V's contract is terminated in full and they are nearly dragged away by the Arasaka goons, only for Jackie to step in and intimidate the Arasaka personnel into backing down. Unfortunately for them both, their target has caught wind of the attempt and Arasaka personnel arrive. V enters the establishment and meets up with their old friend Jackie Welles, and the two begin to discuss. V arrives at Lizzie's Bar by AV and is accosted by several basketball players, whom they almost crushed by conducting an illegal landing on the basketball court. V starts in the Arasaka Tower, where Arthur Jenkins gives them a job to take out another corporate employee. After meeting with Dexter, V is betrayed and left for dead in a landfill, but manages to survive - possibly in-part due to the chip of immortality - and is haunted by the digital-ghost of iconic Rockerboy, Johnny Silverhand.
The duo manage to infiltrate the megacorp and steal the device but the plan goes awry and Jackie appears to die. The player character V, is contracted along with Jackie Welles, to steal an important piece of technology from the Arasaka Corporation - known as the chip of immortality - by fixer Dexter Deshawn. The world is inspired by the works of authors such as William Gibson (author of Neuromancer) and Phillip K Dick, whose novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and subsequent movie adaption Blade Runner heavily influenced the creator, Mike Pondsmith, in creating the original tabletop RPG. A robust character creator will allow players to choose V's gender, visual appearance, as well as historical background - all of which may influence the shape of the game. The game follows the story of V - a hired gun on the rise in Night City, the most violent and dangerous metropolis of the corporate-ruled future. These corporations deal in a wide range of areas, such as weapons, robotics, cybernetics, pharmaceuticals, communications, and biotechnology many of these companies operate above the law. However, this number is suspected to be considerably larger in 2077.įollowing an economic collapse sometime during the early 21st century, the United States is forced to rely on large corporations to survive. During Cyberpunk 2020, Night City is said to have a population of more than five million inhabitants.
Night City is located south of San Francisco around the area of Morro Bay, CA.
It is set in the Free State of Northern California. The game is set in the dystopian metropolis of Night City. Cyberpunk 2077 is a continuation of the events of Cyberpunk 2020, taking an alternate path to that of Cyberpunk V3.0.
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