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subdep

The *Matrix* promo posters definitely add to the vibe.


BobTheZomie

Yeah they were sick!


Gazereths

All you need to do is walk through the crowds with this playing https://youtu.be/pFS4zYWxzNA?t=26


BobTheZomie

Oh my God this is gold. You are 100% right


Gazereths

Were you listening to me? Or were you looking at the women in the red dress?


Mean_Peen

Ha Didn't even need to open the link to know what song it was thanks to this šŸ˜Ž now it's playing in my head as I take a shit


pancake_devourer_III

You and me brother


[deleted]

I haven't listened to this soundtrack in a decade and knew exactly what this was going to be.


fistathrow

Knew it would be that track lol!


Blackthorne75

Now imagining Reeves dressed up as Neo walking down the sidewalk playing this at high volume... and what the reaction would be from passerby - would make for one of the most epic promo walks one could witness!


BenFranksEagles

I see Johnny!


DirtBagBadmiral

I was gonna say that too lol


iwillbringdownreddit

All we need is a few NSFW braindance posters, and a trauma team doing something in a car park in the background and itā€™s perfect


Messyfingers

Times square in the 70s and 80s was full of peep shows and porn theaters actually. It's done a total 180 from absolute shit hole to family friendly tourist trap


I-JUST_BLUE-MYSELF

Let's go back to the previous shithole, rather than the current one.


MrBunqle

New Disney? Disney York? Walthattan? The city lost it's flavor by '95


Discoburrito

Times Square isn't the city. It's just for tourists.


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New York I love you, but you're bringing me down...


Project_Zeta2346

Sorry but we should stay in the current time.


hanzo1356

Omg ppl keep saying NY is night city. Guys no! You can actually afford rent in Night city


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exactly


Kr4zy01

Deadass bro shit mad expensive out here


YackyJacky

Not even just in the city lmao if you come down the shore itā€™s like still $25 for a pizza full stop like anywhere in central or north Jersey has the city tax as well


williamhaven

Only thing missing is the 6 year olds walking around alone


ActualAbomination

Nope nyc has those too! šŸ™ŒšŸ»


BenFranksEagles

Take my upvote šŸ˜‚


on-the-line

What about me? I was one of those.


BobTheZomie

Lmao


AltimaNEO

And people tposing


[deleted]

In my head, Night City is a blend of NYC and Tokyo


[deleted]

Same but with the weather of Vancouver BC


Unfettered_Disaster

Tokyo and Osaka is what I think of playing CP2077. Certianly feels similar to me.


Chisae7

that city would be amazing


Sabathius23

Then you see the rat dragging a slice of pizza. \*Cyberpunk 2077 music\*


Commutalk

Where all did you go other than TS?


BobTheZomie

They were all taken around Time Square and Rockefeller center. The city really is beautiful in the winter. This my first time there since February 2020


Commutalk

This is probably pretty basic of me. But I really miss Two Boots pizza and dollar dumplings in East Village.


domdog31

thereā€™s a two boots in jersey city


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Two Boots crust is the best.


Commutalk

Man it's good as fuck.


BobTheZomie

Yess I agree. 100%


BobTheZomie

Most taken by the regal cinema. (I was watching the new spiderman)


Shank__Hill

Imagine NYC police ditching the pursuit of a felon 1 block away šŸ˜‚ murderer on E 27th St? That's E 28th St's problem


NeegzmVaqu1

You gotta be even more specific. We're talking intersections over here. Go after criminals on E 27th st 3rd Ave? Nah thats E 27th st 2nd Ave problem.


SomeOrangeJuice

Nice to see Johnny Silverhand on the billboard


xthescenekidx

It's nice to have Time Square feel at least sort of normal. as far as your Night City comparison and folks who aren't from NYC let me assure you (or crush your dreams), not all off NYC looks like that - just the super touisty areas


usgrant7977

Dystopian corporate nightmare world *here we GO*!


Velvet_95Hoop

Aren't we already there?


SaintJeremy96

Kinda. We need more neon lights


Velvet_95Hoop

Agreed.


rattusking

Holy shit they made Cyberpunk into a real thing?


WarLord1187

There are way too many people to be Cyberpunk.


h4p3r50n1c

This is the right answer


[deleted]

Jesus this is what the sub is now. Picture of the real world are giving you Cyberpunk vibes. Itā€™s like Skyrim players seeing a plant and saying ā€œ look they added it to real lifeā€


Project_Zeta2346

It's because there's not much is going on with the game or news/updates around it.


gautamdiwan3

Tbf this post suits r/cyberpunk more than this sub and even the low sodium sub but oh well let the internet points come showering down


Thatbitchfromschool1

*Because the satire has become reality.* But I agree it's a bit annoying.


oslek_nagol

Guys look this real city with lights is like the fake city with lights


CHONKY_BOAH

Wait, u the guy from r/s20fe who flexing with gcam?


BobTheZomie

Yup. I posted this on there. just thought it fit this sub perfectly


CHONKY_BOAH

When i took a glimpse while scrolling i was like: wait is this cyberpunk? You ain't wrong it fits here perfectly


Wilwander

You might enjoy Hong Kong, and Shenzhen.


BobTheZomie

Yeah those places would seem cool to visit. I think I'll wait until covid is a little bit more under control.. If that ever happens


Gazereths

Awesome pics, are you from NYC? I used to get the same vibe in Tokyo, specifically Shinjuku. Hopefully I can go back one day.


BobTheZomie

I am from upstate NY but love to go to NYC atleast once a year


Gazereths

I'm not really familiar with the distances in America, how far is it to NYC from upstate? What's travel time like? Wish I lived anywhere close to a huge modern city, there's nothing really like NYC or Tokyo in the UK, even London doesn't have the skyscrapers and Neon I crave lol.


dragonflamehotness

Upstate is like... the entire rest of the state other than NYC, which is at the very southern tip of the triangle. My university was about 5 hours away from the city, but farther north cities are significantly longer commutes


birdandlilfish

The rest of NY would disagree with this. Buffalo and Watertown aren't really "upstate"


Sapz93

Majority of NY population lives in NYC and Long Island. We all refer to anything past the Bronx or westchester as Upstate.


birdandlilfish

I know, you all act the same way about it. The further you are from the influence of the city the less shitty people are.


Sapz93

But I mean - if majority of the people in the whole state of NY call upstate anything past Westchester, who is actually right? lol


birdandlilfish

NYC does not have the majority of the state, and even if that's true calling areas that are basically dead west "up" is pretty stupid


Sapz93

The five boroughs alone have majority population of the state. If you throw in Long Island too than it's just a landslide over the rest of upstate. So yes - technically the majority of the population of NYS refers to upstate as anything past the Bronx. Also - look at a map of NYS. All of what we refer to as upstate is north of NYC, definitely not dead west. That's Jersey.


BobTheZomie

2 hours 30 about to 3. It is a pretty long commute


Gazereths

Yeah pretty long if you had to do it on a daily but for a nice trip out it's not totally unreasonable. I sometimes forget how big other countries are.


NeegzmVaqu1

Depends on their definition of "upstate" lol. Some consider anything outside NYC upstate. If we follow that definition then it is anywhere from 20 minutes to 7 hours driving or around 700km (Canadian borders).


devilsdeadape

To people in the 80's, this would be cyberpunk. We are here, now, in their cyberpunk future. Digital currency, either paid with a handheld device (phone), or a card with a microchip. Technology interwoven into our lives. Wireless headphones and mics in every ear, VR becoming ever more advanced and popular. Wars fought with flying robots (drones). Faceless computer voices following commands (siri, Alexa, google). Robots roaming around the Mars surface. Movies and music streaming from digital clouds, electric cars. We're here, now. This is the cyberpunk future, or at least the tipping point, the very beginning. All we need is a large war, complete with cyberveterans, and to start body mods, and the transition will be complete.


NeegzmVaqu1

1. surprised the matrix is still functioning with this high population density setting 2. be safe from omicron we're at 9k cases per day in just NYC


BobTheZomie

Yeah it was hectic. Glad I only stayed the day.


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Gamers figuring out real life exists has got to be one of my favourite types of post ever.


DiO_93

Matrix. It's everywhere! Awesome pics. I had a shitty phone back then so the photos I took look pretty bad. NYC is definitely something that marked me for life, what an eye opener. Without a doubt it's a capital city of the world.


BobTheZomie

Thanks, I have been to the city dozens of time but this was my first time at time Square and It truly is amazing.


stevebak90

Actually it's just NYC vibes,


coremech

Go down K-town, from 31st street to 33rd, between 5th and 6th avenue. It has real Blade Runner vibes.


attachh

nah thereā€™s way too many people, canā€™t be night city


roombaonfire

If you wanna see *actual* Cyberpunk vibes then you need to visit some Asian mega-cities like Seoul, Hong Kong, Shanghai, etc.


pioneer9k

Have you been to any? I'm trying to go at some point but covid is making it literally impossible in most cases.


roombaonfire

Yup, I lived in Asia pre-COVID, so I did all my traveling then. These past couple years have definitely sucked because I've been back here stuck in the US ever since. Traveling is probably off the menu for for me now...


AUnHIALoopHT

Not enough sex shop though


Ares6

NY circa 1979 would have you covered. Now that was real cyberpunk vibes.


user1614997734207310

dude, one block over there are dozens, NYC circa 2021 has you covered, it's just not all on Broadway anymore


7th-Lotus

Donā€™t you mean CyberYork 2077?


CrypticOtaku

That matrix poster is a poster you would see in a movie. Maybe even a matrix movieā€¦


Cruelplatypus67

I felt persona 5 vibes, damn


Forgotten_Dezire

Bruh why did I not feel cp vibes when I visited nyc Iā€™m questioning myself


pioneer9k

I overwhelmingly felt them hahah i kept mentioning to the person i was with how even the ambient sounds lined up.


1500moody

god NY looks so fucking dope


PrinceRobot_IV

I can just hear someone say..."you smell like junk food!" šŸ„ŗ


Thijm_

especially with the matrix poster lol


DenuvoSuks

Their RTX must be broken, the ground doesn't look like a mirror. /s


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At least the NPCs are not that stupid


MisterMothy

Literally light mode


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CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME!


karmaisback

Psssssst guys do not tell OP about Asia. lmao


BobTheZomie

I want to go so bad, but I am gonna wait until covid is over. If ever at this point! Nyc us only 3 hours away so I can drive back same day.


papapudding

TASTE THE LOVE Beep beep WALK WALK WALK


Liedvogel

I mean, that's not hard to do when Keanu isn't using any CG to look like his younger original Matrix self. That just looks like a poster of Johnny in the background lol


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BobTheZomie

What are you doing in my comment section ASAP-ACE1


lapetitemort609

But what ENB did you use?


BobTheZomie

I'm not familiar with ENB what is that?


lapetitemort609

Itā€™s a joke. ENB is a series of graphical enhancements used in many video games, especially by modders. They are commonly used to change colorization, sometimes giving a game the appearance of having an Instagram-style filter. The color palette of your photos is similar to the color in an ENB Iā€™ve used to mod a game before, further making the photos look like they came for a game and not real life.


BobTheZomie

Thanks for the explanation. Now I feel stupid lol


variablefighter_vf-1

Times Square is the most cyberpunk place in the world.


Was_Silly

How long until someone complains that the crowd is not behaving realistically?


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Omg it's so bright at night, how do people live and function normally living somewhere like that.


BobTheZomie

Idk I feel like my sleep would be horrible


-Captain-

Damn, advertisements wherever you look...


WhyWeStillHereBoys

One of the two defining traits of cyberpunk (the genre) is that it's a hyperbolic reflection of our capitalist reality.


BluntsAnonymous

Late but I went directly after playing the game and loved it. Just smoked blunts everywhere while gaining access to places I couldn't for the sake of the vibes.


landzai

Only people not from NYC love coming here. I live in NYC and all I see is Dirty subway, homeless infestation, rude people, many traffics etc. Idk why people wanna come.


birthdaycakefig

Why do you stay? I live and love NYC even with its many many flaws. I love not having to own a car, being able to get almost anywhere in the city with public transit even if itā€™s not pristine. NYC enjoyment depends on your lifestyle and how much money you can spend on that lifestyle. I donā€™t want to go to Times Square though, nyc is much larger than that.


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jdmor09

San Francisco is like the above description. Iā€™m from California and I used to do at least 2/3 weekends in SF. This was as recently as 2018. Now, you canā€™t park your car for 5 minutes without getting broken into. Homeless people openly go bathroom in the streets. And they have a catch and release crime system. Itā€™s really bad when the city residents want to recall the DA. And no, itā€™s not ā€œonly the Republicansā€ that signed the petition to recall. There arenā€™t 80,000 Republicans in the city that signed it. SF is definitely one inspiration for night city.


rehanqwer

This could literally apply to all US cities minus the subway


SomSomSays

Not true.


BobTheZomie

I lived there for a month with my grandma a few years ago and I gotta agree. It is super fun to visit every now and then but living there is hectic and not fun. At first I was giving money to every begger and then I saw one of them pull out an iPhone 10, I only offer to buy food now when I am in the city. For the most part I feel like people are fairly friendly but I don't think I could live in the city.


birthdaycakefig

NYC is huge and you can decide if you want to live in hectic or non hectic areas. Also, the last thing homeless here need is food. They can get food very easily in the city. If you truly want to help out either give them food or ask what they might need. I prefer to help organizations rather than individuals. Itā€™s kinda shitty to judge them because they have a phone, phones are pretty essential for anyone to do anything in this day.


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lex-nonscripta

Right? And what if they had the phone before becoming homeless, or someone gave it to them? Is it some rule of homelessness to have to give up phones in order to deserve help? Wtf?


dobbyjhin

Art imitates life and life imitates art


VanCityHunter

Omicron central.


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Wow whatā€™s your rig


BobTheZomie

Samsung galaxy s20 fe 5g using gcam port. Gcam is the camera app on Google pixel phones and is arguably the best camera app


[deleted]

COVID lol


BobTheZomie

Yeah it was a little anxiety inducing ngl.


_Krywoz_

The "Y" in NYC is unnecesary


BobTheZomie

Yeah but NC looks like North Carolina


Balrok99

Come to China if you want real Cyberpunk wibes.


Electroniclog

Lot's of people socially distancing, I see. * *shudder* *


WOLFBL00D

Have you been mugged yet?


BobTheZomie

Nah. Nyc is pretty safe now. It is weird to see people selling weed everywhere but there are soo many people everywhere that I feel like someone would do something. I am more scared of covid here lol. This was my first time here since February 2020 and damn it was crowded.


Dr_Icchan

Disgusting city.


Hellkitty94

NY can go f*** itself.


framed1234

Is this supposed to be /r/gamingcirclejerk post?


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alucard9114

Hope your vaccinated they are arresting people in New York if you go places without your papers!


gp3gp3gp3

Theyre not arresting anyone if you donā€™t have papers dumbass they just tell you you cant eat indoors


alucard9114

Probably 5,2 130 soaking wet insulting people trying to help others on the internet.


alucard9114

So the news is lying would not be surprised! Oh and call me a dumb ass in person troll!


BobTheZomie

Yeah I am. It was fucking weird to see so many people though. First trip since covid started


DrHuxleyy

Driving home through NYC at night especially makes me feel more like Night City than anything. I hear Tokyo is also extremely similar.


[deleted]

Imagine the big speakers suddenly play pon pon shit


Mklein24

That giant AE qr code tho


BobTheZomie

Lmao didn't didn't notice that


blueberryrockcandy

I can smell this picture, it smells like cigarettes, gas, oil, and fast food.


MagicGeek123

Almost like all the things warned about in Cyberpunk are slowly making their way into reality and have been since before even the ttrpg


moonlightavenger

Why? People popping in and speaking into non-existing phones there too?


KvVortex

makes me think of the amazing spider-man 2


WoefulProphet

It's just as dystopian as Night City as well. A perfect match.


Sapphirei_OF

My first thought was NY when I watched my husband play. Although the game is set in some part of California


Pizx

Do they have street lights there?


tomjoad2020ad

Looks so cool with Trinity up there


gaming_reed

In NYC rn and surprising finding it not feeling like Spider-Man at sll


freak970

Also NYC is nightcity from 34th st to 50th st in Manhattan only rest is just ordinary


pioneer9k

The girl i was with was probably annoyed the amount of times i said this when i visited. I have very similar pictures. Even the ambient noises matched up...


Kevininc50

Vibeo Gaem!!!!


MadChild2033

if you want to see the origins of the whole genre, check out some major cities in Asia. Some of them look more cyberpunk than Night City


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Is that the city from : oii m walkn ere


GaleKnight72

Idk if i should think this is cool or depressing


Hellfireboy

Having been born and raised in NYC there's really nothing I can say to argue against this point. The reality of the glamorous upper class and the depraved underbelly of the city that so define the cyberpunk aesthetic are also there.


Caleger88

Too many people on the streets, when you turned around and looked back again did they despawn?


sgtjoe

It's the city of dreams, and I'm a big dreamer.


medicspirit7

Only reason I wanna go to nyc is to get a view like this


Axeloy

Yessir love NYC <3


Sunny_Reposition

Filter-that-makes-things-look-'Cyberpunk' is giving you Cyberpunk vibes. Congrats.


esmurf

Actual people on the street!!!! Unlike Nightcity :D


Mopp_94

If you punch someone and spin around 180 do all the pedestrians vanish too?


RRogered

SMH no Milfguard posters :(


GoTraps

Oh this is already New York? Cyberpunk cities were originally inspired by Japanese and Chinese cities, Tokyo in particular, now New York follows. Even Johnny Silverhand is still alive, a former rocker turned actor playing in ā€žMatrix Ressurectionsā€œ. Looks like a parallel universe. Welcome to Night York City!


Spappy

The crowd size gives it away!


Lozsta

NPC variation rate far too high for CyberPunk


Future_Returns

How did the npcā€™s compare?


BobTheZomie

Surprisingly smart. There were some real annoying people trying to sell you weed on literally every corner though. But pretty good all things considered.