I wanted to finally play the game, and beat the story, but I don't really like the feel of the gameplay, and I keep deleting it. I REALLY want to beat it before Phantom Liberty comes out, but the gameplay man.
This ending feels especially good if you are playing a nomad. When you get inducted as an aldecaldo there's a special nomad dialogue option, and it feels like you really found your way home.
Yep, always loved that when I played Nomad. Always felt so fitting that you went to Night City to get away from your old family, only to wind up with a new family 🙂
Corp is the best choice for V in th beginning if ur planning on going with Panam ending. Think about it a person who works in a high class corporation is strip down to his power. He’s already friends with Jackie for along time so Jackie show him the way of a street person. One day V wish to get back on top then later and become a legend , he later changes his mind when he meets the nomads and rather stay and live his life with Panam instead. Literally the corp life takes V into all 3 of the choices all at once. The corpo life, then city street life, the the nomad. Down grade in living but upgrade in happiness
Yeah on my second run I started with Corpo. I actually prefer it to the others. Better dialogue options seeing as the entire main story is about battling against corps
Thank you . Parts of the story confused me and you told it in just enough detail and without dragging on. Straight to the point with the necessary information.
I would have liked the story more if it just focused on Johnny from his beginning to his rise in becoming a legend. The fact that I can’t do anything to TRULY save my V bothers me. I like the Panam ending as much as others but unfortunately V still dies in 6 months. I envy others imagination that V hopefully finds a cure as I can’t stop thinking about that death clock ticking down.
@@unclequoque6800 my clock was ticking since act 2 started. Then I chose an ending only for the game to tell me, “Congrats on getting rid of A.I. Handsome Ja- I mean Johnny Silverhand. You’re still gonna die though in 6 months so that clock just got slowed a bit.”
My two favorite endings are the Panam ending, and the one where Johnny takes full control permanently of V's body. My reason for liking the Panam ending is that.. yeah it's the most positive ending out of them all. In my playthrough, V was a corpo, then a merc, and after becoming Night City's newest legend, has enough of Night City and leaves it all behind. With 6 months to live, V and the Aldecaldos leave Night City (although they will return one day), whilst making use of their contacts whom are very competent, can try to find a way to save V's life for good. The Johnny ending is more bittersweet, and it's more like it's what's inevitable for someone in V's situation. Johnny Silverhand is a changed man, after spending so much time in V's head, experiencing his memories, personality and thoughts, Johnny still hates Arasaka with a burning passion, but now wants a more quiet life, playing his guitar. And the young boy that Johnny had taken under his wing, given life advice to, teaching him how to properly play the guitar, and last of all, leaving Night City forever. Johnny is done with all of his shenanigans, he's seen what that does to people and it was all his fault. V gave him a second chance at life, and to that, Johnny will not waste his life on the extreme stuff anymore and leaving Night City is his first step to his new life, a second chance. That's my interpretation of my two favorite endings anyway.
have you heard about the secret ending? imo this outweighs every other ending by miles. u and johnny raid arasaka all by yourself that is some badass shit
@@Whatamood I have heard about it, yes. It is badass that you are soloing Arasaka Tower by yourself, but it doesn't affect the epilogue, you will depending on your final decision, either get the Johnny ending or the Path to Glory ending. It's a shame that it doesn't have an unique epilogue. But I would agree with you if it had an unique epilogue on its own.
it's implied that V dies in the Caldos ending. All the messages you get in the credits, it's voice mails V couldn't answer cause he/she died while running some errands.
There is no happy ending... V dies no matter what when you Jack into Mikoshi and Alt uses Soulkiller creating a Construct of V... The V you played with is gone at that point... After that V is just a shell for the copied engram... It's not V that will only live 6 months its his digital copy ;) That's precisely the fundamental question of the entire game... What's the nature of Consciousness? Materialists and Idealists have fundamentally different answers to this question, but it's quite a good Philosophical debate... Just because it acts like you, behaves like you, looks like you and remembers everything you did, doesn't necessarily mean it's YOU... Interestingly enough, the only ways to at least die as V is the suicide ending or the Secret Ending where you go alone to Arasaka Tower and die...
Think about it like this. Obviously there's some sort of external force in the game. Since the Tarot cards you can get read to you by Misty actually predict the future. And there's many references to Buddhism and rebirth in the game. So putting all that together you could say if a soul exists in the world of Cyberpunk that it would be possible to transfer your consciousness and it still be you. Another hint is the fact that your POV doesn't change when you enter and exit Mikoshi.
@angeltonny1746 I agree. it's hard to parse what the game truly thinks on that matter. in the full corpo ending, if you accept the help of arasaka to the max, the end cuta to black. I lean towards the soul existing, since creating the Ingram always, ALWAYS kills the original. no exception. even in ideal conditions, as is the arasaka ending.
I was male V, romanced Panam and left with her and the Aldecaldos. It was definitely an awesome and touching ending. Definitely one of those games which will take me time to get over, the whole journey we went through. I love before they leave for the border, how Panam, says, that she has a lot of contacts where their heading who can help V. She is the best and most supportive, caring and loveable character. I have one question though, if you are female V and romance Judy, where is Judy in the end? I mean you did say she comes with you, but they don't show her in the end? Because the ending you showed was the same one I got when it was male V.
I feel ya. I had to spend a couple of days away from the game to get my head around it! Great storytelling. In regards to your question, Judy is talking to you in the basilisk, but I feel it would've been better for story continuity if Judy joined you on top of the basilisk at the end. But then again, V and Panam basically became best friends by the end. Seemed maybe like it was an oversight by the dev's
@@GamingHarryYT @Gaming Harry totally agree with you. I mean I love the fact that Panam is with us in the end, as I said she is the best and most supportive character you can ever be with. Also now that I think of it, V and Panam had synced in before in the Basilisk, so probably that's another reason why they rode together 🤷♂️. Honestly I want them to make a dlc which focuses on Panam's story. Like when she was first part of the Aldecaldos, then left them before meeting V. Something like a background story of hers. Btw thanks for answering the question 😊
Look at the ending again when you have Panam When Judy pop up you see she record a message while you was doing something Plus she pop ups before the ending cutscene too
I've done the Nomad Ending twice, and the Rogue ending once....now I am trying to do the Secret ending where you go it alone. Nomad ending always feels most satisfying to me.
Panam also mentions they may know someone who can help. Like a transplanted organ being rejected, i think it could be something doable in the lore of Cyberpunk to have someone be able to help fix V in that ending. Like maybe having the chip be modded so Vs engram copy restores Vs body, lot of other possibilities, i like how its more ambiguous. I also like the endings where Johnny takes over, in a way, V gets to live on while merging with Alt. Johnny is leaving town, and can potentially do a lot of good for the world with his second chance at life. I prefer the panam ending but the other is a nice option as well.
I thought there was no main story. Like good game play and graphics are important but I can't play a game without knowing who I am killing and why. I want to see character progression.
If you follow the tarot reading, V finds the ways somehow in this ending. The layout is very positive and Misty is always accurate (Jackie’s engram emphasizes that in the end).
I feel the arasaka ending makes the most sense. It's the main ending and the most neutral one. You live through hell but you can either choose to live as a shell or live the rest of your life and not waste it. In my opinion that is probably the way Johnny would go, spending the rest of his life the best he can, the way he wants. Although it's not overly happy, it is the most pleasant one in my opinion as you escape the hell you were stuck in and are following Johnny's message. Also makes sense as to why you can still play after you finish the story. I do not understand tearing off the necklace. I'm not sure if that necklace is a symbol for something as if it is, the ending can be perceived completely differently.
i dont even care about spoilers tbh, I've had the game since launch and I never understood the story. it frustrated me so much that I have never completed the game and just decided to restart to hopefully gain an understanding but for some reason, I never really understood what the game is truly about and it took a lot of enjoyment from my experience. this video was very helpful and I might soon get back into the game.
The story isn't bad but it's so hard to follow with phonecall after phonecall from so many people. It just becomes so confusing. I had only just met Panam on my playthrough so it was strange to even find out she had an important role in the ending - maybe I needed to do more side missions, but they were such a grind I gave up. I also felt once you had semi-decent guns the game was so easy you didn't need to even worry about builds, crafting, specs etc - you could fly through the main story. I feel maybe they overdid the RPG elements since it didnt feel like the character or build made much difference. Maybe streamlined like BL2 would have been better. I finished the game level 22. So many missions had bugs and issues with me, plus bugs from day 1 are even there as to this day. The AI has to be the worst in a AAA open world game surely too. Gunplay was meh, got so tired of the fighting on some missions you could just run, slide and heal to the checkpoints to escape, the fights were just boring filler at times. Great potential not fully realised.
I agree. I've not played it really since I made this video. I know they released another patch for it today, but in my opinion the game won't be in an enjoyable state until around december this year
Shame this game got overshadowed by its glitches. It still has plenty graphical glitches now but it's much better. It also has some of my favorite characters and a good story too. Great vid :)
No wonder I didn't get the plot It's a goose chase but in reverse but in the past. Basically, once you know all the characters and motives at the end of the game, and go backwards it all clicks... sortof
thanks for this. stlll hopeing for a movie for all this! other than the one we've already been blessed with i.e. edgerunner) hey, maybe a mini series like the netflix one. Specially this being my first soiree into anime. I am hopving for more, i guess...
i dont think there is a "good ending". no matter what u do, u will end up beeing an engram of v. althought there is no difference between you and your engram and v himself says he/she did not even feel any difference after becoming an engram, u are not the same thing. (u and your engram can theoretically exist at the same time). that is pretty dark ... thats why hellman says earlier in the game that u cant be helped. his deterministic view of this topic was of philosophic nature, rather than scientific.
Ahh yeah interesting take. Love it. I’d like to think that V’s consciousness is exactly the same as it was before and that SOMEHOW, V found a way to survive past the 6 months. Hopefully some later DLC will shed some more light.
I played the game 100% everything including the endings (and I'm still playing, love this game too much). I did understand the storyline, etc. but, I was a little confused when V got killed and then the relic damaging him, like I got what was going on of course but with some misunderstanding I guess... thanks to your video I get it 100%, thanks! subbed btw!
I always found the ending where you give Johnny your body the best, it's guaranteed that the body will live, and that as a Nomad, your chooms come before you.
Kind of my play through. I just finished. I treated Johnny like a tumor that needed to be removed and nothing more only to end up like a construct myself. Ironic.
I think Don't Fear the Reaper ending is the best outcome, aside from being absolutely badass. Nobody died and we toppled Arasaka's rule. If you choose nomad ending, many nomads and Saul will die. If you choose silverhand ending, Rogue will die. If you choose Arasaka then you are literally giving your own soul. The only way to get it right is to take things in your own hands. Harems can wait.
So after fully completing Cyberpunk 2077 I thought I would give my thoughts on the game. This is probably going to have lot's of spoilers! Honestly, I really enjoyed this game so much and it's definitely my favourite game of all time that is for sure. Yes it had a lot of bugs but when you put them aside it's such a phenomenal game. I never really like to criticise a game off of bugs though because it isn't the bugs that make a game, it's the journey the game takes you on and the attachment you get from the characters/story. When I first started playing I was so confused but I guess that is to be expected because you're basically thrown into a world that is set so many years into the future. I was definitely nervous that I would never understand the game but it's just one of those games where you have to playthrough it to understand, just like most games of course. So for anyone struggling to understand the game, you'll get there. I find it interesting that the game kind of encourages you to play both genders because of the characters having different feelings to the different sex as well as different dialogues based off of which sex you decide to go with. I would definitely recommend playing both genders considering there's more than one life path to go with anyway. My favourite character is 100% Panam for so many different reasons... I loved that Panam was a ride or die character. Like she never gave a shit what people thought of her actions, she just went with her gut. Like I feel like her Clan (The Aldecaldos) did sit back a lot of the time, especially when it came to saving Saul which is basically the leader of their Clan. Panam was all in for getting him back without a doubt. She just got shit done. I always found it sweet that when she would call you for help it was because she actually really enjoyed your company and you were starting to grow on her. She's such a dead funny character as well like she's really the only character which had me laughing a couple of times with her reactions to certain situations and all. She had such an awesome personality too. Like I don't know if anyone has played Life is Strange or not but she reminded me a lot of Chkie Price. You literally also have sex with her in a tank, like... A TANK. Her questline was the most enjoyable as well out of all of them if you ask me. Also, I found it cute af how much her ride meant to her... like her reaction when she got her car back was so cute! Her ending was most certainly the best one to me. Taking the Basilisk into battle infiltrating Arasaka Tower to get the chip removed with Panam was so badass. Especially knowing the memories they've had in that tank too. Even fighting Smasher with Panam right by your side just felt so badass (thank god he didn't kill her). I know it is biased saying she had the best ending because she is my favourite character but it's genuinely true. Like it's literally the only ending that seems like a good ending to me. So you end up leaving Night City with her and the rest of the Aldelcados which makes sense after all the shit that city has put them through then as you're leaving in the tank you end up stepping out and just looking into the distance with Panam sat right next to you on the Basilisk. Such a sweet ending. If I was to put the endings in a list of best to worse as far as my opinion goes it would most likely go... Panam, Alone, Rogue, Takamura, Hanako. So overall to explain why. Yes I guess technically the Alone one probably works out the best for a lot of people because no one that we cared about dies as well as having a nice ending at the very end, but I feel like personally I would go with Panam mainly because it also felt the most badass. Also she was my favourite character of course. Rogue coming up at third mainly because she unfortunately dies in it so that just makes the ending suck a little although it does feel very satisfying killing Smasher as Johnny considering Smasher killed Johnny. For the final two Takamura and Hanako's endings... they're basically the same ending but Takamura is in one of them which is a bit of a let down if you ask me. Like I think if you were unable to save Takamura he just won't be there with you to help kill Smasher and all that. Also pretty sure that Hellman replaces him a lot too. Obviously better if Takamura is alive of course. Was definitely let down that Takamura didn't have his own personal ending where it was completely different... would of been an awesome secret ending if you ask me. Anyway that's my thoughts of the game. Overall I loved it 😁. P.S sorry that this was a lot and if you read all of this... means a lot!
To be fair, bugs are not the only thing people complains about cyberpunk2077, theres so much more, and theres even a shower of false promises. But leaving that aside, finding someone who loved the game, its interesting. Because even when something its horrible, always someone will love it, even with all the controversy, and that susprises me in a good way.
didnt johnny destroy soulkiller with his second attack on the arasaka tower? if yes, then how is arasaka able to take its relic program forward without it?
There was only really one attack by Silverhand and the Altantis Group (Rogue, etc) and that was in 2023. Alt designed it, and Arasaka stole it in 2013. Seeing as Soulkiller is a program, it existed on a mainframe. As well as Night City, Arasaka had HQ's all over the world. Soulkiller still existed on the network, hence why Saburo was able to use it on Johnny, and carry on using it.
@@GamingHarryYT Nah dude, there were two attacks, one to rescue alt and the second to blow up arasaka tower. During the second attack johnny freed alt from the arasaka subnet with the hacker girl's help. But I guess the soulkiller program was still in arasaka network, just that alt escaped to the deepnet after the second attack. Anyway thanks to your response I was able to figure things out. Cheers.
I prefer the ending with male V and panam, judy goes on and lives her life travelling america, V spends the rest of his days with his new fam and the woman he loves, with at least some semblance of hope that they may find a more long term solution. Ps there are a lot of hints in the game that there are potential treatments for Vs condition although it would take too much time to mention all here.
@@GamingHarryYT agreed, their seems like there may be something to the NC Legend ending with mr blue eyes in terms of solutions as, but yea all we can hope is that dlc will expand on any of this
Excellent video for reminding me of the plot but there is one thing I do not understand. We know that Evelyn reached out to Dex, a Fixer who has been HIDING for the past TWO YEARS because of his actions in Pacifica, which makes no sense. Why use a fixer that people don't even know is still alive? How is T-Bug involved then, and I don't mean as a fixer. It is implied in her message to Jackie that she reached out to Dex... It just strikes me as very odd.
Been a while, but I think it’s something to do with the fact that she was planning to screw Dex over. A way to minimise blowback I guess? I’m actually playing through this again in preparation for the new DLC.
@@GamingHarryYT Same, but I suspect T-Bug was contacted by Netwatch and given a way to escape the runner lifestyle. They would have a vested interest in Alt Cunningham and the Net, and they would be watching movement very carefully. So, when Voodoo Boys reach out to Evelyn, perhaps Netwatch reached out to T-Bug. I mean, surely the subnet for the hotel would've known about the flight plans for the Emperor WELL before anything because they would have to make sure the roof is clear...
Basically, when Takemura called Yorinobu from the landfill site and told him he has Saburo's 'killer', Yorinobu likely suspects that V has already told Takemura that Yorinobu is the killer. Yorinobu sends a hit squad after Takemura to A) recover the relic B) to tie up a loose end (Takemura) as he now knows too much
It's all just a bunch of underground crazyness in a frankstein city where the world isn't affected or saved from everyone wanting power. Meanwhile I did all the side missions, got a body count of 100,000 and the police try hard to kill me and there still gangs out there that they don't care to deal with. Just another day in the life of a superhero. Just an expire date to death with not a lick of recognition
Never liked the story, while loving the game tho. All time spent and all the odds evercome feels pointless, bc V dies anyway! At the end i felt sad.😐 Same with the Edgerunners series.🤔 Why they just keep killing off all CP-characters we learned to love?🤬😭 Entertainment should cheer us up! At least in my humble opinion.🙏 Thanks for the great video! 👍👍👍 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ❄️⛄⛄⛄💜
They should release the movie... anyways - anyone seen the short poster (maybe) upcoming movie of "Black Hawk down of the Dead" while in the gameplay of Johnny Silverhand??
you made the same choices i did for the final story! also, I wonder what happens to johnny and the other souls after they're integrated with alt. it seems like it's not that happy an ending for johnny. However, i have some speculation that when you "upload" your consciousness onto a computer, it just creates an AI that behaves like you. i believe that your consciousness and this AI are two separate being and once soul killer is put into you, then the original/real you actually dies. but that also means V dies in the final mission and the only person that lives on is just someone who behaves like V - a copy (which makes no difference to Judy, Panam, etc., since they can't tell the difference). Just a thought. edit: btw, thank you for this video. it's very well done.
No one ever looks at things this way but V and Johnny both died once and are both getting a 2nd chance. Without Johnny’s relic, V would’ve been game over at No Tell Motel. V is lucky af that Johnny should’ve taken over then and there but the bullet hit the Relic, messing that up. Knowing that I feel way more 50/50 now halfway through my 2nd play through. V is far more luckier than people realize, she’s a dead woman walking, basically stole Johnny’s 2nd life that rightfully belongs to him, knowing this makes the endings feel and make a whole lot more of an impact
dlc should be after the ending with panam in a new city a much smaller one so no bugs and only for ps5 and pc. Dlc to find out if V really dies or we can find a way to safe him like panam said they where planning to do
That's why i'm glad there's different endings! You have your opinion of what you think the best ending is, and you can go that route. My opinion is that I think this is the best ending for all parties, so that's the path I chose!
probably because when you're playing, the storyline isn't as concise and linear as it's being demonstrated in this video. A lot of people will do 20 things in between missions, or like myself, they'll do side gigs or jump from one side character's mission (Judy for example) to another side character's mission.
I think story telling in modern games for the past 14 years or so has been pretty horrible. Since this is a Cyberpunk video I will obviously use this to explain. I appreciate the complexity of games...I don't mind the complexity of the game play itself or puzzles. But these modern games seem to jump around a lot to a point you simply forget what you're playing for. Some of these missions and conversations seem irrelevant to the story even just playing the main missions. I the past I have chosen to play only the main missions to stay focused on the main storyline. But the game has to much stuff that doesn't seem like it is relevant. All the texts and random phone calls would have been really innovative and cool 11-12 years ago, but now it just seems annoying. When I am trying to take care of one thing I get all these requests to do this and that lol. Like I said, I am to a point where I know I'm just trying to save my life and get the chip out my head. These games now do a horrible job of keeping you engaged in the storyline. It is hard for me to explain lol.
@@GamingHarryYT yeah they also drop a lot of msg quotes and in one of the endings when your walking through the hallway half dead to put the virus in the access point it reminds me a lot of mgs4 ending where you’re crawling through the microwave to put the virus in the AI. V also sounds like snake, to me at least
@@GamingHarryYT no man sorry I didn’t mean it like that!! You sound so nice , I was just so mad because so many plot holes in this story like why did they not kill Johnny for instance . Much love
Cyberpunk music - Better than Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Cyberpunk plot - Better than Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Cyberpunk characters - Better than the characters in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Thanks for the video. I was playing the game and had no idea wtf was going tbh
Haha love it. Glad you enjoyed!
You're not alone bruh.. The ending with me helping the Chinese got me messed up
Same right now. I’m with Panam have no idea what we are doing
I wanted to finally play the game, and beat the story, but I don't really like the feel of the gameplay, and I keep deleting it. I REALLY want to beat it before Phantom Liberty comes out, but the gameplay man.
I just finished it after a long time…i stopped literally at the point of no return…i have no idea how i arrived in space
This ending feels especially good if you are playing a nomad. When you get inducted as an aldecaldo there's a special nomad dialogue option, and it feels like you really found your way home.
Ahh nice. I’ve completed on Corpo and Street Kid. Nomad is next for me to finish
Yep, always loved that when I played Nomad. Always felt so fitting that you went to Night City to get away from your old family, only to wind up with a new family 🙂
Thanks for this! It was really hard to focus on the storyline as I was too distracted by the graphics, and performance/optimisation factor!
Haha you’re welcome!
HAHAHA me too xD
That's alotta words for boobs
Lol me too m playing on an integrated graphics card couldn't focus
@@sknfer am just glad far is there
Corp is the best choice for V in th beginning if ur planning on going with Panam ending.
Think about it a person who works in a high class corporation is strip down to his power. He’s already friends with Jackie for along time so Jackie show him the way of a street person.
One day V wish to get back on top then later and become a legend , he later changes his mind when he meets the nomads and rather stay and live his life with Panam instead.
Literally the corp life takes V into all 3 of the choices all at once.
The corpo life, then city street life, the the nomad. Down grade in living but upgrade in happiness
Yeah on my second run I started with Corpo. I actually prefer it to the others. Better dialogue options seeing as the entire main story is about battling against corps
Thank you . Parts of the story confused me and you told it in just enough detail and without dragging on. Straight to the point with the necessary information.
You are the best, I didn’t know the story too well while playing. You’re a savior
Glad to help!
I would have liked the story more if it just focused on Johnny from his beginning to his rise in becoming a legend. The fact that I can’t do anything to TRULY save my V bothers me. I like the Panam ending as much as others but unfortunately V still dies in 6 months. I envy others imagination that V hopefully finds a cure as I can’t stop thinking about that death clock ticking down.
Yeah hopefully there’ll be some DLC which will open the story up a bit more!
@@GamingHarryYT I’m right there with ya!
Bro, that death clock is your clock ticking
@@unclequoque6800 my clock was ticking since act 2 started. Then I chose an ending only for the game to tell me, “Congrats on getting rid of A.I. Handsome Ja- I mean Johnny Silverhand. You’re still gonna die though in 6 months so that clock just got slowed a bit.”
@@shadetechgaming5593 if V could survive in 1 of the endings then there wouldn’t be reason to give Johnny your body unless your just some simp
My two favorite endings are the Panam ending, and the one where Johnny takes full control permanently of V's body.
My reason for liking the Panam ending is that.. yeah it's the most positive ending out of them all.
In my playthrough, V was a corpo, then a merc, and after becoming Night City's newest legend, has enough of Night City and leaves it all behind.
With 6 months to live, V and the Aldecaldos leave Night City (although they will return one day), whilst making use of their contacts whom are very competent, can try to find a way to save V's life for good.
The Johnny ending is more bittersweet, and it's more like it's what's inevitable for someone in V's situation.
Johnny Silverhand is a changed man, after spending so much time in V's head, experiencing his memories, personality and thoughts, Johnny still hates Arasaka with a burning passion, but now wants a more quiet life, playing his guitar.
And the young boy that Johnny had taken under his wing, given life advice to, teaching him how to properly play the guitar, and last of all, leaving Night City forever.
Johnny is done with all of his shenanigans, he's seen what that does to people and it was all his fault.
V gave him a second chance at life, and to that, Johnny will not waste his life on the extreme stuff anymore and leaving Night City is his first step to his new life, a second chance.
That's my interpretation of my two favorite endings anyway.
have you heard about the secret ending? imo this outweighs every other ending by miles. u and johnny raid arasaka all by yourself that is some badass shit
@@Whatamood I have heard about it, yes. It is badass that you are soloing Arasaka Tower by yourself, but it doesn't affect the epilogue, you will depending on your final decision, either get the Johnny ending or the Path to Glory ending.
It's a shame that it doesn't have an unique epilogue. But I would agree with you if it had an unique epilogue on its own.
it's implied that V dies in the Caldos ending.
All the messages you get in the credits, it's voice mails V couldn't answer cause he/she died while running some errands.
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Great video. I love the main story of Cyberpunk 2077 so much, it’s one of the best I’ve ever played.
Yeah! Real amazing storytelling!
It is copied from Altered Carbon.
@@illuminatiofficial7516 You mean Neuromancer.
@illuminatiofficial7516 you mean soma ?
One of the best CP77 story recap in RUclips
Thanks so much!
There is no happy ending...
V dies no matter what when you Jack into Mikoshi and Alt uses Soulkiller creating a Construct of V...
The V you played with is gone at that point... After that V is just a shell for the copied engram...
It's not V that will only live 6 months its his digital copy ;)
That's precisely the fundamental question of the entire game... What's the nature of Consciousness?
Materialists and Idealists have fundamentally different answers to this question, but it's quite a good Philosophical debate...
Just because it acts like you, behaves like you, looks like you and remembers everything you did, doesn't necessarily mean it's YOU...
Interestingly enough, the only ways to at least die as V is the suicide ending or the Secret Ending where you go alone to Arasaka Tower and die...
Think about it like this. Obviously there's some sort of external force in the game. Since the Tarot cards you can get read to you by Misty actually predict the future. And there's many references to Buddhism and rebirth in the game. So putting all that together you could say if a soul exists in the world of Cyberpunk that it would be possible to transfer your consciousness and it still be you. Another hint is the fact that your POV doesn't change when you enter and exit Mikoshi.
Kinda like soma
@angeltonny1746 I agree. it's hard to parse what the game truly thinks on that matter. in the full corpo ending, if you accept the help of arasaka to the max, the end cuta to black. I lean towards the soul existing, since creating the Ingram always, ALWAYS kills the original. no exception. even in ideal conditions, as is the arasaka ending.
I was male V, romanced Panam and left with her and the Aldecaldos. It was definitely an awesome and touching ending. Definitely one of those games which will take me time to get over, the whole journey we went through. I love before they leave for the border, how Panam, says, that she has a lot of contacts where their heading who can help V. She is the best and most supportive, caring and loveable character. I have one question though, if you are female V and romance Judy, where is Judy in the end? I mean you did say she comes with you, but they don't show her in the end? Because the ending you showed was the same one I got when it was male V.
I feel ya. I had to spend a couple of days away from the game to get my head around it! Great storytelling. In regards to your question, Judy is talking to you in the basilisk, but I feel it would've been better for story continuity if Judy joined you on top of the basilisk at the end. But then again, V and Panam basically became best friends by the end. Seemed maybe like it was an oversight by the dev's
@@GamingHarryYT @Gaming Harry totally agree with you. I mean I love the fact that Panam is with us in the end, as I said she is the best and most supportive character you can ever be with. Also now that I think of it, V and Panam had synced in before in the Basilisk, so probably that's another reason why they rode together 🤷♂️. Honestly I want them to make a dlc which focuses on Panam's story. Like when she was first part of the Aldecaldos, then left them before meeting V. Something like a background story of hers. Btw thanks for answering the question 😊
Look at the ending again when you have Panam
When Judy pop up you see she record a message while you was doing something
Plus she pop ups before the ending cutscene too
yup leaving with the Nomads is the best ending@@Itzkwann
I know I'm late to the party with this game but thanks man. Couldn't quite keep track of what was going on in the first few hours.
I've done the Nomad Ending twice, and the Rogue ending once....now I am trying to do the Secret ending where you go it alone. Nomad ending always feels most satisfying to me.
Panam also mentions they may know someone who can help. Like a transplanted organ being rejected, i think it could be something doable in the lore of Cyberpunk to have someone be able to help fix V in that ending. Like maybe having the chip be modded so Vs engram copy restores Vs body, lot of other possibilities, i like how its more ambiguous.
I also like the endings where Johnny takes over, in a way, V gets to live on while merging with Alt. Johnny is leaving town, and can potentially do a lot of good for the world with his second chance at life. I prefer the panam ending but the other is a nice option as well.
I thought there was no main story. Like good game play and graphics are important but I can't play a game without knowing who I am killing and why. I want to see character progression.
Wait so even when u escape NC with Panam and Judy, V only has 6 months to live?
Yeah. I like to think that she survives somehow though. Says at the end that Vik gave V some pills that seem to be helping so there is hope! Haha
@@GamingHarryYT Yeah, I hope so to. I really like the ending where u escape NC with Panam. Imma just believe those pills work wonders.
If you follow the tarot reading, V finds the ways somehow in this ending. The layout is very positive and Misty is always accurate (Jackie’s engram emphasizes that in the end).
Its good life to live, short but good...
I see that i got about half way through it. Thanks for the summary, now don't have to finish it myself.
Anyone here after David sacrifice
I feel the arasaka ending makes the most sense. It's the main ending and the most neutral one. You live through hell but you can either choose to live as a shell or live the rest of your life and not waste it. In my opinion that is probably the way Johnny would go, spending the rest of his life the best he can, the way he wants. Although it's not overly happy, it is the most pleasant one in my opinion as you escape the hell you were stuck in and are following Johnny's message. Also makes sense as to why you can still play after you finish the story. I do not understand tearing off the necklace. I'm not sure if that necklace is a symbol for something as if it is, the ending can be perceived completely differently.
I like when games have multiple endings. That way, you can achieve what feels most natural to you.
The necklace is the symbolic conduit between our world and mikoshi.
Thank u for this ! I have waited for someone to do something like this
You're welcome!
This made me realize I played through about 90% of the story without knowing wtf is going on
i dont even care about spoilers tbh, I've had the game since launch and I never understood the story. it frustrated me so much that I have never completed the game and just decided to restart to hopefully gain an understanding but for some reason, I never really understood what the game is truly about and it took a lot of enjoyment from my experience. this video was very helpful and I might soon get back into the game.
it's funny, the whole moral lesson of the game is... stay in school, kids. dying sucks, don't throw your life away
The story isn't bad but it's so hard to follow with phonecall after phonecall from so many people. It just becomes so confusing. I had only just met Panam on my playthrough so it was strange to even find out she had an important role in the ending - maybe I needed to do more side missions, but they were such a grind I gave up. I also felt once you had semi-decent guns the game was so easy you didn't need to even worry about builds, crafting, specs etc - you could fly through the main story. I feel maybe they overdid the RPG elements since it didnt feel like the character or build made much difference. Maybe streamlined like BL2 would have been better. I finished the game level 22. So many missions had bugs and issues with me, plus bugs from day 1 are even there as to this day. The AI has to be the worst in a AAA open world game surely too. Gunplay was meh, got so tired of the fighting on some missions you could just run, slide and heal to the checkpoints to escape, the fights were just boring filler at times. Great potential not fully realised.
I agree. I've not played it really since I made this video. I know they released another patch for it today, but in my opinion the game won't be in an enjoyable state until around december this year
Yeah I am in school and work full time. When I was a kid or teenager I could do side missions and stuff. Now I just want the main story.
REALLY great video dude thank you and well done on the editing
Shame this game got overshadowed by its glitches.
It still has plenty graphical glitches now but it's much better.
It also has some of my favorite characters and a good story too.
Great vid :)
No wonder I didn't get the plot
It's a goose chase but in reverse but in the past.
Basically, once you know all the characters and motives at the end of the game,
and go backwards
it all clicks...
sortof
thanks for this. stlll hopeing for a movie for all this! other than the one we've already been blessed with i.e. edgerunner) hey, maybe a mini series like the netflix one. Specially this being my first soiree into anime. I am hopving for more, i guess...
i dont think there is a "good ending". no matter what u do, u will end up beeing an engram of v. althought there is no difference between you and your engram and v himself says he/she did not even feel any difference after becoming an engram, u are not the same thing. (u and your engram can theoretically exist at the same time). that is pretty dark ... thats why hellman says earlier in the game that u cant be helped. his deterministic view of this topic was of philosophic nature, rather than scientific.
Ahh yeah interesting take. Love it. I’d like to think that V’s consciousness is exactly the same as it was before and that SOMEHOW, V found a way to survive past the 6 months. Hopefully some later DLC will shed some more light.
play SOMA, a game from 2015. similar on this way. depressing that one
I hope a dlc to continue the story comes out out really don't like the ending
Yeah I hope so too!
I played the game 100% everything including the endings (and I'm still playing, love this game too much). I did understand the storyline, etc. but, I was a little confused when V got killed and then the relic damaging him, like I got what was going on of course but with some misunderstanding I guess... thanks to your video I get it 100%, thanks! subbed btw!
Glad the video helped! And welcome to the channel!
4:55 If only Jackie left the biochip in his own neural port before he died. The story would've played out very differently... probably.
I always found the ending where you give Johnny your body the best, it's guaranteed that the body will live, and that as a Nomad, your chooms come before you.
imma honest my guy i clicked on your video because i was bored but these videos are entertaining
Hey what's the music at the end? Good video by the way.
I hope cd projekt red makes dlc for this game. I need to know what happens to V and Panam.
Me too! It made me emotionally unbalanced for a couple of days afterwards hahaha
Since PL has came out, can wait to see Lore and Order of Cyberpunk 2077 again.
Kind of my play through. I just finished. I treated Johnny like a tumor that needed to be removed and nothing more only to end up like a construct myself. Ironic.
I think Don't Fear the Reaper ending is the best outcome, aside from being absolutely badass. Nobody died and we toppled Arasaka's rule. If you choose nomad ending, many nomads and Saul will die. If you choose silverhand ending, Rogue will die. If you choose Arasaka then you are literally giving your own soul. The only way to get it right is to take things in your own hands. Harems can wait.
So after fully completing Cyberpunk 2077 I thought I would give my thoughts on the game. This is probably going to have lot's of spoilers!
Honestly, I really enjoyed this game so much and it's definitely my favourite game of all time that is for sure. Yes it had a lot of bugs but when you put them aside it's such a phenomenal game. I never really like to criticise a game off of bugs though because it isn't the bugs that make a game, it's the journey the game takes you on and the attachment you get from the characters/story.
When I first started playing I was so confused but I guess that is to be expected because you're basically thrown into a world that is set so many years into the future. I was definitely nervous that I would never understand the game but it's just one of those games where you have to playthrough it to understand, just like most games of course. So for anyone struggling to understand the game, you'll get there.
I find it interesting that the game kind of encourages you to play both genders because of the characters having different feelings to the different sex as well as different dialogues based off of which sex you decide to go with. I would definitely recommend playing both genders considering there's more than one life path to go with anyway.
My favourite character is 100% Panam for so many different reasons... I loved that Panam was a ride or die character. Like she never gave a shit what people thought of her actions, she just went with her gut. Like I feel like her Clan (The Aldecaldos) did sit back a lot of the time, especially when it came to saving Saul which is basically the leader of their Clan. Panam was all in for getting him back without a doubt. She just got shit done. I always found it sweet that when she would call you for help it was because she actually really enjoyed your company and you were starting to grow on her. She's such a dead funny character as well like she's really the only character which had me laughing a couple of times with her reactions to certain situations and all. She had such an awesome personality too. Like I don't know if anyone has played Life is Strange or not but she reminded me a lot of Chkie Price. You literally also have sex with her in a tank, like... A TANK. Her questline was the most enjoyable as well out of all of them if you ask me. Also, I found it cute af how much her ride meant to her... like her reaction when she got her car back was so cute! Her ending was most certainly the best one to me. Taking the Basilisk into battle infiltrating Arasaka Tower to get the chip removed with Panam was so badass. Especially knowing the memories they've had in that tank too. Even fighting Smasher with Panam right by your side just felt so badass (thank god he didn't kill her). I know it is biased saying she had the best ending because she is my favourite character but it's genuinely true. Like it's literally the only ending that seems like a good ending to me. So you end up leaving Night City with her and the rest of the Aldelcados which makes sense after all the shit that city has put them through then as you're leaving in the tank you end up stepping out and just looking into the distance with Panam sat right next to you on the Basilisk. Such a sweet ending.
If I was to put the endings in a list of best to worse as far as my opinion goes it would most likely go... Panam, Alone, Rogue, Takamura, Hanako. So overall to explain why. Yes I guess technically the Alone one probably works out the best for a lot of people because no one that we cared about dies as well as having a nice ending at the very end, but I feel like personally I would go with Panam mainly because it also felt the most badass. Also she was my favourite character of course. Rogue coming up at third mainly because she unfortunately dies in it so that just makes the ending suck a little although it does feel very satisfying killing Smasher as Johnny considering Smasher killed Johnny. For the final two Takamura and Hanako's endings... they're basically the same ending but Takamura is in one of them which is a bit of a let down if you ask me. Like I think if you were unable to save Takamura he just won't be there with you to help kill Smasher and all that. Also pretty sure that Hellman replaces him a lot too. Obviously better if Takamura is alive of course. Was definitely let down that Takamura didn't have his own personal ending where it was completely different... would of been an awesome secret ending if you ask me.
Anyway that's my thoughts of the game. Overall I loved it 😁.
P.S sorry that this was a lot and if you read all of this... means a lot!
Enjoyed reading your comment! Thanks! I loved this storyline. Can't wait for DLC
Thank you so much!
Ain’t nobody got time for that essay
To be fair, bugs are not the only thing people complains about cyberpunk2077, theres so much more, and theres even a shower of false promises.
But leaving that aside, finding someone who loved the game, its interesting. Because even when something its horrible, always someone will love it, even with all the controversy, and that susprises me in a good way.
didnt johnny destroy soulkiller with his second attack on the arasaka tower? if yes, then how is arasaka able to take its relic program forward without it?
There was only really one attack by Silverhand and the Altantis Group (Rogue, etc) and that was in 2023. Alt designed it, and Arasaka stole it in 2013. Seeing as Soulkiller is a program, it existed on a mainframe. As well as Night City, Arasaka had HQ's all over the world. Soulkiller still existed on the network, hence why Saburo was able to use it on Johnny, and carry on using it.
@@GamingHarryYT Nah dude, there were two attacks, one to rescue alt and the second to blow up arasaka tower. During the second attack johnny freed alt from the arasaka subnet with the hacker girl's help. But I guess the soulkiller program was still in arasaka network, just that alt escaped to the deepnet after the second attack. Anyway thanks to your response I was able to figure things out. Cheers.
Thanks for the breakdown!
I prefer the ending with male V and panam, judy goes on and lives her life travelling america, V spends the rest of his days with his new fam and the woman he loves, with at least some semblance of hope that they may find a more long term solution. Ps there are a lot of hints in the game that there are potential treatments for Vs condition although it would take too much time to mention all here.
Yeah, I'm hoping DLC expands on this somehow
@@GamingHarryYT agreed, their seems like there may be something to the NC Legend ending with mr blue eyes in terms of solutions as, but yea all we can hope is that dlc will expand on any of this
amazing recap!
Thanks for watching! Have an awesome New Year!
Excellent video for reminding me of the plot but there is one thing I do not understand. We know that Evelyn reached out to Dex, a Fixer who has been HIDING for the past TWO YEARS because of his actions in Pacifica, which makes no sense. Why use a fixer that people don't even know is still alive?
How is T-Bug involved then, and I don't mean as a fixer. It is implied in her message to Jackie that she reached out to Dex... It just strikes me as very odd.
Been a while, but I think it’s something to do with the fact that she was planning to screw Dex over. A way to minimise blowback I guess? I’m actually playing through this again in preparation for the new DLC.
@@GamingHarryYT Same, but I suspect T-Bug was contacted by Netwatch and given a way to escape the runner lifestyle. They would have a vested interest in Alt Cunningham and the Net, and they would be watching movement very carefully. So, when Voodoo Boys reach out to Evelyn, perhaps Netwatch reached out to T-Bug.
I mean, surely the subnet for the hotel would've known about the flight plans for the Emperor WELL before anything because they would have to make sure the roof is clear...
In this game you get Keanu Reeves as your virtual friend.
That's awesome.
You don't need Judy, you just need panam and the aldecados to get the good ending.
was takemura set up by yorinobu? i never understood why those bandits attacked you and goro after he picks V up at the dumpsite and kills dex
Basically, when Takemura called Yorinobu from the landfill site and told him he has Saburo's 'killer', Yorinobu likely suspects that V has already told Takemura that Yorinobu is the killer. Yorinobu sends a hit squad after Takemura to A) recover the relic B) to tie up a loose end (Takemura) as he now knows too much
@@GamingHarryYT ahh so that's what went down. does make sense now. thanks for the explanation man
@@ceaserjuarez2304 no worries. I made a video about this today haha
It's all just a bunch of underground crazyness
in a frankstein city
where the world isn't affected or saved from everyone wanting power.
Meanwhile I did all the side missions,
got a body count of 100,000
and the police try hard to kill me and there still gangs out there that they don't care to deal with.
Just another day in the life of a superhero.
Just an expire date to death with not a lick of recognition
Goddamn that's a good story. Made me depressed since I worked hard for V to be a badass respected person. All for nothing almost
Ah, now I get it
Great summarize! Enjoyed watching this after I took the "not live" route
Thanks for checking it out!
got this ending by the first play of cp2077 i did not watch yt to get the end i just did not understand that was the best ending cool :D
Good work!
Just finished Act 1 and found its hard to follow the story with everything going on. I stopped at the part I hadnt done yet. Thanks for the video!
So with the DNA reconfiguration that the relic does to V’s body, if Johnny takes the body would it eventually “grow” into his old one?
I guess in terms of conciousness, yeah. But the body would still be V's in terms of appearance and voice
*V Has to do battle with Sandayu Oda* AKA most badass part of the game
I haven't even finished yet but need to watch this cos I skip all the dialog and chit chat so have no clue what the hell is going on lol
Haha a lot of people have that problem!
Never liked the story, while loving the game tho. All time spent and all the odds evercome feels pointless, bc V dies anyway! At the end i felt sad.😐
Same with the Edgerunners series.🤔 Why they just keep killing off all CP-characters we learned to love?🤬😭
Entertainment should cheer us up!
At least in my humble opinion.🙏
Thanks for the great video!
👍👍👍 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ❄️⛄⛄⛄💜
to summerize : There is no story in cyberpunk 2077
It's cool to think that we're all older than these ppl yet their ten times cooler than us
i sadly dont enjoy the gameplay of cyberpunkt.
Thx to your video i dont feel i missed out on the exeience. thanx buddy!
They should release the movie... anyways - anyone seen the short poster (maybe) upcoming movie of "Black Hawk down of the Dead" while in the gameplay of Johnny Silverhand??
Bro exact thing happened to my buddy Eric
you made the same choices i did for the final story! also, I wonder what happens to johnny and the other souls after they're integrated with alt. it seems like it's not that happy an ending for johnny. However, i have some speculation that when you "upload" your consciousness onto a computer, it just creates an AI that behaves like you. i believe that your consciousness and this AI are two separate being and once soul killer is put into you, then the original/real you actually dies. but that also means V dies in the final mission and the only person that lives on is just someone who behaves like V - a copy (which makes no difference to Judy, Panam, etc., since they can't tell the difference). Just a thought. edit: btw, thank you for this video. it's very well done.
Glad you enjoyed! 😀
Honestly, I didn't feel like any of the endings were the "good ending".
No one ever looks at things this way but V and Johnny both died once and are both getting a 2nd chance. Without Johnny’s relic, V would’ve been game over at No Tell Motel. V is lucky af that Johnny should’ve taken over then and there but the bullet hit the Relic, messing that up. Knowing that I feel way more 50/50 now halfway through my 2nd play through. V is far more luckier than people realize, she’s a dead woman walking, basically stole Johnny’s 2nd life that rightfully belongs to him, knowing this makes the endings feel and make a whole lot more of an impact
The good and Canon ending is dying as a night city legend! What u talking about this is a princess snowflake ending
Wish they didn’t fuck the game so bad I felt the need to watch the damn story. Looks good
I accidentally killed myself and I thought I was choosing not to kill myself
06:34 "it chip back to retin going V dead for a bit" ..... WHAT ?! what was that mumble, sorry couldn't understand it at all xD
Best endings imo are the Panam and Afterlife Merc ending
dlc should be after the ending with panam in a new city a much smaller one so no bugs and only for ps5 and pc. Dlc to find out if V really dies or we can find a way to safe him like panam said they where planning to do
Thank you! I was so lost haha
Haha glad to help!
this isnt the best, V wasnt happy and he only have 6 months, of pain
That's why i'm glad there's different endings! You have your opinion of what you think the best ending is, and you can go that route. My opinion is that I think this is the best ending for all parties, so that's the path I chose!
Again a great video! Please do more ! I would like to see Outlast 2 :)
Outlast 2 has been planned!
@@GamingHarryYT yeaaasss 😁
Why the fck the story is given so complicated to the players? It's so simple and straightforward in this video...
probably because when you're playing, the storyline isn't as concise and linear as it's being demonstrated in this video. A lot of people will do 20 things in between missions, or like myself, they'll do side gigs or jump from one side character's mission (Judy for example) to another side character's mission.
Is there an English version of this video? Barely understand this brit.
i need an explanation for the explanation like i got it but it feel like a mix of stories mashed by extreme force to be one story
Path of Glory ending is the best IMO
Is 3090 okay to run
i cant watch the rest, i need to finish the story
What made you make this video?
Too much spare time 🤣
I think story telling in modern games for the past 14 years or so has been pretty horrible. Since this is a Cyberpunk video I will obviously use this to explain. I appreciate the complexity of games...I don't mind the complexity of the game play itself or puzzles. But these modern games seem to jump around a lot to a point you simply forget what you're playing for. Some of these missions and conversations seem irrelevant to the story even just playing the main missions. I the past I have chosen to play only the main missions to stay focused on the main storyline. But the game has to much stuff that doesn't seem like it is relevant. All the texts and random phone calls would have been really innovative and cool 11-12 years ago, but now it just seems annoying. When I am trying to take care of one thing I get all these requests to do this and that lol. Like I said, I am to a point where I know I'm just trying to save my life and get the chip out my head. These games now do a horrible job of keeping you engaged in the storyline. It is hard for me to explain lol.
All this computer crap just going to stay with red dead
Haha fair enough!
Is it just me or is there a lot of metal gear solid vibes in this game
Some of MGS is quite futuristic so yeah, I see what you mean!
@@GamingHarryYT yeah they also drop a lot of msg quotes and in one of the endings when your walking through the hallway half dead to put the virus in the access point it reminds me a lot of mgs4 ending where you’re crawling through the microwave to put the virus in the AI. V also sounds like snake, to me at least
Can you get all of johnny's stuff and still have the best ending with Judy?
I’m not actually sure!
You can.
7:10 blue pill or red pill
That's not on the nose at all 😅
I choose a 3rd, sniffs
great video
Thanks!
Next year, Some rockstar is going to bomb Google headquarters...
Story is stupidly slow, Thats what I felt anyway
Thank you Idk why they cant make story line obvious in video games. I'm not watching inception or tenet damn.
Haha quite complicated unless you know the back story!
ummmmm this is nothing even close to what the story is for me
nice job spoiling the end in the first 20 seconds !
Why are you watching a story explained video if you don’t want spoilers? 🤷♂️
to get with julie you have to be female tho
BRO, EXPLANATION DOES NOT MEAN TELLING THE STORY!!
Lmao. This was my first story explanation video. Hence why it’s crap 😂 I have a newer, and better one. I’m gonna unlist this one
@@GamingHarryYT no man sorry I didn’t mean it like that!! You sound so nice , I was just so mad because so many plot holes in this story like why did they not kill Johnny for instance . Much love
Cyberpunk music - Better than Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Cyberpunk plot - Better than Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Cyberpunk characters - Better than the characters in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
3:19
I want to like this game but the characters and story are so boring