HE'S HIM | Cyberpunk 2077 (8)

[@jimbelaco4]

They made an entire anime about someone who thought he was built different, so that they could then introduce Adam Smasher to illustrate how no, in fact, HE is built different. He pounds those Night City Kit Kats. He's smoking Silverhands. This shit ain't NOTHING to him man.

[@katarjin]

Been stuck on him for a bit after going through Dont fear the reaper on hardest diff...2.0 really made him harder.

[@fell5514]

The three levels of Choomery: Choom: Some guy, you might know him. Choomba: A friend Choombatta: A real one, ride or die.

[@ascendedsleeper7820]

I wish Johnny had used exclusively 2020s slang like not knowing chombatta had evolved into choom lol

[@rogue-taxidermy_griffin]

​@@ascendedsleeper7820I agree but also know some very loud people would be sooooo annoyed

[@clydu91]

1:14 "Shout-outs to wife beaters" is crazy out of context.

[@MinersLoveGames]

HE'S HIM. HE'S BEEN HIM. HE WILL CONTINUE TO BE HIM.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@MinersLoveGames Well, we'll see about that last one.

[@raccoonofmotivation20]

Call him neo, hes stuck in the himulation

[@TheDancingBastard]

Not for long

[@BTM8109]

@@MinersLoveGames Top shelf Zaza had me movin like a Sandevistan

[@Tacos299]

Fun fact! Adam Smasher had a "off-time" body that looked like a blonde Elvis Presley. Also according to the creator of the Cyberpunk tabletop, Mike Pondsmith, he had a one-time fling with the granddaughter of Arasaka's CEO.

[@Tacos299]

For some clarification, he got rid of the Elvis body to stay full borg.

[@starfox1436]

​@@Tacos299a rudimentary upgrade

[@funaccount7665]

“I hate meatbags but that Elvis guy is pretty cool”

[@AdventfatherGaming]

Michiko breaking up with Smasher also caused homeboy to throw away said Gemini meat suit. You read that correctly. Smasher went full tilt into borgsanity because his Japanese waifu would not let him smash anymore.

[@Tacos299]

@@AdventfatherGaming Now I'm imagining him wrecking his room, throwing his Elvis suit in the incinerator, and crying on his bed listening to "I Really Want to Stay at Your House." lmao

[@ThatGuy-bp1ll]

You know you nailed the character design when your first reaction to a character, regardless of context, is an immediate fight or flight response.

[@JackgarPrime]

Smasher is literally, LITERALLY built different.

[@Shadest]

Constructed using alternative methods

[@dannyboi5887]

@@Shadest Manufactured in an unorthodox manner.

[@FiveTiger]

He unironically identifies as an attack helicopter

[@JackgarPrime]

@@FiveTiger The only time that joke is actually funny

[@russetwolf13]

"Guess you could say I'm special."

[@CatboyLover69]

YOU LOOK LIKE- a jolly good fellow. Merry christmas everyone.

[@Ike_of_pyke]

Smasher is historically the "Rocks fall everyone dies " of cyberpunk

[@danielcooper7433]

The tarrasque of Night City.

[@ravingPyrotechnician]

Rebecca knows the "fall" part firsthand

[@ascendedsleeper7820]

Fun fact about Cyberpunk the Tabletop: Adam Smasher, our favorite son of New York, has an Empathy score of "Yeah, Right." While he usually inhabits a Samson frame, he also keeps a Gemini frame resembling a younger blonde Elvis Presley in storage for his days off.

[@shadowsofpain]

He also selected jobs that have the highest chances of colateral damage. The dude wants the most people to die possible every time he hits the field. Edit: typo

[@noellesato311]

YOU LOOK LIKE A CUT OF CLIPPABLE MEME ARE YOU

[@beanmclean7959]

19:00 The menace of Arasaka’s HR department himself, in the chrome

[@queencyrys6309]

pretty sure Arasaka HR is just a phoneline that turns off your heart when you call it, killing you instantly

[@gatfatf]

I don't CARE if my Kiroshi's go out! I don't need to see the price tag.

[@Brutalyte616]

V: "I felt her fear." And so did Woolie and Reggie. You can practically hear the cold sweat dripping down.

[@TheJadedJames]

That moment obviously hits WAY different if you're like them and watched the anime first. I had no idea who that guy was when I first saw that scene

[@TrueLegateDamar]

@@TheJadedJames I read some lore from people who played the tabletop, and Smasher already had a impression on me as the Darth Vader of the setting who gets sent in to kill player parties when they get out of line.

[@swift_sam]

Never have I so often caught consecutive episodes so quickly after release before

[@Dimitrishuter]

I feel you, I've got this (and Ace Attorney) hooked up to me through an IV-drip. It's keeping me sane through the winter 😅

[@onimaxblade8988]

I haven’t been watching AA after the first bits cause I still need to play AA myself but yeah. Great LPs going on rn.

[@Goblinio168]

Same here, it feels good to be caught up for once.

[@masterxl97]

Woolie: Oh shit, it’s dat boi!!! Adam: *WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?*

[@razorburn645]

After playing through a few times, the red flags for this gig are so obvious. Dex and Parker just scream "completely out of their depth".

[@Brutalyte616]

In fairness, if it wasn't for a certain man deciding to show up at the wrong time, this gig might have gone differently.

[@razorburn645]

@Brutalyte616 True but it shows how unprepared they were for changes to their plans. That and the possibility of Yorinobu head hunting the thieves after seems to be an afterthought.

[@Brutalyte616]

@@razorburn645 This is true, but there's only so much they could do to track them down. If T-bug had scrubbed the cameras on the way out, they'd have all been gold. Evelyn might have still been on the chopping block because she's an obvious leak that Yorinobi could have followed up on, but that's her problem, and the whole crew had plans to drop off the face of the Earth after the job was done.

[@razorburn645]

@@Brutalyte616 That's just it. They have ways of extracting every bit of evidence from Evelyn to get us... including tearing out your "soul". It just feels like they really underestimate how much power the company can put into hunting you before they send Smasher or one other to killers after them.

[@WeaponOfMyDestructio]

The one for me is how no one has anything good to say about Dex. Like if hes such a big deal why is he hiring low level thugs and a gang can just steal from him without expecting anything to happen.

[@hyperionman420]

THE HIMULATION

[@johnk1390]

HIMKARDASHIAN

[@TheDragonStream]

HIMBUKTU

[@sbfh014]

"TOOK A DNA TEST, TURNS OUT I'M 100 PERCENT HIMALAYAN"

[@Femonk100]

I SNORT THAT SPICE LIKE IM HIMOTHY CHALEMET

[@bunniusmaximus8184]

This shit ain't NOTHIN' to him man!

[@YeTheGOATNoCap]

DRACULA FLOW 7 OTW

[@MinersLoveGames]

He'll FUCKING kill you!

[@beanmclean7959]

Turbo Dracula Flow must go unbelievably hard

[@kip_c]

Adam smasher is basically the endgame murder hobo V becomes after reaching like, level 40 outside of cutscenes

[@Zolwiol]

-ADAM SMASHER! I'm coming for you! -In the ring? -IN REAL LIFE

[@ScorpDK]

People who play after watching Edgerunners have such a wildly different moment when those elevator doors open. For those who played prior, who have probably not played or even heard of the tabletop, have only Jackie and some NPC chatter namedropping him, maybe even some lore document here and there. So seeing him is not quite as impactful, yet still surprisingly scary.

[@ncala]

Oh its HIM. There was a time he was not quite Him, but the devs dropped a patch to make him properly HIM.

[@BTM8109]

It actually makes sense that the personification of tech psychopathy would talk like a COD edgelord

[@just_matt214]

He survived a nuclear blast, why would he care about being cringe? Who's gonna stop him?

[@notesscrotes4360]

Of course he's gonna catcall women, New York dudes are just like that.

[@admiralpepper6933]

​@@just_matt214 Not only that he survived being turned into a meatloaf after getting a few rpgs and got turned into the monster we see today. He is HIM.

[@MattParkent]

Yeah Woolie... "Are you?"

[@TOKYO_SLIME]

40:57 Don’t fall in love? Woolie, I’m afraid it’s already too late… I hope you progress her romance. She’s a real sweetheart. 44:18 The thought of Adam Smasher just wanting to watch with his Superman suit on is fucking killing me 😂😂😂

[@User5770]

"They thought they could stop a demon, I'm back." -Adam Smasher

[@apricotapocalypse4818]

So many folks died squaring up to me, I might be the Himalayas. Straight Everest.

[@ikanhazw1n]

Woolie immediately clocked best girl

[@Holesale00]

HIMBUCKTU

[@Ookler]

I remember being really confused by the BD gameplay in my first playthrough until it came back in a side quest. So while we all love to talk shit about Woolie I have to give props for this section.

[@pattyayyy]

Ah the good old epilepsy warning scene Also pretty sure there is a unique sword in the mox basement. Unless I’m confusing it with the one in clouds

[@amf1435]

I think it's in Clouds. Cocktail Stick or something like that

[@pattyayyy]

Yeah that’s the one. Maybe it’s a pistol I know there’s a weapon down there by Judy lol been a while since I’ve played

[@Icarusblade123]

​@pattyayyy It should be a tech pistol called the Lizzie. Last time I played it was a real fucking good pistol, could hard carry you a helluva long way through the game.

[@pattyayyy]

@@Icarusblade123 🔔 yes the Lizzie

[@treefingers6572]

​@@pattyayyyit's just Lizzie, and it's fuckin' sick. With the tech weapon perks that make your shots into bolts of electricity that can chain lightning multiple enemies, it can be the only gun you use and it'll carry you just fine. Also the best gun to use in Wilson's shooting range contest, since the goal of the game is to hit as many targets as possible as many times as possible. Lizzie fires multiple rounds at once, and fires like 5 times rapidly when fully charged. It becomes unfair, how easily V can win.

[@williammcdonald9416]

you think judy’s posture is bad,wait till you meet T-Bug in person,it’s distractingly bad with her…may be a netrunner thing

[@graffitisamurai]

Like all true computer jockies, they will contort themselves into a shape that is only comfortable to them and will defy both biology and sense.

[@JackgarPrime]

They've got the Gamer Slouch like crazy

[@thefakecat8340]

I had to double check because of you and now I can't unsee it xD

[@williammcdonald9416]

@@thefakecat8340i felt so sorry for her that entire cutscene/encounter watching her sit through that

[@TrueLegateDamar]

Evelyn inmediatly wanting to cut out Dex on her first meeting with V is a great forshadowing to how extremely over her head she is.

[@bong264]

Pleasantly surprised the BD episode isn't somehow 3 episodes after that 45 minute tutorial happened...

[@just_matt214]

It's literally his first open world RPG lmao, cut the man some slack

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Dread of him, run from him, you can not escape him!

[@CosmicRejectsVideo]

I wish it was possible to go Full Chrome like Smasher in this game. Oh, well. Still going to play it at some point.

[@spooknukem575]

It's sort of interesting that V actually seems to only use extremely high quality augs that are easily concealed

[@JackgarPrime]

You can get chromed up pretty crazy, but i guess they figured it would be too much to implement a full cyberphychosis system, especially since by necessity it would have to take away the player's agency.

[@JackgarPrime]

@spooknukem575 I mean you can afford such high quality stuff so quickly in-game it kind of makes sense.

[@SignoftheMagi]

Going full borg means permanent cyberpsychosis. Insanely expensive and difficult to control. You'll end up randomly murdering people and blowing missions. Worse, it makes you extremely vulnerable to hacking.

[@spooknukem575]

​@JackgarPrime yeah exactly like V is pretty much only using high quality stuff that resembles human already

[@alexisofthestars]

Moody Blues 2077 Activated!

[@bradlywalsh5786]

dude this is my favorite game of all time, ever period point blank execution style never to return to the mortal realm.

[@clanofclams2720]

Judy unlocked

[@Nukem2Bits]

That's the right answer Reggie.

[@InsomniacTC]

I'm just sittin here thinkin BUT WHENS THE NEXT STREAM again

[@H3rmon861]

Did that thing where you double tap to jump ahead in the video for a couple of sec so I can skip the intro and then I landed on 1:13 Wild thing to hear first in the video 💀

[@Dragonsmana]

Woolie never returned from the DMT Braindance.

[@DeadManProp]

Do we now wait until 2025 for the next stream?

[@Redahoge10]

Sadam Masher

[@InwardSeaward]

Playing female with male voice sucked because no Panam or Judy in my soleplaythrough

[@Fresh3924]

Easily my favorite LP from you two (So far) Love the game though so I'm biased.

[@pedrox20000]

remember me mentioned, at least 5 people played that game!

[@LightDarkHero]

....Every time I've played through (and especially on subsewuent playthroughs) I'd just skip around the different BD tracks to try and find the points you need as soon as possible (Kinda just hate being stuck in the BD investigation minigame mode). I didn't know that V actually commented on feeling what the recorders felt in their POV.

[@KrimmyKrim]

Lmao look in the description "people mentioned:"

[@WaysideLevy]

"Smasher is Him!" the V's in my playthroughs disagree with that

[@arisenpai]

21:20 man... you really gotta be in a certain age range to get that reference huh.

[@mexicanhalloween]

it's an interesting perspective playing for the first time already knowing who Adam Smasher is and everything else from Edgerunners. fight-or-flight has got to kick in when the elevator door opens and there he is

[@just_matt214]

Dude, in the current edition of the tabletop game he doesn't even have a statblock. He had one in the 2020 version of course, which gave him a Body stat of 18, a Reflex stat of 15 and a Movement of 20 among others. Yeah.

[@alancalvillo6756]

Cyberpunk rocks

[@MNeely]

❤ Judy

[@kingofbel6499]

This was the part that I wish I could skip. Every time you have to investigate some BJs its so boring and takes a while to find everything you need. Also yea, Adam Smasher is in this. I hope someone made a mod to make him way stronger gameplaywise.

[@De13373r]

He’s already plenty strong thanks to the devs going back and patching him.

[@JF-vz1ju]

Enemies of Night City. Also I think the NG+ mod ramps the difficulty up on NG+ cycles. Pretty sure they're compatible.

[@SoulterrorX]

"I hope this game is yes and and not just yes period." This was a huge disappointment for me Spoilers for the end of the game: I chose to side with Hanako in the end because I thought they're letting me in the front door I'll be in the board room and I can take as many of them out with me as possible. Proceed to get the worst ending.

[@razorburn645]

Yeah... you don't get to be the new Atom Smasher or have a place at the table.

[@YetiCoolBrother]

"Surely going with the daughter of the evil megacorp CEO who is obviously sympathetic to her father will result in a good ending for me. What could go wrong."

[@razorburn645]

@@YetiCoolBrother Depends, this is Night City and morals are optional.

[@YetiCoolBrother]

@@razorburn645 Sure, but morals being optional is clearly not in line with the themes of the story or V's personality.

[@SoulterrorX]

​@YetiCoolBrother I don't know man, the game only mentions 2000 times about going out in a blaze of glory, I though what better way then taking out as many Araska execs while in the room with them? Johnny already proved that him bombing Arasaka did literally nothing to affect them, so I don't know why I'd side with him. Not to mention, siding with him means going out on his terms and not my own. And I know it sounds crazy but when hanako asks me not to shoot Yorinobu I thought maybe the rpg would give the choice to do the opposite, insane right?

[@RandgrisAlmark]

Adam Smasher. A completely terrifying entity in Cyberpunk... Whittled down to an OH SO SPOOKY... Guy. You flee from him and instead of wasting you and Jackie in a spray of gunfire, he does a little stompy. And then there's the BD sessions. A dumpster fire of a mechanic if ever there were one. Thankfully, mercifully, they limited the amount of this. Really wish CDPR respected the source material. Mike learned his lesson with this though.

[@jacemoran1190]

I thought he liked CP77? Probably wrong,

[@Project-Aries]

I can tell by the way you moved the analog sticks talking to Judy. 🫠