Let Keanu Reeves start a riot: What Cyberpunk 2077 should keep from the original RPG

Cyberpunk 2077 has come a long way from its tabletop RPG roots, but there are a few things Brian David Gilbert wants the game to keep from Cyberpunk 2020.
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[@zackb.2655]

To: Brian's Bosses, Let Brian roleplay his Johnny Silverhand Romance Adventure at work. Sincerely, Internet

[@AstroBowie]

this is incredibly unprofesional

[@ZoanBlade90]

Name it.

[@fluffies2981]

I agree let brain play games at work

[@deviantartguy0]

Yus

[@donaldchandler2520]

I guess there's another reason why he's called Silverhand

[@GabeMorris]

running cyberpunk 2020 one off? Nay Running Cyberpunk 2020 campaign: Way.

[@flipppbook]

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[@mistertea603]

**whispers** I don't want to embarrass you but I think that you mean yay....okaybyenow

[@tristinmaddox2712]

Brian was right. Never fade away is straight up playable.

[@gwenby_]

Not only that but the nomad ending has hints of what he talked about with them as well

[@thatguyoverthere8823]

So you are saying brian was wrong twice?

[@TheOnlyWarman]

Came here to say this

[@BaronFowling]

sadly not the bit where you play an awesome rock concert and convince the audience to riot :/ that's just a cutscene

[@averagesnail5437]

@Baylor Gerardo @Lucas Donovan are bots i've seen this same conversation so many times in replies just ignore it

[@vivavitae]

Actually, the Cyberpunk Red rules specifically say that “Cyberware installed for therapeutic purposes, including limb replacements, prescribed medical devices, and cyberware used as a part of gender correction surgery, does not contribute to cyberpsychosis.” (Page 19)

[@danculp3136]

Yeah bo its just the deadly stuff that makes you go crazy and honeatly thats fair. And terrifying

[@AbsolXGuardian]

And I could see that working as a good lore explanation. Going beyond humanity causes you to identity less with your fellow man. Reaching "baseline" humanity won't. And I'd even say that things in-between those categories- like someone treating their chronic pain by using a cyberware that stops you from feeling pain and converts it to a HUD display gives a very small amount of cyberpsychosis- an amount that is negligible if you aren't also a supersoldier. Still, I'd prefer to reskin it as inflamation, or if you want to be more ambitious- try to use the intended system of the cost of implants to be more corporate control over your body.

[@poprocks6576]

Wait oh my god this game is more ahead of its time than 2 3rds of humanity

[@slartybartfast]

Damn, they really said trans rights... I love that

[@JL-ot1kg]

@@slartybartfast and it's gender CORRECTION, not gender reassignment. The name implies, "whoops, fucked up your gender, gotta fix that to what you really are." Thats, like, trans rights 2

[@MT-jx6ti]

Play the game David. Dont just do a one off. Run an entire campaign until April 2020

[@kaleidoslug7777]

++++++++++++++

[@coleschroeder7115]

Yes

[@taakotuesdays]

I second

[@GarGarII]

play it play it play it

[@dezemahn7471]

Please do

[@DDDDE0]

Polygon my guy, let Brian play this sexy RPG

[@RyanSpargo]

Can you monsters not give Brian just a little joy?? He'll make more spreadsheets later! Let him be a punk rock cybernetic god!

[@jusumji]

Please

[@martintaylor570]

This 100% needs to happen with Brian, Keanu and Danny Trejo at the very least.

[@Honeey-moth]

We need Pat and Brian to play this come oN POLYGON PLEASE

[@nemo9225]

Yess

[@KekeliKeli]

Fun Fact: Originally, instead of Empathy, it was supposed to be that getting too many enhancements meant that the corporations that SOLD those enhancements got more and more control over your body and wallet. Forcing you to pay for upgrades/repairs just to stay alive and functioning, causing pop-up ads in your eyes, etc. and if you got too many, you would literally lose control over your body and be added to that corporation's army or workforce as a slave. This was too anti-capitalist for American distributors, so the whole Empathy thing was put in instead.

[@DeviantEdspear]

Should I ever wind up picking up this book or the new one... I might fluff the cyberpsychosis/empathy thing that way.

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

Like many things in this game, it proved prophetic! Instead of being as blatant, though, they have slowly conditioned us to buy the same cod or madden game every year, to buy the new iPhone every single year, to subscribe to music stations that are still free on the radio, to buy a game and then keep buying via microtransactions the things that used to be free in games.

[@francescociarleglio6791]

Wow, thats cool! There is any source i can look up to know more about this?

[@yvngp00t96]

That’s way better why would they change it?

[@breadpitt9687]

Wow this comment section is entering new levels of WOKE! Wake up sheeple! don't subscribe to apple music!

[@nihil8471]

okay so, what if the Keanu Reeves character is a poser who underwent plastic surgery to look like the actual Keanu Reeves?

[@kalebsantos72]

Twist ending of the year

[@letitbegin1012]

well hes not because he's johnny silverhand

[@sourced4]

Okay but I’m honestly more scared of being beat up by 10 Keanu Reeves that 10 John F. Kennedy’s.

[@tiagodarkpeasant]

@@sourced4 they are not keanu posers, they are john wick posers

[@StrongStyleShiny]

@@sourced4 I'm scared of the uncontrollable erection I'd have.

[@enzocalderon1286]

a tabletop rpg with the polygon team? WHAT? HELL YEAH. ...WHAT?

[@justinclemmons3816]

BDG must play a rockerboy.

[@vdekjEE]

Ha ha, what?

[@Flowtail]

I believe it's spelled "WHATHELLYEAHWHAT???"

[@TheWorldEndsWithYou954]

@@vdekjEE Thank you

[@vdekjEE]

@@TheWorldEndsWithYou954 ;)

[@James-li4tf]

DO IT. DON'T LET YOUR CYBERPUNK DREAMS BE CYBERPUNK DREAMS LET THEM BE CYBERPUNK ROLEPLAYING SESSIONS WHICH YOU WILL ENJOY

[@benjaminstone4971]

I can't believe that never fade away was actually in the game

[@kendaar9002]

It sorta sucks that the book version is better than the game version. Let me explain... In the game Johnny just hastes Arasaka when Alt is taken he can instantly blame them because he is raging his small war against them, but in the book Johnny isn't involved specifically with Arasaka. If the game followed this story line it would be the events of Never Fade Away which would cause the unending hatred of Arasaka, instead of it being something extra to add to the pile of grievances which we never completely see, which in my opinion makes a more interesting character.

[@MylesMarrero]

@@kendaar9002 I don’t see how a character that hates an organization for one reason is more interesting than a character hating them for multiple different reasons. It’s interesting when characters have history that we don’t see, otherwise everything in the story follows a very predictable structure. When we’re looking at these characters on screen, we’re seeing just a snapshot of what their actual lives are. Seeing them reference the parts of their lives that we don’t ever see can be really cool. It makes them feel more organic, since in reality we’re never entirely knowledgeable of another person’s experience besides ourselves. Having everything answered plainly gets old.

[@kendaar9002]

@@MylesMarrero I suppose you have a point but when it comes to Johnny I felt his specific hate for Arasaka was too much and too specific, as far as I know he never specifically complains about another corporation, and hell his hatred for corps almost seems to be because they are the same as Arasaka. It's obvious something big and important happened to piss him off to this extent but it's never shown or alluded to, making Johnny come off more as a maniac who decided to hate Arasaka for no real reason rather than being wronged by them. I suppose at the end of the day it's a preference, I prefer the books Silverhand because I could see, understand and empathise with him entirely.

[@LegendaryGooseling]

@@kendaar9002 I feel like they made up for this with his speech on why he hates corps. One of the best dialogues in the game imo.

[@Jsipki265]

@@kendaar9002 think the dude was huffing too much copium. You’re critique was well founded.

[@jdweigley]

this aged surprisingly well. kinda hit the nail on the head for what actually made it into the game. and hopefully they lean on the wackier ideas from the ttrpg for the DLC

[@baconpwn1]

poopoo smelly

[@ScornfulEg0tist]

Hoping especially for poser gangs tbh Finding several exact duplicates of the roadie from the first johnny scene doesn't count

[@SpiralSine6]

In before getting the crap beat out of you by 20 Johnny Silverhands

[@gkdunch]

i really hope they add more implants in the dlc and tie in a cyberpsychosis twist to that.

[@Arany-Csillag]

We're going to the combat zone baby

[@OliverSachgau]

Brian not doing Unravelled? YES MY BOY HAS THE RANGE

[@evanallaire2829]

Jojo

[@jediarchives7826]

That's the main reason I clicked, and I do not regret my decision

[@FrenchToast663]

BDG should do a podcast

[@dylansnook7970]

@@FrenchToast663 he had a podcast... or has they're in between seasons rn (?) its called lets make a music and it's him, his sister, and his bandmate where they just make funny jingles about things. like one of the first episodes is they make a jingle for a thanksgiving mascot. i highly recommend it.

[@theverysmallfrog]

He's not using toms of paper!

[@edwardnygma8533]

Keanu Silverhand told me to riot if Polygon doesn't play CP2020 right before calling me breathtaking.

[@coaxill4059]

Personally, despite having a disability and possibly needing prosthetics in the future, I always liked the CyberPsycho thing. It makes sense to my mind that if a person removed all their natural limbs, perhaps even their face and internal organs, even to the point that they're just a brain floating in a mech suit, they might start to feel a bit detached from the struggles of organic life. Such a person wouldn't have any of the same problems as a normal person, except for the (now far less looming) threat of mortality. They might have artificial nerves that can be deactivated, or that could feel sensation without the unpleasant nature of pain. They could constantly pump drugs into their brain so they felt however they wanted at any time, and never overdose because they have no squishy organs (except brain) and a machine filtering their blood. Now I do think it kinda sucks that there's no subtlety to it. Remove too much of your body and you just immediately go psycho. It'd be cool if there was an element of chance to it, and once you pass the threshold of cyberpsycho, you'd get worse with further augmentation- less in control of yourself, until you have no say left and it's just your mechanical components running the show. You're now cyberdemented. Just had to say this, and I anticipate no one will read it! If you made it this far, congratulations comrade on joining the revolution.

[@TuckyBlue]

Also corporations being able to control your body if too much is replaced. How far can you go before the company can possibly control you?

[@daxsheepard9344]

Have you watched Edgerunners yet???🥲

[@kristiankopera]

​@@TuckyBlue is that the case with Adam smasher? That dudes is just a robot with a brain 😆 yet he doesn't act like psycho

[@drlemon7729]

​@@kristiankoperahigh functioning cyberpsycho

[@SpySappingMyKeyboard]

4:01 No BDG, you're the reason I'm here. I'm not even joking.

[@abee9242]

Same, I clicked because his face was the thumbnail

[@kemmli]

I didn’t even _notice_ keanu at first, only bdg

[@alejandrorivas4585]

What about now?

[@jayrawd]

@@alejandrorivas4585 now we save all the unraveleds to a playlist and unsub from polygon

[@SpaceLizardful]

*hacker voice* I'm in...to the idea of Polygon playing the original tabletop Cyberpunk.

[@sydneyhobbs9817]

Space Lizard YES

[@mattblack9161]

Yes please!!!!

[@soverytired6152]

Yes!

[@sirnewt5984]

Agreed.

[@charliebitch2420]

Please

[@jthrone7768]

“But those cowards at CDPR only let us play as hunks” Amazing.

[@flipppbook]

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[@LoneStar48]

that "amazing" reminds me of jesse lee peterson

[@bryceahlberg8170]

Brian: “But I wanted to do Never Fade Away” CDPR: *laughs in storyboarding*

[@nbtwall7287]

In defence of humanity cost: Have you ever gotten a piercing and your body rejected it? _What would happen if you rejected 90% of your body?_

[@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844]

I mean, phrasing it as humanity cost just isn't a good decision though. I understand it's for balancing more than anything, but... good grief.

[@firstsurname2388]

@@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844 What would you call a stat that literally defines how "human" your character perceives themselves as?

[@MykiiMescal]

First Surname i wouldn’t

[@firstsurname2388]

@@MykiiMescal you wouldn't what?

[@ThePapaDragon]

@@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844 it’s only offensive or combat enhancements. Therapeutic and cosmetic cyberware don’t lower humanity or cause cyberpsychosis.

[@DanielGee]

Play tabletop RPGs! Cyperpunk, or any other rpg really.

[@JeffCaplan313]

I'd watch that!

[@mackenziestorey620]

ditto

[@Teethmafia]

Hell yeah

[@bartham9285]

play. the. tabletop. game. did i do good? did i give a good reason?

[@BoaConstuctor]

Do a campaign!

[@theverysmallfrog]

YES

[@user-xm9rt9xy6o]

No.

[@relativelyjilly]

The polygon show gave us the smallest taste of what a polygon rpg could be and now i think I need this very much

[@user6122]

Make an overboard episode just playing this game.

[@westhorizoncrew]

Poser gang illustration straight up looks like a pair of Jojo characters

[@Joniathano]

R E O Meatwagon also Sounds kinda familiar

[@akunekochan]

That's what I tought too XD

[@user-ol7bt4wp1j]

@@Joniathano Oh yeah you're right

[@Atamosk-bu7zt]

The only poser in the entire game is ozob. Kinda sad to see there wasnt more of them hanging around or at least more than two missions involving just the one.

[@westhorizoncrew]

P.s. thanks for all the likes everyone! :D

[@ccobelli8787]

"aPrIL oF NeXT yEAr" I mock in july of 2020, still cyberpunkless

[@shakedst]

November now ):

[@DrewHeavner]

@@shakedst December now )':

[@spinakker14]

Well,about that...

[@koffeejello104]

“ItS BeeN 60 YeArs, StiLL nO CyBerPuNk 2077, HaVe beeN sIttInG at THIs GaMESTop FoR 30 OF tHEm

[@hollydot9245]

I'm an alien, just found this comment when scanning your burned up husk of a planet that died millennia ago. I see no records of Cyberpunk being released yet.

[@Remy_Stark]

You’re looking for any reason?! “Please play this game and post it!” Done.

[@sirt3abaggins]

Play it and get a party of mixed classes so we can see how they'd work

[@clownmcclown9548]

Dear Polygon, Please let Brian David Gilbert play Cyberpunk. We would like to know more about meat wagon. Sincerely, Probably All Of Us

[@BarbarianGod]

I agree wholeheartedly.

[@Twohomst]

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[@lagyexplosion7420]

Same

[@catriziacat1756]

Sincerely me (too)

[@TitanicBark68]

Dear Polygon, Please let Brian David Gilbert play Cyberpunk. We would like to know more about meat wagon. Sincerely, Probably All Of Us plus Me, Jacob Buerger

[@thelegend8570]

I mean i always just assumed that maybe willingly removing your arm to replace it with a giant laser cannon doesn't make you the sanest person in the world, and i guess after doing that too much you'd probably go fully batshit crazy, and not that literally having metal in you makes you less human.

[@yudipota884]

"never fade away will be a part of the game we just wont be able to live through those experiences" ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT

[@Yozobebe]

Yes god please run this. We need the Brian/Patrick/Simone dream team

[@zachreddy]

Stephen Marlow and Jenna!

[@Honeey-moth]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE AAAAH SIMONE PAT AND BRIAN YES

[@DaveMaasEffect]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEAAAASE RUN A ONE-OFF! I need it to happen. Please, Polygon. Let Brian have this.

[@ryanw.7128]

Play it!!!!!

[@LittleMoths94]

Yes yes yes

[@supp8483]

PLAY IT! PLAY IT! PLAY IT!

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

You should play it because you like Cyberpunk 2020. That's reason enough. Maybe the game devs will spot you some swag because The One True Moustache is advertising their game for them?

[@brucemclee]

Did you know you're not holding the original table top rpg. There's an earlier edition from 1988 set in the far off future of 2013.

[@leonamvonborowsky7559]

We dont talk about 2013

[@leonamvonborowsky7559]

@@soyildraws9095 I ment that Cyberpunk 2013 is not that good and we consider it beguinning with Cp 2020. Dont know where your rant comes from, but have a good week i gess

[@thecoolnerdcolress1738]

@@soyildraws9095 SHUT UP YOU MORON, STOP THINKING THE PC WORLD EQUALS TO THE IRL WORLD

[@stormagedon3852]

@@leonamvonborowsky7559 what did he say, I'm so curious

[@leonamvonborowsky7559]

​@@stormagedon3852 shitze i really dont remember what the guy said sorry, bro 😔

[@ThatCroewGuy]

BRIAN! BRIAN! WE LIVED THROUGH IT! WE GOT TO PLAY NEVER FADE AWAY

[@dgregory794]

Play the game. I am genuinely interested in the prospects of the world.

[@RDR911]

Imagine if they got Griffin or Justin to play!!?

[@ozone500]

Yesss I would love to see you play this

[@draconianking]

Play this goddamn TTG or I'll harvest your mustache for the REO Meatwagon.

[@justsomeguy8739]

"Before April of next year" Oh how young and naive we were

[@CS9_]

Brian legit predicted a large majority of things that appeared in the game. Impressive, Mr. David Gilbert.

[@yaoifan420blazeit4]

please play cyberpunk and fight alongside the original virtual rockergirl: hatsune miku

[@dooderoo2365]

hello everyone im scott president of dominos pizza, have you heard of hatsune miku?

[@jh4599]

No... Silverhand predates her

[@yaoifan420blazeit4]

@@jh4599 but he ain't the number one princess in the world 😔

[@josephikrakowskiwithflextape]

@@yaoifan420blazeit4 hes numba one sexy boi

[@yaoifan420blazeit4]

@@josephikrakowskiwithflextape fair 😔👊

[@clockworkblues2397]

play the game that sparks joy in you mustache knowledge man, live your dream

[@mqw.4377]

We need more streamers that play tabletop rpg, just to make more people know that the best game is the one you make

[@slightlymorepunk]

Pls

[@EduardoDanielFerreira]

wow he actually predicted that the Johny Silverhand kidnapped gf quest would be in the game almost 2 years before the release and then corrected it

[@Silverwind87]

Here's an interesting thing about the humanity points in the RPG: You wouldn't lose points if you got an expensive and reliable enhancement. You only lost empathy if you got a sketchy back alley modification. It was a commentary on capitalism and how we've become so reliant on pharmaceutical companies that they practically own our humanity.

[@Nursesaids]

Anti capitalist everything was cyberpunks whole raison d' etre Its only now where were getting goons who actually want to play as the big corporate mercenaries. Its baffling, but also makes a lot of sense considering we are very likely at peak capitalism right now. Companies are people yall!

[@heilmodrhinnheimski]

@@Nursesaids We’re approaching late stage capitalism. Next step is either socialism or fascism.

[@epsteindidntkillhimself69]

@@Nursesaids Oh yea, corporate agent wasn't *literally one of the 10 main classes of the game*

[@argenteus8314]

@@Nursesaids I HOPE we're at peak capitalism, but it could get a lot worse IMO. It's wishful thinking to think that capitalism inherently cannot continue because it is bad; unless we act to do away with it, it will not go away until it has destroyed everything. This is not meant to say the situation is hopeless: we CAN win this, but we're going to have to engage in a collective struggle for it, we will not win passively, inevitably.

[@alejandrorivas4585]

@@argenteus8314 marx was wrong when he claimed that capitalism would inevitably give way to socialism. It will give way either to socialism by embracing more fully egalitarianism, or reject egalitarianism and embrace fascism

[@thecatlike2125]

You shouldn't do a one off. You should do a story that takes at least 12 episodes and make a podcast version of it

[@_4_0_4_6]

This guy gets it, I'm trying to get a series going.

[@claramariamarinescu9164]

YES YES PLS

[@SomeStarASCII]

Yes

[@willbe3043]

YES

[@CripplingDuality]

@@_4_0_4_6 the hero we need

[@nataliejean2412]

Full campaign or I'mma start a concert riot! Seriously though, I would 100% watch that. Please do it!

[@drakkenmensch]

DO! IT! DO! IT! DO! IT! DO! IT! DO! IT! DO! IT!

[@ricemilk413]

And I will summon all my aunts to wreck havoc in the polygon headquarters

[@bosharoo]

coming back to confirm Never Fade Away is indeed in the game, Brian was right

[@NinaNooneknows]

"the cowards ... have only given us the power to play as hunks" thank you for this and the body mod/prosthetics positivity, I didn't even catch the issue with the latter at first because I was just nodding along thinking of brain corruption or something

[@HuskeyJay]

Please Brian, play the TTRPG before we all go mad

[@Frownlandia]

BRIAN. *ahem* Polygon. PLAY THIS GAME. DO THE THING PLAY THE GAME POLYGON NEEDS A TABLETOP SHOW.

[@atakiri]

Now that the game is out, I'd love a follow-up to this video: What did Brian guess right, what did he guess wrong, and can he explain what similarities there are and aren't in the final version

[@dirkcjelli]

Sweet summer child...

[@Johndoe-cg3kf]

Swathed in the chasmer Blanket

[@JRCT3E]

BDG: We could do a one-off of Cyberpunk 2020 Me: Big Kitty Eyes

[@thesii213]

Full Campaign.

[@icecold273k5]

Play the damn game Screw one-off make it a podcast

[@BethanyEsda]

Somewhere the McElroys all got a shiver and a sense of impending doom

[@gabehere]

List of things Brian got right: Place: Afterlife is there, is in a morgue and is a central place in the main story. The Rainbow does sort of exist, but it became a sushi bar. The rock classics became legends of a long gone past. People Johnny is not only very important in this game, but you also do play the Never Fade Away mission as him. You also blow up Arasaka with a mini-nuke. The Fixers exist in the game as contractors to whom you do gigs and contracts. Saburo Arasaka has a major role in the game, and Arasaka Corp as a whole is majorly present in V's journey. You do play as a solo, a merc working for fixers. You also have encounters with Nomads and may have been part of a Nomad family yourself depending on the life-path you choose. Things Cyberware does not drive you to cyberpsychosis, but cyberpsychos exist and are on of the main enemy types in the game. There are drugs amd they work just like skooma, with minor buffs/debuffs.

[@RZRtelevision]

"So - we have confirmation, Never Fade Away is important to this game. We just won't be able to live through those experiences in the game itself" - Brian David Gilbert, being awesomely wrong.

[@Ryan_Sheridan]

A polygon bdg video that's separate from Unraveled? What? Hell, yeah! What??

[@piggyakaben]

But when is the Keanu Reeves VR Fishing game being announced?

[@Silverwind87]

@@piggyakaben The "You're all breathtaking" was both the gaffe and the genuine emotion.

[@colin5227]

its funny when people forget he just works for polygon, and exists outside of unraveled

[@linusoredsson7111]

Ha ha, what? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHOqiGyAaNirZ8k

[@TheJohnpocalypse]

Brian David Gilbert, you must run a Cyberpunk 2020 RPG. We must let BDG Start A Riot!

[@andrewtyrell4795]

Just dropping in from the distant future of December 2020 to add some information to the cyberpsychosis comments. The recently released Cyberpunk Red rulebook gives more context on what causes and contributes to cyberpsychosis. Necessary prosthetics to replace an arm or a leg don't cause humanity loss. Cybernetics only cause humanity loss when it involves voluntarily removing a functioning body part to add some new function. Replacing a lost leg with a prosthetic that brings you restores basic mobility=fine Having your arm removed for a robot one so you can have an smg pop up from your wrist=probably going to cause some subconscious issues Further, the rulebook explains that humanity loss corresponds to a reduction in empathy as the artificial parts of your body make you feel more distant from other people. People with low empathy, typically ones with pre-existing psychotic and/or sociopathic tendencies, are more likely to develop cyberpsychosis as they slowly stop thinking of themselves and others as people. Lastly, the rulebook states that humanity loss is also caused by traumatic experiences. This humanity loss and its associated empathy reduction can be treated and reversed with therapy with the game even providing a system for doing so. So basically, calling it humanity and having you lose doesn't really convey what the game is trying to represent. I don't know how much of this was in Cyberpunk 2020, that's how it is in Red.

[@patrickmiller4229]

"April of next year." Gonna have to wait til November as of right now...geez

[@saljm697]

A rushed game is forever bad

[@ThatCrazyBookWyrm]

The last game CDPR pushed back was the Witcher 3, so I think it's safe to say it's worth the wait

[@saljm697]

ThatCrazyBookWyrm exactly my point

[@sideslick1024]

Anything less than a full Cyberpunk 2020 campaign that is run until April of 2020 would be wrong. Please play it.

[@anxez]

One off? Do a damn series! I want you and Gil slowly gambling away your humanity together to conquer those evil corporations

[@mostlyghostie]

anxez I believe that’s called Gill and Gilbert

[@TheAnatic]

1:47 to 2:09, the delivery of 'ehehe, I love escapist fiction' paired with Brian's face actually had me crying laughing. Amazing

[@nothisispatrick6528]

I came back to this video just to say Brian was wrong we did get to play through the events of never fade away.

[@anyderrosek9272]

Thank you

[@nothisispatrick6528]

@@anyderrosek9272 you’re welcome

[@cyanideSnakeEater]

Polygon Cyberpunk 2020 ttrpg show now please!

[@whitenoiseforsleepingandmo3367]

Yes

[@asmodeus235]

YES DAVID DO IT I NEED IT

[@isaack590]

Do it! Do it!

[@clocksmash]

Hey Brian, I hate to be a bother, but absolutely do this please and thank you.

[@afs824]

I would love this

[@KamilHenri]

BDG needs to play Cyberpunk 2020 with Keanu Reeves

[@obituarama1405]

I’d love to see this game played by big he seems so interested in this fabulous rpg can’t wait for that one off (hopefully it’ll be a series)

[@uraxii2944]

I'm surprised at how many things he said should be in the game that were actually in the game.

[@veezopolis]

Considering REO SPEEDWAGON is as chill as they are, who's to say REO MEATWAGON won't be in this game

[@chuckpatriot]

god I'd love to see the polygon crew playing a developed game of cyberpunk SO bad

[@crowspeaches5123]

Brian, for all of our sanity, please play the game. A table top cyberpunk adventure sounds like the perfect rewatchable masterpiece.

[@SaheelsCorner]

"april of next year" happy august guys

[@nicocurreri9805]

Yes, happy November

[@shmepe7847]

Happy Thanksgiving

[@SaheelsCorner]

@@shmepe7847 I am back it was delayed again

[@shmepe7847]

@@SaheelsCorner yes it was😖

[@brittanyritts2203]

Brian: (on Cyberpsycosis) I don’t think Project Red will commit to that Regina Jones: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@3p1cphailure]

BRIAN PLEASE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE POLYGON PLAY CYBERPUNK 2020!!!!

[@alexandersanders7653]

I seconnnd this

[@alexandersanders7653]

There was once a time when I would have begged for more but since the pokerap bull shit I fear ever unraveled video that I'm gonna force myself through

[@JakeyMeisty]

I’d love to see him iron his shirt

[@SneezyShadow]

Please do

[@timshank42]

I second this.

[@hlr1380]

*Knock Knock* Yeah, I got one large "Literally Any Reason" for a Brian David Gilbert here

[@danhelo7706]

Ok ik this was a long time ago but at 8:16 you can see that the implants say "Humanity Cost" so I do think there will be a limit/cyberpsychosis if you have too many implants

[@alexrandazzo195]

4:30 that alt mission actually did come true though so good job Brian

[@elenaj6283]

Yes Brian, do the game. Make your coworkers become the punks they were always meant to be

[@lilacforest4826]

Please play the cyberpunk rpg on a live stream!! That would be super cool!!!

[@tehn00bdude]

YES I need this.

[@dayf722]

DO IT I NEED THIS

[@alekslee3978]

Watching this in 2023 and being almost 100% sure we did play through never fade away, this was great

[@GoneFishingAmalgam]

I now wish I had purchased the TTRPG. I might actually be able to run that one a PS4

[@swordswaltzing]

this video is like unraveled if unraveled got married had kids and moved to the suburb but still followed its passion as a hobby in his basement

[@MisterAppleEsq]

How is this so accurate?

[@kylefluharty5565]

It's like Unraveled except everything is finished being unraveled and now it's been knitted into a cute little family sweater of game lore, references, and excellent wit, while still being that funny as hell BDG content.

[@sky2life]

I vote for a live stream or podcast like of the original cyberpunk. It would be so good to watch and listen

[@oto7666]

there is one on spotify! it's a great listen when working out or whatever it's called "dark future dice"

[@sky2life]

@@oto7666 thanks! Il check it out. Im caught up on all my dnd podcasts so it be fun to listen to something new

[@CallumRG]

yes

[@edam6202]

I CAME BACK ‘CAUSE IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING

[@unknownrandomosity4536]

I love your username 💙💙💙

[@simianimp]

"Before April of (2020)," *sighs in July 2020*

[@elwittlif]

I would watch 500+ hours of Polygon's video team playing this game

[@willbe3043]

MEMEMEMEME

[@evar.7093]

YEEESS I would love to see a short campaign of Cyberpunk 2020

[@megamuffinchipalicious898]

Or a long one🙏🏻

[@Trib273]

Dang, its crazy how accurate this is, even with Never Fade Away, where we DID get to experience it firsthand!

[@ZoeBateman]

damn, in the 2.0 update they even have a system that kinda replicates the humanity system; cyberware capacity. kinda cool going back to this and seeing just how much got put into the game and even more after some updates!

[@erikathered]

DEFINITELY do the one-off! I would love to see you playing tabletop

[@writershard5065]

YES! And they should stream it if they can so we can watch! And then edit together a highlight reel for those on KZbin! Or maybe I'm asking too much idk, but would love to see a playthrough.

[@spejic1]

But he has to say "R.E.O. Meatwagon" as many times as possible. Like constantly.

[@SadSmash547]

DO IT BDG!

[@stonecat676]

YES YES YES, CYBERPUNK LORE SOUNDS HECKIN RAD!

[@henrydavis5360]

If you could get an experiemced dungeonmmaster and play aginst other people sure...

[@samustown]

Hey, Polygon let us watch Brian play. I need to know more about the CD players and the meat wagon.

[@fatboy158]

Cyberpunk 2020 is a jojo reference.

[@RobCabreraCh]

BDG: Are there CD players in 2020? Me: *looking at my CD collection nervously*

[@WCWit]

Coming back to this after the release of Edgerunner!

[@rebeccafield3251]

mans has a can and a half of beans in him in this video

[@rebeccafield3251]

also pls play cyberpunk 2020 i would eat that shit up

[@iTurducken]

Justin would be proud and/or horrified

[@oppet2]

Brian David Gilbert you play that game young man or so god help me I'll send you straight to your room without supper.

[@trident042]

I will turn this KZbin channel around SO HELP ME

[@isaiahlem]

I'm playing the game now. I can confirm that "Never Fade Away" is in the game. You play through it as one of Johnny's memories when you're trying to find Alt. And yes, Johnny's plays a show and starts a riot in front of Arasaka.

[@calynmjordan]

Crazy how much is actually in here

[@wardvanderputt4246]

Please do this thing, Brian. Show us the Meatwagon. (And maybe give us a regular polygon ttrpg show yknow that be cool also just saying)

[@ridleebloo4303]

SHOW US THE M E A T W A G O N

[@itme626]

Brian your fans are waiting

[@theversatilehunter3651]

i NEED a polygon adventure zone-style podcast

[@ShmingsThings]

They've got access to some of the McElroy talent, even if they don't show up they could certainly share tips and tricks.

[@Andy_Quest]

Please please please play the Cyberpunk 2020 RPG!! 🤞🏼

[@Atamosk-bu7zt]

They played red at least. The timeline is amazingly accurate to what we can expect to see, soon enough

[@BusinessWolfRay]

Also omg please do a one shot of this, or a whole campaign, I would love to watch it.

[@squirmdwerm8856]

Every time I watch a video featuring Brian, I just have this gargantuan smile on my face throughout the whole video's duration.

[@ashstyles756]

Give us the Cyberpunk 2020 tabletop series we know we all want in our souls

[@keyblademasterkevin]

Brian I'd love nothing more than to see you run this game.

[@issiemerry]

I watched this video over a year ago and it fundamentally changed me as a person

[@damned5tudios]

Having now seen the recent gameplay trailers and etc, BDG should be happy to know that we are almost certainly going to see the events of Never Fade Away play out in-game, probably from Johnny's POV or as a braindance.