And as someone said in the the phone calls video "this ending is awfully odd smh, two years ago they were about to die for v's sake" it's like they were purposefully being spiteful and I don't understand why, Because to me that's genuinely what it feels like for that ending is it is just being mean for the sake of being mean it's like "you want to know? You want to know if you live fine here you fucking live but you have no one" it's still makes the nomad ending the best ending because at the very least through the tarot card readings you're probably going to live a lot longer than 6 months.
@lostnemesis everything about thIs ending is about being selfish. So mi was selfish because she didn't want to die (especially with all the sins she committed). Reed using this whole thing to get back the life he lost( F I A gave him purpose). Panam leaving is on par even though she great she let's her emotions rule her.( probably realize she didn't know who she was without V and it piss her off that someone that valuable isn't Herr. Judy finally leaving night city to find herself. Almost ever character has a ending were they doing something for themselves that selfish.
Oh,man these all is really a FUCKING DOWNER!! latetly i Think nothing from dlc is it worth!! The best Ending for me is the Nomad ending with panda...hope theyre make Ciberpunk 2 Story better ...otherwise , fuck off CDPR!!...But good for me i dont need the DLC to buy...😒🤦♀️🤷♀️
@@Centipedestyle89 Exactly, and also it makes sense thematically, as the Cyberpunk TTRPG franchise has always been a tragedy, and as V is a tragic hero, he succeeding has to come at a price, in the others it was your friends dying, give you soul to Arazak, survive only six moth or Jhonny takes your body, so if you are going to survive you needed a true sacrifice, and the idea of selfishness like you said was very prominent in this expansion and you have to be selfish to get this ending So it makes sense that you ended up driving you friends away like Songbird and Reed did
I see this comment everywhere but to play devil's advocate: it's been two years. Ain't no way in hell folks are gonna put they're lives on pause for anyone else for that long. Most of them thought V was dead.
@@Kageravager Yep, he only told them he would be gone for a few weeks then no contact afterwards, for most people in Night City that would mean you’re dead in a gutter somewhere
this ending makes perfect since. the relic takes control over everything in V body so the only way to stop it is to get rid of the implants which wipes it out. He loses everything but he lives on.
I think people tend to forget, that you haven't spend years with the friends you made during the game. Only exceptions are Misty and Vic, who knew you for a longer time. The rest only knew you for a couple months tops, which makes them moving on much easier to understand.
Nah if wasn't for V, they be in a bad spot or worse. They just ghost him like nothing ever happen, all the things he did to help them V deserve better. @@rionnosuke
You also forget that V pretty much solved their life problem within that time span. It makes zero sense for them to ditch V like that especially when he has a completely valid reason that you know....he's in a COMA?
@@NinjapowerMS And maybe with time they’ll circle back and reform that relationship, but from their eyes, you basically told them you where leaving for a few weeks and then vanish for 2 years. Most of them assumed you dead and move on with their lives. A lot can happen in 2 years, he’ll the entire game only took place in a few months, imagine how much has had to occur for them to end up where they currently are.
In my opinion the top three endings are The Sun (suicide run), The Star (Nomad), and The Temple (Reed) and it’s because they all have a happy ending for V but they come with a massive cost in the end. There will never be a truly happy ending for V, but at least they got to try and fix everything in the end. It’s like Dex said when we first met him, “Quiet life, or a blaze of glory?” A foreshadow that V’s life would end in a literal manner.
I've always found something intriguing about the (Don't Fear) The Reaper ending. You best Smasher and all of the sudden you've got one last job before you kick it. The heist of the Crystal Palace.
I always thought it was important to look at the endings through the lens of terminal illness. The Star always seemed the best when viewed like this, you get to live a few more months, accomplish everything you set out to do, and spend your last days surrounded by loved ones. I also personally subscribe to the theory that the cure isn't what left you weakened like this, but rather the NUSA strategically making sure you're no longer a possible threat. It explains why they never woke you up to talk to you about the risks or ask you if you still wanted to go through with it.
If you played a female V like I did, Idk V just felt like a girl to me then leaving with Judy and Panam is the best ending in my book. Send Song to the moon. She lives, Alex lives everybody is happy, Reed is technically 'free' and V's life is left to interpretation. Hell they found one cure, gotta be another somewhere.
Its a bittersweet ending. V could go with Misty / left Night City / join FIA and restart life, it's not the first time V lost everything. I can see V smile, healthy and happily retired being a normal person living A Quiet Life. He still had few eddies, friends and connections in Afterlife and FIA. The only downside is Arasaka and other gangs could hunt him down at his vulnerable state because his past action. Ohh, I forgot Songbird is still alive and probably mad at V.
@@lofiaqua1647Do they leave night city no matter what? I just did the run this town quest and chose the arasaka agent to take over. Does that effect nothing
This is, honestly, the best ending. V has his life and can do whatever he wants with it. He lost some people he'd been friends with for a couple moths, but he has the rest of his life to make new friends. Judy and Kerry could warm back up, as friends, while Vik and Misty will be in touch. V may not end up a legend, but that life got him killed twice--once after the heist, and again, symbolically, at the end. This is the best choice V could make. It's not exciting, it's not full of laughter and puppies, but it's real, and for someone as resilient as V, the depression will just be momentary. He doesn't have to die to be alive; he can just live.
I think its the worst. Yes V can start over but it seems as though everyone has left is leaving or doesnt want V around. He's a shadow a nobody and just as the end shows another face in the crowd. Loss of identity is worth than death in my book. Many dont see it that way but V said it clearly in the game. Being a Merc is not what they do its WHO they are.
I think it just depends on your point of view. It is a great ending in the sense where V can take a fresh start. He can be someone new, his past won't chase him ever again. He's done with Saka, he's done with the mercs, he's done the headhunters, he's done with the scavengers. He could be anyone, minus his cyberware. On the other hand, it is a miserable ending for a wannabe legend, he ends up being a nobody. He will be remembered as a legend, but won't ever *live* his life as a legend. And that's what they say. Legends are remembered by how they die, not how the lived. That's also what Rogue implies at the end. He will be remembered as an Afterlife legend, because people assume V died, and she suggests it to leave it that way, as this is the highest honor an edgerunners could dream of.
for me its the worst ending as vs aspiration is to become a night city legend and they say many times that theres rarely ever a living legend i think v doing one last suicide mission in raiding mikoshi then vanishing with the nomads is the best option. as v at least is surrounded by people that care about him for the time he has remaining and he vanished before he could tarnish his own reputation and legacy.
I would've liked this ending, since it's not too bad to just live a quiet life. My 'problem' with this ending is that nobody gave a literal sheet about you after realizing you came back from a 2 years coma. Nobody except Victor and maybe Misty.
It's really pretty stupid. People aren't acting the way they would when talking with someone who was in a coma. They can more like V ditched them on purpose
Giving body to johhny - (Panam) "Believe me when i say I'm going to find you ... wherever you're hiding ... And when i do I'm gonna rip V out of your head." 2 years after being in coma - (Panam) no answer W H A T ... THE ... F U C K ... WHO WROTE THAT ENDING?
The thing you all seem to be missing is that V didn't tell anyone what was going on. No one knew V was having surgery. V just says I gotta go out of town and I'll be back in a month. It's not like they knew V was in a coma and they left V in the lurch. They couldn't reach V and thought V died. You can look at your phone in the game and see the numerous calls and texts from all V's friends. Freaking out, wondering where V is, begging V to reach out, and at least them know if V is alive, and they got no answer. Two years no answer with as dangerous of a life as V lives in Night City of all places. I don't fault them for moving on.
@@darcrequiem It's not about they moving on, it's about they don't seem to give a shit that V who they thought is dead but finally not dead. Other ppl I'm okay they moving on, like Judy and Kerry since they have different life now. But Panam and Avolcado gang really did V dirty. Sure, Panam can mad at V that he's not contact for 2 years, but since V massage and explain the reason of his hiatus, they supposed to understand him right? Not like "don't contact us again" and shit. After what V been through for them, help their clan, family my ass. It's like dev try too hard to make this shit depressing as possible even tho it doesn't have to be. P.S. Except, Panam off herself like a lot ppl think, and Mitch try not to tell V the true and just said him to f off.
V gets a second chance, with the choice of leaving NC, becoming a local fixer or working for the FIA, but at the cost of never being an Edgerunner again physically crippled and having lost everyone and everything, including their love interest, except Rogue and Vic. What was it all for? Whatever V determines it to be. Never fade away.
@@s2wuolf508 Doubt it, Netrunners rely heavily on your brain and nerve conductions, which is why most Netrunner implants rely heavily on the Nervous System. V could get away with basic hardware, but his days of heavily jumping into the net and hacking entire armies are long gone. Even if he tries using the old external decks of Old-School Netrunners, newer gens would run circle around him. He basically has to live out the rest of his life as one of the NPC;s in the city, that could just be killed randomly for any reason.
if u have high relationship woth johnny then the convo in the AV is a lot nicer and more sad, its more like 2 friends saying goodbye instead of whatever this is. he even calls V by their full name. also 2 years made misty go from a 6 to a 10
Every ending is just leaves me so empty. no hope , or new perspective for poor V. All that pain and lost for nothing. Maybe it’s a stretch but if CDPR wants to continue V’s story I wouldn’t mind V having a protege of some sort.. 2 years later and they aren’t the same V anymore.. it would b no choice but to continue with a new kid looking for a come up. idk anything! i wouldn’t care. I just feel so sad for this character. What a shame
Every ending in the DLC definitely. The nomad anything unless you really care about Teddy, Bobby and saul is the best ending because if you believe in Misty she basically says you're going to live a good life at the end.
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Naaaah choom, it wasn't for nothing, he even has a line with Johnny saying he learned a lot, aaaaaaaaaand, he became a LEGEND, with his own drink no less, AND survived NC. No other character did it, Martinez, Jackie and Johnny had drinks... dead. Every legend is also dead. V is literally a living legend. The closest you get to be a legend would be, maybe what? "The Sun" ending, which u never even know if you survive it and definitely don't fear the ripper would elevate you to a legend. And after all, becoming a legend was a big deal for V. Also, I think this is one of the better endings and the one that captures best V's personality, think about it. When talking to Misty, you either say "won't give up", or if you choose the miracle one, Misty says "you really are unbreakable", and if you tell her it's good to leave, she makes you think about changes. Hell, even if you say that your life is over, Misty reminds you that twice it has been over, and twice you have rebuilt your life. Either option revolve aroud V's reslience. I think V's most important attribute is that he adapts, even when everything is lost or even if there is no way forward, he'll still walk the walk. And he quite literally does it, on the final scenes when some dude bumps into him, he looks at it, kind of maybe thinking what he would've done if that dude bumped into him 2 yrs ago, sees the crowd, realizes that right now he's just another face in the crowd......and..... what does he do?!?!? he SMILES, he knows everything is different but oh yeah, he's already thinking how he's gonna get back up, and keeps on walking. And that, i think, that's V's essence right there. God damn I loved this ending.
I think that’s the point. That this life, this city, never lets you leave. The only real ending for me is the nomad ending but seeing them tell V to basically go fuck himself makes me rethink it. It’s like Edgerunners-a cautionary tale. V was fucked the minute he entered city limits.
For me, regardless of how "sad" it may seem, this is the true ending of the game. It leaves V alive and the world gets a little darker. Just right for a sequel.
Hard disagree, because all endings are valid, even the Devil. To me, personally it's the Temperance ending (from suicide run) that is the best for all of V's friends at the cost of V's life.
This is so fucking sad for me.. I love V and Johnny to the bone 😭 Tho i guess youre right, I hope what theyre brewing for Cyberpunk Orion is for a new main character that is stronger than V, tho we will see him as our mentor, like the veterans of Aldecaldos. Somehow the mission is about restoring V, and/or bringing Johnny back because they secretly created a copy 😂
Not for me. I think V leaving NC serves the same purpose. V was the best Merc in the biz. Went from streetkid to the 'big leagues' as Jackie said. Assaulted Arasoka tower then vanished. V is a legend, they can never go back to NC but nobody knows what happened. V still gets a quiet life and we really dont know what happens to them, better than another NPC in the crowd.
@@picallo1 But this ending is a choice before entering Arasaka right? Meaning they never got the chance to raid the building.. V never became that Legend, just went into coma and after 2 years gets woken up just to be a above average (minimal cyberware) citizen, given the chance to start a new life without combat sims. This ending is depressing for him and for Jackie. I felt like i owed it up to Jackie for raiding Arasaka 🤣
@@Hamsterdamned I think you misunderstand my comment. I said I disagree with the OP in my first sentence. And say I like the Star ending where V leaves NC. So no its not the choice before raiding Arasaka.............
I consider this one the most realistic and probably the best ending for V. When you are young, you are idealistic, you run with crazy people and do a whole lotta shit... and then you age, mature, see the world doesn't stop for no one and start feeling thankful you didn't end up in an early grave, that you have touched some people, made their lives better, made them remember you. Most stars just simply fade away eventually, nothing bad in living quietly and content.
Beautifully said, I wish I can give your comment alot of likes. This is the best experience for V. Now they can build their life back up and live peacefully without worrying about any dangers.
For me the best and the canon ending is raiding Arasaka with Johnny and going for the major heist in that space station, it unlocks a lot of possibilites for V to die like a legend or could possibly get a cure. It also carves a path for the sequel of Cyberpunk which is codenamed - Project Orion which will be announced in 2025
they've been slowly working on this game since 22, but it's their first prio now that phantom liberty is out. Not to sure why they're not using the REDengine anymore instead of Unrealengine 5. Maybe it's easier with unreal? idk we will see.
With this ending, I could see V becoming some sort of mentor figure to an up-and-coming merc later down the line. The Mr or Mrs. Miyagi that almost everyone forgot to be afraid of.
Would make sense, since the ending shows us the only cinematic in the game where you see V from an outside perspective. Like he is becoming a NPC or character that lives out of our gamer perspective.
it's possible that they would foreshadow V becoming a fixer or a mentor for an even stronger merc in Orion, but I'd much rather not see a V living a husk of his former self, and instead just have him being mentioned as a true legend in the sequel
On the bright side, it presents the very real possibility that the Aldecaldos could find someone to perform the same operation. Even if V still has to be a regular person, they get to be a regular person among loved ones.
Its not even farfetched either. The contacts Panam speaks about in Arizona are Stormtech corporation that know genetics. Thats who shes speaking of when she says "soon as we arrive down south were going to my contacts and fix whatever needs fixing" during stars ending, and Misty cards have never been wrong, so "long happy life" it is.
@@MacroxssZ Nothing points to Stormtech not being able to perform this type of surgeries, quite the opposite, this ending reinforces the possibility, so im not even sure what you're on about with just being an engram. The only "problem" with Stars Ending is CDPR trying to make thing blurry for "sad endings" aura, in order to "suggest" the nomads are going to send V to some rando with a tent in the middle of the desert. Panam is far more intelligent.
@@joeallen7781 ok, if you do any other ending, V goes into mikoshi once he does that he dies, Alt soulkills him to separate him from johnny and put an engram back into his body that ultimately fails for reasons, any ending where V makes it to inside mikoshi he dies. The ending is the engram's ending trying to survive.
I wanna believe V isn’t completely helpless after losing everything, but he is. Two years in a coma. No chrome, ever. Lost his muscle memory, lost his possessions, lost any chance at being the best at anything. Can’t even fight two bums off. Maybe he can find peace, but he lost a good chunk of people and is back at square one with no way to claw his way back up. Maybe it’s better to burn out than fade away.
He can regain muscle function pretty quick, especially with the tech available in 2077 world. He can regrow his nerves. He didn't lose his possessions, he still has millions of dollars. He is still extremely skilled at killing, he didn't just magically forget all his skills. Ya he can't fight 2 bums off because he literally just got out of a 2 year coma, so of course he's going to be super weak. This ending is bittersweet, but it's still a shot for v to gain back everything.
@@robertcross9047 Optimism, is nice. Not that I disagree with your sentiment or anything. The doctors just said that he can't be what he is from before. He can be just "mid" at most. And you can see Vik, he isn't simply "denying" the possibility, he still has some workarounds but its more or less of "If your body and mind" can take it and seeing that V just came out of a coma, he is severely weak in both body and mind. And look, V can probably still take up Mama Wells offer to him. And probably live a normal life with her till he is healthier but knowing how some injuries are, it probably would be dangerous for V to get back to where he was before and would stick normal or average stuff but I guess.... looking at risk he took to remove the relic, It would be fine for him to be normal. As for friends, his other friends are just hurt of 2 years of being a no-show (Even I was mad at my best friend who went out into the sea to become work in an oil tanker for a year without me knowing). Who is to say they won't warm up to him in time again. It may have just been months but they all still have memories together. If not, well, it is still fine. There are still a world of people out there.
according to lore, the life expectancy in the NUSA is 53 years, and most people don't even live up to that expectancy, it's definitely far better to have 6 months to make yourself a legend, than 6 years to live an average person in a world as dreary as 2077
@@mrpopo5097 The Tower is the only ending where V lives though. In all other endings the real V is deleted in Mikoshi... and then their body dies few monts later. There is no cure, that's a fact.
@@Josete3 The Tower is the only ending where V lives though. In all other endings the real V is deleted in Mikoshi... and then their body dies few monts later. There is no cure, that's a fact.
This ain't the saddest ending. This maybe the most logical one, the most bittersweet one. It's becoming an adult after teenage years of dreaming about glory, being enraged and angry against the whole world, to admit to not being someone special. Doing your best, being authentic and living according to your principles is enough to survive. Sometimes you lose everything, friends and love, but you can start again. Admitting all that and finally managing to settle down is a peaceful life. V's got a chance to start over. Man is desperate to be part of an infinite world, where he counts for zero.
The saddest part about journeys, the destination doesn’t always turn out the way you envisioned. Never let the end destination make you forget the journey.
Yep you obliterate Johnny into nothingness and you lose everything. This is my new worst ending because I hate the devil ending. But this one just hurt.
@@lostnemesisjohnny is not real. He is an engram. The same goes for V if he goes for any other ending except the arasaka one or the NUSA one. V loses his soul and becomes an engram, he officially dies. This is the only ending in which V can actually live, but he loses the ability to defend himself which is just fucked up
@@Azumgi Its weird because if Johnny was really interested in saving your life, he wouldn't have objected to being erased. "The guy who saved my life" "You have no idea how much I want that to be true"
This is the most realistic ending. If you were V and you were dying, you’d make the choice to live and find that it didn’t exactly go your way. All your friends leaving you - that’s how people in the real world behaves. Vik conforming, Judy moving on, Panam ignoring you, Rogue making fun of you - totally realistic.
Nah, not totally realistic at all. If people matter to you, they matter without expectation. You can mad if they disappear, but if you care - no, love someone - and they reappear, you fight for them. Of course they move on with their lives, but whether they decide to allow you back is a measure of what you meant to them and apparently V didn't matter to any of them, which is bullshit. Even Johnny Silverhand came back into Kerry's life as if it were nothing, he got a fuckin stage performance, Rogue went on a date. Totally realistic? Are you kidding me?
You know what. I dig this ending. Sure, it ain't great that V isn't a legend in the eyes of NC. But he sure is to me. And also, in this ending, he's alive. And could possibly set up to be a fixer. Imagine this. Vincent / Valerie being our fixer in the next game. It'd be cool, right?
I feel the worst part about this ending is it feels more like developer spite than a realistically bittersweet one. I just can't buy the fact V would up and leave without leaving some sort of contingency plan for Reed to at least call or inform his loved ones of the situation. V realistically would've definitely told his SO, regardless of who you chose, that things might go wrong and if they do, then this is the guy who will update ya'll and if he doesn't something is up. Even then, I feel it's weird how all the characters straight up abandon V after everything he did for them, yes 2 years is a long time, but it's not "abandon you forever" long, ESPECIALLY in Panam's case where V arguably saved her life and a future of misery on multiple counts. There's no way in hell Panam as emotional as she is, would straight abandon V, especially without getting answers. She'd be fucking PISSED sure, but she'd definitely need to talk to V face to face. Idk, everything just seems off with this ending for me in regards to the way the characters communicate with one another. I feel it would've been far more realistic if V still lost all the chrome and went into a coma, however all his loved ones were still there for him. If they wanted to keep it sadder, then perhaps they could show Reed's good intentions but controlling side as well, telling V he wouldn't permit him to go back to Night City because it's too dangerous for him/her there. Also, V is more of a cripple now than simply a person without Chrome. This'd cement the idea that V truly is perhaps, no longer in control of his own life at this point. Reed sets V up with a job at Langley, ensuring he'll be well taken care of and never have to worry about danger or income again. Another catch 22 that is both bad and good depending on your perspective. From there, V informs all his loved ones of the situation and you get more realistic reactions. Panam cares for you and says she was calling the hospital every day to see if you'd woken up. When you tell her your Langley situation, she says fuck that and that she and a few members of the family will come to pick you up and get you outta there. That now that you're cured there's so much they've got to show you and catch up on, especially her, because of how much she missed you. However, due to your crippled state you can no longer go out on missions with her or the boys. If you're with Judy, then because you kept her informed, you find she's been at Langley this whole time housed in a nearby apartment. That she's going to come see you and never gave up on you waking up again someday. You call Victor and find out he still sold out to the corps, but that he'd find time to come visit you someday. Kerry if he's romanced, you find out he's on tour but super excited to hear from you and that he'd fly out first thing tomorrow to come see you. River, you find that he also moved out and got a job as a military cop here at Langley and though there's corruption, he's happy and would be coming to see you right now. From there, you get to wheel yourself out and are about to catch a bus to what would be your new home. You get a glimpse of the "quiet life" at Langley, a peaceful and secluded military base that seems completely different from the world of NC. You ponder whether this really is the life for you, uncertain of what the future holds. Then at that moment, you run into Misty of all people who was coming to give you one last visit before flying out to Poland. You get to reflect on this with her, similar to this original ending, and perhaps voice your regrets that you're no longer the badass merc but a cripple forced to live a peaceful boring life, but Misty tells you that this is just a blank slate, and you can make it work etc. To trust in your future and friends. You still lost the necklace, but that still holds symbolic meaning here. From there Misty gives you a final gift, a lotus necklace in the meaning of rebirth. She leaves, and the ending cements with V perhaps needing help to get onto the bus from a military member and having to take the handicap ramp. However, he smiles looking out the window while sitting down, perhaps hopeful for the future. Credits roll, and you get reactions. Judy is oddly more like a house wife with her new look, telling you it's so exciting your home if you romanced her. Panam is ranting to you that the military personnel are giving them a hard time getting access to you without clearance, and if you could ring your friend (Reed) to fix it, and that she will burst from anxiety or excitement if she doesn't get to see you soon, and ends her call/rant. Victor says he has to push out the visit because the corps aren't giving him enough time off but that he'd find time someday. Kerry similar to Panam, complains about military clearance to get access to the base and that he's gonna contact the base commander and complain or something lol. River similar to Judy, is similar to a house husband (if you romanced him) and talks about how great it is that you're home etc. I feel this all would've cemented this ending JUST AS GOOD as the Aldecados one, but also having a downside somewhat.
The Johnny ending also has a problem with that. It's really weird that Johnny wouldn't talk to V's significant other and tell them what happened and that V is gone. Least to me.
@@dootdoot802how could you bring yourself to tell your friend's friends that their friend is dead and you're the reason why, not only that but doing so with his face, voice, yk?
I completely agree. This feels like omega spite from the devs due to all the feedback from people wanting to at least see an ending where the chip gets removed and V lives in some fashion. They went about doing this type of ending the wrong way that it boggles my mind all the plot holes and just rushed elements that occurs. In fact after reading your comment it is such a good cannon ending that I'm imagining it is the real ending to V and his friends. Only thing I would add is maybe make Viktor just essentially done with V and a few other characters leaving only his SO(s) to be the ones truly wanting to see him.
You watch a character go risk it all, go through hell, and come out the other side forever damaged from it. The price paid with interest over a heist gone wrong. There is no victory just desperate sacrifice. V should just take the fia offer, he gained enough experience to be more than qualified for the job.
Man that ending was so bad like... The nomad ending you at least have the chance of living a long time according to Misty and she hasn't been wrong. And this ending you obliterate Johnny into nothing and then lose everyone and basically everything.
Was so disspointed by how the game ended up being, cdpr you let us down on this dlc, worst ending ever, and why would you rewrite the ending from the base game, characters and story had so much potential, but you screwed it up so bad cdpr, got to rate it: 4/10.
@@Only1ChosenOne15/10, bittersweet, but it was amazing. You were a legend, you rose from nothing, became a legend. To survive, losing everything so you could live was a price to pay. Bittersweet, yet amazing all the same
@@Only1ChosenOne Just like everything else, its a choice that you make, you didn't have to call Reed Johnny made that very clear, what you wouldn't know was what comes after next, unintended consequences. A lot of people see this as a bad ending, I see it as the opposite side of don't fear the reaper quest line going out and doing what V wanted when we started the journey with him/her to be "remembered." Calling Reed and making the call is choosing the "safe route" V even says that in the dialogue with Johnny, doing the surgery well its giving up the struggle that's the choice you were making, this was the "quiet choice" choosing to live and that is what you get in the end, no chance to be anything but a random choom being oppressed by everyone else LIKE everyone else in NC a nobody that no one will remember. Its not a bad ending, its the choice to be a nobody, the polar opposite of don't fear the reaper.
i honestly hate this ending the most it doesn't sit right with me, V just walks out into the crowd like its nothing and gives the impression they are staying in NC i honestly keep thinking they will end up dead in a day, remember how many enemies we made before this? like some one is gonna notice we are back and im pretty dam sure all the gangs have it out for us especially the malstrom after we killed so many of them. and since we cant get any cyberwear or we die we cant defend our selves. honestly save your self the less hurt and go with temperance or the star, personally id go with temperance Johnny gets to live a natural life with no time limit and leave as much as a fuckup he is he honestly deserves it, what use is it that we let him go into the blackwall with alt when we got a limit on life. This ending hurts me so dam much i dont even wanna get the achievement. ive heard people say "at least V survives!!!" i then raise the question how long? especially in NC??
That's a good point. The nomad ending if you believe Misty you're probably going to live a decent life and longer than the estimate, Becoming a legend and all that you live a good life your lover leaves you but you go out with a big bang and you're never forgotten, And as you said with the Johnny ending he lives guaranteed and he becomes a significantly better person because of you he becomes closer to the magician tarot card without it being reversed.
ofcourse, but that is with the premise "in NC". its the city of dream, but if your dream is gone, why stay at all? just go like misty did and start a new life somewhere else.
I actually like how bitter sweet this ending is. Finally you're free of the shackles that were going to leave you six feet under in a short amount of time. But this also isn't the end of V as anybody can turn around and still achieve pique human capability without the chrome. He just wont be the same V. Still though, I agreed to stick with Johnny. We would find another way and I would like to think that is the Casino Heist Mission, were we to ever see it.
One thing though, songbird said the thing used to help V or Song is some type of evolving AI or nano machines. so could it be possible that the Ai or nanobots could help V "evolve" back into how he was normally in a couple years time? Maybe regain his resistance to Cyberware, being able to wear combat implants slowly but surely. Also could it be that the organic Body V has now, might be a cloned body? That, NUSA is keeping V's real body somewhere else trying to find out more about the Biochip and Engram of Johnny. We were supposed to be out for couple months, but something just had to happen that it dragged us into a coma. My guess is they were doing alot more than just helping V. Maybe his body carried some sort of scientific breakthrough with Cyberware tolerance or perhaps they found out that two minds in one body could make for one hell of a special operative, so decided to expirement along that route. Either way i think there was more going on than what was being let on.
Behind every ending there is a lesson - everything has his consequences. Doesnt matter who you are. At the End of life nobody can return and make things better. Everything has his price and everyone has to pay when the time has come. Vi wanted more and more, until he finally realized that he already had everything he wanted.
The way he just blends in with everyone else at the end is heavy. He's just another face in the crowd, another NC citizen. Nothing special about him anymore, except for his own memories of the past and a rep that only a few people, some of whom don't even matter anymore or he won't ever see again either because they are dead or far far away, would recognize. Man, this ending is heavy. I bet he's thinking about the days when he had that terrorist rocker boy in his head. And Panam, someone he really wanted to live for, wanted to stick around for and truly loved. Living on the edge, feeling like death was always one step behind-that's what kept him going. It's what let him meet all these people, go through the highs and lows, and become who he is now, even if he never saw it coming. It makes me sort of understand why he needed to come back to NC. His life, as we know it, happened there. No other place will ever compare because NC is truly his only home. Johny once said something like 'NC ate you up and shit you right out,' but V just had to come back. Well, this game, seriously, has some of the best storytelling ever. Just the fact that we're sitting here, thinking this deeply about a character in a game, says it all. It's simply breathtaking and, to me personally, very emotional-sad, even. CDPR really knows how to make their stories, don't they?
At least what was the name wine and blood or something like that I don't remember kind of was cool and you didn't feel like you're nuts were in a vice. This shit just feel bad like so bad I completely changed how I thought about the DLC bad 😂 like I still think it was good but God damn the endings were not fun
@@lostnemesis I loved Phantom Liberty, until this.....V's pretty much helpless, and nobody can be bothered with him. A lot like real life really....Bro better go gym!
@@Lonewanderer30 yeah I'm not going to lie I after I played that ending I suddenly had less desire to play the game. Ahhh it's been a while since a games ending has made me so disappointed. I'm just happy there's other endings at this point that hurt significantly less to play through.
@@lostnemesis Yeah except in all the others you die after 6 months...Why after storming Arasaka in Don't Fear the Reaper and Johnny's gone, can't Reed's people heal his body without turning him into a normie? But then again, he has the option to gain abilities through hard graft rather than implants, like you and I have to do!
@@Lonewanderer30 the second part of this will be about endings. The short answer is reed was not in the base game. The long answer is pretty similar. It seems like when making this DLC they had bigger ambitions because you can see the bones of some of the things they wanted to do that have been left behind it's like they wanted to completely reformat the game because of the surprise success that the game had after edgerunner and the updates, But it also feels like this DLC has it's some anger that they had to work out for some reason because there is no Don't fear the reaper for this DLC there is no ending in this one where people come away clean it's almost like they didn't want that, and maybe that also plays into why you can't contact reed after that ending, everyone brings it up but is The nomad ending. Misty's tarot cards haven't been wrong to my memory and what she draws is basically saying you're going to live a lot longer than you were estimated. I just played through that ending not too long ago that was my palate cleanser.
i hate it when people really think v is going to have a peaceful life but in reality he's screwed in night city. if we do get a sequel which we are, we aint going to play as v, its probably going to be someone completely different and probably a reference about v and v's clothes including v's bullet necklace. honestly if you want a good ending, just use star ending or facing arasaka by yourself.
Man damn near brought me to Tears how everyone just somewhat bailed on V after just two years...makes you wonder how they actually cared about you or just were grateful for you being a One man Army who helped them with their problems. Its just sad man. Really fucks with my head. Especially the Nomads and Panam.. "we will ALWAYS be there for you V" well seems like "always" has a different meaning in their Culture. Really made me see the Nomands with a different perspective now. I mean they didn't call you to ask how you are , where have you been.. but instead to just tell you to leave them alone. Fuck the Nomads man.
@chopchopchilliman because imo the length of the time you have spend with someone is less important then the quality of the time. My best friend for example I didn't meet in 1st grade but met when I was 19, and close friends I spend less then a couple months with. That's not considering how V basically changed their life while threatening his own fleeting time. I would just assume that's worth some loyalty. 2 years is nothing for someone who basically saved your Clan/helped you get revenge for the torture of your Ex/saving your nephew/ helping get your Rockstar career and saving your from depression and suicide attempts...
I like how this ending is ambiguous but suggests at a likely outcome depending on Vs lifepath. Nomad will be interested in becoming a park ranger with Misty. Corpo V is most definitely taking Reed up on his offer as he actually understands the benefits package. Streetkid will find another way to stay in the game, likely as a fixer with all the powerful connections V has made.
If you think about it, this is the worst ending for V - he started out as a nobody, and ended up blending in with the crowd, even though he became a legend. Though if CDPR make a second installment based on this ending, V could become the chief fixer instead of Bestia in the afterlife, because his reputation, despite being stripped of his combat implants, will remain intact.
This is the best ending of the game TBH. Regarding Cyberpunk one should remember Pondsmith always said, "You cannot save the world. It is about saving yourself."
It’s sad that only one that try’s to care is River, because he’s in a Shit situation Panam is dead or pissed at you Judy gets what she wants and understandably can’t do much Kerry just try’s to throw money at it
This hit me hard. It was the ending I got first time through the DLC. I guess I was hell bent on surviving. I got really invested in the characters, and then... everything V accomplished was ultimately for nothing. Their character development, their friends, and even Johnny is gone. Night City looks worse than when V left. It stuck with me for a week, and I stopped playing the game for that time. I've never felt that way from a game before.
21:16 They got that wrong. Judy DID leave NC, right after the dive and sleeping at the cabin but the dam. Spent the rest of the game missing her so damn much - going to her empty apartment was sadder than Jackie's offrenda.
This is probably the happiest ending imo. Everyone lives, nobody dies, everyone is much better off. V is perfectly fine, they aren't dying, and they're still V (as opposed to Johnny). They lose the ability to be a psycho murder but that's a positive imo. Reed even offers you a cushy job in a locale that seems infinitely nicer and safer than Night City. You won't *need* to be a psycho murderer just to get by. It's tough for me to see how it could be any better unless they made it ultra sappy, rainbows and sunshine good ending... which wouldn't fit the series at all.
If you think about it every legend in the game/story went out sad. Bartmoss died of “heart failure” after everything and ended up in the city dump. Johnny was taken out by Smasher and finally “killed” by soulkiller. He was “covered in his own piss and shit” and was dumped in a random oil field. And V lost literally everything except her/his life. While sad, this ending fits. V became a legend but it cost him/her everything.
He hasn't lost anything, he's still alive and has nevertheless become a legend of Night City, he will be able to work as a fixer and earn much more, we can say that now he is at the same level as Rouge and he is not even 30 years old.
Although this ending is really depressing but beautifully done. Was V smiling at the end when he walked in the crowd at the end? Was he accepting his new future as "Face in the crowd"? V is alive but not dead, eeking out his life as a civilian with no chrome. In the world of Cyberpunk the majority of people are mostly flesh and blood with minimal modification it seems, it just happened that in the game as V. We encounter many chromed up characters but the normal NPC we were walking past. Wonder if V will really take up the offer that Reed gave him to work for him or will V stay in Night City? But since all his friends are gone, no reason to stay anymore. Beside V is technically still young, around 29 by now (Was 27 in 2077)
After this ending, the whole "there is no new game +" really sank in. All the work I did, building up to lvl 60, all the time tuning I did for my build, and now it's all fucking gone. Real heavy shit man
In this ending V loses almost everything. His love, friends, home, status and power. At this moment only thing he can do is taking Reed's Langley job offer, because staying in NC is a suecide for him. He is powerless now with many powerfull enemies gunning for him and there is no anonimity in digital world, he will not hide.
The only endings i can see have a positive change is when you ruin arasaka - You dont get to see what comes after. But man. Seekng everyone move without V hurts.
The only thing this ending did was make me feel the Aldecaldos words are hollower then the corps. The whole "your one of us now" thing feels really hollow when your told to "fuck off" in the credits, but hey least we saved a bunch of "raffen" types. Shitty thing is we gave them the ability to stop being prey, lets see the other raffen crews roll up in a tank eh?
What I think is sadder is that this is now the canon future of Night-City, sad to see it become even more dark and dystopic than it already was. Sad future for Vic too.
I don't see this ending as sad. At least not in the grand scheme of things. Yes V lost the new friends made in the game... But they only knew each other for a few weeks or months tops. V had an entire life before them and now he/she will have an entire life. Maybe he can be a part of their lives again down the road or maybe not. However the most important thing is that V will have a life. He will have decades to make a new life with new people. Look at Judy. She got out of the hell hole that is NC and made a family. V can do the same. All the other endings will have V die. In this emding the whole world is open to him. If I may quote a written line from Pixar's UP. "Thanks to the adventure. Now go have a new one."
the way i see it, this ending isn't as bad as most make it out, V is alive and has the potential to rise again for a second Conflict if we keep going for songs. V is about as beaten and bitter as they were when jackie died and they found out NOTHING could be done about johnny slowly killing them. As soon as the choom gets of their ass and get into gear they can burn bright again. until they get fixed they can utilize powerjacks, tech goggles, external Cyberdecks, smart weapons hard jacked to the goggles, armowewave fabric mods, and heck with the amount of resources Mr. Blue Eyes has, i could easily see him offering a new type of cyberware to V as long as V does something for him and then learns that cyberware leaves him forced to work with Blue Eyes. Living is better than dying or pretending any one else had a cure, Biotechnica maybe with nanobots but lets be honest the NUSA had nanobots too and they couldn't repair V's Brain when they scooped out the bad parts cause of the mystery neural anomaly. Even Arasaka who were the experts on the relic damage encountered the same problem scooping out the brain area, cept unlike the NUSA they weren't able to save V's life, probably because they didn't remove the cyberware.
The real Phantom Liberty were the friends you lost along the way. Seriously, it's scary how two years is enough for a loved one to become a stranger with their own self contained problems that really have nothing to do with you. Real everlasting love is nothing but a fairy tail. Time really rules over everything, and it leads everything to the same fate, not even affection and empathy are immune to it.
I really think (Don't) Feat the reaper is the canonical ending leading to Orion, and phantom liberty's ending is really a hint because it shows there's a cure for V But why don't fear the reaper is the "canonical ending"? In CB2077 and edgerunners we alredy saw the "evil corp" side of things. Judging by CDPR inspirations like Ghost in the Shell and Neuromancer (the crystal palace heist and V's condition is almost a copy of Neuromancer's plot) I really think rogue AIs will be the next big thing.
Everyone is like "oh sad and soo on..." but I'm like: how tf they gave V human arms and legs back again(assuming they were replaced with cybernetic ones) and how tf V walks after having all implants removed..how tf is V purely organic at the end again
if they were sketchy, body banks are a thing, but since it's super cutting edge NUSA surgeons, they probably regrew the missing meat and bones or entire limbs. A lot of stuff is possible in cyberpunk, if you've got the scratch.
Maybe that Synth meat stuff, so when V gets shot in those areas that white blood stuff might appear, not sure. Could also be they cloned his body and did something along the lines of that.
My one small issue with this ending is that Johnny has dialogue early in the game where he essentially says “What’s happening to you is wrong. When they time comes, I’ll die. My life for yours.” And that’s kinda ignored here.
I still need to confirm this, but I've seen positive responses from johnny in other videos depending on your progress and dialogue choices But I agree, in my playthrough he said he wanted it to be true that he saved V's life But for some reason, he's unwilling to sacrifice himself for V
The only way I’m doing this ending is not do any side shit with Judy, Panam, Kerry, and River. Do what I have to do and get rid of the relic. Judy I kinda understand since she leaves Night City regardless but at least she stays with V before ghosting during the other endings when romanced and goes with V during the nomad ending. The Aldacaldos though, seriously all that talk about being part of the family and being a de facto member is utterly bullshit in this ending. Makes things easier to cut ties when you don’t have any.
What ppl dont know is in the ttrpg, bioware is a thing, and I'm not talking about the company. You can literally graft vat-grown muscle onto themselves. That's just one. I also remind ppl that V was fairly lethal in the first mission without cyberware. Now, I really want to try a for the most part baseline human build.
Actually, this is the best ending for V possible. He/She still has their skills (they just can't us implants). Has ties to the NUSA (who want to hire them). Is a living Afterlife legend (that reputation could lead to a comfortable career as a fixer). Has a good relationship with most of the fixers in the city. Is an official member of the Aldecados. And no chrome means V has to stay out of trouble or it could mean certain death. V is perfectly set up to become an intelligence agent for NUSA, or a successful fixer in NC. Most importantly their still alive. Happy ending if you ask me.
i disagree, the skills are the implants also the ability to get hit with a enhanced attack and get back up again is what made V legendary... sadly thats all gone now, a fixer maybe but nothing edgerunner anymore.
They are clearly showing that v not only cant use implants but he is severely limited in physical ability and maybe even certain brain functions are not working properly. It’s pretty right to just call this the NPC ending because V essentially becomes a flimsy NPC that the legends sometimes run over on the side walk who cant fight or really react properly to the world around them.
Most of these people only knew v a couple of weeks to months before the coma so it does make sense that despite all they did together Like they’d never forget him but v reaching out to them when he wakes up would be like if an old coworker of yours randomly messaged you years after you last saw them The bonds he had with them were definitely portrayed to be more but they didn’t have the same amount of time put behind them as some did I do feel like maybe this ending is meant to lead to a sequel where you get v back he finds the pendant and starts to notice changes If they wanted to do more with v specifically they would have needed to find a way to bring him back to square 1 or even lower than that and they would have needed to keep him alive or have made a way for him to come back Something makes me feel like the pendant has more meaning to it than was let on
i dont know..i feel that this ending provide so much possibilities for v's future..it would be cool to be able to play v as a person with no implants and see how far she/he can get.
Cdpr just said “You want your happy ending? Fine.” And gave us it but at a massive cost
And as someone said in the the phone calls video "this ending is awfully odd smh, two years ago they were about to die for v's sake" it's like they were purposefully being spiteful and I don't understand why,
Because to me that's genuinely what it feels like for that ending is it is just being mean for the sake of being mean it's like "you want to know? You want to know if you live fine here you fucking live but you have no one" it's still makes the nomad ending the best ending because at the very least through the tarot card readings you're probably going to live a lot longer than 6 months.
@lostnemesis everything about thIs ending is about being selfish. So mi was selfish because she didn't want to die (especially with all the sins she committed). Reed using this whole thing to get back the life he lost( F I A gave him purpose). Panam leaving is on par even though she great she let's her emotions rule her.( probably realize she didn't know who she was without V and it piss her off that someone that valuable isn't Herr. Judy finally leaving night city to find herself. Almost ever character has a ending were they doing something for themselves that selfish.
Oh,man these all is really a FUCKING DOWNER!! latetly i Think nothing from dlc is it worth!! The best Ending for me is the Nomad ending with panda...hope theyre make Ciberpunk 2 Story better ...otherwise , fuck off CDPR!!...But good for me i dont need the DLC to buy...😒🤦♀️🤷♀️
@@Centipedestyle89 Exactly, and also it makes sense thematically, as the Cyberpunk TTRPG franchise has always been a tragedy, and as V is a tragic hero, he succeeding has to come at a price, in the others it was your friends dying, give you soul to Arazak, survive only six moth or Jhonny takes your body, so if you are going to survive you needed a true sacrifice, and the idea of selfishness like you said was very prominent in this expansion and you have to be selfish to get this ending
So it makes sense that you ended up driving you friends away like Songbird and Reed did
what a thoroughly miserable ending ... makes sense in context though. there are no happy endings in night city.
v getting tossed around by some nobody thug genuinely hurt my heart
Some nobody we definitely would've eviscerated back then for even thinking of robbing us when we had all our tech lmao. Truly a sad ending for our V.
How a legend became just another passer by...
This should be unofficially named "the NPC ending"
In Night City, you die as a legend or you end up as a pissing old man.
@@xikungao2376 Nah, it's the Mr.Nobody ending as Dex told you.
I dont understand. Didn't we and johny have a deal if someone gonna go? It would be him?! So the fuck his mad about?!
@@siavoshfirelord He isn't mad at all if you're in good standing with Johnny, if you said the right things at the oil field
Everybody can't wait to move on as soon as you become a "nobody". This is a real-world ending. Find new friends.
I see this comment everywhere but to play devil's advocate: it's been two years. Ain't no way in hell folks are gonna put they're lives on pause for anyone else for that long. Most of them thought V was dead.
@@Kageravager Yep, he only told them he would be gone for a few weeks then no contact afterwards, for most people in Night City that would mean you’re dead in a gutter somewhere
this ending makes perfect since. the relic takes control over everything in V body so the only way to stop it is to get rid of the implants which wipes it out.
He loses everything but he lives on.
He alive, thats the point. Get a chance to make happy life
@@user-ed4jg1xt8g happy life … in world were death is dirt cheap, working brings barely any money …everything controlled by mega corporations….😅
I think people tend to forget, that you haven't spend years with the friends you made during the game. Only exceptions are Misty and Vic, who knew you for a longer time.
The rest only knew you for a couple months tops, which makes them moving on much easier to understand.
even though its hard to never see ur loved ones ever again.
Nah if wasn't for V, they be in a bad spot or worse. They just ghost him like nothing ever happen, all the things he did to help them V deserve better. @@rionnosuke
They're hardly loved ones though. You knew them for a maximum of 6 months, most of them shorter than that. V can make new friends.@@rionnosuke
You also forget that V pretty much solved their life problem within that time span. It makes zero sense for them to ditch V like that especially when he has a completely valid reason that you know....he's in a COMA?
@@NinjapowerMS And maybe with time they’ll circle back and reform that relationship, but from their eyes, you basically told them you where leaving for a few weeks and then vanish for 2 years. Most of them assumed you dead and move on with their lives.
A lot can happen in 2 years, he’ll the entire game only took place in a few months, imagine how much has had to occur for them to end up where they currently are.
In my opinion the top three endings are The Sun (suicide run), The Star (Nomad), and The Temple (Reed) and it’s because they all have a happy ending for V but they come with a massive cost in the end. There will never be a truly happy ending for V, but at least they got to try and fix everything in the end.
It’s like Dex said when we first met him, “Quiet life, or a blaze of glory?” A foreshadow that V’s life would end in a literal manner.
I've always found something intriguing about the (Don't Fear) The Reaper ending. You best Smasher and all of the sudden you've got one last job before you kick it. The heist of the Crystal Palace.
This is night city there are no happy endings
I always thought it was important to look at the endings through the lens of terminal illness. The Star always seemed the best when viewed like this, you get to live a few more months, accomplish everything you set out to do, and spend your last days surrounded by loved ones. I also personally subscribe to the theory that the cure isn't what left you weakened like this, but rather the NUSA strategically making sure you're no longer a possible threat. It explains why they never woke you up to talk to you about the risks or ask you if you still wanted to go through with it.
If you played a female V like I did, Idk V just felt like a girl to me then leaving with Judy and Panam is the best ending in my book. Send Song to the moon. She lives, Alex lives everybody is happy, Reed is technically 'free' and V's life is left to interpretation. Hell they found one cure, gotta be another somewhere.
Nah don’t fear the reaper is by far the best ending for V
Its a bittersweet ending. V could go with Misty / left Night City / join FIA and restart life, it's not the first time V lost everything. I can see V smile, healthy and happily retired being a normal person living A Quiet Life. He still had few eddies, friends and connections in Afterlife and FIA. The only downside is Arasaka and other gangs could hunt him down at his vulnerable state because his past action.
Ohh, I forgot Songbird is still alive and probably mad at V.
Arasaka is no more in this ending.
Wanna live the quiet life and wither in nothing ? Or die in a blaze of glory > D. deshaun clolorized. 2077
@@lofiaqua1647it's not like they collapsed lol. They're just gone from Night City, they could still be somewhere else
@@billlee3851 still no more in NC
@@lofiaqua1647Do they leave night city no matter what? I just did the run this town quest and chose the arasaka agent to take over. Does that effect nothing
This is, honestly, the best ending. V has his life and can do whatever he wants with it. He lost some people he'd been friends with for a couple moths, but he has the rest of his life to make new friends. Judy and Kerry could warm back up, as friends, while Vik and Misty will be in touch. V may not end up a legend, but that life got him killed twice--once after the heist, and again, symbolically, at the end. This is the best choice V could make. It's not exciting, it's not full of laughter and puppies, but it's real, and for someone as resilient as V, the depression will just be momentary. He doesn't have to die to be alive; he can just live.
I think its the worst. Yes V can start over but it seems as though everyone has left is leaving or doesnt want V around. He's a shadow a nobody and just as the end shows another face in the crowd. Loss of identity is worth than death in my book. Many dont see it that way but V said it clearly in the game. Being a Merc is not what they do its WHO they are.
I think it just depends on your point of view. It is a great ending in the sense where V can take a fresh start. He can be someone new, his past won't chase him ever again. He's done with Saka, he's done with the mercs, he's done the headhunters, he's done with the scavengers. He could be anyone, minus his cyberware.
On the other hand, it is a miserable ending for a wannabe legend, he ends up being a nobody. He will be remembered as a legend, but won't ever *live* his life as a legend. And that's what they say. Legends are remembered by how they die, not how the lived. That's also what Rogue implies at the end. He will be remembered as an Afterlife legend, because people assume V died, and she suggests it to leave it that way, as this is the highest honor an edgerunners could dream of.
for me its the worst ending as vs aspiration is to become a night city legend and they say many times that theres rarely ever a living legend i think v doing one last suicide mission in raiding mikoshi then vanishing with the nomads is the best option. as v at least is surrounded by people that care about him for the time he has remaining and he vanished before he could tarnish his own reputation and legacy.
NO LEGEND ENDING BEST
Goddam... Misty is just... the best person.
I would've liked this ending, since it's not too bad to just live a quiet life. My 'problem' with this ending is that nobody gave a literal sheet about you after realizing you came back from a 2 years coma. Nobody except Victor and maybe Misty.
It's really pretty stupid. People aren't acting the way they would when talking with someone who was in a coma. They can more like V ditched them on purpose
Giving body to johhny - (Panam) "Believe me when i say I'm going to find you ... wherever you're hiding ... And when i do I'm gonna rip V out of your head."
2 years after being in coma - (Panam) no answer
W H A T ... THE ... F U C K ... WHO WROTE THAT ENDING?
Agreed, Avolcado gang really did V dirty.
The thing you all seem to be missing is that V didn't tell anyone what was going on. No one knew V was having surgery. V just says I gotta go out of town and I'll be back in a month. It's not like they knew V was in a coma and they left V in the lurch. They couldn't reach V and thought V died. You can look at your phone in the game and see the numerous calls and texts from all V's friends. Freaking out, wondering where V is, begging V to reach out, and at least them know if V is alive, and they got no answer. Two years no answer with as dangerous of a life as V lives in Night City of all places. I don't fault them for moving on.
@@darcrequiem It's not about they moving on, it's about they don't seem to give a shit that V who they thought is dead but finally not dead. Other ppl I'm okay they moving on, like Judy and Kerry since they have different life now. But Panam and Avolcado gang really did V dirty.
Sure, Panam can mad at V that he's not contact for 2 years, but since V massage and explain the reason of his hiatus, they supposed to understand him right? Not like "don't contact us again" and shit.
After what V been through for them, help their clan, family my ass. It's like dev try too hard to make this shit depressing as possible even tho it doesn't have to be.
P.S. Except, Panam off herself like a lot ppl think, and Mitch try not to tell V the true and just said him to f off.
V gets a second chance, with the choice of leaving NC, becoming a local fixer or working for the FIA, but at the cost of never being an Edgerunner again physically crippled and having lost everyone and everything, including their love interest, except Rogue and Vic.
What was it all for?
Whatever V determines it to be.
Never fade away.
v could become anything they want after this hoestly. they've got another chance after all.
Honestly this in my opinion is the worst ending in the game
@Dr.supervillain they can't use any cyberware in world that almost demands it to survive or even enjoy daily life.
Since they mention combat implants, could a max intelligence netrunner V still use cyberdecks safely?
@@s2wuolf508 Doubt it, Netrunners rely heavily on your brain and nerve conductions, which is why most Netrunner implants rely heavily on the Nervous System. V could get away with basic hardware, but his days of heavily jumping into the net and hacking entire armies are long gone. Even if he tries using the old external decks of Old-School Netrunners, newer gens would run circle around him. He basically has to live out the rest of his life as one of the NPC;s in the city, that could just be killed randomly for any reason.
if u have high relationship woth johnny then the convo in the AV is a lot nicer and more sad, its more like 2 friends saying goodbye instead of whatever this is. he even calls V by their full name. also 2 years made misty go from a 6 to a 10
6 to 10 wtf u mean 💀
Every ending is just leaves me so empty. no hope , or new perspective for poor V. All that pain and lost for nothing. Maybe it’s a stretch but if CDPR wants to continue V’s story I wouldn’t mind V having a protege of some sort.. 2 years later and they aren’t the same V anymore.. it would b no choice but to continue with a new kid looking for a come up. idk anything! i wouldn’t care. I just feel so sad for this character. What a shame
Every ending in the DLC definitely. The nomad anything unless you really care about Teddy, Bobby and saul is the best ending because if you believe in Misty she basically says you're going to live a good life at the end.
Naaaah choom, it wasn't for nothing, he even has a line with Johnny saying he learned a lot, aaaaaaaaaand, he became a LEGEND, with his own drink no less, AND survived NC. No other character did it, Martinez, Jackie and Johnny had drinks... dead. Every legend is also dead. V is literally a living legend. The closest you get to be a legend would be, maybe what? "The Sun" ending, which u never even know if you survive it and definitely don't fear the ripper would elevate you to a legend. And after all, becoming a legend was a big deal for V.
Also, I think this is one of the better endings and the one that captures best V's personality, think about it. When talking to Misty, you either say "won't give up", or if you choose the miracle one, Misty says "you really are unbreakable", and if you tell her it's good to leave, she makes you think about changes. Hell, even if you say that your life is over, Misty reminds you that twice it has been over, and twice you have rebuilt your life. Either option revolve aroud V's reslience.
I think V's most important attribute is that he adapts, even when everything is lost or even if there is no way forward, he'll still walk the walk. And he quite literally does it, on the final scenes when some dude bumps into him, he looks at it, kind of maybe thinking what he would've done if that dude bumped into him 2 yrs ago, sees the crowd, realizes that right now he's just another face in the crowd......and..... what does he do?!?!? he SMILES, he knows everything is different but oh yeah, he's already thinking how he's gonna get back up, and keeps on walking.
And that, i think, that's V's essence right there. God damn I loved this ending.
I think that’s the point. That this life, this city, never lets you leave. The only real ending for me is the nomad ending but seeing them tell V to basically go fuck himself makes me rethink it. It’s like Edgerunners-a cautionary tale. V was fucked the minute he entered city limits.
For me, regardless of how "sad" it may seem, this is the true ending of the game. It leaves V alive and the world gets a little darker. Just right for a sequel.
Hard disagree, because all endings are valid, even the Devil.
To me, personally it's the Temperance ending (from suicide run) that is the best for all of V's friends at the cost of V's life.
This is so fucking sad for me.. I love V and Johnny to the bone 😭 Tho i guess youre right, I hope what theyre brewing for Cyberpunk Orion is for a new main character that is stronger than V, tho we will see him as our mentor, like the veterans of Aldecaldos. Somehow the mission is about restoring V, and/or bringing Johnny back because they secretly created a copy 😂
Not for me. I think V leaving NC serves the same purpose. V was the best Merc in the biz. Went from streetkid to the 'big leagues' as Jackie said. Assaulted Arasoka tower then vanished. V is a legend, they can never go back to NC but nobody knows what happened. V still gets a quiet life and we really dont know what happens to them, better than another NPC in the crowd.
@@picallo1 But this ending is a choice before entering Arasaka right? Meaning they never got the chance to raid the building.. V never became that Legend, just went into coma and after 2 years gets woken up just to be a above average (minimal cyberware) citizen, given the chance to start a new life without combat sims. This ending is depressing for him and for Jackie. I felt like i owed it up to Jackie for raiding Arasaka 🤣
@@Hamsterdamned I think you misunderstand my comment. I said I disagree with the OP in my first sentence. And say I like the Star ending where V leaves NC. So no its not the choice before raiding Arasaka.............
I consider this one the most realistic and probably the best ending for V. When you are young, you are idealistic, you run with crazy people and do a whole lotta shit... and then you age, mature, see the world doesn't stop for no one and start feeling thankful you didn't end up in an early grave, that you have touched some people, made their lives better, made them remember you.
Most stars just simply fade away eventually, nothing bad in living quietly and content.
Beautifully said, I wish I can give your comment alot of likes. This is the best experience for V. Now they can build their life back up and live peacefully without worrying about any dangers.
I call this one NPC ending, because you literally become a NPC at the end
"Face in the crowd" is more poethical than "NPC"
@@GBZanafarregardless, you still become an NPC who is disposable.
Dex: "Quiet life or blaze of glory..."
Forgot that line crazy
Once a legend now an npc
I am the Crowd
For me the best and the canon ending is raiding Arasaka with Johnny and going for the major heist in that space station, it unlocks a lot of possibilites for V to die like a legend or could possibly get a cure. It also carves a path for the sequel of Cyberpunk which is codenamed - Project Orion which will be announced in 2025
Same. That or the nomads ending
I concur. I saved Songbird then went straight for the secret ending.
Cool! A sequel to this game. Cant wait.
they've been slowly working on this game since 22, but it's their first prio now that phantom liberty is out. Not to sure why they're not using the REDengine anymore instead of Unrealengine 5. Maybe it's easier with unreal? idk we will see.
And if you romance Panam she basically tells you she'll be waiting for you with the Aldecados when you decide to leave NC.
With this ending, I could see V becoming some sort of mentor figure to an up-and-coming merc later down the line. The Mr or Mrs. Miyagi that almost everyone forgot to be afraid of.
Would make sense, since the ending shows us the only cinematic in the game where you see V from an outside perspective. Like he is becoming a NPC or character that lives out of our gamer perspective.
it's possible that they would foreshadow V becoming a fixer or a mentor for an even stronger merc in Orion, but I'd much rather not see a V living a husk of his former self, and instead just have him being mentioned as a true legend in the sequel
Forget everybody else. Viktor is your real ride-and-die in CP2077.
On the bright side, it presents the very real possibility that the Aldecaldos could find someone to perform the same operation. Even if V still has to be a regular person, they get to be a regular person among loved ones.
Yeah.
Its not even farfetched either. The contacts Panam speaks about in Arizona are Stormtech corporation that know genetics. Thats who shes speaking of when she says "soon as we arrive down south were going to my contacts and fix whatever needs fixing" during stars ending, and Misty cards have never been wrong, so "long happy life" it is.
@@joeallen7781 The problem with this ending is that V is still Dead thats just an engram, this ending V truly lives.
@@MacroxssZ Nothing points to Stormtech not being able to perform this type of surgeries, quite the opposite, this ending reinforces the possibility, so im not even sure what you're on about with just being an engram. The only "problem" with Stars Ending is CDPR trying to make thing blurry for "sad endings" aura, in order to "suggest" the nomads are going to send V to some rando with a tent in the middle of the desert. Panam is far more intelligent.
@@joeallen7781 ok, if you do any other ending, V goes into mikoshi once he does that he dies, Alt soulkills him to separate him from johnny and put an engram back into his body that ultimately fails for reasons, any ending where V makes it to inside mikoshi he dies. The ending is the engram's ending trying to survive.
Its really fit with the name
Phantom Liberty
I wanna believe V isn’t completely helpless after losing everything, but he is. Two years in a coma. No chrome, ever. Lost his muscle memory, lost his possessions, lost any chance at being the best at anything. Can’t even fight two bums off. Maybe he can find peace, but he lost a good chunk of people and is back at square one with no way to claw his way back up. Maybe it’s better to burn out than fade away.
Blaze of glory for me
He can regain muscle function pretty quick, especially with the tech available in 2077 world. He can regrow his nerves. He didn't lose his possessions, he still has millions of dollars. He is still extremely skilled at killing, he didn't just magically forget all his skills. Ya he can't fight 2 bums off because he literally just got out of a 2 year coma, so of course he's going to be super weak.
This ending is bittersweet, but it's still a shot for v to gain back everything.
@@robertcross9047none of it matter when your weak as shit now and at risk 24/7 whilst in nighcity
@@robertcross9047 Optimism, is nice. Not that I disagree with your sentiment or anything. The doctors just said that he can't be what he is from before. He can be just "mid" at most. And you can see Vik, he isn't simply "denying" the possibility, he still has some workarounds but its more or less of "If your body and mind" can take it and seeing that V just came out of a coma, he is severely weak in both body and mind.
And look, V can probably still take up Mama Wells offer to him. And probably live a normal life with her till he is healthier but knowing how some injuries are, it probably would be dangerous for V to get back to where he was before and would stick normal or average stuff but I guess.... looking at risk he took to remove the relic, It would be fine for him to be normal.
As for friends, his other friends are just hurt of 2 years of being a no-show (Even I was mad at my best friend who went out into the sea to become work in an oil tanker for a year without me knowing). Who is to say they won't warm up to him in time again. It may have just been months but they all still have memories together. If not, well, it is still fine. There are still a world of people out there.
The way I see it, V is truly free now, not tied to any goals, any responsibilities. It is a chance for V to finally settle and live a long life
A sad life
What a dull life
according to lore, the life expectancy in the NUSA is 53 years, and most people don't even live up to that expectancy, it's definitely far better to have 6 months to make yourself a legend, than 6 years to live an average person in a world as dreary as 2077
@@mrpopo5097 The Tower is the only ending where V lives though. In all other endings the real V is deleted in Mikoshi... and then their body dies few monts later. There is no cure, that's a fact.
@@Josete3 The Tower is the only ending where V lives though. In all other endings the real V is deleted in Mikoshi... and then their body dies few monts later. There is no cure, that's a fact.
If you think about it, its just like Lucy's ending in the show, everyone you care for is gone 😔
Except Maine's crew died and didn't just blow her off & she didn't get sucker punched by some bums. T_T
This ain't the saddest ending. This maybe the most logical one, the most bittersweet one.
It's becoming an adult after teenage years of dreaming about glory, being enraged and angry against the whole world, to admit to not being someone special. Doing your best, being authentic and living according to your principles is enough to survive. Sometimes you lose everything, friends and love, but you can start again. Admitting all that and finally managing to settle down is a peaceful life. V's got a chance to start over.
Man is desperate to be part of an infinite world, where he counts for zero.
Yeah a new chance to live if he doesn’t die in a couple
Of days to some thugs. NPCs never get the best part of the deal, they are disposable.
The saddest part about journeys, the destination doesn’t always turn out the way you envisioned.
Never let the end destination make you forget the journey.
I think it’s cool cause you sacrifice your friend for life but being alive can be a fate worse then death
Yep you obliterate Johnny into nothingness and you lose everything. This is my new worst ending because I hate the devil ending. But this one just hurt.
@@lostnemesisjohnny is not real. He is an engram. The same goes for V if he goes for any other ending except the arasaka one or the NUSA one. V loses his soul and becomes an engram, he officially dies. This is the only ending in which V can actually live, but he loses the ability to defend himself which is just fucked up
@@MK-jz6gmele ficou 2 anos em coma e lógico que ele vai estar indefeso não significa que ele não poderá recuperar as forças dele de um outro modo.
Thats why its better to give the boddy to Johnny because he was ready to sacriface for you in a heartbeat and he gets a 2nd chance to be better.
@@Azumgi Its weird because if Johnny was really interested in saving your life, he wouldn't have objected to being erased.
"The guy who saved my life"
"You have no idea how much I want that to be true"
This is the most realistic ending. If you were V and you were dying, you’d make the choice to live and find that it didn’t exactly go your way. All your friends leaving you - that’s how people in the real world behaves. Vik conforming, Judy moving on, Panam ignoring you, Rogue making fun of you - totally realistic.
Im sorry but if you was in a coma, people wouldn’t just not care when you awake.
@@modz8529it's not that they don't care they care a lot, it's just they've moved on and became different people
Nah, not totally realistic at all. If people matter to you, they matter without expectation. You can mad if they disappear, but if you care - no, love someone - and they reappear, you fight for them. Of course they move on with their lives, but whether they decide to allow you back is a measure of what you meant to them and apparently V didn't matter to any of them, which is bullshit. Even Johnny Silverhand came back into Kerry's life as if it were nothing, he got a fuckin stage performance, Rogue went on a date. Totally realistic? Are you kidding me?
I hoped at the beginning when phantom liberty came out. That we get a good ending, where V can life and is happy 😢
Vik the true bro
You know what. I dig this ending. Sure, it ain't great that V isn't a legend in the eyes of NC. But he sure is to me.
And also, in this ending, he's alive. And could possibly set up to be a fixer. Imagine this. Vincent / Valerie being our fixer in the next game. It'd be cool, right?
I feel the worst part about this ending is it feels more like developer spite than a realistically bittersweet one. I just can't buy the fact V would up and leave without leaving some sort of contingency plan for Reed to at least call or inform his loved ones of the situation. V realistically would've definitely told his SO, regardless of who you chose, that things might go wrong and if they do, then this is the guy who will update ya'll and if he doesn't something is up. Even then, I feel it's weird how all the characters straight up abandon V after everything he did for them, yes 2 years is a long time, but it's not "abandon you forever" long, ESPECIALLY in Panam's case where V arguably saved her life and a future of misery on multiple counts. There's no way in hell Panam as emotional as she is, would straight abandon V, especially without getting answers. She'd be fucking PISSED sure, but she'd definitely need to talk to V face to face. Idk, everything just seems off with this ending for me in regards to the way the characters communicate with one another.
I feel it would've been far more realistic if V still lost all the chrome and went into a coma, however all his loved ones were still there for him. If they wanted to keep it sadder, then perhaps they could show Reed's good intentions but controlling side as well, telling V he wouldn't permit him to go back to Night City because it's too dangerous for him/her there. Also, V is more of a cripple now than simply a person without Chrome. This'd cement the idea that V truly is perhaps, no longer in control of his own life at this point. Reed sets V up with a job at Langley, ensuring he'll be well taken care of and never have to worry about danger or income again. Another catch 22 that is both bad and good depending on your perspective. From there, V informs all his loved ones of the situation and you get more realistic reactions. Panam cares for you and says she was calling the hospital every day to see if you'd woken up. When you tell her your Langley situation, she says fuck that and that she and a few members of the family will come to pick you up and get you outta there. That now that you're cured there's so much they've got to show you and catch up on, especially her, because of how much she missed you. However, due to your crippled state you can no longer go out on missions with her or the boys.
If you're with Judy, then because you kept her informed, you find she's been at Langley this whole time housed in a nearby apartment. That she's going to come see you and never gave up on you waking up again someday. You call Victor and find out he still sold out to the corps, but that he'd find time to come visit you someday. Kerry if he's romanced, you find out he's on tour but super excited to hear from you and that he'd fly out first thing tomorrow to come see you. River, you find that he also moved out and got a job as a military cop here at Langley and though there's corruption, he's happy and would be coming to see you right now. From there, you get to wheel yourself out and are about to catch a bus to what would be your new home. You get a glimpse of the "quiet life" at Langley, a peaceful and secluded military base that seems completely different from the world of NC. You ponder whether this really is the life for you, uncertain of what the future holds. Then at that moment, you run into Misty of all people who was coming to give you one last visit before flying out to Poland. You get to reflect on this with her, similar to this original ending, and perhaps voice your regrets that you're no longer the badass merc but a cripple forced to live a peaceful boring life, but Misty tells you that this is just a blank slate, and you can make it work etc. To trust in your future and friends. You still lost the necklace, but that still holds symbolic meaning here. From there Misty gives you a final gift, a lotus necklace in the meaning of rebirth.
She leaves, and the ending cements with V perhaps needing help to get onto the bus from a military member and having to take the handicap ramp. However, he smiles looking out the window while sitting down, perhaps hopeful for the future. Credits roll, and you get reactions. Judy is oddly more like a house wife with her new look, telling you it's so exciting your home if you romanced her. Panam is ranting to you that the military personnel are giving them a hard time getting access to you without clearance, and if you could ring your friend (Reed) to fix it, and that she will burst from anxiety or excitement if she doesn't get to see you soon, and ends her call/rant. Victor says he has to push out the visit because the corps aren't giving him enough time off but that he'd find time someday. Kerry similar to Panam, complains about military clearance to get access to the base and that he's gonna contact the base commander and complain or something lol. River similar to Judy, is similar to a house husband (if you romanced him) and talks about how great it is that you're home etc. I feel this all would've cemented this ending JUST AS GOOD as the Aldecados one, but also having a downside somewhat.
"no happy endings in night city"
The Johnny ending also has a problem with that. It's really weird that Johnny wouldn't talk to V's significant other and tell them what happened and that V is gone.
Least to me.
@@dootdoot802how could you bring yourself to tell your friend's friends that their friend is dead and you're the reason why, not only that but doing so with his face, voice, yk?
They told him his operation would take a couple of weeks or a month. He didn't expect a 2 year coma.
I completely agree. This feels like omega spite from the devs due to all the feedback from people wanting to at least see an ending where the chip gets removed and V lives in some fashion.
They went about doing this type of ending the wrong way that it boggles my mind all the plot holes and just rushed elements that occurs.
In fact after reading your comment it is such a good cannon ending that I'm imagining it is the real ending to V and his friends. Only thing I would add is maybe make Viktor just essentially done with V and a few other characters leaving only his SO(s) to be the ones truly wanting to see him.
You watch a character go risk it all, go through hell, and come out the other side forever damaged from it. The price paid with interest over a heist gone wrong. There is no victory just desperate sacrifice. V should just take the fia offer, he gained enough experience to be more than qualified for the job.
Never fade away
Man that ending was so bad like... The nomad ending you at least have the chance of living a long time according to Misty and she hasn't been wrong. And this ending you obliterate Johnny into nothing and then lose everyone and basically everything.
Was so disspointed by how the game ended up being, cdpr you let us down on this dlc, worst ending ever, and why would you rewrite the ending from the base game, characters and story had so much potential, but you screwed it up so bad cdpr, got to rate it: 4/10.
@@Only1ChosenOne They didn't rewrite it, you still have the choice to not call Reed and pick another path.
@@Only1ChosenOne15/10, bittersweet, but it was amazing. You were a legend, you rose from nothing, became a legend.
To survive, losing everything so you could live was a price to pay. Bittersweet, yet amazing all the same
@@Only1ChosenOne Just like everything else, its a choice that you make, you didn't have to call Reed Johnny made that very clear, what you wouldn't know was what comes after next, unintended consequences. A lot of people see this as a bad ending, I see it as the opposite side of don't fear the reaper quest line going out and doing what V wanted when we started the journey with him/her to be "remembered." Calling Reed and making the call is choosing the "safe route" V even says that in the dialogue with Johnny, doing the surgery well its giving up the struggle that's the choice you were making, this was the "quiet choice" choosing to live and that is what you get in the end, no chance to be anything but a random choom being oppressed by everyone else LIKE everyone else in NC a nobody that no one will remember. Its not a bad ending, its the choice to be a nobody, the polar opposite of don't fear the reaper.
A thing of beauty, I know
Will never fade away
I’ll take the blaze of glory, thank you very much.
i honestly hate this ending the most it doesn't sit right with me, V just walks out into the crowd like its nothing and gives the impression they are staying in NC i honestly keep thinking they will end up dead in a day, remember how many enemies we made before this? like some one is gonna notice we are back and im pretty dam sure all the gangs have it out for us especially the malstrom after we killed so many of them. and since we cant get any cyberwear or we die we cant defend our selves. honestly save your self the less hurt and go with temperance or the star, personally id go with temperance Johnny gets to live a natural life with no time limit and leave as much as a fuckup he is he honestly deserves it, what use is it that we let him go into the blackwall with alt when we got a limit on life. This ending hurts me so dam much i dont even wanna get the achievement. ive heard people say "at least V survives!!!" i then raise the question how long? especially in NC??
That's a good point. The nomad ending if you believe Misty you're probably going to live a decent life and longer than the estimate,
Becoming a legend and all that you live a good life your lover leaves you but you go out with a big bang and you're never forgotten,
And as you said with the Johnny ending he lives guaranteed and he becomes a significantly better person because of you he becomes closer to the magician tarot card without it being reversed.
ofcourse, but that is with the premise "in NC". its the city of dream, but if your dream is gone, why stay at all? just go like misty did and start a new life somewhere else.
I actually like how bitter sweet this ending is. Finally you're free of the shackles that were going to leave you six feet under in a short amount of time. But this also isn't the end of V as anybody can turn around and still achieve pique human capability without the chrome. He just wont be the same V.
Still though, I agreed to stick with Johnny. We would find another way and I would like to think that is the Casino Heist Mission, were we to ever see it.
Weird how it feels like a 2 years coma progressed the game events at least 5 years.
One thing though, songbird said the thing used to help V or Song is some type of evolving AI or nano machines. so could it be possible that the Ai or nanobots could help V "evolve" back into how he was normally in a couple years time? Maybe regain his resistance to Cyberware, being able to wear combat implants slowly but surely. Also could it be that the organic Body V has now, might be a cloned body? That, NUSA is keeping V's real body somewhere else trying to find out more about the Biochip and Engram of Johnny. We were supposed to be out for couple months, but something just had to happen that it dragged us into a coma. My guess is they were doing alot more than just helping V. Maybe his body carried some sort of scientific breakthrough with Cyberware tolerance or perhaps they found out that two minds in one body could make for one hell of a special operative, so decided to expirement along that route. Either way i think there was more going on than what was being let on.
Behind every ending there is a lesson - everything has his consequences. Doesnt matter who you are. At the End of life nobody can return and make things better. Everything has his price and everyone has to pay when the time has come. Vi wanted more and more, until he finally realized that he already had everything he wanted.
The way he just blends in with everyone else at the end is heavy.
He's just another face in the crowd, another NC citizen. Nothing special about him anymore, except for his own memories of the past and a rep that only a few people, some of whom don't even matter anymore or he won't ever see again either because they are dead or far far away, would recognize. Man, this ending is heavy. I bet he's thinking about the days when he had that terrorist rocker boy in his head. And Panam, someone he really wanted to live for, wanted to stick around for and truly loved. Living on the edge, feeling like death was always one step behind-that's what kept him going. It's what let him meet all these people, go through the highs and lows, and become who he is now, even if he never saw it coming. It makes me sort of understand why he needed to come back to NC. His life, as we know it, happened there. No other place will ever compare because NC is truly his only home. Johny once said something like 'NC ate you up and shit you right out,' but V just had to come back. Well, this game, seriously, has some of the best storytelling ever. Just the fact that we're sitting here, thinking this deeply about a character in a game, says it all. It's simply breathtaking and, to me personally, very emotional-sad, even.
CDPR really knows how to make their stories, don't they?
CDPR's nihilism strikes again...
At least what was the name wine and blood or something like that I don't remember kind of was cool and you didn't feel like you're nuts were in a vice. This shit just feel bad like so bad I completely changed how I thought about the DLC bad 😂 like I still think it was good but God damn the endings were not fun
@@lostnemesis I loved Phantom Liberty, until this.....V's pretty much helpless, and nobody can be bothered with him. A lot like real life really....Bro better go gym!
@@Lonewanderer30 yeah I'm not going to lie I after I played that ending I suddenly had less desire to play the game. Ahhh it's been a while since a games ending has made me so disappointed. I'm just happy there's other endings at this point that hurt significantly less to play through.
@@lostnemesis Yeah except in all the others you die after 6 months...Why after storming Arasaka in Don't Fear the Reaper and Johnny's gone, can't Reed's people heal his body without turning him into a normie? But then again, he has the option to gain abilities through hard graft rather than implants, like you and I have to do!
@@Lonewanderer30 the second part of this will be about endings. The short answer is reed was not in the base game. The long answer is pretty similar. It seems like when making this DLC they had bigger ambitions because you can see the bones of some of the things they wanted to do that have been left behind it's like they wanted to completely reformat the game because of the surprise success that the game had after edgerunner and the updates,
But it also feels like this DLC has it's some anger that they had to work out for some reason because there is no Don't fear the reaper for this DLC there is no ending in this one where people come away clean it's almost like they didn't want that, and maybe that also plays into why you can't contact reed after that ending,
everyone brings it up but is The nomad ending. Misty's tarot cards haven't been wrong to my memory and what she draws is basically saying you're going to live a lot longer than you were estimated. I just played through that ending not too long ago that was my palate cleanser.
i hate it when people really think v is going to have a peaceful life but in reality he's screwed in night city. if we do get a sequel which we are, we aint going to play as v, its probably going to be someone completely different and probably a reference about v and v's clothes including v's bullet necklace. honestly if you want a good ending, just use star ending or facing arasaka by yourself.
Literally, wherever V goes he/she is fucked cause they cant defend themselves 💀
The loneliness I felt and feel playing this game! And the questions you ask yourself!
I'd rather my V dies over this tbh
Guess I'm a blaze of glory kinda guy.
What I took from this ending: Vik and Misty are the only real Gs in the room, everyone else is a poser.
Man damn near brought me to Tears how everyone just somewhat bailed on V after just two years...makes you wonder how they actually cared about you or just were grateful for you being a One man Army who helped them with their problems. Its just sad man. Really fucks with my head. Especially the Nomads and Panam.. "we will ALWAYS be there for you V" well seems like "always" has a different meaning in their Culture. Really made me see the Nomands with a different perspective now. I mean they didn't call you to ask how you are , where have you been.. but instead to just tell you to leave them alone. Fuck the Nomads man.
He knew them for less time than it's been since your comment, why would any of them care after hes been gone 2 years
@chopchopchilliman because imo the length of the time you have spend with someone is less important then the quality of the time. My best friend for example I didn't meet in 1st grade but met when I was 19, and close friends I spend less then a couple months with.
That's not considering how V basically changed their life while threatening his own fleeting time. I would just assume that's worth some loyalty. 2 years is nothing for someone who basically saved your Clan/helped you get revenge for the torture of your Ex/saving your nephew/ helping get your Rockstar career and saving your from depression and suicide attempts...
Sequel where you start as nobody
Hope so
I like how this ending is ambiguous but suggests at a likely outcome depending on Vs lifepath. Nomad will be interested in becoming a park ranger with Misty. Corpo V is most definitely taking Reed up on his offer as he actually understands the benefits package. Streetkid will find another way to stay in the game, likely as a fixer with all the powerful connections V has made.
Agreed. It's not like he commits suicide at the end. The game couldn't spend endless time watching him mentally recovery from this coma.
"A quiet life or death in the rays of glory." All that Vi was going for, namely to heal, he survived, but at the same time begins a new life.
Do you lose your progress after the ending or are you reseted just like in the Nocture endings?
If you think about it, this is the worst ending for V - he started out as a nobody, and ended up blending in with the crowd, even though he became a legend. Though if CDPR make a second installment based on this ending, V could become the chief fixer instead of Bestia in the afterlife, because his reputation, despite being stripped of his combat implants, will remain intact.
This is the best ending of the game TBH.
Regarding Cyberpunk one should remember Pondsmith always said, "You cannot save the world. It is about saving yourself."
Just got this ending. Damn... wasn't thinking that living a normal life could be that that bitter....
Man honestly thought, i was devastated with this ending
It’s sad that only one that try’s to care is River, because he’s in a Shit situation
Panam is dead or pissed at you
Judy gets what she wants and understandably can’t do much
Kerry just try’s to throw money at it
This hit me hard. It was the ending I got first time through the DLC. I guess I was hell bent on surviving. I got really invested in the characters, and then... everything V accomplished was ultimately for nothing. Their character development, their friends, and even Johnny is gone. Night City looks worse than when V left. It stuck with me for a week, and I stopped playing the game for that time. I've never felt that way from a game before.
21:16 They got that wrong.
Judy DID leave NC, right after the dive and sleeping at the cabin but the dam. Spent the rest of the game missing her so damn much - going to her empty apartment was sadder than Jackie's offrenda.
There is no way I could hold back my tears, Hoensly, if I was in V's shoes, I would ball in tears in Misty's arms.
This is probably the happiest ending imo. Everyone lives, nobody dies, everyone is much better off. V is perfectly fine, they aren't dying, and they're still V (as opposed to Johnny). They lose the ability to be a psycho murder but that's a positive imo. Reed even offers you a cushy job in a locale that seems infinitely nicer and safer than Night City. You won't *need* to be a psycho murderer just to get by. It's tough for me to see how it could be any better unless they made it ultra sappy, rainbows and sunshine good ending... which wouldn't fit the series at all.
This is my favorite ending by far. Bittersweet ending IMO.
Bittersweet ending. The hardest part of starting over is the beginning but it gets better.
The definitive answer of Dexter Deshawn's question if you chose the "live in peace as Mr. Nobody" route. And boy does it suck!
Live in peace as Mr. Nobody or go down for all times in a blaze of glory?
If you think about it every legend in the game/story went out sad. Bartmoss died of “heart failure” after everything and ended up in the city dump. Johnny was taken out by Smasher and finally “killed” by soulkiller. He was “covered in his own piss and shit” and was dumped in a random oil field. And V lost literally everything except her/his life. While sad, this ending fits. V became a legend but it cost him/her everything.
I like how this still a ending were V dies, at least his legend and status does
He hasn't lost anything, he's still alive and has nevertheless become a legend of Night City, he will be able to work as a fixer and earn much more, we can say that now he is at the same level as Rouge and he is not even 30 years old.
Although this ending is really depressing but beautifully done. Was V smiling at the end when he walked in the crowd at the end? Was he accepting his new future as "Face in the crowd"? V is alive but not dead, eeking out his life as a civilian with no chrome. In the world of Cyberpunk the majority of people are mostly flesh and blood with minimal modification it seems, it just happened that in the game as V. We encounter many chromed up characters but the normal NPC we were walking past.
Wonder if V will really take up the offer that Reed gave him to work for him or will V stay in Night City? But since all his friends are gone, no reason to stay anymore. Beside V is technically still young, around 29 by now (Was 27 in 2077)
Yes, he does smile for a second
Smile of "Hide The Pain Harold"
After this ending, the whole "there is no new game +" really sank in. All the work I did, building up to lvl 60, all the time tuning I did for my build, and now it's all fucking gone. Real heavy shit man
If you have a cat in V's house, then Rogue will take him and he will end up sitting with her😭😭😭
hi im 5 months late but rogue also takes the lizard if you have it grown up in your apartment!!
In this ending V loses almost everything. His love, friends, home, status and power. At this moment only thing he can do is taking Reed's Langley job offer, because staying in NC is a suecide for him. He is powerless now with many powerfull enemies gunning for him and there is no anonimity in digital world, he will not hide.
The only endings i can see have a positive change is when you ruin arasaka -
You dont get to see what comes after. But man.
Seekng everyone move without V hurts.
The only thing this ending did was make me feel the Aldecaldos words are hollower then the corps. The whole "your one of us now" thing feels really hollow when your told to "fuck off" in the credits, but hey least we saved a bunch of "raffen" types. Shitty thing is we gave them the ability to stop being prey, lets see the other raffen crews roll up in a tank eh?
Most of these one of us types are the same. Everything's fine until you are useless to them.
What I think is sadder is that this is now the canon future of Night-City, sad to see it become even more dark and dystopic than it already was. Sad future for Vic too.
Blaze of glory or the quiet life, you can tell what this is.
"Would you rather live in peace as Mr. Nobody or go down in a blaze of glory?"
I don't see this ending as sad. At least not in the grand scheme of things. Yes V lost the new friends made in the game... But they only knew each other for a few weeks or months tops. V had an entire life before them and now he/she will have an entire life. Maybe he can be a part of their lives again down the road or maybe not. However the most important thing is that V will have a life. He will have decades to make a new life with new people. Look at Judy. She got out of the hell hole that is NC and made a family. V can do the same.
All the other endings will have V die. In this emding the whole world is open to him. If I may quote a written line from Pixar's UP.
"Thanks to the adventure. Now go have a new one."
the way i see it, this ending isn't as bad as most make it out, V is alive and has the potential to rise again for a second Conflict if we keep going for songs. V is about as beaten and bitter as they were when jackie died and they found out NOTHING could be done about johnny slowly killing them. As soon as the choom gets of their ass and get into gear they can burn bright again. until they get fixed they can utilize powerjacks, tech goggles, external Cyberdecks, smart weapons hard jacked to the goggles, armowewave fabric mods, and heck with the amount of resources Mr. Blue Eyes has, i could easily see him offering a new type of cyberware to V as long as V does something for him and then learns that cyberware leaves him forced to work with Blue Eyes.
Living is better than dying or pretending any one else had a cure, Biotechnica maybe with nanobots but lets be honest the NUSA had nanobots too and they couldn't repair V's Brain when they scooped out the bad parts cause of the mystery neural anomaly. Even Arasaka who were the experts on the relic damage encountered the same problem scooping out the brain area, cept unlike the NUSA they weren't able to save V's life, probably because they didn't remove the cyberware.
The real Phantom Liberty were the friends you lost along the way. Seriously, it's scary how two years is enough for a loved one to become a stranger with their own self contained problems that really have nothing to do with you. Real everlasting love is nothing but a fairy tail. Time really rules over everything, and it leads everything to the same fate, not even affection and empathy are immune to it.
hard to explain it
this ending feels like happy but at the same time sad to me
I really think (Don't) Feat the reaper is the canonical ending leading to Orion, and phantom liberty's ending is really a hint because it shows there's a cure for V
But why don't fear the reaper is the "canonical ending"?
In CB2077 and edgerunners we alredy saw the "evil corp" side of things. Judging by CDPR inspirations like Ghost in the Shell and Neuromancer (the crystal palace heist and V's condition is almost a copy of Neuromancer's plot) I really think rogue AIs will be the next big thing.
Everyone is like "oh sad and soo on..." but I'm like: how tf they gave V human arms and legs back again(assuming they were replaced with cybernetic ones) and how tf V walks after having all implants removed..how tf is V purely organic at the end again
if they were sketchy, body banks are a thing, but since it's super cutting edge NUSA surgeons, they probably regrew the missing meat and bones or entire limbs. A lot of stuff is possible in cyberpunk, if you've got the scratch.
Maybe that Synth meat stuff, so when V gets shot in those areas that white blood stuff might appear, not sure. Could also be they cloned his body and did something along the lines of that.
My one small issue with this ending is that Johnny has dialogue early in the game where he essentially says “What’s happening to you is wrong. When they time comes, I’ll die. My life for yours.” And that’s kinda ignored here.
I still need to confirm this, but I've seen positive responses from johnny in other videos depending on your progress and dialogue choices
But I agree, in my playthrough he said he wanted it to be true that he saved V's life
But for some reason, he's unwilling to sacrifice himself for V
The only way I’m doing this ending is not do any side shit with Judy, Panam, Kerry, and River. Do what I have to do and get rid of the relic. Judy I kinda understand since she leaves Night City regardless but at least she stays with V before ghosting during the other endings when romanced and goes with V during the nomad ending. The Aldacaldos though, seriously all that talk about being part of the family and being a de facto member is utterly bullshit in this ending. Makes things easier to cut ties when you don’t have any.
I rate this as somewhere between the suicide ending and the devil ending.
"We lost everything We had to pay the price"
Like johnny says inside mikoshi "finding another way means go back to the arasaka and NUSA(I'm adding) deal. I'll pass"
im still sad there is no 'real' happy ending for V :(
No happy ending for anyone in NC
This ending is just like deal with the devil. V lives, and this is what he/she wants all along, but he lost everything.
What if this likens back to what Dex said? Would you rather die old and a nobody or die young but a legend
Aldecaldos is the best ending, for sure.
What ppl dont know is in the ttrpg, bioware is a thing, and I'm not talking about the company. You can literally graft vat-grown muscle onto themselves. That's just one. I also remind ppl that V was fairly lethal in the first mission without cyberware. Now, I really want to try a for the most part baseline human build.
Actually, this is the best ending for V possible. He/She still has their skills (they just can't us implants). Has ties to the NUSA (who want to hire them). Is a living Afterlife legend (that reputation could lead to a comfortable career as a fixer). Has a good relationship with most of the fixers in the city. Is an official member of the Aldecados. And no chrome means V has to stay out of trouble or it could mean certain death. V is perfectly set up to become an intelligence agent for NUSA, or a successful fixer in NC. Most importantly their still alive. Happy ending if you ask me.
i disagree, the skills are the implants also the ability to get hit with a enhanced attack and get back up again is what made V legendary... sadly thats all gone now, a fixer maybe but nothing edgerunner anymore.
@@bullbae02 Legends are built off things that were. Not things that are. Something worth remembering.
They are clearly showing that v not only cant use implants but he is severely limited in physical ability and maybe even certain brain functions are not working properly.
It’s pretty right to just call this the NPC ending because V essentially becomes a flimsy NPC that the legends sometimes run over on the side walk who cant fight or really react properly to the world around them.
Most of these people only knew v a couple of weeks to months before the coma so it does make sense that despite all they did together
Like they’d never forget him but v reaching out to them when he wakes up would be like if an old coworker of yours randomly messaged you years after you last saw them
The bonds he had with them were definitely portrayed to be more but they didn’t have the same amount of time put behind them as some did
I do feel like maybe this ending is meant to lead to a sequel where you get v back he finds the pendant and starts to notice changes
If they wanted to do more with v specifically they would have needed to find a way to bring him back to square 1 or even lower than that and they would have needed to keep him alive or have made a way for him to come back
Something makes me feel like the pendant has more meaning to it than was let on
i dont know..i feel that this ending provide so much possibilities for v's future..it would be cool to be able to play v as a person with no implants and see how far she/he can get.
Misty is rocking Jackie's jacket in this ending 😭