In today's Cyberpunk 2077 video, we'll be looking at all Gangs & Explaining them better. From Combat gangs, to the Maelstrom & Valentinos, to Braniacs and Prankster gangs, to the Sacred Blades & Slaughterhouse, we will explain all prolific Gangs in Night City.
First lets take a look at what kind of archetypes gangs can fall into, since there’s quite a few of them.
First we have Chromatic metal gangs. Now chrome gangs like their entire lives to revolve around music and their favorite rock bands, and take their lyrics very seriously, usually following everything said by these bands as gospel.
Next we have combat gangs. Combat gangs typically follow what’s called the warriors code which involves combat rituals, ranking, gang hierarchies and heavily fortified body armor.
Next we have Cult gangs. Now these are generally made up of youth and younger members, who are extremist in nature.
After that we Family or Familial gangs. These feature older and younger members with the older members providing and protecting for the group and the younger members stealing and slinging drugs on the street.
Party gangs are pretty self explanatory. They party, drink lots of Night citys beverage of choice smash, and take and deal drugs.
Prankster gangs are some of the more interesting gangs in Night City. They are centered around playing practical jokes on one another.
Next let’s move onto some of the gangs we’ve seen thus far in some of the gameplay footage we’ve seen.
Lets start with the most obvious in the Maesltrom gang. The maelstrom gang fall under the category of Combat gang in 2020 lore, but are often refered to as a Psycho gang in 2077 due to their affixiation with cybernetics. Almost a third of of their memebers are on the edge of CYberpsychosis and another third are clinical cyberpsychos. Braniacs are a gang in Night City that value skill chips over any other types of cyberware.
Next we have the Valentinos. Now the meme potential for this gang is pretty high up there, as they are a poser gang dedicated to seducing the most attractive women in Night City. The more of a challenge, the better and more invested Valentinos members become in pursuing a woman. They meet 4x a year to compare conquests and are generally harmless. Now this can be seen in Cyberpunk content we’ve seen so far when it comes to Jackie. It seems like Jackie has a Valentinos shirt in the demo and from screenshots, and we can also see the Valentios logo on his jacket, as he rips some dudes optic out of his head. We know this is Jackie because of the hair, jewelry on his wrist as well as the tattoos.
Next we are going to talk about some of the gangs we know a fair bit about from Cyberpunk 2020 lore, and although we haven’t seen them in 2077 as of yet, will probably play a big part of its world as well. Obviously their aesthetics will be re-worked to fit the world of 2077, much like the Maelstroms was, so keep that in mind.
First we have the Bozos. This is a predatory prankster gang who have a horrific reputation. About a third of them are in the grip of Cyberpsychosis.
The Philharmonic Vampyres are classified as an arty prankster gang. They are vandals who usually use politically loaded topics in their elaborate pranks as a means to make a social statement.
They have an intolerance for street mimes and this causes them to butt heads with our next Gang the Julliards.
The Julliard is a defensive gang comprised of street performers. Being a street performer in the world of Cyberpunk is even more thankless than it is in our modern society, and they are constantly harassed, attacked and looked down upon.
Their encounters with the Vampyres and Bozos on show nights are not uncommon and usually never end well.
The DJs are a chrome gang filled with talentless wannabe Rockerboys. Most of the members are young and are involved in small time and petty crime. They know a great deal about the rock scene in Night City including where the parties are, how to get cheap tickets etc.
The sacred blades are a combat gang who have a tribal aesthetic and tend to favor machetes and combat knives. The gang features multiple ethnicities and use mind-altering drugs like Peyote.
Next we have the Voodoo boys. Now this gang is a high priority for the NCPD due to the fact that they sell synthetic drugs to university students , as well as their nihilistic and violent tendancies. This includes killing, torture, rape and maiming or dissecting victims
The Back alley brawlers were created in response to a gang called the Slaughterhouse after they went on a massive killing spree in a local subway.
Next we have Slaugherhouse, potentially the worst gang in Night City. Specializing in rippers, vampires and other cybernetic implants that have sharp edges, many of the members will kill at a moments notice due to cyberpsychosis.