Because Watson was under lockdown. Lockdowns typically require every border of the area blocked and cordoned off by the officers. NCPD would not have the manpower to send out credible border squads and still have the manpower to watch over organized and armed criminal activities within Watson itself. So, such internal patrols would have to be subconned to MaxTac for one night after the Mayor’s autopsy had concluded.
Ancient112
mactac doesnt fight specifically cyberpsychos, their the SWAT team
Forward-Transition61
Slow night I guess they were bored
Dveralazo
Needed to blow off some team.
Cyberpsychosis may get out of control otherwise.
otocump
As a demonstration to the player that there are bigger fish in the pond. You’re shown as small fish to start, and what can happen if you get out of line. The whole talk of making ‘the big time’ is set to a story requiring the player to understand their place in the bigger world. This is just one story element of that setting.
dukerustfield
To allow a clip for the NPC to explain what maxtac is to you
AzuraSchwartz
They got enough stars on their wanted level that the regular cops called them in.
Duncan_sucks
It took me 3 playthroughs to pay enough attention to the loading screen lady but someone really important had just arrived in Night City and they happen to be in Watson. That’s why the game is locked down in Watson in the beginning of the game and no one is allowed to enter or leave. They are completely pacifying the area for this person.
I’ve never been able to get spoiler tags to work in any subreddit so if you want to know more I can try but I think if you’ve done a play though already you know enough about who I’m taking about because the lockdown ends.
Mindless-Compote-453
Probably was what day 1 multiplayer would of looked like
Jsancho34
Didn’t those people shoot at them at first? I don’t remember
KitsuneDrakeAsh
They probably thought it would be fun to gun down gangoons.
ODST_Parker
At first, I thought it was the equivalent of a real life car thief stumbling into a fully armed SWAT team, and didn’t think much of it.
As I replayed the game, and knew more about that Watson lockdown, I realized they were being far more thorough and severe with security than usual.
Electronic_Yogurt322
In game reason: Probably because of the lockdown, so they were sending in the heavy hitters to get rid of anyone causing problems
Directing reason: So they can show you how maxtac is instead of just telling you, or randomly finding out.
I find the best way to inform the player of something is to show/experience it(purely speaking as a fan of gaming and film). It makes me think of a movie, you should always show the audience instead of telling them, when possible. Narratively speaking, finding a way to get the consumer to see/experience it is always more impactful, rewarding, and will get them to remember the information being presented.
TitanThree
So the game can show you MaxTac in a cool sequence. Don’t think too hard
Ok_Article1478
Did a small crime but maxtac hovercraft was flying by so they decided to have some fun
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Because Watson was under lockdown. Lockdowns typically require every border of the area blocked and cordoned off by the officers. NCPD would not have the manpower to send out credible border squads and still have the manpower to watch over organized and armed criminal activities within Watson itself. So, such internal patrols would have to be subconned to MaxTac for one night after the Mayor’s autopsy had concluded.
mactac doesnt fight specifically cyberpsychos, their the SWAT team
Slow night I guess they were bored
Needed to blow off some team.
Cyberpsychosis may get out of control otherwise.
As a demonstration to the player that there are bigger fish in the pond. You’re shown as small fish to start, and what can happen if you get out of line. The whole talk of making ‘the big time’ is set to a story requiring the player to understand their place in the bigger world. This is just one story element of that setting.
To allow a clip for the NPC to explain what maxtac is to you
They got enough stars on their wanted level that the regular cops called them in.
It took me 3 playthroughs to pay enough attention to the loading screen lady but someone really important had just arrived in Night City and they happen to be in Watson. That’s why the game is locked down in Watson in the beginning of the game and no one is allowed to enter or leave. They are completely pacifying the area for this person.
I’ve never been able to get spoiler tags to work in any subreddit so if you want to know more I can try but I think if you’ve done a play though already you know enough about who I’m taking about because the lockdown ends.
Probably was what day 1 multiplayer would of looked like
Didn’t those people shoot at them at first? I don’t remember
They probably thought it would be fun to gun down gangoons.
At first, I thought it was the equivalent of a real life car thief stumbling into a fully armed SWAT team, and didn’t think much of it.
As I replayed the game, and knew more about that Watson lockdown, I realized they were being far more thorough and severe with security than usual.
In game reason: Probably because of the lockdown, so they were sending in the heavy hitters to get rid of anyone causing problems
Directing reason: So they can show you how maxtac is instead of just telling you, or randomly finding out.
I find the best way to inform the player of something is to show/experience it(purely speaking as a fan of gaming and film). It makes me think of a movie, you should always show the audience instead of telling them, when possible. Narratively speaking, finding a way to get the consumer to see/experience it is always more impactful, rewarding, and will get them to remember the information being presented.
So the game can show you MaxTac in a cool sequence. Don’t think too hard
Did a small crime but maxtac hovercraft was flying by so they decided to have some fun