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 2077 SPOILERS ARE AHEAD.
I thought it impossible at first.
hey, remember Witcher!
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.
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.