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Yahoo News just posted an article about a little remembered movie called "Strange Days" that, according to the writer, emulates the Cyberpunk genre and Cyberpunk 2077 specifically. It's based in the "future" using similar slang and retro 80s tech. I honestly don't recall this move, so have no point of reference how on the nose she is in her assessment or not. Check it out and here is a snip;

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From the moment Strange Days begins, however, I can’t stop thinking about Cyberpunk 2077. The movie, set during New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in 1999, features all the kind of near-future vibes that CD Projekt Red’s 2020 title emulates. There’s some funny lingo that you can understand thanks to context clues, genre-bending music, punk-adjacent clothing and ideology (ACAB), and technology that allows you to push the limits of the human experience. It’s that last bit where Cyberpunk 2077 feels the most like it rips straight from Strange Days, but the influences are so clear throughout the movie that once it ends, I pick up the RPG again for the first time in weeks.