I had the opportunity to cross-check image boards and core settings with the Project Orion production team at CD Project RED.
I introduced elements that can be shared externally at this time.
– Night City will continue, but it will not be the same map as in 2077.
Another new city will appear as a map.
– That (new map) will be a city like “Incorrect Chicago.”
A city that is not a near-future version of Chicago, but rather the culmination of all that is madness in the current Chicago.
I want to create it with a nuance that, while incorporating future tech, it is completely broken as a whole.
I can go back to that shitty town again.
Tsukago
Crazy Chicago is nothing but a den of mafia where gunfights happen every day, isn’t it?
>>3It hasn’t changed from the familiar Night City.
>>3It looks like there are plenty of thugs you can kill, which seems fun.
I guess I need to know about present-day Chicago first.
Saipan’s world Chicago completely collapsed by 2015,迎え to the “Time of the Red.”
In 2020, Stormtech, a subsidiary of Militech, provided full support.
The reconstruction plan is being led by the Aldecaldos and the Midwestern Nomads.
“In 2024, Arasaka said, ‘If another militarized tech-led city is added, the North American Knotley Project will collapse, damn it.'”
“AI logical virus bomb in the safe net and a heavy bronchial infection virus bomb in the real world.”
They unleashed virus bombs in both the online and real worlds, causing the collapse of the urban reconstruction plan itself.
The main reason for the drastic weakening of Aldecaldos’ clan in 2077 is the huge deficit here.
>>5It’s so terrifying how much of a bad guy he is.
To be honest, Arasaka can’t really complain if they get hit by a nuclear terror attack, can they…?
I want to try to go to the real Arasaka someday.
You’re being ridiculous…
That’s why we’ve entered a red era where air pollution like fresh blood is spreading all over the world.
If it’s not the devil route of 2077, then Saburo would be dead, right?
With the crazy old man who had the Vietnam War going on in his head gone, things might get a little better… I wonder…
The people in the apartment are no good, right?
Do you intend to become like the state of Hokuto no Ken where everything collapses?
It might feel like a dog town ruled by a gang.
I really don’t like places that are too cluttered.
I don’t even know what there is in Chicago now.
If you do that, then of course there will be a lot of followers of the idiot who carried out the nuclear terrorism…
It feels like Night City is quite mistaken as well.
What is Arasaka? Is it a world destroyer?
>>18The cyberpunk genre itself cannot begin without the emergence of ultra-large corrupt Japanese corporations.
Night City doesn’t know the original California anyway…
Arasaka, what the hell are you!
Japan has less marine pollution, so there are various beautiful environments left, making it somewhat complacent in the world of Saipan.
I don’t really know much about normal Chicago…
Chicago is really far from Night City.
I want to go to Japan and have a real fight with a ninja in the reed plains.
A city that seems to be a microcosm of urban issues in America… it seems.
>>26Even Night City felt that way, but is it even more than that…?
I wonder what kind of ridiculous things the next protagonist will do.
>>27It’s certain that we’ll do the BD that’s lying around.
>>32Only a stupid V would do something like that…
The mastermind is once again Saburō.
Companies really are trash.
Chi…Chicago pizza…
What would happen if a profit-driven corporation that has thrown away ethics dominated the world in the cyberpunk genre? I’m the type who enjoys that kind of thought experiment.
Well, Arasaka does whatever they want…
Dog City was so severely contaminated by drugs that it couldn’t function as a city.
It seems like it will become even more gloomy.
I wonder if I can endure the dullness of a life without the bastard in my head.
It changes quite a bit from California to Illinois.
This time, I want to do Edge Runner without carrying a bomb in my head and just relax.
I wonder if I can hear any rumors about V.
I hope they make another anime set in Chicago.
I’m happy that Night City is continuing.
Well, it’s obvious that it’s crazy to just throw away something that you’ve put that much effort into…
Like Gotham City, Judge Dredd, and Detroit from RoboCop.
America that is already over is everyone’s favorite, right?
Isn’t Night City below more post-apocalyptic than cyberpunk?
Excuse me, I am a winner of Switch2.
Will this sequel be available on Switch2 as well?
>>43I want you to worry about whether ORION will be released, not just about yourself.
I have to look for V’s cocktail in the afterlife.
Is there still an afterlife…?
I would like to see Atlanta, where such a strange person as V has spent a period of emptiness.
Since Johnny Silverhand disappeared in 2023, the world has fallen into devastation, teetering on the brink of civilizational collapse.
The “Fourth Corporate War,” sparked by the super giant multinational corporations Arasaka and Militech, continued until 2025.
Not only were cities and industrial facilities around the world destroyed by wartime devastation, but in the northwestern United States, there were wildfires so severe that almost all of the forests were burned.
Furthermore, the bombardment from both companies’ space forces from satellite orbit, combined with the explosion of nuclear weapons that erupted in Night City, scattered a huge amount of fine particles into the atmosphere.
As a result, a phenomenon occurred where the skies around the world turned bright red.
In the year 2045, which is the setting for Cyberpunk RED, things have settled down quite a bit, but…
The sunrise and sunset still shine a vibrant red color, and in Night City, red rain like blood, containing polluted particles, falls from time to time.
Swallowing a certain amount of this could sometimes cause fatal impairments.
Therefore, the period of more than 20 years after the Fourth Corporate War is referred to as the “Time of the Red.”
The title of this work, “Cyberpunk RED,” was given accordingly.
Was Arasaka really so crazy as to commit a genuine act of terrorism…?
I thought so, but I’m not sure if they were doing things like nuclear detonation…
>>49The one that triggered the nuclear explosion was Militech.
It’s all Arasaka’s fault! (Johnny is involved in the detonation) This is what we did to invade Night City militarily.
By the way, there were nuclear weapons at the headquarters, but the scale was such that it could blow half of the American continent away, so it was lucky that there was no chain reaction.
>>49The old man is quite mad with hatred towards America.
>>49I want you to remember the opening of the corporate building.
“They’re killing foreign dignitaries at meetings casually.”
>>49Kendachi (Kenshiri Adachi Japanese Blacksmith) and
F.A.C.S. (Far Asian Co-properity Sphere: Mitsubishi Toyota Honda Nissan Mazda Pan-Heavy Industry Asia Consortium) and
Segatari (the world’s largest entertainment corporate group formed by Sega’s merger with Atari)
Arasaka, which was gradually losing its position in Japan after being defeated in territorial disputes with these Japanese-origin companies,
Betting on survival, centered around the poorest collapsed nation, America, on the North American continent.
It’s the time when they started implementing the Knotri plan dominated by Arasaka alone.
>>75Sega-Tari stands alongside companies like Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Arasaka.
No matter how many times I see it, I can’t help but laugh.
>>75Ponsmith is a Sega fan, huh?
To this meeting!
Because they don’t care about human lives, there are places where terrorist uprisings occur.
After all, Arasaka is a group that should be destroyed, isn’t it…?
Other corporations besides Arasaka are pretty much the same in being shady…
>>54Military tech is like an evil thing that seems to have simmered the shady parts of America down to the ethical level of North Korea.
Other countries threaten with nuclear weapons if they don’t buy their arms…
I like it when the local police radio comes out when a report is made.
Aside from the demons, Arasaka has likely weakened significantly, so I wonder if Kanto has taken their position in Night City.
This time, what famous person will I cram into my brain…
>>57Henry Cavill!
I like the design of the police cars that appeared in the live-action Super Mario movie.
Isn’t there a system to play within the Black Wall?
Also, please make it possible to watch the BD.
>>59David and V only watch stuff like ky***ga is snaff, but that’s a minority; the majority are things like influencers’ daily lives or porn BDs.
>>69But what I want to see is the behind-the-scenes bonus disc.
This time is also interesting, but I have a feeling it will end up being a crap story with a bad aftertaste…
There is an unspoken rule that cyberpunk stories have bad endings, but I would like to see a story that ends peacefully at least once… The star ending is somewhat close, but even that one has only a short time left…
If I hadn’t been filled with the title of “Scum of the Year,” I would have died as an ordinary mercenary, but it seems I’ve been given a chance to become a legend.
It’s time to bring out the Morgan Black Hand!
>>65That character is from the original creator Mike Pondsmith, so the reality line is clearly bugged, and anything goes.
“How did Morgan survive being at ground zero of the nuclear explosion?” I was asked.
“It’s pretty outrageous to say, ‘I surfed on the shockwave while riding on Adam Smasher’s back.'”
>>72I heard he was a legendary solo, but is that guy really such a Deadpool?
I want random generation elements like NCPD missions.
Isn’t the sequel that’s being made now a story set before 2077?
I heard that they are seriously developing a resident AI, and I’m looking forward to it.
>>73I’ll take it with a grain of salt…
It’s like creating an extremely large dog city, so I wonder if the development will go more smoothly than in 2077?
Still, I feel like reality might wait until around 2030.
This is no mere yakuza organization…
Is it okay to play a picked-up BD again even if I’m about to die?!
As expected.
Sega is
That’s amazing…
It will probably be fully completed after several patches are released post-launch, so I’ll wait patiently.
In a situation like the end of the world, can Sega be number one…?
I heard about Kendachi briefly, but is that what the company was like…?
>>85They sell single-molecule vibration blades.
The headquarters is in Nagano.
>>85In East Asia, including Japan, we manufacture and sell flagship products such as single-molecule glass optical circuits and advanced glass fiber products.
But even if such products are brought into a poor country like the United States, there are no buyers.
It can be produced with local facilities and is a product tailored to the needs of the local residents.
They create and sell primitive close-range weapons such as single-molecule monofibers and high-frequency cutting blades.
Which one comes first, Witcher 4 or what?
In any case, it will probably be years later.
Adam and Morgan were both PCs who overcame some crazy checks in TRPG, right?
The Black Hand is probably like the Dwarven position in TES.
It’s the idea of maintaining mystery by not explaining in detail.
Arasaka isn’t that dominant even in mainland Japan.
Companies like Mitsubishi and Toyota, which are real major corporations, are teaming up to go against Arasaka.
>>90In other words, even if large companies form an alliance, they are still at a level that is somewhat inferior to Arasaka, so it’s still strange.
It’s fun to play while chatting on the forum right after the release, but I wonder if I should wait because I might ruin the atmosphere of the cutscenes with bugs again.
Moreover, SEGA and Atari…
>>92Both of them had a big presence in the North American video game industry during the 80s and 90s.
It seems difficult to prepare a protagonist that surpasses V and Johnny.
Although Sega loses in terms of impact, considering the scale of reality, isn’t FACS just amazing?
It’s hard to find an actor who surpasses Keanu.
>>97Stallone!
I found the crime investigation using BD interesting, so I hope there will be more quests added.
If it’s cyberpunk, I should have released it in 2020! It was difficult with PS4 for the things I wanted to create, but maybe it could have been much better if I hadn’t pushed myself so hard…
Still, the development period was too long, and the improvements came about two years later, so it doesn’t really matter much.
>>100The PS4 was terrible… the initial version was really poorly made.
Please include erotic elements.
>>101I got into a lot of trouble for complimenting the tattoo.
Hey, now there are two cities? You really know how to get me excited!
I want to make a game set in Japan in this world.
Ninja! Yakuza! Sumo wrestler! Geisha! Buddha-fuck!
I want a clichéd happy ending.
It might not be something you do in a cyberpunk setting, but…
I want an ending that feels satisfying, like a fulfilling conclusion or a “satisfaction death.”
It’s crazy enough that just Night City is on such a scale, and now there’s another one…
I want at least one straightforward happy ending too, you know.
I can’t imagine the protagonist in Saipan will be able to make a proper gain…
>>110That’s the kind of town it is.
V was explicitly stated to be the strongest because he will definitely die.
If the protagonist has a happy ending, it seems they’ll be really weakened.
>>111That must be the tower ending of Phantom Liberty.
As one who has lost everything and is powerless, being beaten up by the local thugs without being able to do anything.
Finally allowed to survive on the stage of Cyberpunk 2077.
I think that because there is no salvation, there are crazy options available, so well, there’s that.
No matter what happens, in the end, “I Really Want to Stay at Your House” will play, and I will bitterly die.
It’s not a place to live as a good person, is it? The times.
It will probably be on next-generation consoles if it comes out on consoles at all…
Well, since V is surviving by picking fights with Militech, Arasaka, and even Max-Tac, V can be considered the strongest…
Since I went through the trouble, I watched the tower ending, but if it’s going to be like this, I might as well go for the Arasaka route.
>>120That’s how it should be, V.
Our V has caught the sun…
I like the Sun End the most.