After watching Night City Wire #4, specifically the "2077 in Style" segment, I was disappointed to see that not one of the 4 primary fashions they show looked typical of punk, or any alternative fashion for that matter. If you haven't seen it yet we have:
KITSCH: Looks like more colorful modern fashion that has more in common with Back to the Future Part II or some of the gaudier 90s fashion than it does with any alternative style. The small inclusion of a spiked bracelet or some studded implants doesn't really change that.
ENTROPISM: Clothes your mechanic uncle would wear.
NEOMILITARISM: This one isn't too bad. It looks like future fashion out of Mirror's Edge or Deus Ex and fits the corporate side of cyberpunk.
NEOKITSCH: This looks to be slightly more exaggerated versions of the dumb outfits celebrities wear to the red carpet nowadays.
So where's the punk? Do I get my leather jacket covered in pins? A denim jacket covered in studs and patches? My ripped jeans? Tartans? Collars? Excessive chains, buckles, and zippers? Boots? Can I wear them in all black? Or do Neomilitarist corpos have a monopoly on all-black outfits? So far I've seen an occasional mohawk in the trailers I think, heard rumors there are piercing options in the game, and I'm pretty sure there are tattoos (not sure how many options though). But I have very little confidence so far in being able to look fully punk in this game instead of some pop artist in bright neon pink and yellow with dyed hair.
And don't get me started on the music. Samurai is okay, I guess, but it feels very... measured. In a way I'm not sure I can explain. I have yet to hear what to me is the most identifiable sound of punk - the chaos of bands like the Germs, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, etc. And the amount of music that definitely isn't punk (or synthwave/electronic/dubstep/etc. for the "cyber" half of cyberpunk) is staggering. I feel like this game could've been a cool way to expose people to a real cyberpunk experience, but CDPR keep putting things in that allow for people to remain in their normal, pop-radio, GTA-vibes comfort zone without much engaging in cyberpunk beyond "I have another gun in my arm, bro". Anyone else feel this way?
I haven't seen every single video of the game so hopefully I'm wrong, but at the moment it feels more like Cyberpop 2077.
KITSCH: Looks like more colorful modern fashion that has more in common with Back to the Future Part II or some of the gaudier 90s fashion than it does with any alternative style. The small inclusion of a spiked bracelet or some studded implants doesn't really change that.
ENTROPISM: Clothes your mechanic uncle would wear.
NEOMILITARISM: This one isn't too bad. It looks like future fashion out of Mirror's Edge or Deus Ex and fits the corporate side of cyberpunk.
NEOKITSCH: This looks to be slightly more exaggerated versions of the dumb outfits celebrities wear to the red carpet nowadays.
So where's the punk? Do I get my leather jacket covered in pins? A denim jacket covered in studs and patches? My ripped jeans? Tartans? Collars? Excessive chains, buckles, and zippers? Boots? Can I wear them in all black? Or do Neomilitarist corpos have a monopoly on all-black outfits? So far I've seen an occasional mohawk in the trailers I think, heard rumors there are piercing options in the game, and I'm pretty sure there are tattoos (not sure how many options though). But I have very little confidence so far in being able to look fully punk in this game instead of some pop artist in bright neon pink and yellow with dyed hair.
And don't get me started on the music. Samurai is okay, I guess, but it feels very... measured. In a way I'm not sure I can explain. I have yet to hear what to me is the most identifiable sound of punk - the chaos of bands like the Germs, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, etc. And the amount of music that definitely isn't punk (or synthwave/electronic/dubstep/etc. for the "cyber" half of cyberpunk) is staggering. I feel like this game could've been a cool way to expose people to a real cyberpunk experience, but CDPR keep putting things in that allow for people to remain in their normal, pop-radio, GTA-vibes comfort zone without much engaging in cyberpunk beyond "I have another gun in my arm, bro". Anyone else feel this way?
I haven't seen every single video of the game so hopefully I'm wrong, but at the moment it feels more like Cyberpop 2077.
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