I Made My Girlfriend Watch Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

[@MrHulthen]

We made a channel where we'll be uploading any future videos like these. Here's her first experience actually playing Cyberpunk 2077: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5e8k6poqLOqhqc

[@LockeNarshe]

"Becca's death felt very unnecessary." That one made me chuckle a bit. It's a rough one. I think it's a very important detail to have happened and it carries a lot of emotional weight, but it obviously feels bad. Did its job though, really sealed the deal on Adam Smasher's credibility and ruthlessness with a character that was universally loved.

[@Tavi78]

that’s kinda the whole point of cyberpunk really, people will die or get hurt for pointless reasons, and you’ll have to learn to survive it or get cut yourself. It’s really fascinating seeing how characters deal with such a brutal city.

[@willliam15]

if someone told me Adam smasher is the character who got killed the most in every cyberpunk playthrough I would believe them, I did my fair share of smashing the smasher... with shotguns.

[@DeusNyx]

What Smasher did to Rebecca was unforgivable.

[@pedropierre9594]

They don’t call him Adam snowflake do they 😂

[@Cerran032]

David I could understand, the moment he went over the edge there was really no coming back, even though Lucy managed to get through to him it was clear that this was his last run, but Rebecca? That was just uncalled for

[@Choom2077]

@@pedropierre9594 Well, he definitely died like one at my hands, when I jumped back in the game to defeat him. lol

[@nilsingvar7319]

She's a violent criminal. She had it coming 😉

[@tomgjgj]

@@Choom2077 Hell yeah. I kill him with Becca's gun. Every single time I play the game. Every. Single. Time.

[@mokadelic4037]

I feel like they really struck gold with Edgerunners, it's such an amazing introduction to Cyberpunk's world and story

[@Sadarsa]

To be honest i didn't really like Edgerunners. I LOVED 2077 though.

[@Banana-cc5rx]

definitely. CDPR / Mike Pondsmith made the right move of choosing the right studio to do it as well.

[@Methyll]

Edgerunners literarily saved the entire Cyberpunk 2077 game

[@alexanderchalk6197]

First off, your girlfriend's accent is adorable. 2nd, nobody gets a happy ending in night city.

[@Silaan]

to quote: V: "Guess I meant, I dunno... a happier ending... for everyone involved." Johnny: "Here, for folks like us? Wrong city, wrong people."

[@KaneyoriHK]

In night city, you either die a quiet death or go out in a blaze of glory, though seldom to become a legend.

[@Doomthinkingman]

Where is she from? Because I wanna avoid this accent at all costs

[@georgehouliaras7239]

Commander, i didn't knew you had a Second in Command. Congratulations, you will both be welcomed in the coming Empire.

[@Benredcat]

Please. PLEASE convice her to play the game, and record when she kills Adam. (her reactions, i mean).

[@Hoigwai]

You could also show her the music video "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - Ending Theme | Let You Down by Dawid Podsiadło | Netflix" Since it has some of the crew in it and is a good mini story.

[@miragemain105]

The anime perfectly represents Night City, the colors, the visual clutter, how quick and randomly someone can die and so on, perfect

[@corvintheartist4940]

Clutter is such a fitting word, I often find myself driving out to the badlands because of how claustrophobic I get in some parts of the city

[@Kanakeikatsuo]

YESSS edge runners is amazing series

[@laseangames]

If your girlfriend ever starts playing Cyberpunk the first thing that you gotta do is get her set up with Rebecca's shotgun. I feel like that will make the experience more enjoyable and also showing her all of the Edgerunners easter eggs. Once I saw the easter eggs, I feel like that made me enjoy the game a lot more. Also, awesome video. 👍🔥

[@Kixsanity]

When this show came out, i had just got a new TV for my living room & Sync lights for behind the TV that match the colors on screen. Edgerunners was the 1st thing i watched on it & it looked absolutely fantastic! ✨

[@TNTBMyt_07]

Daaaaamn

[@itsKimi]

"i want to see rebecca happy yeah yeah yeah" man.... that hurt deep down in my heart..

[@MrHulthen]

Yeah she had no idea what she was in for. Felt kinda bad but her reaction was legendary in the end

[@Amyante]

@@MrHulthen That laugh at 8:29 though... :P

[@chrismoore7365]

Most of the time the "super-violent" allergy is cited it is more like "It's dark and depressing and I just want out".

[@hesharu]

I love that Edgerunner is so many people first foray into the Cyberpunk genre in general and into the Cyberpunk 2077 in partiuclar. Cyberpunk is a hard genre, as there is no prefectly happy ending. Escape is the best that anyone can hope for, hopefully spitting into the bad guys eye on your way out.

[@gwoody4003]

That spot where Maine pops up and says "This mess my fault?!?!" My god. Easily top 3 moments in Anime for me.

[@Danceofmasks]

Aww ... Also, Adam Smasher was such a legendary character in the pen & paper RPG, I'm still not sure if they got him quite right or not (in the game or show). Maybe he just needed more screen time.

[@KaneyoriHK]

This show does something really interesting, that I really didn't think about until they talked about rebecca. In Cyberpunk no life is truly sacred. Anyone can die. Rebecca's death is 100% the nail in the coffin, not even a fan favorite like her is safe. I like that. Just like how in (Spoilers) V will almost always die, even if they don't they've basically lost everything already, they've already died.

[@beige_projection]

I hope your girlfriend plays Cyberpunk 2077. I do agree that the ending would be better if Becca had lived. Tolkien said that when it comes to fantasy, there should be an escape, and while a not fully happy ending is good too (I think LOTR's ending was very bittersweet), some parts that have a happy end would make a great fantasy. But yeah the writing style for the world of Cyberpunk is very doom and gloom almost. It's not much of an escape from reality. A precautionary tale, and people also love precautionary tales, even though we also love ignoring their warnings.

[@konamax9]

That was adorable to listen to your girlfriend’s commentary and feelings change throughout the series. I also felt very hurt about Becca.

[@GodOfAI_]

As a huge Cyberpunk fan, it still hurts. Hopefully the franchise will go mainstream with Orion.

[@AntwKats]

What does it matters to go mainstream? it will only Encourage censhorship

[@GodOfAI_]

@@AntwKatswhat are you even talking about?

[@Banana-cc5rx]

​@@GodOfAI_ he's saying going mainstream tends to kill products. The more "average" people the company needs to pander to, the more restrictions are on their creativity. That's what happens to alot of modern games and established companies like Blizzard and none of them make good products anymore. It feels more like they are making advertisements to push a message instead. "Oh you can't do this! it is rude!", "Oh no this is going to make some people angry! Remove it!" etc. Entertainments should always be fans-first, make good products by being creative, that's art.

[@Pir-o]

That was funny lol, we need more stuff like this

[@dragoon9160]

you choose the absolutly right music for the episode 8 review

[@rapidtrap787]

now arcane and leauge thats the real rabbit hole

[@R3ldi]

Nice, me too

[@Sadarsa]

"Yapanese" lol she sounds cute

[@underblob3186]

Swedish through and through! Love to hear that ever so familiar accent.

[@kemarhammond2649]

She could use Becca's gun to kill Smasher, that would be a nice revenge slaughter lol

[@TO__FU]

Make her play the game afterwards to hurt her already broken heart

[@N7krogan9]

There is character building around David literally he built like a brick house now

[@Polygonmaster2]

I played the game to kill Smasher, too

[@Rousemouse22]

Not gonna lie; your girl sounds like a Filipina. Would I be wrong? Awesome reaction though! I loved Edgerunners and cyberpunk 2077 is one of my most favorite games to date to play. Keep it up guys!

[@MrHulthen]

We appreciate the love! Naw haha, she's actually Swedish & very scandinavian but i understand why you would think that 😅 Working on Cyberpunk 2077 & hopefully we can make a video out of it

[@alisardius1577]

it must be nice to a have a girllish girlfriend who likes to spend time with you and is actually interested in what you are interested. My girlfriend hates cyberpunk, and basically hates all video games. She doesn't like harry potter or fantasy / sci fi in general. The only thing that connects us is our love for our dog and the fact we feel comfortable near each other. But I had to give up a lot of gaming

[@tylersynopsiys236]

don't give up your passions or the things that make you happy or a girl that's fucked

[@xfrankenstein6981]

"loli must stay"🗣🗣

[@Valoriter]

Wait... Ashley Williams is real? xD

[@HairryTurttleneck]

lol nice

[@constructionbird]

Question, is your girlfirend nordic.

[@MrHulthen]

We both are Swedish 😊

[@constructionbird]

@@MrHulthen nice me too

[@POTATOEMPN]

Get on my level, my gf was playing Cyberpunk already and wanted to watch the show when it came out. *mic drop*

[@mencobasukses97]

does this count as abusing your girlfriend?

[@enderfire3379]

666th like

[@VynSnow]

Sooooo you hate your girlfriend. And you wanted to give her severe ptsd. I applaud.

[@MrHulthen]

🤣

[@almostfaceman]

I deliberately didn't watch this, I think it should have been in the game. I don't go for all the ancillary stuff. But glad you two seemed to have fun watching it.

[@Banana-cc5rx]

how can everything be in the game though. The lore takes place before 2077, the places amd scenes are 1 to 1 taken from the game. 2077's story is pretty good on it's own.

[@almostfaceman]

@@Banana-cc5rx I'm talking ancillary stuff in general. I don't like it. As for "how could this be in the game" ? - I would have preferred it be a story (any story or this one changed to fit) in the game. Everybody has different tastes, these are mine.

[@almostfaceman]

@@Banana-cc5rx Then don't have an anime, I want the entire Cybperunk 2077 experience to be in the game, not something they put out as an anime then stick bits of that in the game as lore. This isn't hard to understand. I mean, you may not agree, but the concept is simple.

[@almostfaceman]

@@Banana-cc5rx It's like the same crap Bioware (and others) do with their games - put part of the story in books and comic books then refer to them later in the game. I don't like that. If I buy the game, I want all the story they cram in books or comic books or anime or whatever - or they can just leave out all those bits.

[@Banana-cc5rx]

@@almostfaceman The whole concept of edgerunners likely only came after the game was released. Idk man, animes are actually mostly created to promote their original sources like mangas and novels unless they are originally created. The game gained alot of returning and new fans. It was a huge success overall that brought life back to the game, without it 2077 wouldn't be as popular as it is now tbh. Most people see it as a "prequel" series except it's not as a game format. Could CDPR made it an expansion? Probably. But at that point of time they were busy fixing the game so Edgerunners can start promoting the game again and Phantom Liberty. based on steam charts playercount : September 2022 average players : 43,297.1 gain :+32,885.8 gain % : +315.87% peak : 136,724

[@cockyppodong3317]

Why'd you do this? This anime is shitty

[@Spectral131]

You're senile, if you think this anime is "shitty" than your attention span must be worse than your personality.

[@KannuksPrayAndpray]

this show was so crap , your poor gf

[@ravendelacour1917]

Two million people bought Cyberpunk 2077 just after watching Edgerunners. Most of them just bought it to kill Adam Smasher.

[@psymcdad8151]

I reinstalled it for exactly that purpose and then peeled off every single hp from him with the smalest gun possible wich i saved for exactly that purpose. Finisher was Guts, obviously.

[@ravendelacour1917]

@@psymcdad8151 Got to admit. It was a hell of a marketing strategy.

[@brianl8481]

@@psymcdad8151I usually use Sir John to finish off Adam, but Guts is a good alternative.

[@Hallreaver]

The toughest thing after having watched edgerunners, is when you play Cyberpunk 2077 and you hear the song in the radio..! I cried soo bad watching the series, and then when i played the game and the song came on.. I cried even more 😢

[@TNTBMyt_07]

Bro, even I cried (didn't play the game) I saw a 10 reactors mashup video of 10th episode, and one of them started bawling when the song came at end, then he started crying again when David was imagined by Lucy on moon, after the episode he just sat in a corner and cried more. On STREAM

[@Someguyy867]

Easy solution just go with the ritual radio station.

[@RoseDragoness]

I feel disturbed when I heard the song on the radio. It is like a reminder that the city of dreams only give you dreams... they would be unattainable and you be shredded to pieces.

[@ashtonr6751]

My gf plays a lot of different games but never got into cyberpunk. Think it's too close to real life. She like fantasy like. Skyrim lol. She loved edgerunners until the end where she was crying uncontrollably and pissed off at me for suggesting we watched it

[@slimpsycho8455]

No better time to get into cyberpunk 2077 than right now. A lot of fun.

[@TevyaSmolka]

I love cyberpunk Edgerunners such a great show is amazing in my opinion.

[@CShep-qe6vl]

Love her voice and accent

[@RoseDragoness]

edgerunners make me realizes that cyberpunk is darker than what the game shows to us. It actually makes me felt uncomfortable and slightly feeling down. I just end up forgetting most of it. In comparison, I remember more about arcane despite not liking league of legends.

[@l3EAT5]

Becca’s death wasnt unnecessary. It was necessary because no one is safe in mike pondsmith’s cyberpunk world. Plus it shows how bad ass Smasher is. I personally love Smasher. He is a perfect villian for Cyberpunk. I understand why people don’t like him. But people needs to understand that Cyberpunk isn’t a normal media. No one has a happy ending in cyberpunk. Thats the beauty of it.

[@mikeydluffy72]

Everybody complaining about how Becca dying was unnecessary. Life is the same way people die over stupid reasons . People die and that part solidifies that life will never turn out the way you expect it to.

[@_AcatHat]

She got it he isn't much human any more. And the stat in the tabletop game is humanity. It gets too liw BOOM cyber psycho

[@ezequielmorales4221]

I love how she pronounces Becca. Where is she from?

[@1101-f6z]

Yes, Rebecca is best girl

[@JL-GHK]

We all played the game again to kill Smasher. In the name of best girl.

[@MrHulthen]

For best girl 🫡

[@NightCityNomad]

Oh man, if she was sad with how Edgerunners ended she'll be severely traumatized by all of Cyberpunks endings! 🤣

[@iDEATH]

GF got it right it right at the end of episode one, that Cyberpunk, the genre, is cautionary, not aspirational. That's why most of the endings of media in the genre are lukewarm and bittersweet at best. If you don't feel at least a little bit of a hollow pit inside at the ending then I'm not even sure it can be called Cyberpunk! And the Japanese VA for Lucy is always great in everything she does, Aoi Yuki is her name. Most recently she knocked it out of the park as the lead, Maomao, in the very well received, excellent anime, "The Apothecary Diaries."

[@TheEldritchVoid]

Nobody gets to visit NC without taking home some scars (physical or emotional or both)

[@darthnoir6370]

Your girlfriend's accent threw me off so hard I didn't expect her to have one ahahahahaha

[@carlosmaureira4292]

Love this video❤

[@TheGrace020]

Edgerunners 😭