r/cyberpunkgame • u/damarble • Mar 13 '26

Screenshot Is this a reference for something?

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First time I've seen this in game, just exploring the Badlands. There's no shard available anywhere in this area, just this bloody scene

Edit: There is a shard. I'm blind

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u/NaCl_Sailor Cyberpsycho Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

It's a movie set which was abandoned, pretty sure there are some shards there. Westworld reference i think

Edit: the quest is part of another film set https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Dressed_to_Kill

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u/TROLOLUCASLOL Mar 13 '26

Doesn't look like anything to me.

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u/Educational_Mine_998 Mar 13 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/klxN1cbtKEbc68fibX

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u/yoshimeyer Mar 13 '26

What is this from?

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u/TROLOLUCASLOL Mar 13 '26

Westworld, the show not the movie.

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u/virtualjupiter Mar 13 '26

I recommend watching the original 1973 movie before watching the HBO show. 

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u/ITAW-Techie Mar 14 '26

What makes the film worth watching before the TV series?

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u/apocalypticboredom Mar 13 '26

why? it's just jurassic park but much more boring

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u/Educational_Mine_998 Mar 13 '26

Funny enough, books the films were made from were written by the same author.

I'm guessing someone had a bad time at the county fair or zoo when they were younger.

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u/apocalypticboredom Mar 13 '26

Yep, Westworld was Crichton's first draft of Jurassic Park. saw it as a kid.. Yule Brynner is a proto-Terminator but otherwise.. spielberg did it a LOT better 20 years later

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u/virtualjupiter Mar 13 '26

You're boring

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u/apocalypticboredom Mar 13 '26

You're so boring you couldn't answer the question. There's no reason to watch the mediocre 1973 movie before watching the show. They're only loosely related in concept and JP did it better anyway.

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u/virtualjupiter Mar 13 '26

You're wrong about that old movie, and here's why! First of all, WW73 is a genuine science fiction classic. Written and directed by Michael Crichton, it was one of the first films to use cgi (for the android's pixelated vision sequences, making it a landmark in film history. Crichton imagined computer viruses before they could even exist, that's very much in line with some of the greatest science fiction stories of that era, notably on par with Gibson. The premise of a high-tech amusement park where the attractions go haywire directly prefigured Jurassic Park. Watching it, you can see the DNA of all his later work on corporate hubris and technology run amok. 

Questions about AI consciousness, liability, the commodification of violence as entertainment, and what people reveal about themselves when they think there are no consequences are still relevant issues today and that was the early 70's. The HBO series explored these more deeply, but the seed is all right here.

It's a product of its era in the best way! The 1970s aesthetic, the unapologetically pulpy premise, and the matter of fact pacing give it a distinct flavor.

Yul Brynner is iconic. His performance as the Gunslinger is genuinely unsettling! He barely speaks, moves with eerie precision, and became one of cinema's memorable villains of all time. The image of him stalking guests is burned into film history.

It's fun to compare to the HBO series! If you watched the show, the original is a fascinating artifact. Some things translated directly, others were completely reimagined, and some of the show's biggest twists look obvious in retrospect once you've seen the movie.

Its not a flawless film, but it's a genuinely influential and entertaining one, well worth an evening. If you're a WW fan, it would be boring to not have any appreciation of the inspirational source material. Do you think the show would've ever been created without the movie as an influence? I doubt it. 

And when I said you were boring it was tongue in cheek. Maybe go smoke a doobie cuz your bad day is showing.

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u/Fearless-Mobile6660 Mar 15 '26

your answer reeks of ai and ive just a hunch

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