Hello, Beloved Ratlings!
So I am doing a Cyberpunk 2020 Easter Eggs thread. For those of us who played and loved the Pen and Paper game and for those of you interested in HOW MUCH detail CDPR went into to capture the richness of the 2020 setting.
Bit of a Deep Dive though. In a recent article a friend posted to me, " the direction of the soundtrack came from a desire “to draw on the lore of the rule book” from the tabletop game “when we were creating the world of Night City.” " I think you'll find that to be very true, even in this brief trailer. Note: I've posted some of those lyrics below.
Some of the art you see below has not aged to perfection. Be kind - it was early years for great gaming art, back in the 80s!
Disclaimer: this is from the 2020 world setting and timeline. 2077 draws from Cyberpunk 2020. May not be an exact match!
Extra Disclaimer - these are excerpts from CDPR's Cyberpunk 2077 properties and R.Talsorians Cyberpunk 2020 properties. No challenge intended.
Also, check out the R.Tal store!
NOTE: you can DOUBLE-CLICK on images to embiggen them. Sometimes multiple times!
Important setting detail from the TableTop game:
2022: The end of the Fourth Corporate War, Militech and a team of Edgerunners (you) detonate a nuke to stop Arasaka in Night City. Kei Arasaka has a second nuke ready to go and bye-bye Corp Center and Downtown. By Oct 28, 2022, it's done. "But few believe it's all over."
This will be broken up into several posts...there's a LOT of data and images here. I did say deep dive, right? Also reference to 4th Corp War, ah, nerdishness!
First, the warning...
And the 2020 Version:
There. Now, we're off!
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Hey, the Metro! The CP2077 Version Circa 2018:
Westbrook in the north, North Oaks a branch line to the right of Westbrook if you look close, Heywood in the south, Pacfica further south,
Orbital Air ( a CPunk Corp) has a Space Center in NC now and Pacifica is off limits in red with no details. Let's compare to the 1990 version!
The 2020 Version.Circa 1990:
The Night City Area Rapid Transit Sector map. NCART, for short.
Pretty close!Westbrook in the north, North Oaks to the left of Westbrook, Heywood and Rancho Coronado in the south, Pacfica further south.
No Orbital Air Spaceport back in 2020 and Pacifica is a well-used suburb.
Many new places in 2077 of course. Bridge City, Soliloquoy Road ( Is used repeatedly, probably filler) Cocoa Square North, Arasaka Waterfront.
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So next we see a list - Glen Drive, Little China, Med Center and New Harbour.
Also recall the Metro map with Little China, City Center, Corpo Plaza, Charter Hill on the upper right
2020, from the Night City Soourcebook: City Center, Corp Center,
Medical Center, Little China, New Harbour. Charter Hill.
This is actually a really key map for Night City. Downtown layout and neighbourhoods. Most of which seem to be in 2077!
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^The flaming skull/machine on the back of V's jacket - and this image is the cover of the Pacific Rim Sourcebook:
Next, the City!
So I am doing a Cyberpunk 2020 Easter Eggs thread. For those of us who played and loved the Pen and Paper game and for those of you interested in HOW MUCH detail CDPR went into to capture the richness of the 2020 setting.
Bit of a Deep Dive though. In a recent article a friend posted to me, " the direction of the soundtrack came from a desire “to draw on the lore of the rule book” from the tabletop game “when we were creating the world of Night City.” " I think you'll find that to be very true, even in this brief trailer. Note: I've posted some of those lyrics below.
Some of the art you see below has not aged to perfection. Be kind - it was early years for great gaming art, back in the 80s!
Disclaimer: this is from the 2020 world setting and timeline. 2077 draws from Cyberpunk 2020. May not be an exact match!
Extra Disclaimer - these are excerpts from CDPR's Cyberpunk 2077 properties and R.Talsorians Cyberpunk 2020 properties. No challenge intended.
Also, check out the R.Tal store!
NOTE: you can DOUBLE-CLICK on images to embiggen them. Sometimes multiple times!
Important setting detail from the TableTop game:
2022: The end of the Fourth Corporate War, Militech and a team of Edgerunners (you) detonate a nuke to stop Arasaka in Night City. Kei Arasaka has a second nuke ready to go and bye-bye Corp Center and Downtown. By Oct 28, 2022, it's done. "But few believe it's all over."
This will be broken up into several posts...there's a LOT of data and images here. I did say deep dive, right? Also reference to 4th Corp War, ah, nerdishness!
First, the warning...
And the 2020 Version:
There. Now, we're off!
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Hey, the Metro! The CP2077 Version Circa 2018:
Westbrook in the north, North Oaks a branch line to the right of Westbrook if you look close, Heywood in the south, Pacfica further south,
Orbital Air ( a CPunk Corp) has a Space Center in NC now and Pacifica is off limits in red with no details. Let's compare to the 1990 version!
The 2020 Version.Circa 1990:
The Night City Area Rapid Transit Sector map. NCART, for short.
Pretty close!Westbrook in the north, North Oaks to the left of Westbrook, Heywood and Rancho Coronado in the south, Pacfica further south.
No Orbital Air Spaceport back in 2020 and Pacifica is a well-used suburb.
Many new places in 2077 of course. Bridge City, Soliloquoy Road ( Is used repeatedly, probably filler) Cocoa Square North, Arasaka Waterfront.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So next we see a list - Glen Drive, Little China, Med Center and New Harbour.
Also recall the Metro map with Little China, City Center, Corpo Plaza, Charter Hill on the upper right
2020, from the Night City Soourcebook: City Center, Corp Center,
Medical Center, Little China, New Harbour. Charter Hill.
This is actually a really key map for Night City. Downtown layout and neighbourhoods. Most of which seem to be in 2077!
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^The flaming skull/machine on the back of V's jacket - and this image is the cover of the Pacific Rim Sourcebook:
Next, the City!
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