Honestly the darkest part about all of these endings is the fact that everyone talks as if they don’t know that you’re dead or what you went through...
Vik N misty, the others are optional, these people get hurt weather you do their side missions or not, I would hate to be Vik n feel powerless Bc he literally watched V grow up if you go play street kid
@@ostrry1 the gameplay itself is better in rdr2, but the plot... damn, I cried from the ending, especially if you pass the game at 100%, you get too used to these sets of pixels.
@Globaros yeah. I love tragic endings to be honest. Having seen all of the CP2077 endings, I think the Arasaka one is my favorite, just because of how memorable it is.
@@glowerworm True, they don't really save themselves in the end. But, almost the entirety of the story revolved around them _trying_ to save themselves, which still conveys the main theme of the genre.
And yet...we can't, because we can't go ask for a clone to install Vs engram onto, to save both our life and the one we got entangled with. This game sucks so hard near the end, you can make clones and download yourself into them in the games lore, but you NEVER get to ask about it, despite there being several quests that outright say that you can clone yourself and live on that way. There's no reason why V should be dead in any endings after all I've learned, bad writing expects us not to question coincidences like alt cuntinham not holding up her end of the deal by only wanting johnny to survive in Vs body.
@@notjimpickens7928 I'm so confused by this comment. First of all, cloning into a body is a very bad idea. There's clearly something horribly wrong with engrams-they don't quite match the person they copied. They're snapshots of a personality, so who's to say if they can even grow or develop after being created. If you don't send Jackies body to Mama Welles, and then do the Devil ending, you'll see (one of many examples of choices mattering greatly in this game, even though some people like to say choices don't matter for whatever reason). Secondly, the only "cloning" to have occurred in the game is Johnny and a particular extremely rich person in The Devil ending (I'll avoid saying their name to avoid spoiling for anyone else reading this). Why would some rando merc get the privilege of being cloned to a body for free? And that's not even covering compatibility. Perhaps not every body is compatible with every mind. Thirdly, if you do The Devil ending, *V is literally given the exact choice you're demanding be given to you* , and if you wish, you can make that choice, so I'm not sure why you're so upset about an option being missing when it's literally not missing. Fourthly, this is a Cyberpunk story, and it is set in Night City. A happy ending is entirely contrary to both the genre and the setting. It would be genuinely stupid to include a happy ending in this setting, not only because that lessens the impact of any message the dystopian setting is meant to convey to the audience, but also because it would make all the other endings worse by default, since they're clearly inferior to a perfect happy ending.
@@blackdot4535 it was the first option I picked just for lols cos’ I figured it may have been the joke ending like many games have. Nope... V just gives up and everyone’s left broken. I was pretty devastated - I felt like I betrayed everyone, especially Judy.
@@SaberRexZealot yeah... in a way you did.... or at least I did. When I picked that option I didn’t even think about them I was just deciding that it wasn’t worth killing others just so V can live. Little did I forget V had friends who would’ve fought to the last blood for him/her. Now they are just sadden by the fact their friend is dead and didn’t ask for help
That's what I think people who dismiss it are missing from the game. It does characters great. I remember all their names after one playthrough. Can't say the same for games like Ubisoft ones.
@@LouSassol69er not traahing the game bit I wish it did everything else as well as characters. Because ending with "leaving NC" got me fucking crying. Especially from Judy (played as female V)
He really had to hit us with that.....but that means that johnny takes over since he isnt getting shredded and V returns in THE CONSTRUCT what if we get a dlc to bring back V to life the dlc would be about finding a compatible body for V to take over to and HELLMAN rewrites the orignal relic with V's engram on it and using that we bring back V
@@thewintersoldier8387 sorry man its just a plain theory of mine everyone got one everyone have different theories sorry if that didnt sound sensible....
@@kappaladi4229 Agreed, i love the themes that teaches that even though we're losing ourselves and becoming someone else we still keep fighting no matter what and that's just one of the themes of the game
@@CharlieSheensTigerBlood not really, I romanced Panam and went with the nomads, I don’t feel like what I did didn’t matter, besides the obvious fact they removed lots of RPG elements bat that’s not here or there. In the nomad ending it’s implied they’re going to look for someone to help V, and if he can’t be helped he at least spends the last bits of his life with a family.
The ending of Cyberpunk left me speechless, it left a void in me, something that I cannot explain. The music, the credits, the voicemails…this game teaches you a great lesson.
@@misteromega5354 ultimately live your life even if it's shit or bad BCS you are living and when you die that is it V really hit this home when it was all said and done that is it all the endings except the panam ending with aldacaldos was sad
In a few years, no one will care about the bugs; they’ll remember Judy, Panam, Johnny, Kerry, Jackie, Evelyn, Vik, Misty, Goro, Rogue, Saul... I know it’s a meme at this point but Cyberpunk really was all about the friends you made along the way. It’s one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever experienced and was exactly what I needed to cope with the stress and pain of the last year.
I really do hope it turns out that way. Most of the threads relating to cyberpunk I've read over the last 8 months have been insanely negative. However, out of the hundreds of games that I've played over the years, this is my favorite one. I hope that one day more people see it like I do.
The ending where you wake up with the biochip removed in space, when I saw jackie, my jaw dropped, and once I walked up to him, I just got scared, grabbed me and nearly got that "biochip" in. Dreams in space hella different
I love the prospect of the endings to Cyberpunk. You’re not the main character. You’re not immortal. You can’t escape death. To Night City you’re just another one. Another citizen who lives and dies as the rest. You matter to those you know, but outside of that you don’t. You’ll be forgotten. Just like the rest of them.
I love that feeling in videos games when it does it right. The feeling of not being the well known hero or the savior of humanity but feeling like another citizen or npc you see on the street. It adds so much to the world and makes it feel even bigger.
Comment makes no sense when you actually look at what happens in the game You achieve immortality in half the endings and in some others you live on as a Night City legend
@@MentalParadox half? Did you play the game? You only achieve immortality if you sell your soul to Arasaka or let Johnny keep your body. And even that is described as a fate worse than death. In a majority of the endings V dies either immediately or in 6 months. In the other two they’re cast into a virtual prison to spend the rest of time in. Living on as an NC legend happens in one singular ending, and that only happened because of what Johnny did, not you. That ending also ends with implying V’s immediate death. Play the game or at least pay attention to it before you spout BS and act like the smartest man in the world.
@@KnellMortem Okay buddy, I'll bite. Even though I'm probably wasting my time. "Half? Did you play the game?" More hours than you, that I can assure you. "You only achieve immortality if you sell your soul to Arasaka or let Johnny keep your body. And even that is described as a fate worse than death." "Sell your soul" is very much a loaded term and it betrays your bias against the Mikoshi program, or any transhumanist scheme to extend life. I'm a lifelong transhumanist, I do not share your beliefs. "And even that is described as a fate worse than death." Yes, by those that believe that claim to be true. The usual collection of technophobes, science deniers and their ilk. You forget, this is said by CHARACTERS, fallible characters with opinions. Theirs are not more important than yours or mine. They can be wrong. "In a majority of the endings V dies either immediately or in 6 months." Yes, those are the ones I am not talking about. You are still notorious in those, by the way, even if you do die. "In the other two they’re cast into a virtual prison to spend the rest of time in." Again with the dishonest framing and word games. I see through you. You call it a ""prison"", I call it a waiting room until the technology exists to revive you in a cloned or wholly bioprinted body. Also by saying "the rest of time" you are suggesting you'll never be released, which is another unfounded claim, and flies directly in the face of the whole point of the Mikoshi program. The point is, to temporarily back up your mind so you can be revived in the future. Why the heck do you think rich people were voluntarily signing up to the program, if it is, as you claim, a "prison"? So again, your biases, or those of the characters you've so carefully cherry-picked to match your own biases, are not evidence. "Living on as an NC legend happens in one singular ending, and that only happened because of what Johnny did, not you." And no one will ever know the difference. "Play the game or at least pay attention to it before you spout BS and act like the smartest man in the world." You just can't stand someone can have a different perspective on the world than you do, so you misrepresent my perspective as "acting like the smartest man in the world". Keep barking, pup. Your bark is worse than your bite.
@@MentalParadox I have more important shit to do than analyze a game for two months to retort a RUclips comment, so you win. Congratulations. I ain’t Arumaru, I’m not here to waste my life away in a comment section. Though I do agree, writing that message was a waste of time. I did read it, but my views have not changed and you got worked up over nothing. If you do want me to argue, all I have to say is you’re calling me biased, but in your reply you put in your own biases, while I only used objective statements said in the game. Can’t wait to see your 5-page essay response to that in two months.
That’s why I loved this games ending it didn’t hit you with the cliche oh the main character lives and saves the day it hits you in the chest hard with reality and I feel like that’s why I loved it sm despite how sad it is
Always have been, but That's the precious thing about life, no matter how depressive it is, we can always put happiness first and put out that depressive fire.
You arent some immortal chosen one superhero in this game. Your just a regular guy dealing with the shit life puts you through sometimes. Having a terminal condition with little time left to live, friends coming into and leaving your life, finding love, dealing with enemies, helping other people, trying your hardest to help yourself. It may all be pointless in the end. But, in a way, so is everyone’s life. Nobody can hold off death forever. But that unattainable end goal isnt the point of life. Its about the experiences you have, the people you love, and the impact you can make on others. Life is about the journey, not the destination
I feel u bro, its why i love cyberpunk so much...i have remade a lot of classic cyberpunk songs, like isometric air adding female vocals to it, I am a cyberpunk musician and have a lot of chill cyberpunk music as well as my own rock songs inspired by Kerry boat song. If ur interested check it out ik if u guys liked this video ull like it 2.
SPOLIERS . . . . . . The most hard hitting for me was doing Panam ending and leaving the body for Johnny. I realized that he really cared for V; I've actually cried when he visited his grave and left the necklace. And you've got to know, I've never cried on a game or a movie before. Just seeing that the arrogant, selfish asshole which is Silverhand, actually changed. And then Panam being angry at Johnny for letting V die was another time I cried. Another ending which made me cry was the suicide ending, damn, the voicemail messages from Viktor, Panam and especially Judy really got my eyes bowling out. What a great story.
life is depressing, one day it might seem like everything is going great but the next day it could be straight up shit, life is strange enjoy the few mere merroirs of happiness you have because one day you truly will feel... empty. Happiness only takes you away from the pain for one brief second and then later you may realize what is the point of all of this, I don't know my friend I don't know
"Cyberpunk is not an aspiration, it's a warning" -Mike Pondsmith Creator of Cyberpunk Pen and Paper Game. Quote is not 100% word for word accurate but he definitely said something along those lines.
I feel u bro, its why i love cyberpunk so much...i have remade a lot of classic cyberpunk songs, like isometric air adding female vocals to it, I am a cyberpunk musician and have a lot of chill cyberpunk music as well as my own rock songs inspired by Kerry boat song. If ur interested check it out ik if u guys liked this video ull like it 2.
Viktor: No, there's no fuckin' point. i mean, he/she... Misty: Do it. You'll see... it'll help. Viktor: So, V. How's the real afterlife lookin'?. It as nice as they say? Viktor:Cause down here, it's still shit. Hell, might even be worse than before. Viktor: Just wish i had done more... so things migh've come out different. Misty: Positive energy, victor! Viktor: I- we're gonna miss you, kid. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judy: Hey, V... I was thinking about you the other day and i thought i'd just, well... give you a call. Judy: I know it's pointless, but... once upon a time people were talking to graves and nobody batted an eyelid, right ? Judy: When i said i was thinking about you, i meant A LOT. 'Bout everything you did. Judy: And...i guess... i get it- why you wanted to leave this place once and for all. Judy:But still, V... pheww... Did you even think about, y'know-what happens when- Judy:I.... Shit, i can't do this... So much emotion in this one ._.
@@TylerMcShane this is the suicide ending. when picking one of the nornal choices on the rooftop a extra dialog pops up saying "why don't we just end it here" and you get to throw away the pills instead.
U just need to complete panams side missions and she will help u and call Judy in the end and after the ending Judy , u and panam and nomads will leave night city together
Yeah I know but my first ending was not so good... And then I did the better ending, I love that btw. To see you, panam und judy escaping and start a new life
Played through most of the endings and I sat through this track each time. With the VMs, especially those from a specific someone, just added that extra gut punch.
"Before samurai committed seppuku,they wrote jinsei. A death poem. It contained their final thoughts.About life.About death. I have read many of them of late. Some are truly works of beauty. Yet,i am not a samurai,so i bid you farewell with simple words. Rot in hell, kuso-ama."
yep man like the ending with Johnny living in V's body forever and V sacrificing himself...the characters don't know its not V anymore except Panam...so heartbreaking !
Fuckin saaaaame. The Temperance ending ones especially. Panam’s broken hearted rage and Mama Welles wanting V to come to a dinner dedicated to Jackie, knowing damn well he can never show up kills me
Yeah, that made me think a little bit. Let's assume the nomad ending is the canon ending (seems to be the most realistic one). What if V thought, "I can't sacrifice all these lives just so I can have a chance of surviving. There's simply no guarantee. I wouldn't be able to live with these thoughts gnawing in the back of my mind." And after all, V presumably only lives 6 months if he/she decides to return. And the thing is, V already died entering Mikoshi because of Soulkiller. So it'd just be the engram that gets put back into the brain. Seriously, this game messed with me hard.
@@VioIetteMolotov basically Soulkiller doesn't really let people live forever, right? It only copies their neural network or whatever and kills them. The "OG" person is gone, if I understand correctly. Only an AI/Engram that behaves exactly like the person still exists.
@C U Next Tuesday yeah thats what i gathered. Kinda sad for all parties involved, just the engram will know. Everyone else will think it's the same person as before.
I thought most of the endings were happy. They're not perfect, there's a difference. Nothing will ever be perfect - that is life. That doesn't mean that there isn't happiness to be found.
I never cried so hard during a credits scene/video game ending in my life. Right after my first playthrough i was crying for a good hour. The creators of Cyberpunk 2077 have no idea what an phenomenal game they made, they wrote the characters in such an amazing and memorable way that made me actually get really attached to them. I got the sun ending first but i tried the suicide ending afterwards and the voicemails made me cry even more. This music may be beautiful and all but now it just makes me wanna cry all over again.
This game hit a bit too close to home for me. The concept of being "lost in time" and fading away into nothingness without leaving a mark on the world behind you. To be forgotten. To truly die. When I completed the game the first time, its the first time in my gaming history where I truly just sat there in awe and didn't know what to say or do. I just had the somber end credits music and my own thoughts and feelings to take care of. That I was reminded of the fact that I am to one day die, and the utter fear and desperation to not be forgotten. This desperation is dangerous and leads to many doing horrible shit just to be remembered. On the second playthrough, knowing the end, I didn't form any bonds, only held relationships on a surface level, and never pursued any love interests, because I wanted that character to reflect myself and how I would react in V's shoes. I would be terrified to form bonds with people because I know I will die, and that they will only get hurt by my passing. Cyberpunk gets a lot of shit, mostly deserved, but one thing that I can truly give them cred for is the story. Maybe if you nitpick, the story is bad. But the overall story and the concept are fucking amazing. Some low life getting a countdown to his/her inevitable demise and the utter desperation to become someone takes over. They do horrible shit, kill multiple people in their selfish pursuit to survive, and not be forgotten. Only to be left with the choice of killing your soulmate (quite literally) to live another 6 months or kill yourself (death comes either way so why wait?) and let your soul mate take over and maybe continue your legacy in your place? Cyberpunk for me was nothing short of a spiritual and self-reflecting journey through my own mind and psyche, my morals and ethics, and my view on the world and my own life. Thank you, whoever reads this.
@@juevosconmiscajones666 good to hear. i played it on a laptop with a gtx 880m 8gb and the gpu was my bottleneck so i had to play with lowest settings 900p with 75% upscaling. but even on launch day patch i didn't experienced that much of bugs. my main bugs was mostly in menu and inventory and the weird form of hands in car talks.
on the ending with the nomads, it is implied that V and the others will find a cure. Misty’s VC tells you that the tarots she’s drawn for V is a good sign.
@@bobsponge1998 on the Ending when V goes for the Crystal Palace heist it is also implied he/she gets cured. I read Mr. Blue Eyes is like an absolute OP being or something
@@Rzymek85 What are you talking about? This game is a mess. Good story but gameplay and other things was just aweful... This game is broken on every corner. Forget about DLC's...
4 months ago, i didnt even know a thing about cyberpunk except for its graphics and "bugged game", until i came across the anime and fell in love with it, i finally decided to try out cyberpunk and oh man, it was the freaking greatest of experience ive had in gaming for such a long time, this with phantom liberty, 10/10 story writing, super dark plot, goated game, definitely my top 5 games of all time.
In 2022 I got this game as a gift from my sister and beat it in early 2023. As of mid 2024 I have beaten Phantom Liberty. The terrible launch of Cyberpunk seems so distant now. And y'know, even at launch when people were complaining about the game, there was one thing I didn't see anyone complaining about: the story. Even on launch this game's story was phenomenal, and Phantom Liberty has made it a masterpiece, at least in my eyes. Easily my favorite single player game of all time, and I don't think there will be another like it. There will be other games with masterful stories that I love yes, but none will captivate me the way Cyberpunk has. RIP Johnny Silverhand
What really hits is that Cyberpunk doesn´t have a true villain. Yes, there is Arasaka, but you do not defeat them, or something like that. They are too strong for that, and always will rise again. The true villain is Night City itself. As was said, it promises dreams and hopes, but it will strip you of everything and everyone, that you hold close to your heart. (spoilers ahead) In the end, (if you choose Nomad´s ending) yes you probably have only 6 months of life, but as said, there is still hope, that you will find the cure with Aldecados. But the biggest achievement is, that you get out of the Night city. With a new family, that you found there and even the love of your life. You have people, that you can count on, and in the end, that is the biggest greatness, that V found. Not major league that she/he chassed after with Jackie, but people and family in this cruel world. But still... Night city stripped him/her of everything, that he/she loved.
I saw on a cyberpunk documentary somewhere here on YT that the genre of cyberpunk is not about saving the world, but surviving it. I think this game definitely holds true to that idea.
If you choose to get help from the aldecado's and let johnny leave with alt, the radio says yorinobu is going to change the megacorp from within because hanako is dead in that ending
I like the fact that at first glance, you'd think Yorinobu is the villain, but he's actually even more of a protagonist than you even. He has the same goals as Johnny but different methods.
Man... Takemura broke my heart by wishing V hell... I know he's as loyal as a blind dog, but really, I wished he could see that he had a true friend even if V waved a different flag.
@@sevenheavens-gj9qqsadly only with the new phantom liberty ending that he sees the insanity of arasaka, but after 2 years of Vs coma he sadly only to have you insane
just to put my two cents into the void. this game really pushed me to go to therapy. i was dealing with depression and suicidal thoughs/ideation for so long undiagnosed. I heavily played cyberpunk, it came out around the time i was able to afford a PC and it was a great start, i modded it spent even longer with the game and the ending really hit me the second playthrough. i did the suicide ending just to see it and it hit me what this game is about and what i leave behind. all those voicemails i imagined my own family leaving them. so i went to therapy to better myself. thank you if you read this and i hope you find the strength to keep fighting as i did. it’s within you, sometimes you just need a bump in the right direction.
The end credits made me cry so hard the first time. I got the Arasaka ending. I just wanted everyone to be happy and I wanted V to live for Panam. I consider myself to have thick skin and be pretty jaded against the world but it really cut deep. Ruined my whole day. 10/10
If only people knew how good this game really was, it's been so long since a games story got me right in the feels multiple times with multiple different charters and made me want to play it over and over again just to see the different outcomes.
That synth bass beginning at 3:02 is just so inexplicably solemn; it's almost as if it sounds like slow, trudging, aching footsteps...ones that are tired and weak as they descend, yet they walk atop the wavering ground of chords that echoes hope, a kind that is fragile and soft. The notes just lie suspended in that soulless air, hanging from the tightrope of reality. You pluck them from a womb that no longer births the stars, just to be reminded that while there may be no heartbeat inside the city, there remains one inside of you. It's so painful to learn that you are the only thing you will truly ever have.
This game caused me a lot of post-game depression, especially after romancing Panam, felt so empty, she was so real to me. Everything felt so real. Wish there was a New Game Plus.
@@anon9060 They released Vol.3 of the Radio soundtrack on Spotify recently, and Night City is there ! Same with Kerry's version of Chippin' In. Honestly so pleased. Just optimistically waiting on a bunch of unreleased tracks getting put into another album too ;-;
The music sounds very sad and emotional, mimicking the people of Night City and the story and journey of V. It is truly one of the most wonderful and beautiful games that have drawn the future.
"Leaving NC ending with Nomads and Panam just give you so much for realizing : completing Nomad lifestyle and showing really what it's about - always going forward, without having regrets in the end, never stuck on any place or person, when the time comes, and just let it go, just living and enjoying the moment when there's opportunity. The moment on the tank is the only one in the game when you and V with Panam feel the subtle moment of what really freedom is, giving you a slight vague of unreasonable hope for the future, still catching the moment, despite foggy future, which absolutely complementing the whole picture of life roads these people chose. Moreover, it brings Panam and V's relationship to certain milestone, showing its growth and finishing paiting of grown-up relationships with many exquisite moments between two people who really needs each other, going hand in hand and not letting each other completely fall. They would be just different persons and so are their fates, if they didn't stick together no matter what. And at last we see even Johnny accepts his fate - to fade away, after he's seen that people neither remember him much for what he'd done before nor his band, and with last stroke - just unnamed cemented grave. Still his last words "Never stop fightin' " are just more than typical advice and beautiful farewell words. It ascertaining of V's lifepath, on which he was, trying to get rid of the chip, and not letting Johnny give full control over the body in final moment, surrendering his fate to someone else, and road which he will be always on - still keeps fighting for himself and his beloved person with other folks, no matter what awaits him and how much time left. This Johnny's closure perfectly weaving into Nomad's ending. Cyberpunk just consists of many such subtle moments which hit really hard and giving you so much to think about your life and path which you're walking, that there's not even close any other game like this." Hope one day i'll barely realize in the back of my mind how people were managed to write such story, but for now i just prefer sit and listen some soundtrack from time to time, thinking about life." Saw someone (@Windy Walker) comment this and I had to copy/paste it because it perfectly describes how I view the game in its entirety.
Mikoshi is Night City's wicked step child, they both suck your soul in, trap you, and the only peace you will get if your lucky is death without soul capture.
i dont care what people say about this game. I loved every single minute of it, it made me feel like no other game ever was able to, except of course, The Witcher 3.
The hype made people expect this game to be the game to end all other games. Then they got hit with the reality this is an open world RPG. Yes, it has bugs. Yes, it has missing features. But even then I loved every second of this game.
This music hits me...deeply, emotionally, mentally, spirituality, and physically. This tune gives us that reminder that no matter what happens, the end comes for us all. Just how we get there...is up to us. This makes me feel that the worst thing i could have been stolen from was my own Identity. Without it...im forever lost...and forever forgotten...
Male V's full name realy hits you when you understand its etymology. "Vincent" comes from latin verb "vinco, vincere, vici, victum" - to win, conquer. "Vincens, -tis" is participle = "the one who wins". It is so tragically ironic, that no matter what you do, you can't de facto win...
Vik has always been with us through thick and thin. Even when everyone left and outed in the Phantom Liberty Ending, he stayed and his frustration was evident at his failure for not being able to help us. Man. This ain’t a game, it’s a life lesson(s).
Honestly I feel quite similar. The game has a bunch of problems but I felt so much for the characters. They were all so memorable and felt like real people. No other game has really done this for me and I’ve played literally everything.
Honestly I am a more story and character development gaming person. If you offer me AMAZING story and character development but goodish gameplay or good story and AMAZING gameplay I prefer the first one. There are games that are great to blow off some steam but when I play a game I want to escape from my reality and fall in love with that world and those characters. And that is what above all the bugs and issues makes this game really good for me. Johnny goes from wanting to kill you to wanting to save you and if you save him, rogue doesn't think he changed and tells him never to come back... If you dive into johnny arc in this game it is better that lots of full story arcs from other games. It is not the best game I have ever played.. that right is the witcher 3 and honestly? Don't think any other games will top it and only people who have played it know what I mean by it is simple by nature but just so powerful and emotional. CP2077 is in my top 10 list and could be higher if not for stuff like no barber shops, no car customization etc. Mechanics that would help the city feel more alive and thus emerse me more into it. If you haven't played TW3 I can't recommend you enough but I should you to play TW2 first just to get a bit of background and to feel a sense of progression in the scope and feel of things. It is an old game but the story alone holds up.
I think one of my most favorite things about the entire cyberpunk IP is that they always manage to pick an amazing ending song. Edgerunners, 2077 and phantom liberty all had amazing end credit songs and they really helped amplify the emotion that I felt. It’s as if the end credits help you sit down and take in everything, while the music amplifies whatever emotion you felt Cyberpunk never made me feel sad, but it’s been the only time in my life where something has made me sit down and go “damn.”
Just finished this and RDR 2 my soul is heart broken 😭 it’s beautiful that games don’t always include the ur typical hero winning outcomes but a more in depth of life isn’t always winning is what u make out of ur self and the rest will come, recognition, respect , love and support.
Felt the same when I finished rdr2 recently. Cyberpunk🤝Rdr2. Equally, both good games, although cyberpunk had a disastrous launch it still came back with them fixing it, and PL was the icing on the cake, so damn good.
For people who think that suicide will end their troubles and lift a burden off from the ones close to them, the bad ending gives a real perspective of what actually happens. You don't just kill yourself. You kill everyone around you with you. Infact you make it worse for them because you are free but now they will have to live with the pain of losing you. Till the day they die, your thoughts would overshadow their last memories with the thought that if only they could do something different.
@@LaneThePlane Condolences friend. I, sadly can understand completely what you mean. I was on the same path some years back when I thought I was a burden and my people would be better off without me. I am blessed to be here and realise this. Its never easy for those who are left behind. Our loved ones would rather look after us than to bury us.
This isn't a game you can play around and then delete. This is very meaningful and very emotional. You live a life outside of your life, you lose that life and you die. But you are left with memories and memories of the Night City you lived in. That's why this will leave us a wonderful memory and imprint from the Cyberpunk game makers. Because we played this game and we live it. We live in the present, we are alive in the present, we can see the time and watch it. We should know the value and value of everything. Because after losing, the value and value will never be known. When one day comes, we will never wake up to another day.
Yeah, that..... that fucking *broke* me. Never before did a game make me cry that hard, and I don't cry. Just her voice breaking, trying to come up with the words; her makeup running down her face from crying, and the 'I can't do this' at the end. Yeah, I don't think I've been the same since experiencing that ending. Course, I've been suicidal for a long time.
let's be real, all of us who got the game on day 1 who were whining about how bad it was, a huge void kicked in when the credits rolled. And i have to admit, hearing this soft, iconic end credit music makes me feel a bit nostalgic of that winter.
Say whatever you want about this game, whether its about the bugs, gameplay or anything else. But you can't deny the fact that this game has deep soundtrack & excellent story.
The realization at the end, that your fight could just never truely be "won" is just impressive. You archieved so much, fought so hard, but at the end of the day, you are just going to suffer and die. You didn't change this doomed and corrupted world.
It was never story about saving world your action can only make better life for some people like Judy or Panam etc but you cant save world or even your own life Night City is antagonist of CP2077.
Its October 2024 and this song reminds me that this game will forever live in my head, rent free. Its like a book that changes you in some way once you've finished it. You can't quite explain how. It's like that idea of nostalgia for a time/place that doesn't exist.
This is the pure essence of Cyberpunk 2077 ... Its amazing- just like the game! I have been a gamer for more than 3 decades and never has a game got to me so emotional... Its truly a masterpiece! And it has taken years to actually unlock (in your head) every detail that makes this incredible.. Gotta love that CELLO! ;)
The metallic violin is so haunting. Only game music that made me feel as though I've been apart of something that was bigger than myself. It's a weird feeling when I hear this track. Kinda like that feeling you got as a kid when you watched your favourite movie but it's more mature
I haven't seen anyone mention the music during the end credits yet. That deep and dark violin(idk if it's a violin tbh) which comes in at 0:53 just fits so well.
What a game. The endings really reflect our personality.......is like a psychological test....dunno how to put it in words, but Ive never felt anythibg like that for a game. This is a piece of art. I am now a well grown up adult, start gaming in the 90's, now I play way less, and frankly, Ive been olaying to any airt if game, the so call "masterpieces", but this, oh man, like this Ive neve experienced anything like that before. The game in the whole, comprising the DLC phantom liberty, it's an utmost piece of art, the plot is just egregious. Thanks to the developers to bring this to my life.
After having a really bad breakup, I find myself listening to this for the similar feelings it presents. But I think it has a positive note hidden within. V made it to "the big leagues", He/She got what they wanted in a sense. It just cost so much to achieve it...
I don’t think there’s ever been a game I’ve played that made my heart feel heavy and sad. The solemn music, the voice acting… it really does make you feel hopeless.
"This city is like quicksand, the more you try to get out the more it drags you in." - Judy I like to think that I'll never leave Nightcity. These moments of melancholy within are what keep me playing. CDPR made an awesome game out of Cyberpunk, and I hope it only gets better.
Everyone talking about 0:52 But the real chilling part is 3:08-4:36 😔 I don't know but that part just makes me feel empty, useless, and hopeless when I'm watching the sad voice-mails from the endings during that part of the song.
Honestly the darkest part about all of these endings is the fact that everyone talks as if they don’t know that you’re dead or what you went through...
Its pretty fuck up for me because at of all ending i like two johnny and suicide goddamn
This song really capitalizes on it and hits quite hard.
@@VividVr4 honestly it really does
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Viktor was a true homie. Everyone talks about Judy and Panam’s messages but Vik’s was pretty heavy too in the “bad ending.”
Vik N misty, the others are optional, these people get hurt weather you do their side missions or not, I would hate to be Vik n feel powerless Bc he literally watched V grow up if you go play street kid
i made sure to pay off my debt to him before the final mission
@@dirtylevel took u long enough lol
@@abdelghanirouabah7809 what can I say ;) I'm a street kid but true to my word
The only character I will care about when I start the game is V.
The endings for this game made me feel something I haven't felt in a while.
Amen to that bro
Same only few games can do that to me and that means something
depression?
Wish i could say the same
It gave me rdr2 sadness
"Goodbye, V. And never stop fightin'."
- Johnny Silverhand
@Corat What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch?
-- Navy Seal copypasta
- Johnny Silverhand - the man who saved my life.....
Ugh my heart
@Miłosz Ostrowski Detroit and cyber aren't the same when playing
@@ostrry1 the gameplay itself is better in rdr2, but the plot...
damn, I cried from the ending, especially if you pass the game at 100%, you get too used to these sets of pixels.
"Cyberpunk isn't about saving humanity, it's about saving yourself."
- Mike Pondsmith.
I don't feel like V saved themself
@Globaros yeah. I love tragic endings to be honest. Having seen all of the CP2077 endings, I think the Arasaka one is my favorite, just because of how memorable it is.
@@glowerworm True, they don't really save themselves in the end. But, almost the entirety of the story revolved around them _trying_ to save themselves, which still conveys the main theme of the genre.
And yet...we can't, because we can't go ask for a clone to install Vs engram onto, to save both our life and the one we got entangled with.
This game sucks so hard near the end, you can make clones and download yourself into them in the games lore, but you NEVER get to ask about it, despite there being several quests that outright say that you can clone yourself and live on that way.
There's no reason why V should be dead in any endings after all I've learned, bad writing expects us not to question coincidences like alt cuntinham not holding up her end of the deal by only wanting johnny to survive in Vs body.
@@notjimpickens7928 I'm so confused by this comment. First of all, cloning into a body is a very bad idea. There's clearly something horribly wrong with engrams-they don't quite match the person they copied. They're snapshots of a personality, so who's to say if they can even grow or develop after being created. If you don't send Jackies body to Mama Welles, and then do the Devil ending, you'll see (one of many examples of choices mattering greatly in this game, even though some people like to say choices don't matter for whatever reason).
Secondly, the only "cloning" to have occurred in the game is Johnny and a particular extremely rich person in The Devil ending (I'll avoid saying their name to avoid spoiling for anyone else reading this). Why would some rando merc get the privilege of being cloned to a body for free? And that's not even covering compatibility. Perhaps not every body is compatible with every mind.
Thirdly, if you do The Devil ending, *V is literally given the exact choice you're demanding be given to you* , and if you wish, you can make that choice, so I'm not sure why you're so upset about an option being missing when it's literally not missing.
Fourthly, this is a Cyberpunk story, and it is set in Night City. A happy ending is entirely contrary to both the genre and the setting. It would be genuinely stupid to include a happy ending in this setting, not only because that lessens the impact of any message the dystopian setting is meant to convey to the audience, but also because it would make all the other endings worse by default, since they're clearly inferior to a perfect happy ending.
“I don’t think... I don’t think you knew just how many friends you really had”
What’s funny is that when I tried that ending it hit so hard that I cried because I considered doing it in the past and never thought of that.
@@blackdot4535 it was the first option I picked just for lols cos’ I figured it may have been the joke ending like many games have. Nope... V just gives up and everyone’s left broken. I was pretty devastated - I felt like I betrayed everyone, especially Judy.
@@SaberRexZealot yeah... in a way you did.... or at least I did. When I picked that option I didn’t even think about them I was just deciding that it wasn’t worth killing others just so V can live. Little did I forget V had friends who would’ve fought to the last blood for him/her. Now they are just sadden by the fact their friend is dead and didn’t ask for help
Man, after misty said that i started to cry like a baby. Idk why, it was maybe relatable or something
@gemGreg me too i pick hanako.
Tbh this is the only game I've ever sat through the whole credits. The music and the characters talking to u just hit different....
facts
That's what I think people who dismiss it are missing from the game. It does characters great. I remember all their names after one playthrough. Can't say the same for games like Ubisoft ones.
@@LouSassol69er not traahing the game bit I wish it did everything else as well as characters. Because ending with "leaving NC" got me fucking crying. Especially from Judy (played as female V)
What about red dead redemption 2
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Goodbye , V. And never stop fightin' ...
He really had to hit us with that.....but that means that johnny takes over since he isnt getting shredded and V returns in THE CONSTRUCT what if we get a dlc to bring back V to life the dlc would be about finding a compatible body for V to take over to and HELLMAN rewrites the orignal relic with V's engram on it and using that we bring back V
@@anonymoustillnow9372 ummmm did you pull that theory out of your ass bruh? The DLC will be about the crystal palace and probably Arizona.
@@thewintersoldier8387 those "DLCS" what are you talking about are really probalbly because Panam's said they have people in Arizona who's can help V
@@thewintersoldier8387 multiple dlcs?
@@thewintersoldier8387 sorry man its just a plain theory of mine everyone got one everyone have different theories sorry if that didnt sound sensible....
When I saw the trailers : happiness 100
What I got : Depression 100
Love games that bait us thinking everything is badass when in reality, its straight up fucking depressing
@@ArchieGamez The game made me sad a lot but it also taught a great lesson to me that I hope you guys figure out!
@@kappaladi4229 Agreed, i love the themes that teaches that even though we're losing ourselves and becoming someone else we still keep fighting no matter what and that's just one of the themes of the game
Yep some finals are so sad
I think that new DLC will fix this situation
Sorry i can make mistakes because i am from Russia xD
Guys we need to thank Mike Pondsmith for this story that he created
yess!!!!!!!
Your right and wrong at the same time.
He made the pen and paper game Cyberpunk Red
he only made the original game and lore for cp77, the story of cyberpunk 2077 was made by red's
I mean...he pulled a David Cage and made whatever we do in the game not really matter in the end...
@@CharlieSheensTigerBlood not really, I romanced Panam and went with the nomads, I don’t feel like what I did didn’t matter, besides the obvious fact they removed lots of RPG elements bat that’s not here or there. In the nomad ending it’s implied they’re going to look for someone to help V, and if he can’t be helped he at least spends the last bits of his life with a family.
The ending of Cyberpunk left me speechless, it left a void in me, something that I cannot explain. The music, the credits, the voicemails…this game teaches you a great lesson.
Appreciate the life that you have because when it ends thats it.
@@misteromega5354 ultimately live your life even if it's shit or bad BCS you are living and when you die that is it V really hit this home when it was all said and done that is it all the endings except the panam ending with aldacaldos was sad
Fr, I played it in 2022, playing it again in 2023
Yup....Never Fade Away...
Voicemails got me crying fr
In a few years, no one will care about the bugs; they’ll remember Judy, Panam, Johnny, Kerry, Jackie, Evelyn, Vik, Misty, Goro, Rogue, Saul... I know it’s a meme at this point but Cyberpunk really was all about the friends you made along the way. It’s one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever experienced and was exactly what I needed to cope with the stress and pain of the last year.
I really do hope it turns out that way. Most of the threads relating to cyberpunk I've read over the last 8 months have been insanely negative. However, out of the hundreds of games that I've played over the years, this is my favorite one. I hope that one day more people see it like I do.
The ending where you wake up with the biochip removed in space, when I saw jackie, my jaw dropped, and once I walked up to him, I just got scared, grabbed me and nearly got that "biochip" in. Dreams in space hella different
You forgot River Ward
No matter what the critics say, I had a good time at Night City
Yuh
I love the prospect of the endings to Cyberpunk. You’re not the main character. You’re not immortal. You can’t escape death. To Night City you’re just another one. Another citizen who lives and dies as the rest. You matter to those you know, but outside of that you don’t. You’ll be forgotten. Just like the rest of them.
I love that feeling in videos games when it does it right. The feeling of not being the well known hero or the savior of humanity but feeling like another citizen or npc you see on the street. It adds so much to the world and makes it feel even bigger.
Comment makes no sense when you actually look at what happens in the game
You achieve immortality in half the endings and in some others you live on as a Night City legend
@@MentalParadox half? Did you play the game? You only achieve immortality if you sell your soul to Arasaka or let Johnny keep your body. And even that is described as a fate worse than death. In a majority of the endings V dies either immediately or in 6 months. In the other two they’re cast into a virtual prison to spend the rest of time in.
Living on as an NC legend happens in one singular ending, and that only happened because of what Johnny did, not you. That ending also ends with implying V’s immediate death.
Play the game or at least pay attention to it before you spout BS and act like the smartest man in the world.
@@KnellMortem Okay buddy, I'll bite. Even though I'm probably wasting my time.
"Half? Did you play the game?"
More hours than you, that I can assure you.
"You only achieve immortality if you sell your soul to Arasaka or let Johnny keep your body. And even that is described as a fate worse than death."
"Sell your soul" is very much a loaded term and it betrays your bias against the Mikoshi program, or any transhumanist scheme to extend life. I'm a lifelong transhumanist, I do not share your beliefs. "And even that is described as a fate worse than death." Yes, by those that believe that claim to be true. The usual collection of technophobes, science deniers and their ilk. You forget, this is said by CHARACTERS, fallible characters with opinions. Theirs are not more important than yours or mine. They can be wrong.
"In a majority of the endings V dies either immediately or in 6 months."
Yes, those are the ones I am not talking about. You are still notorious in those, by the way, even if you do die.
"In the other two they’re cast into a virtual prison to spend the rest of time in."
Again with the dishonest framing and word games. I see through you. You call it a ""prison"", I call it a waiting room until the technology exists to revive you in a cloned or wholly bioprinted body. Also by saying "the rest of time" you are suggesting you'll never be released, which is another unfounded claim, and flies directly in the face of the whole point of the Mikoshi program. The point is, to temporarily back up your mind so you can be revived in the future. Why the heck do you think rich people were voluntarily signing up to the program, if it is, as you claim, a "prison"? So again, your biases, or those of the characters you've so carefully cherry-picked to match your own biases, are not evidence.
"Living on as an NC legend happens in one singular ending, and that only happened because of what Johnny did, not you."
And no one will ever know the difference.
"Play the game or at least pay attention to it before you spout BS and act like the smartest man in the world."
You just can't stand someone can have a different perspective on the world than you do, so you misrepresent my perspective as "acting like the smartest man in the world". Keep barking, pup. Your bark is worse than your bite.
@@MentalParadox I have more important shit to do than analyze a game for two months to retort a RUclips comment, so you win. Congratulations. I ain’t Arumaru, I’m not here to waste my life away in a comment section.
Though I do agree, writing that message was a waste of time. I did read it, but my views have not changed and you got worked up over nothing.
If you do want me to argue, all I have to say is you’re calling me biased, but in your reply you put in your own biases, while I only used objective statements said in the game. Can’t wait to see your 5-page essay response to that in two months.
I saw the bad ending and it broke me...
Judy’s and Panam’s VC were like a knife in the guts
I'm guessing the secret ending. If not you're in for a treat buddy and not a good one at that
@@Mick-fukurs31f Bad ending as in killing yourself?
@@1foru2forme84 suicide is one of the bad endings ye. + has the most emotional end sequence video calls.
Panam strikes me as the type to cry after the voice message is over when I heard hers
@@Mick-fukurs31f almost?? I did cry, I was not prepared for the emotions that poured out like FUCKKK!!! 🥲
This game wasn't shy about hitting you with a little dose of reality. Any way you close this book, people get hurt, one way or another.
Life is depressing
That’s why I loved this games ending it didn’t hit you with the cliche oh the main character lives and saves the day it hits you in the chest hard with reality and I feel like that’s why I loved it sm despite how sad it is
Yup, the best one it’s the Aldecado ending, you left the city and with that, every people you liked alive.
Always have been, but That's the precious thing about life, no matter how depressive it is, we can always put happiness first and put out that depressive fire.
You arent some immortal chosen one superhero in this game. Your just a regular guy dealing with the shit life puts you through sometimes. Having a terminal condition with little time left to live, friends coming into and leaving your life, finding love, dealing with enemies, helping other people, trying your hardest to help yourself.
It may all be pointless in the end. But, in a way, so is everyone’s life. Nobody can hold off death forever. But that unattainable end goal isnt the point of life. Its about the experiences you have, the people you love, and the impact you can make on others. Life is about the journey, not the destination
When the credits rolled, I literally just stared at the screen, no crying, no anger, no emotion. Just fucking empty
After finishing the game... this track just becomes so... haunting..
And it gives you unpleasant depressing thoughts
@@theholyknight. YES
This track now associates to me with overwhelming dread and hopelessness
I feel u bro, its why i love cyberpunk so much...i have remade a lot of classic cyberpunk songs, like isometric air adding female vocals to it, I am a cyberpunk musician and have a lot of chill cyberpunk music as well as my own rock songs inspired by Kerry boat song. If ur interested check it out ik if u guys liked this video ull like it 2.
Never cried so hard for a game ending.
which ending did u get
@@kenni417 star ending, left night city with judy and panam
I picked Arasaka got so depressed I had to step out for few hours before trying the other endings. Game is good like that.
@@lloigorli1373 so true. Leaving with panam and saying bye to Kerry made me tear up a bit.
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The most hard hitting for me was doing Panam ending and leaving the body for Johnny. I realized that he really cared for V; I've actually cried when he visited his grave and left the necklace. And you've got to know, I've never cried on a game or a movie before. Just seeing that the arrogant, selfish asshole which is Silverhand, actually changed. And then Panam being angry at Johnny for letting V die was another time I cried.
Another ending which made me cry was the suicide ending, damn, the voicemail messages from Viktor, Panam and especially Judy really got my eyes bowling out.
What a great story.
Shits depressing as fuck but i love it
life is depressing, one day it might seem like everything is going great but the next day it could be straight up shit, life is strange enjoy the few mere merroirs of happiness you have because one day you truly will feel... empty. Happiness only takes you away from the pain for one brief second and then later you may realize what is the point of all of this, I don't know my friend I don't know
@@Clashorroyale dam
@@Clashorroyale too deep bro 🙁
@@Clashorroyale i think we are all here just to wither away and slowly watch our lives slip away until we die if your lucky
Tuh
"Cyberpunk is not an aspiration, it's a warning" -Mike Pondsmith Creator of Cyberpunk Pen and Paper Game. Quote is not 100% word for word accurate but he definitely said something along those lines.
Damn I was saying that just based off playing the game. Didnt even know he said that, I just got the message through the game.
Nah it's a tutorial, just like the book 1984 :D
@@damara2268 Certainly seems that way when you look at politics and how corporations act in the real world.
Cyberpunk is actually a horror game.
The suicide ending hits so hard with this music after it
Yeah..
It was my first ending and honestly...
It couldn’t have been better
No lie man.
First time a game had made me feel.the"What have i done..." Emotion.
I feel... Empty after this.
same
you are not alone choom
Same man same
Panam❤V all the way
I feel u bro, its why i love cyberpunk so much...i have remade a lot of classic cyberpunk songs, like isometric air adding female vocals to it, I am a cyberpunk musician and have a lot of chill cyberpunk music as well as my own rock songs inspired by Kerry boat song. If ur interested check it out ik if u guys liked this video ull like it 2.
This game has one of the biggest moral hangover endings in gaming
Viktor: No, there's no fuckin' point. i mean, he/she...
Misty: Do it. You'll see... it'll help.
Viktor: So, V. How's the real afterlife lookin'?. It as nice as they say?
Viktor:Cause down here, it's still shit. Hell, might even be worse than before.
Viktor: Just wish i had done more... so things migh've come out different.
Misty: Positive energy, victor!
Viktor: I- we're gonna miss you, kid.
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Judy: Hey, V... I was thinking about you the other day and i thought i'd just, well... give you a call.
Judy: I know it's pointless, but... once upon a time people were talking to graves and nobody batted an eyelid, right ?
Judy: When i said i was thinking about you, i meant A LOT. 'Bout everything you did.
Judy: And...i guess... i get it- why you wanted to leave this place once and for all.
Judy:But still, V... pheww... Did you even think about, y'know-what happens when-
Judy:I.... Shit, i can't do this...
So much emotion in this one ._.
What's this ending called
@@TylerMcShane this is the suicide ending. when picking one of the nornal choices on the rooftop a extra dialog pops up saying "why don't we just end it here" and you get to throw away the pills instead.
😭😭😭
I couldn't handle that ending the music vik being really sad, its too much 😔😞😭
Read that in their voices and teared up, that ending was a downer.
It isn't just the rain that's pouring over all that machinery, it's my tears after going through the ending :(
Such a beautiful visual though
Tears in rain?
Yessir, buckets and buckets of tears
@@longneckedgiraffemom4196 like tears in the rain..
😢 Mee too
You know it's bad when this music kicks in and judy telling you that she's leaving the city... 😔
Dude romance Judy and ask panam for help . Then u can leave with Judy and panam
U just need to complete panams side missions and she will help u and call Judy in the end and after the ending Judy , u and panam and nomads will leave night city together
Yeah I know but my first ending was not so good... And then I did the better ending, I love that btw. To see you, panam und judy escaping and start a new life
It’s a bad feeling when you see her breaking during her video call...
@@arunsk3942 yup thats my canon happy ending lol 😂
What a beautiful piece of music, 1 of only a few that bring out many emotions, especially after playing the ending of cyberpunk
Played through most of the endings and I sat through this track each time. With the VMs, especially those from a specific someone, just added that extra gut punch.
Yea it’s depressing asf but i like to hear it lol 😂
violin piece killed me, perfect
"Before samurai committed seppuku,they wrote jinsei. A death poem. It contained their final thoughts.About life.About death. I have read many of them of late. Some are truly works of beauty. Yet,i am not a samurai,so i bid you farewell with simple words. Rot in hell, kuso-ama."
Where is this from?
@@shubhamdabre3290 it's takemura voice message to v
@@citele damn ,i missed this
You get that if you raid Arasaka building with Takemura alive.
"Rot in hell"
Yeah, I tried to be kind with him, but he still said that
im not sad about V dying but i am more sad about some voice mails where some characters doesn't know V's condition and talk like everything is fine
yep man like the ending with Johnny living in V's body forever and V sacrificing himself...the characters don't know its not V anymore except Panam...so heartbreaking !
Fuckin saaaaame. The Temperance ending ones especially. Panam’s broken hearted rage and Mama Welles wanting V to come to a dinner dedicated to Jackie, knowing damn well he can never show up kills me
Yeah, that made me think a little bit.
Let's assume the nomad ending is the canon ending (seems to be the most realistic one). What if V thought, "I can't sacrifice all these lives just so I can have a chance of surviving. There's simply no guarantee. I wouldn't be able to live with these thoughts gnawing in the back of my mind."
And after all, V presumably only lives 6 months if he/she decides to return. And the thing is, V already died entering Mikoshi because of Soulkiller. So it'd just be the engram that gets put back into the brain.
Seriously, this game messed with me hard.
@@VioIetteMolotov basically Soulkiller doesn't really let people live forever, right? It only copies their neural network or whatever and kills them. The "OG" person is gone, if I understand correctly. Only an AI/Engram that behaves exactly like the person still exists.
@C U Next Tuesday yeah thats what i gathered. Kinda sad for all parties involved, just the engram will know. Everyone else will think it's the same person as before.
The number one thing I learnt from cyberpunk, is that there’s never a happy ending.
I thought most of the endings were happy. They're not perfect, there's a difference. Nothing will ever be perfect - that is life. That doesn't mean that there isn't happiness to be found.
I never cried so hard during a credits scene/video game ending in my life. Right after my first playthrough i was crying for a good hour. The creators of Cyberpunk 2077 have no idea what an phenomenal game they made, they wrote the characters in such an amazing and memorable way that made me actually get really attached to them. I got the sun ending first but i tried the suicide ending afterwards and the voicemails made me cry even more. This music may be beautiful and all but now it just makes me wanna cry all over again.
It's a haunting version of Johnny Silverhand's theme.
@@plasma17 stop self promoting
@Gabriel Sklansky the name is simply: V.
@Gabriel Sklansky do you know if this version is on the soundtrack?
@Gabriel Sklansky isn't it Johnny's? One of samurais songs uses the same riff
@@plexyglass429 I think it's from V's theme
just finished phantom liberty. another emotional breakdown..
Real.
This game hit a bit too close to home for me. The concept of being "lost in time" and fading away into nothingness without leaving a mark on the world behind you. To be forgotten. To truly die.
When I completed the game the first time, its the first time in my gaming history where I truly just sat there in awe and didn't know what to say or do. I just had the somber end credits music and my own thoughts and feelings to take care of. That I was reminded of the fact that I am to one day die, and the utter fear and desperation to not be forgotten. This desperation is dangerous and leads to many doing horrible shit just to be remembered.
On the second playthrough, knowing the end, I didn't form any bonds, only held relationships on a surface level, and never pursued any love interests, because I wanted that character to reflect myself and how I would react in V's shoes. I would be terrified to form bonds with people because I know I will die, and that they will only get hurt by my passing.
Cyberpunk gets a lot of shit, mostly deserved, but one thing that I can truly give them cred for is the story. Maybe if you nitpick, the story is bad. But the overall story and the concept are fucking amazing. Some low life getting a countdown to his/her inevitable demise and the utter desperation to become someone takes over. They do horrible shit, kill multiple people in their selfish pursuit to survive, and not be forgotten. Only to be left with the choice of killing your soulmate (quite literally) to live another 6 months or kill yourself (death comes either way so why wait?) and let your soul mate take over and maybe continue your legacy in your place?
Cyberpunk for me was nothing short of a spiritual and self-reflecting journey through my own mind and psyche, my morals and ethics, and my view on the world and my own life.
Thank you, whoever reads this.
Thank you
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Thank you!
Thank you !
Thank you, sir!
0:52 gives me chills
Edit : Thanks for the likes everyone ( first time I got this much in yt
damn wtf, I clicked on the time stamp and immediately got chills all over my body
0:53 - The Hunter's Path vibes are pretty good, the stronger for me because I love The Hunter's Path.
Lol even when I knew it was coming, still got me
gives me scares
This parts hits when you take Johnny ending. It feels like the music is taunting you kinda
this game is so cool that even bugs (which are annoying of course) could not ruin the beauty and meaning of this story for me
played on ps4 fat btw
For fucking real dude... game gets too much hate for what it is. Bugs were annoying but the story def made up for it
enjoyed the 30fps experiance?
@@ryukomat44 the fps was fine on my pro, it was just the bugs that were annoying asf
@@juevosconmiscajones666 good to hear. i played it on a laptop with a gtx 880m 8gb and the gpu was my bottleneck so i had to play with lowest settings 900p with 75% upscaling. but even on launch day patch i didn't experienced that much of bugs. my main bugs was mostly in menu and inventory and the weird form of hands in car talks.
True
Johnny: Been nice workin' with ya. V.
V: Yeah..... with you, too, johnny.
Aah..man it’s the saddest endingof all.
"Is it time?.."
its sad how you are fighting to survive the whole game and at the end you cant escape death
on the ending with the nomads, it is implied that V and the others will find a cure. Misty’s VC tells you that the tarots she’s drawn for V is a good sign.
maybe except takemura and secret ending?
Just like life
@@bobsponge1998 on the Ending when V goes for the Crystal Palace heist it is also implied he/she gets cured. I read Mr. Blue Eyes is like an absolute OP being or something
Alt was right after all.
Just like with Witcher 3. Feeling so empty after the game end.
There will be big dlc like blood and wine and hearts of stones in the witcher 3 they confirmed that before cyberpunk 2077 release
@@gs2lover I suspect there will be 1 or 2 set in the past soon after the nuke . And 1 as a continuation without the spoil :P
@@Rzymek85 My hope is to see Ciri in one of these dlc's and fighting beside V that will be epic 😎
@Tiago Pina sorry if I make ciri like summoning a pokamon lol 😆 of course there will be story line that is what I'm hoping for 😋
@@Rzymek85 What are you talking about? This game is a mess. Good story but gameplay and other things was just aweful... This game is broken on every corner. Forget about DLC's...
for the people who did not finish cyberpunk:
there are a lot of spoilers below
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@@thatguy1080 yeah but like at the same time the video title is „end credits music”
The cello sections of this game’s soundtrack are some of the best sounds I have ever heard in my life
4 months ago, i didnt even know a thing about cyberpunk except for its graphics and "bugged game", until i came across the anime and fell in love with it, i finally decided to try out cyberpunk and oh man, it was the freaking greatest of experience ive had in gaming for such a long time, this with phantom liberty, 10/10 story writing, super dark plot, goated game, definitely my top 5 games of all time.
Uh okay
In 2022 I got this game as a gift from my sister and beat it in early 2023. As of mid 2024 I have beaten Phantom Liberty. The terrible launch of Cyberpunk seems so distant now. And y'know, even at launch when people were complaining about the game, there was one thing I didn't see anyone complaining about: the story. Even on launch this game's story was phenomenal, and Phantom Liberty has made it a masterpiece, at least in my eyes. Easily my favorite single player game of all time, and I don't think there will be another like it. There will be other games with masterful stories that I love yes, but none will captivate me the way Cyberpunk has. RIP Johnny Silverhand
What really hits is that Cyberpunk doesn´t have a true villain. Yes, there is Arasaka, but you do not defeat them, or something like that. They are too strong for that, and always will rise again. The true villain is Night City itself. As was said, it promises dreams and hopes, but it will strip you of everything and everyone, that you hold close to your heart. (spoilers ahead) In the end, (if you choose Nomad´s ending) yes you probably have only 6 months of life, but as said, there is still hope, that you will find the cure with Aldecados. But the biggest achievement is, that you get out of the Night city. With a new family, that you found there and even the love of your life. You have people, that you can count on, and in the end, that is the biggest greatness, that V found. Not major league that she/he chassed after with Jackie, but people and family in this cruel world. But still... Night city stripped him/her of everything, that he/she loved.
Very true
Depression level 101
I saw on a cyberpunk documentary somewhere here on YT that the genre of cyberpunk is not about saving the world, but surviving it. I think this game definitely holds true to that idea.
If you choose to get help from the aldecado's and let johnny leave with alt, the radio says yorinobu is going to change the megacorp from within because hanako is dead in that ending
I like the fact that at first glance, you'd think Yorinobu is the villain, but he's actually even more of a protagonist than you even. He has the same goals as Johnny but different methods.
Man... Takemura broke my heart by wishing V hell... I know he's as loyal as a blind dog, but really, I wished he could see that he had a true friend even if V waved a different flag.
Honestly. It hurt so much. But he can’t see how fucked Arasaka is because it’s all he’s ever known. He doesn’t know how to exist without Arasaka.
Thats why I didnt save his corpo ass
@@sevenheavens-gj9qqsadly only with the new phantom liberty ending that he sees the insanity of arasaka, but after 2 years of Vs coma he sadly only to have you insane
there is no friends in Night City buddy.. everyone wants something from you.. ;)
just to put my two cents into the void. this game really pushed me to go to therapy. i was dealing with depression and suicidal thoughs/ideation for so long undiagnosed. I heavily played cyberpunk, it came out around the time i was able to afford a PC and it was a great start, i modded it spent even longer with the game and the ending really hit me the second playthrough. i did the suicide ending just to see it and it hit me what this game is about and what i leave behind. all those voicemails i imagined my own family leaving them. so i went to therapy to better myself. thank you if you read this and i hope you find the strength to keep fighting as i did. it’s within you, sometimes you just need a bump in the right direction.
Glad you're still in this world, man. See you out there.
The end credits made me cry so hard the first time. I got the Arasaka ending. I just wanted everyone to be happy and I wanted V to live for Panam. I consider myself to have thick skin and be pretty jaded against the world but it really cut deep. Ruined my whole day. 10/10
The Devil ending, followed by these credits and this soundtrack were the most haunting final hours of a game I had ever played.
"True freedom is knowing you have nothing to lose anymore."
Never stop fighting, Samurai.
Red Dead 2- accept your fate and become a better person
Cyberpunk- become a worse person to prevent your fate
Yup, basically it
Whoever is behind the soundtrack is fucking phenomenal. What a bleak, yet intriguing and powerful song to play in the end.
If only people knew how good this game really was, it's been so long since a games story got me right in the feels multiple times with multiple different charters and made me want to play it over and over again just to see the different outcomes.
i think since farcry 3
Bro you came through in the clutch. Been looking for this song specifically.
That synth bass beginning at 3:02 is just so inexplicably solemn; it's almost as if it sounds like slow, trudging, aching footsteps...ones that are tired and weak as they descend, yet they walk atop the wavering ground of chords that echoes hope, a kind that is fragile and soft. The notes just lie suspended in that soulless air, hanging from the tightrope of reality. You pluck them from a womb that no longer births the stars, just to be reminded that while there may be no heartbeat inside the city, there remains one inside of you.
It's so painful to learn that you are the only thing you will truly ever have.
You And God
This game caused me a lot of post-game depression, especially after romancing Panam, felt so empty, she was so real to me. Everything felt so real. Wish there was a New Game Plus.
You need to talk amigo?
All fine now my friend, thanks for asking!
Same here I hope there’s an expansion with her
I know. The panam romance did feel real like you actually cared for this character and she wasn’t just a booty call
Oh my god I felt the same exact way. Same ending and feelings, everything. Just played through it again and felt that same exact emptiness.
A shame they didn't include this beautiful song in the OST
They fucking should. Hopefully, one day they do or it reminds me of Vangelis' Blade Runner OST that were missing other songs from that movie.
@@Schnuron i hope they release bonus tracks too like that night city theme in all of the night city wires.
@@Schnuron the violin part is in " Been Good to Know Ya " song
@@anon9060 They released Vol.3 of the Radio soundtrack on Spotify recently, and Night City is there ! Same with Kerry's version of Chippin' In. Honestly so pleased.
Just optimistically waiting on a bunch of unreleased tracks getting put into another album too ;-;
@@shinkuphantom7926 oh no I meant this theme ruclips.net/video/i5jsUfsqcO0/видео.html
The music sounds very sad and emotional, mimicking the people of Night City and the story and journey of V. It is truly one of the most wonderful and beautiful games that have drawn the future.
"Leaving NC ending with Nomads and Panam just give you so much for realizing : completing Nomad lifestyle and showing really what it's about - always going forward, without having regrets in the end, never stuck on any place or person, when the time comes, and just let it go, just living and enjoying the moment when there's opportunity. The moment on the tank is the only one in the game when you and V with Panam feel the subtle moment of what really freedom is, giving you a slight vague of unreasonable hope for the future, still catching the moment, despite foggy future, which absolutely complementing the whole picture of life roads these people chose.
Moreover, it brings Panam and V's relationship to certain milestone, showing its growth and finishing paiting of grown-up relationships with many exquisite moments between two people who really needs each other, going hand in hand and not letting each other completely fall. They would be just different persons and so are their fates, if they didn't stick together no matter what.
And at last we see even Johnny accepts his fate - to fade away, after he's seen that people neither remember him much for what he'd done before nor his band, and with last stroke - just unnamed cemented grave. Still his last words "Never stop fightin' " are just more than typical advice and beautiful farewell words. It ascertaining of V's lifepath, on which he was, trying to get rid of the chip, and not letting Johnny give full control over the body in final moment, surrendering his fate to someone else, and road which he will be always on - still keeps fighting for himself and his beloved person with other folks, no matter what awaits him and how much time left. This Johnny's closure perfectly weaving into Nomad's ending.
Cyberpunk just consists of many such subtle moments which hit really hard and giving you so much to think about your life and path which you're walking, that there's not even close any other game like this."
Hope one day i'll barely realize in the back of my mind how people were managed to write such story, but for now i just prefer sit and listen some soundtrack from time to time, thinking about life."
Saw someone (@Windy Walker) comment this and I had to copy/paste it because it perfectly describes how I view the game in its entirety.
At the beginning of the game I was pissed at how bad it was and at the end I was pissed at how perfect it was 🤔😎🎸
Mikoshi is Night City's wicked step child, they both suck your soul in, trap you, and the only peace you will get if your lucky is death without soul capture.
damn... what a story. one hell of a ending
Red Dead and 2077 single handedly saved storylines in videogames. Haven't been touched by a game like these 2 since black ops 1.
Damn right. Cyberpunk and Red dead have the best stories in all of gaming in my opinion. Even wearing Red dead's protagonist on my profile picture
@@Kazuhira64 i agree but for me the last of us is still number 1
I agree
never played death stranding huh?
@@Threat_LvL ew
Mate, Judy crying on her bed fucking broke me.
i dont care what people say about this game. I loved every single minute of it, it made me feel like no other game ever was able to, except of course, The Witcher 3.
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The hype made people expect this game to be the game to end all other games. Then they got hit with the reality this is an open world RPG.
Yes, it has bugs. Yes, it has missing features. But even then I loved every second of this game.
Thank you V for this unforgettable cyber adventure. You did great girl Im really proud of you.
Riding out with Panam and the Aldecaldos.
Give us that post-ending dlc.
Don’t make max0r eat a cricket on camera!
That would require an entire new map
@@plexyglass429 boy do we have to say something about your 5 month post after the hearing and clearance of a new dlc coming out
@@xerothereaper4158 I meant in relation to riding out with the aldecados out of night city, youd need an entirely new map
This music hits me...deeply, emotionally, mentally, spirituality, and physically. This tune gives us that reminder that no matter what happens, the end comes for us all. Just how we get there...is up to us. This makes me feel that the worst thing i could have been stolen from was my own Identity. Without it...im forever lost...and forever forgotten...
0:52 - 1:30 , Night city is a special city, with a dark shade behind it
"Been good to know ya" p.s ur welcome
Male V's full name realy hits you when you understand its etymology. "Vincent" comes from latin verb "vinco, vincere, vici, victum" - to win, conquer. "Vincens, -tis" is participle = "the one who wins".
It is so tragically ironic, that no matter what you do, you can't de facto win...
And if that isn’t enough, female V’s name is Valorie, which means “healthy”.
@@RobTheDoodler was way far from healthy
This game transcends all worldly bonds, and truly takes you somewhere else
Vik has always been with us through thick and thin. Even when everyone left and outed in the Phantom Liberty Ending, he stayed and his frustration was evident at his failure for not being able to help us. Man. This ain’t a game, it’s a life lesson(s).
Haters gonna hate about Ai or Bugs, but honestly... this is the best game I've ever played. This story, characters, quests, soundtrack, city...
Play more games then.
@@Paragon231 let the man have his opinion it is definitely not a bad game
@@jordysmeds3203 No it's not, but if this is the best he's ever played, then he hasn't played a lot of good games.
Honestly I feel quite similar. The game has a bunch of problems but I felt so much for the characters. They were all so memorable and felt like real people. No other game has really done this for me and I’ve played literally everything.
Honestly I am a more story and character development gaming person.
If you offer me AMAZING story and character development but goodish gameplay or good story and AMAZING gameplay I prefer the first one. There are games that are great to blow off some steam but when I play a game I want to escape from my reality and fall in love with that world and those characters. And that is what above all the bugs and issues makes this game really good for me. Johnny goes from wanting to kill you to wanting to save you and if you save him, rogue doesn't think he changed and tells him never to come back... If you dive into johnny arc in this game it is better that lots of full story arcs from other games. It is not the best game I have ever played.. that right is the witcher 3 and honestly? Don't think any other games will top it and only people who have played it know what I mean by it is simple by nature but just so powerful and emotional. CP2077 is in my top 10 list and could be higher if not for stuff like no barber shops, no car customization etc. Mechanics that would help the city feel more alive and thus emerse me more into it.
If you haven't played TW3 I can't recommend you enough but I should you to play TW2 first just to get a bit of background and to feel a sense of progression in the scope and feel of things. It is an old game but the story alone holds up.
This music is heart wrentching when listening to the voice messages after choosing the "Early" ending option.
The Phantom Liberty endings left a hole in my chest. Even the secret ending has an underlying darkness.
The song really makes you feel like you´ve been through a lot and it´s just all over
I think one of my most favorite things about the entire cyberpunk IP is that they always manage to pick an amazing ending song. Edgerunners, 2077 and phantom liberty all had amazing end credit songs and they really helped amplify the emotion that I felt. It’s as if the end credits help you sit down and take in everything, while the music amplifies whatever emotion you felt
Cyberpunk never made me feel sad, but it’s been the only time in my life where something has made me sit down and go “damn.”
Just finished this and RDR 2 my soul is heart broken 😭 it’s beautiful that games don’t always include the ur typical hero winning outcomes but a more in depth of life isn’t always winning is what u make out of ur self and the rest will come, recognition, respect , love and support.
Felt the same when I finished rdr2 recently. Cyberpunk🤝Rdr2. Equally, both good games, although cyberpunk had a disastrous launch it still came back with them fixing it, and PL was the icing on the cake, so damn good.
@@xreznr163It's just the tale of us
never knew a song could sound sad and happy at the same time
i guess thats the definition of 0
just *empty..*
Even. Yin and yang. That's how the game was t0o. Thats how life is.
' If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.'
For people who think that suicide will end their troubles and lift a burden off from the ones close to them, the bad ending gives a real perspective of what actually happens. You don't just kill yourself. You kill everyone around you with you. Infact you make it worse for them because you are free but now they will have to live with the pain of losing you. Till the day they die, your thoughts would overshadow their last memories with the thought that if only they could do something different.
I've lost a friend like this, and no matter how well or little you knew someone- the grief sticks with you for the rest of your life
@@LaneThePlane Condolences friend. I, sadly can understand completely what you mean. I was on the same path some years back when I thought I was a burden and my people would be better off without me. I am blessed to be here and realise this. Its never easy for those who are left behind. Our loved ones would rather look after us than to bury us.
This game will forever stand the test of time
This isn't a game you can play around and then delete. This is very meaningful and very emotional. You live a life outside of your life, you lose that life and you die. But you are left with memories and memories of the Night City you lived in. That's why this will leave us a wonderful memory and imprint from the Cyberpunk game makers. Because we played this game and we live it. We live in the present, we are alive in the present, we can see the time and watch it. We should know the value and value of everything. Because after losing, the value and value will never be known. When one day comes, we will never wake up to another day.
The story is rooted in tragedy, and that’s what makes it so beautiful
Will never forget my first ending choosing to end it all on that rooftop... Judy's VA had me crying like i lost a close friend
Yeah, that..... that fucking *broke* me. Never before did a game make me cry that hard, and I don't cry. Just her voice breaking, trying to come up with the words; her makeup running down her face from crying, and the 'I can't do this' at the end. Yeah, I don't think I've been the same since experiencing that ending.
Course, I've been suicidal for a long time.
let's be real, all of us who got the game on day 1 who were whining about how bad it was, a huge void kicked in when the credits rolled.
And i have to admit, hearing this soft, iconic end credit music makes me feel a bit nostalgic of that winter.
Masterpiece...
Yes my friend, since 2 days i finish this game and i can't forgot it
Say whatever you want about this game, whether its about the bugs, gameplay or anything else.
But you can't deny the fact that this game has deep soundtrack & excellent story.
Exactly.
The realization at the end, that your fight could just never truely be "won" is just impressive. You archieved so much, fought so hard, but at the end of the day, you are just going to suffer and die. You didn't change this doomed and corrupted world.
It was never story about saving world your action can only make better life for some people like Judy or Panam etc but you cant save world or even your own life Night City is antagonist of CP2077.
Its October 2024 and this song reminds me that this game will forever live in my head, rent free. Its like a book that changes you in some way once you've finished it. You can't quite explain how. It's like that idea of nostalgia for a time/place that doesn't exist.
This is the pure essence of Cyberpunk 2077 ... Its amazing- just like the game! I have been a gamer for more than 3 decades and never has a game got to me so emotional... Its truly a masterpiece! And it has taken years to actually unlock (in your head) every detail that makes this incredible.. Gotta love that CELLO! ;)
The metallic violin is so haunting. Only game music that made me feel as though I've been apart of something that was bigger than myself. It's a weird feeling when I hear this track. Kinda like that feeling you got as a kid when you watched your favourite movie but it's more mature
I haven't seen anyone mention the music during the end credits yet. That deep and dark violin(idk if it's a violin tbh) which comes in at 0:53 just fits so well.
Cello! I believe
@@Dognuhtz Ah okay! Thanks for correcting me! It's so nice though
Yessssz omg you understand
Goosebumps
The ending in this game left me so empty all that work for nothing felt so attached to the characters in this game
What a game. The endings really reflect our personality.......is like a psychological test....dunno how to put it in words, but Ive never felt anythibg like that for a game. This is a piece of art. I am now a well grown up adult, start gaming in the 90's, now I play way less, and frankly, Ive been olaying to any airt if game, the so call "masterpieces", but this, oh man, like this Ive neve experienced anything like that before. The game in the whole, comprising the DLC phantom liberty, it's an utmost piece of art, the plot is just egregious. Thanks to the developers to bring this to my life.
This song makes me feel so empty and almost hopeless. It’s hard to explain, but it’s just the impression I get from it.
After having a really bad breakup, I find myself listening to this for the similar feelings it presents. But I think it has a positive note hidden within. V made it to "the big leagues", He/She got what they wanted in a sense. It just cost so much to achieve it...
I remember when I watched this. I was still in shock from the emotional ending. One of the most memorable moment in my gaming experiences.
I loved this game, it really is a work of art!
I wanted to forget that I had played it just to experience this fantastic game again!
I don’t think there’s ever been a game I’ve played that made my heart feel heavy and sad. The solemn music, the voice acting… it really does make you feel hopeless.
"This city is like quicksand, the more you try to get out the more it drags you in." - Judy
I like to think that I'll never leave Nightcity. These moments of melancholy within are what keep me playing. CDPR made an awesome game out of Cyberpunk, and I hope it only gets better.
so simple and yet, especially with those messages from your friends, so powerful
made me realize a few things irl honestly...
i feel and extreme void
Everyone talking about 0:52
But the real chilling part is 3:08-4:36 😔 I don't know but that part just makes me feel empty, useless, and hopeless when I'm watching the sad voice-mails from the endings during that part of the song.
Agreed, that and the beginning part before the violin are the best parts imo.
It has that vague tone to it
These ending credits actually made me sad,i have never experienced this feeling from a videogame before.Nice work