Cyberpsycho VS the NCPD | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | Clip | Netflix Anime

[@deathrisen6617]

I love how the police just spawns behind him they really took the game to heart here

[@deathrisen6617]

@oppai-sama Even maxtac? that was not even a few minutes and they there already, later in the show sombody mentioned where they all coming from nowhere

[@GhaziB17]

in one of the episodes Maine said that the the pigs are everywhere its like they are coming from thin air, it was a nod to the game.

[@bozotheclown1142]

He never stood a chance, probably went psycho over the fact that his car flew up into the air

[@TheUglyBastard]

@@deathrisen6617 would you really not have the only way to deal with cyber psychos literally everywhere in the city for the fastest possible response time With how much of a threat they are it makes sense they are so fast

[@That1guybehindu]

@@TheUglyBastard you right

[@BladedAngel]

2:52 Seeing the singular MaxTac guy being such a bullet sponge while the cops were plowed over truly represents the early game experience very accurately!

[@weasel003gaming7]

Think you're a badass and suddenly MaxTac shows up.

[@terrellsvn]

Shoulda shot him in the mouth

[@kiwi9065]

oh it's Bladed angel!

[@dominictalavera4430]

@@weasel003gaming7 well shi-

[@followerofannus1610]

*Laughing in melee build*

[@tdkb3395]

Love how this scene gives the audience two things before the show starts proper 1. How powerful someone with implants especially sandevistan can be 2. Even when you're that powerful there are people who can take you out if your not careful ei. Max tac or Adam Smasher

[@Aenzley]

Can adam smasher destroy all the MaxTac?

[@nerose274]

​@@Aenzley easily.

[@shawermus]

​@@Aenzleyas reddit guy said "It will be a REALLY bloody and long fight, and in the end the winner is determined by who can keep fighting the longest. That's why MaxTac has a god damn code for threat too dangerous"

[@gorkengos]

​@@AenzleyAnd, one of the gangsters kills him.

[@gorgeousgeorge7104]

​@@nerose274nope. They will take him down, even if he will be their toughest fight ever

[@FirstLast-cg2nk]

For those wondering how this guy was able to tank bullets so effortlessly, Subdermal Armor is a cyber-augmentation one can obtain in-game. At the right price, and with high enough Street Cred, you too can be nearly bulletproof.

[@thumbstickstv2654]

I don't suppose you would happen to know a specific build to be this type of cyber in game?

[@jamescawl6904]

​@@thumbstickstv2654 the cyberpsycho is sporting endgame implants if you base it on the game. you can easily buy subdermal armor and sandevistan after the arasaka tower heist.

[@thumbstickstv2654]

@@jamescawl6904 Thank you, I just started it again after shelving it from week 1 release. I have a save point just before the heist with no perks or attributes spent after clearing all of Watson so I can defos work towards this build now thanks

[@jamescawl6904]

@@thumbstickstv2654 make sure to side with netwatch against the vodoo boys. Those backstabbers need to be exterminated.

[@Nekavandre]

I have an armor rating of 3,648. I don't even use Medical supplies anymore. Bullets don't do anything unless I just stand there. Even then it takes awhile. I'm busted like the Colonel in this Cyber Psycho attack.

[@malal4751]

Gotta give props to the dude who rushes a fucking cyberpsycho with nothing but a pistol.

[@MiGujack3]

Plot armor test run

[@thevigilante5623]

As Adam Smasher would say: “Bold. And stupid.”

[@anxiousearth680]

And why? Getting a few more metres closer won't up your guns penetration by any meaningful amount.

[@Ryo_Le_Gos]

they were probably using toy guns, my comrade hammer pistol with certain perks equipped nearly oneshots most enemies in cyberpunk 2077.

[@apeblackberry3641]

he is the champion of speedrunning life competition.

[@nairav9156]

The update to 2.0 really makes this scene reality. You can take out Arasaka, Police whoever you want, but MaxTac is litterly the Military giant, you don't deal with them easly.

[@BatCountryAdventures]

Yeah, I could kill Adam Smasher with ease with my Sandevistan Ninja build but I still run when Maxtac comes.

[@junkieguy]

@@BatCountryAdventuresactually, with apogee and katana u can kill them with high diff

[@BatCountryAdventures]

@@junkieguy So there is still a massive gap between everyone else (including the final boss) and Maxtac.

[@killbabies0341]

Maybe because I am only on hard, but I have no problem dealing with them. I like doing a bit of 5 star cyberpsycho rampaging on occasion.

[@pilauda]

You can survive few waves but eventually ur done, i like that about game and MaxTac

[@bushidotestu1997]

In the game cyberpsychos aren’t that big of a deal to fight against but the anime shows just how truly dangerous they are and it is terrifying to think that it can just happen

[@isaactate9853]

To be fair, in the game you're also chromed up pretty decently and not facing man-made horrors using tech meant to level a city block in a matter of seconds.

[@jsfyxzuf117]

The player is pretty op as well, a high level netrunner build lets you clear a whole building while eating a sandwich on a bench outside

[@jsfyxzuf117]

@Young Ake You do know that removing rpg elements makes netrunner types stronger right?

[@Tacticaviator7]

@Young Ake The whole point of the in-game universe is the fact that people can get altered to the point where they get resistant to bullets, because their bones, skin, muscles are all replaced with synthetic stuff. You can literaly see the guy shrug off kilograms of bullets in this scene.

[@spakentruth]

@@jsfyxzuf117 pretty much just like in this scene. One netrunner disables and then they can deliver A killing blow

[@RedX_Slay]

having this scene open up to the show was such a great idea

[@mistermelancholy7698]

The entire show is foreshadowing the end basicly and thats who he gets his Sandi from it only makes sense. Dude was also a cop so its technically NCPD vs NCPD

[@almalone3282]

@@mistermelancholy7698 no he was a soldier

[@edoardogalli7326]

@@mistermelancholy7698 he was a soldier from the corpo war so that's why he had the sansevistan

[@ThePartisan13]

Yeah damn shame David actively ignored this shit.

[@almalone3282]

@@ThePartisan13 No he didn't. He was fully aware of the risks hell he saw it first hand with Maine but didn't care because he thought he was "special" and above it all

[@silver1340]

What really stands out to me in this opening, is that in the beginning when cyberpsycho is being revealed, he looks menacing. But as soon as we get a close up of his face he seems... sad? Like he just lost everything in life. Knowing that he was presumably a veteran, it does explain why he might've snapped.

[@Palgrave]

In the game there one of the cyberpsychos you take down is actually a veteran who fell through the cracks, lost his healthcare, lost his house, his old military augs went haywire and he ended up slaughtering the entire homeless camp he was living in That's why I always try to adhere to the nonlethal rule for those jobs, most of them are essentially victims themselves

[@plaugezenox5728]

@@Palgravei regret not reading the shards i usually just knock ‘em all out

[@Palgrave]

@@plaugezenox5728 I tend to relentlessly hoard and scavenge things in open world games like this and that includes lore lol With the cyberpsycho gigs it's usually one shard on their body and a followup shard/email on a laptop somewhere in the vicinity. It usually documents their descent into cyberpsychosis.

[@eltipobigotudo2162]

Right??? I love that as well

[@dandydoodle4456]

@Palgrave One on the pier at Pacifica was a veteran who had his little girl kidnapped by tiger claws

[@kiva9996]

You can even see the NCPD spawn right behind him in this clip. Incredibly faithful to the game.

[@Ramsey276one]

O M G XD

[@ManaredPickens]

where

[@maskimgalgo2046]

Michellin man is dead in this universe so everybody resorted to quantum tunneling for movement

[@FA9082]

when did this happen?...I just the police slide down ropes not spawn

[@ceasarcruz8312]

@@FA9082 you don't see them spawn, but he definitely killed more than there was on the scene...

[@ellusiv5121]

Idk why but whenever Trigger does something that hits, even if it’s not the best in any category in a season, they never fail to make it so damn impactful.

[@suorsodavit7421]

The story was sent by CDPR by the way... But damn Trigger delivered it

[@rxge1]

@@suorsodavit7421 CDPR produced it, but the story was made mostly by a Trigger writer and had some collaboration with CDPR writers

[@gamebozco]

@@rxge1 Loli must stay.

[@Dynamitethedrummer]

no shit bro

[@knavenformed9436]

@@suorsodavit7421 No way CDPR would've written a show with such a bad ending. Quite clearly a Trigger production in how it's basically fully filler.

[@SarcasticJedi42]

2:53 always kinda freaked me out just the helplessness and the close up of the gun as the guy is powerless to stop it.

[@LupusRyona]

Fucker deserved it

[@MrTheil]

That’s MaxTac for you.

[@somedestinyfanyaknow3703]

i found that moment to be a terrifying reminder of how much your psyche is ruined and your chrome does the talking instead at that point, his body only cared about killing at that point, hence why it only acted in offense then defense and didn't attempt to swat the gun away but to aim dead center on the head and shoot until the threat died

[@Abtastix]

mans though he could do a thing with a tech pistol when they are literally the worst dps

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

​@@somedestinyfanyaknow3703 I didn't see anyone _innocent_ get killed. 🤷🏻

[@SalvageET]

Not only did they spawn an entire police department out of nowhere, but they also made the enemies bullet sponges, it is insane how dedicated they are to making the show accurate to the game

[@aidanmatthewgalea7761]

everyone forgets the existence of the sub-dermal armor augment

[@furyassassin]

@@aidanmatthewgalea7761 Probably mostly because you get it in game and... don't really become bulletproof, you get a whopping 200 armor I think with the best one and I'm not even sure how that translates into damage mitigation, but it sure isn't bulletproof.

[@Chillerll]

@@furyassassin well he dies in the end didn’t he

[@DJB3lfry]

@@furyassassin Well, consider that most civilians in the game will die from just one or two bullets, whereas you can tank hundreds and be fine after a Maxdoc. Subdermal armor doesn't make you invulnerable, just like kevlar vests don't make you invulnerable irl. You can just take far more punishment than civvies with minimal chrome.

[@Googleisstupid-sk3hm]

My head build seems to always work

[@MR.LMR1996]

I went into this series with rather average expectations. But I can't stop thinking about it when I finished. Fantastic. Nova as a Night City local would say.

[@kaobiugwu435]

Trigger just hits different sometimes. But my GOD they did not hold back here

[@localboxcrox]

> Nova as a Night City local would say. Rebecca's death ligit made me sad. She best girl.

[@haydenTenno-]

@@kaobiugwu435 we need more anime like this. Brutal unrelenting violence and gore.

[@Birdman369]

@@haydenTenno- the violence and gore needs to serve a purpose, else it’s just made to psychos.

[@smolltaco5667]

@@Birdman369 fr

[@spawn_dawn3657]

It was crazy how OP maxtac is, i mean if You see Norris has some of the most OP implants in the Game (Subdermal armor, Surface armor, cyber jaw, cybroptics, a sandevistan and a kerezikov AT THE SAME TIME, atleast 2 mantis Blades and a hand canon) yet he doesnt last long at all against maxtac

[@user-wy5rs2zj6u]

wait he has a kerezikov?

[@xISparkzy]

@@user-wy5rs2zj6u im guessing hes thinking of the bit where maxtac shoots him destroying his shotgun where he dodges and hads a short time slow effect that isnt quite as long as the sandy

[@kotorandcorvid4968]

That's MaxTac for you. The apex predators of NC. Unless you are Adam Smasher or have something like the cyberskeleton, it's over for you.

[@rajamartua5531]

He doesn't wear armor (shirt and jacket) though. Without decent armor, even a fully borged out choom is kinda squishy.

[@jamfingers55]

@@rajamartua5531 I think he's referring to his skin Remember subdermal armour is well... Subdermal, so it wouldn't protect your skin on the outside. I'm guessing he might've had some high-end skinweave or gotten some tanky Realskinn implanted

[@Tywil714]

One thing Edgerunners does right is showing how terrifying and futile it is to go up against a cyberpsycho. They are basically tanks on two legs and are practically unstoppable without MaxTac gear. Those poor beat cops dont stand a chance.

[@hasanmuttaqin464]

And also how NCPD and maxtac can instantly spawn behind you

[@omarjimenezromero3463]

i have lvl 50 and above 100 hours in my first game, i look like this when i got 4 stars, even max tac have a bad time dealing with me but i need to run away because at some point you have 6-8 max tac agents with sandeviztand and kerezvnikov dodging every bullet at more than 4 meters so this get very hard at some pint even if you have legendary gear maxed out.

[@seemslegit6203]

its an unfortunate bond, the more chrome you have the more powerful you are and simultaneously the more you lose yourself. so cyberpsychos are almost guaranteed to be heavily moded. not always to this extent, but often.

[@shinobidaniel_12]

Hell me using a combo of Lucy and David's build makes me near immune to maxtec

[@IL0909]

@@omarjimenezromero3463 you just run 100 meters and they despawn, buggiest game ever made.

[@Zei33]

I love the swat team angle of Cyberpunk. I wish we got to see more of that in the game. The way they show up and are completely tech'd out. Amazing.

[@peterwolf8395]

In lore more often then out the squad leader os full borg öike smasher they scary and probably a superior version of the cornel morrison we saw here

[@Otakahunt]

Maybe in the future. :P They said in the latest stream that they are working on overhauling the Cop system... right now its the same as it was at launch with minor improvements to the spawning. So dont get stars.... everytime i run over a civilian i cry tears, its so annoying.

[@danielduncan6806]

@@Otakahunt To be honest, they should just do away with cops entirely. My reasoning... First off, V is in the back pocket of the NCPD, a "sub-contractor"(sub-con), and V does A LOT of work for the NCPD. And given the city is corrupt as hell, you'd think that would buy the V character a lot of freedom in the city. So V offs an NPC from time to time, something like that ought to get swept under the rug and forgotten about. I mean, yo, V takes down no less than 7 gang dens all across the city, and saves countless people, and solves countless crimes. The V character kills THOUSANDS of criminal scumbags throughout the course of the game. Surely there can be some allowance for the occasional NPC's to catch a bullet. Second, the cops in Night City are weak as hell. The first time you exit V's megabuilding, there are two cops sitting at a food stand just outside the elevator, one of them is telling the other "don't risk your life, that is what MaxTac is for". Additionally, there are warnings to NPC's in Night City to not depend on the police, instead, they suggest ducking for cover. The police are so massively understaffed that they can't even come and pickup a dead body. It makes absolute zero sense that there can be gang dens all over the city, plus the scavengers doing what they do, maelstrom doing what they do, the corps doing what they do, tigers doing what they do... and the cops can't and/or won't do anything about it. Yet V offs a single NPC and the cops are all over it, first the drone, then 2 or 3 cops follow. This makes no sense. And now a suggestion... No cops ever aggro on V, ever. Instead, allow the V character to off 2 NPC's every 2 minutes, free of charge. And then for anything over that, immediately rain down MaxTac on the V character. If the V character is so confident they think they can off more than 2 NPC's, they must be tricked out, and must be going cyberpsycho, it is time for MaxTac to be called.

[@bebberonibizza]

@@danielduncan6806 the one thing I hated about the random street encounters was that sometimes NCPD would be in a firefight and not even a second after I kill the thugs I have the cops on me

[@sldarwin5615]

the original concept in the game ive heard was that we would play as a maxtac operative which sounds pretty fucking sick to me. maybe the next game we play as on which would be hella interesting

[@effort5595]

The fact that we got greeted with this awesome scene at the start of the series was awesome 👌

[@Unbound_Selrahc]

*scene

[@freerade1510]

This scene is only one good thing is this shit anime.

[@darkrain2493]

This was forshowing what was going happened to David in the end of the series. Also showing how truly scary it is to face a cyber psycho.

[@abrahamg3354]

It gives you the intro as to how david got the sandevistan, why Main wanted it, and basically got to meet the whole crew. This guy had the sandevistan, Davids mom gets it, wanted to sell it to main, but after she died, david took it. This explains why main tells david that she was silent for 2 days waiting for the sandy and david replies that she died a day ago.

[@khplaylistyt9729]

Oh I forgot this was the opening scene

[@fernandodecarlosmalcher7977]

I love how this scene makes you think that is gonna be just a fun balls to the walls action anime only for you to end up bawling and feeling empty when you finish it

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

Trigger has a way with making action anime's that fuck with your emotions.

[@samurai_riceboy88xd19]

@@Nothingforever192 halo reach.....good times...good times...

[@theamazingspiderwuss4236]

AKA, the Studio Trigger special

[@Komaruuu]

@@Nothingforever192 this is exactly what I thought of when I finished edgerunners

[@VEV-cu6no]

I wish it was the former

[@alexsawyer60]

The way i see it, this Cyberpsycho is just straight up a Recreation of how Players Rampage through the game itself. Everything it does seems intentional and calculated, like someone trying to see how well they can fight off cops in game because they're bored.

[@Tk--cp9xw]

It's how I treat the Afterlife mercs in Pacifica lol 🤣 cops don't go there only mercs do

[@stormlordeternal7663]

@N7Andy The only difference here is that a decked-out V would destroy those max-tac before their AV door even opened.

[@Amoogus]

@@stormlordeternal7663 V probably has the strongest potential of any human but only for 6 months since they're basically dying. V could destroy Night city and I'd love to see it.

[@cobaltCarnivore]

@@stormlordeternal7663 V being able to chrome themselves out so extremely is probably thanks to their nervous system being rebuilt constantly by the relic into one that can host Johnny.

[@shinobidaniel_12]

@@stormlordeternal7663 I have literally done just that with nothing but a monowire and a sendy

[@WingedDynamite]

Endgame V testing builds be like:

[@MiGujack3]

If it can do a MaxTac it can do everything else. The true benchmark.

[@samiel992]

If you can easily cream Maxtac build good

[@Matt-wm5xq]

This literally pumped my whole body with adrenaline rush, awesome series, truly a masterpiece!

[@Vivi_Strike]

Even as a max level player, never mess with the MaxTac squad. (unless its on easy mode xD)

[@max00223]

Lol chill

[@anonymushaker1446]

@@Vivi_Strike they announced reworking police system So I wish they upgrade max tac to something more than a bunch of casual police with sandevistan and ignoring armor ability

[@95v37]

@@anonymushaker1446 I think they aim to fix the teleporting police into something more immersive. They made a reference in the anime about police teleporting out of thin air lol.

[@lks19]

Just like the game itself!

[@namekiz3199]

this anime show us how vulnerable ncpd is to any cyberpsycho cases like this, they are basically meat shield most of the time for trauma team and max tac. Truly a shitty job

[@syckray]

Max tav shts on us every time tjo

[@shoobzy3431]

Being part of the ncpd honestly seems like shit, constantly dealing with rampant violence in the city from thugs and then shit like this happens and they literally couldn't do a thing other than call for maxtac while they get butchered. Not one of them could even dent that guy.

[@hasanmuttaqin464]

Average police irl, when the shit hit the fans they just wait for special unit to come 😭

[@bozotheclown1142]

Why would anyone want to be a police officer when any cyberpunk can eat bullets and has grenade launchers and can dual wield massive shotguns, beats me

[@undead35mr.95]

Somebody gotta pickup the shit job, and not much people can really choose in NC I mean

[@krigsy7610]

1:41 I just really love how that leg blade retracts 😍

[@CBRN-115]

Satisfying clank

[@Wolf10media]

Wish it was an aug.

[@Jameybear-m4s]

wonder how he used to clean it? can't leave someone else's crusty blood in there.

[@scribblerstudios9895]

Careful deployment of it, a rag, and some cleaning oils probably

[@Jameybear-m4s]

@@scribblerstudios9895 Yep, i was more curious how he would do it without accidentally flexing wrong and cutting his entire arm or head off....lolz. I'd require some sort of mechanism that let me essentially turn the leg off so its completely unusable until its all clean. Rather not have to go to a ripper for a new arm because my foot got tickled and it went crazy.

[@BasementOwner]

Edgerunners broke my heart Even though i expected the ending it still hit so hard and the song also stuck in my head too 😭😭

[@Sgt_Glory]

When that song plays in the game... 😭

[@taliawtf6944]

In Night City there are no happy endings... :/

[@lilfuzzballa]

Sorry I couldn't take you to the moon. 😭

[@nico.s2066]

My heart 💔💔

[@obezkr]

yoo how about "steins gate made me cry from both sadness and hapinnes" or smth like this?

[@dsstroyer]

Best series Netflix has had in a long while.

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

Arcane, Castlevania, Squid Game None of those were that long ago

[@_greenrunner_]

@@aguywithalotofopinions412 castlevania became shit after it’s second season. Squid game and Arcane were class tho

[@joaopacheco2240]

@@_greenrunner_ castlevania was great every season

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

@@_greenrunner_ Castlevania was great all the way through but I do agree that it peaked with season 2

[@marclenraymagdaraog691]

@@_greenrunner_ It was good throughout the season. s2 is peak. And SG and Arcane are just insane.

[@nguxurr9667]

Despite him not being in full control of his mind his movements are still beyond smooth and tactical planned

[@Motivation_snack6668]

Oh no he knew what he was doing, just he wasn't where he thought he was, aka. War hallucinations

[@nguxurr9667]

@@Motivation_snack6668I see, this guy would destroy David's crew easily just like Adam did

[@Nigga-zw2es]

​@@nguxurr9667lmao

[@infanos3720]

​@@nguxurr9667he wouldnt. He would be destroyed by the cybersqueleton +sandi combo that David has, for example, Norris isn't able to kill any maxtac, David Kills maxtac like files on the last episodes.

[@Doctor_Martain]

Maximum Mike Pondsmith the OG said it himself "Studio Trigger fkn' nailed it" with Edgerunners 🤘🏼

[@cx5870]

Cool, is there an interview?

[@cancankr8867]

@@cx5870 nah he just said it from his official reddit account on the cyberpunk subreddit

[@crash1108]

Like other people have said this really is a perfect opening it sets up everything so well; Shows how dark and gritty the world is, shows the tech and how the law works in the world, shows how strong David really is by showing how this huge dude couldn't handle the sandevistan, sets up how strong and in control the corps are since he was in the corpo war as we find out shortly after, and finally the power dynamic of crims/runners, ncpd, and maxtech. Such a phenomenal opener if someone has no idea about anything cyberpunk related before hand.

[@peperoni463]

he was able to handle the Sandevistan, the female MaxTac whose eyes turn red is (from my guess) probably a form of netrunner and hacked his augments, overloading his sandevistan

[@j.vinton4039]

@@peperoni463yup MTac have the best of the best shit. Hence why that dudes goes “and ours isn’t?!”

[@ChrisRedfield13]

I love how the show runners put some respect on Max Tac. As terrifiying as this cyberpsycho was, Max Tac put him down like it was nothing 🔥

[@Noone-we9vb]

1:26 so sad for this guy. he was the only one with a plan and he still got killed

[@fakename2926]

Honestly, I feel like all of the cops in this are just total badasses. Seriously, these hard sons of bitches were up against a nigh invincible death machine and they still give it everything they had to stop him. Each and every one of them was competent, fearless, and downright heroic. The fact that they simply didn’t have the tools necessary to deal with the job takes away nothing from the fact that they stood their ground and held this absolute unit of a killer down for MAXTAC to finish off.

[@paula8515]

POV: You've just upgraded your gear, so you save your game and test it out on the local NPCs.

[@brainplay8060]

Sub-dermal armor is nice in the game. But everyone forgets that this guy is sporting the best of the best military cybernetics. That includes his version of sub-dermal armor. His wasn't installed by some low end ripperjack. EVERYTHING that he had would have been state of the art (or better) and the pinnacle of cyber warfare. I'm still shocked that MaxTac didn't have more problems breaking through his ICE.

[@mizuki2560]

Maxtac gets top of the line stuff, while also them employing reformed cyberpsychos

[@aquatic4760]

Most MaxTac operatives are absolute experts when it comes to cyberware, not much of a surprise they managed to bypass it

[@castbet9183]

MaxTac got military grade hardware themselves and are practically Cyberpsychos themselves. Normal Netrunners & Solos would have a challenge against him but MaxTac is far from normal

[@connorwheatley5640]

Eh, he likely had top of the line street level gear but compared to even some older stuff in 2020-Firestorm Shockwave he isn't that gigantic of a threat, I'm unsurprised that Max-Tax managed to surround and kill him rather quickly.

[@3XZDgg]

tbf maxtac probs has even better chrome.

[@spearshake4771]

01:35 I love how he just runs up to the guy like what dude you gonna punch him?

[@thewizardbrand]

He knew he was going to die, so he tried to go with a blast

[@kirbyis4ever]

Bro was screaming like he had militech berserk but it ran out as soon as he got close.

[@DillonMeyer]

Seems a lot more tactical than insane, as the name "Cyberpsycho" would imply. I mean the way he used that adrenaline boost-- he killed six guys execution style in under a second. Knowing Night City from the game, this was probably either a guy with nothing left to lose, a guy forced into the circumstance, or a guy that was buying someone time to commit a crime worth his suicide by MaxTac.

[@jackhammertwo1]

The dude has military implants, so that is why, probably a war vet.

[@fbi6179]

Cyberpsychosis doesn't work like that. He could be reliving his time as a soldier. Seeing the NCPD as enemies.

[@DIGITALGH05T]

A cyberpsycho is simply just a chromed up lost soul who's lost control of their life...and will do whatever they think will help them get that control back, or will burn down however much of Night City as they can trying

[@giathuanleviet4138]

@@jackhammertwo1 he was a Lieutenant Colonel of the NUSA military

[@gaymansupreme]

​@@DIGITALGH05T It's more than that but okay.

[@ZacTBH]

The music, visuals, sound design, voice acting, all of it is perfect. Never a dull moment in this anime. No filler.

[@Weedocto]

Joy is that you choomba

[@lsd-rickb-1728]

This could be an anthology series so they could do a season 2 with different characters from the corporate side of things or the various gangs of night city

[@MiGujack3]

or Adam's rival

[@xblade11230]

Not going to happen my guy, studio trigger doesn't do season 2's no matter how popular the series is

[@Rin_Animations]

I think CDPR holds the rights so they could hire another studio to do it

[@fartsimulator-of9li]

@Anjel Gonsales look at every anime trigger has done and tell me if they did a season 2

[@Fluskar]

@Anjel Gonsales just looking at Trigger's previous works is enough proof lol

[@xXxInFaMYxXx]

I just realized the girl at 2:20 is Melissa Rory and for those who don't know who that is she is the woman in the Cyberpunk 2077 teaser trailer that had gone Cyberpsycho and then at the end was fighting for MaxTax she is also finable in Cyberpunk 2077

[@charlie.j6446]

Melissa is a mantis blade maxtac and the officer in the video is a netrunner so I don’t think so.

[@yaboyjosh3023]

Idk why but this scene alone is great to come back and rewatch. Studio Trigger really put passion into this short series.

[@scottgraham2031]

2:58 dude that transition

[@Squi-A-tone]

IKR

[@danjknott]

What I like about this scene is that it showcases the raw power of the Sandevistan, but at the same time establishes that it can be beaten.

[@Kabutoes]

I don’t know why, but seeing this reminded me of a drill sgt at 30th AG telling us a story about an Army major who went mental and started shooting at a reception battalion. They had to kill him there, but whether it’s true or not, there’s something about cyber psychosis that reminds me of the horrifying effects of PTSD.

[@MorallyDubiousFrog]

In the game, several of the cyberpsychos you fight are just veterans suffering breakdowns due to PTSD.

[@Fagnarok]

Spoiler alert. Cyberpsychosis isn't actually common or real. You can find the logs explaining this in the game. In the ttrpg it seems real, but exploited to frame stories in favor of political and corporate gain

[@MorallyDubiousFrog]

@@Fagnarok Cyberpsychosis is real, it’s just that the city is ignorant of its details. A couple of the cyberpsychos you find in game are guy who added on more chrome than they could handle.

[@connorwheatley5640]

@@MorallyDubiousFrog I always figured that Cyberpsychosis was just the effect of Prosthetic Cyberware on those already suffering from trauma/those vulnerable to various disorders. The Cyberware sold in the setting, in particular the gear that Solos and other Edgerunners invest in aren't exactly tested to be safe for consumer safety, often being trial stage cybernetics that have a tendency to fuck with a person's nervous system and prefrontal cortex. You take disorders that are already crippling as is, add in unsafe experimental technology that could fuck with your brain activity to a large degree, and throw in the violent day to day struggle of life in the Dark Future and it's really no wonder that any old chump could end up like Colonel Norris here, let alone the countless Soldiers, Solos, and Corporate Triggermen that do wet work as their life's profession.

[@MorallyDubiousFrog]

@@connorwheatley5640 Cyberware combined with existing mental issues is a big cause of Cyberpsychosis. Plenty of them are just borged up veterans who go postal. However, you can find a couple of Cyberpsychos in the game that went crazy because they added in too many cybernetics in too short a period.

[@Ddr207]

Please give us more cyberpunk anime this was a masterpiece!

[@eddiejoewalt7746]

what 💩💩💩💩for 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 YOU NEVER WATCH AKUDAMA DRIVE!

[@AshenJobSnow]

I can't know what you have watched, but for everyone who hadn't watch anime before, do yourself a favor and watch Ghost in the Shell (1995 ), not only is it an amazing film but it set many of the foundations for a lot of cyberpunk works that would later appear in media

[@Ddr207]

@@AshenJobSnow I have always considered it but never followed through. I'll check it out thanks!

[@robb6560]

Watch these now: Ghost in the Shell (1995), Akira (1988) and Blade Runner 2049. These are classic columns for cyberpunk genre in Cinema Art, and not Cinema Industry. They make Cinema an Art, not a consumistic product! They make Cinema teach us about life, from person to person, they changed mine. I hope you all will learn something from these films

[@Ddr207]

@@robb6560 akira is one of my favorite movies but I've never really strayed farther then the gundam timelines when it comes to anime

[@karlwikman3874]

the first thing I fell in love with is all the terms and slang from the game they use, as well as the gun designs being exactly right

[@NNKeijin]

2:07 is masterpiece...

[@KTHR911]

こんな強力なサイバーサイコをたやすく屠るVは確かに伝説とされるわな

[@生肉-p6o]

武装した警官を容易く殲滅するサイバーサイコを簡単に制圧するマックスタックすらも千切っては投げ無双する最終形態デイビッドを雑魚扱いするアダムスマッシャーを楽々破壊するV

[@oneangryboi408]

I love the detail of the police spawning. It's a bug that ended up making actual sense of happening in a cyberpunk world. Police that can immediately respond to a situation and do it in a way that can overcome criminals with enhancements? Genius.

[@Alex-cq1zr]

It actually doesn't make much sense in a cyberpunk world - police aren't supposed to be very good. They usually are underpaid corrupt corporate wage slaves in cyberpunk. MaxTac is a different matter tho. They probably always have a free team ready to *fly* towards a target

[@luciuswalker8578]

After making it to the end of the show, it does make you wonder who this dude was before the cyberpsychosis hit him.

[@vc180191]

Considering the series? Probably a war vet that got dishonorably discharged on fake evidence by the army to save funds and they cut his drug prescription that is usually for vets who were over-augmented for war. He then goes mad from the feedback loop and snaps in the middle of the street, immediately flagging the cops as an enemy force and his psycho mind sees himself as attempting to protect his nation against cyber-terrorists.

[@somerandommen]

He was a Colonel, probably in the New United States Armed Forces Marines Corps, based on his equipment.

[@Yobott]

@@somerandommen James Norris was a former lieutenant colonel of the NUSA

[@Unnecessarilylongexplanations]

1:28 Though he got killed, he still had a modicum of intelligence, waiting for the guy to reload instead of just shooting senselessly like everyone else

[@MuggynPuggy]

0:58 love the slow mo for the shells

[@fupiyt]

0:17 How you feel after getting out of the shower

[@SeanLennon-wz2tb]

I just feel wet, sad and cold

[@funkyyyt0wn_316]

That's not how it feels.

[@ramizvaliyev2140]

Can we hope for OVA or second season ? THIS WAS MASTERPIECE

[@広河長綺]

「殺し合い」の描き方に容赦がなくて、迫力あるアニメだった。声優さんの演技も相まって、後半は普通に泣きながら見てた。最高（saikou）だった。「psycho」だった。（ここを見ると英語字幕すら凄かったことがわかる）

[@magicm8ball558]

This scene immediately establishes just how scary MaxTac is

[@EdgyUsername-gb7cz]

I wish the game had cyberpsycho fights like this. Most of the time it's just a regular dude walking around that you one-shot without even knowing he was a target.

[@Jet_Set_Go]

Not all cyberpsychos are chromed like this one, not to mention that you are also chromed and a lot

[@EdgyUsername-gb7cz]

@@Jet_Set_Go I meant I wanted an actual fight and not obliterating the enemy in 2 seconds with a weapon I found randomly.

[@abugonapugonamugonarug1653]

Lmao a cyberpsycho I was hunting ended up fighting a gang that spawned nearby and got bodied… 😂😂😂 waste of time

[@Jet_Set_Go]

@@EdgyUsername-gb7cz You want a boss fight then

[@eviethewinterwitch8370]

@@Jet_Set_Go Yeah and those health bars do their best to represent boss fights, but it feels like they're not given damage reduction from your weapons. You can one shot them with a pretty average build where you know what you're doing. Don't need to be broken even It's why I just sometimes bring a weaker weapons/don't upgrade my weapons too much. Makes things more fun and fights take longer, feels like you're fighting people with some heavy chrome in them and not just fleshy fleshy.

[@Murph1331]

00:06 with that drop I knew this series was going to be absolute top tier. Lever looked back after that

[@alkalinetaupehat]

Extremely on-brand for cyberpunk's main point to open the series with this clip and have it as a standalone clip on KZbin for us to rewatch and consume much in the same way David did.

[@exudeku]

I love Trigger's Cyberpunk, it shows how fucking Grimdark it is.

[@legoshi6531]

Hopefully more people try out the game, if the launch has been turning you off trust me the game is more than playable right now, there are almost no bugs that affect your playthrough and the story is genuinely worth checking out!

[@meganoobbg3387]

Im afraid "more than playable" doesnt cut it for a game that costs 60 euro. Even with this temporary discount on Steam by 50%, its not worth it honeslty - i doubt the 2 years of patches, have also added the overpromised features and detail in all the trailers, which justified the price and hype. Maybe if they make the permanent price 30 euros, and have discounts on top of that, maybe then i would get the game. If not, im waiting for Robocop 2023 next year.

[@ErenTheWarcriminal]

@@meganoobbg3387 robocop is made by people who made Terminator and Predator, literally 2 of the worst games ever created

[@1savage325]

How is it on Xbox one though?

[@meganoobbg3387]

@@ErenTheWarcriminal They have about the same reviews as Cyberpunk currently, which is an achievement, since Terminator Resistance is a downright decent game compared to previous Terminator games that were pretty mediocre. And unlike Cyberpunk, it surpassed the expectations of its fans, the only real downside of it is its also overpriced like Cyberpunk, around 40 euro.

[@legoshi6531]

@@meganoobbg3387 clearly you haven't played it, more than playable means more than playable, you will literally not encounter bugs other than some clipping when driving around and maybe some quests freezing which loading up your save will fix... It's literally so worth it, stop crapping on a game you haven't played even once. And the quality is mind-blowing, even in the lowest settings you're gonna get a good experience.

[@dave7503]

I sometimes come back here for exactly 1:39 - 1:53. Whoever was in charge of sound effects and mastering did a really good job. I love how the music just peaks over the effects. It's quite reminiscent of mental state of a cyberpsycho.

[@SAKANA337]

1:58 最高、PVでも音ハメしてたしすこ

[@アンディーだお]

ルーシー可愛いくない？？

[@ハル0号]

@@アンディーだお それすぎる(*´ω｀*)

[@TheCart54321]

You know in a place like Night City, you REALLY have to give credit and gratitude to the cops, at least the non-corrupt ones, these guys are MORE than aware they will very likely find themselves in a rather hopeless situation like this, and yet even then they still sign up AND put their most courageous foot forward in the name of duty. They kept shooting and holding their ground despite the onslaught this psycho gave them even though it was more than clear after the first few seconds their pistols weren’t doing crap.

[@maciej5866]

You got to admire NCPD dedication. It's totally stupid, but definitely dedicated

[@STOTTINMAD]

What I really like about this scene, is how Norris is positioned as being encased by the two major Corps that made him into this monstrous shell of a man. There is no escape, no coming back from whatever trauma has awoken in him, only the legend of what he may become and the dead he leaves in his wake.

[@Motivation_snack6668]

But even after what he went through, he still wasn't able to secure his title as a legend, even though ngl he kinda deserved it

[@Ezekiyam382]

​​@@Motivation_snack6668 If he had just use the sandy to get the fuck out of there and have a chase with Maxtac he would have been remembered

[@mickgas8036]

That was clean 3:04

[@Waffle_Cakes]

Whad u mean that was clean? Thats the logo

[@Yugiboy1996]

@Waffle_Cakes he meant a few seconds earlier when he got shot in the head it transitioned to the Netflix opening

[@nothingness217]

Accurate representation of what happens when the player gets bored in cyberpunk

[@rmelotto]

He was downed just because got hacked, or else he would still be putting more fight to it. What a beast.

[@dani111]

Such a great intro for the anime

[@notleviathan855]

What I find interesting is that, after a year I just noticed there are some enhancements that aren't in the game, but shown in the anime. Makes me think that the creators of the show actually went through the tabletop book, and read through it rather indepth. They also had to have, because while alot of the locations in the game are in the anime. There is MUCH MUCH more actual book references than I realized. Meds are different, cyberpsychosis is treated differently, weapons are different, even how people talk is different. This anime is barely related to the videogame at all, it's a tabletop campaign animated.

[@nicovelardita8619]

All the firearms from the anime are taken from the game, most of them (if not all) do not exist in tabletop I fail to see how Cyberpsychosis is different, beyond the fact that you can't go cyberpsycho in-game while you can in table-top. The cases presented in-game represent perfectly the ones in the anime There is no tabletop for Cyberpunk 2077, the anime is made to resemble and advertise the game

[@notleviathan855]

@@nicovelardita8619 Cyberpunk Red, Cyberpunk 2020 both have cybernetics shown in the anime (not available in game) and some weapons. Meds are also completely different, and cyberpsychosis is shown differently. Cyberpunk Red has pretty much the same weapons as in 2077. There are knee mantis blades not available in the game, but are in the tabletop.Theres also the grenade launchers in the game, but in the anime they're shooting bullets. Again, both in the TWO cyberpunk tabletops games (created by mike pondsmith and his son)

[@nicovelardita8619]

@@notleviathan855 I'm gonna give you the cyberware but the rest is wrong How is Cyberpsychosis different in the anime? I mean beyond just aesthetic choices like the weird eyes. You know what? In this the anime is closest to the game than the TT, in TT going c-psycho means your PC goes under control of the Game Master. It doesn't necessarily make you a bloodthirsty monster. All the cases in both the anime and the game are just that, killing machines. You could argue David was different but he never went truly psycho. "Red has pretty much the same weapons as in 2077" No it doesn't, at all. I'm running a RED campaign adapted to the year of the game. The only weapon in both is the Malorian 3516. Flamethrowers, RPGs, Bows and Crossbows, not even remotely in-game nor in the anime. And the kind of weapons you can find in game are either just generic names (Very Heavy Pistol) or just whole different models (Arasaka WAA Bullpup). The continuity in weapons of RED is with 2020 (a lot of guns taken from there), not with the game. You can search the Cyberpunk RED weapons category in Cyberpunk Wiki if you don't believe me.

[@user-mf8oy4xd8i]

Trigger should make Netflix originals from now on its a perfect combination since A. Trigger can get away with gore and nudity B. most of their series are 1 season only so there won’t be fear of unsolved endings

[@usturoi621]

Agree. Also just curious, i saw a whole lot of english comments, wondering if there's a possibility the video is in english for you, could you clarify this lol? Just unused to see so many foreigner comments on brasilian portuguese content

[@jaft30]

@@usturoi621 the video is global, you can even set the language

[@aarontorrealba3615]

This scene was beautifully done powered by an adrenaline-pumping soundtrack. It literally tells you this show is not going to be a walk in the park. The score by the legendary Akira Yamaoka makes this scene all the more memorable. Definitely one of the best anime series in recent years.

[@nextanvil3346]

Yeah but what are the song names

[@AfterAllWeAreHuman]

Yeah i need that dubsteps name in the beginning

[@Scazoid]

Dude's name is literally AKIRA, fucking awesome.

[@DawnApon]

My FAVORITE part is how he's just walks up at them to start. It perfectly mirrors how my gameplay unfolds when I'm in the mood to start a shootout.

[@Dummytreeus]

Is no one going to mention how smooth that logo transition was at the end?

[@aredtomato8957]

1:16 is that the same cannon fist Maine and David wear later in the story?

[@MorallyDubiousFrog]

Yes. Maine has the same type of implant, and David gets one later.

[@MinhNguyen-ov5bi]

It makes the point that any cyperpunks would go into only one point

[@db4552]

This was one of the collest animes I've seen I a long time. Never played the game but I love it more hearing how faithful it is to the material.

[@temperspace]

Love how the widely available guns the ncpd used on the pyscho did nothing to him, likewise the guns the pyscho used on maxtac did nothing to them

[@manuayosa]

The end transition from the shot to the Netflix logo is so cool

[@SpottedHares]

Great opening for those new to Cyberpunk and those coming from the game. Shows us how the rules work in this story, chrome is very powerful and can make bulletproof to stand weapons but you not invincible, shows us just how dangers a Cyberpsycho is, and no matter how powerful you may seam not one is above becoming a chalk outline.

[@Kim-by5uy]

0:51 - If you pause it right you can see his spine come our of his head

[@SonGoku-uv4pk]

2:40 imagine messing up and shooting at your friend

[@rockstargamesconceptual9183]

they dont care, apperantly in the cyberpunk world they are widely known for collateral damage, they wouldn't care

[@cesarst3720]

I freaking love how everytime max tac appears means that there's some serious shit going on.

[@HellishSpoon]

considering the context this is litterally a war veteran going postal on local police

[@arnowisp6244]

In Night City. Anyone who kits themselves out in enough implants goes Postal.

[@beanustheweanus1392]

The way it transitioned into that netflix logo at the end is kinda hard lol

[@pitshy2486]

So good that you can find this as a BD in the Game and get David's jacket

[@mystermothman3092]

This show is making me remember just how fun it was to play 2077 when you started to get more enhancements, I barely was into the midgame and when the game was working perfectly it was insanely fun

[@trollzland1337]

Between the cops spawning behind him and all the bullet sponge enemies and melee being busted, they really nailed the game to a T in detail

[@officermazerblx]

Watching this scene before playing Cyberpunk 2077, and then watching it again after playing was the best thing I did. Didn't understand a thing the first time, knew absolutely everything that was happening the second.

[@Argusthecat]

The biggest piece of fantasy worldbuilding here is that the police actively engage the shooter.

[@leekaedan4956]

lmao

[@magni5648]

It's more the other way around? Guy walks up to the cops and starts blasting.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

You can nitpick all you like, but there are more cases of police engaging active shooters than not.

[@eurosalamander]

Gotta give MaxTac credit: they take getting shot at *very* casually. But then again, if they are indeed based on C-SWAT from the Cyberpunk 2020 RPG, then they're as cybered up as he is, so it makes sense they can tank small arms fire.

[@kahoonatownadventures7529]

Max Tac officers themselves are prone to Cyberpsychosis. One of the Max Tac officers you meet in the game is even the woman from the Cyberpunk teaser the one with the bullets song

[@VinylDashMusic]

According to the wiki, MaxTac replaced C-SWAT as the cyberpsycho threat continued to grow and were added in the Cyberpunk RED RPG

[@vladvah77]

@@kahoonatownadventures7529 Melissa Rory

[@jonathancortez9143]

SpoiIers for the ending its kind of cool how both David and Norris' lives end in very similar ways, both are presented as badasses who are unstoppable (David's insane resistance to cyberpsychosis and generally strength after getting more implants and Norris literally mowing down an entire ncdp unit) Both are quickly eliminated by enemies who make them seem like chumps (Norris getting almost instantly fried by max tac and David getting ripped apart by Adam smasher) And to tie it all together both are killed via shot to the head while they lay on the ground and they both have very similar camera angles on their scenes

[@achillelevivier1680]

wait his name is noris ?

[@metroidcomet]

@@achillelevivier1680James Norris is his full name, the cyberpsycho who had David’s sandevistan before him

[@johncarter6675]

And they both have the same sandie

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

This start with a bag....and in the end....YOU CRY, expecting nothing less from Trigger this is probably now their magnus opus, I love this show so much.

[@gx4012]

No one talks about how FIRE the bit where he used the Sandevistan and shoots the Officers is. The animators need to pat themselves on the back😮‍💨 I also noticed the guns sound exactly the same as in the game, the small details is what makes this a BEAUTY

[@danielduncan6806]

They used a ton of sound effects from the game, it is EVERYWHERE in the anime.

[@Chuter-md]

1:53 the best part of the video

[@FriendlyMexican2005]

A Sandervistan that is more powerful than normal, where the hell did he get it from?

[@FriendlyMexican2005]

@Tegan Modica I think he earned his veteran status because of the fourth corporate war, but becoming a cyberpsycho is horrifyingly unthinkable.

[@The.Orange.Wizard]

It seems they were two steps too late…

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

I can't believe something can look this good!

[@PapaToks]

After watching the anime, I realised that Regina Jones really screwed V over. Cyberpsychos are absolute monsters to fight against canonically and this bi@tch asked V to fight all 17 of them using non-lethal force all while paying V chump change. Even one of them could annihilate an army no problemo and Regina still had the audacity to demand V to fight all of them with kid gloves.

[@skibbydibs]

Target Analysis cyberware mode makes this a cakewalk. All outgoing weapon damage is made non-lethal so just hit them with whatever you've got. They'll fall down unconscious no matter what and you'll not have to walk on eggshells to make sure you don't kill them so long as they don't die to an environmental hazard or explosion.

[@magni5648]

The cyberpsychos in the game run the gamut from almost akin to this to barely chromed up at all, like the one or two netrunners that wnet cray-cray, or the paranoiac out in the Badlands who himself is less dangerous than the two sentry turrets he installed on top of his house.

[@Sejona]

​@@magni5648 The blood ritual Cyberpsycho was actually a good menace in hard difficulty you should try it

[@omegasynth2775]

Craziest part? Killing them or not, V manages to take them down.

[@pixelmaster910]

@@skibbydibs Except if you hit them with the good ol' O Five. It applies to kinds of damage, direct impact and explosive. I didn't knew this and just shot the psycho with the shotgun in the park house in the head, instantly killing him.

[@J_GoTTi]

The scene is amazing. But whoever made this beat is a monster.

[@adriangaliver]

Akira Yamaoka did this and the guy is a legend

[@albert.official]

In my 22 years of living I have never cried for a show/movie, EVER. but I shed tears I'd been trying to hold back during the final scene on the moon. Cyberpunk edgerunnners did what no movie or series has ever done to me, it made me cry. The show is a phenomenal 100/10. Thank you CD project Red and trigger for such a beautiful and emotional masterpiece.

[@ValentineCrescent]

Damn you must’ve not watched interstellar and whole bunch of other movies/shows

[@cuckholdsimulator1176]

@@ValentineCrescent almost cried at interstellar, cried a little on The Green Mile, cried a lot on this and aot

[@danielduncan6806]

Oh, you are in for the ride of your life. Once you hit your 40's pretty much anything will make you cry.

[@gijane2cantwaittoseeyou203]

@@ValentineCrescent 22, he's a kid

[@ワタソン-s2i]

アニメ見終わった今だから言えることだけど単身でアラサカ・タワー乗り込んで傭兵部隊全滅させた後、アダム・スマッシャー殺害したVって化け物なんやなぁって…

[@JustCozItsMe]

The show is phenomenal and as of 2.0 update the games gameplay finally matches the quality of world building and story narrative. I hope they keep all things cyberpunk coming now.

[@jdmricer5363]

The actual cyber psycho combat music would go so hard on this