people who have no Idea what they’re talking about, and neurolink is barely in its infancy, otherwise you‘d see more cooperate interest in it. The closest where we are to cyberpunk is that corporations get more and more influence and we’re not stopping them.
In order to keep corporate influence to a minimum we need a government FOR the people, which we don’t have. The demoncrat scourge push the evil “progressive” agenda meant to use simple minded leftists and corrupt our youth. Not to say the Republicans are much better, but the first step is removing the scourge from power completely and permanently before turning our attention to the spineless republicans.
This is the way
@@foximacentauri7891ads being everywhere is already happening. Don't think corps will have wars soon but I guess PMCs are still in their infancy like AI
Not sure if you’re still interested in doing more Cyberpunk content, but I just thought of a video idea-a compilation of stories/lore of the more fleshed out and detailed side stories that you learn about through side missions and/or shards. I don’t have any examples of specific shards or good side missions to use, but I always liked learning about background lore and stories in games with lots of side narratives. Hope that made sense
The Night City Song is sentimental to me and I won't bore anyone with the details but this song is amazing.
The sheer amount of worldbuilding involved here... and your patience/ perseverance to recount it all! Knocked me out; this is... my third relisten, haha!
CDPR and Mike Pondsmith did a really good job keeping retcons to a minimum. Not an easy thing for an almost 50 year old IP.
Anyway, great video. 🎉
It's a very easy thing to do...READ THE SOURCE MATERIAL (Even if you wrote it, read it so you remember what you wrote)
Dude, it come out in 88 you got some bad math there.
This video points out one of the truths about 90s RPG source books. They were the life blood of RPG publisher profits. They needed to be pumped out as quickly as possible. So you end up with a lot of half-baked or even goofy lore. Basically throwing everything at the wall to see what will stick. The more you needed to expand a particular topic the more likely you were to get just dumb stuff like 90% of the gangs in the 2020 Night City source book. CDPR did a good job of picking out the stuff with the most meat on the bone and extrapolating it to make a cohesive whole which never strays too far into the silly except as an occasional treat.
Dude this video is fucking amazing. My current D&D campaign is coming to an end and I've been looking to run a Red campaign and your video organizing the lore by time periods and going into districts and factions is an absolute gold mine.
But also, including that song at very end 😢. Come on, can't have me crying at my desk like that.
Red is super fun to run, did you ever start your game?
Hopefully, you weren't trying to drink wine while the song was playing.
😁
Your content is preem choomba! I've watched each of your cyberpunk vids several times now. Thanks for giving cyberpunk the quality content it deserves!
This choom is nova
It would be wonderful if you could list all the books, tabletop originals, games, series, movies associated with Cyberpunk and its origins especially if you won’t have time for a while to do Europe and Asia. I tried to track it all down but since watching this video, I realized there’s a few source books and a movie I missed.
Thanks so much for all the work put into this. It helped me a LOT! Just makes us all love the franchise & brand that much more.
Yeah I'd love to find a masterlist
Personally, I don't really mind the long video time, it's pretty awesome listening to every detail and great to listen in the background, I hope you'll be able to make other similar videos, even if they're not related to Cyberpunk at all.
Maybe you’ve found it already but I think Sam Bram here on TH-cam did a video about all the gigs in each district and how some tie in together. It’s the closest thing to what you’re describing that I could think of
just casually listening to this while loading the game, the opening cutscene being narrated over with the info about Night and how the city came to be was so perfectly overlayed and timed that i had to stop to comment.
Please don't ever cut back on the details. We love it.
This deserves SOOO much more view. Beautifully done my friend.
I have to admit, I’ve watched a lot of different “deep dives “into cyberpunk. This has to be by far the best one I have seen and it has set the bar for all other videos I will watch of this type of Contant. Good job.
My god that was an excellent vid. I know this must've taken a tonne of work, but it's the best long form cyberpunk lore video I've seen! Hope you do more on the topic when you feel ready!
"People tried to get to safety in Pacifica." Man, thats a weird sentence considering the state of Pacifica in 2077.
Super glad you didn’t cut out any details. Awesome work. I bet it took you a lot of time and work to get this done.
Can’t wait for more of your Cyberpunk content! It’s definitely some of the best Cyberpunk 2077 universe lore on this platform
I come back to this video almost every other week when I’m in need of listening to something while I work. Great video!
Just discovered you and I have to say this was the BEST video that presented a thorough timeline of events in the Cyberpunk universe. Thank you!
You make by far the best cyberpunk lore videos on TH-cam. I loved the details!
Honestly, I love this long form style, and especially about this setting. I would love to see more.
They have a shit ton of books for the TTRPG.
I don't often comment on videos, but this deserves recognition! I had started playing CP2077 and felt the games pacing didn't dive deep enough into everything V was caught up in. Not that I really wanted the pace to change, I just wanted to know more about it all and this was the prefect source!
I've been waiting for a comprehensive video like this since the game released. Thanks for your hard work 👍
This is seriously so well done. Would love to see more long form videos like this!
I work some of my shifts as a prep cook and i cannot tell you how many times i have listened to this end to end. Great work!
i woke up to this playing and do NOT regret letting this play completely. amazing documentation
I love that you made this video and that it is as long as it is; really appreciate you did not cut the detail.
Congratulations!, we'll be waiting for the review
Thank you for producing this video!
on my 3rd rewatch and still catching things i missed. thank you!
Wow, well done. I have viewed allot of Cyberpunk essay videos but non are so comprehensive and straight to the point like this one. I would say Madqueen Show is very expansive, but this one was a very comprehensive lecture. Nothing pretentious or comercialized. Minimal conjecture and just straight literature.
Very replayable video. I wish I could play every version of Cyberpunk and take in the moment. Cyberpunk is just so unique and incredibly in depth. Mike Pondsmith is a mastermind!
Thank you for your work, coming from 2020 a long time ago, waiting for 3 years for playing 2077 videogame (for various reasons, from not being interested in a videogame having experience with the original and discovering how good it was setting wise, to waiting for bugfixes, then the expansion).
Really appreciated, you deserve more public.
this is probably the best piece of lore I've ever found about cyberpunk. I would gladly watch another hour of this with no problem.
PS: very mean of you to end the video with "I really want to stay at your house" I haven't fully recovered from Edgerunners yet despite having watched that show on release
Awesome video!! Thanks for that ❤
Thank god for you making this. There is a criminal lack of lore videos on cyberpunk pre 2077. So thank you much and please please keep it. Your making my GM life so much easier!
Love Cyberpunk and know pretty much everything there’s to know but I still watched the whole video lmao, this was excellent. Thank you for putting this together choom.
Awesome video! Seriously, the time you took to make it is incredible. It's definitely gonna make my new 2077 run even more immersive!
Awesome vid! May you feel better soon.
Great stuff! Very well done chombatta!😊
Awesome video bud, you did one hell of a job explaining all of that
This was fantastic. I've been digging for lore videos on the Cyberpunk setting to prime myself for running a TTRPG in Night City. You made an engaging and interesting lore video, thank you.
This video is absolutely stellar. I'm running a Cyberpunk tabletop session soon based around 2020 using RED (Party wished to be in the age of 'legends') so amazing stuff and super helpful!
Actually incredible video. Thanks!
Been waiting for you to drop more content. Keep up the amazing work my friend.
Amazing video, the best cyberpunk lore video on TH-cam in my opinion. Keep up the good work!
Had to watch it in batches, but great overview, learned quite a few things from it about the universe.
Amazing video! Loved listening to it whilst grinding out my levels in Cyberpunk 2077
Great video, really appreciate the details and carrying the threads through the full timeline. Hope to see more like this!
fantastic job. extremely informative. thank you!
Great video and nicely narrated, I'm going to check out your other videos.
Awesome video, I really enjoy these Cyberpunk lore videos and this is one of the best, please continue making these!!!
This is really fun to listen to, you're very underrated, my friend
Man, this was awesome! Super informative background on Night City and the periods leading up to the 2077 game release. Having all this history is making playing through the game even more fun. Subscribed and looking forward to more of your content!
This was an immense and impressive undertaking. Respect and thank you.
Video was effin awesome man
Keep up the great work
great job man, compiling this much info at once is insane to think about. Hope you make more content like this in the future!
I've watched it completely twice so far, and I'm going to watch it a few more times.
Amazing video great work, really enjoyed it thank you
This video was fantastic man! Good job!
Wow! Thank you so much for this great video! The amount of effort in research on all of this is amazing!
No way this video has less than 10k views. I thought this had like a million views as i watched it on an off throughout the week. Excellent compilation of lore.
Thanks for not adding the "spooky" music lol. I usually watch these late at night or while I fall asleep and cant be bothered wondering if that noise I heard outside my window is the boogie man cause of the damn music setting a creepy mood in my room lmao
this has been extremely enlightening. awesome vid.
Love the detail. Can't wait for your deep dive into Dogtown!
This is simply amazing and so well done, thank you!!
What a "blessing" this video deep dive is, because I am currently playing Cyberpunk, and it helps finding the different areas in Night City and everything! Thanks!
This was dope. Please do more!
Awesome video, watched it in one go :D Thanks for the effort!
By far best vid I've seen on this subject
Glued to the screen for 3 hours - good work man :)
This video was incredible, thank you for making this.
I absolutely loved this! Fantastic content, and delivery.
Love your videos man!!!
I’m so glad I found this video!!! You have a very good voice for this format! This is giving me inspiration for role play for my many future play throughs for Cyberpunk 2077! Thanks!!
You just saved me and my players a bunch of context searching. I appreciate it 🙂
I love this new stuff, I never knew there was so much more to the Cyberpunk history.
I love cyberpunk and its lore and this video was amazing. Thank you for making it!
Great video, im glad i found your channel. Subbed
Wow. This was incredible. I can’t even imagine how much work this was to put together. Thank you!
This is an invaluable resource! Thank you for this monumental video!
First video of yours I have seen. I am impressed and would love more like this. Subscribing!
Great work! Thank you very much!
hell of a video. Thanks for this.
Awesome deep dive into the Lore!
I have been playing Cyberpunk since the late 80s.