Maelstrom: Cyberpunk's Most Chromed-Up Gang - Lore & History EXPLAINED | Cyberpunk Lore

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @everberon
    @everberon  Рік тому +52

    Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video as much as I enjoyed putting it together.
    Big thanks to @that_dude_with_a_switch (Bart) for help with research and execution of this video! It's great to work with him as always!
    Also, thanks to all of you for helping the channel pass not one, but TWO 1k sub milestones recently, the first milestones of this nature passed by this channel in over a year. It's great to see that everyone is loving the content so much, and if you have any topics you'd like to see covered here, whether they be from Cyberpunk or from other stories, please let me know! Lots of fun things in the works!

    • @noisyguy4013
      @noisyguy4013 Рік тому +2

      Yo, do a video about Spider Murphy, pls

    • @ryanhaag5552
      @ryanhaag5552 Рік тому

      I would love to see a video for the other gangs like the Valentinos

    • @Duskraider788
      @Duskraider788 Рік тому +1

      The flesh is weak

    • @TokenCast
      @TokenCast Рік тому +1

      Hey do you do cross-overs?!
      Serious offer

  • @Konachaos
    @Konachaos Рік тому +536

    I love the Maelstrom members designs, you can tell they are batshit insane just by their scary look

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +33

      So true. One of the most visually-distinct gangs for sure!

    • @its_renren7292
      @its_renren7292 Рік тому +44

      the chat with Dum-Dum while you bargain for the Flathead was pretty neat, having a mostly civilised conversation with em albeit temporarily felt cool. kinda wished there were more you could do with factions aside flatline em in most situations

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +18

      @@its_renren7292 Very true. I'm hoping Phantom Liberty brings more segments like these.

    • @alexandertiberius1098
      @alexandertiberius1098 Рік тому +31

      One of the things I like about the world is the seeming reluctance people have to change their faces too much. There's are believed links between that an psychological disorders today, because our faces are how we interact with the rest of our species and it takes a lot for a person to want to deform that. For me, at least, it feels like people are still trying to hold on to some idea of humanity.
      Then we have Maelstrom...

    • @bobaphet4125
      @bobaphet4125 Рік тому +6

      @@its_renren7292 "We're not all bad you know"

  • @copyrightstrike4666
    @copyrightstrike4666 Рік тому +233

    To add to the discussion of who to side with in 2077, you can't get the "member" baton if you don't side with militech. So I think the decision is pretty clear

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +31

      I think there actually may be 1 path that works to both spare Royce and collect Sir John Phallustiff, but it's incredibly specific if I remember correctly, so it's virtually impossible. I may be misremembering, though, as i've never actually gotten this path myself.

    • @KrausHaus0
      @KrausHaus0 Рік тому +3

      @@everberonnot taking the virus off the chip but warning them first maybe?

    • @thraxberserker9960
      @thraxberserker9960 Рік тому

      Fk a baton

    • @dashandcrash6667
      @dashandcrash6667 Рік тому +2

      Can you do it with the PL expansion? Because of the black market merchant, you should be able to I think. That said, you’ll miss out on the romance scene

    • @paralich12
      @paralich12 Рік тому +4

      ​@@dashandcrash6667i completed the mission in favour of maelstrom and the weapon wasn't available at dogtown black market, so no. unless it was some bug

  • @PricelessBinkey1337
    @PricelessBinkey1337 Рік тому +59

    This game has some of the most meticulous level of detail and creative NEW designs that its hard to imagine this game not being one that changes the game for all game developers, no pun intended.

  • @tzimiscelord8483
    @tzimiscelord8483 Рік тому +95

    Hey man, just wanted to say that i'm really glad the Cyberpunk lore is doing well for you, considering all of the information is really exciting to have a channel around talking about it with such quality

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +2

      Thank you! I really enjoy it and look forward to making more. I'm glad to see you are liking it, too!

  • @brookeelliott7549
    @brookeelliott7549 Рік тому +113

    Surprised you didn't talk about Quake (Warlock's 2nd in command) starting the red lights fashion and Ripper starting "rituals and tests" for new recruits. I feel like those are honestly the two biggest pieces of information from Danger Gal that explain the transformation into their 2077 version, with the red-optic mounts and obsession with the occult that seems highly separated from how the gang was in the 2020s,

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +30

      You're not wrong. In retrospect, I should have focussed on these two somewhat, even if it were just a mention. Good call, and if down the line I redo this video as more information comes out, they'll definitely be talked about.

    • @brookeelliott7549
      @brookeelliott7549 Рік тому +6

      @everberon thanks! Your doing great work btw; I love your videos

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +4

      @@brookeelliott7549 Glad to see your enjoying, and thanks for your thoughts once again, I really do appreciate it!

  • @Medosse
    @Medosse Рік тому +31

    From the design of covers to good composition i just love your cyberpunk lore videos,can't wait to see more of these just to replay them once in a year.

  • @datDrowningFish
    @datDrowningFish Рік тому +14

    I seem to have a knack for finding lore videos for cyberpunk around the specific thing I’m introducing to my players that week. I just had an npc invite them to Totentanz last week, and this vid will definitely help make the upcoming game so much more exciting. Great work, and thank you!

  • @BrotherCaptain36
    @BrotherCaptain36 Рік тому +60

    From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh it disgusted me.

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +13

      Spoken like a true Maelstromer

    • @BrotherCaptain36
      @BrotherCaptain36 Рік тому +14

      @@everberon These guys and your run of the mill Techpriest see cyberpsychosis as a feature not a bug.

    • @fahimmaf2469
      @fahimmaf2469 Рік тому +4

      40k reference?

    • @average_gaalsien_fan
      @average_gaalsien_fan 6 місяців тому +4

      I craved for the strength and certainty of steel.

    • @cheesymonday8162
      @cheesymonday8162 4 місяці тому +2

      @@average_gaalsien_fan I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine

  • @isaiaht2515
    @isaiaht2515 Рік тому +6

    Best cyberpunk lore videos out there shits fire

  • @memph1ston
    @memph1ston Рік тому +8

    You got algorithm'd to me! I liked your AHQ disaster video and will keep watching this space in the future :)

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +3

      Hey thanks a bunch! Glad the algorithm finally is showing favor lol

  • @badgershands
    @badgershands Рік тому +58

    Bought the Cyberpunk game on release and quickly got a refund.
    Went back to it in the last week and am utterly hooked.
    The wider lore around the world is also absolutely fascinating.

    • @beesknees2594
      @beesknees2594 Рік тому +10

      Glad you decided to give it another try!

    • @ITACHI9005
      @ITACHI9005 Рік тому +5

      That lore has always been there

    • @jenc2513
      @jenc2513 8 місяців тому +1

      Fake fan

    • @coffinmyface4237
      @coffinmyface4237 7 місяців тому

      ​@@jenc2513shut the fuck up, the game was shit in the beginning, this is coming from someone who bought the game the december after release. It was completely justified to refund cyberpunk on release

    • @skin_lizard
      @skin_lizard 7 днів тому

      ​@@jenc2513Someone getting into something later than you or through a different method doesn't make them any less real of a fan.

  • @twohorsesinamancostume7606
    @twohorsesinamancostume7606 Рік тому +19

    In my playthroughs their next hardship is me. Right after Konpeki Plaza I go full Punisher on all of the gangs, sweeping through the city from north to south, wiping out every gang member I can find.

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +2

      That got a chuckle out of me lol

    • @neonoir__
      @neonoir__ 5 місяців тому +2

      even the mox? damn

  • @grilledleeks6514
    @grilledleeks6514 Рік тому +5

    really liking your cyberpunk stuff. Cheers mate

  • @Giz4269
    @Giz4269 Рік тому +10

    I'm playing the game for the 3rd time and I didn't know that
    1) Brick is alive
    2) that a maelstrom can become allies.
    WTF

  • @mrsplitfoot23
    @mrsplitfoot23 Місяць тому +1

    Dude, there's a whole sub-plot of Alt cunningham being a cyberspace Lillith type character that Maelstrom worships. They go so much deeper lorewise than anyone realised.

  • @remo3689
    @remo3689 Рік тому +9

    Suprised you didn't talk about No Coincidence (cyberpunk 2077 book), Maelstrom actually has a pretty strong presence within the book and even stars Dum Dum!

    • @CuttinInIdaho
      @CuttinInIdaho 11 місяців тому +1

      good to know, I just ordered that book!

  • @testacles4807
    @testacles4807 Рік тому +12

    A topic i'd be interested in seeing is the Lore & history of Slaughterhouse, because its unclear to me if Slaughterhouse the gang from 2020 went on to become the Slaughterhouse Meat corporation

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +1

      Hey great idea! I'll add it to the coverage list! I'm not sure of the answer either so we'll have to research and see.

  • @emanueljose7165
    @emanueljose7165 Рік тому +4

    Loving your cyberpunk lore videos. So much I never caught playing the game. Also I had no idea cyberpunk was a whole book series. Definitely gonna go read some of them now!

    • @KrausHaus0
      @KrausHaus0 Рік тому +3

      most of the books he references are ttrpg source books, not novels. Though there are some

  • @Matt-md5yt
    @Matt-md5yt Рік тому +3

    wanted to hear lore on the crazy but cool looking Gang and glad UA-cam sent me to ya.

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому

      Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

  • @shadowsift
    @shadowsift Рік тому +3

    Production value and great narration!❤

  • @phantastik2509
    @phantastik2509 Рік тому +4

    Really enjoyed this video and the lore from other sources than just the game. Would love to see something about the Voodoo Boys too, how they are producing their own hardware and their motives with the Blackwall and the AI's behind it.

  • @HanSolo__
    @HanSolo__ Рік тому +1

    Man, I just subscribed. I have been watching your videos with admiration for the knowledge and intelligent conclusions of the sources. Great work.

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому

      Thank you, glad you like it!

  • @codychavez9839
    @codychavez9839 Рік тому +4

    Great video man, if this is the path you’re going down, looking into cyber punk lore. May I also suggest looking into Shadowrun and it’s world lore

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +1

      Absolutely! I'd love to that's a great idea!

  • @PerpetuallyTiredMusician
    @PerpetuallyTiredMusician Рік тому +4

    In the less exciting and bland version of cyberpunk that is the here and now, one the Alphabet corperations many algorithms did like a broken clock and managed to be right once or twice a day and spit this channel my way. A gem hidden among aweful react videos and life shattering events carelessly labeled as "drama" with people making "human" expressions on the thumbnails so the software knows what to serve up.
    Subscribed, ty for making this, looking forward to what ever your creativity fires my way next.
    Peace

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому

      Thanks so much! Glad you liked the video!

  • @Paradigmfusion
    @Paradigmfusion 6 місяців тому +4

    Everytime I see Dum Dum the only thing that comes to mind is how badly those implants have to itch!!!!

  • @NatHazel
    @NatHazel Місяць тому +1

    I’ve mentioned it in a couple other comments of different videos. But I highly recommend the comics. Especially ‘XOXO’, it plays out like a Maelstrom Romeo and Edgerunner Juliet inspired by looney tunes.

  • @supra.nurullah
    @supra.nurullah Рік тому +2

    man you are a KILLER. love your vids man keep it tf upppppppp

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому

      Thank you! Will do 🔥🔥

  • @s.p4de
    @s.p4de Рік тому +1

    babe wake up new cyberpunk lore video dropped

  • @a_level_70_elite_raccoon
    @a_level_70_elite_raccoon Рік тому +2

    Okay, WOW. I definitely remembered Maelstrom after the big impression they left after the earlier missions, but once I was able to get out of the tutorial zone/Watson I'm not sure I ever seriously thought about them outside of "Oh, these guys, I can murder them and steal their stuff for more eddies." I didn't even know you could save Brick, and I have zero clue who Ophelia is. I know the name Totentanz vaguely, but to hear all of the history laid out clearly like that was amazing.
    I think this is my favorite video so far. I hated the Maelstrom pretty easily, mostly due to the monk forced cyberware sidequest, but also their general maliciousness, however getting to see their entire lore gives extra depth to that. Maybe not any extra moral depth, but an understanding of how things progressed.

  • @S4SK__1
    @S4SK__1 Рік тому +4

    its a shame we can't do this to our character in the game, from the moment i got to know this game i was excited to run around like adam smasher or maelstrom guys

  • @XenoRaxus
    @XenoRaxus Рік тому +2

    Great vids keep it up!

  • @chanintornsilakul7915
    @chanintornsilakul7915 Рік тому +5

    More cyberpunk lore please!! ❤❤❤

  • @themuffinlord6442
    @themuffinlord6442 Рік тому +5

    Ive not open cyberpunk yet waiting on the dlc the try 2.0 watching in preparation is amazing and it drop on my birthday too xd

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +1

      Aweseome! Hope you enjoy it!

  • @Wintercrow1
    @Wintercrow1 Рік тому +1

    Great content. Very interesting. Subbed

  • @GenocidalFox
    @GenocidalFox Рік тому +4

    Definitely one of the most memorable gangs in NC

  • @ForgieDusker
    @ForgieDusker Рік тому +8

    fun fact: "Totentanz" is german for "death dance"- being "toten" and "tanzen", respectively. the phrase "lebentanz", predictably, can translate to "life dance" in turn

    • @mono-7222
      @mono-7222 Рік тому +3

      Not really. "Toten" refers to "Die Toten" essentially "the dead people" there is no noun called "Leben" only the verb "leben", which means living. Totentanz is also its own noun and not just a combination of two words. (the source word is "danse macabre" from 14th century france.)

    • @sebastianalhares
      @sebastianalhares Рік тому

      @@mono-7222of course there is a noun called Leben. Das Leben meaning life.

  • @namerif731
    @namerif731 Рік тому +9

    When i saw Cyberpunk originally hadnt actually played it i thought Royce was the big bad of the game and he was in some way hired by Arasaka and basically it was a mission of revenge as the player constantly hunted after Royce.
    But imagine my disappointment when you first meet him you can flatline him not even 5 minutes into meeting him.

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому

      Lol that's pretty funny

    • @SCSAsJorts
      @SCSAsJorts Рік тому +5

      Just kinda sets the theme for the game, doesn’t matter where you are in the figurative food chain of NC you can get flatlined/snuffed out just like that.

  • @spaceboyj5626
    @spaceboyj5626 Рік тому +3

    There is also some weird connection between Maelstrom and some cult/vampire business

  • @flashover8698
    @flashover8698 Рік тому +1

    ty for the video^^ im an maelstrom fanboy since cyperpunk 2077 came out

  • @QuiteSpiffing
    @QuiteSpiffing Рік тому +1

    Yo that guitar riff at the end is totally a Witcher 3 reference. I didn't realise it at first because the strumming threw me off, but the chords are absolutely from the Witcher 3

  • @KingFluffs
    @KingFluffs Рік тому +1

    3:10 What's the page count? The website doesn't list any, and I don't feel like paying £40 for a 40 page booklet again. lol

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +1

      Good question. Just took a look to confirm for you. The official page count is 173.

    • @KingFluffs
      @KingFluffs Рік тому +1

      @@everberon Thanks!

  • @that_dude_with_a_switch
    @that_dude_with_a_switch Рік тому +42

    LEEEETTTTTSSSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  • @CatingtonYT
    @CatingtonYT 10 місяців тому

    The sound of an inquisitor arc in Cyberpunk would be AMAZING . i’ve always thought what about the people who rejected going cybernetic . Granted it sounds like they have some issues (from the point of view of other gangs) i still think they would be the most badass. if they can keep up with chromed up folks then i’m with those guys .

  • @verityverri6506
    @verityverri6506 Рік тому +3

    Great video! I'm an old gun, from way back in the 20's and now a red gm, and i gotta say, best lore channel I've seen for cp.

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому

      Thank you 🔥🔥

    • @vilkku3922
      @vilkku3922 9 місяців тому

      please for the love of god do NOT abbreviate cyberpunk

  • @stayingfitandfocused
    @stayingfitandfocused 9 місяців тому

    Subbed, good video man

  • @jeffdeserriere8206
    @jeffdeserriere8206 Рік тому +1

    I really liked dum dum. Cool dude. Shared his black lace.

  • @Ghostie.
    @Ghostie. Рік тому +1

    cool. o: I like the cyberpunk videos

  • @michaelstott3969
    @michaelstott3969 Рік тому

    You have a really good reading voice.

  • @Dadwar_Real
    @Dadwar_Real Рік тому +2

    anyone know what the track that plays at 8:33 is? also great video

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +1

      It's the nocturne descision theme (Cyberpunk Noctorne rooftop ambiance will find it if you wanna look it up here on YT). Sorry that it wasn't listed in the description like the other music! I must have missed it.

    • @Dadwar_Real
      @Dadwar_Real Рік тому

      thank ya kindly@@everberon

  • @JNJNRobin1337
    @JNJNRobin1337 Рік тому +4

    but are maelstrom chrome enough for eachother?
    i feel like if i was enough of a lunatic in the cyberpunk world i'd be known as a particular nightmare, taking maelstrom members and trying to "full-borg" them in particularly makeshift ways
    despite maybe either way being a good ripperdoc, harvesting components from those very maelstrom members during my experiments

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому

      That's a cool idea for a character!

    • @JNJNRobin1337
      @JNJNRobin1337 Рік тому

      the idea mostly came from i think my curiosity on the idea of someone trying to go full chrome, like adam smasher
      and if maelstrom forcefully chromes other people, and generally wants to go 'as chrome as possible'. why not take them and make them go full chrome?

  • @hansgouws6590
    @hansgouws6590 2 місяці тому

    I don't know how things have changed/nerfed with later updates, but during Nancy's quest, Patricia always dropped a Legendary DR12 Quasar for me with a completely broken 4x headshot multiplier. LOVE that gun. With the right weapon mods and perks, it's charged shots take out any enemy or boss for the rest of the game in 1-3 seconds. So kicking in the Allfoods door and just going cyberpsycho on them all is best IMO. Nothing personal.

  • @Ssecave
    @Ssecave Рік тому +12

    I find it strange that almost no-one in the CP universe try to modify a lot of their body but hide it or use parts that look like the original body. Wonder what it would do the the psyche.
    Like having all inner-parts replaced yet you don't see it or it's minimal.
    Replacing your lungs, ribs/skeleton, muscles, heart, eyes, other organs, etc...

    • @ace0071000
      @ace0071000 Рік тому +5

      I think they actually do that. It's just that it costs a ton of money and is mostly reserved for high-ranking corpos, politicians, high-class dolls and the like.

    • @Yourfavr6guy
      @Yourfavr6guy Рік тому +14

      Please don’t abbreviate cyberpunk please

    • @cdgonepotatoes4219
      @cdgonepotatoes4219 Рік тому +2

      Also don't forget about bio-mods. The general explanation is that most of that is actually done, but it's economically inaccessible to most.
      It's especially hard to hide combat mods, mostly because of their physical size, the connection to the body would be too weak or exposed parts are specifically required to work, but you could actually hide a lot of hardware under your skin.

    • @epigone1796
      @epigone1796 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Yourfavr6guy Ah yes, the famous game, ChildP2077

  • @pjarmicki09
    @pjarmicki09 Рік тому +10

    Pay with spiked chip, free Brick and flatline Royce. Easy choice, wolf's full and sheep lives.

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +3

      Probably the "Good ending" if you ask me.

    • @sorrenblitz805
      @sorrenblitz805 8 місяців тому

      My current playthrough I just killed all the Maelstrom freaks, never even called Militech.

    • @thepeacefulviking3687
      @thepeacefulviking3687 2 місяці тому

      I killed em all, Brick did business with DeShawn, who betrays us.

  • @cringus8519
    @cringus8519 Рік тому +5

    Awesome video, i enjoyed it.
    Wish you talked more about their occult aesthetic and their obsession with the transhumanistic and rituals with black-metal type aesthetics, but other than that awesome stuff.

  • @shadowkiller4000
    @shadowkiller4000 Рік тому

    4:27 I swear this passage was in a shard in the base game

  • @Tom_Cruise_Missile
    @Tom_Cruise_Missile Рік тому +1

    Maelstrom always gets the bullet in my runs.

  • @johnberger55
    @johnberger55 Рік тому +3

    thanks choom

  • @Drew.DrivesYT
    @Drew.DrivesYT 10 місяців тому +1

    I dunno why but I always associate Maelstrom with skateboarding. I mean, Dum-Dum looks like he'd be right at home tre-flipping down a 20-set of stairs.

  • @BootStrapBill555
    @BootStrapBill555 9 місяців тому

    I love how they made deathcore a part of maelstrom. Would def join if I was in cyberpunk

  • @g-elite6266
    @g-elite6266 Рік тому +1

    Maelstrom are wicked crazy. Cyberphyschosis to the fullest.

  • @Mechanical_Turk
    @Mechanical_Turk 3 місяці тому +1

    I like to think that guys like Smasher and the Stromers don't go "cyberpsycho" simply because they are already "regular psycho". They lean into madness instead of fighting it. They don't crack and become cyberpsychos - they bend and become something even worse.

    • @futurestrongestman
      @futurestrongestman 3 місяці тому

      yeah they're already cyberpsychos before they even get the cyberware. They're considered high functioning cyberpsychos

  • @andrewfornes5320
    @andrewfornes5320 Місяць тому

    Seeing Maelstrom so quickly in the story made me so excited... I got my hopes up thinking that there would be high level augmentation technology that looked similar to those that Royce & Dum Dum have on their face... Honestly it was a let down to see that you couldn't augment yourself to that level or even get the chest/neck tech that Goro has. I just hope in Cyberpunk: Orion, that CDPR will allow the player to actually become less human & more machine if they want to. I would much rather have my Gorilla Arm augmentations look similar to Johnny Silverhand's arms than the flesh colored one with a few stickers & grooves on it.

  • @nicbahtin4774
    @nicbahtin4774 11 місяців тому +1

    Not a word about them being techno mancers of alpha cintari

  • @retr0pearce765
    @retr0pearce765 11 місяців тому

    I never knew the Flathead mission could end up branching out that much, I always keep Militech's cash and the Flathead because they try to shake me down for more cash, so I nuke the entire place lol

  • @kingcatmushroom530
    @kingcatmushroom530 Рік тому +4

    Your videos are so good. I watched all of Cyberpunk lore to build hype for the new update.
    Could you make a lore video about the tech and how it evolved in the world of Cyberpunk and the most notorious tech ever created?

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +2

      That sounds like a really cool idea! Post-Phantom Liberty, I'll definitely consider a vid like that! Also, thanks a bunch! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.

  • @crowgeddon8770
    @crowgeddon8770 Рік тому +1

    Maelstrom is just the cyberpunk version of the warhammer 40k mechanicus

  • @allanbillings3587
    @allanbillings3587 Рік тому

    "Sit tight coming for ya "😂😂

  • @Armystrong996
    @Armystrong996 8 місяців тому

    I've noticed Malstrum seems to be backed by Night Corp, under the table of course.

  • @zootopiawilson
    @zootopiawilson Рік тому +2

    I started a new game since I have not played since before the changes. I still felt the need to shoot Royce during the standoff. He just rubbed me the wrong way.

  • @Skully_14
    @Skully_14 Рік тому +8

    Maelstrom is probably my favorite gang aesthetically. Gives me doom industrial metalcore vibes 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻

  • @Freak80MC
    @Freak80MC 3 місяці тому +1

    Okay but like if I could give myself multiple red cybernetic eyes I just might ngl

  • @ZulkirVT
    @ZulkirVT Рік тому +2

    does that make V, a booster gang member gone rogue?! O.o

  • @DexterOfEquiliberation
    @DexterOfEquiliberation Рік тому +3

    Yooooooooooooooo w vid

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому

      Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

  • @Direwolf13PS3
    @Direwolf13PS3 Рік тому +3

    Adam Smasher.
    Hammer?
    Crusher?
    anyone seeing a theme here?

  • @madmaxim3965
    @madmaxim3965 Рік тому

    The lore daddy of cyberpunk

  • @bobbyjbarron
    @bobbyjbarron 11 місяців тому +1

    Crusher is Adam smasher locking it in

  • @Derrad333
    @Derrad333 Рік тому +2

    love the look and geat of maelstrom, could be pretty cool to rock a look like that, between the edge of cyber psychosis and general criminal way of life, I probably wouldnt join them tho.

  • @alexanderbilstien3471
    @alexanderbilstien3471 Рік тому +2

    I'd love Dum Dum to become the leader the guy was alright till that idiot Royce came down from his mountain.

  • @messageinthebottle1673
    @messageinthebottle1673 Рік тому +1

    Outta all gangs (6th street comes second for patriotic theme) i honestly like the designs of maelstrom. It fits soo perfectly in cyberpunk universe that a gang like them needs to exist ❤ i love their cyborg theme, crazy mental theme as savage people. I kinda wish CDPR make another cyberpunk video game where you get to choose your gang and for me well definitely pick maelstrom ❤
    Ps. Now that we have phantom liberty 🗽 DLC the bargest gang is very badass 😎 they're essentially 6th street but on steroids and I love the different variations of the members. As well design wise.

  • @cdgonepotatoes4219
    @cdgonepotatoes4219 Рік тому +3

    I would be into Maelstrom if it only wasn't for all the child killing and that only its leaders don't look like deflated husks. It appears the recruits don't have a drop of agency over what chrome they're augmented with, meaning you're at the mercy of the gang ripperdoc's sense for aesthetic and whatever parts are available. I can't fathom in what state of mind you have to be to get through that process.

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому

      Solid points

    • @cdgonepotatoes4219
      @cdgonepotatoes4219 Рік тому +2

      My choice over who to side with, then, mostly involves "who would drop the shoe harder when their minions kill a child for fun?". Royce looks like a hot head, but his violent attitude might be a front to a calmer, more calculating mind as it appears to be a trend with these gangoons, plus Royce's right hand is a cool guy, he might act as a moral anchor, that or I'm giving Dum-Dum too much credit. Brick being overthrown is a red flag, but save from proving his leadership may be a bit weak, we can't be sure of the other reasons why he ended up there. Kill both Brick and Royce and you'll be rolling the dice with Patty or whatever she's called. I'm not counting on a clanker's femininity to possibly make it more empathic towards kids. Worst case, she actually partakes as a way to stifle those feelings, most of those guys are psychos afterall.
      Regardless of which leader comes to be, it doesn't appear like there are any consequences for the rest of the game, meaning Maelstrom are still killing kids and kidnapping monks for fun, _sometimes_ for profit. Might be a failing on CD making this choice matter in the larger scope, or it's saying that neither boss is willing to stamp down on the behaviour.

  • @cptsketch13
    @cptsketch13 Рік тому +1

    Nice

  • @sans-nom_1.mp425
    @sans-nom_1.mp425 Рік тому +1

    14:00 is this « lake » in game?

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому

      Yes. Somewhere in the desert if I remember correctly. It's on the edge of being out of bounds. In fact, it may *be* out of bounds, I don't entirely remember. Dw tho, the bodies are manequins. It's a movie set.

    • @sans-nom_1.mp425
      @sans-nom_1.mp425 Рік тому +1

      @@everberon Oh ok thanks, great video btw

  • @missmsx635
    @missmsx635 Рік тому +9

    I think a small note should have been made to which Maelstrom seems to have much contact with higherups in corps that can be observed if you listen to the nutter outside Vicks and go to the meeting he hints about. It is a real shame it just ended with that meeting and more didnt come from it, i was always curious to what all that did mean.

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +3

      Yeah that's a good point... hmmmmmm

    • @missmsx635
      @missmsx635 Рік тому +5

      @@everberon yeah i always found that interesting since the psycho lady in the freezer also mention the same stuff they talk about in that meeting. It really hints to that gang being involved with some high-end corpo nonsense

    • @PricelessBinkey1337
      @PricelessBinkey1337 Рік тому

      Nutter?
      Is that like a term in the lore of cyberpunk I am not aware of?

    • @Tom_Cruise_Missile
      @Tom_Cruise_Missile Рік тому +4

      ​@@PricelessBinkey1337oldish way of saying "wackjob", "loon", "nut", or more simply, crazy.

    • @jamesb7257
      @jamesb7257 Рік тому +2

      I mean if you think about the side mission "happy together" when you talk to Barry he talks about a maelstrom member who had corpo protection. And protection strong enough where he could waste a kid in front an NCPD member without any repercussions at all.

  • @taer7097
    @taer7097 Рік тому +5

    I read somewhere a lot of them have skinhead ideologies and after that I murdered most of them only leaving the ones I deem are “cool” alive

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому

      Yeah that's from the Cyberpunk Red Corebook haha. Good call

    • @arianalex
      @arianalex Рік тому

      BASED MAELSTROM

  • @MicksMasterMike
    @MicksMasterMike Рік тому

    I picked up the detonator and thought cool I wonder what this blows up and clicked it before Jackie could finish speaking....Poor Brick.....
    Now I'm kinda wondering if I can go back in my save and free him.

  • @jaythered420
    @jaythered420 Місяць тому

    My question is how the hell did Royce stage a mutiny with his frontal lobe missing.

  • @naclodx58
    @naclodx58 10 місяців тому

    Kinda makes sense why they jumped those 2 monks by the docks.

  • @Zephirah
    @Zephirah Рік тому +1

    I ll watch it later but I like cause a vidéo about my favorite gang...
    Popopooooo !

  • @HalfBreedMix
    @HalfBreedMix 11 місяців тому

    2:56 So there it is fellas, Michiko is down with all the Neko stuff,,,,,,,,,,, so Hentai away !

  • @Agrona33
    @Agrona33 11 місяців тому +1

    I just came across your CP lore videos and I am hooked! Love your narrative! Subbed!!
    The only Maelstromer I don't kill on sight is Brick lol Everyone else is fair game, even if they just stand around and chat... Next minute they take a dirt nap. Maelstrom and Scavs die as soon as I see them! 🤣
    Remember what these a-holes did to that monk?

    • @bungholio1586
      @bungholio1586 11 місяців тому +1

      Please for the love of all spell out CyberPunk lmao

  • @ToTheNines87368
    @ToTheNines87368 23 дні тому

    I was hoping there would be some info on their weird rituals and religiosity, but apparently not.

  • @Burtonomous62
    @Burtonomous62 10 місяців тому

    They shouldve let us over-do it with face mods and stuff like maelstrom and just made it effect relationships a bit. I love maelstroms designs, genuinely dont care about in game relationships. I'd have a loner-borg V all day

  • @D4rk3clipse
    @D4rk3clipse 10 місяців тому

    If you ask me, Maelstrom has the preemest aesthetics of all gangs.

  • @Handsomegargoyle04
    @Handsomegargoyle04 27 днів тому

    Oh wut i killed patricia at totentans ladt night. Never knew she could've been the new leader. I accidentally killed brick thinking the explosive device opemed a door.

  • @Fall_N
    @Fall_N Рік тому +4

    Definitely my favorite gang, however I would never join these mfs.

    • @vondoge7146
      @vondoge7146 Рік тому +3

      If I needed to join a gang itd be the Valentinos.

    • @everberon
      @everberon  Рік тому +2

      Same here

  • @youngblackandstrappedcarte2508

    I like this channel kuz you sound like bird person from Rick and Morty

  • @8earhug
    @8earhug Рік тому +1

    I wonder who here would actually join the Maelstorm

  • @LooseCampbell
    @LooseCampbell 2 місяці тому

    NEED A TIGER CLAWS VID

  • @glassking9229
    @glassking9229 Рік тому

    Would you say that, between all the Factions in night city, Maelstrom is the most dangerous?