History YMMV / Cyberpunk

* CompleteMonster: [[AxCrazy Adam Smasher]] was a thuggish murderer and rapist who willingly chose to throw away his humanity for a chance at power. A mighty cyborg, Adam is a dark legend who is [[TheDreaded known and feared]] for the massive amount of people he has murdered. [[PsychoForHire Serving corporations for the carnage it affords him]], Adam Smasher savors the deaths of as many innocent bystanders as possible. Having been the one to kill [[Characters/Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand Johnny Silverhand]], Adam Smasher returns to resolve the [[Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners Cyberskeleton crisis]] through brutally killing Rebecca; finishes off David Martinez when he refuses to join the Arasaka Corporation; and later works for Arasaka in the [[VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077 Fourth Corporate War]] to kill as many as possible.

* FanonDiscontinuity: The fandom's overall reaction to the game's third edition, also known as V3, which shifted the game more towards PostCyberPunk with a focus turned away from gritty future noir to post-apocalyptic transhumanism. Additionally, due to financial difficulties, Creator/RTalsorian was unable to afford to commission new art, and ended up resorting to Photoshopped images of costumed action figures customized by Mike Pondsmith's wife, which did ''not'' go over well with the fanbase (for this reason, V3 is often derisively referred to by fans of previous editions as "Barbiepunk"). With the release video game adaptation, ''VideoGame/{{Cyberpunk 2077}}'', as well as the fourth edition, ''Cyberpunk Red'', picking up where ''2020'' left off as a bridge into the events ''2077'', ''V3'' is now CanonDiscontinuity.
* HarsherInHindsight:

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Mostly due to AdaptationDisplacement, there were some people who have claimed the video game adaptation ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'''s aesthetics felt too generic. The tabletop game it's based on was the codifier for many of the genre's tropes, so it’s somewhat unsurprising that many of its tropes feel very familiar. This has resulted in a game where many of the ShoutOut references are referencing something that was inspired by, or was itself a reference to the original ''Cyberpunk'' tabletop game setting.

** The historical Gang of Four that caused the degradation of the American Union in the early 1990's was led by the Vice President. As the original story was penned in the 1980's, it was easy to imagine an EvilChancellor setting out to plunder the nation's riches. With the benefit of hindsight, it's kind of hard to imagine the nation being undone by a guy whose most memorable act in office was [[UsefulNotes/DanQuayle misspelling the word "potato."]]

* HarsherInHindsight: [[http://puu.sh/FURJb.jpg The description of Nomads' views on pre-Collapse America]] in the ''Neo-Tribes'' sourcebook comes off as eerily prescient in the new '10s, both of the concerns expressed and of the sharp rise in people who hold said concerns. Whether or not these concerns are valid is a different matter altogether, but the fact that coming up on the real 2020 these comments seem like standard social media comments rather than fiction means this blurb holds even more relevance than it did in the setting. (This blurb was result of UnreliableNarrator with a Corpo-bias, and the next section contradicts it along with various accounts on its collapse).

** In the game's background lore, the United States effectively ceased to be following a coup in which a group of prominent members of the American Government, military and intelligence community, later dubbed the "Gang of Four", dragged the United States into a costly war in Central America, in something of a parallel to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which eventually caused such massive social and economic upheaval that several states seceded from the Union. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union remains solvent and a major world power. Years after this was written, the Soviet Union would effectively end in 1991 following [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt an attempted coup d'état]] by several high-ranking members of the Soviet Communist Party, which left the United States as the sole global superpower. The eight men responsible for the coup would later be dubbed the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Committee_on_the_State_of_Emergency "Gang of Eight"]] in the American press.
*** Similiarly, many compared said event to the War on Terror, especially in Iraq where the misinformation on its WMD possession led to the American public supporting the invasion before backlash from the lack of evidence and large casualties along with a destabilization of the country over the course of occupation led to withdrawal as a result. In addition, the Vice President at the time was considered one of the major instigators.

* CompleteMonster: [[AxCrazy Adam Smasher]] was a thuggish murderer and rapist who willingly chose to throw away his humanity for a chance at power. A mighty cyborg, Adam is a dark legend who is [[TheDreaded known and feared]] for the massive amount of people he has murdered. [[PsychoForHire Serving corporations for the carnage it affords him]], Adam Smasher savors the deaths of as many innocent bystanders as possible. Having been the one to kill [[Characters/Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand Johnny Silverhand]], Adam Smasher returns to resolve the [[Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners Cyberskeleton crisis]] through brutally killing Rebecca; finishes off David Martinez when he refuses to join Arasaka; and later participates in [[VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077 the Arasaka Corporation wars]] to kill as many as possible.

* CompleteMonster: [[AxCrazy Adam Smasher]] was originally a thuggish murderer and rapist who willingly chose to throw away his humanity for a chance at power. A mighty cyborg, Adam is a dark [[LivingLegend legend]] who is known for the massive amount of people he has murdered. [[PsychoForHire Serving corporations for the carnage it affords him]], Adam Smasher savors the deaths of as many innocent bystanders as possible. Having been the one to kill [[Characters/Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand Johnny Silverhand]], Adam Smasher returns in [[VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077 the Arasaka Corporation wars]] to again kill as many as possible.

** The game gained a massive new following from the release of CD Projekt Red releasing ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''.

* HilariousInHindsight: The historical Gang of Four that caused the degradation of the American Union in the early 1990's was led by the Vice President. As the original story was penned in the 1980's, it was easy to imagine an EvilChancellor setting out to plunder the nation's riches. With the benefit of hindsight, it's kind of hard to imagine the nation being undone by a guy whose most memorable act in office was [[UsefulNotes/DanQuayle misspelling the word "potato."]]

* SequelDisplacement: Even amongst the tabletop games, ''2020'' still remains popular, while rarely anyone have touched the original ''2013'' release. Not helping that the ''2013'' edition was out of print while ''2020'' is still in production after over three decades.

* SequelDisplacement: Even amongst the tabletop games, ''2020'' is still remain popular, while rarely anyone have touched the original ''2013'' release. Not helping that the ''2013'' edition was out of print while ''2020'' is still in production after over three decades.

* HarsherInHindsight: [[http://puu.sh/FURJb.jpg The description of Nomads' views on pre-Collapse America]] in the ''Neo-Tribes'' sourcebook comes off as eerily prescient in the new '10s, both of the concerns expressed and of the sharp rise in people who hold said concerns. Whether or not these concerns are valid is a different matter altogether, but the fact that coming up on the real 2020 these comments seem like standard social media comments rather than fiction means this blurb holds even more relevance than it did in the setting. (This blurb was result of UnreliableNarrator with a Corpo-bias, and next section contradicting it).

*** Similiarly, many compared said event to War on Terror, especially in Iraq where the misinformation on its weapons of mass destruction led to the American public supporting the invasion before backlash from the lack of evidence and large casualties along with destabilization of the country led to withdrawal as a result.

* HarsherInHindsight: [[http://puu.sh/FURJb.jpg The description of Nomads' views on pre-Collapse America]] in the ''Neo-Tribes'' sourcebook comes off as eerily prescient in the new '10s, both of the concerns expressed and of the sharp rise in people who hold said concerns. Whether or not these concerns are valid is a different matter altogether, but the fact that coming up on the real 2020 these comments seem like standard social media comments rather than fiction means this blurb holds even more relevance than it did in the setting.

** The game gained a massive new following from the release of CD Projekt Red releasing ''Cyberpunk 2077''.

*** Similiarly, many compared said event to War on Terror, especially in Iraq where the misinformation on its weapons of mass destruction led to the American public supporting the invasion before lack of evidence and large casualties along with destabilizing the nation led to withdrawal as a result.

* MarySuetopia: New Zealand is the closest to it in the setting especially in contrast with Australia, with corporations --and guns under control, environmental laws, and a welfare state.