When you think about it, you spend the whole game worrying that V might be changed by johnnys presence, but in the end, it was V who changed Johnny. For the better even. Now johnnys is actually free of Night city. Him finally being able to leave NC seems like such a huge metaphor, I love this game.
Lmao yea, I have only played with my V looking like this and now I cannot go back even if I am doing a new playthrough because the whole game and voice just doesn’t fit to anybody else. Really great that CDPR managed to make a character this good while also giving us pretty much free reign for customisation, not a lot of games manage to do this to such a big degree.
This one ain't the worst one I've saw.. Looks like a modern rockstar child who were also into the scene.. there's plenty of what I saw of abomination especially in a tutorial on collecting some rare suit in the game. Oh the one google are cursed blue haired V posing with emo haircut and corpo suit 🤮
Honestly, this would be the ending I have the least regrets with if Johnny had just contacted V's friends to tell them what happened. At the very least tell them he's essentially dead to provide some closure. Hate that they just get ghosted.
Nah, it’s a good thing he didn’t. Especially in Panam’s case lmao. Better they live in blissful ignorance than know V is not only dead, but basically committed suicide for Johnnys sake
Nah. Ghosting them was the right call. Johnny doesn't have the right to speak for V and shouldn't try. V is gone in this ending. Let them think what they will and move on with your new life. Is it fucked? Yes... but the situation was fucked from the start. A fresh start is best for everyone at this point.
I know there are better endings, but don’t fear the reaper and give body to Johnny felt honestly like a movie. Despite fighting like hell to survive, you still fail, but giving your body to Johnny instantly makes the ending way more awesome.
My favourite ending. I like the idea to give Johnny a second chance. Especially then I realised that there's no survival for V one way or another. If you try to secure yourself you probably automatically killing Johnny. Very selfish. Leaving the body to Johnny is the most human thing you can do in this nightmare Night City. And Alt is gorgeous I prefer to follow her😉 Sorry for my English.
Shitty writing tbh especially since the onoy ending they give you to save V is one of the worst things I've seen in gaming ever 😅 And don't give me that there are no happy endings in night city bullshit there's plenty of people living happy lives everyday.
Could be a window for the sequel, v is brought back to a host body from beyond blackwall (like mr blue eyes) and johny gets to live and they teamup at some point
He grew on me, didn’t believe a word he said at the start, but seeing that he actually tried to stop V from sacrificing himself shows that he really changed over the course of the game
I've never heard Male V's delivery of this line, first time i'm hearing him crying and it hits harder than Female V's delivery imo because you never hear him be this emotional throughout the game.
I just finished this game yesterday and got this ending. Very few games have made me ugly cry. I’m a grown ass man and have dealt with chronic depression that has been punctuated with suicidal ideation and a couple attempts. I did exactly what you did here. I went to the well and spoke to Johnny and I got up and decided it was best to give him our body. I walked towards the light and had a breakdown while Johnny tried to stop me. When V said that he was tired, it was like I was back in that place where everything seemed utterly hopeless and fucking exhausting. I’ve been tired. So tired. And when you’re tired, every decision is labored. It’s what drove me towards suicide - to be free from the shackles that this cruel and pointless universe decided to place on me, unwillingly, in its pursuit of some twisted, fucked up cosmic justice. I cried for a good hour after the credits rolled. I’ve started a new game, and I hope to find other decisions to make as well. One of the best games I’ve ever played that’s for sure
Reading something that a stranger has written on the internet, and feeling that you have felt exactly the same as him is very strange, but it feels good. When I finished the game for the first time back in 2020 (I was lucky not to have many bugs), I noticed how something broke in me. I found the lack of hope that this video game reflects completely heartbreaking. It made me notice things that I myself was hiding, to make me feel better, and not feel like I was afraid of failure and death. A month later, my grandmother passed away, and that broken part in me grew bigger and bigger. As time has passed, thanks to my friends, family and new audiovisual media that have made me think differently (such as the writer Brandon Sanderson and his Stormlight Archive novels), my mental health has improved a lot. But recently, I have replayed cyberpunk to go into the new expansion as prepared as possible, and I have found that this game continues to leave me broken inside. Not a big hole like at the time, but a small one, which is impossible to cover. But life is like that sometimes, and you have to move forward, step by step, hoping that everything will get better. And as Johnny said at the end: "Haven't forgotten a thing. Never will" I hope that if you read this you have not only a good day, but a good life.
@@comendador1632 very nice write up on how a video game can have the same impacts as other more general media like movies or books. Gaming is truly an art form itself. Everything is when it can make you start feeling something imo.
I don't wanna spoil anything, but if you haven't gotten The Tower ending, that made me cry more than anything since the end of RDR2. There's an AV ride, you see...
@@comendador1632I shed 2 or maybe 3 tears here 11:15 The way V spoke it sounded so emotional and real (and to think most players are simping over female V and saying that she sounds more emotional)
@@zafelrede4884if this were a movie, there would 100% be a scene where panam arrives at mikoshi to a still comatose V that gets up slowly and the viewer would simultaneously with panam realise that something is wrong by seeing her reaction, since she clearly feels that V is gone or at least that something is wrong. This could be such a dope tense scene for the Johnny ending. Ngl I think for a movie this would be the go to ending to me
I think its a good ending. But not so much a good ending for V. That being said. I really like how this ending shows that Johnny really did care for V. That it wasn't just an act with him.
It's a good ending, it's just not a particularly happy ending. Compared to the others it's one of the more hopeful conclusions. V is lost but Johnny stays and it seems like through your choices you do actually change him for the better. It's just unfortunate the other characters aren't very welcoming, but with Johnny's known history it should be expected.
Well with this ending, we just don't know. It is the least interesting for V in this game, but if they do a sequel, having a version of V beyond the blackwall is cool for so many reasons. For example, they could fold female / male v into one because gender doesn't need to be a thing beyond the blackwall. Plus then it gives us an interesting thing that's beyond to try and learn about and contact. The mysterious AI named V that disappeared beyond the blackwall. Since I doubt they would bring Keanu back, it would be an interesting way to carry V over in the next game even if it is set many years later.
Well I personally found V’s ending to be way more depressing and alone, still conscious and living to witness a majority of his friends and his partner(s) give up on him or her from coming back to night city after going to crystal palace..
@@oorto1393If V goes beyond the blackwall, they can come back, not to mention they will be meeting Rache Bartmoss, Alt (Half of her), and many other prominent figures who were turned into AI.
There's something about Johnny genuinely caring about V that makes me tear up. I thought he was just a cynical selfish a-hole for most of my game, but in the end when he said V should call their friends before it's too late -- it suddenly put the guy in context. Like we're in the same boat (literally), fighting the same fight. Like comrades.
When you think about it this way. V means more to Johnny the. Johnny does to V. To V, Johnny is an intruder literally pushing him out of his own body, To Johnny, V is a savior from death. A literal second chance at life. So even after he’s made it he still talks to V as if he can hear. This game is so poetic without even trying it’s crazy
The nomads ending will still be the best for me (I haven’t played the DLC yet so no idea if there’s other endings). I think it has the most freedom of the endings. Also, Panam just up and threatening to kill Johnny once he takes V’s body is weirdly wholesome.
I kinda love how Johnny ended up loving V like a Brother. V taught Johnny how to be human again. V saved his soul by going to the blackwall instead, seems like the more canon ending.
Like how Johnny, stopped some bad habits. He insists so much to smoke when V, was still present glad he listened to V. Also like how he mentions he is Wiser now, soon after he leaves Night City. But boy oh boy at least clear up lose ends.
Yeah leaving your romantic intrest behind like that to just never speak to them again is fucked but you got to imagine the reaction to “hey same body new owner don’t think we’ll ever talk again” text 😂
This ending is quite something else. At the end you realize Johnny has a lot of guilt within himself, he blames himself for what happened to Alt and tries so damn hard to help V cause he's the one person he can still save. So when he realizes V in fact cannot be saved it really hits him. He actually misses V and feels bad for the fact that he kinda stole V's identity in this ending. And maybe he even misses his friend, cause V is the one person who gets him and knows him better than anyone. And maybe that's why this is actually the good ending for everyone. Johnny gets a second chance and V accomplishes his goal in someway, escaping death. And at the end, the story of Johnny Silverhand ends, with him finally finding what eluded him all this life, Peace.
Not sure if the model is just wonky, but to me it seem like Johnny is holding back tears during that last handshake He even holds V for a second longer before finally accepting and letting him go with Alt
After doing the don't fear the reaper ending, I wasn't originally gonna give Johnny my body, but after Alt finished her talk I just felt like it was the right thing to do. V is a dead man on borrowed time and there's no way I believed Panam's "contacts" or whatever were going to be any real help. This way, the body wont go to waste, V moves on into a digital afterlife and Johnny can finally have his second chance to live.
I think this is the best ending for The Sun ending in any case. Path of Glory and the lunar mission feels empty and leaves on a big cliffhanger compared to the others, not to mention V would be yet again working with a megacorp due to Mr. Blue Eyes hinted at being a AI controlled Night Corp agent.
I believe there is an ending where he ends up as an homeless guy. Its a sad ending for him for sure but it gives me bit of a ease bc he isnt wishing V death or bad will but he is making him responsible where ended up. In the other ones he wishes you to rot in hell in this one he is like "Yeah you fcked my life." But also its kind of a freedom for him yeah he is homeless and poor but at least he is free from Arasaka. The "good" ending for him just doesnt exist. If you side with Arasaka he just becomes the man he was and will eventually someday forget this whole thing forget about V and what he/she did for him. Dont fool yourself Johnny is right Takemura might like you but he would sacrifice you in an instant if he can return to his old life and get revenge for Saburo. Its a shame really.
What indicates that this kind of a bad ending is the message from Misty with her tarot cards. She clearly tells that Vs fate is worse then even death. So in my mind when V crosses that bridge she/he becomes part of Alt similar to every other Mikoshi soul and is forced to do her bidding. We all know that Alt wants Mikoshi gone but what then? Her motives were always kinda shady. For me this ending is like Devil 2.0 you give up yourself to Alt and she can do whatever she wants with you. Of course she says going with her is smarter that way you help her in her bidding and her basically saying "Well what you gonna do anyway in your body you dead anyway?" is more proof in my eyes. Being a slave to an AI? nah thanks. I rather die in the most painful way then be stuck in Cyberspace doing someones bidding. Alt is still a big question mark.
It’s an interesting perspective. Awesome how many different people have a completely different opinion about these outcomes and there really isn’t one that everybody agrees on. Just shows how nuanced the writing is in these areas. Gotta love cdprs story department. Big fan of them since they managed to incorporate the Witcher games into an already existing universe to a degree that I have not seen before in any other media when it comes to books.
My interpretation: She thought she was reading it for V, in which case it would be bad, but she was actually reading it for Johnny. She interpreted the cards wrong imo. Hanged Man (V's decision to end his life), Magician (Johnny's continued existance is basically magic), then Star (Johnny redeems himself)
Its a good reading if you know what happened to her. The Hanged man represents the sacrifice V did. And the Star represents hope. Misty doesn't know V is dead so to her perspective, shes not in a good spot. From our perspective it represents the sacrifice she made and new life beyond her physical body
*The Hanged Man* - To let go, or perhaps, give up, and accept what is. A reversal grants a new perspective. On the other hand... *The Magician* - To take conscious action. One experiences power, creating an impact with singleness of purpose. But most importantly... *The Star* - A distant light. Hope and inspiration, perhaps, in the sense that the light could be a future to reach for? Or does it represent something that will never be within reach? As someone who's familiar with general tarot meanings and possible interpretations, it irks a little that they seem to have intentionally picked cards that _do_ fit V's actions in the context of this ending, but chosen a completely different interpretation of what happened to him, unrelated to the cards. It's like whoever picked the cards out knew what they were saying, but someone completely different actually wrote Misty's dialogue. Ah well.
A copy of a man in another man’s body… he gets to live… but what exactly does that mean when your body and soul are both not yours… Johnny definitely has it just as rough as V, whether he is “alive” or not. This game is the deepest game ever and easily the best.
@@invert8505true true or maybe an ending where it turns out that the ALT you see in cyberspace is actually a rogue AI from beyond the Blackwall and takes over Vs body would be pretty cool
It's interesting how different the tarot reading for this ending is compared to the star. So much more ominous. This is such a somber ending, hell it seems like Johnny didn't even really like it much it seems.
Damn, my favourite ending - paying back to your best friend after he saved you, giving him a chance to finally live in peace, without childish ambitions of blindly trying to change the world, or become "the legend", by screwing all the people he knew.. And that music in the end at graveyard, and bus is just..Damn...
Cyberpunk is a great game and this video showcases that perfectly. But f**k me If I let someone else take over my body. One month or six or even more, I'm staying here 'til it gives up.
My headcanon ending is also the space one, where V becomes a huge player and legend just to go for the Hail Mary with Mr. Blue eyes. If Cyberpunk were a movie though, I think this ending in the video would definitely be the right choice. Honorable mention is the PL ending (which is awesome if you haven’t played it yet!)
Funny that you mention that because I’ve also thought about this exact thing. If this was a movie, I can totally see this ending being told through the eyes of Panam instead of V/johnny like the rest of the story is told. This would add a ton of mystery around the answer if V is still himself or if he is Johnny, or if V never really was himself anymore since „coming back from the dead“ and having Johnny in his mind in the first place. It’s great to see someone else think about this!
I am really glad CDPR stuck it out and gave it their best in the end. The structure and story was there from the beginning but they nearly fucked it up with the launch. Great to have this game be a comeback story rather than a cautionary tale, it is more than deserved, especially considering all of the awesome Art/Lore and story people involved really put their hearts and souls into this.
@@AcBaLkXthis was the most rational one. Everyone lived - sort of. Johnny got a second chance… V couldn’t have survived in her own body unlike Johnny, but at least she is now alive in cyberspace… maybe in the future when we have tech to recreate bodies like altered carbon, we can always be reincarnated. I’d say this is as good as the arasaka ending if not better. In the arasaka ending v was uploaded to cyberspace with the hope she would get a new body someday. In this it’s the same thing except Johnny lives too.
I like this ending, this ending opens up many potentials for the sequel. Jonny in V’s body collaborates with V behind blackwall to resolve an AI revolt perhaps. And also a route for redemption, quite similar to RDR. V sacrificed for Johnny and Johnny will carry V’s wishes, to be a legend. In RDR2, John lived and went a redemption path for Arthur.
The voice afterwards always sounds weird in a good way😂 gonna get this ending now on my second save after coming back just cause I wanted to see V with Panam.
I'm glad there's at least one person doing a Temperance ending with Judy having closure by leaving. Always messed up seeing people upload the one where she is scared and confused because she didn't leave.
I’m torn between this and leaving it all behind with Panam, I play a cold and calculated V who at the end of the day works towards helping others rather than himself (sound like polar opposite traits I know). I’m wondering if I should either have him do his final good deed and give Johnny a second chance, or for Panam by staying with her until the end, don’t know what I should do but this ending seems like the most fulfilling.
Happiest ending would be leaving Night City with the 6 months left but now that ending no longer makes sense thanks to phantom liberty and V having no good reason to reject being cured.
they literally could have the means to save both johnny and v at least in both body and "engram". Just before V death make us a an engram like johnny, take the relic, do reverse egineering at arasaka or with songbird for example. Make two relics, one empty and the the other with V engram, take some fellow that you dont really care about or is to be executed. preferably a corpo they die like flies and usually have healthy bodies, put the relic with V on johnny, and make him almost die, then the relic will kick in and rewrite johnny's body, previously V's, into V's again like in the game, when almost the entire body is reprogrammed to be V's property put johnny in the other empty relic as an engram and put him in that fellow that was just waiting to die, like if he was to die at least he can be useful, and arasaka, songbird or even the usa are in debt to V like it or not, there is gotta be someone who fits the criteria to be the new vessel for johnny. So the new relic with jonny will do the same to this fellow and in a couple of weeks johnny will have a body of its own. its really messed up i know, but considering the amount of bodies the city accumulates ina couple of hours its just a waste. Even if we give our body away or keep it in both "good ending" both johnny and V are engram like it or not. this way they can have a full life
@@AcBaLkX thanks, me neither, but if they used the first fucking relic, that its supposed to be latest tech and fill it with johnny of all people and not someone more useful or keep it empty for saburo as the relic was intended for, it means they have the capacity to build more
I love this because no matter what one of them gets a raw deal V would live on borrowed time Johnny getting the body would be best outcome for him except V would be insanely screwed
Some may not consider Johnny a true friend, depending on how their game choices affected the relationship. Imo, he really becomes a better person through V which is ironic since the whole game is about Johnny affecting V and not the other way around
In my first game, i hated jhonny, so, i chose arasaka, after panam, and finally, when i see all options and all options was sure dead for v, and also hours behaving like shit with jhonny, finally i got something fantastic, a apology from jhonny, he reconozig their mistakes, and in that moment i need give a oportunity, so, i chose give my body to jhonny, i was happy to know that he really changed
Plays a bit different if you're a woman. My first playthrough was a bumpkin nomad that let 'Saka do what it thought best at then end. My second was a corpo decker that only ever wanted to be a powerful engram. She jumped at letting Johnny take her place, and the fact that you're female adds a few lines to the dialogue.
This is the ending cutscene after playing one of the final missions. The one I placed before this cutscene is named „don’t fear the reaper“. It’s the „secret“ ending, which is why Saul and rogue are both alive. Just google cyberpunk secret ending, or don’t fear the reaper to see how you can trigger this! Note: to get the exact ending you are seeing here, you need to also have a high friendship or affinity rating with Johnny and give him your body at the end!
V was supposed to die, she died so many times to the point that it is comical, so you need to realize the body needs to be treated well, how much more can the body take. And V has already achieved what makes her the greatest, went out with a Blaze o glory and is now a legend.
@@gergelygulyas6270 I think it’s missable dialogue if you keep walking towards the black wall without going back to talk to him every time he tries to stop you.
During the mission chippin' in (i think that was the name) when you visit johnny's graveyard after getting his pistol and car back, you gotta select certain dialogue options and once you are in the final mission where you gotta make a choice in the balcony, pick the option "rogue and you should go" and when johnny asks if you are sure then wait 5 minutes irl time... Johnny will say: "hard to pick which friend is gonna die right? We should do this alone" and go solo to arasaka tower
Don’t fear the reaper and give Johnny your body is what I did for this ending, Saul and rogue both live because they aren’t present at the assault on the tower since you’re going in alone
Why could the DNA change back to V's when V is back in her/his body? That is what I choose to believe. P.S what does "perhaps somewhat more" mean. I don't really think ALT's AI know what will happen. She or it has made a calculation on there current data she has but it not based in actual knowledge.
It works if you think of the DNA change as a strong form of terminal cancer. It has progressed too far and no known procedure can fix it (Unless you get help from beyond the blackwall)
I don't get It, V was already turning into johnny slowly as explained by Hellman and towards the end where V just repeats johnnies words "stretch your noodle." It is to say V is already johnny
Like Hellman said, he’s both himself and Johnny at the same time. Him talking out loud at the end was the line between personalties almost disappearing as V’s body became more attuned to the engram. Given enough time, V would’ve flatlined completely and Johnny would wake up. This is highlighted by the fact that if you do the ending with Rogue, you have full health. But if you storm it as V your health is lowered. The body is just fighting the ‘V’ half.
I think otherwise. Sure, you lose your body, but the bond and character development both V and Johnny go through shows how much both care for each other now. V comes to terms with his mortality, while paying Johnny back for saving his life. Johnny turns a new leaf and leaves behind his bitter, angry, self centered self and swears to make the most of the second chance V gave him.
I mean yea if you was a complete asshole to johnny then yea this is thee worst. But saying this is worst cause you thrown everything away is false and inaccurate cause you did all this to try and survive key word "TRY" there was no guarantee you was going to live and if you dont do tower, suicide or devil ending the other 3 give you the tarot card judgement which is where your case just becomes argument becomes irrelevant cause your hard word did pay off. The judgemental tarot card is basically choice you made all that effort to get given the choice to what happens to V or johnny. And really was you expecting a happy ending? This is cyberpunk there is little to no happy endings this world takes from you and never gives just the fact alone you got given a choice to decide your fate should have been seen as a privilege
I think this ending is beautiful and all... but I hate it. Johnny is an especially shitty person and most of his relationships were either unhealthy or ended on bad terms. He had his life. He made choices. He died. Life is worth a damn because you only get the one. Johnny doesn't deserve a second chance at life. V giving up their body for Johnny seems wrong to me. Johnny, you're the quintessential loveable asshole... but an asshole nonetheless. Stay dead.
True but then again V will die eventually, I'm pretty sure Alt says he only has a couple months tops. I'm pretty sure a good chunk of people after hearing they'll die will give up while others would cope and live out their remaining lives. So I can see and agree when V said "I'm so tired", yeah he worked all that way to fix his problem and his result is "You'll die anyways". You could also do the new ending but that is beyond fucking depressing.
Well to say johnny is an asshole is true but what you are forgetting is growth and how as a player you can play V cause you can be an asshole too even worse then johnny so at that point its kinda ironic to use that argument. But i think your take is highly flawed and unfair. Cause V was no saint either cause you are a hired merc you get paid to kill, kidnap, steal and who knows what else for money which is also a shitty thing to do the reason why you are dying in the first place is because you are doing a shitty thing yea arasaka is a scumbag company but stealing regardless is crappy thing to do and know what the hilarious thing is? Your argument makes no sense too cause did you forget what happened? V died too after he got shot in the head by dex and you definitely didnt desevere that second chance. But if you want my reasoning as to why its fair, inadvertently johnnys relic resurrected you he saved your life yes he tried to kill you at forst but if i was stuck in a soulless prison for 54 years i would be same at first, and whilst yes he did go too far first time he took control after that he respects you, he does right by you, he giving you advice on how to save you he helps you to try and survive cause he wants to do right by you cause hes changed he grown from your experience and vice versa and he got given the chance to right his wrongs and hell depending on choices you should have died a 3rd time cause the voodoo boys tried to kill you and you got saved by the relic so you got given 3 chances! So i would be interested in your arguments since you boldy stated life is meaningful cause you only get live once and you was very hypocritical
This is by far the worst ending... regardless of paths. Vincent living out his life... even as short as it might be... is the better outcome. Johnny died already... he then agrees and pledges to relinquish in the motel. V letting Johnny have a second redemption betrays everything V did the entire game. The truest ending is going to FIA... that monologue between Johnny and V... is the truest ending.
Why does the truest ending have to be the ending that is a little happy? This is cyberpunk the story was never meant to be happy if you've ever read any other cyberpunk theme. Either way v dies, and honestly the FIA ending isn't that great either since most of your neural pathways are so destroyed. You're essentially operating at that point to your most basic functions as a human being and you won't be able to get anything meaningful out of life. Plus v not being able to use cyberware just makes him completely useless in the city. That ending is like a Phoenix rising from the Ash and then decides to take a bath, so he's reduced to smolder.
Something about fighting the whole game in fear of the inevitable. Ending SoMi’s suffering seeing her so content in death finally being able to rest, then sitting with the monk trying to find inner peace to come to terms with my fate. Deciding to go out in a blaze of glory raiding Saka tower ALONE becoming the Legendary Solo of the Afterlife like my best choomba Jackie always dreamed of for us. To giving Johnny a second shot at life. Not bad for some nobody street punk from Heywood huh? Long live V the Dreamer
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When you think about it, you spend the whole game worrying that V might be changed by johnnys presence, but in the end, it was V who changed Johnny. For the better even. Now johnnys is actually free of Night city.
Him finally being able to leave NC seems like such a huge metaphor, I love this game.
It feels so cursed to see other peoples V’s
They always look like one of the NPC's that would be walking down the street too lol
Unless they're using the default Street Kid V (canon, based on promo materials)
Those actually fit
I feel like my own design of V fits well because I accidentally made him look similar to Johnny
Lmao yea, I have only played with my V looking like this and now I cannot go back even if I am doing a new playthrough because the whole game and voice just doesn’t fit to anybody else.
Really great that CDPR managed to make a character this good while also giving us pretty much free reign for customisation, not a lot of games manage to do this to such a big degree.
This one ain't the worst one I've saw.. Looks like a modern rockstar child who were also into the scene.. there's plenty of what I saw of abomination especially in a tutorial on collecting some rare suit in the game. Oh the one google are cursed blue haired V posing with emo haircut and corpo suit 🤮
Honestly, this would be the ending I have the least regrets with if Johnny had just contacted V's friends to tell them what happened. At the very least tell them he's essentially dead to provide some closure. Hate that they just get ghosted.
Nah, it’s a good thing he didn’t. Especially in Panam’s case lmao. Better they live in blissful ignorance than know V is not only dead, but basically committed suicide for Johnnys sake
Nah. Ghosting them was the right call. Johnny doesn't have the right to speak for V and shouldn't try. V is gone in this ending. Let them think what they will and move on with your new life.
Is it fucked? Yes... but the situation was fucked from the start. A fresh start is best for everyone at this point.
@@Adanu191”let them think what they will” it’s not like johnny would be lying, have him just say the truth and then ghost. or don’t, he didn’t so 🤷♀️
@@tigrispanthera5496 He doesn't get to make the choice for V to tell them or not, not without respecting him.
@@Adanu191 he does. v is dead, she’s gone
I know there are better endings, but don’t fear the reaper and give body to Johnny felt honestly like a movie. Despite fighting like hell to survive, you still fail, but giving your body to Johnny instantly makes the ending way more awesome.
My favourite ending. I like the idea to give Johnny a second chance. Especially then I realised that there's no survival for V one way or another. If you try to secure yourself you probably automatically killing Johnny. Very selfish. Leaving the body to Johnny is the most human thing you can do in this nightmare Night City. And Alt is gorgeous I prefer to follow her😉 Sorry for my English.
yeah way i see it. i keep my own body and both v and johnny die. at least with this ending johnny still gets to live on
Shitty writing tbh especially since the onoy ending they give you to save V is one of the worst things I've seen in gaming ever 😅
And don't give me that there are no happy endings in night city bullshit there's plenty of people living happy lives everyday.
Could be a window for the sequel, v is brought back to a host body from beyond blackwall (like mr blue eyes) and johny gets to live and they teamup at some point
@@Thiccness_Is_DeliciousPeople are so quick to call "shitty writing" when a story doesn't go how they think it should. GTFO of here with that.
that fucking handshake, godamn no matter the ending, johnny is a true friend despite it all
i wanted a hug
He grew on me, didn’t believe a word he said at the start, but seeing that he actually tried to stop V from sacrificing himself shows that he really changed over the course of the game
For me it's herself
I loved this game. Wish there was an ending to save Johnny & V.
@@lilslavyt9696 for me it's xim/xeyself...LatinX on weekends.
"I'm just... I'm just scared for ya." MY HEART
11:14 "For fucks sake, defend yourself. Youre not even trying." this was thr point I started ugly crying
When he said " remeber V, never stop fighting" I couldn't stop crying and I was in a utterly saddened state for a week.
I've never heard Male V's delivery of this line, first time i'm hearing him crying and it hits harder than Female V's delivery imo because you never hear him be this emotional throughout the game.
I just finished this game yesterday and got this ending. Very few games have made me ugly cry. I’m a grown ass man and have dealt with chronic depression that has been punctuated with suicidal ideation and a couple attempts. I did exactly what you did here. I went to the well and spoke to Johnny and I got up and decided it was best to give him our body. I walked towards the light and had a breakdown while Johnny tried to stop me.
When V said that he was tired, it was like I was back in that place where everything seemed utterly hopeless and fucking exhausting. I’ve been tired. So tired. And when you’re tired, every decision is labored. It’s what drove me towards suicide - to be free from the shackles that this cruel and pointless universe decided to place on me, unwillingly, in its pursuit of some twisted, fucked up cosmic justice.
I cried for a good hour after the credits rolled. I’ve started a new game, and I hope to find other decisions to make as well. One of the best games I’ve ever played that’s for sure
Reading something that a stranger has written on the internet, and feeling that you have felt exactly the same as him is very strange, but it feels good. When I finished the game for the first time back in 2020 (I was lucky not to have many bugs), I noticed how something broke in me. I found the lack of hope that this video game reflects completely heartbreaking. It made me notice things that I myself was hiding, to make me feel better, and not feel like I was afraid of failure and death. A month later, my grandmother passed away, and that broken part in me grew bigger and bigger. As time has passed, thanks to my friends, family and new audiovisual media that have made me think differently (such as the writer Brandon Sanderson and his Stormlight Archive novels), my mental health has improved a lot. But recently, I have replayed cyberpunk to go into the new expansion as prepared as possible, and I have found that this game continues to leave me broken inside. Not a big hole like at the time, but a small one, which is impossible to cover. But life is like that sometimes, and you have to move forward, step by step, hoping that everything will get better. And as Johnny said at the end: "Haven't forgotten a thing. Never will" I hope that if you read this you have not only a good day, but a good life.
Thank you so much for sharing your feelings here. You are very much appreciated. Gaming can bring people together and help out when times get tough.
@@comendador1632 very nice write up on how a video game can have the same impacts as other more general media like movies or books. Gaming is truly an art form itself. Everything is when it can make you start feeling something imo.
I don't wanna spoil anything, but if you haven't gotten The Tower ending, that made me cry more than anything since the end of RDR2. There's an AV ride, you see...
@@comendador1632I shed 2 or maybe 3 tears here 11:15
The way V spoke it sounded so emotional and real (and to think most players are simping over female V and saying that she sounds more emotional)
I never got this ending, but hearing Panam tear into Johnny like only she could brought a tear to my eye. What a gal. What a character. What a game.
Panams a real one
Kinda weird though. Was she not there when V (Johnny) woke up at Mikoshi? Did they interact at all? Would have loved to see that.
@@zafelrede4884if this were a movie, there would 100% be a scene where panam arrives at mikoshi to a still comatose V that gets up slowly and the viewer would simultaneously with panam realise that something is wrong by seeing her reaction, since she clearly feels that V is gone or at least that something is wrong. This could be such a dope tense scene for the Johnny ending.
Ngl I think for a movie this would be the go to ending to me
I think its a good ending. But not so much a good ending for V. That being said. I really like how this ending shows that Johnny really did care for V. That it wasn't just an act with him.
It's a good ending, it's just not a particularly happy ending. Compared to the others it's one of the more hopeful conclusions.
V is lost but Johnny stays and it seems like through your choices you do actually change him for the better. It's just unfortunate the other characters aren't very welcoming, but with Johnny's known history it should be expected.
Well with this ending, we just don't know. It is the least interesting for V in this game, but if they do a sequel, having a version of V beyond the blackwall is cool for so many reasons. For example, they could fold female / male v into one because gender doesn't need to be a thing beyond the blackwall. Plus then it gives us an interesting thing that's beyond to try and learn about and contact. The mysterious AI named V that disappeared beyond the blackwall. Since I doubt they would bring Keanu back, it would be an interesting way to carry V over in the next game even if it is set many years later.
@@oorto1393Alt says V was going to become, essentially, her. I’m not sure if we would ever be capable of seeing V again
Well I personally found V’s ending to be way more depressing and alone, still conscious and living to witness a majority of his friends and his partner(s) give up on him or her from coming back to night city after going to crystal palace..
@@oorto1393If V goes beyond the blackwall, they can come back, not to mention they will be meeting Rache Bartmoss, Alt (Half of her), and many other prominent figures who were turned into AI.
Met as enemies. Parted ways as best friends.
There's something about Johnny genuinely caring about V that makes me tear up. I thought he was just a cynical selfish a-hole for most of my game, but in the end when he said V should call their friends before it's too late -- it suddenly put the guy in context. Like we're in the same boat (literally), fighting the same fight. Like comrades.
“I’m wiser now, and I don’t plan to waste it, so this is goodbye.” Had me at tears
When you think about it this way. V means more to Johnny the. Johnny does to V.
To V, Johnny is an intruder literally pushing him out of his own body,
To Johnny, V is a savior from death. A literal second chance at life. So even after he’s made it he still talks to V as if he can hear. This game is so poetic without even trying it’s crazy
The nomads ending will still be the best for me (I haven’t played the DLC yet so no idea if there’s other endings). I think it has the most freedom of the endings. Also, Panam just up and threatening to kill Johnny once he takes V’s body is weirdly wholesome.
Even with DLC Panam ending is the best for me
I kinda love how Johnny ended up loving V like a Brother. V taught Johnny how to be human again. V saved his soul by going to the blackwall instead, seems like the more canon ending.
The milestone legendary guitar from old is still cheaper than your debt to Vik the Ripperdoc.
Like how Johnny, stopped some bad habits.
He insists so much to smoke when V, was still present glad he listened to V.
Also like how he mentions he is Wiser now, soon after he leaves Night City.
But boy oh boy at least clear up lose ends.
Yeah leaving your romantic intrest behind like that to just never speak to them again is fucked but you got to imagine the reaction to “hey same body new owner don’t think we’ll ever talk again” text 😂
This ending is quite something else.
At the end you realize Johnny has a lot of guilt within himself, he blames himself for what happened to Alt and tries so damn hard to help V cause he's the one person he can still save.
So when he realizes V in fact cannot be saved it really hits him. He actually misses V and feels bad for the fact that he kinda stole V's identity in this ending. And maybe he even misses his friend, cause V is the one person who gets him and knows him better than anyone.
And maybe that's why this is actually the good ending for everyone. Johnny gets a second chance and V accomplishes his goal in someway, escaping death.
And at the end, the story of Johnny Silverhand ends, with him finally finding what eluded him all this life, Peace.
Great thought process! I also love this ending for similar reasons
12:38 that's where man cry.
I'll say one thing about Night City: at least the public buses are immaculate.
That ain't a public bus bro it's going out of Night City. More like a Greyhound
Not sure if the model is just wonky, but to me it seem like Johnny is holding back tears during that last handshake
He even holds V for a second longer before finally accepting and letting him go with Alt
After doing the don't fear the reaper ending, I wasn't originally gonna give Johnny my body, but after Alt finished her talk I just felt like it was the right thing to do. V is a dead man on borrowed time and there's no way I believed Panam's "contacts" or whatever were going to be any real help. This way, the body wont go to waste, V moves on into a digital afterlife and Johnny can finally have his second chance to live.
I think this is the best ending for The Sun ending in any case. Path of Glory and the lunar mission feels empty and leaves on a big cliffhanger compared to the others, not to mention V would be yet again working with a megacorp due to Mr. Blue Eyes hinted at being a AI controlled Night Corp agent.
I don't like V going down the corpo path like Rogue did.
Its sad that Takemura is so likable yet the only good ending for him personally is the worst ending for you
I believe there is an ending where he ends up as an homeless guy. Its a sad ending for him for sure but it gives me bit of a ease bc he isnt wishing V death or bad will but he is making him responsible where ended up. In the other ones he wishes you to rot in hell in this one he is like "Yeah you fcked my life." But also its kind of a freedom for him yeah he is homeless and poor but at least he is free from Arasaka.
The "good" ending for him just doesnt exist. If you side with Arasaka he just becomes the man he was and will eventually someday forget this whole thing forget about V and what he/she did for him. Dont fool yourself Johnny is right Takemura might like you but he would sacrifice you in an instant if he can return to his old life and get revenge for Saburo.
Its a shame really.
@@kadirr8974yeah that's the tower ending.
Panam is psychotic in almost every ending.
Best girl for that
Nah she's perfection. I'm pretty sure this is the romanced Panam so she has every right to be pissed off.
Yeah I can't help but find her attitude highly annoying, is she hot? Sure. But her personality isn't.
@@junbinseo2978Perfection my ass after ghosting you in that coma ending
Wife material
The one really good friend that johnny actually liked.
What indicates that this kind of a bad ending is the message from Misty with her tarot cards. She clearly tells that Vs fate is worse then even death. So in my mind when V crosses that bridge she/he becomes part of Alt similar to every other Mikoshi soul and is forced to do her bidding. We all know that Alt wants Mikoshi gone but what then? Her motives were always kinda shady. For me this ending is like Devil 2.0 you give up yourself to Alt and she can do whatever she wants with you. Of course she says going with her is smarter that way you help her in her bidding and her basically saying "Well what you gonna do anyway in your body you dead anyway?" is more proof in my eyes. Being a slave to an AI? nah thanks. I rather die in the most painful way then be stuck in Cyberspace doing someones bidding.
Alt is still a big question mark.
It’s an interesting perspective. Awesome how many different people have a completely different opinion about these outcomes and there really isn’t one that everybody agrees on. Just shows how nuanced the writing is in these areas. Gotta love cdprs story department. Big fan of them since they managed to incorporate the Witcher games into an already existing universe to a degree that I have not seen before in any other media when it comes to books.
My interpretation: She thought she was reading it for V, in which case it would be bad, but she was actually reading it for Johnny. She interpreted the cards wrong imo. Hanged Man (V's decision to end his life), Magician (Johnny's continued existance is basically magic), then Star (Johnny redeems himself)
@@zafelrede4884 I love that interpretation, great discussion!
Its a good reading if you know what happened to her.
The Hanged man represents the sacrifice V did.
And the Star represents hope.
Misty doesn't know V is dead so to her perspective, shes not in a good spot. From our perspective it represents the sacrifice she made and new life beyond her physical body
*The Hanged Man* - To let go, or perhaps, give up, and accept what is. A reversal grants a new perspective.
On the other hand...
*The Magician* - To take conscious action. One experiences power, creating an impact with singleness of purpose.
But most importantly...
*The Star* - A distant light. Hope and inspiration, perhaps, in the sense that the light could be a future to reach for? Or does it represent something that will never be within reach?
As someone who's familiar with general tarot meanings and possible interpretations, it irks a little that they seem to have intentionally picked cards that _do_ fit V's actions in the context of this ending, but chosen a completely different interpretation of what happened to him, unrelated to the cards. It's like whoever picked the cards out knew what they were saying, but someone completely different actually wrote Misty's dialogue.
Ah well.
these endings split my heart into a million pieces.
That handshake, and the look on Johnny's face, and the not letting go of V's hand right away... 😢
A copy of a man in another man’s body… he gets to live… but what exactly does that mean when your body and soul are both not yours… Johnny definitely has it just as rough as V, whether he is “alive” or not. This game is the deepest game ever and easily the best.
temperance everytime, no hesitation. my one true ending
My best ending is if Johnny and V become an entirely new person together.
well that’s just the game
when i first played i hoped there would be an option to merge the personalities. missed opportunity imo but it does feel a bit cliche i'll admit.
@@boglurker2043I mean that still kinda sucks, it’s both of them dying and a brand new person, that wouldn’t be too sweet
@@invert8505true true or maybe an ending where it turns out that the ALT you see in cyberspace is actually a rogue AI from beyond the Blackwall and takes over Vs body would be pretty cool
I JUST REALIZED STEVE WEARS V'S FAVORITE SHIRT HE GOT FROM JACKIE IM DYING.
Awesome find! Never noticed myself lol
It's interesting how different the tarot reading for this ending is compared to the star. So much more ominous. This is such a somber ending, hell it seems like Johnny didn't even really like it much it seems.
this has to be the canon ending
everything about it is perfect 👌
I actually cried after making the decision to give him my body
The best ending in my opinion with dont fear the reaper
Damn, my favourite ending - paying back to your best friend after he saved you, giving him a chance to finally live in peace, without childish ambitions of blindly trying to change the world, or become "the legend", by screwing all the people he knew.. And that music in the end at graveyard, and bus is just..Damn...
I would LOVE to play or meet this future rockerboy in another cyberpunk game as a full on rockerboy.
Cyberpunk good game with a great protagonist V and welcome to our family they boys you will be a legend forever and you too Johnny Silverhand
I would have been really sweet to see V end up right next to Jackie in the Columbarium
bruh i picked the wrong dialogue on accident and made johnny say "i cant say i didnt hope youd say that" and i basically betrayed V
This is the best ending imo, literally lose everyone for a higher survival no point of being alone when you lose everything
One of the best games i've played, i'ts so dramatic and the gameplay is lit
this ending is the best because V and johnny cheat death once again
Cyberpunk is a great game and this video showcases that perfectly. But f**k me If I let someone else take over my body. One month or six or even more, I'm staying here 'til it gives up.
My headcanon ending is also the space one, where V becomes a huge player and legend just to go for the Hail Mary with Mr. Blue eyes. If Cyberpunk were a movie though, I think this ending in the video would definitely be the right choice. Honorable mention is the PL ending (which is awesome if you haven’t played it yet!)
The chair johnny is sitting kinda looks like a tombstone.
I'd really like to see maybe a short film about panam trying to locate where Johnny went after Mikoshi
Funny that you mention that because I’ve also thought about this exact thing. If this was a movie, I can totally see this ending being told through the eyes of Panam instead of V/johnny like the rest of the story is told. This would add a ton of mystery around the answer if V is still himself or if he is Johnny, or if V never really was himself anymore since „coming back from the dead“ and having Johnny in his mind in the first place. It’s great to see someone else think about this!
Store owner just voiced by Judy
I would really like there to be a life action movie where an actor like Aaron Paul plays V
this game is art.
I am really glad CDPR stuck it out and gave it their best in the end. The structure and story was there from the beginning but they nearly fucked it up with the launch. Great to have this game be a comeback story rather than a cautionary tale, it is more than deserved, especially considering all of the awesome Art/Lore and story people involved really put their hearts and souls into this.
hands down the best ending
What do you like more in this one than in the others?
@@AcBaLkXthis was the most rational one. Everyone lived - sort of. Johnny got a second chance… V couldn’t have survived in her own body unlike Johnny, but at least she is now alive in cyberspace… maybe in the future when we have tech to recreate bodies like altered carbon, we can always be reincarnated.
I’d say this is as good as the arasaka ending if not better. In the arasaka ending v was uploaded to cyberspace with the hope she would get a new body someday. In this it’s the same thing except Johnny lives too.
Had the same endling, i cried like a bjsh...happy tears tho. Good story.
It’s very bittersweet which are probably the best types of stories
Why is the guitar store owner just Judy
I love double voice effect. Like Dragon Ball xD
I like this ending, this ending opens up many potentials for the sequel. Jonny in V’s body collaborates with V behind blackwall to resolve an AI revolt perhaps. And also a route for redemption, quite similar to RDR. V sacrificed for Johnny and Johnny will carry V’s wishes, to be a legend. In RDR2, John lived and went a redemption path for Arthur.
V enter cross bridge to cyberspace to start a new: Me seeing the netflix intro start:oh fu-
The voice afterwards always sounds weird in a good way😂 gonna get this ending now on my second save after coming back just cause I wanted to see V with Panam.
Yea it’s this weird mould between V and Johnny that doesn’t fit at all, but I think it’s probably intentional to be this jarring
I'm glad there's at least one person doing a Temperance ending with Judy having closure by leaving. Always messed up seeing people upload the one where she is scared and confused because she didn't leave.
I’m torn between this and leaving it all behind with Panam, I play a cold and calculated V who at the end of the day works towards helping others rather than himself (sound like polar opposite traits I know). I’m wondering if I should either have him do his final good deed and give Johnny a second chance, or for Panam by staying with her until the end, don’t know what I should do but this ending seems like the most fulfilling.
Happiest ending would be leaving Night City with the 6 months left but now that ending no longer makes sense thanks to phantom liberty and V having no good reason to reject being cured.
they literally could have the means to save both johnny and v at least in both body and "engram". Just before V death make us a an engram like johnny, take the relic, do reverse egineering at arasaka or with songbird for example. Make two relics, one empty and the the other with V engram, take some fellow that you dont really care about or is to be executed. preferably a corpo they die like flies and usually have healthy bodies, put the relic with V on johnny, and make him almost die, then the relic will kick in and rewrite johnny's body, previously V's, into V's again like in the game, when almost the entire body is reprogrammed to be V's property put johnny in the other empty relic as an engram and put him in that fellow that was just waiting to die, like if he was to die at least he can be useful, and arasaka, songbird or even the usa are in debt to V like it or not, there is gotta be someone who fits the criteria to be the new vessel for johnny. So the new relic with jonny will do the same to this fellow and in a couple of weeks johnny will have a body of its own. its really messed up i know, but considering the amount of bodies the city accumulates ina couple of hours its just a waste. Even if we give our body away or keep it in both "good ending" both johnny and V are engram like it or not. this way they can have a full life
I am not too well versed in the lore, but this sounds totally plausible if you put it like that 🤔
@@AcBaLkX thanks, me neither, but if they used the first fucking relic, that its supposed to be latest tech and fill it with johnny of all people and not someone more useful or keep it empty for saburo as the relic was intended for, it means they have the capacity to build more
I love this because no matter what one of them gets a raw deal V would live on borrowed time Johnny getting the body would be best outcome for him except V would be insanely screwed
No. V would be free. And i like to think that V tries to find a way back to Johnny.
9:00 💯⚡💀
To save my friend and give them a second chance at life or sacrifice them with only 6 months to live... choice was obvious
Some may not consider Johnny a true friend, depending on how their game choices affected the relationship. Imo, he really becomes a better person through V which is ironic since the whole game is about Johnny affecting V and not the other way around
@@AcBaLkX Exactly. V changed Johnny for the better and in my mind I like to imagine that Johnny would always remember that as he lives on.
@@grifftownHe knows. He will always remember. Its sad that he still tried to talk to V at first.
What I like about this ending is it glitches and I can’t open the message so can’t finish it and get the last trophy and platinum 😢
Best ending
47:57 Johnny really could have told V‘s friends about his death.
In my first game, i hated jhonny, so, i chose arasaka, after panam, and finally, when i see all options and all options was sure dead for v, and also hours behaving like shit with jhonny, finally i got something fantastic, a apology from jhonny, he reconozig their mistakes, and in that moment i need give a oportunity, so, i chose give my body to jhonny, i was happy to know that he really changed
How did you get that call from Panam in the ending? I did Don't Fear The Reaper+giving body to Johnny but i got a different call
You need to have completed her whole side quest-line to actually lock on the relationship with her
Plays a bit different if you're a woman. My first playthrough was a bumpkin nomad that let 'Saka do what it thought best at then end. My second was a corpo decker that only ever wanted to be a powerful engram. She jumped at letting Johnny take her place, and the fact that you're female adds a few lines to the dialogue.
Damn...
omg its jason statham
Panamın belə əsəbi olacagını bilmirdim
What mission is this called?
This is the ending cutscene after playing one of the final missions. The one I placed before this cutscene is named „don’t fear the reaper“. It’s the „secret“ ending, which is why Saul and rogue are both alive. Just google cyberpunk secret ending, or don’t fear the reaper to see how you can trigger this!
Note: to get the exact ending you are seeing here, you need to also have a high friendship or affinity rating with Johnny and give him your body at the end!
Yeah, I really simp for Keanu, how do you know?
V was supposed to die, she died so many times to the point that it is comical, so you need to realize the body needs to be treated well, how much more can the body take. And V has already achieved what makes her the greatest, went out with a Blaze o glory and is now a legend.
I had high friendship but I didn't get the handshake option
I got the handshake in the Don’t fear the reaper ending.
@@NorthPasture I did that and I didn't
@@gergelygulyas6270 I think it’s missable dialogue if you keep walking towards the black wall without going back to talk to him every time he tries to stop you.
how did you get the end that also Roue is alive and also Soul?
The endings where they both survive are the devil, sun, & path if least resistance.
Don't fear the reaper
During the mission chippin' in (i think that was the name) when you visit johnny's graveyard after getting his pistol and car back, you gotta select certain dialogue options and once you are in the final mission where you gotta make a choice in the balcony, pick the option "rogue and you should go" and when johnny asks if you are sure then wait 5 minutes irl time... Johnny will say: "hard to pick which friend is gonna die right? We should do this alone" and go solo to arasaka tower
@@beisong999 Thals a lot !!! What a comprehensive and informative reply! Thanks!
Don’t fear the reaper and give Johnny your body is what I did for this ending, Saul and rogue both live because they aren’t present at the assault on the tower since you’re going in alone
46:41 Panams reaction hurts the most when you romaced her..
Giant plothole..
this fuckin game ...
Wait what?! Johnny didn't let me give him V's body! Why?
There’s a certain point of no return in both dialogues where you can’t change your mind. For the cyberspace ending, it’s near the handshake at the end
Why could the DNA change back to V's when V is back in her/his body? That is what I choose to believe.
P.S what does "perhaps somewhat more" mean. I don't really think ALT's AI know what will happen. She or it has made a calculation on there current data she has but it not based in actual knowledge.
It works if you think of the DNA change as a strong form of terminal cancer. It has progressed too far and no known procedure can fix it (Unless you get help from beyond the blackwall)
39:36 why is it always that song…
Nofucking good ending in cyberpunk universe bithes.
Is this the nomad way?
No I did the „don’t fear the reaper“ ending which is why Saul AND rogue are still alive
@@AcBaLkX Well they are alive in the solo. I had not played Nomad version so i did not know.
I don't get It, V was already turning into johnny slowly as explained by Hellman and towards the end where V just repeats johnnies words "stretch your noodle." It is to say V is already johnny
Like Hellman said, he’s both himself and Johnny at the same time. Him talking out loud at the end was the line between personalties almost disappearing as V’s body became more attuned to the engram.
Given enough time, V would’ve flatlined completely and Johnny would wake up. This is highlighted by the fact that if you do the ending with Rogue, you have full health. But if you storm it as V your health is lowered. The body is just fighting the ‘V’ half.
Nah man. Johnny right you should never stop fighting. This ending just feels bit wrong to me...
why panam is mad ?
Because she's know Jhonny steal V body
because you romanced her and she hates Johnny for taking V's body even if he didn't take it
Panam thinks Johnny stole V's body
Honestly the second worse ending you could get. You go through everything and in the end, throw away the very thing you fought long and hard to keep.
I think otherwise. Sure, you lose your body, but the bond and character development both V and Johnny go through shows how much both care for each other now. V comes to terms with his mortality, while paying Johnny back for saving his life. Johnny turns a new leaf and leaves behind his bitter, angry, self centered self and swears to make the most of the second chance V gave him.
I mean yea if you was a complete asshole to johnny then yea this is thee worst. But saying this is worst cause you thrown everything away is false and inaccurate cause you did all this to try and survive key word "TRY" there was no guarantee you was going to live and if you dont do tower, suicide or devil ending the other 3 give you the tarot card judgement which is where your case just becomes argument becomes irrelevant cause your hard word did pay off. The judgemental tarot card is basically choice you made all that effort to get given the choice to what happens to V or johnny. And really was you expecting a happy ending? This is cyberpunk there is little to no happy endings this world takes from you and never gives just the fact alone you got given a choice to decide your fate should have been seen as a privilege
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Ive always wanted a comment like this under one of my videos lmao
I think this ending is beautiful and all... but I hate it. Johnny is an especially shitty person and most of his relationships were either unhealthy or ended on bad terms. He had his life. He made choices. He died. Life is worth a damn because you only get the one. Johnny doesn't deserve a second chance at life. V giving up their body for Johnny seems wrong to me. Johnny, you're the quintessential loveable asshole... but an asshole nonetheless. Stay dead.
True but then again V will die eventually, I'm pretty sure Alt says he only has a couple months tops. I'm pretty sure a good chunk of people after hearing they'll die will give up while others would cope and live out their remaining lives. So I can see and agree when V said "I'm so tired", yeah he worked all that way to fix his problem and his result is "You'll die anyways". You could also do the new ending but that is beyond fucking depressing.
Well to say johnny is an asshole is true but what you are forgetting is growth and how as a player you can play V cause you can be an asshole too even worse then johnny so at that point its kinda ironic to use that argument. But i think your take is highly flawed and unfair. Cause V was no saint either cause you are a hired merc you get paid to kill, kidnap, steal and who knows what else for money which is also a shitty thing to do the reason why you are dying in the first place is because you are doing a shitty thing yea arasaka is a scumbag company but stealing regardless is crappy thing to do and know what the hilarious thing is? Your argument makes no sense too cause did you forget what happened? V died too after he got shot in the head by dex and you definitely didnt desevere that second chance. But if you want my reasoning as to why its fair, inadvertently johnnys relic resurrected you he saved your life yes he tried to kill you at forst but if i was stuck in a soulless prison for 54 years i would be same at first, and whilst yes he did go too far first time he took control after that he respects you, he does right by you, he giving you advice on how to save you he helps you to try and survive cause he wants to do right by you cause hes changed he grown from your experience and vice versa and he got given the chance to right his wrongs and hell depending on choices you should have died a 3rd time cause the voodoo boys tried to kill you and you got saved by the relic so you got given 3 chances! So i would be interested in your arguments since you boldy stated life is meaningful cause you only get live once and you was very hypocritical
This is by far the worst ending... regardless of paths.
Vincent living out his life... even as short as it might be... is the better outcome.
Johnny died already... he then agrees and pledges to relinquish in the motel.
V letting Johnny have a second redemption betrays everything V did the entire game.
The truest ending is going to FIA... that monologue between Johnny and V... is the truest ending.
Why does the truest ending have to be the ending that is a little happy? This is cyberpunk the story was never meant to be happy if you've ever read any other cyberpunk theme. Either way v dies, and honestly the FIA ending isn't that great either since most of your neural pathways are so destroyed. You're essentially operating at that point to your most basic functions as a human being and you won't be able to get anything meaningful out of life. Plus v not being able to use cyberware just makes him completely useless in the city. That ending is like a Phoenix rising from the Ash and then decides to take a bath, so he's reduced to smolder.
This person gotta have the shortest attention span I've ever seen.
I've seen kids with ADHD on adderall able to focus on a single task better.
Lmao
Something about fighting the whole game in fear of the inevitable. Ending SoMi’s suffering seeing her so content in death finally being able to rest, then sitting with the monk trying to find inner peace to come to terms with my fate. Deciding to go out in a blaze of glory raiding Saka tower ALONE becoming the Legendary Solo of the Afterlife like my best choomba Jackie always dreamed of for us. To giving Johnny a second shot at life. Not bad for some nobody street punk from Heywood huh? Long live V the Dreamer