Cyberpunk Edgerunners is fantastic, the latest in a recent line of impressive anime adaptations of video games.

Edgerunners, though, offers a slither of hope, and not just for its fictional characters.

It shows CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk is still worth fighting for, despiteeverything.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners

CYBERPUNK 2077 SPOILERS ARE AHEAD.

I thought it impossible at first.

hey, remember Witcher!

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Remarkably, Cyberpunk 2077 is the most-played single-player game on Steam.

Take that, Game of the Year in-waiting,Elden Ring.

And that, I thought, was that.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners

I didn’t think I’d want more Cyberpunk from CD Projekt ever again.

But after watching Edgerunners, I do.

Perhaps it’s the sound of a phone call, that metallic voice in your head when you answer.

But mostly, I want to be an Edgerunner.

I want to be an Edgerunner like the Edgerunners in Edgerunners.

I want to be a cyberpunk.

In 2077, augmentation carries no consequence, whether in aesthetic or story terms.

Edgerunners revolves around that very problem.

And, crucially, I want to play a Cyberpunk with consequence.

And what happens when I eventually realise that machine won’t bring my dead mother back?

After watching Edgerunners, I really do hope CD Projekt gives Cyberpunk another go.