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In today’s Cyberpunk 2077 video I wanted to focus specifically on games, movies, and books within the realm of the Cyberpunk genre that you can dive into to learn more about the world of Cyberpunk and to ready yourselves for Cyberpunk 2077 and to be an expert in the world of high tech and low life based on these movies, games and books.
First let’s look at some Cyberpunk movies, and start with what I like to call the big 3.
First we have Bladerunner and Bladerunner 2049. Now the original is loosely based on a book we will get to later on, and is set in the Dystopian future of Los Angeles in 2019, where replicants, or synthetic humans are bio-engineered by the Tyrell corporation for manual labor in off-world colonies. When a group of repliants have decided they’ve had enough and go rogue, Rick Deckard whose role is a Bladerunner is tasked to track them down to retire them.
Blade runner 2049 follows a replicant Bladerunner named K (the lovechild) and is set 30 years after the events of the original. He unveils a secret about replicants that will change the dynamic between humans and replicants.
Next we have Ghost In The Shell, one of my personal favorite Cyberpunk films. This 1995 anime focuses on Major Kusanagi as a cyborg created by law enforcement and working for section 9 to track down a Cyber terrorist looking to threaten the world. This movie explores what it means to be human much like Bladerunner, but in a more philosophical way with Major seeking what differentiates herself from her fellow human beings.
Next we have Akira a 1988 film with animations that still impress to this day. Akira takes place in 2019 in “Neo-Tokyo” after it has been rebuilt post-cataclysmis event. It is a place plagued by corruption, anti-government protests, terrorism, and gang violence. This tells the story of Kaneda the leader of a local biker gang whose childhood friend Tetsuo gets into a biking accident and is endowed with telekinetic powers.
Next we have another one of my favorites Dredd. Now 2077 takes a lot of inspiration from Dredd, from the megabuildings to even similarities in over the top cheese humor contrasted with darkness and despair.
Dredd takes place in Mega-city one, a violent metropolis with 800 million residents and 17,000 serious crimes reported daily. It follows Judge Dredd who is a law enforcement agent and given complete power to be Judge, jury end executioner when dealing with the rampant gang problem within Megacities and megastructures. Judge Dredd is tasked with training an Apprentice Judge Anderson, and things go south when they have to deal with a drug gang held up in a Megabuilding named Peach Trees. They are a gang led by previously mentioned Ma-Ma who deals a new insidious kind of drug called Slo Mo, which is essentially a kerenzikov reflex booster from 2077.
Next we have Total Recall. Now this is a movie release in 1990 and subsequently again in 2012 as a reboot, but the original one in my opinion is better. It follows a Construction worker Douglas Quaid, who keeps having nightmares and visions about mars and a mystery woman. IT devolves into Quaid finding himself stuck in the middle of a conspiracy against him by corporation Rekall who develops implant memory chips as a service.
Next we have games you should play to prepare for 2077.
First we have the Deus Ex series. Largely touted as the best Cyberpunk game that we’ve gotten over the years, this game takes place during the 21st century, and focuses closely on a conflict between secretive factions like the Illuminati, Majestic 12 and Knights Templar who want to control the world, and how advanced augmentations and technologies change the way the covert war between these secret factions and a task forces erupts. It follows main protagonist Adam Jensen.
Next we have Observer. Observer is set in 2084 in Poland after a digital plague wipes out thousands of people and results in rampant wars and drug use. It follows a detective named Daniel Lazarski, who is an Observer. An observer is someone who can hack peoples minds using a device called the Dream Eater to interrogate them as well as a vision mode to investigate his surroundings. It has a really dark and insidious aesthetic, and again people who lean more to the horror side of the genre will enjoy this.
Next we have Detroit Become Human. It follows 3 androids and their personal decisions in a world where a large disparity between these androids and himans exist. You gather clues with augmented vision modes, and the story branches out depending on what choices you make. The game has a really clean look, and might be a nice time pass for those who enjoy flowchart narratives.
Finally we have some books and literature that you can read if you want to indulge in the world of Cyberpunk…