GTA 5 has, somehow, survived the last two or three (depending on your console preference) console generations without a predecessor. Perhaps in an attempt to cross memes, fans have taken GTA to the year 2077 and recreated the world reveal trailer for Cyberpunk 2077.
With CD Projekt Red repeatedly delaying the release of Cyberpunk, fans have joked that the game will eventually release in the year 2077. Similarly, Rockstar's apparent refusal to make GTA 6 has left players feeling like GTA 5 will be around until the year 2077. Luckily, the two memes have collided in one of the best mash-ups that we could have hoped for—and it's truly beautiful.
The video was posted on YouTube by Pudding Boom and is a scene by scene recreation of Cyberpunk's two-year-old world reveal trailer. The video appears to have been shot in a vanilla version of GTA, as there are no flying cars like there are in the Cyberpunk trailer. Of course, because GTA 5 is now seven years old, (almost as old as Cyberpunk's announcement in 2012) the graphics and animations leave a lot to be desired.
That being said, it is—beat for beat—exactly the same as the official trailer for Cyberpunk. Everything from the train scene to the bar, to the iconic view of the city skyline, everything is present in this GTA rendition of Cyberpunk. This isn't the first time that this particular trailer has been recreated either. Just about a week ago, there was news of a recreation in World of Warcraft. Without the ability to actually play the game, people have resorted to doing whatever they can to feel close to Cyberpunk 2077.
On the surface, GTA is perhaps one of the closest things that we have to Cyberpunk in terms of setting and gameplay, so it would make sense that someone did what they could to meld the two universes together. Barring another delay, we don't have much longer to wait until we can finally play the actual Cyberpunk 2077 and take the time to recreate the trailer again—this time, in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe itself.