Zed Duke of Banville
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Even though Night City is located on the Californian coast between Los Angeles and San Francisco, it was depicted as having weather closer to that of Seattle, though perhaps with even more rain. People claiming otherwise don't seem to have bothered reviewing the artwork of Cyberpunk 2013/2020 products or the text describing Night City. CDPR made an intentional choice to give Night City weather appropriate to the actual Los Angeles or San Diego rather than weather appropriate for a cyberpunk aesthetic, just as they set daytime to last for about 17 hours of every 24 even though it's physically impossible for that location even on the summer solstice.Certainly californian palm trees and sunshine don't help, blame that on cybernegro prime Pondsmith and globalwarmthinkery (maybe). He could have put Night City in Washington state rather than on the (central?) Californian coastline. At least make it rain or be foggy 90% of the time as people already mentioned.You'll have to provide an example of what you consider a model cyberpunk setting, cos NC feels plenty dystopian to me.
From "Welcome to Night City: A Sourcebook for Cyberpunk 2013", by Mike Pondsmith, 1988. Atmosphere is defined as a critical element of the game, and this includes gloominess, unceasing rain, and lack of sunshine.