After numerous delays, the highly-anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 has finally released with Keanu Reeves lending his voice to the story. Created by CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk has been the source of numerous controversies, but it has at least embraced the main sci-fi elements of the genre.

Reeves recently revealed one of his favorite comics is Frank Miller's classic sci-fi work Ronin, which seems to have influenced the game.

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Ronin features a script and pencils by Miller, with painting by Lynn Varley. Set in a dystopian future New York City where a powerful tech company, the Aquarius Corporation, is building biocircuitry with the help of a powerful artificial intelligence, Ronin has many of the hallmarks of a classic cyberpunk story. It was released in 1983, just a year after Blade Runner and a year before the publication of William Gibson's Neuromancer, foundational works of the cyberpunk genre.

Miller was influenced by kung fu films and the then-untranslated manga Kozure Okami. Ronin's titular hero was a lordless samurai from a distant time who sliced his way through the modern city, cutting down violent criminals and mechanized robots. In reality, the Ronin is actually a boy with telekinetic abilities who has created a new form for himself, and acquired powerful mechanical prostheses which strengthen him. The boy eventually brings down the entire Aquarius Corporation with his psychic powers.

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It's nearly impossible to miss the similarities between Ronin and Cyberpunk 2077. Megacorporations that infiltrate every aspect of major cities and high-tech cybernetic prostheses are staples of the cyberpunk genre, but some elements are hyper-specific to both works.

In Cyberpunk 2077, the Arasaka HS8 shotgun is nicknamed the "Ronin." Katanas are frequently used, allowing players to cut through enemies with a samurai sword. Within the world of Cyberpunk, there is also a full body conversion prosthesis known as the Aquarius, which may be inspired by the prosthetics designed by the Aquarius Corporation in Ronin. That said, many of the outfits in the game do not seem rooted in actual punk fashion, though they do have similarities to some of the spiky street attire and high-tech suits Miller drew.

There have been plenty of problems with CD Projekt Red's newest game, but it is interesting to consider how Ronin may have influenced it, especially given how Miller's work has also influenced sci-fi comics since its publication.

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