Exploring Cyberpunk's Locked Off 2079 Night City

[@SirMZK]

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[@TheRARA20031]

please music of the outro

[@smithynoir9980]

I can't quite put my finger on it, but the way they changed and updated the small section of Night City we saw for 2079 somehow felt even more cyberpunk than the rest of the game did, and the rest of the game nailed imo. It felt depressing, like nothing mattered and that NC continues on destroying lives as usual. CDPR really got it right and I cannot wait for what they bring next with Project Orion.

[@SirMZK]

100%, way more deprived and desperate

[@tpkcklick13]

I think part of it is that The Tower ending is ultimately a pretty bad one. Yes, V survives, but at a terrible cost. All of the future potential, the possibility, represented by the more vibrant and bustling Night City we first walk out into from Megabuilding H10, is gone. V is now your average gonk, Mr. Puggins from the Safe and Sound tv show, in mortal danger from walking down the wrong alley, and has no hope of that ever changing. The dreary weather, more blatant rot and deprivation on display, and the ongoing erasure of V's old haunts by urban renewal all feed into this theme. Even Misty leaving town and Viktor getting forced under the corporate yoke are part of setting up this atmosphere of loss and hopelessness. V lives, but has lost everything and everyone.

[@Dankmemeslover69]

@@tpkcklick13 Yeah, that's the point. Winning but at what cost. I love this ending as bleak as it is. Mind you, it's not my headcanon ending but it's still an awesome edition to the game.

[@Nathan_Coley]

They got it right but didn't learn the lesson of the game.

[@cirillagwen]

@@Nathan_Coley CDPR is far from perfect but your energy could be focused on much worse corporations, literally 99% of which even just in the gaming industry are so much worse.

[@fremenGaming]

The plane is probably added to change the lighting in the scene. Maybe to block off the sun, change ambient light/reflected light or maybe just block off the view to the distance.

[@SirMZK]

I forgot to mention but it's actually invisible from the 2079 area. The grey surface is only on that opposite side... so it makes even less sense

[@occamsrazor1285]

@@SirMZK make-shift "projection screen" upon which a fake sky box could be added? Basically unidirectional effects?

[@tzarsman3234]

ye that's what I thought too. could be that a weight surface or something reflected too much light and blocking it would be much faster than fixing the texture all over again

[@kaisersickle154]

I think Militech having multiple construction sites is referencing the decline of Arasaka and the resurgence of Militech in NC. We know that Arasaka fades in this ending, and Myers keeps her WMD so we can assume that Night City basically trades one megacorp for another, which is more how the rest of the NUSA is.

[@GOPNiK-47]

The future never improves, only gets darker and darker.

[@ziondragon]

2035-2045 was WAAAAAY DARKER then the 2077 era. Corpo Plaza was like Dog Town and it was hellish red from day till dusk for years.

[@daydreamdirty]

As far as Christianity goes, it will.

[@Boomshteck]

​@@ziondragoncould say Cyberpunk was Red

[@Gallalad1]

Yeah honestly nah, 2079 is just a moment of extreme chaos. Night City is now in the NUSA, massive power vacuum in NC with Saka pulling out, talk of a 4th corporate war. It makes sense things would be a bit more tense. But if the game was 10 years later I'm confident it'd be more peaceful. Plus the world outside NC would be far, far more peaceful

[@luckylucs95]

Bot like comment.

[@Mogus1984]

Been a cyberpunk fan since launch. Makes me so happy to see the comeback

[@jackthorton10]

It is a city of dreams truly

[@EndgameThor16]

​@@jackthorton10 more like nightmares 😭

[@jackthorton10]

@@EndgameThor16 Like I said a City of "Dreams" :)

[@RECHARGED77]

i believe that they didnt model an entire new 2079 area because its only really 2 years after the main game, unlike 2023 where its over 50 years difference. you also gotta remember the city was damaged massively due to the arasaka tower bombing between

[@hunterrogersmusic]

Yeah, one of the biggest disappointments for me was the lack of differences between Johnny's era and V's. It's was a 50 year difference! Look at the difference between today and 1974!

[@shooshoobob1]

@@hunterrogersmusic Really took me out of it that 2013 Night City looked exactly the same as 2077. Hell, they were apparently still using all the same slang for 64 years.

[@Neakal]

@@hunterrogersmusic - See, I took that as a deliberate thing of how life and culture stagnated under corpo yoke despite 50 years passing. But I agree, at places, that rationale broke down badly.

[@UaintaSpider]

that big plane in the middle of the sky with the rain on it, is a "pre loader" it keeps the rain effects in memory and constantly loaded in through your whole journey through that section of the dlc.

[@CaptDust]

The big rectangle has to be for triggering occlusion or something, if the player sticks within the bounds, it could signal to the engine not to draw anything behind it. That could even help sell a thicker fog effect by not rendering the buildings behind it, like limiting the view distance intentionally. It seems like a really random placement though.

[@ChunkeeMunkee]

Having just played this ending myself, I found this to be really interesting. The changes to the little slice of NC that you see in this ending was really surprising to me, and really changed the vibe of V's neck of the woods in just a 2 year gap. Thanks for making this! Only thing I'd point out is that Misty's Esoterica (or what used to be her store) is on Urmland Street, not Jig-Jig street which is across the river in Westbrook (02:39).

[@Hollywood1127]

I think the sequel will be set within 5 to 10 years after the events of 2077. By then, the High speed train will be finished to travel from Night City to Chicago.

[@3picninjaboy]

My guess would be that ist is set even further in the future, maybe 15+ years. After the cleanup of the upcoming corpo war is done

[@rohe1790]

Maybe it’ll actually take place in Chicago

[@olzhas1one755]

4:18 The Militech AV is just a reskinned version of the Kang Tao AV from that mission with Panam where you kidnap Hellman.

[@Alazure_]

They’re different AV models, the one in this video can be seen in the Rogue ending, as well as after The Pickup mission

[@VTiOS]

That is a militech manticore. The Kang Tao AV is manufactured by Zetatech

[@TRF-Blitz]

Nope, this is a totally different AV model, bro. This one is the one you use to raid the Arasaka Tower in the Rogue ending.

[@gothamgymnast4638]

Where is your pfp from, ive seen a modder with that same pfp except it was blue

[@Dækvy]

Are those the same AVs that follow Myers on the border in King of Cups/Pentacles endings?

[@Neakal]

I actually managed to explore the city a bit by walking, without any mods. If you leave the taxi and walk out of the tunnel you came from, you can reach as far as Megabuilding 10. Much of it is the same as 2077 but very little interactability. V's flat itself was hollowed out and caused me to fall through the world if I recall right. It takes a long time though, with how slow V walks in the epilogue. Could've gone more but I found anything beyond Megabuilding 10 to be pretty unchanged.

[@massimogalliano8337]

07:42 - 07:52 This game is something else, nice shots actually, would love to see more..

[@dur260]

In the second Johnny flashback (Voodoo Boys Questline) there's a pretty long driving sequence where you shoot Arasaka agents out of Johnny's car, I thought you could maybe make a part 2 showing off all of that

[@silverbane8065]

yeah, i'd love to see more of that because the courtyard area seems different to the outside of Atlantis in 2077. i walk past there a lot, see the boarded up entrance and the trash bags, but the courtyard had holo cherry trees and stuff.

[@rohe1790]

I’m pretty sure everything but the Atlantis is exactly the same

[@TigerWolf4444]

Been waiting for this one! Love your videos, SirMZK! Thank you for always delivering preem content, choom!

[@SirMZK]

My pleasure Tiger thanks for your kind words

[@Crystan]

I'd always wondered what changes there were. Thanks for sharing.

[@djl6575]

Love the Cyberpunk videos. Top drawer also like the dnb playing in the background of this particular video. Keep up the good work.

[@Saandy_]

The rectangle could just work as a vis occluder, boosting framerates by making sure that part of the city doesn't render in.

[@JamesZero]

i love how im playing this game right now, i click this video, and the first words i hear are, "In the ending of cyberpunk 2077" and i move at lightning speed to pause it and try to skim your video

[@Orama34r]

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[@SirMZK]

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[@flowershopapt]

are you talking to me 🥺

[@Orama34r]

@@flowershopapt ofc!!

[@yusriyahbagheri8843]

I didn't hate this ending because V lost their power. I didn't hate it because we "lost" 2 years. I hated it because the things that actually mattered to V, their friends some even so close you would consider them family. Just left. Moved on like it was nothing. Vik, someone who had known V for years shrugs off their arrival after going dark presumed dead for 2 years. Couldn't even give you a hug and tell you he's busy but as soon as he's done he's coming over. Your lover any of them, just done moved on. If they where with someone else I could understand them blocking the romantic part but Jesus Christ they don't even want to see you, someone they loved. This ending is the worst because its so damn artificial. If they ended it with V's becoming a powerless nobody, but a powerless nobody who was surrounded by people they love it would be my favorite. But no. It's V, all alone. Their best friends and family ghosting them because of what? 2 years?!? Nonsense, if my man done disappeared I would be devastated. But if he showed up 2 years later explaining he was in a damn coma you think I would just drop him like nothing? HELL NO! People don't act like that... I'm drunk as fuck writing this, but let it be known the best ending is still the avocado gang. Even if V dies they die with the people they love and that's all that maters in the end. I wouldn't even doubt if they didn't even make a drink for V in the afterlife how damn fast everyone forgot about them.

[@sorokabeloboka8818]

Hard agree. It felt incredibly forced to please the "No happy endings in Night City" crowd. Like, no one really cared in this ending that V's life was on the line and coma thing was out of their control. Vik of all people should have understood. Also Aldecaldos dumping V feels especially stupid. If by that point you have done a lot for them, it would actually make a great ending with Aldecaldos scouting out V and taking care of them in return for V taking care of Aldecaldos prior. Would reinforce the whole nomad familiarity theme.

[@yusriyahbagheri8843]

@@sorokabeloboka8818 the whole story they are worried about V and are willing to die to help them. But apparently 2 years is too long. The only character that's apparently capable of long lasting relationships is rouge with Johnny.

[@sorokabeloboka8818]

@@yusriyahbagheri8843 It feels especially poorly done with Panam's case, because in "Give Johnny the body" ending she is livid and promises to find Johnny no matter what to pull V out of him by any means necassary. And here Mitch is like "Nah don't call her it's been whole 2 years."

[@brielsaideles]

Couldn't have said better myself. I feel they went too much into the idea that there's no happy endings to V. Yes, he continues to live on, but to what extend? Everyone whe loves simply gave him a cold shoulder and moved on...

[@brielsaideles]

@@sorokabeloboka8818 Yep, I think they had more ideas to this DLC, like if this wasn't the ending, just a midway to the next one, but since they cancelled it, CDPR just adapted as an ending.

[@KaleaWilson]

Didn’t think I’d be this early. Haven’t played Phantom Liberty yet but that’s my plan for the summer, after I beat some other games. Keep up the good videos choom

[@fuze3522]

Mmmm, baked beans. x3 I’ve never seen a single one of your videos but i read the whole thing. Instant subscription

[@FrankByDaylight]

YESSSS! This is a vid Ive been waiting forrrrr

[@BlakeMist]

loving all the content youve been releasing recently with cyberpunk. i absolutely loved the game, and very much enjoy your videos :)

[@swazimagic]

That AV looks like the Militech ones the NUSA use in Phantom Liberty. The door being open and the bench facing it reminds me of the AV that picked V earlier in this same ending.

[@muhammadammarrasyid5780]

You get into the AV during Rogue's ending, and the prologue at All Foods though that one takes more snooping around

[@aidenburrell1895]

song id thats playing at like 3:20?

[@confidential837]

Thanks for making this video!

[@waralo191]

6:35 It's probably something to simply block your view, so they didn't have to model everything behind, which you could probably see for a small moment during the drive.

[@kelly2631]

Militech AV's appear at the end of the meeting with Brick/Royce at All Foods, you never get into one but they open up and let a bunch of Militech operatives out. The detailed Militech AV you saw was probably reused from that mission.

[@Buntafujiwaratofushop]

Bro did you just put S.W.A.K. from luxurie elite in there ... that really made me smile keep up the great content

[@No_Feelings]

4:16 it's probably the same model they used for the ride you take to the NUSA hospital

[@boop6610]

I was having some baked beans while watching this vid. Awesome stuff to have with my lunch thanks man!

[@GRIMHOOD99]

2079 is great depiction of why stalemate within NC was so important for so long, once Arasaka that was around for almost 80 years withdraws Millitech which is basically just a global corpo-hand of NUSA grips the NC. Not to mention free states basically not having any support anymore from Arasaka means that NUSA can straight us go against unification treaty take over free states and also go for Texas uniting most of North America under NUSA and militech. I also heavily doubt USSR would help again especially when Arasaka is gone and I doubt Kang Tao can do much.

[@wolfy9011]

that beef stew recipe looking very nice

[@DatOleEditGuy]

The rectangle is an asset error it's a collision blocker but the devs have the material on default and not switched off therefore it's just visible, probably an oversight in development.

[@basedsketch4133]

that militech add in the scene you said you liked goes strong in that image

[@martine-e-dee]

Hi. I broke free there during some middle scene with Victor. Now I have a few saves that allow wandering in that city, and even driving.

[@The_Digital_Soul]

Really hope that this will be Project Orion's map. It'd be interesting seeing how much in NC has changed since V's scuffle with Arasaka.

[@Speeplonk]

Yep. In The Tower ending corpos finally manage to subjugate NC it looks like.

[@Tarnished-bn5gq]

It’s only a 2 year difference, so it makes sense that it’s mostly the same. I imagine in Orion it’ll be mostly the same as 2079 Night City as well, and still mostly the same as 2077.

[@docduggan8056]

As a "Duggan", I approve that liquor!

[@phantom.wreath]

My daily serotonin is here. Thanks bro

[@Jordan_C_Wilde175]

That Militech AV is probably from the Ending path with Rouge. Looks to be the same model that's used to break into Arasaka Tower

[@SwitchyWitch_]

for why the permanent rain "stretched up to" dogtown is the fact that weather is attached to the camera/player

[@ADZURE]

i was waiting for this. good video !! edit: cant believe you lost that atlas pass :(

[@RC_0001]

I mean, to me it's pretty simple as to why they didn't model a whole new map for that ending, and it's 3-fold: 1: 2 years is not a very long time in terms of construction, and that's when it's ONLY construction. When you factor in the fact that corps were probably spending some time buying out buildings or negotiating/politicking with other corps, 2 years is no time at all to build/heavily renovate even a section of city 2: It's more work. Slapping a coat of paint on existing NC is way easier 3: Last and perhaps most important, I got the distinct impression that CDPR wanted you to almost get a sense of wrongness from coming back to NC. The streets are the same, the buildings haven't moved, but everything feels different. It's the same city you left, but it's moved on without you, a fact hammered home with the encounter with the street thugs. If they made a whole new city (or a section of one), you would've lost that visual of same-yet-different that permeates that ending, and it just wouldn't've worked as well IMO.

[@petebop]

"It'd be fuckin' rude not to." Ha! Solid video and all, but that little line made me subscribe lol

[@HEKVT]

After finding your channel I was hoping for a video like this, I was always curious about how they did it, whether it was a seperate place like 2024 or Langley or if they just added the changes to the city, good to finally get an amswer.

[@NerfMePls]

Big Thank You from Poland for this video brother❤❤❤

[@Officer_Bathtub]

Baked beans I saw a glimpse of cooked chat and had to see if i was tripping. Thanks for the recipe too, sounds yummo

[@SirMZK]

Give it a go, nice hearty wintery dish

[@ZER0H0UR333]

This just makes me feel like something was planned for a post-game or additional dlc that never happened due to the rocky release

[@philthethotdestroyer4194]

baked beans lol great video

[@SirMZK]

name your reward sir

[@philthethotdestroyer4194]

@@SirMZK im not picky, whatever you got choom.

[@saintsteel8808]

The Militech AV, I think, is from the 2023 flashback to the assault on Arasaka Tower.

[@cirillagwen]

2079 is a lot how I imagine cyberpunk red, not that the 2077 city is bad it's different, it's built on corporate lies that make everything seem okay but in that ending in 2079 it's all fallen apart again. That's just the cycle of night city

[@MK2Abolish]

Once I finish I looked at the billboard outside it said the year 2080

[@neighslayer768]

Of course Night City would have its own localized weather phenomenon.

[@afterpointview899]

I believe the militech av shows up at the end of phantom liberty when you meet myers at the border.

[@Jimmer93]

See to me, 2079 is more how I expected the world of the game in general to be like, not the bright, vibrant generally fairly normal world it actually is in 2077. Like yeah, there's lots of trashy areas, but there just seems to be very little evidence of the corps really impacting the world or the lives of the people within it. But in 2079, there clearly is, at least from Arasaka. Sure the corps exist in 2077, but really only superficially. You only have one real encounter with Militech through Stout, only come across Kang Tao once and despite Arasaka being the main sort of focus, I feel even they're lacking any real substance. As far as I can remember you never have any direct contact with Biotechnica or Petrochem.

[@tomjones8859]

I feel like that's kinda intentional. As someone who has ran 2020 and RED I'd say the impression I got more was the corporations keep an eye on the streets but don't really care to get involved in them that much unless it directly affects them, which is rare considering how powerful the corps are. V's just a merc so if they were constantly bumping into and getting involved in corporate plots I think it would make them feel less... I guess god-like, if you get what I mean. So you get stuck dealing with mostly with the gangs and whoever else has the power to aid you until the big fish start taking notice like the NUSA and subfactions of Arasaka. Also just a minor thing but we know the Tiger Claws, like the Iron Sights before them, are paid off by Arasaka to perform certain operations and tasks for them. We also learn Danger Gal does something similar, paying Edgerunners to help them test people and organisations secretly so they can collect more data on them so hopefully we see more corps using gangs and Edgerunners to achieve their goals and collect info.

[@DawnApon]

I'm thinking that giant rectangle is there to help performance. I'm assuming it is there so that the game renders less of the city on the other side of it. To go further, modern game engines use "culling" to cut away parts of the map that don't need to be loaded. I think the giant fuck-off rectangle was a simple way of forcing the game to cull the stuff behind it, since we'll never go or see that far out. So increasing performance by not rendering as far out in that direction.

[@stagger2242]

Yeess new video :3 btw will you continue with the casino to restore it? I wanna know how it looks at the end o:

[@SirMZK]

Yes part 3 should be coming in the next few days

[@stagger2242]

@@SirMZK Nice!

[@_vindicator_]

isnt jig jig in japantown? this is next to mb10?

[@wyattstueven]

I love baked beans, and that stew sounds fire asf ngl

[@montanasnack7483]

song in the beginning?

[@samghost13]

Militech took over! I am still sad that we did not got more Maelstrom stuff!

[@Saandy_]

They ending depressed me for several days

[@synque7296]

6:38 and 7:51 please name the songs 🙏

[@astolbro7183]

The militech av also shows up at the end of the maelstrom mission in watson I know for a fact that if you talk to meridith hack the cred chip warn maelstrom its bugged and help them fight militech you see it i assume if you just side with meridith you see it too but i cant remember if one is there or not

[@zed2653]

i havent played the dlc yet but is it set after a particular ending?

[@Tentacl]

Phantom Liberty is so amazing I have this thumbnail since I played it. It used to be a BG3 logo that made a lot more sense with my nickname :P

[@jartotornroos4897]

Could it be, that Cyberpunk Orion, is Cyberpunk 2079? That would be great ❤

[@lowermainlandlearningchann7664]

Soundtrack to this video got me floating

[@katallica6677]

god i wanna listen to the songs i wonder what they're called

[@benjamingamer7629]

I would’ve tried to visit a ripper doctor. Testing out if V really can’t get cyberware anymore. Considering we can ride the metro

[@Deimos001]

I think the plan originally was to let players roam a more open part of the city in this ending. I imagine theres a lot of cut content for it too. Hopefully modders can restore it,if not so already are on it.

[@Marrrrtin]

I love baked beans. Also, I'm heartbroken for you that you lost your signed Atlas pass! Maybe it'll turn up one day in one of your no-clip adventures?

[@KITT.007]

Oh my gods I’ve been so curious to see this. Perfect video as usual!! XD

[@GamesforCykits]

Glad to see your still around, but what happened to your voice?

[@aqua9420]

what's the background music at 4:30 ?

[@SirMZK]

Radium Girl on Soundcloud

[@aqua9420]

@@SirMZK thank you

[@nic6229]

I wish you would plug the songs u use in the videos

[@hentikirby7142]

I want so much more out of this game

[@ergofoxxxy]

this should have been the ending. you just wander around without cyberware

[@LapisOnTheMoon]

baked beansssssssssss

[@SirMZK]

appreciate the commitment

[@mrbisnessReal]

What music is used at 4:34? Really good video btw

[@SirMZK]

Radium Girl on soundcloud, great breakcore

[@mrbisnessReal]

@@SirMZK goes fire, thx for the song

[@MGRay-xq8eh]

That makes me want to play additional content, like a 2079 specific DLC 😆

[@autophreaktrishield]

Like 4 months of rehab with Animals. Get on The Juice and be a cyberwareless merc?

[@stalnos3581]

I think while cdpr is capable of remodeling a brand new city for 2079, it just doesn’t make sense for them to. It’s only a difference of 2 years. It wouldn’t make sense to add tens of gigabytes of models to the game just for a short ending.

[@diehgo_sp]

It says a bit about Peralez administration.

[@Vincent-s7y]

At what point in game did you do this? Do things change based on how far you’ve progressed in the main story?

[@e1eventy7t]

Willing to bet half the in-vehicle effects we can see are relics from when they were drivable for the player or from cut sequences. Genuine shame these devs didn't get the time they needed to make the game as comprehensive and polished as they and the players wanted.

[@tigrispanthera5496]

i love this ending idc

[@therpope]

Love your videos! Would it be possible to showcase all of that on version 1.0?

[@SirMZK]

thanks but nah wouldn't be possible as this is a Phantom Liberty ending

[@therpope]

@@SirMZK thanks.. I mean in general. I think much of the NC stuff is non dlc

[@TremelJackson]

Going home to play this now

[@kimjojmik3817]

Music?

[@FrogKing98]

Its finally here!!

[@FaytVanguard]

Maybe that giant wall is some extra of a future plan for a future game with Night City...

[@DLB_90]

Interesting you don't think that 2079 would have been a Prolonged end game of 2077 hence after saying bye to Misty if V somehow kept there implants after the op. Makes me wonder if CDPR maybe had plans but cut it who knows either way would have been cool even without cyberwear

[@romeoraymond]

Baked beans gang

[@clowch]

Does anyone know how to get the smooth cinematic shots? Is it a camera mod or just photomode?

[@SirMZK]

Free fly on nexus, set speed to low and you get some nice shots

[@clowch]

@@SirMZK thanks! I used free fly before and the movement was stuttery. I didn’t know you could adjust it!

[@anderskjellgren4658]

What part of the game are you talking about when you say 2024 cyberpunk