The Gangs You Should Never Join in Cyberpunk 2077

Night City's gangs are wild from the suped-up  hormone pumped animals to the ultra chromed out   red optic sporting members of maelstrom in  this video we're going to be taking a look at   all eight of the gangs from across night City  exploring their Origins prominent members and   means of operation whilst also assessing just  how dangerous they are and whether or not you   ought to join them so without further Ado let's  go through in ascending order of dangerousness   the vastly different gangs around NC let's get to  it down at the bottom the least threatening though   potentially one of the best gangs to work for in  night city is the Mox based around Lizzie's Bar   and sitting somewhere between 200 to 250 members  the MOX was born in 2067 out of the riots which   took place after the death of Elizabeth Borden  AKA Lizzie aka the woman whom this Tech pistol   is named after she was known for fairness and  defending her workers from violent clients in fact   after one of her girls was abused and murdered by  Tyger Claws in 2067. Lizzie killed three of the   perpetrators with an axe and displayed them in  front of the club which led to her death later   that night when the Tygers retaliated however  following this an uproar of riots took place   across the city predominantly targeting Tyger  Claw businesses and so Lizzie became a martyr   standing up against the oppression of larger  more tyrannical gangs her bar was renamed Lizzie's   in her honor and guarded by a gang whose sole  purpose was to defend vulnerable and oppressed   members of society such as sex workers now  whilst much of the gang's income comes out   of Lizzie's bar itself the mocks are still exact a  toll for their defensive Services much like other   gangs in the city additionally they do dabble in  prostitution not in Lizzie's necessarily but in   some of their lesser-known digs around night City  now of course whilst the Mox tend to be a safer   gang simply because they mind their own business  they are still not 100% safe to be a part of since   their Inception they've obviously maintained a  contentious relationship with the Tyger Claws  and should the far larger gang decide for whatever  reason to attack in full force there's little the   moxes could do to fend off such Manpower in fact  a prominent example of this can be seen during   Judy's questline where we wrestle power from the  Tyger Claws based in clouds and hand the club   over to the dolls whilst not technically Mox  it's the same kind of deal and when the Tygers   retaliate several of the Dolls fight back and pay  with their life additionally there are multiple   points in the game where it's made very clear  that the mox lack the amount of power and re   sources needed to always take care of their own  whilst they can afford a fixer for the Jotaro   shobo job but they have to rely on us a solo to  carry it out also for the occupational hazard gig   where Anna nox's cyberware malfunctioned sending  her cyber psycho we are relied upon once again to   take her down in fighting Anna however it's clear  that on an individual basis MOX members are still   a definite force to be reckoned with with many  sporting specialized combat implants as well as   often a plasticky Sheen to make them look like  literal dolls not that they resemble anything   like out of the Barbie movie though often sporting  copious mox-related tattoos alongside clothing   befitting of sex workers which still allows for  fluid movements in the event of combat so whilst   joining the mox should keep you protected  from your average street thugs dark alleys   and disrespectful customers they are without a  doubt the weakest and least territorial gang in   night City paradoxically however you may just find  yourself safer with them than anyone else provided   you keep your head to the ground and don't go  riling up any of the larger organized groups   speaking of large but certainly not organized the  Scavengers are some of the most numerous gangers in   night City they pretty much are your average dark  alley-based street thugs which I was talking about   based on the sheer number of street corners which  they hang about in and for the average citizen   occupying night City particularly those in poorer  neighborhoods they are probably the gang whom you   should be most afraid of you see the scavs operate  by a very simple set of rules in a world where   everybody is walking around with the sought after  Commodities of cybernetics and functioning organs   people are money indeed the scavs really aren't  afraid to get their hands dirty these literal   Bottom Feeders of night City will drag whatever  they can get their hands on out of sight strip   it of value usually organs and cybernetics as  I said then discarding whatever's left usually   very little will sell their spoils on the black  market if a Ripperdoc is ever peddling discounted   cyberware then odds are they've probably got a  deal going with the scavs good for the doc and   the client but bad for the poor sod who wound up in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time a   good example of this would be in the gig at last  login in Kabuki where we find that the Ripperdoc   Charles Bucks literally has scavs set up in his  basement stripping bodies for parts for him to   then sell upstairs we can either make him pay for  engaging in this revolting practice or simply get   in on the action and enjoy the discount ourselves  want another example of just how evil these guys   are well have a listen to what Sergei a member  of the scavs has to say at the start of the Olive   Branch gig how'd you piss off the Tyger Claws  ah it was just a friendly misunderstanding sure   this man he look normal beard brown shoes nothing  you know breathtaking and he also have little   dog Gospodi what kind of Hitman goes around with  dog this misunderstanding involve you shooting him   it was worse much worse ah I say too much already  now I don't know about you but it sounds of me   like this guy is responsible for the cyberpunk  equivalent of killing John Wick's dog and now it   seems there's no place on Earth where he'll be  safe from imminent death or free from being a   horrible person speaking of Sergei though one  interesting thing to note is how the scavs   appear predominantly Russian and indeed some  of the Scavengers tattoos would suggest that   many members have been part of the Bratva the Russian mafia a fact which could explain   just how a gang with seemingly no hierarchical  structure to it whatsoever continues to crop   up all over NC perhaps the scavs do answer to a  higher order but one which operates over in the   Soviet Union of course the groups operating in  night City don't really need much in the ways   of organized High command given that their objective  is simple and their numbers High indeed I'd wager   many amongst their ranks are Ex Bratva members  on the basis that perhaps the Bratva utilize   similar methods over in Russia therefore Any who  wind up in night City simply recruit desperate   low lives to their cause and continue their  practice of harvesting the implants of those   unfortunate enough to stumble into their path now  whilst the scavs are indeed incredibly numerous   they are divided into many seemingly unconnected  cells therefore unlike the other gangs they're   incapable of mobilizing their numbers to become  anything more formidable a bit like the Orks in   40K additionally compared to the other gangs  the scavs sport not really any enhancements   of note save for the digitized [ __ ] masks which  allow them some anonymity in fact it wouldn't be   too outlandish to assume that even some of the  scavs may not even be desperate lowlifes at all   but rather perhaps people who simply get off on  brutal violent horrific murder thinking along   those lines then their ranks would be the perfect  place for any serial killers to hide amongst   given that the whole MO of the group is pretty  much serial killing probably our most terrifying   encounter with this gang then comes during the  sweet dreams side quest where thanks to us being   extremely deliberately gullible we wind up  in a bathtub at the back of one of their   hideouts weaponless and half naked being revived  from the dead purely thanks yet again to the   biochip so whilst technically one of the least  formidable gangs in night City the scavs are   in actual fact the main reason why you don't  wander alone at night and never Venture into   unknown territory because hiding in the dark  are these glowing masks hungry to harvest you   our first gang of significant size and structure  Sixth Street operates with about 2 300 members   predominantly around the Santo Domingo District  originally founded as an alternative to the subpar   official police force 6th street was comprised  of military vets from the fourth corporate War   who Merely wanted to keep their own streets  properly safe Noble Beginnings which of course   devolved like any other gang into a hunger for  power as well as in this case an overwhelming   sense of self-righteousness nowadays they force  small businesses to pay them protection money   and generally serve as a force for tyranny rather  than a force for good robbery extortion and gun   smuggling are all methods used by sixth street in  order to finance the gang and their own personal   take on Law and Order basically boils down  to killing anyone who causes them trouble of   course being one of the larger organized gangs  the ncpd leaves Sixth Street completely alone   and corporations don't tend to mess with them  either provided they mostly stick to their Turf   6th streets are free to terrorize the people of  Santo Domingo as they see Fit mind you come the   time of 2077 6th Street have recently experienced  a major shake-up which does somewhat alter the   means by which they operate see under the command  of previous leader Rick Morton the gang frequently   did deals with the likes of militech and other  corporations however their new leader will Gunner   decided that doing so undermined the freedom  and patriotism upon which the gang was founded   thus he staged a coup and we can find in several  scanner hustles the bodies of Morton loyalists who   were taken down during this I've covered them  in my Santa Domingo gigs video mostly now will   Gunner reigns supreme and the Gang are prepared  to violently take out anyone who insults their   leader or their ways something you can test out  for yourself during the stadium love side quest   by insulting Gunner's name after you win and  subsequently being forced to fight off everyone   there interestingly though despite pertaining to  no longer work with corporations there's still   instances we can discover where sixth street are doing just that such as in the gig breaking   news where we steal hard evidence that kendachi is  employing the gang on a project code named Arsenal   clearly not everyone in 6th Street got the memo  that they were no longer working with the corps   or perhaps Gunner simply used the anti-corpo  thing as a front to appeal to a majority of   pissed off sixers and gain support for his coup now that he sees power though that whole thing can   slowly be phased out again in order to keep the  cash flowing and the corps off their backs now   in terms of individual power levels Sixth Street  are definitely more than just your average thugs  as well as their military experience these guys  boast an assortment of combat enhancing cyberware   as well as military weaponry additionally their  experience in the field means they sport many   techies in their ranks to afford the gang  suped-up vehicles and powerfully modded weapons   Jake Estevez for example who we help in one of the  gigs was able to disable the trackers on vehicles   and he also gifts us the turbo R V Tech one of the  speediest PowerHouse cars in the game prior to   Phantom Liberty but despite being a small military  force they're probably one of the safer gangs to   stumble across provided you don't do anything to  insult them and play by their rules it should be   just about possible to get along fail to do so and  you can prepare to be annihilated by patriotism   and Liberty but if we were to ask who'd win in  a fight between 6th Street and the Valentinos   my money would be on Jackie welles's former gang if  only based on the numbers the tinos sit at about 6   000 strong so almost triple that of sixth street  and they too boast various combat enhancements so   in this case it's normally with a gold theme see  mainly active throughout Haywood the Valentinos is   a gang steeped in Mexican tradition with many  carrying a Santa muerte brooch at all times   she's basically the saint of death and indeed this  long Heritage and loyalty to tradition makes the   Valentinos not only unified in and of themselves  but it also rewards them particularly strong   loyalty from the local citizens who also share  in that Heritage indeed local residents loyalty   to this gang is so strong that it's incredibly  difficult for anyone to get information to damage   the gang simply because nobody will talk anyone  who does betray the tinos though is most likely   met with a violent and gruesome death shortly  thereafter such was the fate of Raul Franco who   saw sold out Gustavo Orta to sixth street which  resulted in him escaping death but his girlfriend   winding up in a coma ironically she was a sixer  herself and not long after that gang employee us   to take out gustavo once and for all in one of  the gigs it's a whole big tragic mess Loosely   based on Romeo and Juliet's which I cover in more  detail in my Heywood gigs video now despite all   the symbolism and loyalty from the community as  well as the fact that Jackie used to be among   their ranks the Valentinos are still a gang and  far from an innocent one whilst they do dabble in   plenty of legitimate business like restaurants and  nightclubs these are all no doubt partly for money   laundering covering up their more nefarious Deeds  such as smuggling drug trafficking robbery and   even murder trust me you do not want to wind up on  the wrong side of these guys though much like 6th   Street so long as you treat them with respect and  don't meddle in their Affairs they're certainly   one of the more tame gangs in fact Heroes AKA  Jackie's Ofrienda sidequest is one of the best   in the game with the majority of attendees at the  service being Tinos he used to run with we can   share a drink with them and toast to Jackie and we  can even toast to him again later during the fifth   column gig with the bouncer Ernesto Munoz  there's certainly a big Vibe of once a tino always   a Tino amongst this gang but although the tinos  follow much the same makeup as a traditional gang   by the time of 2077 you may be surprised to learn  the gang's origin see back in 2020 cyberpunk the   Valentino's sole objective was simply to seduce  the most attractive women in night city with the   challenge being to obtain the most unattainable  woman/women possible that was it they   didn't have hundreds of shady practices in Heywood  shootouts on the streets or do anything violent   save for maybe face off against the ire of a partner  who found his girl had been stolen from under his   nose the gang would then meet every three months  to compare the women they pulled just how they   evolved from that to well what we see in the game  isn't entirely clear though evidently the prospect   of pulling attractive women was enough initially  to rope in quite a few members makes you wonder   if Padre who was ever about that life anyway back  to 2077 and much like 6th Street this gang is also   one to carry out some shadier tasks on behalf of  the corporations in one of the earliest Heywood   gigs we're sent to take out Jose Luis who's  literally in the process of kicking off the   fifth corporate War planning to attack arasaka  inside militech convoys all in order to give the   former Corporation the justification to retaliate  so not only is this one of the most powerful gangs   in the City by sheer number of members it also  plays a crucial if secretive role on the world's   larger chessboard that's a long way to come from  a group of guys eternally on the pull but sneaking   just past the Valentinos in my opinion in terms of  how dangerous they are the tyger claws take after   gangs based in Asia like the Triad and Yakuza  often riding around on colorful looking bikes   and wielding katanas they're the closest thing  to AKira that we get in this game especially   those who happen to be driving the kusanagi at 5,500 strong they pretty much match the Valentinos   for numbers however they own even more businesses  than their rival gang which are similarly used for   money laundering also the Tygers just so happen  to have the backing of the arasaka corporation   who will frequently hire these guys out for jobs  which they don't want leading back to the Corp   and I don't know about you but having one of the  world's biggest megacorps standing behind your   already Hefty military might makes you a pretty  big deal in fact if there were to be a war between   all the gangs my money would probably be on the  Tygers to come out on top that said don't forget   that arasaka have also hired the Valentinos in the  past too so it could be a close one to the average   Street dweller though particularly those in  Westbrook and Southern Watson the tygers are   not a group you want to mess with and members of  the Tyger Claws ranks are probably more likely   to start on innocent bystanders than say the  likes of the Tinos whilst the upper rankings   of the claws like to maintain a modicum of honor  and diplomacy lower ranking gangers are far more   prone to abusing their gang membership to commit  all kinds of violent depraved and sadistic acts   problem is whilst the Tygers who initiate fights  would be in the wrong with their superiors any   retaliation from the victims will merely justify  the Tyger's reasoning for attacking them it's a   terrible closed-loop honor System and I'm sure the  lower level Tygers realize that equally some of   the high-ranking members even are just completely  screwed up and evil most notably of course is   jotaro shobo our Target for the Monster Hunt  gig and a guy who must get referenced at least   20 other times in various quests scanner hustles  or just Random Encounters jotaro you see is in the   braindance business the kind where he takes  kidnapped innocents subjects them to brutally   screwed up often sexual scenarios and then Scrolls  the experience for his own Twisted pleasure and   that of his alarmingly numerous customer base of  course these unwitting Souls don't simply fall   into his lap no instead through the other mentions  of him in the game we uncover an entire string   of connections dedicated to carefully selecting  victims unimportant enough in society for Jotaro   to acquire without any backlash that is of course  until the mox involve us and we take the guy   down for now you can find many of those references  in my gig's hidden Secret Series and perhaps one   day I'll do a video entirely dedicated to the full  story of jotaro we'll see another huge element to   the tyger Claw Business though is the drug known  as glitter a highly addictive but equally deadly   substance invented by a guy named James Reddington  aka 2077's Walter White and the claws have labs   for producing this stuff in places like little  China it's a fairly big operation Additionally the   Tygers of course run clouds as I mentioned earlier  in the video Just One of their many establishments   no doubt partially used for money laundering and  one which we of course are particularly familiar   with in fact it's here that we see some of  the more business-like members of the gang   and whilst this guy may very well just brutally  push hiromi sato's own Katana through his chest   if we side with maiko we still do ultimately cut a  business deal and walk out of there freely despite   the fact we broke in in the first place and took  out several of their members a crime which would   normally result in heavy retaliation possibly  death but since business comes first for these   guys they'd let that slide on the whole then  the tigers are certainly up there as a very   formidable force and no doubt more dangerous  in terms of sheer numbers than the remaining   three gangs I'm yet to cover but whilst they do  score some pretty horrible individuals amongst   their ranks I'd say on the whole they're still a  somewhat honorable gang and protecting the Asian   community of night City it's certainly not a  horrible objective to have could just be that   joining the ranks of the Tygers means a better  life for you than than you'd otherwise have plus   you get to ride around on a sweet looking bike  slashing tires with a glowing Katana at least   you can in Phantom Liberty once that feature  becomes available and whilst other gangs out   there may overall be meaner than the Tygers they  certainly can't match them for raw power level   labeled as the craziest gang in the City by  Placide an arguable statement but we'll get to   that the animals are undeniably utterly mental  in a future where most people are obsessively   jacked up with chrome the animals prefer to take  a more biological approach injecting themselves   with hormones to become among other things utterly  massive although this often also means injecting   themselves with literal animal hormones to  become more like well animals indeed many   of these guys will also often adopt varying animal  characteristics such as animal skin or scales also   in the new cyberpunk book named no coincidence  which I've recently listened to there's an animal   in that who uses boar hormones and literally  grows a Tusk as a result you can get the book   yourself through my link down below of course all  of these hormone supplements contribute to making   the animals incredibly aggressive which secures  them their place this high up the list in how   dangerous they are to be around not only are they  utterly jacked and able to kill you in one punch   they also have some of the hardest temperaments  to control roll all Brawn and no brains means the   animals really aren't the brightest tools in the  box and attempting to communicate via reason and   logic likely won't be as fruitful as with some of  the other gangs one wrong word or just some shitty   luck and you may find it's an instant lights out in  fact animal negotiation is something else which is   explored in more detail in no coincidence much  like real animals though this gang doesn't tend   to hold specific large swaths of territory like  the other gangs and although they're about 3   000 strong in total they tend to hunker down into  smaller packs and occupy smaller areas such as the   GIM or triple extreme gym speaking of which cage  fights and melee combat in general is a favorite   pastime for the animals as you can imagine and  they easily dominate the world of boxing as seen   through beat on the brat additionally members  of this gang commonly serve as bodyguards all   around night City particularly in the fancier  City Center venues thinking of joining well as   appealing as being utterly jacked may sound to  some the methods taken to achieve this obviously   pose some serious health risks and no doubt life  expectancy within the animal gang is more in line   with well animals and not turtles or elephants  I'm talking more dogs and horses in fact horse   hormones are actually one of the most common  ones used to give the animals this kind of   build we also see multiple times throughout  the game that the animals use a skin numbing   and aesthetic known as lidocaine mixed with  several other ingredients to brew up a cocktail   known as juice a key component in getting this  particular build however as we can find through   shards in the game juice comes with several  drawbacks including but not limited to permanent   erections or enlarged breasts increased body hair  serious acne kidney scarring uneven muscle growth   prostate cancer and finally liver failure  so short-term gains for longer term issues   how animalistic overall then this gang is the  brawniest bunch in night City and Defo the one   you'd stand the least chance against in a purely  physical confrontation luckily their animalistic   nature makes them far too disorganized to  conduct higher levels of crime though they   are of course still highly dangerous due to  both their strength and their temperament   despite the voodoo boys sitting as one of the  smallest gangs in night City their constant   insistence to mess with the blackwall makes them  an extreme threat to literally everyone when net   running you see the blackwall was established  back in the 2020s after Rache Bartmoss triggered the   datakrash flooding the old net with viruses known  as Rabids and transforming it into the digital   wastes overrun by Rogue AIS which we see today  the black will then separates the old Net from   the new acting as an impenetrable wall between  the 10th circle of hell and the safe havens of   modern subnets problem is the voodoo boys keep  screwing with the thing with netwatch agent Bryce   Mosley describing it like this people imagine  it as a great border wall a one-time solution   to protect Humanity forever whereas it's more like  a torn open trash bag taped over a busted window   and the voodoo boys will not stop poking holes  in the [ __ ] thing so yes the voodoo boys are   way up here in terms of danger level proving  that it only takes a small number of dedicated   individuals to pose a serious threat to the  entire world but let's backpedal a second to   explore who this gang actually are operating  mainly in one small abandoned NCART station   in Coastview the vdbs are a gang at steeped  in Haitian Heritage only admitting into their   ranks those of Haitian origin whilst they started  out as drug dealers and violent terrorists in the   early 2000s the current iteration of the gang  was born back in 2062 when Haiti was utterly   destroyed thanks to climate change a plot point  that's sadly crossed over into real life lately and   From the Ashes of that destruction the voodoo  boys as we see them today were born taking up   the mantle to protect the refugees and keep them  safe establishing themselves in Pacifica mainly   due to the lack of police presence there meaning  their underground operation is less likely to be   disturbed the way they seem to go about this  goal though is by procuring whatever Forbidden   Knowledge they can get their hands on Via the  Net whether to sell the tech or merely use it   to accelerate their own technological goals  is unclear but it's they who are responsible   for hiring Evelyn to organize the game's Heist  wanting the biochip with silverhand's engram in   order to contact Alt Cunningham and open the door to  beyond the blackwall a goal which depending on   our decisions in the game they might actually  be successful in achieving they are also the   ones though responsible for Evelyn's downfall  after she outlived her usefulness and this is   a common practice of the gang in general to use  Outsiders to do their Dirty Work promising them   money or whatever else they desire before actually  rewarding them with death or perhaps worse they do   the same to US during the main quest and regaining  control of the gim using us as oranion AKA a floor   rag to be discarded at the end further examples of  this include Shiva a VDB wannabe who was promised   entry to the gang after doing a job as well as  Zion Wylde a solo like us who after completing a   job for them was turned cyberpsycho his brain  flooded with Voodoo imagery sending him on a   killing spree to appease the voodoo Gods if it's  not clear by now this is an extremely dangerous   and not at all nice gang whilst yes being of  Haitian origin would make it ideal for you to   join even associating yourself with them in any  way without this prerequisite is almost certainly   gonna end in death for you unless you know your V  and essentially get lucky other than that though   I mean they look cool and a gang dedicated to  breaking through a barrier literally designed   to be fully impenetrable does sound kinda badass  much as it poses a threat to the rest of the world   though for the voodoo boys themselves it could  actually be good if they're able to get all cushy   with our new AI overlords ahead of time else they  might just wind up having their minds absorbed by   the thing and funnily enough they wouldn't be the  first gang to partake in that kind of activity   finally the absolute most dangerous and  gruesome gang in night City all things   considered is without question Maelstrom despite  only having 1300 members among their ranks these   guys are the most brutal most terrifying group of  people you could ever have The Misfortune to meet   in night City their red Optics and barely human  faces signaling their distaste for the natural   human form their Love of All Things Chrome and a  literal thirst for blood to cause through their   silicon much like the voodoo boys many Maelstrom  members have a desire to merge Humanity with the   technological crossing the black wall and making  contact with the AIS that live there in fact the   bloody ritual cyber psycho encounter may just  be one such example where they succeeded in   this endeavor I firmly believe that the Maelstromer  zaria Hughes became possessed by a demon from   Beyond the blackwall with the pentagram and  references to Hell found at the scene being   a cyberpunk take on the classic demonic ritual  of possession you can find out more in my cyber   psycho Secrets video and I'll be doing a deep  dive into this theory in full sometime in the   future as far as the gang structure goes though  they're mostly based up in north side but conduct   operations all around night city which are just as  criminal if not worse than the rest of the gangs   hit jobs drug smuggling and robbery to name the  most obvious few in addition to this Maelstrom   run the totentantz club a place we'll visit during  Kerry's second conflict side quest many gangs   come here to hang out and Rave listening to music  which is said to sound nothing like what you're   used to a cacophony of terrible sound unless maybe  you have the right implants definitely not a place   the average night citizen wants to visit though  after all any night at Totentantz which doesn't   end with at least 12 deaths is considered a dull  Affair that's even more extreme than a Dothraki   wedding and what happens to troublemakers when  they get thrown out of the club why they get   thrown to Ellis Carter a maelstrommer who had  his face kicked in so hard it made him pretty   much a rabid dog the animals aren't the only  ones with primitive Behavior recently in 2077   though Maelstrom have become even more  dangerous than they were before after brick   a pretty stand-up business dude who just likes his  red Optics was overthrown by Royce a deranged and   unpredictable psycho who refuses to play by anyone  else's rules and will stick a gun to your head for   pretty much no reason with him at the helm there's  no doubt that Maelstrom should be avoided at all   costs with anything resembling legitimate and  fair business being utterly impossible to conduct   with him around this sort of thing can also be  seen across the rest of the gang in gigs like   Hippocratic Oath where Lucy Thackery agreed to  work as their medic for three months only to have   us show up five months later as a solo extraction  unit if you did ever want to join this gang for   some reason you'd first have to go through the  incredibly dangerous initiation rituals namely   involving having your face removed and replaced  by Red Optics flatline during the procedure and   it's unlikely anyone's gonna care you simply  weren't strong enough and there's plenty of   others to recruit as far as their ethics go well  I genuinely don't think most of them have any it's   enough to even screw with the ncpd officer Barry  Lewis who recalls seeing this one time a Maelstrom   ganger killed a young kid right in front of my  eyes shits and giggles I couldn't do [____] son of a   [ __ ] had Corpoprotection our chief greases  his palms with an anonymous donation and guess   what officially kid blew his own brains out indeed  much of this might be due to the heavily modified   bodies which most maelstromers have loading  up with as much Chrome as they can physically   survive in order to experience some otherworldly  Sensations but this of course means a huge number   of them are bordering on cyberpsychosis if they're  not there already all walls of morality have been   removed for them with many maelstromers giving  in to their deepest and darkest desires they also   seem to love forcing Chrome on others particularly  those who strongly object the sacrum profanum   sidequest for example involves a monk being  heavily mutilated by various implants something   the monks generally morally object to having  and the six feet under cyber psycho gig involves   a Valentino named Lely Hein being kidnapped and  forcibly implanted to the point of cyber psychosis   as well certainly not a gang you want to trifle  with much less join the best possible thing we   can do for them then is to kill Royce during the  pickup and free brick reinstating his power though   each option there does come with its own set of  pros and cons for us the player which I explore   in more detail in my tough decisions video if you  want even more insight into just how screwed up   Maelstrom can get though then once again the no  coincident book sheds a great light on this with   characters such as dum dum making an appearance  and playing a key role no spoilers just go and   read it for yourself or you know listen to it  since the audiobook is narrated by Cherami Leigh AKA   female V overall an extremely dangerous gang with  highly malevolent intentions if you ever see those   red Optics glowing their way towards you then all  I can say is run just run and hope for the best   so with that fair bit of background on each  gang out of the way let's quickly go through   and decide whether or not you should join each one  the MOX is a solid yes not only will you keep your   head mostly out of the firing line but you'll be  joining a group of mostly decent girls and guys   who'll have your back provided you have theirs  staying out of trouble and also maintaining safety   in numbers I'd argue it's safer than staying on  your own in night City the scav's an absolute no   not only will he be kidnapping innocent victims  and taking them apart on The Daily this gang   doesn't have any element of fellowship and no  doubt if anything were to happen to you you'd   simply be left in the Dust by the rest or worse  just become another of their victims 6th Street   I'm a little on the fence with if you can  swallow their self-righteous and misguided ideals   it may put some good Chooms at your back that said  the gang ain't exactly devoid of Coups and interior   backstabbing you're just as likely to wind up dead  in the gang as you are outside it so on the whole   I'd say no the Valentinos Seem a little better and  at the end of the day the likes of Jackie Welles   came out of their ranks they're certainly not  without issues but out of all the larger organized   gangs across the city I'd probably choose them if  I could another thing with a lot of these gangs is   they often require a predetermined Heritage so the  possibility of whether or not you can join will   vary from person to person similar deal with the  Tygers then they're definitely a cool gang to run   with though they'll probably have you committing a lot  more dangerous and cruel crime than the other big   gangs on the whole I'd say don't join them same of  course goes for the animals even if you're a major   gym addict joining these guys probably means you  won't live long enough to really appreciate your   newfound gains what with all the hormones they  take screwing up your body and your head Voodoo   boys has to be a very solid no as well unless  maybe you're of Haitian Heritage any attempt   to join or even work with them without that will  probably result in definite death for you so don't   go forgetting that finally Maelstrom absolutely  and equivocally no unless you have a burning   hatred of all humanity and a desperate desire to  shuffle off this biological coil joining Maelstrom   is a terrible idea yes you'll experience a bunch  of Otherworldly Sensations like nothing you've   ever sensed before but it's highly likely you'll  also lose all semblance of yourself along the way   now I'd love to hear your thoughts on this so  please comment below your favorite night City   gang and why that's not necessarily the one you'd  most want to join but perhaps the one you like   the appearance and lore behind the most despite  being utterly awful for example you can't deny   that Maelstrom do kind of look cool as hell from  a safe distance or behind unbreakable glass that   is so remember no gang in night City you really  ought to be trifled with with each serving as a   force to be reckoned with in their own respective  manner as always I want to give a huge shout out   to the supporters over on patreon who give me the  freedom to make the videos I want to make for you   guys you can donate for as little as a pound a  month for your name in each video and early access   to content so finally thank you for watching I'm  Sam Bram and I'll see you soon in another video

Channel: Sam Bram

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Keywords: cyberpunk, cyberpunk 2077, sam bram cyberpunk, cyberpunk gangs explained, cyberpunk gangs of night city, cyberpunk mox, cyberpunk scavs, cyberpunk 6th street, cyberpunk valentinos, cyberpunk tyger claws, cyberpunk animals, cyberpunk voodoo boys, cyberpunk maelstrom, cyberpunk gang ranking, cyberpunk best gang

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Length: 34min 29sec (2069 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 19 2023