So the comments made me think it was a minor upgrade. I go ahead and jump to the secret ending again, very hard of course. Didn’t struggle before. Smasher would be dead in under 15 seconds. This time he wiped me 3 times and the 4th time was a several minute long fight that demanded I stayed on my toes. His sandevistan actively challenged mine so I wasn’t able to just press my key and spam left click to win. This was a fantastic improvement. Well done.

He actually counters Sandevistan! Thats honestly a good improvement. His health and damage output has been increased substantially, on top of what was added and done to Smasher over the last few years of updates, and has a new extra phase in his boss fight. He's also alot more aggressive in terms of movement. This is a much better fight than the original, and GOD LIKE compared to 1.0. People are expecting this to be almost like a dark souls boss, but with how broken you can become in the game that's not really going to happen, but it's very good and a genuinely fun challenging boss now.

Old: Adam Smashed New: ADAM SMASHER

Considering originally he could die in less than 10 seconds and under 20 seconds in the 2.0 update, they really did a massive improvement

I think it would be a lot more intimidating if when he activated his sandy during yours he would just begin to move normally

I love how he went from one of the easiest bosses I’ve ever seen to almost cinematic on how fast he moves

Love the upgrades! He fights a lot more like how table top lore accurate smasher should fight. Doesn’t use Sandy to dodge but to increase his speed and aggression in keeping a constant forward pressure. Because if you’ve read about Adam in the table top lore you’d know he doesn’t like to dodge and likes to feel like a force of nature that the fleshies are incapable of stopping. Finally feel like they did his fight justice, I’m personally very satisfied with his fight now, which is a huge upgrade because even tho 2077 is in my top 3 favourite games with kenshi and morrowind I felt adams fight was so lack lustre and was my biggest complaint about the game after they got rid of the big bugs by 1.5. (Probably a bit biased since smashers my favourite character in the table top lore once I read about it after the original announcement for the game years ago shout out mike poundsmith)

it’s difficult to balance a boss around a game with such a wide variety of potential character builds but i think they’ve done a pretty decent job of accounting for a good ballpark of player choices in this new version of the fight

It feels like an actual boss fight now!

Now, That’s the real Smasher. New update finally make he feel like same smasher from Edgerunner and not Walmart Smasher like before update.

They made the level design more useful by making him more aggro

the problem I have, which is just a flaw of the entire games combat and not this fight, is that melee builds are overpowered, enemies can't dodge melee attacks or negate them, they should have made it so that at the very minimum, bosses can block melee attacks or have a risk of them just hitting you through them and knocking you over aswell doing an animated grab/takedown move that leaves you low health if you're within melee range, because lets be real here, smasher would just pick you up by the throat and crush your skull if you were just slapping him with a butter knife non stop the whole fight until he's eventually dead

Him just zipping across the room to beat your ass is legitimately intimidating holy shit

So...its almost the same, but now Smasher awkwardly use Sandevistan with visual effect from Edgerunners

Got dayum. He actually reacts to V's attacks defensively with his own Sandevistan and equal reaction time. I honestly would like to see him get faster with every limb lost (like his RAM and CPU have more ability for the rest of his body.) But this is leagues better than what he used to be. Cant wait to play it!

This was a great update now he actually matches the build up he got.

Loving this new Adam Smasher. Was actually using all the upgrades and cyberware I'd added over my plathrough and half the battle was midair, with us both dashing and moving around. Felt a lot better than the old boss-fight

I think it also needs be considered how ridiculous over leveled people are when facing him. CCP probably needs to balance him also for people who are not max level with all iconic tier 5+++ gear

The only wonky bit I saw with the new version is at 4:47 when his get-up animation takes a little too long, but by then, most of the fighting went off without a hitch. I really like Smasher in general I'm glad they touched up on him again.

Finally, he lives up to his own hype.

Finally they made him somewhat resemble how strong he actually is. In the TTRPG, he's one of if not THE strongest enemy in the entire game.

I had a third run of the game waiting for one year at the "meet Hanako at embers" point. Everything else in the map clean and done, just for this.

Loving the update, but I hope they fix the bugged finishers. Used to work so fricking well prior to 2.1. Right now, all I keep getting are the quick stabs/swings instead of the brutal takedowns.

I wonder why they never went back and did this for Eredin in Witcher 3 since even then the community felt like the final boss of the Wild hunt was too easy 😂

Ok I’m firing it up tonight when I get home 😂 this looks like a REAL challenge finally.

Finally! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!

This game will go down as one of the greats. Platinum felt good

The only thing I would've loved to have is for Smasher to have some actual resistance to your sandevistan, or him having an attack sequence in which he uses his for a good few seconds instead of dashing around in it, because it is way too easy to outrun him imo, which makes the bossfight way more manageable and less threatening than it should have been.

Enemies of Night City Smasher is still way superior use of the Sandy which was faster than the player's not to mention the 1 shot damage + annoying health regen which Smasher should definitely have. Can't wait for the 2.1 update of the mod.

I'm going to fight him with my fists as he uses the Sandevistan on very hard. He's bender from Futurama,but like fry drinking 100 cups of coffee using it or like Goku using afterimage. Pretty easy once you know where he going to be when he stops and all his typical attacks. Also it depends where you fight him,at mikoshi or arasaka tower on the layout. Wonder if machines can experience fear from "meat",as he mocking calls us.

1:21 And in moments like this you ask yourself: how did David not beat this guy?

It's not even bad, he's seems faster than before, all fight looks more excited

I wish he could dodge blades like how enemy’s dodge bullets

Thanks for the video. Just started a new runa nd going netrunner this time. Genuinely worried now hahaha. The way he just comes charging in in itself is intimidating as fuck.

Looks like Adam needs a counter to swords tbh.

2:52 This gives very strong Mount&Blade "ay vill drink from your skahll" vibes.

I like that they added the edgerunners sandevistan effect it looks cool

The ps5 version of the game still has a lot of bugs in this fight. Sometimes smasher will just freeze in place and not move. Also the don’t fear the reaper ending is the same as the rogue ending, they just made the Jamaican guy that fights him with you invisible. So while your fighting smasher he will sometimes chase and fight a npc you can’t see.

Before he was challenging and aggressive but now he's like 20x that! He's even more aggressive in his attacks and movements and it's very refreshing!

I am loving this

Holyshit what a beautiful rework to the boss actually looks terrifying and lives up to NC Boogieman bravo cd project bravo 👏 my only literally only nitpick is i wish your weapons had scaleing damage so can't just melt the boss but my god this boss is awesome i dare say better than odas

I actually prefer the regualr Sandy effect. More like people moving super fast like in the Matrix. Imo more intimidating as you empty a clip into air as they just dodge 90% of your shots. I love Edgerunners but I don't think the colorful Sandy trail translates that well into gameplay. Different mediums benefit from different artstyles. Can't wait until the Enemies of Night City mod is updated to include new animations for Smasher like backflip into quake landing.

Ngl this looks so cool

I would have liked if he does what the MaxTac guy in Phantom Liberty does: Use his Sandi to dodge sword hits and bullets. If he did that he'd be a real threat to fight.

Yeah... massive improvement. I am even more convinced to never go a build that combines sandevistan + katana.

it took me 2 hrs to figure him out haha :D didn't finish the main storyline until 2.1 happened LOL :D this is a fun boss fight hopefully they will increase the difficulty level on other bosses!! I hope there is an improvement to ODA as well hahaha :D

Really hoping you play the new avatar game, if so I’ll be so hype for all those videos🙌🏽💯

Reminds me of how they reworked the boss fight ins DE Human Revolution DC

I played this game in 2020 on Hard and had trouble against this guy. Time to play this game again soon.

The dialogue is a bit different at the end. What endings is this? I’ve done the Don’t Fear the Reaper ending.

i think i found a title for you and Stealthgamerbr and all people who do what you do. "Professional Repeaters" who agree with me ?

- You have a Sandevistan?! - A rudimentary implant.

He wasn't an easy target for don't fear the ripper ending in 2.0 on 50th level without phantom liberty fancy things like weak spots and additional 10 levels.

Still wish he had the HMG he was using like an assault rifle in the anime. Would def keep the player on their toes a bit more

If they really want to make a boss that can completely destroy you, you are actually dead, imagine disable your sandies and dash, slow effect, throw missiles that chase and oneshot, knock you down every move, immune to stun and stagger, etc… there are tons of nonsense stuffs to put on very hard but they didn’t do that. I found it difficult to play veryhard since the beginning until i got my cyberware, died so many times

This is how an endgame boss battle should be

This was the most underwhelming part of the game for me. The 2nd half of the game was stupidly easy, could just walk into any gunfight and decimate everyone. However I was always thinking, I'm sure the smasher fight will be a challenge. It was over in less than a minute

Is smashers default difficulty very hard like max tac?

idk what difficulty y’all were playing. maybe i just actually suck at the game, but when i was doing hard mode solo arasaka run, i actually had issues with defeating smasher. perhaps my character was took weak? or i’m just bad at combat? idk, i feel pretty good with every other fight

A battle that makes me feel like I'm beating the Adam Smasher from the show. Actual vengeance! ❤️‍🔥

he should not slow down at all during sandevistan, make him faster, more hp and more dmg

A new battle improvements they said 😂

being a nethacker and watching adam fucking smasher zooming right up to me in slowed time while i was trying to select the right nethack was scary

Finally I can deliver a proper revenge for them

Epic video

It was a lot harder than before for sure.... Was a fun fight.. Toughest one tbh

They can fix him all they want, He is still food for my blades 😂😂😂

New sandy effect is FIRE 🔥🔥

Seeing him use the sandevistan is so fucking awesome

I'm on my first playthrough. Started on 2.0, arrived to Adam Smasher at 2.1.1. And I suck big time, lol.

Whats terrifying for me is that even if you killed him, i still feel like adam will get up and attack you from behind. 😬

Adam should be able to keep up with the Sandevistan, break Berserker and be immune to hacks

I see the criticisms and the praises here. I myself would like to see it pushed a little bit farther with proper phases of the fight and maybe even some first person cinematic/gameplay interactions where Smasher has you in his grips and launches you across the room. And more repartee, have Smasher criticize your exact build, technique, and weapons.

The ONLY problem Adam gave me was his move where he runs away and fills the room with fucking missile explosions. That one killed me so many times I just switched over to using tech weapons and sitting on the other side of the room lol

For people who say theres no change - try going on hard difficulty. Or just playing the game before critisizing

the CDPR devs musta taken notes from the Edgerunners anime

He should have a finisher when he knocks you down, like he did Saul

And thats why i wait a year or 2 until the devs are finished with they’re games

That’s for Rebecca!!

In all the ways that matter, Cyberpunk Edgerunners has done a HUGE favor, in bringing new fans, new tourist haunts, and now new boss design ideas.

in my experience Adam was a beast. Took me few attempts to beat, cause he always chasing now and forcing to stay on toes. Plus he gives zero fucks about your armor and deletes you in 2-3 hits anyway, plus aside from ice counterhack only system collapse actually does anything against him and gives you room to breathe and deal some damage to him

maybe the next challenge would be beat Adam under a minute.

Playing this on hard is a nightmare

better than 1.0 but he should use shoulder missiles more often

Sick

I killed him, but I had to move nonstop he is too scary

At level 60, it still feels like I'm a le to one shot smasher

2:53 that was pretty cool

I'm literally unable to beat him because i can't evade his attacks and I'm not spec'd into movement as I've been doing a sniper/pistol build. He seemingly isn't affected by Cripple Movement or several other attacks either which should have helped me.

Come on, still no grab attack for Adam Smasher.

Nice💪👏🤘👍

Where i can get this katana?

Only crime is killing smasher without Johnnys gun

Who does Johnny mean by "You killed them" besides Rogue? Can Smasher somehow kill Weyland too? I took my time killing him in 2.0 Very Hard, and Weyland just tanked him all the way.

his missiles always one shot me on the hardest difficulty otherwise he's just a sponge

i want a EXTRA agressive mode for cyberpunk that makes the ai super agressive and filled with more melle enemies

People Who Watch Edgerunner Then: 😭😭😭 People Who Watch Edgerunner Now: I'm Coming For You, Adam Smasher! Also Adam Smasher: Nuh Uh!

So if you bring rogue he starts at 80 percent health? I did the secret ending last night and he started with 100.

Even in 2.0, if you didnt have Phantom Liberty he would be a massive pain, especially as a netrunner, I think I died 20 times to him before I figured out a way of defeating him

Where did you find such a beautiful sword?)))))) This Boss was never easy on the hardest level.