Maelstrom: Cyberpunk's Most Chromed-Up Gang - Lore & History EXPLAINED | Cyberpunk Lore 

Yo, do a video about Spider Murphy, pls

I would love to see a video for the other gangs like the Valentinos

The flesh is weak

Hey do you do cross-overs?! Serious offer

So true. One of the most visually-distinct gangs for sure!

the chat with Dum-Dum while you bargain for the Flathead was pretty neat, having a mostly civilised conversation with em albeit temporarily felt cool. kinda wished there were more you could do with factions aside flatline em in most situations

@@its_renren7292 Very true. I'm hoping Phantom Liberty brings more segments like these.

One of the things I like about the world is the seeming reluctance people have to change their faces too much. There's are believed links between that an psychological disorders today, because our faces are how we interact with the rest of our species and it takes a lot for a person to want to deform that. For me, at least, it feels like people are still trying to hold on to some idea of humanity. Then we have Maelstrom...

@@its_renren7292 "We're not all bad you know"

I think there actually may be 1 path that works to both spare Royce and collect Sir John Phallustiff, but it's incredibly specific if I remember correctly, so it's virtually impossible. I may be misremembering, though, as i've never actually gotten this path myself.

@@everberonnot taking the virus off the chip but warning them first maybe?

Fk a baton

Can you do it with the PL expansion? Because of the black market merchant, you should be able to I think. That said, you’ll miss out on the romance scene

​@@dashandcrash6667i completed the mission in favour of maelstrom and the weapon wasn't available at dogtown black market, so no. unless it was some bug

You're not wrong. In retrospect, I should have focussed on these two somewhat, even if it were just a mention. Good call, and if down the line I redo this video as more information comes out, they'll definitely be talked about.

@everberon thanks! Your doing great work btw; I love your videos

@@brookeelliott7549 Glad to see your enjoying, and thanks for your thoughts once again, I really do appreciate it!

Glad you decided to give it another try!

That lore has always been there

Fake fan

​@@jenc2513shut the fuck up, the game was shit in the beginning, this is coming from someone who bought the game the december after release. It was completely justified to refund cyberpunk on release

lol ? it’s open before AND after the mission. At least for me

@@RedlineINC You can get into the foyer, but not on to the level of the dancefloor /club area in the upper level of the building after the mission. At least this was case until now. The elevator was switched off, and showed just "O". Did this change?

@@xn0gaming idk about before, but now u definitely can go to to this club. I remember going there multiple times on my 100 percent save (i mean it’s the save where i already completed every possible activity and now just messing around, including going to the totentanz)

Thank you! I really enjoy it and look forward to making more. I'm glad to see you are liking it, too!

Spoken like a true Maelstromer

@@everberon These guys and your run of the mill Techpriest see cyberpsychosis as a feature not a bug.

40k reference?

I craved for the strength and certainty of steel.

Thank you so much!

That got a chuckle out of me lol

Glad it helps!

Hey thanks a bunch! Glad the algorithm finally is showing favor lol

Thank you!

Hey great idea! I'll add it to the coverage list! I'm not sure of the answer either so we'll have to research and see.

Thank you!

@@everberon peace and love 🙏

good to know, I just ordered that book!

most of the books he references are ttrpg source books, not novels. Though there are some

Thank you, glad you like it!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

Thank you! Will do 🔥🔥

Probably the "Good ending" if you ask me.

My current playthrough I just killed all the Maelstrom freaks, never even called Militech.

Absolutely! I'd love to that's a great idea!

Aweseome! Hope you enjoy it!

Not really. "Toten" refers to "Die Toten" essentially "the dead people" there is no noun called "Leben" only the verb "leben", which means living. Totentanz is also its own noun and not just a combination of two words. (the source word is "danse macabre" from 14th century france.)

@@mono-7222of course there is a noun called Leben. Das Leben meaning life.

Lol that's pretty funny

Just kinda sets the theme for the game, doesn’t matter where you are in the figurative food chain of NC you can get flatlined/snuffed out just like that.

Thanks so much! Glad you liked the video!

That sounds like a really cool idea! Post-Phantom Liberty, I'll definitely consider a vid like that! Also, thanks a bunch! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.

I think they actually do that. It's just that it costs a ton of money and is mostly reserved for high-ranking corpos, politicians, high-class dolls and the like.

Please don’t abbreviate cyberpunk please

Also don't forget about bio-mods. The general explanation is that most of that is actually done, but it's economically inaccessible to most. It's especially hard to hide combat mods, mostly because of their physical size, the connection to the body would be too weak or exposed parts are specifically required to work, but you could actually hide a lot of hardware under your skin.

@@Taytrickmaster Ah yes, the famous game, ChildP2077

He really is a real one

Thank you 🔥🔥

please for the love of god do NOT abbreviate cyberpunk

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

That's a cool idea for a character!

the idea mostly came from i think my curiosity on the idea of someone trying to go full chrome, like adam smasher and if maelstrom forcefully chromes other people, and generally wants to go 'as chrome as possible'. why not take them and make them go full chrome?

Brick is waaaay better

It's the nocturne descision theme (Cyberpunk Noctorne rooftop ambiance will find it if you wanna look it up here on YT). Sorry that it wasn't listed in the description like the other music! I must have missed it.

thank ya kindly@@everberon

Please for the love of all spell out CyberPunk lmao

Yeah that's a good point... hmmmmmm

@@everberon yeah i always found that interesting since the psycho lady in the freezer also mention the same stuff they talk about in that meeting. It really hints to that gang being involved with some high-end corpo nonsense

Nutter? Is that like a term in the lore of cyberpunk I am not aware of?

​@@PricelessBinkey1337oldish way of saying "wackjob", "loon", "nut", or more simply, crazy.

I mean if you think about the side mission "happy together" when you talk to Barry he talks about a maelstrom member who had corpo protection. And protection strong enough where he could waste a kid in front an NCPD member without any repercussions at all.

Solid points

My choice over who to side with, then, mostly involves "who would drop the shoe harder when their minions kill a child for fun?". Royce looks like a hot head, but his violent attitude might be a front to a calmer, more calculating mind as it appears to be a trend with these gangoons, plus Royce's right hand is a cool guy, he might act as a moral anchor, that or I'm giving Dum-Dum too much credit. Brick being overthrown is a red flag, but save from proving his leadership may be a bit weak, we can't be sure of the other reasons why he ended up there. Kill both Brick and Royce and you'll be rolling the dice with Patty or whatever she's called. I'm not counting on a clanker's femininity to possibly make it more empathic towards kids. Worst case, she actually partakes as a way to stifle those feelings, most of those guys are psychos afterall. Regardless of which leader comes to be, it doesn't appear like there are any consequences for the rest of the game, meaning Maelstrom are still killing kids and kidnapping monks for fun, _sometimes_ for profit. Might be a failing on CD making this choice matter in the larger scope, or it's saying that neither boss is willing to stamp down on the behaviour.

Yeah that's from the Cyberpunk Red Corebook haha. Good call

BASED MAELSTROM

If I needed to join a gang itd be the Valentinos.

Same here

Good question. Just took a look to confirm for you. The official page count is 173.

@@everberon Thanks!

Oooo weeee!

Lmaoooo thank you that made me really laugh!

I would

I feel like them and the scavs

Yes. Somewhere in the desert if I remember correctly. It's on the edge of being out of bounds. In fact, it may *be* out of bounds, I don't entirely remember. Dw tho, the bodies are manequins. It's a movie set.

@@everberon Oh ok thanks, great video btw

jim indeed.

Potentially so. I would also have liked to see more similar stuff. Maybe in Orion.

PL has good choices with Burgess, they're a gang Afterall