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The Cyberpunk 2077 Edgerunners 2 trailer, second by second
The Edgerunners 2 Update Overview Trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 is on IGN's YouTube channel and "cyberpunk 2077" is trending with the Edgerunners 2 news, so we ran IGN's upload through v2neuro, our brain-encoding model trained on fMRI recordings, to see where the predicted brain response rises and falls across its 1:39. The update arrives alongside Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, the anime series on Netflix.
The peak comes at 0:53
The strongest predicted response in the clip lands at 0:53, where the curve reaches 1.23, its highest point. The brain system leading at that second is the visual system.
We will not guess at what is on screen. The scan gives a timestamp and a leading system, not a description of the footage.
The line arrives as the curve is already falling
In the transcript, "Look around you." is spoken from 56.44 to 57.6 seconds, with "This place is the pinnacle of public safety." right behind it from 58.12 to 61.4 seconds. Both land after the 0:53 peak, not on it. By the time the first line starts, the predicted response has already begun sliding down from its high point.
So the words and the peak are close in time but not stacked on the same second. The strongest predicted second is 0:53, and the line comes a few seconds into the fall.
The fall from 0:57 to 1:00
After the peak the curve keeps dropping. Between 0:57 and 1:00 the predicted response slides from 0.82 down to 0.54, a clean three-second descent toward the clip's lower range. A fall like this is not a verdict on the trailer: every clip has one somewhere. If this were your own cut, that stretch is the one you would open first.
A low first three seconds
For the first three seconds the predicted response sits at 0.56, 0.50 and 0.43, all below the clip's own median of 0.60. That comparison is against the rest of this clip, not against any other video.
Which brain systems lead
Across the full 1:39 scan, the visual system leads the most seconds, 30 of 99. The scene system leads 21, the auditory system 20, and motion 10. The control, color and object, and attention systems each lead only a handful: 7, 6 and 5 seconds. The 0:53 peak is one of the visual system's seconds.
How much to trust this scan
This scan comes with a per-second trust score, which says how far to rely on the prediction at each moment. On this clip the mean is 41 out of 100, in the product's fair band: usable, but at the weak end. Read the shape of the curve, where it rises and where it falls, and not the decimals.
What this scan does not tell you
Everything above is a model prediction of group-average cortical response, from a model trained on fMRI recordings. It is not a measurement of any viewer. Nobody was scanned for this post.
It is also not a verdict on the trailer or the game. The scan gives timestamps, the brain systems that lead, and a trust score.
Where the video comes from
The clip we scanned is IGN's own Edgerunners 2 Update Overview Trailer upload on YouTube, linked under the chart above. IGN is a games-media channel, not the rights holder: Cyberpunk 2077 and Edgerunners come from CD Projekt Red, Netflix and Studio Trigger.
The second-by-second breakdown is on the share page linked under the chart above.
Frequently asked questions
Where does the Cyberpunk 2077 Edgerunners 2 trailer peak in the predicted brain response?
At 0:53, where the curve reaches 1.23, led by the visual system. The line "Look around you." is spoken from 56.44 seconds, a few seconds into the fall after that peak, not on it.
How long is the clip, and whose upload is it?
It runs 1:39. We scanned IGN's own Edgerunners 2 Update Overview Trailer upload on YouTube. IGN is a games-media channel, not the rights holder; Cyberpunk 2077 and Edgerunners come from CD Projekt Red, Netflix and Studio Trigger.
What does a trust score of 41 mean?
The trust score says how far to rely on the prediction. A mean of 41 out of 100 sits in the product's fair band: usable, but at the weak end. Read the shape of the curve, not the decimals.
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