Thanks for the added context Brody, makes me excited to see him in the game, take care!
The Zen Reaction
2023-03-30 17:41:49 +0000 UTC
Adam Smasher is a character in the original tabletop game and even makes an appearance in Cyberpunk 2077. To put it into perspective, he's 96% cyberware but still hasn't gone cyberpsycho, even though he doesn't use any immunoblockers. He's truly what David thought he was, he's special. There's some theories about why exactly Smasher can withstand so many impacts, and I think the leading one is that he was already an unempathetic, psychopathic mercenary so there was nothing left to really drive insane.
I wish the show had an extra episode or something just to hype Adam Smasher up because I think his introduction feels very spontaneous in the anime. They casually mention him as a legend once and then he just shows up in the final episode. An episode somewhere in the series, or even just a brief 5 minute segment could have elevated him that much more imo.