I kept fighting hordes of afterlife mercs and I was like why are all these mercs hunting me. Turns out I had committed a crime in Pacifica, and instead of sending the NCPD it was the mercenaries. I thought that was pretty neat.
Can we actually talk about this? The police aggro is so aggressive. I remember hiding in a spot, after 3 mins the stars didn't disappear so I left it on for like an hour and nope, cops are still searching for me. Not to mention you can't even hide in your own home! They lock you out, at least have them bust into my apartment for a risk of being arrested. Let me take that gamble. (Sorry, just had to vent lol but it's a good thing they released mod resources)
Cops still have jurisdiction in free fire zones. The limit for opening fire is lower though. They could simply fly a gunship over the place and shoot everyone at the scene holding a firearm. The city cops and other companies might also have wavers that exclude service coverage in these areas. I don't know what Pacifica is like in 2077. Some central company property has extralegal status. It goes both ways though, the cops don't like to show up and support corporate security.
the thing is, in the lore, the ncpd was defunded by a corrupt mayor, and essentially, they are underfunded, undermanned, and overworked, meaning many of them are on stimulants, which probably does wonders on their mental state
Most problems usually have two or more components, you may solve them by acting on either. For example, if you don't have money to buy food, you could eat your banker instead. Protein is protein. Problem solved.
What if you're a violent amoral sociopath with a long history of violence and military grade hardware but refuse to kill anyone you consider weaker than you?
Remember that if the ADUs fail to engage the target, and the police are not yet here, consider using, if the store policy permits it, heavy weaponry, such as an antitank missile launcher, certain brands of personal firearm, or a grenade launcher. Please ensure that collateral damage is kept to a minimum, in order to reduce any fines caused by said damage. Remember that not all stores permit use of explosives, or armour piercing weapons. make sure to check! An additional warning. Psychos can be equipped with a myriad of different armor levels. Fire at your own risk!
*Coupon Expires upon leaving the leaving the premises. Not valid for any purchases of food, water, ammunition, weapons, cybernetic implants, consumer merchandise, etc.
So you could game the system by inciting cyberpsychos to attack malls and stores you go to, just so that you can get coupons and free vouchers. Splendid!
What's funny about the last episode is that there's a dude in the game world who lives exactly like Mr. Puggins, turrets everywhere, mines at the front door, gates covering all the property. What's also kinda funny while also being sad is that it killed his wife and kid because the system rebooted and didn't recognize their faces.
Damn is that really what happened? I thought they were concerned for him becoming too paranoid and one day when checking on him he snapped and killed them
@@liamedwards7656 I think it’s a lot how cops are in real life. There are very strict rules and procedures but not every single police officer is going to be a dick and enforce every last little bit of enforcement unless you give them reason. But the game also has plenty of shitty cops that don’t fit that bill
@@LoveSickWorld There are a shit ton of cops that act like dicks in the game or are obviously corrupt but not as violent as shown here. Even the cops that killed Harris only shot after he started running. I can't actually think of a cop whose reacted violently without reason first in the game
One of my favorite details, in the game, there’s a line about Pacifica being de-incorporated from night city in order to bring down the crime rate, backing up what sgt. Dobbs says.
Correct. Peralez tells V that Pacifica has been deemed an "independent district" by the then major Lucius Rhyne, therefore their crime statistics don't count anymore, therefore the crime rates went down.
@@commietearsdrinker to be fair, if they are independent their crimes might be different than the crimes from the rest of night city. Also, NCPD shouldn't really concern itself with those guys.
And a proof how fucked the situation is in Pacifica: Removing it from the crime stats make it go down when in the same time it's skyrocketing everywhere else in NC, Like, every District got +10% crime rate and removing Pacifica bring the total number to -6% compared to last year (and, the intro in Pacifica is a chopper shooting a building soooo yeah, feels right
@@douglasmarshall6661And in the chance that a child is born in NC, it's either they're destined to become orphaned, or their parents will outlive them.
I feel like realistically Night City wouldn't be as deadly as it is in-game. Gangs like the valentinos, voodoo boys and 6th street would "protect" you so long as you passed their vibe check. The city can't eat itself, some form of order has to exist.
That reminded me of a mission that Muamar gives you (in Phantom Liberty so spoilers if you haven't played it yet) You unlock this mission, Baby Let Me Take You, by doing 10 vehicle contracts. He explains that him and his friend, Daniels (who happens to be a cop) were both born and raised in Santo Domingo. And when they were growing up, and even during the events of the game, Arasaka had been polluting the water around Santo Domingo (probably from some kind of factory or Arasaka just being evil for the sake of being evil) so clean water was just not a thing anyone had access to. And people just kept dying from pollutants and diseases in the water (and obviously no one wants to fix that. Politicians as usual) So he enlists your help in going to steal this Arasaka truck full of medicine so he can use that medicine to start helping all those sick kids. It's a great mission, honestly. Not only a fun mission in its own right but you get a really sick car from it too
It's not "mugging" you just have to pay the nice officer some scratch for keeping the streets safe...er...ish. a mugging would just take your entire wallet.
@@leonsteinberg6965 , it depends where you live. Now I live in Moscow and can walk safely even at nights alone, but when I lived in Norilsk only main streets were safe (exept there could be situations like when you must pay fine for overspeeding 40 kilometers per hour, no mater your walk by foot). All others remind me of puckman where you running from ghosts, exept there was "хачики" (yeah, was, not were. It looks like they have a hivemind or something similar), that wanted to beat and rob everyone they saw "not a real man" (woman also can be "not a real man") instead of ghosts. And this is a pretty safe town in terms of a country.
@@user-ki6xw5lr4p , я бы наоборот порадовался если было в РФ всё настолько хорошо, что эту тему я б обсуждать не решился. А то больно уж высокое место РФ занимает в рейтингах полицейского произвола.
I love how they acknowledge just HOW dangerous night city is, while still saying “night city~” like its a beautiful place to be. He literally says you should never even walk in NC. Ever. Unless you have no other choice.
It's not wrong... I walk everywhere in Night City specifically BECAUSE there's a pretty good chance someone will make me shoot them. :P I love the Ka-chunk BOOM sound my shotgun makes, and the only way to hear it is to find more targets!
Ironically, Night City is probably one of the better places to live in 2077. You only have to worry about the gangs, the police, the corporations, the weather, netrunners, and overpopulation. Anywhere else you would have to deal with all of that PLUS the Government
@@testedhawkThing is, most of us aren't solos or ninjas or netrunners. Night city would eat us alive. I think I'd prefer having my soul crushed by corporations without the risk of also getting shot during a gang war.
@@MissGenkiArt Not in the country, in the whole CONTINENT. But half of the NUSA at this point is either a wasteland, a war zone, or so corrupt that living there makes independence look like a dream.
Dogs aren't extinct but they are very VERY rare. There are no street dogs in NC, only pets and they are super expensive to keep so only rich folks have them
Tbh that's hard to believe because they would adapt to night city rather easily unless you know they have street cameras that specifically shoot them on sight
Its odd, but a lot of this advice actually feels pretty realistic given the universe. Sure, something like "The first response medics are only there for their policy holders" is a bit dystopian, but stuff like "The Auto turret does not differentiate between civilian and hostile", "The police will fire upon you if you run at them in a panic", "Don't call the police during a cyber psycho attack because they will hear you", "Be careful walking down the street because you could get mugged" all seem like realistic advice. The presentation just adds the icing to the cake, since I have seen safety PSAs like this.
Trauma Team is not even First Response, they are basically paramedic/merc hybrids. And yes they are quite literally only there for Trauma Team policy holders, and even then if there is somebody with a better coverage plan than you near you, you will be delegated to the back of the queue until the better member is safe and in a hospital, which depending on your wounds it can mean that they will call in for another ambulance or you will be left there until they can come for you.
The autoturret distinguishes between fast moving target and slow/immobile object. They're discouraging people from fleeing in a panic because its visuals might not be able to scan them fast enough to recognize that they're nonhostile, and they're designed to shoot fast-moving targets. Cyberpsychos, meanwhile, are always visible as hostile, whether slow or fast, due to their brain activity and extensive cybernetics giving them away.
I didn't see any of these til the endgame. Paused my rampage of vengeance during a tense infiltration to watch some TV and Mr. Puggins get pulled over.
The best and worst part of this is that the crazy power that the NCPD holds makes complete sense In particular, needing to stay silent, avoid eye contanct, keep hands behind head etc. In a pull-over situation, makes perfect sense, the NCPD officer has no idea if youre a Netrunner outfitted with quickhacks, hence no eyecintact, lay on the ground so that cyberware like Berserk or Sandevistan could be momentarily deactivated by the officer (assuming there is an in-universe way to deactivate it), plus it puts the officer in the place of power, no surprise attacks, then not speaking to the NCPD officer makes sense because of the Maelstrom group itself, having mechanical vocal chords, they could be outfitted with a vocal set that can produce genuinely harmful sound, disorienting the officer, letting you escape, etc. It all has good reasoning in-universe
Yeah in a world where people can violate the laws of physics and go incredibly fast, and a world where netrunners can literally drive you to cyberpsychosis with a singular hack it makes sense
Eh- I agree, but only under the caviat that this is a dystopian setting designed for maximum interpersonal violence, in which the police serve as an occupying army responsible for preventing uprisings rather than public safety.
NCPD in 2020 worked like a public utility company, but one with guns and law enforcement powers. They still have a sort of public duty. If you played a cop character, you still had the law. The special skill for cops was to be the law and make others back down.
tbf the advice in these cartoons can actually help an NC resident even if it's a bit fucked. Plus I'm gonna assume this is the Cyberpunk equivalent of a cartoon so it's probably aimed more at children which will be helpful for them in the future
@@AlexKeyes299What about the police bending the space time continuum and the thin fabric of reality to travel to your location within 40 milliseconds of unholstering your gun?
Honestly though in this ducking city, it’s definitely safest for the office to detain you every time. Remember, detaining is meant to keep the officer safe. You are released if you are not being changed with anything.
@@penisbumpkin3315 No that is more mexican Police then anything else. It's dumb. Maybe Brazil, in my area if a cop was taking bribes or performing extortion he would dissapear and his daughters would get put into a brothel in the middle east... Yeah... not sure which is worse.
"They can hear you even when you whisper." As someone who made a Cyberpsycho build, we can do more than just hear you. If you exist, your fate is already sealed.
@@CTI-BCU-W15 *Looks at the 2.1 Sandevestian murdeblender build I made while bored, which on proving trials, took out 6 MaxTac teams before going down* "Uhhhh... yeah."
@@gaboderflinger7854 "there's no laws protecting us in the streets of night city; just f**king gangoons with badges & guns" -Johnny Silver hand, maybe.
Friend of mine works in law enforcement and he loves how these cartoon use Cyberpsychosis as an allegory for active shooter situations. All of the advice in the first short(barring the obviously futuristic ones, like the turret) all apply to active shooters.
Yeah they encourage you to stay still and as docile as possible because the security can accidently shoot you or get distracted and die in a split second decision.
There was a news story recently forget where it was out of the hundreds of them a month, an innocent civilian that took down a shooter got shot and killed himself because the police thought he was the shooter.
Fun fact - anyone who takes pot shots at least one person in public (regardless of motivation or gang affiliation) is considered an active shooter. And in spite of that, there are still only 100 deaths a year. It arguably made more sense to be afraid of terrorism after 9/11.
@@jonathanwilliams1065 In the cyberpunk universe, I think "implants" are more of an allegory for our many monads of tech that dominate life. Things like a smart phone aren't an "implant", but it's something (virtually) attached to you that you are required to have for life - and which has a potentially huge / terrible impact on you psychologically.
It actually was pretty informative and accurate for the situation, as messed up as it seems I feel convinced that all these rules are for the good of the citizen. Effective propganda
I mean, yeah when the average gang has a heavy machine gun on the back of the car, and will try and take down police vehicles with an antitank missile... Well, if the police can't get there, who knows, might get a bounty if you dome the bastard from your home. With the new Militech Home Weapons Platform, now you can! Featuring integrated netrunner resistant defenses, and a wide array of weapons to choose from, the Militech HWP is the newest innovation for defense of house and home.
@@arnowisp6244 Very true. Not everyone can follow these rules/guidelines since it's too strict especially elderly people. Innocent people would die everyday because they fail to follow the rules.
These lesson could be good if the animation doesn’t depict the world like Bladerunner or use the cyberpunk theme so heavily, it makes it looks like propaganda Nor the script really, the script tries to be cyberpunk so hard, it feels like a cyberpunk theme propaganda at this point
@@twotailedavengerEven if you don't count the token of gratitude coercion, perhaps they did, it's just bad optics to show it in an ad of themselves. Note how the search was fully skipped.
@@Xterminator8411 well, there are Dogs it seems. But they may only be attack dogs or more protective breeds. Like, Dobbs is a Doberman. But pugs, cosmetic pets, have fallen to the wayside. Early concept art did show corpos and NC elites owning fancy looking dogs, however. And other characters do allude to dogs (like the pirn developers saying they have "dog stuff") There's also ads for Dog food, The song Black Dog, etc.
The Virgin Officer Dobs: Invisible No one listens to his advice Wears sunglasses at night Gives dumb advice The Chad Mister Puggins: Chonky Immortal Large eyes alerts him of danger Has friends Cute
They only protect paying customers (for the police that's anyone with enough money to bribe the government or what's left of it), everyone else is just a potential threat.
The NCPD would like to note that the SmarTek Model 8552 Washing Machine was a repurposed riot cannon. An unknown netrunner managed to take control of several dozen M8552s and significantly harm, or in some cases drown, residents with the spray. beyond that, some brands of appliance can be made to explosively overload, albeit the detonation is... well, fairly pathetic. Still, check the product histories, and consult the ratings of any product. At this time, Arisaka would like to promote its Oldworld Comforts selection of unnetted items, which have no net systems. This of course, does mean you might not have the convenience of a netted home, but there seems to be a remarkable lack of explosive home devices in their history.
I love the context you can infer from these episodes without even knowing what the game is like. The government doesn't care and disregards your life. Corporations have private security that function like the police. Insurance policies are life lines and very close to a near necessity but not everyone can afford it. You're allowed to open carry but only cause the city can't protect you. Rewards like coupons are equivalent to your life. They made it into an animated cartoon to reach YOUNG audiences. Just goes to show how natural death is, when you're in the city. Murder and death is daily occurrence that they've called serial killers or extremely dangerous individuals, Cyberpsychos, further inferring that Cyberpsychosis is 'natural' occurrence. NO PLACE IS SAFE!
@@Randomusername673 There is still the NUSA. Europe is one big surveillance super state, there is still a Soviet Union around, Japan is probably nice, if dystopian. Africa and South America are probably hellholes.
_"Oh-oh! Looks like Mr. Puggins accidentally dropped a piece of candy on the street. You know what that means! According to article 22571 of the Global Emissions Act, any discarded item which has not been claimed by its own in 60 seconds or less , no matter where the vicinity (natural or commercial) is considered loitering and is punishable by fire squad."_ _"Maybe next time Mr. Puggins will think before violating the sanctity of our natural environment."_ _"That's all for this episode! Stay alive out there"_
I feel like in the corporate run world of cyberpunk, environmental legislation would be non-existent. Like, there are hardly any domesticated, let alone wild, animals left in the city (and I assume world) because of the pollution and nukes and stuff.
@@owendavis5420 I think there's a section that talks about mechanical pets programmed to behave like a domesticated version of its natural counter part. Some extra Eddies could get you a custom designed one, like a dragon I think. Imagine that as an update. V running around and shouting, "DRACARUS!!!" every time Maelstrom shows up.
i like that despite this being a horrible nightmare future where the life of the average civilian isnt valued that much, the tone of these videos actually make it seem like theyre trying to help and give genuine advice for their safety, and not just saying in a friendly voice "if you interupt police matters you will be destroyed" like a lot of other universes might
Agree. Night City has been through a history worse than most cities so it's no surprise that the NCPD needs to give PSAs on rules and customs that can save your life.
@@mdokuch96 night city is a dream because of prospect of growing. It's the same reason people irl go to the US, hoping to get more successful. Their hometown might be worse, better, or about the same, but it has less people, corps and opportunities
comments like this really miss the point. they arent trying to help people, or they wouldn't do this shit in the first place. they're trying to make this dystopic nightmare seem normal and friendly. it apparently worked too well.
I just love the way they seamlessly hide the dark subtext behind the seemingly friendly cartoons. The lessons this show basically teaches Night City children. 1. The police are not here to protect you. 2. Your only source of safety is to work for a corporation. 3. Never question the police, or their corrupt policies. 4. There is nothing more dangerous that going somewhere outside the corporations control. It goes to show, just because you are lacking in any government regulation, it doesn’t mean you are a free society.
I love how the cop guy looks like a grown-up paw patrol character I also love how extremely corrupt and corporate night city has become The literal police officers murder you at any given opportunity provided that you aren’t being a literal sheep even then…
Mate i feel like NCPD has the right to act like that. Think about the scavs, malstrom, or tiger claws, those guys are crazy. The reason the american poluce is so agressive today is, that they are more likely to be shot down than their european counerparts. They fear their lives as well.
@@wolfgangbloodymeatsack1687 damn actually even the tip might be warrant imagine youre police you stop someone they look at you and fry your brain or make you explode or kill yourself with your own gun the risk they occur on day to day must be huge no wonder so many are corrupt
@@rustyfisher2081 I imagine making someone shoot themselves in the head after a second of eye contact (or if a camera sees you) would make anyone jumpy. It's dystopian because the police are kind of justified in this world.
...uhh, okay? what the hell are you tryna say? "this would be incorrect if it wasn't for the fact that it's correct." think before you speak, motorhead.
@@theunreal_TOEBEANS Bounties. The NCPD is happy to report the Civil Defense Program, allowing all citizens who pass the mandatory security screening to begin earning their way through life, and defend their house and home. As of course is required by the Equal Opportunity Act, the NCPD is legally required to not discriminate based on gender, race, or economic status. Please remember to bring your identification and documents, or submit appropriate identifying cyberware. The NCPD would also like to extend the right to offer low cost consultations about the best path of weapons and style, ensuring a safe and profitable bounty hunting experience for all citizens.
@@Ploaper That's no problem! Just locate the nearest Budget Arms Slaught-O-Matic vending machine and purchase yourself a brand new, single use Slaught-O-Matic! Boasting a breakable tab safety, reliable polymer construction, and an internal, non-reloadable 36 round magazine, this automatic pistol is definitely _a_ gun!
9:49 Travel by sea is dangerous because of rogue AI submarines, travel by car is dangerous because of violent Nomad gangs. Damn, this world really must suck, air travel is probably not far behind to getting dangerous as well, depending on which ending you chose.
@@mateuszmateuszowy you do down an AV but literally only because you used an entire powerplant to EMP it AND a FIM-92 stinger anti aircraft missle to down the thing. Id assume in most cases AVs if you can afford one are quite safe
"As with the police, if Trauma Team medics arrive at the scene, Mr. Puggins should not speak to them or approach them. They are there only to extract Trauma Team policyholders." Well... that would explain Edgerunners. T____T
Yyyep. Exactly. In the RPG books it's laid out in detail exactly how strapped the crew will be that comes based on what policy you hold. There's also a lot of fluff explaining that trauma team do what they do and are so trusted because their trustworthiness is their primary selling point. Every TT operator is given an enormous background check, psych eval and a lot of effort goes into keeping them loyal and laser focused on only serving the policy holders. In edgerunners if David had tried any harder to hail them for help they probably would have shot to kill in case he threatened the client.
I like that they included the lock down shutters mentioned here in one of the new apartments you can get. I believe it’s the japantown apartment. Nice touch of detail.
@@anlumo1 Well the best part about 2077 is that it also released alongside RED (takes place in 2045) - so it literally added 57 years to the Cyberpunk timeline. And A LOT happens in those fucking 57 years
Maybe the Game IS not the BEST in some aspects but have incredible details everywhere.this show TV for example. A entire show TV for us into the videogames. This IS so much work and dedication.
bad optimisation, even though it had a long development time it was rushed, bugs. this game had huge potential though when it worked it was a very immersive game
@@unknownastroid_2240 Pacifica is kinda very... weird place Its hard to stay alive out here for normal civilian Central town area is most safe also because mostly the only hostile people here are corpo's
@@skell6134 oh I been knew lol I did everything in Pacifica and Westbrook so far.. and city center is the only place with out gang label so it made sense to me
The part where he reccomends tipping the cop kills me every time. Not only do I have to bend over for every cop trying to find contraband on my car, but I'm expected to PAY for the privilege. I wonder how many cops manage to suddenly "find" illegal possessions after they don't receive a tip.
This is some top tier worldbuilding. Edit: You know, in like a couple of months or years. This is going to go from cheeky worldbuilding to very real propaganda.
If I ever run a tabletop Cyberpunk game, I'm definitely opening the first few sessions with one of these episodes. Love me some sweet, fucked up juxtaposition.
I would say the first boss should be a Cyberpsycho but that might be a little too hard for new players. Especially if there's not a defense turret around.
@@iamsinistar8971surprised mid tier cyberpsycho boss fight while grocery shopping after a beginner mission. Show them the food pyramid and that they really should hide then run.
@@iamsinistar8971Cyberpsycho is a boss always hard no matter your level, equipment, chrome and experience, put a Cyberpsycho to battle new players is the same as TPK them
My favourite little tidbit about the whole series is that it’s constantly trying to kids hooked and dependant on corperate owned transportation and hardware. Like buying a gun is considered an afterthought to spending all your savings on security tech
Yep and I hope we get a "kill 'em all" option considering we only deal with 2 media types in the game: one with the actor; and the other is a bit of a spoiler in 4th wall studios you can overhear a conversation between 2 NPC's that work for TV studios - it is revealed that they hired a gang to kill and create an XBD of the preacher's boy.
You can actually interact with Gilean Jordan after the mission "Play it Safe" when you're leaving the area. You should spot a camera drone, the lady herself, and an N54 News AV hovering above.
You mean the bad lands that are in the game? And the same badlands that they alone dont really have anything in them...and a game in juzt them literally could be named anything and youd not know it was cyber punk?
@@BopaBola nah the big open areas in between cities in the lore. For me the Bad lands in game were funny, you could find raffen shiv camps, corpo hide outs, secret labs, forward operating bases, AV crash sites, ambushes, you had random solos and netrunners trying to set up shop, lotta references from breaking bad to silence of the lambs, not to mention some fun missions like Space oddity. You got the swamps, the city dump, the big swathes of desert. Idk bad lands felt pretty well utilized to me, but to each their own. There is that one corner that's a huge labyrinth of biotechnica warehouses, and that's kind of annoying but there's some secrets in there as well. Would have been cool to see big sandstorms and maybe fuel and water mechanics out there. Pretty fun but always room for improvement.
@@johntaylor7029 ...so...like i said...you mean the badlands that are already in the game and dont need their own because theres not much cyberpunk to do with just sand.
@@BopaBola lol nah, the sand is just the setting, shows the outer fringes and shady dealing of cyberpunk. Lotta nifty things out there. Favorite being a massive AV wreck with sloppy corpo coverup, or maybe the iron man reference. But in a solely badlands game, you could have corpo troops fighting each other for research sites, have nomads on the go, cool car stuff. Dead and dying cities showing the plight of the little people. They did a ton of stuff with the badlands in game, you just got to go look for it. Love to see mad max stuff.
@@HiddenRealm I suppose that's one way to see it. I disagree, though I like your arguments, and you make good points. I simply feel there's stories to tell. It's mentioned in lore there's abandoned cities and open roads, dying towns etc. There's whole clans of nomads out there, and despite air travel being a big part of society, most people are limited to overland routes. That's a lot of traffic. So I'd say there's opportunity for narrative and gameplay. Like you said, a metro Exodus type deal, maybe follow a nomad clan as it tries to find whatever its looking for. Travel make deals, be the fringe of society, chasing the dream. Or maybe have a mad max style deal, open sandy sand box, zooming around in desert rigs between various safe zones. Be the wary small town survivor who disdains the big city folk, but can't run away from the world. Get that sense of dread knowing the world changes for the worse, despite all you do. Maybe you are trying to prop up dying communities, be the last of a township, but have to stray ever deeper into brutality and cyber usage to keep yourself free from what's coming. Or maybe you choose to become greedy, like the world and give in. Maybe your a small time gang exile, looking for new victims. Maybe you are the corpo fist, sent to iron out a rough patch on Arasaka or militechs to do list, and you notice people seem content, or maybe you don't care. Open world existential crisis. Retell the story of how urbanization and climate change affect us all. Battle over settlements, viable soil or food growing ops, for fuel, for human decency as you battle choosing the easy path that deep down you know is unavoidable. You could be facing down nomads, raffen shiv, encroaching corpos, revived govt shards trying to enforce their will. Or all of the above. Send panzers and AVs into battle, survive artillery or satellite bombardments. Feel the wieght of the cruel worlds hungry gaze. Open sand could just be the empty canvas to see how messed up it can get in modern life, no big city to lose your self in. No amount of tech or distance can save you from the human race or the human condition, unless you find yourself, or whatever. This is just off the top of my head. You could also go a different route, instead of a vast open world, with character creation options and such you could have a narrower character driven experience. Say a gang caravan getting lost, or a corpo kill squad failing and is thus abandoned. Or maybe just some truckers having a really bad day. Have a smaller cast of characters that are broken out of normalcy and forced to survive, not only the elements and each other, but also an absence of the noise of civilization. Out away from the cities you'd have to dig deep to stay focused on what drives you. Make it about getting back vs getting away. Have themes of returning to civilized, ordered hell vs barbaric freedom. Make hard choices. Or if you are nostalgic, have the story of Jackie Welles; on his quest for the original tequila recipe from that abuelita in Mexico. Or how he saves corpo from the cartels that one time. Or be a AV pilot, zooming the skies above scorched earth, be corpo courier take the narrative into the air. Add aeronautical mayhem into the mix to over come distance. Cyberpunk has a lot of lore, lot to see. Be fun to see a radically different angle. That's all I'm saying. The areas between the cities are an ocean of opportunities. Not untapped desert, miles of empty nothing; it's the ruined world humanity with its reckless progress made. The shadow of mother earth, of older days. Be interesting to roam it. To each thier own.
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Thanks choom.
That is totally nova
You're one sold Ripperdoc @kazuliski thanks for all this. I've never wanted to explore a city more than Night City.
I feel like I recognize the animation work but I'm not...entirely...sure...eh, maybe it's just the arts tyke of the models?
v isnt a chick by the way
"the NCPD has no jurisdiction in Pacifica" Tell that to the horde of cops who just teleported in my ass for sneezing on a junkie
I kept fighting hordes of afterlife mercs and I was like why are all these mercs hunting me. Turns out I had committed a crime in Pacifica, and instead of sending the NCPD it was the mercenaries. I thought that was pretty neat.
Oh no, I “accidentally” sneezed and “accidentally” pressed mouse 1 while “accidentally” aiming at a civilian
STOP YOU VIOLATED THE LAW
Can we actually talk about this? The police aggro is so aggressive. I remember hiding in a spot, after 3 mins the stars didn't disappear so I left it on for like an hour and nope, cops are still searching for me. Not to mention you can't even hide in your own home! They lock you out, at least have them bust into my apartment for a risk of being arrested. Let me take that gamble.
(Sorry, just had to vent lol but it's a good thing they released mod resources)
Cops still have jurisdiction in free fire zones. The limit for opening fire is lower though. They could simply fly a gunship over the place and shoot everyone at the scene holding a firearm. The city cops and other companies might also have wavers that exclude service coverage in these areas.
I don't know what Pacifica is like in 2077. Some central company property has extralegal status. It goes both ways though, the cops don't like to show up and support corporate security.
-Welcome to Afterlife! What can I serve you? A Johnny Silverhand? A David Martinez? A Jackie Welles?
-A Mr Puggins, please
-Working on it!
Wait does David die?
@@QuadratusTiberium Damn homie found out the hard way
what have you done
I would like a Rebecca
@@Di_616 noooooooooo
I love how instead of reforming the police department, they just get people accustomed to police violence, it’s perfectly dystopian
the thing is, in the lore, the ncpd was defunded by a corrupt mayor, and essentially, they are underfunded, undermanned, and overworked, meaning many of them are on stimulants, which probably does wonders on their mental state
dystopian?
considering real life, that's barely dystopian, even for cyberpunk
Most problems usually have two or more components, you may solve them by acting on either. For example, if you don't have money to buy food, you could eat your banker instead. Protein is protein. Problem solved.
The cop episode is the most depressing because thats just how it is sometimes xd
All of these boil down to: if you're corporate, you're fine - if you're civilian, you're fucked.
What if you're a violent amoral sociopath with a long history of violence and military grade hardware but refuse to kill anyone you consider weaker than you?
@@Outlaw7263same as above
@@Outlaw7263 delete ,,refuse to kill anyone that's weaker than you" and you have corporate
Outlaw7263 Then you're V
Unless you become a master samurai that is and start slicing and dicing anyone that trys to kill you then you'll be fine
"if you get involved in a cyberpsycho attack, hide near an auto-turret and hope for the best. if you survive, you get a coupon"
That coupon tho
Let's do some quick calculations... Expected income from Mr Puggins vs the price of a coupon... I think we're about to have some collateral damage.
Remember that if the ADUs fail to engage the target, and the police are not yet here, consider using, if the store policy permits it, heavy weaponry, such as an antitank missile launcher, certain brands of personal firearm, or a grenade launcher. Please ensure that collateral damage is kept to a minimum, in order to reduce any fines caused by said damage.
Remember that not all stores permit use of explosives, or armour piercing weapons. make sure to check!
An additional warning. Psychos can be equipped with a myriad of different armor levels. Fire at your own risk!
*Coupon Expires upon leaving the leaving the premises. Not valid for any purchases of food, water, ammunition, weapons, cybernetic implants, consumer merchandise, etc.
So you could game the system by inciting cyberpsychos to attack malls and stores you go to, just so that you can get coupons and free vouchers. Splendid!
What's funny about the last episode is that there's a dude in the game world who lives exactly like Mr. Puggins, turrets everywhere, mines at the front door, gates covering all the property. What's also kinda funny while also being sad is that it killed his wife and kid because the system rebooted and didn't recognize their faces.
I remember coming across that psyco, I felt horrible after finding out what happened.
Damn is that really what happened? I thought they were concerned for him becoming too paranoid and one day when checking on him he snapped and killed them
@@wolfgangbloodymeatsack1687what cyberpsycho mission is it?
@@themagicalgamer6522If I remember it's a combo of the two. The system shot them that pushed him over the edge and he went psycho
@@specimen_of_boredomit’s somewhere close to where the badlands start
cant believe they fucking shot Mr. Puggins. Im literally crying right now.
dont worry he has a kevlar vest now he's no longer in danger of getting shot by the occasional stray
I just craft a epic jacket and equip it with mods to protect Puggins
Don't worry, Mr. Puggins is an immortal being that will live until the sun explodes. His friend at 9:35 however... not so lucky
@@cking4869 He was hipfiring a Carnage outside of 10 meters, he deserved it.
Looks like Chase from Paw Patrol grown up
Maaaan, that female officer who stops V and Jackie must be a laid back officer if this is how all officers act in NC.
The officers are usually pretty chill in the game. Like 90% of the ones you talk to are pretty reasonable for the city they live in
@@liamedwards7656 I think it’s a lot how cops are in real life. There are very strict rules and procedures but not every single police officer is going to be a dick and enforce every last little bit of enforcement unless you give them reason. But the game also has plenty of shitty cops that don’t fit that bill
Or River
@@LoveSickWorld There are a shit ton of cops that act like dicks in the game or are obviously corrupt but not as violent as shown here. Even the cops that killed Harris only shot after he started running. I can't actually think of a cop whose reacted violently without reason first in the game
Is there even a female character in this video?
"you remember paw patrol?"
"this is them now. Feel old yet?"
@konstak05
he went down the cyberpunk pipeline.
This is chase
One of my favorite details, in the game, there’s a line about Pacifica being de-incorporated from night city in order to bring down the crime rate, backing up what sgt. Dobbs says.
"Why don't we take the crime, and *pushhh* it somewhere else?!"
yes its in the peralez quest
Correct. Peralez tells V that Pacifica has been deemed an "independent district" by the then major Lucius Rhyne, therefore their crime statistics don't count anymore, therefore the crime rates went down.
@@commietearsdrinker to be fair, if they are independent their crimes might be different than the crimes from the rest of night city. Also, NCPD shouldn't really concern itself with those guys.
And a proof how fucked the situation is in Pacifica: Removing it from the crime stats make it go down when in the same time it's skyrocketing everywhere else in NC, Like, every District got +10% crime rate and removing Pacifica bring the total number to -6% compared to last year (and, the intro in Pacifica is a chopper shooting a building soooo yeah, feels right
"The officer has finished his search."
Said Dobs, as Mr. Puggins is visibly shaking from the "search".
I hope you aren't implying what I think you're implying...
@@a.s.3805 Impromptu prostate exam
@@a.s.3805 By the looks of it the officer didn't kiss Mr Puggins only because he's too manly for kisses.
Let's just say he'd probably prefer getting neutered over what that officer did
@@a.s.3805 He pounded that Pugussy
God, having young children in Night City must be terrifying
if you can manage it. There's enough microplastics in the food and background stress the birthrate is probably awful
@@douglasmarshall6661And in the chance that a child is born in NC, it's either they're destined to become orphaned, or their parents will outlive them.
I feel like realistically Night City wouldn't be as deadly as it is in-game. Gangs like the valentinos, voodoo boys and 6th street would "protect" you so long as you passed their vibe check. The city can't eat itself, some form of order has to exist.
@@PracticeBot13OR they die…
That reminded me of a mission that Muamar gives you (in Phantom Liberty so spoilers if you haven't played it yet)
You unlock this mission, Baby Let Me Take You, by doing 10 vehicle contracts.
He explains that him and his friend, Daniels (who happens to be a cop) were both born and raised in Santo Domingo. And when they were growing up, and even during the events of the game, Arasaka had been polluting the water around Santo Domingo (probably from some kind of factory or Arasaka just being evil for the sake of being evil) so clean water was just not a thing anyone had access to. And people just kept dying from pollutants and diseases in the water (and obviously no one wants to fix that. Politicians as usual)
So he enlists your help in going to steal this Arasaka truck full of medicine so he can use that medicine to start helping all those sick kids.
It's a great mission, honestly. Not only a fun mission in its own right but you get a really sick car from it too
“When the police finally arrive..” That’s optimistic of him. lol. I also love how the traffic stop was basically a mugging. These are brilliant.
It's not "mugging" you just have to pay the nice officer some scratch for keeping the streets safe...er...ish. a mugging would just take your entire wallet.
The police in this game arrive in seconds after I shoot a man. They may be corrupt but they’re dedicated to arrive on time.
@@elwaspa6137 didn't you know? The NCPD have state of the art quantum tunneling technology so they can always arrive a the scene of a crime in time
Better than the actual game itself
One of pugs head lights was out.
Minus the cyber stuff and english language, all these advices apply to Brazil.
And Russia.
@@ashnazgthrakatuluk4755 lol russia is quite safe. Brazil on the other hand...
@@leonsteinberg6965 , it depends where you live. Now I live in Moscow and can walk safely even at nights alone, but when I lived in Norilsk only main streets were safe (exept there could be situations like when you must pay fine for overspeeding 40 kilometers per hour, no mater your walk by foot). All others remind me of puckman where you running from ghosts, exept there was "хачики" (yeah, was, not were. It looks like they have a hivemind or something similar), that wanted to beat and rob everyone they saw "not a real man" (woman also can be "not a real man") instead of ghosts. And this is a pretty safe town in terms of a country.
@@ashnazgthrakatuluk4755 всегда приятно увидеть нашего в коментах под иностранным видео
@@user-ki6xw5lr4p , я бы наоборот порадовался если было в РФ всё настолько хорошо, что эту тему я б обсуждать не решился.
А то больно уж высокое место РФ занимает в рейтингах полицейского произвола.
I love how they acknowledge just HOW dangerous night city is, while still saying “night city~” like its a beautiful place to be.
He literally says you should never even walk in NC. Ever. Unless you have no other choice.
It's not wrong... I walk everywhere in Night City specifically BECAUSE there's a pretty good chance someone will make me shoot them. :P I love the Ka-chunk BOOM sound my shotgun makes, and the only way to hear it is to find more targets!
Ironically, Night City is probably one of the better places to live in 2077. You only have to worry about the gangs, the police, the corporations, the weather, netrunners, and overpopulation.
Anywhere else you would have to deal with all of that PLUS the Government
@@testedhawkThing is, most of us aren't solos or ninjas or netrunners. Night city would eat us alive. I think I'd prefer having my soul crushed by corporations without the risk of also getting shot during a gang war.
@@testedhawk I seem to recall in game people talking about Night City being voted the worst place to live in the entire country.
@@MissGenkiArt Not in the country, in the whole CONTINENT. But half of the NUSA at this point is either a wasteland, a war zone, or so corrupt that living there makes independence look like a dream.
It's funny because Takemura did mention all dogs have been extinct in Night City, so Mr. Puggins definetly didn't follow the tips correctly
Dogs aren't extinct but they are very VERY rare. There are no street dogs in NC, only pets and they are super expensive to keep so only rich folks have them
Tbh that's hard to believe because they would adapt to night city rather easily unless you know they have street cameras that specifically shoot them on sight
@@drnobody1908 I hate to say it, but it wouldn't surprise me if people would eat the dogs. It's hard surviving in night city.
@@drnobody1908 they probably do
@@ImranKhan-ty9ij that's kinda unnecessary as it gives no form of profit
Its odd, but a lot of this advice actually feels pretty realistic given the universe. Sure, something like "The first response medics are only there for their policy holders" is a bit dystopian, but stuff like "The Auto turret does not differentiate between civilian and hostile", "The police will fire upon you if you run at them in a panic", "Don't call the police during a cyber psycho attack because they will hear you", "Be careful walking down the street because you could get mugged" all seem like realistic advice. The presentation just adds the icing to the cake, since I have seen safety PSAs like this.
it's not far off reality
Trauma Team is not even First Response, they are basically paramedic/merc hybrids. And yes they are quite literally only there for Trauma Team policy holders, and even then if there is somebody with a better coverage plan than you near you, you will be delegated to the back of the queue until the better member is safe and in a hospital, which depending on your wounds it can mean that they will call in for another ambulance or you will be left there until they can come for you.
The autoturret distinguishes between fast moving target and slow/immobile object. They're discouraging people from fleeing in a panic because its visuals might not be able to scan them fast enough to recognize that they're nonhostile, and they're designed to shoot fast-moving targets. Cyberpsychos, meanwhile, are always visible as hostile, whether slow or fast, due to their brain activity and extensive cybernetics giving them away.
@@xenomang3149 i think the autoturret could be improved to identify only the cyberpsychos. Idk
@@i.c.2552 Even then its good advice in case your dealing with old systems
The existence of bioware in the cyberpunk universe implies that there’s a pretty decent chance that sergeant Dobs canonically exists😂
Disappointed that exotics didn't make it to the video game (the Animals could have literally been furries. V could have been a furry).
@@rustyjones7908 we always have mods
@@rigfiercemen4104 know of any exotic mods?
@@rustyjones7908 I haven’t tried them but i looked up cyberpunk 2077 exotic mods and there seems to be some you can download
for a game like cyberpunk im surprised at how little furry mods exist
I ran into one of these in the middle of an incredibly emotional sidequest and I just had to sit and watch mr puggins learn his lesson a few times
Which one?
Evelyn, in the tub: 😵🛁🩸
Your attention: 🐶🐕📺
I didn't see any of these til the endgame. Paused my rampage of vengeance during a tense infiltration to watch some TV and Mr. Puggins get pulled over.
Was watching the channel during a gig where a journalist's death was covered up, had to stop and watch the tv for a few moments
Look man, sometimes a merc like us need to watch a silly pug suffer police brutality to let off stress
The fact that they didn’t call it safe & hound was an absolute missed opportunity
😂
So damn true.
Nah, should've been, "You're watching Safe and Sound, with me, Safety Hound!"
Well, one’s a hound, but the other is definitely not safe. ☠️
Puns are just cringe
The best and worst part of this is that the crazy power that the NCPD holds makes complete sense
In particular, needing to stay silent, avoid eye contanct, keep hands behind head etc. In a pull-over situation, makes perfect sense, the NCPD officer has no idea if youre a Netrunner outfitted with quickhacks, hence no eyecintact, lay on the ground so that cyberware like Berserk or Sandevistan could be momentarily deactivated by the officer (assuming there is an in-universe way to deactivate it), plus it puts the officer in the place of power, no surprise attacks, then not speaking to the NCPD officer makes sense because of the Maelstrom group itself, having mechanical vocal chords, they could be outfitted with a vocal set that can produce genuinely harmful sound, disorienting the officer, letting you escape, etc. It all has good reasoning in-universe
Yeah in a world where people can violate the laws of physics and go incredibly fast, and a world where netrunners can literally drive you to cyberpsychosis with a singular hack it makes sense
Eh- I agree, but only under the caviat that this is a dystopian setting designed for maximum interpersonal violence, in which the police serve as an occupying army responsible for preventing uprisings rather than public safety.
@@dashiellgillingham4579 There doesn't need to be an uprising if you already own the city block.
@@dashiellgillingham4579this is pretty much the police in real life to be honest, especially in countries like mine lol
Well at least the NCPD is being literal and telling us "hey, this is a Dystopia, this'll save ya life"
NCPD in 2020 worked like a public utility company, but one with guns and law enforcement powers. They still have a sort of public duty.
If you played a cop character, you still had the law. The special skill for cops was to be the law and make others back down.
tbf the advice in these cartoons can actually help an NC resident even if it's a bit fucked. Plus I'm gonna assume this is the Cyberpunk equivalent of a cartoon so it's probably aimed more at children which will be helpful for them in the future
What about the blatant police abuse?
@@AlexKeyes299What about the police bending the space time continuum and the thin fabric of reality to travel to your location within 40 milliseconds of unholstering your gun?
@@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling asking the real questions here
7:25 "I detained you without reason. Now tip me." Amazing lol
how unapalogetically american
welcome to latin america
Honestly though in this ducking city, it’s definitely safest for the office to detain you every time. Remember, detaining is meant to keep the officer safe. You are released if you are not being changed with anything.
@@penisbumpkin3315 New Jersey*
@@penisbumpkin3315 No that is more mexican Police then anything else. It's dumb. Maybe Brazil, in my area if a cop was taking bribes or performing extortion he would dissapear and his daughters would get put into a brothel in the middle east...
Yeah... not sure which is worse.
"They can hear you even when you whisper."
As someone who made a Cyberpsycho build, we can do more than just hear you. If you exist, your fate is already sealed.
" If you exist, your fate is already sealed."
Anyone being alive in 2023 when woke twitter gangs target them.
MAXTAC: “are you sure about that?”
"if you exist, you will be detected"
@@CTI-BCU-W15 *Looks at the 2.1 Sandevestian murdeblender build I made while bored, which on proving trials, took out 6 MaxTac teams before going down*
"Uhhhh... yeah."
Yeah, right
Get blackwalled, gonk
"There's no laws in night city, just cops." -V; probably.
Nice expanse reference
@@sirwahthemonke My mind jumped to 'V for Vendetta'.
@@Lancewing 😂
Add some cursing and it’s definitely something that would Johnny say.
@@gaboderflinger7854 "there's no laws protecting us in the streets of night city; just f**king gangoons with badges & guns" -Johnny Silver hand, maybe.
What a great show. I recommend everyone to watch this before going to Detroit
Or Gotham city
Or chicago
Or Holy Terra
Don't forget Milwaukee
Or city 17
Friend of mine works in law enforcement and he loves how these cartoon use Cyberpsychosis as an allegory for active shooter situations. All of the advice in the first short(barring the obviously futuristic ones, like the turret) all apply to active shooters.
Yeah they encourage you to stay still and as docile as possible because the security can accidently shoot you or get distracted and die in a split second decision.
There was a news story recently forget where it was out of the hundreds of them a month, an innocent civilian that took down a shooter got shot and killed himself because the police thought he was the shooter.
Fun fact - anyone who takes pot shots at least one person in public (regardless of motivation or gang affiliation) is considered an active shooter. And in spite of that, there are still only 100 deaths a year. It arguably made more sense to be afraid of terrorism after 9/11.
I mean they really are the same thing
It’s just in reality the psychosis isn’t caused by implants
@@jonathanwilliams1065 In the cyberpunk universe, I think "implants" are more of an allegory for our many monads of tech that dominate life. Things like a smart phone aren't an "implant", but it's something (virtually) attached to you that you are required to have for life - and which has a potentially huge / terrible impact on you psychologically.
This is so dystopian. I love it
me too
I dont it begins to feel to real
That's what CyberPunk as genre is all about.
@@ExtremeMadnessX yea but here it Feels just so real and at the same time surreal it's awesome
Give it a decade or less, they'll all be actual advices.
It actually was pretty informative and accurate for the situation, as messed up as it seems I feel convinced that all these rules are for the good of the citizen. Effective propganda
I mean, yeah
when the average gang has a heavy machine gun on the back of the car, and will try and take down police vehicles with an antitank missile...
Well, if the police can't get there, who knows, might get a bounty if you dome the bastard from your home.
With the new Militech Home Weapons Platform, now you can! Featuring integrated netrunner resistant defenses, and a wide array of weapons to choose from, the Militech HWP is the newest innovation for defense of house and home.
True. They are Propaganda but they do lay out rules that will keep you alive in this dystopia.
@@arnowisp6244 Very true. Not everyone can follow these rules/guidelines since it's too strict especially elderly people. Innocent people would die everyday because they fail to follow the rules.
Gangs can literally get a military hover tank, shit's ridiculous
These lesson could be good if the animation doesn’t depict the world like Bladerunner or use the cyberpunk theme so heavily, it makes it looks like propaganda
Nor the script really, the script tries to be cyberpunk so hard, it feels like a cyberpunk theme propaganda at this point
7:24 I love how he's traumatized after simple traffic stop lol the real LAPD experience
The fact that they don't steal anything from Mr. Puggins is a bit unrealistic.
@@twotailedavengerEven if you don't count the token of gratitude coercion, perhaps they did, it's just bad optics to show it in an ad of themselves. Note how the search was fully skipped.
I genuinely wondered : Why does this episode looks like how the internet depicts being pulled over for basic ID checking ?
In the US to clarify
@@samflin7596 Probably because the whole game is a social commentary.
Dammit! Mr. Puggins has won my heart. I’m sad bad things keep happening to him.
Its all his own fault, clearly. He just has to listen to Sgt. Dobs.
Mr, Puggins is immortal dont worry
@@francoveron1082 I can be thankful for that at least.
@@Svoorhout85 it's not his fault Dobs just sucks
He can Load his previous save. And learn the lesson.
This could legit have been a series of cartoons for kids in NC. No joke.
Kids actually comment on this: ua-cam.com/video/Phehr2Yx8ZM/v-deo.html
Probably was tbh
@@Kazuliski And it was at this comment that I realized, there are no more dogs.
@@Xterminator8411 well, there are Dogs it seems. But they may only be attack dogs or more protective breeds. Like, Dobbs is a Doberman. But pugs, cosmetic pets, have fallen to the wayside. Early concept art did show corpos and NC elites owning fancy looking dogs, however. And other characters do allude to dogs (like the pirn developers saying they have "dog stuff")
There's also ads for Dog food, The song Black Dog, etc.
@@Kazuliski Towerin' [Po-Lice] We need More [Sargeant Dobs]
"If you plan to travel by air, be sure to be careful of any stray EMP pulses."
Or hot nomads with rocket launchers
For some reason, the advice to just straight up bribe the cop for no reason cracks me up the most.
The Virgin Officer Dobs: Invisible
No one listens to his advice
Wears sunglasses at night
Gives dumb advice
The Chad Mister Puggins: Chonky
Immortal
Large eyes alerts him of danger
Has friends
Cute
Fuck Officer Dobs, all my homies hate Officer Dobs
Puggins is the best
Well I see invisible an advantage
Another downside for virgin Officer Dobs:
He looks sexy so people who are furries usually get a boner and start to rape this poor dog.
Chad mister puggins
-refuses to do such useless things as breathing normally
Gotta love that sergeant Dobs. He will pull you over and expect payment for having to pull you over. Absolute preem chad move.
Now I know why NCPD and Trauma Team shoot V while he/she just standing around
They only protect paying customers (for the police that's anyone with enough money to bribe the government or what's left of it), everyone else is just a potential threat.
well I mean.. just standing there while they shoot you fucking screams cyberpsycho
@@somethingfunny208 brooo lol
Can't blame them. They never know when V is about to go on another rampage.
I'm unsure if Officer Dobs was just being humorous or if some crazy Netrunner actually managed to harm someone with a Washing Machine.
I can't imagine someone getting stuck in a washing machine. Pesky netrunners.
"Ah, time try some syn-panca OHFUCKTHEMICROWAVEISSPEWINGFLAMES"
@@corejake and crying out for their step bro to help them get out lmao 🤣
The NCPD would like to note that the SmarTek Model 8552 Washing Machine was a repurposed riot cannon. An unknown netrunner managed to take control of several dozen M8552s and significantly harm, or in some cases drown, residents with the spray.
beyond that, some brands of appliance can be made to explosively overload, albeit the detonation is... well, fairly pathetic. Still, check the product histories, and consult the ratings of any product.
At this time, Arisaka would like to promote its Oldworld Comforts selection of unnetted items, which have no net systems. This of course, does mean you might not have the convenience of a netted home, but there seems to be a remarkable lack of explosive home devices in their history.
I mean. The washing *does* have a gun
I love the context you can infer from these episodes without even knowing what the game is like.
The government doesn't care and disregards your life.
Corporations have private security that function like the police.
Insurance policies are life lines and very close to a near necessity but not everyone can afford it.
You're allowed to open carry but only cause the city can't protect you.
Rewards like coupons are equivalent to your life.
They made it into an animated cartoon to reach YOUNG audiences. Just goes to show how natural death is, when you're in the city.
Murder and death is daily occurrence that they've called serial killers or extremely dangerous individuals, Cyberpsychos, further inferring that Cyberpsychosis is 'natural' occurrence.
NO PLACE IS SAFE!
Well in uhh cyberpunk lore the government is to quote a good friend “GONE 💀”
this is just what america is now.
@@Randomusername673
There is still the NUSA. Europe is one big surveillance super state, there is still a Soviet Union around, Japan is probably nice, if dystopian.
Africa and South America are probably hellholes.
Just sounds like America with the difficulty sliders turned up.
@@MrWolfSnack America isn't at this point yet. Night City is literally an AnCap hellhole.
_"Oh-oh! Looks like Mr. Puggins accidentally dropped a piece of candy on the street. You know what that means! According to article 22571 of the Global Emissions Act, any discarded item which has not been claimed by its own in 60 seconds or less , no matter where the vicinity (natural or commercial) is considered loitering and is punishable by fire squad."_
_"Maybe next time Mr. Puggins will think before violating the sanctity of our natural environment."_
_"That's all for this episode! Stay alive out there"_
I feel like in the corporate run world of cyberpunk, environmental legislation would be non-existent. Like, there are hardly any domesticated, let alone wild, animals left in the city (and I assume world) because of the pollution and nukes and stuff.
@@owendavis5420
Loitering isn’t just about environment tho its also about city hygiene
Enforcing the hygiene of Night City would be the NCPD’s most daunting task 😂
Oh wow it's famous hyper furry artist
@@owendavis5420 I think there's a section that talks about mechanical pets programmed to behave like a domesticated version of its natural counter part. Some extra Eddies could get you a custom designed one, like a dragon I think. Imagine that as an update. V running around and shouting, "DRACARUS!!!" every time Maelstrom shows up.
i like that despite this being a horrible nightmare future where the life of the average civilian isnt valued that much, the tone of these videos actually make it seem like theyre trying to help and give genuine advice for their safety, and not just saying in a friendly voice "if you interupt police matters you will be destroyed" like a lot of other universes might
Agree. Night City has been through a history worse than most cities so it's no surprise that the NCPD needs to give PSAs on rules and customs that can save your life.
@Desert Dude more interesting question is WTF is going on in the rest of USA if Night city is considered a dream by many people.
@@mdokuch96 Oh, that is horrifying to think of. Detroit, New York, and the rest of California in general must be worse then any form of Hell
@@mdokuch96 night city is a dream because of prospect of growing. It's the same reason people irl go to the US, hoping to get more successful. Their hometown might be worse, better, or about the same, but it has less people, corps and opportunities
comments like this really miss the point. they arent trying to help people, or they wouldn't do this shit in the first place. they're trying to make this dystopic nightmare seem normal and friendly. it apparently worked too well.
I just love the way they seamlessly hide the dark subtext behind the seemingly friendly cartoons.
The lessons this show basically teaches Night City children.
1. The police are not here to protect you.
2. Your only source of safety is to work for a corporation.
3. Never question the police, or their corrupt policies.
4. There is nothing more dangerous that going somewhere outside the corporations control.
It goes to show, just because you are lacking in any government regulation, it doesn’t mean you are a free society.
I like how even the police are telling you to “stay strapped or get clapped”
it's cheaper than expanding the morgues and firearms lobbyists pay them half an Eddie every time they say it.
This feels like something SRAIGHT out the golden days of Ratchet and Clank.
YES
Mr. Puggins actually has Legendary class sub-dermal armour, a biomonitor, and second heart implants.
Ah yes. The Kenny McCormick build.
big shout out to cdpr for accurately capturing a dystopian hellscape, this is really good
"Always Travel by car"
In the next episode: how you can be abused by the cops when travelling by car xD
Next episode: Don't travel by car out of the city.
Next episode: travel by car into the city
I love how the cop guy looks like a grown-up paw patrol character
I also love how extremely corrupt and corporate night city has become
The literal police officers murder you at any given opportunity provided that you aren’t being a literal sheep
even then…
Mate i feel like NCPD has the right to act like that. Think about the scavs, malstrom, or tiger claws, those guys are crazy. The reason the american poluce is so agressive today is, that they are more likely to be shot down than their european counerparts. They fear their lives as well.
How to inform a NCPD office that you posses a firearm....Start blasting.
The pulling over protocol actually makes sense considering how it's assumed everyone always has a gun
Yeah, or not to makr eye contact since eye cyberware exists
@@wolfgangbloodymeatsack1687 I didn't even think of that, you're right
@@wolfgangbloodymeatsack1687 damn actually even the tip might be warrant imagine youre police you stop someone they look at you and fry your brain or make you explode or kill yourself with your own gun the risk they occur on day to day must be huge no wonder so many are corrupt
@@rustyfisher2081 I imagine making someone shoot themselves in the head after a second of eye contact (or if a camera sees you) would make anyone jumpy. It's dystopian because the police are kind of justified in this world.
That's how they get ya.
The fact that the in-game description of the NCPD describes the police as being "Gangsters with a badge" is pretty accurate.
This would be unhelpful and wildly misleading if it wasn't for the fact that this is an accurate survival guide to Night City
...uhh, okay? what the hell are you tryna say? "this would be incorrect if it wasn't for the fact that it's correct."
think before you speak, motorhead.
Take a shot everytime they say "they have the right to open fire"
What about "we" have the right to open fire? 🥺
@@theunreal_TOEBEANS Bounties. The NCPD is happy to report the Civil Defense Program, allowing all citizens who pass the mandatory security screening to begin earning their way through life, and defend their house and home. As of course is required by the Equal Opportunity Act, the NCPD is legally required to not discriminate based on gender, race, or economic status.
Please remember to bring your identification and documents, or submit appropriate identifying cyberware. The NCPD would also like to extend the right to offer low cost consultations about the best path of weapons and style, ensuring a safe and profitable bounty hunting experience for all citizens.
i ran out of ammo midway through the video what do i do
@@Ploaper throw the casings and count it as a shot
@@Ploaper That's no problem! Just locate the nearest Budget Arms Slaught-O-Matic vending machine and purchase yourself a brand new, single use Slaught-O-Matic! Boasting a breakable tab safety, reliable polymer construction, and an internal, non-reloadable 36 round magazine, this automatic pistol is definitely _a_ gun!
Of course Mr. Puggin's drives a Maimai. Can't think of any other fitting car for the loveable dork.
9:49 Travel by sea is dangerous because of rogue AI submarines, travel by car is dangerous because of violent Nomad gangs. Damn, this world really must suck, air travel is probably not far behind to getting dangerous as well, depending on which ending you chose.
Well.....There are pre-war AI AAA-turrets out there.....
@@Saviliana Basically any forms of travelling is Mad-Max so your better off staying where you live and hoping nothing terrible will happen
Helman: F#### SERGANT DOOOOOBS!!!!
Don't you shoot down an AV once? Travel by air is just as dangerous if you're an important person
@@mateuszmateuszowy you do down an AV but literally only because you used an entire powerplant to EMP it AND a FIM-92 stinger anti aircraft missle to down the thing. Id assume in most cases AVs if you can afford one are quite safe
11:40 That nefarious netrunner wouldn't have been able to do anything if Mr. Puggins hadn't put a shotgun into the washing machine earlier
Maybe it was a hack from watch dogs protagonists trolling Mr Puggins
Mr. Puggins after getting his free coupon: "Fuck it, we ball."
In 2077, all cops have dog fursonas. What an interesting future.
Dobermans to be exact
They must be destroyed
To be fair, any cops with fursonas in real life probably have dogs as well.
And all average citizens do too! It's mainly just Dobermans and Pugs for some reason though.
Furries are canon in Cyberpunk BTW.
"As with the police, if Trauma Team medics arrive at the scene, Mr. Puggins should not speak
to them or approach them. They are there only to extract Trauma Team
policyholders."
Well... that would explain Edgerunners. T____T
Yyyep. Exactly. In the RPG books it's laid out in detail exactly how strapped the crew will be that comes based on what policy you hold.
There's also a lot of fluff explaining that trauma team do what they do and are so trusted because their trustworthiness is their primary selling point. Every TT operator is given an enormous background check, psych eval and a lot of effort goes into keeping them loyal and laser focused on only serving the policy holders. In edgerunners if David had tried any harder to hail them for help they probably would have shot to kill in case he threatened the client.
I love how these start morally dubious, and get steadily more sinister both within the context of the ad, and just in general.
Gloriously dystopian, Feels exactly like what one would expect in this universe.
I like that they included the lock down shutters mentioned here in one of the new apartments you can get. I believe it’s the japantown apartment. Nice touch of detail.
Can we just appreciate the amount of worldbuilding put into this game? It’s astonishing!
It's based on a tabletop RPG that was first released in 1988 with new books still coming out, so it has a ton of material ready to be used.
@@anlumo1 Well the best part about 2077 is that it also released alongside RED (takes place in 2045) - so it literally added 57 years to the Cyberpunk timeline.
And A LOT happens in those fucking 57 years
This is great advice, whether you’re playing cyberpunk 2077, or some basic tips you need for real life!
In America maybe
@@junkka83 Yeah, every walmart has 20mm autocannons that extend down from the ceiling to neutralize anything that moves in case someone tries to steal
@@Pillar_of_Salt as someone who lives near a walmart, i can confirm...
@@junkka83 "mUrIcA bAd"
@@junkka83 Kek you live in South Korea every year you people scream that you're gonna get nuked by Best Korea and Based Kim
On one hand, it's dystopian fiction, on the other hand it actually has some really good IRL advice.
Yeah if you live in fucking detroit
@@fish_and-chips detroit is worse than night city. Hell compared to Gary it's a paradise.
Then you should maybe move out
@@jacobsalmi5582 You actually been to Detroit? It’s not as bad as the hype.
@@jacobsalmi5582You sure about that? If they had sentry turret I think no criminal has a single chance with turret that has precise shooting.
This is why Johnny blew up the tower
Revenge for mr puggins
This is legitimately informative gameplay-wise.
Except V for Nomads,Nomads are mostly chill and Stilets rarely can spawn in open world
@@skell6134 For the people in cities; Aldecaldos, Rafen Shiv, Wraths and junkies are the same shit: NOMADS
This is basically Cyber Paw Patrol haha
I'm sure today's kids would LOVE some dystopian, gory, gun-fueled rated R paw patrol. They basically already have it in Tik Tok! *Invests*
there is an nra psa with an animated eagle that gives me these same vibes
yea that was back in the 80s/90s @@Ordoabchao-x9k
Whoever animated and designed these needs a raise, im also sure they had a lot of fun with something as goofy and low poly for a change
I'm hooked. I wanna see what next whacky scenario Mr Puggins gets himself into next, the cooky mutt :D
next episode: what to look out for in non-corporate strangers
it will basically boil down to "if it's non-corporate and it breaths, shoot it."
Maybe the Game IS not the BEST in some aspects but have incredible details everywhere.this show TV for example.
A entire show TV for us into the videogames.
This IS so much work and dedication.
The game rocks actually. The hate bandwagon really doomed it tbh and it was never designed for last gen
it simply needed more time. maybe a year or two. they never shouldve caved to their investors
@@long_chin_man most games nowadays are fucked up, thanks to investors.
bad optimisation, even though it had a long development time it was rushed, bugs. this game had huge potential though when it worked it was a very immersive game
I loved just standing around watching tv in the elevators lol I think once I sat there for a half hour watching the different shows
Everyone talks about Mr. Puggins, but nobody remembered his friend, Mr. Pugberg, who died defending him from bandits in the Badlands.
RIP Mr. Pugberg.
I love those. They give so much to the world building
"stay alive out there" this explains a lot about night city
Or that Pacifica and the the north badlands is off bound for cops like dam it reminds me of cali cops are scared to work there
@@unknownastroid_2240 Pacifica is kinda very... weird place
Its hard to stay alive out here for normal civilian
Central town area is most safe also because mostly the only hostile people here are corpo's
@@skell6134 oh I been knew lol I did everything in Pacifica and Westbrook so far.. and city center is the only place with out gang label so it made sense to me
I feel genuinely sorry for Mr. Puggins, he's just trying to enjoy his days in the Night City - I'm not joking, it's sad af :c
he'll be alright, he's got Dobbs giving all the advice he needs~
he gotta be wise to live in night city
Hire a cyberpsycho to get discount. STONKS
Ok these have the same amount of entertainment and quality that the fallout SPECIAL films and i love it
The part where he reccomends tipping the cop kills me every time. Not only do I have to bend over for every cop trying to find contraband on my car, but I'm expected to PAY for the privilege. I wonder how many cops manage to suddenly "find" illegal possessions after they don't receive a tip.
This is some top tier worldbuilding.
Edit: You know, in like a couple of months or years. This is going to go from cheeky worldbuilding to very real propaganda.
If I ever run a tabletop Cyberpunk game, I'm definitely opening the first few sessions with one of these episodes. Love me some sweet, fucked up juxtaposition.
I would say the first boss should be a Cyberpsycho but that might be a little too hard for new players. Especially if there's not a defense turret around.
@@iamsinistar8971surprised mid tier cyberpsycho boss fight while grocery shopping after a beginner mission. Show them the food pyramid and that they really should hide then run.
@@heavyc4450 True. I mean it worked in Edgerunners and everyone loved that.
The TTRPG is actually even worse, you will eat shit no matter what
@@iamsinistar8971Cyberpsycho is a boss always hard no matter your level, equipment, chrome and experience, put a Cyberpsycho to battle new players is the same as TPK them
This just gets darker, and darker, and darker every episode. It's hilarious.
You just know the internet has had some fun with dobbs
Good safety advice, not just for Cyberpunk, but is also good for places like Brazil, Detroit, and Minneapolis
Don’t forget all of Africa
venezuela
NYC
Chicago
@@magicman3163One man’s dystopia is the rest of the world’s daily life
My favourite little tidbit about the whole series is that it’s constantly trying to kids hooked and dependant on corperate owned transportation and hardware.
Like buying a gun is considered an afterthought to spending all your savings on security tech
They could be advertising guns more often since a majority of NPCs in this game use Militech weapons
The message of this whole series is essentially "Be Paranoid".
Seems I may survive that hellscape
So if I want to chill in my apartment I will need cameras, turrets, a lot of guns and ammo, a kevlar bathrobe, and steel toed house shoes. Got it.
Isn't that a standard in USA already anyways
I mean that's how my V dresses most of the time...
These later seasons of paw patrol are getting pretty gritty...
"Steer clear of Pacifica!"
*Watches as a helicopter takes out and entire hotel skyscraper*
"Sure thing, Dobs."
I hope we get a DLC involving the TV shows in Night City where we meet people like Ziggy Q, Ruth, Arif Iqubal, Gilean Jordan and all the others.
Yep and I hope we get a "kill 'em all" option considering we only deal with 2 media types in the game: one with the actor; and the other is a bit of a spoiler
in 4th wall studios you can overhear a conversation between 2 NPC's that work for TV studios - it is revealed that they hired a gang to kill and create an XBD of the preacher's boy.
I hope we meet Mr. Puggins!! 😁
Looking at their current policy, it won't even be a DLC, it'll be a patch.
@@Real_Iron_Smith true dat
You can actually interact with Gilean Jordan after the mission "Play it Safe" when you're leaving the area. You should spot a camera drone, the lady herself, and an N54 News AV hovering above.
It's such a grim humor that the end phrase is not the usual "Stay safe" we hear, but "Stay alive" lmao
7:37 i see this as a fucking robbery. Nice job NCPd
Poor Mr Puggins, just trying to go home
Mr Puggins is somehow so adorable and i dunno why. WHY DO I FEEL SO BAD FOR HIM AND WHY IS HE SO CUUUUTE
This hits dystopian advertising and reality and even the corporate design look
Ya know, a cyberpunk game based in the bad lands would be pretty cool.
You mean the bad lands that are in the game?
And the same badlands that they alone dont really have anything in them...and a game in juzt them literally could be named anything and youd not know it was cyber punk?
@@BopaBola nah the big open areas in between cities in the lore. For me the Bad lands in game were funny, you could find raffen shiv camps, corpo hide outs, secret labs, forward operating bases, AV crash sites, ambushes, you had random solos and netrunners trying to set up shop, lotta references from breaking bad to silence of the lambs, not to mention some fun missions like Space oddity. You got the swamps, the city dump, the big swathes of desert. Idk bad lands felt pretty well utilized to me, but to each their own. There is that one corner that's a huge labyrinth of biotechnica warehouses, and that's kind of annoying but there's some secrets in there as well. Would have been cool to see big sandstorms and maybe fuel and water mechanics out there. Pretty fun but always room for improvement.
@@johntaylor7029 ...so...like i said...you mean the badlands that are already in the game and dont need their own because theres not much cyberpunk to do with just sand.
@@BopaBola lol nah, the sand is just the setting, shows the outer fringes and shady dealing of cyberpunk. Lotta nifty things out there. Favorite being a massive AV wreck with sloppy corpo coverup, or maybe the iron man reference. But in a solely badlands game, you could have corpo troops fighting each other for research sites, have nomads on the go, cool car stuff. Dead and dying cities showing the plight of the little people. They did a ton of stuff with the badlands in game, you just got to go look for it. Love to see mad max stuff.
@@HiddenRealm I suppose that's one way to see it. I disagree, though I like your arguments, and you make good points.
I simply feel there's stories to tell.
It's mentioned in lore there's abandoned cities and open roads, dying towns etc. There's whole clans of nomads out there, and despite air travel being a big part of society, most people are limited to overland routes. That's a lot of traffic.
So I'd say there's opportunity for narrative and gameplay.
Like you said, a metro Exodus type deal, maybe follow a nomad clan as it tries to find whatever its looking for. Travel make deals, be the fringe of society, chasing the dream.
Or maybe have a mad max style deal, open sandy sand box, zooming around in desert rigs between various safe zones. Be the wary small town survivor who disdains the big city folk, but can't run away from the world. Get that sense of dread knowing the world changes for the worse, despite all you do.
Maybe you are trying to prop up dying communities, be the last of a township, but have to stray ever deeper into brutality and cyber usage to keep yourself free from what's coming. Or maybe you choose to become greedy, like the world and give in.
Maybe your a small time gang exile, looking for new victims.
Maybe you are the corpo fist, sent to iron out a rough patch on Arasaka or militechs to do list, and you notice people seem content, or maybe you don't care.
Open world existential crisis. Retell the story of how urbanization and climate change affect us all.
Battle over settlements, viable soil or food growing ops, for fuel, for human decency as you battle choosing the easy path that deep down you know is unavoidable.
You could be facing down nomads, raffen shiv, encroaching corpos, revived govt shards trying to enforce their will. Or all of the above.
Send panzers and AVs into battle, survive artillery or satellite bombardments. Feel the wieght of the cruel worlds hungry gaze.
Open sand could just be the empty canvas to see how messed up it can get in modern life, no big city to lose your self in.
No amount of tech or distance can save you from the human race or the human condition, unless you find yourself, or whatever. This is just off the top of my head.
You could also go a different route, instead of a vast open world, with character creation options and such you could have a narrower character driven experience.
Say a gang caravan getting lost, or a corpo kill squad failing and is thus abandoned. Or maybe just some truckers having a really bad day. Have a smaller cast of characters that are broken out of normalcy and forced to survive, not only the elements and each other, but also an absence of the noise of civilization.
Out away from the cities you'd have to dig deep to stay focused on what drives you. Make it about getting back vs getting away. Have themes of returning to civilized, ordered hell vs barbaric freedom. Make hard choices.
Or if you are nostalgic, have the story of Jackie Welles; on his quest for the original tequila recipe from that abuelita in Mexico. Or how he saves corpo from the cartels that one time.
Or be a AV pilot, zooming the skies above scorched earth, be corpo courier take the narrative into the air. Add aeronautical mayhem into the mix to over come distance.
Cyberpunk has a lot of lore, lot to see. Be fun to see a radically different angle. That's all I'm saying.
The areas between the cities are an ocean of opportunities. Not untapped desert, miles of empty nothing; it's the ruined world humanity with its reckless progress made. The shadow of mother earth, of older days.
Be interesting to roam it. To each thier own.
I love the imagery of the police being doberman and the citizen being pugs
If they dont add a Mr. Puggins carnage to the game i will shit my pants
I love how the fact it's normalised is meant to be scary, but I think the fact we have all these issues MINUS any ready solution is even scarier lmao
Actually we got the solutions but only the rich can afford
@@Terraqueo22 just like cyberpunk
I really love how well this portrays the dystopian hellscape