Full spoilers follow for Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2, which is available now on Netflix.
When Cyberpunk Edgerunners premiered in 2022, fans discovered a phenomenal season of television. Not only was it one of the best sci-fi shows of all time, but also a prime example of a video game adaptation done right, with just enough connections to the source material that they don’t impact the show’s story but still provide some nods for longtime fans. More importantly, it captured the essence of CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077, from its themes to its world, while also delivering an emotionally devastating story through stunning visuals — and a whole lot of brutal violence.
Edgerunners 2, which is designed as a standalone sequel series, does things a bit differently. This season still offers high levels of gore and violence, incredible animation, and themes of the evil of corporations and how they destroy everything they touch. What it does differently is incorporate into its plot not only the story of the first season of Edgerunners, but even elements from Cyberpunk 2077. That’s because a big part of Edgerunners 2 deals with Soulkiller, a program introduced in Cyberpunk 2077 as capable of digitizing the mind of a person and storing it on a chip. When inserted in another person, the digital entity from the chip slowly takes over its host and eventually kills the body’s original mind. Though it is very much a death sentence, fans of the game have long theorized that there might be an unintentional side benefit to Soulkiller — namely, a cure for cyberpsychosis.
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