Cyberpunks Deadliest Killer - Adam Smasher | FULL Cyberpunk Lore

Today we explore the brutal sadistic Night City Legend known as Adam Smasher.
Who was he? Why does he look like that? What were his ambitions and what was his fate?
This is the story of the Night City Legend known as Adam Smasher from Cyberpunk.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:38 - Becoming A Mech
4:56 - During The 2010s
8:12 - Arasaka Tower Incident (Cyberpunk RED)
13:56 - David Martinez Incident (Edgerunners)
17:28 - Encountering V (2077)
20:46 - Legacy Left
21:51 - Thanks For Watching
#cyberpunk2077 #edgerunners #adamsmasher

[@WiseFish]

Check out part 2 of the Legends Of Night City here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/h56whniIqNqVrNk

[@debacofzomb9889]

Great video, thank you 😁👍

[@remixnite]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😂😅

[@remixnite]

😅😅 11: 11:44 😅 11:46 11:😮47 11:47

[@remixnite]

@@debacofzomb9889 12:14

[@Iron_Man289]

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

[@jefflinton9851]

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

[@dreadedpunk3473]

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

[@gamertwo6263]

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

[@brendanalicea4146]

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

[@mortem4342]

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

[@medovk]

he wasn’t wrong though

[@Ms_StoryDragon]

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

[@sayo2409]

Pyschosis has nothing to do with being a Psychopath

[@Nekusa]

​@@sayo2409 they really just be saying anything up here

[@sayo2409]

@@Nekusa fr

[@ramsayferguson528]

@@sayo2409 it does but not in the way op suggests if you have psychopathic tendencies then you are more susceptible to going cyberpsycho

[@sayo2409]

@@ramsayferguson528 This makes sense.

[@Bluey610]

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

[@imrunningoutofnames2413]

Is there any evidence the creator said this?

[@foxernator]

Cringe

[@gokumui3325]

@@imrunningoutofnames2413 “Trust me”

[@FatalFist]

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

[@azeriablack797]

You Can’t Break What Is Already Broken

[@ivanoflavender9523]

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

[@WiseFish]

Best line ever. That bit made me laugh so much

[@ivanoflavender9523]

Likewise!

[@ceramicfiber1720]

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

[@shirox11]

I am conflicted when it comes to smasher. Awesome character, but poor Rebecca didn’t need to go out like that 😭

[@heboric6136]

Dude I agree, silver lining tho jt was at the hands of smasher. That's fucking legend right there, especially with her last words. Smasher is the kind of villain you love too hate yea know

[@ihatepower4580]

She was smashed by his appearance

[@mrbigglezworth42]

He lived up to his name. He smashed her but good.

[@fardgarde4104]

Adam smasher smash or pass

[@maaingan]

I fuckin loved how he positively destroyed everyone effortlessly, he’s the most badass OG ever

[@ivansmirnoff6987]

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

[@Voltaic_Fire]

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

[@ege8240]

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

[@Voltaic_Fire]

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

[@MrDMIDOV]

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

[@Valok]

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

[@onoe6007]

The fact that V managed to take on, win against and kill Smasher (While extremely sickly and borderline half-dead) when nobody else ever could, not even Blackhand, really just goes to show how ridiculously OP V is.

[@IAmVenix]

Which makes no sense considering V is just some lucky rando with Silverhand in his head

[@onoe6007]

V sure starts out as some rando, but over the course of the game they do become a pretty crazy strong merc. Also they're not a complete rando. The origins don't elaborate too much on their past but it can be assumed that no matter the origin they have past combat experiences as either a ganger, raider or counter-intelligence agent.

[@ZombieGangster]

@@IAmVenixHe shares his thoughts and experience with Johnny Silverhand who was a war hero in the lore. Id imagine sharing a body with someone else gives you enhanced strength, reflexes, agility, intelligence, and durability because your sharing a body with 2 different people with combat experience. He’s basically superhuman with that relic in his head.

[@raeserec535]

​@@IAmVenixV had a super power that even adam smasher coudnt match, a cyber brain, remember that dex shot V in the head and the only reason he was alive was the engram on his brain, this basically allowed V to be cyberpsychosis proof, even with a fully cyber body V is still completely rational and with everything silverhand had as well V is unstoppable but of course had a literally fatal weakness, the reduceds lifespan

[@badsporttrolln5658]

V was able to get himself the best of the best cyberwear and weapons. He was also faster and more cunning than smasher. Also I killed smasher ain’t no way I could let something like that to live perhaps even get more powerful after taking that loss.

[@phoenixbarnes55]

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

[@Voltaic_Fire]

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

[@rushpatriot2866]

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

[@Cessna152ful]

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

[@rushpatriot2866]

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

[@phoenixbarnes55]

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

[@heboric6136]

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

[@gabrielhenson5751]

"No meat escapes the slaughterhouse, not alive!"

[@codyv308]

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

[@lukescrew1981]

@@codyv308 Wrong

[@codyv308]

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

[@lukescrew1981]

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

[@InsomniacDoggo]

Correction: Sandevistan doesn't manipulate time but the user's perception of it. Your senses and reaction time are jacked up to the max, making everything seem like slow motion to the user. Its why David had such a massive kickback from using it, his human body couldnt keep up with the energy demands of using the Sandy.

[@tokaya5775]

So to everyone else we are extremely fast but for us we are extremely slow?😅

[@xerox0919]

No, it means you move and percept time faster making everybody around you appear slower

[@officialshakeymusic]

Makes a ton of sense cheers for that

[@benedictcumberbatch0212]

Just goes to show how insanely competent and compatible V's body is toward cyberware seeing as how we are able to switch between tons of different types of Sandevistans

[@TheFps12]

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

[@JaydedWun]

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

[@progeniesofthetoiletpaperh6433]

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

[@pintolerance785]

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

[@kikosawa]

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

[@sadgiraffe6669]

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

[@JaysasterGaming]

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

[@JaysasterGaming]

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

[@heavy5013]

I usually use Rebecca's.

[@willyonamountain]

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

[@INeedToSeeYourBalls1945]

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

[@Gyrfalcon312]

Fantastic anime, yes. Just finished it last night... had trouble sleeping from thinking on the final scenes. 😂

[@definitelynotanitalian108]

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

[@definitelynotanitalian108]

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

[@topcat59]

Honestly with Adam smashers death, arasaka would be extremely vulnerable. I have no doubt that their enemies will try to take advantage of their vulnerability before they can find something to replace smasher.🤔🐱

[@danieltobin4498]

Heck yea, and V would no doubt be FLOODED with offers to work for Corpos, maybe even Arasaka...or at the very least they'd bribe and beg V to leave them alone

[@johnnyblackhand]

To be honest I let him live in my play through need a rival in the next game

[@yourtexthere1323]

@@johnnyblackhand Whether you put a bullet through Smasher's head or not. 99% chance Arasaka has an engram of their Boogeyman incase of death.

[@zacharyhernandez1483]

@@yourtexthere1323 yeah but alt takes all the engrams from mikoshi and absorbs them. So that's gone, unless they have another area specifically for his

[@4m4n40]

They can just produce more smashers if they wanted to. Probably some that are more loyal to arasaka too.

[@wepunchdragons3733]

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

[@CabageBeans]

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

[@wepunchdragons3733]

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

[@SmileyBoi21]

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

[@wepunchdragons3733]

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

[@temmy9]

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

[@zeehero7280]

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

[@ano-_break-_9761]

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

[@Razgriz_01]

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

[@0zWiz]

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

[@oldreaddy3341]

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

[@ADMONIUS]

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

[@fardgarde4104]

literally sundowner

[@Wes12622]

Thank you for taking the time to cover cyberpunk in such detail, this was a great watch/listen.

[@Karlach_]

true

[@torenvarela9340]

David was incredibly strong, but not very smart. V was both strong AND smart. The only combination to take out a guy like Smasher. Not really being able to die thanks to the Relic chips helps too. Pretty cool of the devs at CD Project Red to patch in a drink at the Afterlife in commemoration of David. It was a short run, but he did his thing.

[@Finn-wt7bu]

I don’t believe they patched it in. I believe the drink was there from day one of release, because I remember theory’s on who the drink was about and then the first trailer for Edgerunners dropped

[@thefez-cat]

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

[@Karlos1234ify]

He killed Rebecca, that bastard.

[@kasrkin100]

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

[@choboibigly6565]

I like to think V realised their own humanity when confronted with their mortality, making Smasher's death to them all the more satisfying. Or in others words, the indifferent cruelty of the universe gets fucked in the cyberanus by the indomitable human spirit wielding Becca's shotty

[@WiseFish]

Hope you guys enjoyed this and are ready for more Legend lore videos soon!

[@TherapyGel]

This was a great deep dive, can't wait to see more! Especially looking forward to more about Blackhand.

[@LudicrousTorpedo]

I hope that you also make a video about the lore of the New United States of America.

[@aaroniscool7521]

Hey WiseFish. Just wanted to comment again to let you know that I love the fact you cover all the gaming franchises I like so I like your channel a lot and want you to know your content is appreciated

[@bearman9033]

@@aaroniscool7521 I second this. Literally thought the same during the vid.

[@Calhouned]

Hell yes!!!

[@Jacobwouldgo]

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

[@Randy-ro2mh]

Smashers definitely a New Yorker with the way he speaks😂

[@icetide9411]

This guy killed characters we fell in love with in both the anime and Cyberpunk. He also killed both the legends David and Johnny. They made sure you wanted to put a bullet in his head

[@coatguy2990]

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

[@krisspkriss]

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

[@hrgaming4plebs570]

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

[@Hogarth_da_dude]

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

[@Reese91momo]

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

[@holyscrotum2437]

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

[@IronVigilance]

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

[@melancholygloom4533]

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

[@GodWorksOut]

@@melancholygloom4533 whoooooosh

[@t5hammer871]

Inb4 it’s Bioshock Adam

[@pintolerance785]

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

[@Jerniski]

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

[@DeusPanis]

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

[@KINGxCLUE]

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

[@imonke5303]

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

[@imonke5303]

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

[@KINGxCLUE]

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

[@andersonborges5377]

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

[@Scazoid]

Cant Psycho a Psycho

[@Guanjyn]

Loved the concept of this guy, like how far can you take mods where you cross the line of not even being human anymore.

[@ainz6901]

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

[@johnnyblackhand]

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

[@bretg505]

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

[@JamesBrown-zg1nn]

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

[@bennemeth625]

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

[@Karlos1234ify]

Nanomachines , son

[@benblayer2355]

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

[@launchpadplays]

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

[@saruya4770]

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

[@rushpatriot2866]

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

[@bennemeth625]

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

[@lordjeebusiii408]

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

[@kingol4801]

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

[@jaybesseck1665]

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

[@blizzardt1964]

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

[@kingol4801]

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

[@blizzardt1964]

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

[@BrickMuffin]

Excellent work, mate! Made flatlining him even more worthwhile.

[@no-one5310]

It would be kind of funny/awesome if crazy brutal Adam Smasher is suddenly a pretty cool-headed kind of guy when dating Michiko Arasaka.

[@josefmengele181]

I wanna know what she saw in him and how he could be nice at all kinda dumb writing not gonna lie

[@user-pf9rf3sr1q]

@@josefmengele181 "I can fix him" is what she saw

[@seraxx1973]

@@josefmengele181the fact people around her and her bodyguards frequently told him off and that he needed to “mind his manners” around her makes me think he wasn’t really all that nice all the time to her. The funniest thing about it is the body he was in, a Gemini, that looked like a “heavily muscular, blonde, Elvis” and he even affected the southern accent - so basically Smasher was going around cosplaying as Johnny Bravo for a while 😂😂

[@ulf___]

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

[@Karlos1234ify]

Sundowner vs Adam Smasher. Who wins?

[@bboyValentis]

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

[@kingol4801]

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

[@seraxx1973]

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

[@joedatius]

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

[@chillithid8888]

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

[@skythundersky1544]

Pretty good stuff, I agree

[@acerw7366]

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

[@boogey815]

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

[@sorrenblitz805]

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

[@flags4595]

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

[@messiahep3249]

i still cant believe david believed that he was special and was the only one who had a sandy?🤣 especially after him facing that big brute with the hammer

[@imonke5303]

I THOUGHT THAT BRUTE HAD A SANDY! anyway, he definitely was special in his resilience, idk anyone else who was spamming the sandy constantly

[@Sleepai]

Ngl he was special. He had such a high tolerance for cyberware unlike most people. But even he had his limits. Rip my boy David

[@imonke5303]

@@Sleepai nobody is immune except full borgs

[@TherapyGel]

He absolutely was special. His affinity for cyberware was basically unmatched. Why else would Arasaka have taken any interest in him? Also he never thought he was the only one with a Sandevistan. It's just a rare piece of cyberware so encountering someone else with one is unlikely.

[@jarikandrews795]

@@imonke5303 full borgs are not immune to cyber psychosis. They simply haven’t succumbed yet. And are much more prone to given their transformation that the typical individual

[@thunderthunder6568]

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

[@ML1800]

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

[@definitelynotanitalian108]

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

[@bengonzalez5215]

Great vid and solid deep lore. Subscribed

[@bigguy594]

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

[@ChaosLordPug]

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

[@TheImpaler27]

Fantastic work WiseFish.

[@Prommy666]

The fact V killed Adam Smasher only shows how powerful V/Silverhand combo is at the cost of him dying. 2 personalities in a brain allowing him/her to get incredibily chromed without cyberspychosis while also being incredibly experienced merc (no matter his/her background). Everytime someone tries to claim Martinez could kill V.... In the end, V was a legend on par with people like Smasher or Blackhand. David even in his prime was simply "very good yet just another merc"

[@ZombieGangster]

Who the hell said that David could kill V? V would kill him and his entire crew with ease.

[@mellonation9428]

Thank you for the Absolute Fire cyberpunk lore videos!

[@jcanal0221]

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

[@christiansamuelstadeus]

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

[@victornavarro19842]

ayo? 🤨

[@urlocalcrypt1d762]

Broo nooo type the full name

[@christiansamuelstadeus]

@@urlocalcrypt1d762 sorry, not a native English Speaker, didn't occur to me 😀

[@urlocalcrypt1d762]

@@christiansamuelstadeus lmao it's all good, it was funny

[@thepoliticalgunnut8018]

That's a poor choice of words.

[@angel8fingers]

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

[@dimimalgames4766]

With how useful he was to Arasaka I wouldn't be surprised to find they have a construct of him somewhere.

[@goodgamer-xb7rl]

Adam smasher reminds me of Frank Horrigan a lot, and I love it.

[@invaderHUNK]

That would be an awesome fight.

[@explorer9692]

​@@invaderHUNKeh... I don't think Frank has anything that would help him against Smasher's sandevistan

[@invaderHUNK]

@@explorer9692 he has patriotism, the greatest armor of all! (It’s a joke I swear)

[@akramgimmini8165]

Great Video as always 👌

[@TheStormfury]

Nice lore video, good voice. Just got into cyberpunk after watching edgerunners and the game after that. Looking forward to watching more about Legends i keep hearing about but got little idea of who they are.

[@NickNum]

this guy has a great voice for storytelling

[@declangibson9238]

I love these videos. Keep it up

[@76ingus]

Accidentally flow up in my recommendations, thanks youtube LOL, impressive narration +10, and subscribe for sure

[@Direwolf13PS3]

Cyberpsychosis is just psychosis with technical glitches. The funny part I find about Smasher is his relish for destruction and murder are pretty spot on for the players of 2077. He's an unironic murderhobo.

[@adamsmasher9769]

He reminds me of judge holden, and holdens philosophy of war

[@vegetablackpotato4700]

Technical glitches? It's more like seeing your self as a robot and everyone else as inferior/meat adam smasher is a cyberpsycho but he's high functioning the average person goes cyberpsycho and can't controll the violent urges and lack of impulse control but there is definitely a difference between the 2

[@shaterlemming2549]

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

[@ukaszseifert728]

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

[@filipbitala2624]

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

[@ManimalMoose]

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

[@SoranotRoxas]

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

[@damienruzco]

Incredible content thanks!

[@avixs1543]

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

[@spartanhuntergaming]

I honestly hope we get to see what happened to Morgan Blackhand, we don't know whether he's dead or alive. Would be good to see what Johnny tells you about Morgan Blackhand

[@Gyrfalcon312]

Adam is one of the most capable and intimidating antagonists I've come across, and this is just from his brief appearances in _Edgerunners_ . As you tell it here, that was just the tip of the black iceberg that is his career as THE cyborg supersoldier. My hats off to Mr. Pondsmith - _Cyberpunk_ is one Hell of an interesting Alternate Future history. I'm looking forward to the next episode, and to playing either the _2020_ or _Red_ tabletop games themselves.

[@helli0n73]

Great vid!

[@thedude4871]

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

[@TheGoldenMan888]

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

[@Mayo_Magician]

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

[@piratekingthaszar7912]

@@Mayo_Magician does he have a robo peen tho?

[@nathanrigger15]

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

[@VinnyUnion]

​@@nathanrigger15 by smashing his sister. repeatedly.

[@Mayo_Magician]

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

[@meniimya5148]

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

[@fabianvidrio370]

Love your videos, pls do the chimera from resistance game series 🙏.

[@hotkoyoto]

Considering I just beat the game for the third time on a new toon. "Getting the 'dont fear the reaper' ending/ "The Sun". I absolute loved this video. Learning about all the lore for smasher and the settle nod of mentioning the legends that were killed by him. I'd love to see more videos and as for smasher. Since we didn't completely destroy him "Wasn't really given the option or can't physically". I hope they bring him back as DLC and allow him to be MUCH tougher. Since on the hardest difficulty, he's still somewhat of a pushover. I could see him coming back spamming sandi and depending on the ending for your character. He could mention either certain characters that he killed on your run OR mentioning how "Haven't been beat that badly by a meatbag since blackhand. That WON'T happen again!" Or something along those lines. Either way, I look forward to any more DLC we get and I hope we get a proper adam fight. Since he's been known to return from the dead~ Also, you earned my sub from this video~ I'm lookin to stay awhile.

[@aaronmcneal1698]

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

[@ddooodddoo]

I gotta question for everyone. Dies anyone else think the reason why Adam smasher never went psycho and always comes back is because he was turned into an engram similar to Johnny silver hand

[@sorrenblitz805]

Unlikely, though if V doesn't kill him at the end, they Could do that later on. When you scan him it says 96% mechanical, meaning he has at least his brain left.

[@matthewrolfe23]

Hopefully someone would work on his boss battle in the game to be epic

[@JinzoTK]

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

[@RealAyoTark]

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

[@parkerbrown4104]

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

[@t2av159]

More robot than human.

[@pelaaja1337]

Adam Smasher!!! Hell yeah!! Hey, any chance you could do like a mini lore video about Metro 2033's Bourbon?🥃

[@goblinmodeactivated2955]

I reckon they could bring him back, probably used the Relic program to keep a copy of him and drop it into an entirely machine body

[@devilrexx9938]

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

[@jakubkuzmicz9856]

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

[@Jamesastarr]

I definitely think we have not seen the end of Smasher, I believe he is known to "die" but he's only done when Arasaka is done with him

[@ravenRedwake]

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

[@thenotsodiscretewolf2098]

I'm kinda wondering why blackhand isn't in the memories of Johnny in 2077.

[@JamesBrown-zg1nn]

If the rumors are true, Mike Pondsmith and CDPR are saving the rest of the legendary solos for future games/DLC. That is why they are only mentioned in shards/books.

[@Banana-cc5rx]

Somewhat hinted by the devs/creator, Johnny is egoistic enough to make himself the main character of his own story and the entire campaign, so the memories he passed on to the engram wipes out blackhand entirely. Could say he doesn't respect blackhand at all

[@Banana-cc5rx]

Somewhat hinted by the devs/creator, Johnny is egoistic enough to make himself the main character of his own story and the entire campaign, so the memories he passed on to the engram wipes out blackhand entirely. Could say he doesn't respect blackhand at all

[@rp19888]

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

[@D3V1L15H95]

Great video bro

[@WowSuchGaming]

Mmmmmm SMASHING

[@WiseFish]

I SAYYYY!!

[@fabianvidrio370]

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

[@kingpatrick1265]

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

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

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

[@dedvi]

Adam smasher in lore: 👺 Adam smasher in game: 👶