Saburo's Databank

[Darkaiser]

This item is something that you can pick up during the Heist, but I never had a chance to hack it or interact with it. Is it forgotten/cut content? Just wondering.

[Fuligin]

It's encrypted, but you can hack it to reveal its contents. It's a bunch of diary entries.

[Graf Erik]

You can decrypt it via the 'shards' menu. It contains some interesting background information.

Stuff like:


Hanako knew why Saburo came to Night City. Asked to acompany him when meeting Yorinobu.

It was Hellman who informed Saburo of what Yori was doing.

Saburo considered nuking Night City in case the relic was lost.

[Darkaiser]

Ah, it's Lore. Okay...thanks gang.

[Goran]

Looks like I missed so much lore in the game. I will need to play a 3rd playtrough when Phantom Liberty drops and really read all the messages and computers I find in the world. The Cyberpunk lore is so rich. There is even more to explore than The Witcher and probably even Fallout

[Northwold]

Originally posted by Goran:

Looks like I missed so much lore in the game. I will need to play a 3rd playtrough when Phantom Liberty drops and really read all the messages and computers I find in the world. The Cyberpunk lore is so rich. There is even more to explore than The Witcher and probably even Fallout

The lore in Cyberpunk is really, really well done, rarely filler (it's not Elder Scrolls where 95% of it is pointless and questionably written junk), and never outstays a comfortable reading time. It adds a lot to the story, including side quests (the departure of the workers from Delamain, told by email, springs to mind).

[Zero McDol]

Originally posted by Fuligin:

It's encrypted, but you can hack it to reveal its contents. It's a bunch of diary entries.

Ah, my bad. Thank you for the info, I'll remove my comment.

[jpsmailplace]

Originally posted by Goran:

Looks like I missed so much lore in the game. I will need to play a 3rd playtrough when Phantom Liberty drops and really read all the messages and computers I find in the world. The Cyberpunk lore is so rich. There is even more to explore than The Witcher and probably even Fallout

make sure you read the "secure your soul medical report 11" that is on the laptop in the Arasaka control room and the shard "review bloody bout vii - what went wrong". you can Google these too. both are essential to understanding gameplay and game development.

[Darkaiser]

Originally posted by Goran:

Looks like I missed so much lore in the game. I will need to play a 3rd playtrough when Phantom Liberty drops and really read all the messages and computers I find in the world. The Cyberpunk lore is so rich. There is even more to explore than The Witcher and probably even Fallout

As a player of the TTRPG, some of the lore might mean more to me than others, but they seem to have gone out of there way to avoid making it an exclusive club. There is even a shard that is marked Cyberpunk 2020 Rulebook!

Many of the independent stories are tragic in and of themselves. There are a few love stories, some very tragic tales, as well as some wonderful pop culture references. Mike Pondsmith, the OG creator of the TTRPG, even does the voice of the radio announcer on the Morrow Rock station, regaling us with tales of the world of Cyberpunk.

[Goran]

I will play my 3rd playtrough very slow and read all the things I find

[RicoSuave$$]

Originally posted by Goran:

I will play my 3rd playtrough very slow and read all the things I find

Yes i am doing the same when the expansion comes out, Ive only read about a quarter of the shards and the lore is massively deep. i got 460 hours in cp 2077.