Bomb Rush Cyberfunk - Remnants of Old Amsterdam (Secret Areas)

(!! SPOILER ALERT !! I recommend you finish the game before watching this video)
Hello! In this video, I showcase a couple of secret areas in Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, as well as some lines of dialog related to what Amsterdam was like before New Amsterdam was built. Please note that I call Amsterdam "Old Amsterdam" so that it's easier to keep track of which one I'm talking about. This is my first video, so there are some bad cuts and shoddy editing, but I hope you enjoy it!
Where you can find me:
Twitter: @jorge_makhor
Cohost: @Makhor
Music used (in order):
Ethan Goldhammer - In The Pocket
Street Fighter EX3 OST - Future Objects
Street Fighter EX3 OST - Character Edit
Mods used:
BRC-Escher by MandM
NoHUD by TRPG
(Can't link directly due to youtube verification nonsense)
Special thanks to:
dead_sun, who was the one who originally found the second secret area and uploaded it to youtube

[@Makhor-nx5gq]

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[@bigdaddyswagmoney]

uh you definitely posted the wrong link

[@halbarroyzanty2931]

It's so eerie. What on earth could've happened to Amsterdam for it to end up like this. A lot of buildings still standing but sunken more than a hundred meters beneath the ground. it feels like It's folding in on itself

[@turretboi]

Given how part of it is offshore, it's likely that climate change has destroyed most of the brc world

[@007megaoof]

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[@kujo9927]

The netherlands, where amsterdam is, is largely at or below sea level. Even without a rising sea level, the dutch battle against the ocean for new real estate to this day. It's likely that much of old amsterdam was reclaimed by the sea as time went on in BRC's timeline and they decided to just build on top of everything else.

[@pbague]

pollution, climate change and capitalism

[@dragoniccrab]

By my understanding in the game world, it was due to rising sea levels so they built New Amsterdam on top of the old on

[@freshlymemed5680]

I really wished the game had more of this, having entire underground areas of Old Amsterdam that are full of secrets would've been so cool. Not to mention the mask detail. Its definitely connected to Felix somehow especially when the first dream sequence has a river area with buildings on either side which might be Mataan if what Coil said is to be believed. There's not enough 3D games with secrets like these anymore.

[@prysma2057]

Maybe Old Amsterdam might be explored on a future game

[@darkpaw1522]

I bet this is set up for the sequel where we have to explore it to uncover a conspiracy.

[@alienjesus796]

​@@darkpaw1522I think the devs said they're not making a brc 2

[@darkpaw1522]

@@alienjesus796 Why?!!!

[@bappp0]

i REALLY hope they make a dlc for the game based on exploring old amsterdam

[@atomicanachronism8849]

An interesting (but potentially worthless) observation one can make about Old Amstedam is that felix has some sort of memory of it, because it showed up in the first dream sequence. What I find interesting about the memory was it's lack of color and details, besides the shape of the buildings and canals. My personal theory is that felix was a child when Old Amsterdam still existed, which explains the lack of detail.

[@renisaclus]

i thought the same kind of thing! my personal take is that the mask itself may contain these memories, but younger felix in old amsterdam also makes sense. in that first memory on the canal, i remember seeing one of the silhouetted characters on the boat having a horn almost like masked felix from the big three intro. just going off of memory, i could be wrong though

[@atomicanachronism8849]

@@renisaclus Checked a video of the sequence, and you're right! That figure is also much shorter than everyone else, so maybe both of our theories have some merit?

[@renisaclus]

@@atomicanachronism8849the oldheads don't mention any other people wearing the mask (aside from dj cyber of course) so maybe felix really did have a life or childhood in old amsterdam and it wasn't a random/unknown character wearing it (plus the oldheads once lived in old amsterdam, remember the red light district, the real trees, know about the true nature of the mask, etc.) and then there's that sarcophagus in the underground bazaar, my guess is that it was used to preserve felix in some kind of stasis so he could survive past the flood that put old amsterdam underground. (there's a lot of unanswered who's what's and why's so this entirely guesswork.) something had to have awakened him, and then he left the underground to emerge from that secret area's exit into versum hill. (possibly the reason why he never used a boost pack, because he never had one in the first place so he did things old-school.) the mask might've urged him to go all-city, with the colorless memories of old amsterdam making him want to color in the new one (or some other reason that i can't think of) another connection (if i remember correctly) is that one room in the secret area of the underground bazaar looks kinda similar to the pit room in the pyramid island maze, both are yellow and have a square pit (except one's filled with water). what does it mean? not sure, just something i happened to connect

[@sacredeight]

@@renisaclusteam reptile released a lot of BRC's models on their official discord, including the masked person from the first dream, and their model name is "kidFelix", which basically all but confirms that he grew up in old amsterdam and somehow managed to stay young into the present day (maybe by using the tomb-looking thing?)

[@qwertyqeys]

@@sacredeight Considering all the head transplants felix goes through with no negative side effects, it's possible the world is just working off goofier logic, but I'm thinking that mask might have some sort of life preserving qualities. We see past felix with and without the mask at different points so it'd make sense that he aged some amount while still looking way younger than he should be considering he has memories of old amsterdam

[@josepareja7947]

I like to think the coffin with the mask is meant to represent Jet Set Radio. This is mostly due to the eerie resemblance of DJ Cyber's mask with Zero Beat/ the JSRF alien face logo. Makes sense the coffin is on the depths of this seemingly forgotten part of the city. Almost like paying a tribute and making a reference that Jet Set Radio as an IP is as good as dead and forgotten, though it is the foundation for what is on the surface, same as how Old Amsterdam is the foundation for New Amsterdam.

[@yourbrainonegg159]

Bro new jet set radio announced

[@josepareja7947]

@@yourbrainonegg159 My comment aged like a big mac: took only a week or so lol. LETS GO JET SET RADIOOOOOOO *LET MOM SLEEP PLAYS*

[@ninsthegoblin]

I always assumed it was Felix's coffin.

[@saculbeatz]

This aged poorly

[@netawa]

A good video but a small note. Mirages come from ideas and images of our minds and since old heads quite literally doubt we could ever see them, it is fair to assume that modern has never really interacted with trees in any form so... while mirage theory still stands because there could be word descryption, I have a guess that this little tree corner is real. it might be a small refuge built by someone from those times due to how its hidden but still accessible and has a ladder out

[@PredictableEnigma]

I thought the line about things you see there not being real was just a hint to the "lost woods" mechanic for how the place is laid out

[@itscs1175]

This gives me both backrooms & Kowloon Walled City vibes. Please Team Reptile, let this be a teaser for a "BRC UNDERGROUND" game or DLC

[@whitecheddar2050]

Dlc about old Amsterdam would be so cool

[@THiNGYBOBinc]

Thanks for making a video detailing all this. This mystery's been fascinating me since the day it was discovered, but I completely forgot about the line about trees being extinct

[@lowtech42]

New Amsterdam was the original name of New York when the Dutch had colonial rule over it. Fun fact that adds to the lore if you didn't know!

[@GarudaPSN]

Nice break down. I don't think the "mirage" line refers to the tree however. pretty sure it refers to all the penguins of massive sizes scattered around doing various misterious activities, and the mazelike nature of the containers.

[@jcplays5831]

That coffin has to be Felix’s grave that the police ransacked, which would explain why Rietveld had Felix’s body during the climax.

[@gildedlink]

Secret area 1: found your roots.

[@HIPP05]

i found the first secret area on accident and i accidenrly fell in there so i screamed out of anger while i fell into it

[@Bushidoblacc]

Remember finding the area in Pyramid Island. It spooked me the hell out because there's nothing else there to collect or bomb and it looks so unlike everything else in the game. It had this weird creepy nostalgic feeling to it like you're walking through a liminal space.

[@huebird1205]

U CAN SLIDE INTO THE VENT, AND YOU CAN GET TO THE VENT FROM THE TWO VEDNING MICHINES PLACE ON THE RIGHT, THOUGH IT IS HARDER also sorry capslock was on

[@RationaLess]

"[...]While this may look like the ruins of Old Amsterdam, it's more likely that this is some sort of mirage, as we know there are no more trees left in New Amsterdam" I think this is actually further proof that we are seeing ruins of Old Amsterdam here

[@TheoCynical]

0:19 That actually makes a lot more sense. New Amsterdam has no trees but Old Amsterdam did; which graphically made it distinct from the other themes in the game. Pretty treasured.

[@JetSetDman]

for the second one, you can actually just kick the vent and slide in, no need to jump into it from out of bounds

[@gabriusv]

I'm glad you mentioned this. At first I was excited to learn something new, then I saw the area he fell into and was like, "Wait, he could'a just kicked the vent"

[@CandidaRosa889]

This legit looks like a 20 year old game, ill have to pick it up

[@OneColdRepublican]

Broooo i didn't know their was SECRET LORE in Bomb Rush Cyberfunk.

[@porkyminch5262]

Stupid and weird theory: Old Amsterdam is possibly linked to Jet Set Radio Future. The reason why I say this is because the claustrophobic area in Versum Hill looks suspiciously similar to many claustrophobic areas in JSRF levels such as Rokkaku-Dai Heights, Hikage Street, Kibogoaka Hill and The Fortified Residential Zone, considering the lighting, Buildings stuck together with barely any space in between them, the eerie feeling it brings, etc.

[@Bushidoblacc]

Literally thought of Kibogaoka, when I saw it in the video so yeah, I can see this theory checking out.

[@thehatman7051]

Very good video! I had never noticed the old head talking about the mask, I always assumed someone made that coffin for Felix, never considered hat he might’ve gotten it from there. Though I should note, you don’t need to clip through the wall to get through the bazaar vent, you can just slide into it like the other vents in the game

[@raiden9780]

I stumbled about this when I was getting all the graffiti in Versum Hill. It gave me chills but it's a cool detail.

[@PassionWagonYT]

You can break the vent with a slide kick.

[@Turboautismo]

Ok i have 2 theories for yall to ponder and spoilers for those who have not beat the game yet 1 felix isnt from new amsterdam In one of the memory levels i think its the first or second you skate on a river and it leads you to a boat faceing a building but did you ever take a minute to see who was on that boat? It was child felix standing next to two adults to him this implies felix immagrated when he was very young and the mask he wears was from where he originally came from. 2 Escher is faux's father Now this one has no ingame evidence but iv noticed a few things when you play as Escher you hear his voice it sounds similar to faux's voice when he says certin things my theory is after Escher failed to keep faux out of jail and all the murders and arresting of inncents he was very upset and depressed so he took his service pistol and took his own head off the cops come to retrieve his badge and firearm well i think they found him and took him back to the station to be "repaired" once they fit him with a cyberhead they took his pistol and gave him a rifle(so the pistol wouldnt remind him of who he used to be) and reprogramed his brain so that he would not recognize faux as his son and thus he would have no issues arresting faux

[@MightyReeN]

Reminds me of the doomsday clock in jsrf

[@HighLordOfHouseIX]

I hope this is sequel bait

[@Mrpizzaboy360]

For a first video you did a crazy good job, it was quite thorough especially with the editing and pacing.

[@jacemoran1190]

Didn’t expect some city planning horror in my colorful game about boarding and graffiti with the homies.

[@lylatwars]

i just booted up the game and went to the hidden area in the mall and i jumped on the tomb and it crashed my game LMAOOO

[@psihypo]

BRC Zullie just spawned ❤

[@Tainuo]

😂

[@TheoCynical]

7:59 I think it’s because DJ Cyber took it off a guy he knew who had died. That’s pretty odd.

[@animationsometimes4999]

If I remember he took it off Felix who had it as a backpack and this lines up with another comment in that Felix lived in old Amsterdam as a kid

[@Majimba_Enjoyer]

we can just hope that there will be brc 2 either telling us more about it or simply being in "old" amsterdam

[@kid-ronin]

my personal headcannon for the first area is a lot more lame, it's just a developer easter egg for the Team Reptile office, seeing as they're a Dutch studio from Amsterdam

[@soundofreality]

Great content!!

[@Wooperbro]

I really want a prequel game about BRC where its more focused on The Big Three and Old Amsterdam

[@darkpaw1522]

We need the sequel to explore the conspiracy behind Old Amsterdam.

[@loud2814]

honestly if they ever wanted to do a second game or a dlc they could use the idea of old amsterdam for new locations to add

[@dantekiwi7926]

you play in 4:3 or the game is like that by default? i love it

[@Makhor-nx5gq]

I just like how it looks in 4:3 (Also the footage was a lot choppier when I tried to record it in 16:9 because my laptop is pretty old, so lol)

[@dantekiwi7926]

@@Makhor-nx5gq incredible taste

[@jdg1251]

How are you playing as Escher??? Where can I get himm

[@ZedAmadeus]

sorry, I know this is off-topic, but how do you unlock that sniper dude? with the black cape oh also you can just slide into that vent, you don't have to do the glitch, but the glitch is useful if you wanna get out of bounds.

[@Makhor-nx5gq]

Hello!! You can't unlock Escher (that's the sniper's name) in the game! I used a mod to make Escher playable. I also used a couple of other mods to make this video. You can check the full mod list in the description!

[@ZedAmadeus]

oh! okay, thanks for the reply :D@@Makhor-nx5gq

[@sergiovillanueva4807]

Wasn't the mask that DJ cyber was wearing Felix's mask?

[@scorpzgca]

Wow how do people find this very intersting

[@boredyoutubeguy]

super liminal