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- Tokyo has great potential for Cyberpunk to visit with a sequel in the future.
- The city already has a rich history within the Cyberpunk universe and is expanded upon even more with the Pacific Rim sourcebook.
- A sequel there has the opportunity to further explore storylines from the first game, such as Rogue AIs, Relic, and more.
The Cyberpunk universe is vast, and so far, we’ve only seen Night City in Cyberpunk 2077 and Edgerunners. There are several cities mentioned in the game, and where the next game would head is only up to CDPR.
However, if there’s one city that many fans, including me, would like to visit with the sequel, it is Tokyo. The city is already connected deep to Night City’s roots and has a strong hold on the overarching plot of the Cyberpunk universe.
Why it matters: Visiting Tokyo would offer a chance to explore more of the Cyberpunk universe’s lore and capitalize on the existing plots and storylines from the first game, which already had tons of potential.
Tokyo Is One Of The Major Cities In Cyberpunk
Home to Arasaka, one of the biggest corporations in the Cyberpunk universe, Tokyo can be considered a powerhouse. Tokyo’s influence spread far to Night City and is one of the reasons why the city is so accursed in the first place.
What we saw in Night City was the start and rise of a street kid to the major corpo levels. However, bigger stories are yet to be explored within the universe.
In the dystopian universe of Cyberpunk, Tokyo is already considered modern-day Babylon and is one of the safest and most dangerous cities in the world. Tokyo is referred to as a fairly crowded metropolis city with tight streets.
That said, the city is corrupt, largely due to it being home to millions of people, including immigrants. Despite the huge population, the city is well protected by police who will turn a blind eye to anything that doesn’t benefit the corpo.
From what information we have on Tokyo via the Cyberpunk Pacific Rim sourcebook, it is actually worse than Night City in all aspects.
Moreover, Arasaka isn’t the only corporation and faction in Tokyo. The Yakuza, Neo-Shogunate, Ronin, and other nomad gangs are just a few of the factions that make up the city’s politics.
An Aesthetically Pleasing World
While Night City is one of the most beautiful worlds I’ve ever seen in a video game, thanks to the intricate details that CDPR put in it, there’s potential for the developers to go beyond their bar with the sequel.
Night City’s Aesthetics are a huge part of what actually makes the game. Thankfully, Tokyo will provide just that. We’ve already got a glimpse of what Tokyo would look like in Japantown from Cyberpunk 2077.
Thanks to its cultural background and more advanced technology, Tokyo aims to be more visually stunning. That said, I do fear how setups will be able to handle such a crowded city where driving a car would be considered practically impossible.
Tokyo is also said to feature a Disneyland, which would be a theme park based upon the American culture, akin to what Japantown is in within Night City but only more exaggerated and corpo owned.
There are several plotlines that a Tokyo setting would follow in Night City and involve more upon the relic, Arasaka’s background, or the exploration of Rogue AIs like Alt Cunningham.
If there’s one thing that’s definite, it’s that CDPR always delivers in terms of a good story and hasn’t disappointed us so far. The next Cyberpunk game is still quite far, but we can only speculate where the next stop from Night City will be, or we will be revisiting the beautifully cursed city once again.
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