Cyberpunks Deadliest Killer - Adam Smasher | FULL Cyberpunk Lore

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  • @WiseFish
    @WiseFish  ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Check out part 2 of the Legends Of Night City here - th-cam.com/video/QmMUERsubvw/w-d-xo.html

    • @debacofzomb9889
      @debacofzomb9889 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great video, thank you 😁👍

    • @remixnite
      @remixnite ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😂😅

    • @remixnite
      @remixnite ปีที่แล้ว

      😅😅 11: 11:44 😅 11:46 11:😮47 11:47

    • @remixnite
      @remixnite ปีที่แล้ว

      @@debacofzomb9889 12:14

    • @Kylo_Ren514
      @Kylo_Ren514 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like adam smasher he the most awesome sadistic mercenary of all time

  • @Bluey610
    @Bluey610 ปีที่แล้ว +4676

    My favorite detail about Smasher is how the creator said he can't go Cyberpyscho because he basically was even before getting all chromed out. It just shows how absolutely irredeemable he is and I love it

    • @imrunningoutofnames2413
      @imrunningoutofnames2413 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Is there any evidence the creator said this?

    • @foxernator
      @foxernator ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Cringe

    • @gokumui3325
      @gokumui3325 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      @@imrunningoutofnames2413 “Trust me”

    • @FatalFist
      @FatalFist ปีที่แล้ว

      He forsook his humanity a long long time before Chrome. The stink about cyberpsychosis is the conflict of flesh vs metal, humanity vs automaton. You become unfeeling and unsympathetic but what is still conscious hates it. You’re losing control, you know it, and you can’t stop it.
      Adam never had this conflict, he was comfortable with what he was before any of the chrome.

    • @azeriablack797
      @azeriablack797 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      You Can’t Break What Is Already Broken

  • @ivansmirnoff6987
    @ivansmirnoff6987 ปีที่แล้ว +2029

    I think Smasher could easily come back. He survived a goddamn nuke. Arasaka almost certainly has him stored on a construct somewhere, and him mentioning David possibly becoming one seems to imply that he not only knows about the program, but that he's willing to use it. Why wouldn't he after all? The only logical next step is to become a complete and utter machine, not even needing a 'ganic brain. I don't think we've seen the last of him.

    • @Voltaic_Fire
      @Voltaic_Fire ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope we have seen the end of that creature, I really do.

    • @ege8240
      @ege8240 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      if you dont have a ganic brain you are just a copy, that is just a machine, a mech.
      as long as you have your original brain, you are human. no matter the percentage of cyberware

    • @Voltaic_Fire
      @Voltaic_Fire ปีที่แล้ว +193

      @@ege8240 That's really heading into the philosophical tall grass, bud. Are we still human if we are just a brain in a jar? Are we human if we can remember being human or are capable of questioning it? Do we need to be humanoid? 🤔

    • @MrDMIDOV
      @MrDMIDOV ปีที่แล้ว +204

      @@ege8240 smasher would jump at the chance to become fully machine prolly

    • @Valok
      @Valok ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@Voltaic_Fire while i agree, this is a deep and interesting dive .... still SOME lines seem more or less clear, to me at least. if the decision making process is still happening inside the brain it feels way more human than a machine reading through someones memory and making decisions (god knows based on what) relying on those. i still can expect a brain in a jar to experience emotions. a machine can maybe know, understand and even register your brain chemisrty, and know which state corresponds to which emotion, but it will not know how it feels.

  • @Ms_StoryDragon
    @Ms_StoryDragon ปีที่แล้ว +6270

    This man didn’t go cyberpsycho because he was already a psychopath before all his cybernetic upgrades.

    • @Zarathustr
      @Zarathustr ปีที่แล้ว +448

      Pyschosis has nothing to do with being a Psychopath

    • @Nekusa
      @Nekusa ปีที่แล้ว +387

      ​@@Zarathustr they really just be saying anything up here

    • @Zarathustr
      @Zarathustr ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@Nekusa fr

    • @ramsayferguson528
      @ramsayferguson528 ปีที่แล้ว +231

      @@Zarathustr it does but not in the way op suggests if you have psychopathic tendencies then you are more susceptible to going cyberpsycho

    • @Zarathustr
      @Zarathustr ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@ramsayferguson528 This makes sense.

  • @phoenixbarnes55
    @phoenixbarnes55 ปีที่แล้ว +2161

    This only irritates me when I consider how lackluster his boss fight was. Consider how immensely powerful both Smasher and V are at this point. The fight should have had phases, slug out moments, near death scenarios. V became one of the most powerful edgerunners ever to defeat Smasher, but the fight was less interesting than a Cyberpsycho.

    • @Voltaic_Fire
      @Voltaic_Fire ปีที่แล้ว +145

      You're not wrong, I can only hope that CDPR have changed it in the Edgerunners patch or will do so with the DLC. I know a lot of fans have a lot of hate they need to take out on him, all the videos of people killing him with a big purple phallus is testament to that.

    • @rushpatriot2866
      @rushpatriot2866 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      If you want a harder fight don't go around on TH-cam looking for OP builds and don't sit there and level up to 50 before beating the story

    • @Cessna152ful
      @Cessna152ful ปีที่แล้ว +134

      @@rushpatriot2866 agreed, his fight was satisfying for me at around level 30 on normal difficulty. Not to long not to short and he has quite a few unique moves. Issue is people break the game with meta builds and then god “this game to easy, bad”

    • @rushpatriot2866
      @rushpatriot2866 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@Cessna152ful I get exactly what you're saying they find the most broken build they can and then get mad when the bosses don't scale. I get where they're coming from but at the same time if they wanted a challenge why would they look for an OP build

    • @phoenixbarnes55
      @phoenixbarnes55 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      @@rushpatriot2866 You're making assumptions in bad faith. I didn't look up any OP builds and for that matter it's not your place to tell anyone how to play a game. This an rpg an RPG's have managed to balance gameplay around powerful players for decades now. Arguing that the way someone built their character or played their own game to make a game the developers made more interesting is asinine. I shouldn't have to form a strategy to get fun and satisfaction out of a game. I paid for it, that's the only contribution towards its worth I'm obligated to make.

  • @ivanoflavender9523
    @ivanoflavender9523 ปีที่แล้ว +1491

    “Who the FUCK are you?” Like Wisefish, Adam smasher has a way with words. ❤

    • @WiseFish
      @WiseFish  ปีที่แล้ว +144

      Best line ever. That bit made me laugh so much

    • @ivanoflavender9523
      @ivanoflavender9523 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Likewise!

    • @ceramicfiber1720
      @ceramicfiber1720 ปีที่แล้ว

      "You look like a cut of fuckable meat"
      He's one suave robot

    • @NigerianCrusader
      @NigerianCrusader 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      SHEOGORATH HAS BETTER WAY WITH WORDS

  • @jefflinton9851
    @jefflinton9851 ปีที่แล้ว +3601

    "You look like a cut of fuckable meat."
    One of the most chilling lines I've heard in a game.

    • @dreadedpunk3473
      @dreadedpunk3473 ปีที่แล้ว +291

      He is the Termintor cranked up to 11. Extremely scary stuff.

    • @gamertwo6263
      @gamertwo6263 ปีที่แล้ว +283

      I feel like Smasher, despite the name, is the least qualified guy in Night City to say who is and is not fuckable, given that the only meat on him is locked away in his chrome dome…

    • @brendanalicea4146
      @brendanalicea4146 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      And an excellent example of foreshadowing for later on in the game

    • @mortem4342
      @mortem4342 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gamertwo6263 He apparently had a one night stand with an arasaka heir during her 18th birthday, using a more human looking body. So it seems he can still fuck

    • @medovk
      @medovk ปีที่แล้ว +32

      he wasn’t wrong though

  • @heboric6136
    @heboric6136 ปีที่แล้ว +732

    No meat escapes the slaughterhouse is such a good line. Edgerunners did smasher good

    • @gabrielhenson5751
      @gabrielhenson5751 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      "No meat escapes the slaughterhouse, not alive!"

    • @codyv308
      @codyv308 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      someone had to do him good since he was pathetic in 2077

    • @lukescrew1981
      @lukescrew1981 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@codyv308 Wrong

    • @codyv308
      @codyv308 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lukescrew1981 you look like the type of mf to say "wrong"

    • @lukescrew1981
      @lukescrew1981 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@codyv308 You're the type to bitch about anything

  • @TheFps12
    @TheFps12 ปีที่แล้ว +682

    I think it would be crazy for Arasaka to NOT copy Adam into an Engram as backup. Especially with how useful he was for them.

    • @JaydedWun
      @JaydedWun ปีที่แล้ว +95

      So in the original 2020 tabletop there was a tech called a biopod that allowed you to instantly download into a new body at home upon death. Very expensive, but for someone as important as Smasher? Pennies

    • @progeniesofthetoiletpaperh6433
      @progeniesofthetoiletpaperh6433 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      i mean Mikoshi was obliterated and all engrams were taken by Alt.

    • @pintolerance785
      @pintolerance785 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      ​@@progeniesofthetoiletpaperh6433 I'm pretty sure that Arasake has backups other then Mikoshi, I'm pretty certain that Mikoshi is the one they use for saving the general publics engrams but they definitely have backups that are kept away from mikoshi, like do you really think they would only have 1 Saburo engram, or 1 Adam engram, think about it throughout the whole game Johnny isn't even in Mikoshi he's in V's head the whole game, so they can take engrams out of Mikoshi whenever they want.

    • @kikosawa
      @kikosawa ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@pintolerance785If it did, all of the game endings are useless

    • @sadgiraffe6669
      @sadgiraffe6669 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If they could do that couldn’t they make multiple Adam smashers? Actually why don’t they just have Uber powerful robots with the top of the line cyberware but without the human aspect?

  • @JaysasterGaming
    @JaysasterGaming ปีที่แล้ว +180

    It's funny that he dies to someone he doesn't even know, then he figures out Johnny's not really dead, and he dies to Johnny's gun.

    • @JaysasterGaming
      @JaysasterGaming ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I love even more if Johnny and Rogue storm Arasaka, that Johnny gives him I piece of his mind about him killing Rogue.

    • @heavy5013
      @heavy5013 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I usually use Rebecca's.

    • @NigerianCrusader
      @NigerianCrusader 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      TIBER SEPTIM MORE COOL THAN JOHNNY

    • @Phonixem
      @Phonixem 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@heavy5013 I was so sacred the first time that I guy killed him with the assualt rifle I had the second I got the chance

  • @willyonamountain
    @willyonamountain ปีที่แล้ว +383

    Having just finished Edgerunners, I thought it was an excellent touch to have Adam Smasher's cyber persona flash momentarily looking like a total monster while Lucy was trying to hack him. Lends strength to the notion that he can't go standard cyber psycho- he basically doesn't perceive of himself as human.
    Also fwiw it seemed to me that David's ass was cooked as soon as he got in the cyber skeleton. Just a matter of time.
    Anyways, good anime.

    • @INeedToSeeYourBalls1945
      @INeedToSeeYourBalls1945 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@Basil_IeafBut after Lucy left he immediately reverted back to cyberpsycho. Arasaka/Militech only wanted him to test the suit, they never intended on him surviving. Prototypes don't typically work the first time do they?

    • @definitelynotanitalian108
      @definitelynotanitalian108 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@Gyrfalcon312Fuck watched the show in 2024 and i have to admit that it gets to its point...i was expecting a cliché ending or atleast that the mc would have survived but i think that the one we got is the most well resembling one of the lore and the reality itself, where you couldnt powerup randomly or beat everything or everyone on the verge of death only thanks to your will or hopes. Afterall life is life and it doesnt forgives anyone. 10/10 with honesty 🎉🎉

    • @definitelynotanitalian108
      @definitelynotanitalian108 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Btw I think that the skeleton was kinda nerfing david against smasher...to bulky and with only gravitational attacks that couldnt harm smashers body...and as adam stated before their encounter couldnt even stand straight without the gravitational Force given by its motors...it was definitely better against militech army but not against him.

  • @wepunchdragons3733
    @wepunchdragons3733 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    Durring the assault on Arasaka tower, Johnny may not actually have confronted Smasher. The scene we see in the game is a heavily distorted memory that Johnny has convinced himself to be the truth. Johnny has mixed his actions and Morgans actions up and merged them together in his mind. You cant trust Johnnys' memory in the game, not because hes lying, but because he genuinely misremembers the events.

    • @CabageBeans
      @CabageBeans ปีที่แล้ว +62

      He confronted Smasher for a good 3 seconds before he was mowed down just as easily as every other grunt.
      Everything after the scene of Adam shooting Johnny on the ground was altered memories.

    • @wepunchdragons3733
      @wepunchdragons3733 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@CabageBeans That was less of a confrontation and more of an ambush that Johnny was a victim of. He may have seen Smasher, but not for long. Just long enough for his mind to get the seeds that eventually grow into the delusions he sees as honest memory.

    • @SmileyBoi21
      @SmileyBoi21 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@wepunchdragons3733 It's my headcanon that his ego was shattered when he managed to grasp the idea that he got obliterated like some common goon. Thus causing his engram to falsify his memory and ease his narcissistic pride.

    • @wepunchdragons3733
      @wepunchdragons3733 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@SmileyBoi21 Yes! Just like he was in life, he always saw himself as the "lead" and when that was not true... well you see the result.

    • @temmy9
      @temmy9 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      i honestly think there are elements of Morgan blackhand in the engram. Imagine if for a moment that yorinobu wanted silverhands extremism and blackhands skills. Thats why V's power increased so greatly after slotting the relic

  • @zeehero7280
    @zeehero7280 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Arasaka: "We will put you in a robot body and you will lose your humanity"
    Smasher: "So I will rid myself of the weakness of flesh? Sign me up!"

    • @NigerianCrusader
      @NigerianCrusader 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      EVEN IF BOTH ARASAKA AND ADAM TEAMED UP THEY STILL WOULDNT STAND A CHANCE AGAINST DAGOTH UR

  • @thefez-cat
    @thefez-cat ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Nobody, not one single character, in all of Cyberpunk 2077 got done dirtier than Shaitan. The dude was an absolute legend of Night City, a one-man army who managed to wage a personal war against Arasaka for *years* and actually survived fighting Adam Smasher one-on-one long enough to buy most of Johnny's crew time to escape. Smasher ripped out Shaitan's biopod (the capsule containing a full-borg's remaining 'ganic components) to stop him, but it would be retrieved (by Spider) and integrated into a new body.
    The game reduces him to a single appearance with two lines who fires a machine gun very badly, then he gets domed by a stray round and is never seen in action again. I know the events are depicted solely from Johnny's perspective (completely omitting Blackhand and the Militech spec-ops) but damn.

    • @magicoofmac8904
      @magicoofmac8904 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Guess he didn’t earn the name Shaitan for no reason.

    • @NigerianCrusader
      @NigerianCrusader 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      DAGOTH UR COOLER THAN SHAITAN

  • @ano-_break-_9761
    @ano-_break-_9761 ปีที่แล้ว +941

    All who didn’t know his Lore be like „Look, The D*ckhead who killed Rebecca !“ but those who played CP 2077 know he is described as a Legend only to be a Disappointing Bossfight

    • @Razgriz_01
      @Razgriz_01 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Wish CDPR would buff his bossfight. Hell just redo it and give him unique animations. He seems to just share the big-brute type enemies animation and behavior.

    • @0zWiz
      @0zWiz ปีที่แล้ว +146

      Yeah I remember a reddit post complaining about David losing to someone who "appeared in the anime for 5 minutes." 💀💀💀💀

    • @oldreaddy3341
      @oldreaddy3341 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      With the context of Edgerunners being there, I think it makes V seem more powerful than Smasher. Even with all that tech, he still got tossed aside like a used condom.

    • @ADMONIUS
      @ADMONIUS ปีที่แล้ว +54

      And if you read up on the lore of 2013 and 2020 you would’ve believed him to be nigh unstoppable and be even more disappointed on how much of a loser he was in-game.

    • @fardgarde4104
      @fardgarde4104 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      literally sundowner

  • @Karlos1234ify
    @Karlos1234ify ปีที่แล้ว +64

    He killed Rebecca, that bastard.

    • @kasrkin100
      @kasrkin100 ปีที่แล้ว

      Giving if he survive, let we give him death that far worst that infinite death.
      Combine with Mod that allow respawn him.

    • @kingt0295
      @kingt0295 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      At least the real g survived along with Lucy

  • @boogey815
    @boogey815 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    A quick curious reminder that cyberpsychosis isn't just an outright violent outburst in which you kill everything your eyes can see, but it can also manifest in a bunch of behavioral issues, such as misanthropy and overly sadistic tendencies, so yeah, dude's pretty much an overly intelligent cyberpsycho

    • @sorrenblitz805
      @sorrenblitz805 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The guy who created the franchise calls him a "High Functioning" Cyberpsycho.

  • @DeusPanis
    @DeusPanis ปีที่แล้ว +21

    If adam smasher had all his abilities in the game it would just become a cutscene of V dying.

  • @Jacobwouldgo
    @Jacobwouldgo ปีที่แล้ว +19

    When smasher said “no one escapes the slaughter” I shivered

  • @coatguy2990
    @coatguy2990 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    I'm really conflicted when it comes to Smasher.
    In Edgerunners he absolutely annihilated the main characters, which in all honesty was really badass and I loved every second where he was on screen.
    I'm still devastated about Rebecca's death though, like bro, come on man. I'm fine with him killing David since this guy overestimated himself ad infinitum, but Becca... :(
    Then again, Adam Smasher is just *SO GODDAMN COOL*
    They kinda did my man dirty in the game as well with his bossfight being a complete joke.
    Being beaten by a half dead V kinda really takes away from him being this unkillable machine and in my opinion one of the worst offenders when it comes to plot armor (unless anyone can change my mind and explain to me with lore reasons why this guy is stronger than smasher).
    Anyways, thanks for making the video choom.
    Edit: I also really hope Adam Smasher isn't dead yet. I didn't kill him in my playthrough, and even if the majority of players did, I can't think of a reason why Arasaka wouldn't have a backup or a construct of him lying around somewhere. He was indeed one of their most valuable assets, I don't think a corporation such as Arasaka would let this go to waste in case he actually bit the dust in one of his missions.

    • @krisspkriss
      @krisspkriss ปีที่แล้ว +33

      My first time finishing the game was basically my introduction to the character. I didn't know anything about him unless it was given out in game.Honestly, I was expecting to face of against Smasher in a team v solo match... and it was, but only it was the opposite of what I expected. I thought the big finale was going to be me, Rogue, and the Alacados vs some Ship of Theseus also known as Atom Smasher. You know, the immortal robot that at least in theory was a man born more less a century earlier. A former man that has spent all that time upgrading himself with whatever makes him a more formidable wrecking machine. What I got was... not that... and underwhelming. Don't get me wrong, the gameplay was awesome. I really enjoyed it. Lore and storytelling wise though, it was meh.

    • @hrgaming4plebs570
      @hrgaming4plebs570 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      reading some shards you can find out that some rich guys have multiple copies of construct as backup so it's not impossible that we'll see another Smasher, but as constructs are, they're just copies and the real one is dead. Still, with Mikoshi destroyed/assimilated into Alt, not sure if their soulkiller/secure your soul program still available.
      Still would be terrifying if they made an army of Smasher.

    • @Hogarth40k
      @Hogarth40k ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I'd say smasher will be back in the next game because he survived a nuke being dropped on him even before he was a full borg

    • @Reese91momo
      @Reese91momo ปีที่แล้ว +47

      v’s simply a better combatant than smasher 🤷🏾‍♂️ no lore reason he simply had adams number. lol It’s really not that hard to believe look at V’s feats throughout the game, stopping cyberpsychoes solo and keeping them alive in the process, beating oda etc. He’s basically being set up to be the Blackhand of his generation which isn’t hard to believe I mean Blackhand for all intense and purpose was a normal man who just happened to be better than his peers in his respective field that’s just life some people are simply better at stuff then others Blackhand didn’t have a special childhood or some advantage given to him that others didn’t he simply was born with his talents the same can be said for smasher and now the same could be said about V he’s simply very talented at what he can do

    • @holyscrotum2437
      @holyscrotum2437 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Reese91momo talents are is an andavntage you are born with and black hand isn’t a normal man by any metric. I still don’t agree with a layman way of saying that v is just better because tbh with in all honesty there really shouldn’t be any way he beat smasher based on tech abilities when what David had in the show with his exoskeleton should out rival anything v has to offer. Like David had some serious chrome to boot, plus Lucy with quick hacks wasn’t able to do much and she was a very prominent netrunner able to surf the old net.

  • @KINGxCLUE
    @KINGxCLUE ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Interesting how Adam never succumbed to cyber psychosis seeing as he’s 99% machine at that point.
    I wonder how he was able to fend that off his whole life, especially towards the end.

    • @imonke5303
      @imonke5303 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Cyberpsychosis isn't a garuntee or anything, it very much depends on the person with the implants, someone with next to no humanity won't go cyberpsycho, and obviously since he's full borg and probably barely has any humanity left, it's unlikely anything would make him go psycho, that explanation is because the og board game worked like that, more humanity u have the more likelihood u turn cyberpsycho when heavily chromed. And once again being full borged would probably allow for easier upgrades, it's not like he's got a human body anymore, non of the things he adds even effects him, just part of what's already there tbh cyberpsychosis probably isn't even a thing for him

    • @imonke5303
      @imonke5303 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Okay I didn't explain that 100% correctly, the less empathetic or mentally stable u are the more susceptible you are to it, would make sense for smasher to have a consistent chill mental state, he is the best of the best after all

    • @KINGxCLUE
      @KINGxCLUE ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@imonke5303 Ah that makes sense! Thanks for the explanation

    • @andersonborges5377
      @andersonborges5377 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      If memory serves me right, I think that Cyberpunk's TTRPG creator said that he kinda succumbed, but he is a functional cyberpsycho

    • @Scazoid
      @Scazoid ปีที่แล้ว

      Cant Psycho a Psycho

  • @IronVigilance
    @IronVigilance ปีที่แล้ว +170

    I always liked his name, like "Smashing Atoms" and the theoretical destructive consequences of doing so

    • @melancholygloom4533
      @melancholygloom4533 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      you're thinking about Atom Smasher. This guys name is Adam Smasher.

    • @GodWorksOut
      @GodWorksOut ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@melancholygloom4533 whoooooosh

    • @t5hammer871
      @t5hammer871 ปีที่แล้ว

      Inb4 it’s Bioshock Adam

    • @pintolerance785
      @pintolerance785 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I liked his name because it contains a lot of conjunctive adverbs.

    • @Jerniski
      @Jerniski ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GodWorksOut I’m 90% sure you’re the one not getting the joke… Adam smasher is a play of atom smasher(particle accelerator), who is also the name of a character in marvel or something.

  • @ML1800
    @ML1800 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "you could have been an interesting construct" could this be Smasher giving David the same choice he was given? and when David refused he had enough respect for him to execute him in a blaze of glory

    • @definitelynotanitalian108
      @definitelynotanitalian108 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Btw I think that the skeleton was kinda nerfing david against smasher...to bulky and with only gravitational attacks that couldnt harm smashers body...and as adam stated before their encounter couldnt even stand straight without the gravitational Force given by its motors...it was definitely better against militech army but not against him

  • @lordjeebusiii408
    @lordjeebusiii408 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    the only edgerunners theory that i buy into is the one where they kidnap and brainwash david to turn him into the next smasher, only because it would be pretty cool

    • @kingol4801
      @kingol4801 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish the game would have a stat-check.
      Where if you over-equip yourself with upgrades before entering Adam Smasher’s boss fight, it will trigger you to fight David Smasher instead.
      And David Smasher gives player only 1 second to react, before moving to them at super-speed and instantly killing them (100% total HP damage).
      Being killed by David Smasher forces the player to restart the game since the point where they wake up from after the crash (having stolen Silverhabd for the first time).
      Essentially, punish any player that tries to defeat Adam Smasher by stat-checking him.

    • @jaybesseck1665
      @jaybesseck1665 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@kingol4801 dawg I know you posted this 8 months ago but that just sounds awful

    • @blizzardt1964
      @blizzardt1964 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@kingol4801that is the worst idea i have ever i heard in the history of gaming, "hey bro i know you worked hard to max out your character so how about you RESTART THE WHOLE GAME"

    • @kingol4801
      @kingol4801 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@blizzardt1964 Yes?
      That is called adaptive game difficulty. Enemies get stronger proportionately to your build. Win too much - get worse and worse enemies until you fall down.
      This is not a new mechanic, and has been used widely in other games.
      The trick to beating it is through leisure-like performance, than overkilling everything that moves.
      Bust less enemies - have less of a headache.

    • @blizzardt1964
      @blizzardt1964 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@kingol4801 adaptive game difficulty isn’t making you restart the entire game unless you react in one second because you grinded a little to hard

  • @benblayer2355
    @benblayer2355 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Always a good day when Fish uploads. Love your stuff man, keep it up!

  • @AviatorsMan7540
    @AviatorsMan7540 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    21:38 "or has Asthma Smasher breathed his last breath" what? he has... i think

  • @joedatius
    @joedatius 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    for a character who has such a memorable introduction, Smasher is still one of the worst handled aspects of 2077. being relegated to essentially a sidequest just made no sense and killing him in the one real encounter you had was just poor planning.
    in my mind Adam Smasher should of been treated like a walking apocalypse, having multiple encounters where you have to survive Smasher and escape him as he is sent to counter your efforts until the final confrontation.
    scenes like trying to escape Adam Smasher by car for him to simply run at you full speed and swatting cars away like flies.
    a cat and mouse chase through a building of trying to do everything you can to hold him back while Adam runs through walls effortlessly to keep you on your toes, barely even trying as he tests if your even worth the effort, for you to have to bring the building down on top of him just to escape.
    all leading up to your final battle, the result of which should be profound devastation and requiring the help of of various allies to all pick away at his defenses that would of had him basically unkillable beforehand. one way you could make the fight more interesting.
    allow Adam Smasher to use all types of operating systems, Berserk, Cyberdeck, and Sandevistan, and in the final faze, all at once.
    not only this but he should be able to use optical camo along with other cyberware abilities completely unique to him. Adam is supposed to be a walking arsenal of destruction after all.

    • @NeverUseAnApostrophe
      @NeverUseAnApostrophe 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Should've or should have. Never "should of."

    • @skythundersky1544
      @skythundersky1544 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Pretty good stuff, I agree

    • @acerw7366
      @acerw7366 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree except with the last bit I think it feels more fulfilling as a player to beat a boss without the assistance of other characters in my first run I got the don’t fear the reaper ending simply due to the fact that 1 I did intentionally choose the right options for Johnnys side quests and 2 i didn’t want endanger other people and I wanted to do the mission by myself so I just stood there eating my options I feel like while he should be hard to face extremely hard he should still be able to be a character that V beats

  • @bboyValentis
    @bboyValentis ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I wouldnt be too surprised if Arasaka had an engram of him, and just downloaded him into a new borg suit

    • @kingol4801
      @kingol4801 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would fit his character very well. After all, he is nothing but a corporate slave, whether alive or dead.

    • @Ashethetics
      @Ashethetics 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve said I think he’ll be in Cyberpunk 2. That theory would make sense. If his engram isn’t known to be destroyed, can he really be said to be “dead”?
      He’s too good of a character for his arc to just end where it did. Look how far a lot of the characters in Metal Gear were takes with less available tech lol

  • @johnnyblackhand
    @johnnyblackhand ปีที่แล้ว +54

    In all honesty I hope in the sequel we can have a complete cybernetic body like him with some downsides to make it balanced

    • @bretg505
      @bretg505 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I feel like they could just counteract it with how npcs treat you, maybe even gate you out of romances

    • @JamesBrown-zg1nn
      @JamesBrown-zg1nn ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@bretg505 That was going to be the downside, but being full borg was cut.

    • @bennemeth625
      @bennemeth625 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Full borgs seem to be almost retconned in 2077. Maybe there's a lore reason for there not being any anymore besides Smasher (and maybe Lizzy Wizzy? It's unclear) but I haven't found one. Even Shaitan, who's supposed to be a metalhead just looks like a normal guy with armour plating, and he goes down to one stray bullet so I think in game he's just meant to be a normal human.
      Maybe this change was made to make Adam seem more special, but back in the 2020s even fire departments or construction companies would hire borgs.

  • @ulf___
    @ulf___ ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You missed the part that Smasher's alternative look is young Elvis Presley. I think that's how he dated Michiko Arasaka.

  • @DestructorN7
    @DestructorN7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I never found its flight so dissapointing as some people claim, but that's probably because I like to keep my V's health low in my builds, as I enjoy getting as much damage as I can cause to my enemies.
    Anyway, Sasko confirmed they know Smasher should be more cohesive with his appearence in edgerunners, which hopefully hints at a future rework

  • @christiansamuelstadeus
    @christiansamuelstadeus ปีที่แล้ว +53

    i love your CP videos. if i can't get enough of the game, but can't play, i just watch your stuff, because it's on the same level, same feeling.
    amazing work, Lad!

  • @saruya4770
    @saruya4770 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    They made smasher seem so op but then you play the game and you can just 1 shot him this a true "when you fight the boss vs unlocking the boss" moment

    • @rushpatriot2866
      @rushpatriot2866 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nah it's anime vs game mechanics the anime is always gonna be over the top

    • @bennemeth625
      @bennemeth625 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@rushpatriot2866 Not just the anime. Even in cyberpunk2020 Smasher was a nightmare, especially with the Dai-Oni power armour he rocks in the final adventure.

  • @ainz6901
    @ainz6901 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    i love Smasher. The fact that he stood above all the legend only few manage to rival him in night city, he's such a badass.

  • @weilyonTOP
    @weilyonTOP หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I always look back on my first true introduction to Adam Smasher in Edgerunners, while the Arasaka intelligence cucks were talking about Adam and he was just sitting there in the room, completely unnoticed. That scene was amazing, I hadn't even realized he was there because his design matched the walls and details of the Arasaka office. When he was finally shown in full it was as if I was watching a horror. Right then and there you can tell David truly has no way out, he either goes full psycho or dies to the hands of Adam. Then when he finally goes face to face with David and immediately started fucking shit up, shooting David for getting distracted and revealing the Sandevistan he had. The final thing I loved about Adam's role in Edgerunners was the amount of shit he talked, everything combined just made for a perfect execution of his character.

  • @thunderthunder6568
    @thunderthunder6568 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Although just a game, Adam Smasher is one character I think about often in a way as where are we going with our technology

  • @launchpadplays
    @launchpadplays ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Just discovered your channel and I'm gonna be bummed out when i run out of content to binge, great videos. I could inject Cyberpunk lore directly into my veins

  • @ukaszseifert728
    @ukaszseifert728 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Have a feeling that he's going to return in the DLC, no way Arasaka is going to give up on him so easy

    • @filipbitala2624
      @filipbitala2624 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The DLC is supposed to take place before the endings no?

    • @ManimalMoose
      @ManimalMoose ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@filipbitala2624yup just checked and it's "in the midst" of the game so before whatever ending.

  • @bigguy594
    @bigguy594 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    idc how cool he is ill never forgive him for the countless times ive cried about the ending of edgerunners

  • @shaterlemming2549
    @shaterlemming2549 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ya idk how I feel about him being a victim of circumstance on becoming a full mech man. In my mind I always thought he was such a bloodthirsty monster that he chose himself to get rid of pretty much all his organic body so he could be the best killer possible.

  • @movies6073
    @movies6073 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "None leave the slaughter house alive " I say it sometimes when butchering gangs in nightcity such a sick line

  • @avixs1543
    @avixs1543 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Seeing edge runners being incorperated into lore videos is just so damn satisfying to see

  • @W-rock
    @W-rock 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gonna be honest.
    Having the lights in his eye go their separate ways, makes it looks like he's always in permanent derp mode

    • @UhUh7
      @UhUh7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah he looked much better in edgerunners

  • @MutantCyborg001
    @MutantCyborg001 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    You forgot something important, that cold hearted borg actually had a girlfriend which she was an Arasaka and she was really into Adam and for the person which he is.

    • @Mayo_Magician
      @Mayo_Magician ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Under all that chrome he's still got a heart. A supercharged and mechanically enhanced heart, but a heart nonetheless.

    • @piratekingthaszar7912
      @piratekingthaszar7912 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Mayo_Magician does he have a robo peen tho?

    • @nathanrigger15
      @nathanrigger15 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@piratekingthaszar7912 how do you think he got the name smasher?

    • @VinnyUnion
      @VinnyUnion ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@nathanrigger15 by smashing his sister. repeatedly.

    • @Mayo_Magician
      @Mayo_Magician ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@piratekingthaszar7912 Honestly He's probably got something for every and any occasion.

  • @ChaosLordPug
    @ChaosLordPug ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Well for the next 20+ minutes I’m a happy chappy XD

  • @Swampboiii
    @Swampboiii 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Man….when I first realized that Smasher knew we were there the whole time during our heist scared me
    He fucking even tracks his eyes to the person talking line by line

    • @ITACHI9005
      @ITACHI9005 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It cause it was a boss thing not a mission thing

  • @rp19888
    @rp19888 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Adam Smasher vs Frank Horrigan that would be awesome fight to see.

  • @Sodomantis
    @Sodomantis ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Three karate black belts? Is like saying "This M1 Abrams has defeated 3 karate black belts, at the same time"

  • @thedude4871
    @thedude4871 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    my only problem with cyberpunk 2077 was when the game first came out i thought i could mod out my body like adam smasher and maybe suffer cyber-psychosis as the game progresses with johnny talking into my head as the game finishes 🤔 i wish i could do that or at least something, i mean i really love cyberpunk 2077 and how the world was made but i feel like theres parts of the game or story that feels rushed like jackies story ,i just wished that every npc was likable like pannam ,Rouge, or river like very flushed out characters but at the same time i wish there was more interactive enemies like Adam smasher where we can smack talk them throughout the story or have funny combacks when they try to intimidate v but ,ngl i really liked how he looked the the edge runners anime tho ,i feel like smasher should have a trophy of david or something from him when he flatlined him in the amine like in his secret stash like his spine implant or a hologram of him or pieces of him😌😌🤔🤔🤔 like how they did with jackie

  • @RealAyoTark
    @RealAyoTark 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You really gotta appreciate how strong V is at the end to take out smasher. And to think V at that point was almost dead from the chip

  • @flags4595
    @flags4595 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This lore series is a brilliant idea! Great on you to fill that niche :)

  • @mellonation9428
    @mellonation9428 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for the Absolute Fire cyberpunk lore videos!

  • @-Grovesy-
    @-Grovesy- ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Honestly, it does make sense he can't go into cyberpsychosis because if you're insane already then I guess you're just drinking water in a pool at that point.

  • @dgroves1570
    @dgroves1570 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There's no way he's gone. He was way too much of an asset. Proven here mercs that fight corps come dime a dozen. Smasher was a very rare guy. That man has simply evolved.

  • @TheImpaler27
    @TheImpaler27 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fantastic work WiseFish.

  • @aaronmcneal1698
    @aaronmcneal1698 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And Night city and also the name of Cyberpunk's PD is a tribute to Neocron. The game and table top that started it all off

  • @mothman_slayer4217
    @mothman_slayer4217 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    7:22 just look how realistic the skybox looks!!!

  • @samurzo
    @samurzo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The best way I can describe Smasher is as a reverse-Grievous. He was disappointing and anti-climatic when he first came out (Which he still is to my knowledge), but when the anime came up he was given the respect they deserve. They were both hyped to be this boogeyman, where very few people could hurt them, let alone kill them, but when the time came they were jokes.

  • @meniimya5148
    @meniimya5148 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    18:38 its just a piece of code that allows all bosses to see you at all times. the same happens during the ambush with panam. although you are hidden, threat detector still says the boss of the raffen can see you.

  • @Kylo_Ren514
    @Kylo_Ren514 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Adam Smasher is one of my favorite sadistic killer machine character ever in cyberpunk 2077

  • @akramgimmini8165
    @akramgimmini8165 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great Video as always 👌

  • @mikkelnpetersen
    @mikkelnpetersen 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Smasher is a wonderful character in terms of "you think you're special? you think you're strong? I will show you that you're nothing but another pieces of meat to be slaughtered"

  • @Grubyjedzie
    @Grubyjedzie ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The worst thing with this Adam Smasher is that he was way to easy to kill in the game 😪

  • @ravenRedwake
    @ravenRedwake ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:00 I bet Johnny was able to get away like he did, because Morgan distracted Smasher and the Saka commandos to give him an exit, Rogues grip just slipped :/

  • @stormsurge24
    @stormsurge24 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid. I'm doing another play through on update 2.1. These vids are getting me immersed in the world

  • @bengonzalez5215
    @bengonzalez5215 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great vid and solid deep lore. Subscribed

  • @t2av159
    @t2av159 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    More robot than human.

  • @Halo786
    @Halo786 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Who would win?
    Psychopathic cyborg built for pure war and chaos OR guy with baseball bat

  • @JinzoTK
    @JinzoTK ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Smasher has more character than I thought. Wow. If only I could become a cyborg.

  • @DK_shorts-ix9fr
    @DK_shorts-ix9fr 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I actually feel like Smasher not being a hard boss at the end of the day is the right choice. As he was always convinced that metal is better than meat and he relied entirely on machinery. He never bothered dodging attacks or refining his skills since he was one hell of a tank and probably everything he did during a fight was pretty much automatic in terms of aiming etc. He just didn't think anybody had the firepower to break him or the abbility to evade or not to be insta-killed by him but V did.

  • @parkerbrown4104
    @parkerbrown4104 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just love that the last visible part of smashers humanity left is a lil slab of face slapped on his head

  • @vangavrish3797
    @vangavrish3797 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    You look like a piece of watchable content

    • @Dxrk_Mxgicixn
      @Dxrk_Mxgicixn 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good reference 👌😅

  • @ravenRedwake
    @ravenRedwake ปีที่แล้ว +2

    15:23 that’s why he’s called “Smasher”

  • @fulvio3211
    @fulvio3211 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Depending on player choices Smasher can still be alive. (Either V unalives themself on the balcony or V spares his life after beating him)

  • @Trespser
    @Trespser ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love these videos. Keep it up

  • @literalsarcasm1830
    @literalsarcasm1830 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Something tells me Smasher wouldn't be opposed to having his mind copied...

  • @itsmrbigsmoke862
    @itsmrbigsmoke862 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When you see the cyberpsychos in game, they all broke because of some stressful event in their life. So maybe the reason adam never went cyberpsycho is because he's completely incapable of feeling things mentally

  • @ethanwilde4716
    @ethanwilde4716 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wanna believe the reason of Adams survival of being reduced to as you said "Meatloaf" is that the man was literally to Angry to die.
    He probably laid there on the ground not only in pain but using that pain to fuel his anger. Sorta like how Anakin was able to survive being practically burnted to the fourth degree.

    • @suruxstrawde8322
      @suruxstrawde8322 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nah it was 100% just the scifi medical technology after the fact.

  • @ColinA.Harwood
    @ColinA.Harwood 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Smasher didn’t shoot off johnnys arm though- he lost it earlier, likely in the corporate war

  • @jyrese117
    @jyrese117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    adam smasher is such a fucking menace that he stares at you while you are hiding from takemura and says nothing, just because he knows you have no chance of surviving
    hes such a menace he killed silverhand and blackhand within 5 minutes of each other
    hes such a menace he crushed rebecca with his asscheeks
    hes such a menace that he didnt even care he lost to v because he had finally killed rogue

  • @WowSuchGaming
    @WowSuchGaming ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Mmmmmm SMASHING

    • @WiseFish
      @WiseFish  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I SAYYYY!!

    • @fabianvidrio370
      @fabianvidrio370 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love your content to wowman, keep up the good work. 👍

  • @myronseibles5442
    @myronseibles5442 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just imagine Cyberpunks 2023 is our 2025 and this guy is born. Hide your kids, hide your wife. Adam Smash Her just might be out there

  • @ghostinng274
    @ghostinng274 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like to imagine smasher trying to win that girl over with his robot voice lmao imagine how awkward that would be

  • @spaceinvader5576
    @spaceinvader5576 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favourite aspect of this video is how you spoil the Edgerunners show seamllesly with no warning. Can't wait for the Morgan Blackhand video.

  • @theshankyshark
    @theshankyshark ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Smasher : How tf I get killed by a half dead 20 year old

  • @uchiha617hh
    @uchiha617hh ปีที่แล้ว

    "Taking any mission besides the ones that were quite clearly suicide missions"
    meanwhile V: "this is totally a trap but I'm gonna pay 20k to jump into it, just for some extra kills along the way...livestock running real short in night city"

  • @kingpatrick1265
    @kingpatrick1265 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I think it would be interesting if David wasn't dead and they put smasher inside of his head instead of his head like V and Silverhand but because David was shot in the head he would be missing some of his memories so he wouldn't hate Arasaka or Smasher as much. Maybe even looking up to Smasher in someway. Because of their combo just like V and Johnny he is able to take the strain of the cybernetics. Maybe Arasaka doesn't have them but Militec or even a different company has them? just what I would like to see.

  • @romanm.7563
    @romanm.7563 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can't lie , cyberpunk edge runners got me into the game , I am on a vendetta against smasher , David will be avenged

  • @Xeno7001
    @Xeno7001 ปีที่แล้ว

    Theres definitely something with the fact
    No matter if you are on the bottom or top of world you will Suflera anyways

  • @cpt.mystic_stirling
    @cpt.mystic_stirling ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It be interesting to bring him back one last time with viewers who have watched Edgerunner

  • @yeetus8132
    @yeetus8132 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love how the game hypes him up like he's this terrifying being (he is), but i literally killed him in like 1 min

  • @nurventilatoren
    @nurventilatoren ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would love a Gamemode where you can play as Adam Smasher and just go to town on people.

  • @nightmaremaster7731
    @nightmaremaster7731 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Honestly, I think Adam smasher mouth was deadlier than the way he fights on cyberpunk 2077 and I still think that I remember in the anime edge runners. He got hacked and it didn’t work when you fight and smasher at the end you can use all kinds of hacks on him at the cripple movement, the one that you attached to your Mona wires makes it too easy because he cannot use his Quicksilver speed

  • @SoranotRoxas
    @SoranotRoxas ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes!! This is the one I've been waiting for 🤟

  • @devilrexx9938
    @devilrexx9938 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video intro got me hooked ...immersive, gritty, mysterious background atmosphere, dystopian and edgy. 🔪

  • @beastwarsFTW
    @beastwarsFTW ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Adam Smasher apparently can still eat food and enjoys junk food, he visits Hard Rock Café enough that he owns a T-Shirt of there's in his battle body's size. Also he likes to watch anime but I don't know what king he enjoys

  • @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat
    @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how even in the model Pan his textures are going nuts

  • @angel8fingers
    @angel8fingers ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done buddy! Great content keep up the good work man! You got my sub!

  • @dystopian-dream
    @dystopian-dream ปีที่แล้ว +1

    15:20
    I bet if david didn't see the fixer he would've lastes longer in a fight

  • @orkzisdabest69420
    @orkzisdabest69420 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd love to see a death battle between Adam Smasher and Frank Horrigan from Fallout 2.