Cyberpunk 2077 has opened up a new generation of gamers to the concept of cyberpunk, a genre that has been a staple of the entertainment industry for decades, as proven by countless movies like Blade Runner, games like Deus Ex, and much more.
With all that in mind, it should be said that Blade Runner is easily one of the most influential pieces of cyberpunk media, and Cyberpunk 2077 has a fair few references and easter eggs to pay homage to Blade Runner. Here's everything you need to know about it.
Where To Find The Many Blade Runner Easter Eggs In Cyberpunk 2077
Advocet Hotel
The abandoned Advocet Hotel lies in Vista del Rey, Heywood, near the Delamain HQ, and it’s here where you’ll find one of the more interesting nods to Blade Runner in Cyberpunk 2077.
Ride the elevator to the top floor and make your way out onto the roof terrace. Explore and you’ll find a gentleman sitting on the ground with a white dove - which you may recognize from this iconic moment.
Voight-Kampff Test
In the Blade Runner universe, replicants are artificial humans which have infiltrated the human world, and being able to tell these apart from real people is pretty important, which is why the Voight-Kampff test is used to see if the person responding is capable of passing as a human.
This same test is used in Cyberpunk 2077, during the Where Is My Mind epilogue, late into the game. If you don’t pass, you have a problem.
Syd Mead
Syd Mead is the concept artist for Blade Runner, and he also worked with Blade Runner’s director, Ridley Scott, on the equally iconic Aliens. It’s only natural that someone so influential to both the direction of this game, and the cyberpunk genre as a whole, is given a reverential nod in Cyberpunk 2077.
You can find the Columbarium in the Westbrook section of Night City, and while it’s easy to gloss over this area after visiting as part of the Happy Together quest, you should look around to spot the mentions of Syd Mead.