William’s first console was the NES, but when he was eight, it was The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening on Game Boy that fully cemented his interest in the format. All the while, William’s passion for games remained. Upon graduating from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, William entered the realm of fine arts administration, assisting curators, artists, and fine art professionals with the realization of contemporary art exhibitions. While there’s a heavy reliance on stereotypes and appropriation, one could argue that is the true essence of what makes cyberpunk stories so compelling.William Parks is an editor at Game Rant with a background in visual arts. Whether it’s architecture or fashion, the world of Cyberpunk 2077 is deeply rooted in Japanese culture and hits all the high notes of the cyberpunk genre. He wanted to use a rebellious image as the antithesis to Arasaka, to ‘fight fire with fire,’ or simply because he viewed all of Arasaka as a demon to be slayed. Perhaps this was deliberate on Silverhand’s part. The logo is an oni, a Japanese demon that’s associated with striking fear into people. Despite being named after the famed Japanese warriors, the band didn’t use an actual samurai. The band spewed rebellious lyrics that incited people to fight back, while appropriating Japanese symbols to get their message to the world. He’s locked in a never ending war against Arasaka and the other corporations, wanting to free the common man from their oppression.įor a time, SAMURAI was Johnny’s weapon against Arasaka. Silverhand is an anti-establishment rockerboy and the lead singer of the band SAMURAI. An example is Johnny Silverhand, one of the main characters of the Cyberpunk series and an important character in the game. Japanese culture can also be seen in how the people of Night City dress and live their lives. But regardless of this choice it doesn’t change the fact that the Arasaka family are presented as greedy foreigners who’ve encroached on American territory, personifying otherness to an extreme degree. One of the three most influential corporations in the world, Arasaka perpetuates the Yellow Peril trope of having a hold over the most powerful city on American soil.ĭepending on player choices, the protagonist V can choose to fight against or work with Arasaka to achieve their own ends. Bridges from one building to another were built, and it created a kind of its own ecosystem above.”Ī major threat in the game is the Arasaka Corporation, presided over by the powerful Arasaka family. To support their needs, shops, bars, and vendors began opening there. It is overcrowded, and that is why those who were able to move up the social ladder started populating geographically higher parts of the city. “The district is packed with people from both the lower and higher strata of Night City. It’s a place of many contradictions and CD Projekt Red’s Lead Environment Artist Kacper Niepokólczyck c ommented on how Japantown was created. Japantown is billed as a place for tourists to explore and for the corpos – Cyberpunk 2077’s equivalent of corporate agents – to blow off steam. There’s love hotels, hostess bars, ramen joints, karaoke clubs, pachinko parlours on every corner. The Japanese aesthetic is personified in Night City’s Japantown, a district that’s made up of all the cliches that you can think of and was likely influenced by Kabukicho in Tokyo.
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