No one really died in this ending though. Only Jackie, and that was our fault. Johnny got removed from our body, which is pretty much V's goal through the whole game.
@@kostasspirou1010 Still the worst ending. Johnny actually got killed, after the relic has been destroyed, Arasaka won above everything: Militech, V, Johnny, Jackie, Viktor, Misty, nomads, street people and even death. Only my poor boy Takemura is actually happy. Misty conferms my theory: she uses tarot one last time and tells V that hope will never save him/her.
@@niccolocarniato even though it's technically the worst ending, it's my favourite ending plot wise. V literally sells his/her soul to survive because they're so desperate and they end up becoming a shell of themselves. You betray yourself to live and arasaka uses you as a pawn, giving you the short end of the stick. The only positive from this ending is that takemura doesn't commit suicide it you saved him before.
Not sure, V actually choose to die this time and realized about the importance of the people around him/her. Since the ending tells us very little, you can imagine what happens next. People are not happy about Saburo being reborn and they will most likely rebel like Johnny once did and V became a legend of some sort, but is not consumed by it like in the other ending whre he/she plans a heist on the space station. He/she just wants to spend his/her last moments with the people she cares about the most. And maybe just maybe Takemura will actually try his best to find a cure for you.
@@mrkuni6265 Every endings made me cry, especially the suicide one. But this one has a hard meaning behind it. Betrayal, sadness, madness and strength. The guttering feeling of being so far from home, from friends, it's terribly powerful.
Which is fucking stupid. Wipe hope off the face of the planet because it’s pointless here. Want to win? Pull a spec ops and stop playing. That’s what I got out of this game.
A thing of beauty - I know Will never fade away What you did to me - I know Said what you had to say But a thing of beauty - I know Will never fade away And I'll do my duty - I know Somehow I'll find a way But a thing of beauty Will never fade away And I'll do my duty
@@xxlasthopexx2603 they make this sound like it's then end, and it makes no sense. Bitch has 6 fucking months to change the world. Look what she did in (canonicaly) 2-3 weeks. The emporer and his daughter better count there days, because I'm coming for them!
This is the most realistic and Cyberpunkish ending. It's like Mike Pondsmith said, Cyberpunk isn't about saving the world, it's about saving yourself. That's the grim reality of the dark future.
I like this ending not because I think "it's the best" or anything but because this last moment is impactful. The moment the song starts kicking in and V pulls her necklace - ooomph. Gives me the chills.
My first ending I signed the contract, it's almost the opposite but hits just as hard. You going into a small room full of a few docs and some equipment. V places the necklace over his head and just prays as he gets turned into an engram and placed inside mikoshi...to await the day he can either live again...or gets used up by the Corp while in there. The contract you sign even reads that Hellman is basically buying your engram on behalf of Arasaka and they can modify it however they want. Though by far the ending that hit me the most, cause I had to go back and replay the final mission to get every ending, but the one that hit me the most was storming the tower as johnny, and having to watch johnny with his new lease on life...burying V and Rogue. That shit was super hard to watch, and got worse when Panam left her voicemail calling johnny a parasite and how she's gonna find him and rip V outa that head....
V realized they have betrayed themselves buy at least when you choose to go home you didn't truly surrender to arasaka unlike the ending where you got put into mikoshi
It's even sadder because Never Fade Away was about Alt, her death was even sadder. Johnny unknowingly killed her, when he was about to pull the plug, she wasn't dead, her mind was in the net, she just had to get back in. He was just trying to save her, it ended up with her body and consciousness dying in his arms and her mind drifting into the net.
After all that we did to Arasaka, Saburo just took his son's body so he can live in a physical body again and the cycle will continue again and us, V, is still gonna die even if the biochip has already been taken out. This ending just completed how V is just trying to survive the whole time.
too bad it had so much bug and so little people could have a good experience with it, and too bad it was launched so late, they could have competed in this goty, probably they would have won. to me also is a game of the year, i hope they fix the bug till half the next yeah or even earlier, and in the end it wins the goty of 2021, and a lot more
@@grayfox196 I don't think it has a chance for GOTY 2021 because of the state it launched in. Too many pissed off people. But if they just delayed for a few more months then definitely. But for me, selfishly, I'm very happy. I was able to play it right away there were some issues but with Patch 1.04 a few days later it was perfect.
@@ScoopMeisterGeneral because then I could literally see the character I spent endless hours creating and making pretty interact with the world of cyberpunk.
@@ChloePricesNumberOneSimp To me it feels like it's deliberately _impersonal._ Like the game's telling you you no longer have control over what happens next in V's story. You made your choices and now you have to live with them.
I played as a corpo in my first run and completely shut out any spoilers, though I knew where I wanted to go. V was a survivor. Raised from birth in the cutthroat corpo culture to do whatever it took, sacrifice whoever they had to, to survive, regardless of what it is, or who they are. As far as V was concerned, Arasaka was her best hope of survival. She was right. Arasaka, for their part, held up their end of the deal. She sacrificed her friends, her loved ones, and in the end, her body to the corporate gods. She lost everything. She paid the price. And she won. She survived. She refused to fade away. The only question that remains... was it worth the price?
If she ever lives again. If her mind is ever downloaded to another body. She’ll be a nobody again. She’s sacrificed all her loved ones. They’re all dead at this point. So even in the ending where you survive, you do so at the cost of everything you know and love. You’re back to where you started. So, just like every other ending, the events of the game are proven to have been pointless.
@@orange_turtle3412 You can buy friends and companionship. Force yourself to be happy and productive with hormone control. Become a cog in the machine. That’s just what corpos do. You can take the rat out of the corp… but you can’t take the corp out of the rat.
@@orange_turtle3412 Let's be real Arasaka having the engram has two possible endings for V, be forgotten in Mikoshi or be downloaded into a borg body to be the new Smasher bodyguard model for whoever at Arasaka needs a new lapdog.
@@orange_turtle3412 I don't understand people like you, ones saying that V sacrificed everyone to get to this point. Even though Star ending means a bunch of nomads die, Sun means *Rogue* dies and in Devil, NOBODY dies except Johnny, and he can't be considered "dead" because he's a program. V had sacrificed their *dignity,* if they had any, for survival. Sold out. But Rogue did too, and look where she is now - queen of Fixers. And none of V's friends will know it or care most likely. As long as V lives
@@sknfer Love how johnny is basically right the moments it really matters, there's some side jobs and shit where he is plain wrong or just an ass, but he has a good grasp of the bigger picture and usually doesn't lead V into the wrong path. This is even more true during Phantom Liberty.
Food for thought for anyone interested. This ending is pure dystopian evil. Easily the worst case scenario ending for the game. I went into this ending expecting that "V" was going to become "The Devil" so ultimately I was completely blindsided by the level of betrayal that exists in this path. A lot of the game strongly revolves around V and Johnny's personalities influencing one either, It's easy to see on the surface how V has influenced Johnny in positive ways throughout the game, but something Johnny tries to drive home for V is principal. Which is why Johnny is so betrayed when you choice to take this path, selling your principals "Soul" for a chance at extending your life. I was initially confused over the answer from Arasaka when V requests a new body. The "Compatibility" Issue. The ideas to defend this statement throughout the game are fairly weak, you can argue that V and Johnny were a fluke but that serves as evidence to counter the claimed compatibility. There's no indication V and Johnny are related by blood. There's no information in the game from either shards or conversation to strongly support that biological compatibility is a requirement of Relic 2.0. Yet through our anecdotal experience over the course of the game, we see that Relic 2.0 is more than capable of forcing compatibility onto V's body in preparation to host Johnny's engram. At first I wondered if this was a loophole, but from further thought I am convinced that this is intentional. Throughout the ending, there are several indications of the mess you've gotten yourself into. Your conversation with Saburo, it is very clear that this individual is not a forgiving man. Especially with outsiders. Right from waking up on the orbital clinic, your experience is very cold and ominous, Arasaka isn't there to help you clearly. You try and call for help, to understand what's going on, Hanako wont even pick up. Gods not having time for mortals as Hellman would put it. Therefore your answer isn't that Arasaka can't put V's engram into another body, its instead that they won't. This is the betrayal in this ending, V is lied to. You could argue that Saburo exists in Yorinobu's body as something to support the compatibility issue, but again is clearly an intentional move rather than a necessary one. For one I would argue that the probability of powerful cloning technology existing in this setting are very high, so in my mind for the power and influence Arasaka has I really believe they could have just made Saburo a blank template. This is where Yorinobu comes in, diving into Cyberpunks lore and writing you can learn how much of a thorn Yorinobu is in Saburo's side, his dedication to destroying the Arasaka corporation. Yorinobu's internal faction within Arasaka represents one of the largest barriers Saburo has to consolidating full control over his corporation, and Hanako basically acts as an extension of Saburo's will. This is the explanation for the coup, and why in other endings that fate doesn't fair well for Hanako. To finish this statement off, Saburo doesnt take Yorinobus body because he has to, he takes it because he can. It's a message and statement for anyone that would oppose him. It's killing two birds in one stone, destroying Yorinobu and his faction as well as sending a powerful statement to anyone with similar thoughts. Just as we can see that in either of V's options, Saburo has you either way. You submit to soulkiller and enter Mikoshi which will be your prison for eternity, or you walk to live out your 6 months. Ideally Arasaka allows you to do this because of the state V is in, clearly no threat to the corporation (Cant pass the motor function test, or solve the 4 piece rubics, V is obviously very damaged) In Typical fashion of the corporations V gets a call from Hanako with an offer for some work during the remaining life they have, this is very fitting. Dystopian Corporations squeezing everything they can out of someone. Remember when she wouldn't even pick up when you needed someone? Pure Dystopian Cyberpunk Evil, and I thank CDRED for this. Never Stop Fighting -Johnny Silverhand.
In this ending Everyone died for nothing, Arasaka won, V is basicly a machine in organic body, and everyone left V alone. There is no a single positive in that ending, whoever chosed this ending didnt listened or understood the story.
I think each ending has its own theme playing at the end. The one that comes to mind is the Panam ending, when you're driving the Panzer (or whatever its called) across the border, and the acoustic guitar plays. That tune also felt very powerful, but a very different feel to it, cause there's actually some hope in that ending. The Devil ending is just so depressing, V lost everything, and sold his/her soul to the devil. Damn, this game left a big hole inside, and I haven't been able to fill it since.
@@ZB-Bornlegend haven't seen all of them and watching them on yt just isn't the same effect, only one I've got is join the secure your soul program one so ima chose that one
@@ZB-Bornlegend In my opinion I think it's the nomad ending that best. It just feels like V is so much more happy in that ending compared to the others.
@@thelonewanderer3313 I see lots of people say the Nomad ending is the 'best' ending. While I agree, yeah, thats the best ending for V; I feel it's not the true ending. Imo Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't deserve a good ending. It's not a "and they lived happily ever after" game. I think this is perhaps one of the more fitting endings, as its bitter sweet - You've won, but at what cost?
@@Ciaran_Bud Eh, Cyberpunk 2077 does deserve a good ending based on life paths. Lets make the life paths fucking actually do something useful, eh? True ending for a Nomad V maybe? They go back to their roots as a Nomad.
I never played a game where every ending was just so sad somehow. The Panam ending was at least a little bit of a happy ending.. but for the most ... tbh it was so heavily sad always. made me cry sometimes.
The one where you leave with Panam is definitely the one I'd call the "good" ending since it turns out the happiest, especially for a male V that romanced Panam (like my first character). That final scene, riding atop the Basilisk beside Panam was emotionally powerful - you're with the Aldecados, your new family, and where you are going there is a chance to get help... you will either survive or when you do die, you'll be surrounded by people who genuinely care about you and have followed you to hell and back. That's definitely the happy ending.
@@Dreznin i think the ending where V gives Johnny their body is the best one. in all the other ones, there’s no guarantee that V will find a way to live more than 6 months, but if they give their body to Johnny, it’s like a passing the torch. At least in this ending we know that both of them don’t die, at least one of them will be able to live on.
@@IanUbee And at least johnny seems to want to start a new life not just for himself but to not squander Vs gift to giving him one more chance at life…however I cant handle a crying judy or an angry panam. Johnny living ending is only great if you romanced no one and stuck with just Rogue.
Sorry if this is obvious, but I only just realized the symbolism. It's the earth, or, the world. Like the card. It is the literal and figurative end of V's journey. As the card says, "The World lies at the end of The Fool's long and winding journey. Wiser and more world-weary than he started out, the Fool faces a moment of reckoning"
she got rid of her momento mori. she realized she confused its meaning. we are creatures of beauty, we die, but do not fade away like old books. whatever an engram is it is not a person. when she choses to go back she realizes how lucky she is to have the time she has. a soul can not be secured or controlled. her world is so filled with fake things and the illusion of beauty. the cherry blossom we see during the parade is digital. a thing thats beauty is defined by its finitude is made int a gimmick to be replayed and utilized. after everything is done she understands why Johnny wrote those words.
@@raspx5386 imagine playing and finishing rdr2 for the first time , and two days after , finishing cyberpunk , but with the other arasaka ending. that was too much for me haha
I love all of the endings. Even the best ending (leaving the city with friends) is tragic and awful the more you think about it. The self deletion ending feels valid and moving which is so so so deeply effecting and it's the first time I've seen a game do that properly. And this. This is just perfect. Rage, sadness, isolation and betrayal. Quintessentially cyberpunk.
This is the ending I got the first time, it literally made me so depressed cause everything I did I thought was the right thing and it just left me alone with everyone hating me in the voicemails. I don't have the mental state for this man 😭😭
This was my first ending, also the most depressing ending. My favourite is the Star ending when you leave with Judy, but this ending is one of the most emotional ending I've seen in games.
Your V looks gorgeous in that scene with the window. Do you remember which presets you took in the character creaction? For example eyes and jaw? (edit: typo)
@@thedeviantguy Not judging or trying to prove you wrong since everybody imagines each ending differently. I personally think my V wouldn't fit in the Net and I got the impresion that Johnny just wouldn't be him in this body and the world in 2077 is just not for him.
@@MrKnaives nah man V's wanted from the beginning to be a legend of the Afterlife with Jackie and he/she did become one in that ending but sadly Jacki died
DAMN THIS ENDING IS SAD AS FUCK. I’ve finished the game weeks ago but just keep coming back to watch all the endings over again. God damn every ending is just so sad and or bittersweet. Even leaving nc with Panam is still a rough decision. Looking back at the city you were 1 step away from making it in just gone. You step away from it all. No fucking happy ever afters guess that’s why i keep coming back to these ending scenes.
funfact (or at least fun theory) its hinted that V kills everyone on the space craft after this scene as many characters voice mails act as if they never saw V after this
Hearing Cherami Leigh as the voice of Female V was quite the headspin when I first heard it, more used to things like Lucy from Fairy Tale and Suzuha from Steins;Gate. She's come a very long way since then.
This ending just did hit too deep. First she sang that song, and in credits Judy left message that "Its only surviving in night city and only gets ignored by people she loves.". What would be more horrible than not being able to call your love one, and once you get out of the place which kept you far away from each other. There is only message she hates you and moved out and you have only 6months to live anymore.
If you don’t do many side missions the end to this game comes pretty quick. I saved and went ahead just to see how it would end for me. Damn, this was depressing. The phone calls I got made it seem like V went back to Earth but didn’t even bother to contact anyone. Judy left the city without me and Misty gave me a bleak tarot reading.
People who bitch and moan about Cyberpunk really haven't played it at all , or haven't stuck around long enough to give the game a chance . I understand the disappointment after years of hype , i was let down a little as well , but DAMN does that game has a way of making you feel something . The emotions in this game ! It's more than i can say about a solid 95% of most games that have come out in the past years . They might be good games , enjoyable , but they make you feel practically nothing .
Female V sings it much more vibrantly, but off beat while Male V sings on beat but distantly as if the sound of it is stuck in his head but can't quite remember where from. Reminds me of an dementia patient.
Deshawn asked us if it's better to die in a blaze of glory without seeing our 30th and in the Arasaka and the suicide ending we get neither, we're miss nobody and die before reaching our 30th.
Some bugs, played it on xbox series x and i can honestly say i can see what they was trying to do and did to a lot of effect! On the path to bigger and better games! Nvm the criticisms awesome story! Thoroughly enjoyed it!
After a year & patch 1.5 I finally decided to play this game & my fucking gawd tis the 1st time a game affected me so fucking deeply. I'd just finished my 1st play through w/ no game breaking bugs. I somehow got the Path to Glory ending w/c I didn't quite like, what w/ Judy leaving my V then V going alone to dead space away from her chooms for a small chance of getting fixed(as hinted by Mr. Blue Eyes). But I do believe that either genius Judy or someone or something in Crystal Palace can save V. I hope these'll be the in dlc 🥲
Someone can tell me why i cried for this game…like i cried how Jackie died…i..cried when the game end..just when the song : Never fade away by : Samuraï,i just started crying…
The saddest ending. Because the whole stroy means nothing in the end, everyone died for nothing, Arasaka won
No one really died in this ending though.
Only Jackie, and that was our fault.
Johnny got removed from our body, which is pretty much V's goal through the whole game.
@@kostasspirou1010 Still the worst ending. Johnny actually got killed, after the relic has been destroyed, Arasaka won above everything: Militech, V, Johnny, Jackie, Viktor, Misty, nomads, street people and even death.
Only my poor boy Takemura is actually happy.
Misty conferms my theory: she uses tarot one last time and tells V that hope will never save him/her.
@@niccolocarniato even though it's technically the worst ending, it's my favourite ending plot wise. V literally sells his/her soul to survive because they're so desperate and they end up becoming a shell of themselves. You betray yourself to live and arasaka uses you as a pawn, giving you the short end of the stick. The only positive from this ending is that takemura doesn't commit suicide it you saved him before.
@@shitass6963 Speaking about how is wrote the ending, it is the best in writing, the worst things happened to V and Johnny.
Not sure, V actually choose to die this time and realized about the importance of the people around him/her. Since the ending tells us very little, you can imagine what happens next. People are not happy about Saburo being reborn and they will most likely rebel like Johnny once did and V became a legend of some sort, but is not consumed by it like in the other ending whre he/she plans a heist on the space station. He/she just wants to spend his/her last moments with the people she cares about the most. And maybe just maybe Takemura will actually try his best to find a cure for you.
This ending struck me the most. The song is so powerful, full of hope and living rage.
It made me cry and the other endings too they hit me super hard but i held my tears back
@@mrkuni6265 Every endings made me cry, especially the suicide one. But this one has a hard meaning behind it. Betrayal, sadness, madness and strength. The guttering feeling of being so far from home, from friends, it's terribly powerful.
Still though its all sad as hell. No wonder everyone says only depressed ppl played the table top.
Which is fucking stupid. Wipe hope off the face of the planet because it’s pointless here. Want to win? Pull a spec ops and stop playing. That’s what I got out of this game.
A thing of beauty - I know
Will never fade away
What you did to me - I know
Said what you had to say
But a thing of beauty - I know
Will never fade away
And I'll do my duty - I know
Somehow I'll find a way
But a thing of beauty
Will never fade away
And I'll do my duty
When she touches her necklace you can really feel her emotions and thoughts. She's thinking to herself "this is my last run of life"
And that she fucked up not to mention became the reason Saburo came back to life.
@@xxlasthopexx2603 they make this sound like it's then end, and it makes no sense. Bitch has 6 fucking months to change the world. Look what she did in (canonicaly) 2-3 weeks. The emporer and his daughter better count there days, because I'm coming for them!
@@Gariel2007 Maybe she does, I’d like to think that.
And we never told what happens when the credits roll besides the suicide ending
@@xxlasthopexx2603 l
This is the most realistic and Cyberpunkish ending. It's like Mike Pondsmith said, Cyberpunk isn't about saving the world, it's about saving yourself. That's the grim reality of the dark future.
Doesn't V get made into an engram in this ending?
@@elijahroyal6544 if you choose
True this ending represents V willingly to do anything to survive no matter the cost
@@elijahroyal6544 Nah, this is if you side with Saka and don't go trough with the soul killer.
Nomad ending is the true happy ending
I like this ending not because I think "it's the best" or anything but because this last moment is impactful.
The moment the song starts kicking in and V pulls her necklace - ooomph. Gives me the chills.
Yep same
My first ending I signed the contract, it's almost the opposite but hits just as hard. You going into a small room full of a few docs and some equipment. V places the necklace over his head and just prays as he gets turned into an engram and placed inside mikoshi...to await the day he can either live again...or gets used up by the Corp while in there. The contract you sign even reads that Hellman is basically buying your engram on behalf of Arasaka and they can modify it however they want.
Though by far the ending that hit me the most, cause I had to go back and replay the final mission to get every ending, but the one that hit me the most was storming the tower as johnny, and having to watch johnny with his new lease on life...burying V and Rogue. That shit was super hard to watch, and got worse when Panam left her voicemail calling johnny a parasite and how she's gonna find him and rip V outa that head....
Same but gives me the tears instead of chills
V realized they have betrayed themselves buy at least when you choose to go home you didn't truly surrender to arasaka unlike the ending where you got put into mikoshi
It's even sadder because Never Fade Away was about Alt, her death was even sadder. Johnny unknowingly killed her, when he was about to pull the plug, she wasn't dead, her mind was in the net, she just had to get back in. He was just trying to save her, it ended up with her body and consciousness dying in his arms and her mind drifting into the net.
After all that we did to Arasaka, Saburo just took his son's body so he can live in a physical body again and the cycle will continue again and us, V, is still gonna die even if the biochip has already been taken out. This ending just completed how V is just trying to survive the whole time.
Yeah, this is the saddest part. I tried so hard to save V, and yet she's gonna die. Fuck...
@@sorin_channel That’s what happens when you trust corps. Johnny tried to warn you.
@@thedeviantguy corps always win
@@thedeviantguy You die if you choose Johnny too
I get a feeling in dlc they are gonna help v
To me this is a game of the year. Journos can say whatever.
Who cares what other people think. If you like it you like it.
I played a lot of games this year because of COVID and it is definitely the one I enjoyed the most.
For me too
too bad it had so much bug and so little people could have a good experience with it, and too bad it was launched so late, they could have competed in this goty, probably they would have won. to me also is a game of the year, i hope they fix the bug till half the next yeah or even earlier, and in the end it wins the goty of 2021, and a lot more
@@grayfox196 I don't think it has a chance for GOTY 2021 because of the state it launched in. Too many pissed off people. But if they just delayed for a few more months then definitely. But for me, selfishly, I'm very happy. I was able to play it right away there were some issues but with Patch 1.04 a few days later it was perfect.
I wish there were more 3rd person cutscenes like this. They just feel so much more personal than 1st person cutscenes somehow.
It's because of the rarity of 3rd person it's so impactful.
How can 3rd person feel _more_ personal than literally looking through the character's eyes?
@@ScoopMeisterGeneral because then I could literally see the character I spent endless hours creating and making pretty interact with the world of cyberpunk.
@@ChloePricesNumberOneSimp To me it feels like it's deliberately _impersonal._ Like the game's telling you you no longer have control over what happens next in V's story. You made your choices and now you have to live with them.
Yep, but they needed so much resources for mocaping both male and female v
But they rushed the game...
I’ve just realised that, the outside shot at earth, the Window says Mikoshi... maybe we never left the soul prison at all.
holy shit
wait a damn minute
And maybe when we agree to become an engram, it’s actually us agreeing to be destroyed just like Johnny.
I played as a corpo in my first run and completely shut out any spoilers, though I knew where I wanted to go. V was a survivor. Raised from birth in the cutthroat corpo culture to do whatever it took, sacrifice whoever they had to, to survive, regardless of what it is, or who they are.
As far as V was concerned, Arasaka was her best hope of survival. She was right. Arasaka, for their part, held up their end of the deal. She sacrificed her friends, her loved ones, and in the end, her body to the corporate gods.
She lost everything.
She paid the price.
And she won. She survived. She refused to fade away. The only question that remains... was it worth the price?
If she ever lives again. If her mind is ever downloaded to another body. She’ll be a nobody again. She’s sacrificed all her loved ones. They’re all dead at this point.
So even in the ending where you survive, you do so at the cost of everything you know and love. You’re back to where you started. So, just like every other ending, the events of the game are proven to have been pointless.
@@orange_turtle3412 You can buy friends and companionship. Force yourself to be happy and productive with hormone control. Become a cog in the machine. That’s just what corpos do.
You can take the rat out of the corp… but you can’t take the corp out of the rat.
@@orange_turtle3412 Let's be real Arasaka having the engram has two possible endings for V, be forgotten in Mikoshi or be downloaded into a borg body to be the new Smasher bodyguard model for whoever at Arasaka needs a new lapdog.
@@pinnacleevolution1634whats ur thoughts on the phantom liberty ending?( If you have gotten that far or have seen it)
@@orange_turtle3412 I don't understand people like you, ones saying that V sacrificed everyone to get to this point. Even though Star ending means a bunch of nomads die, Sun means *Rogue* dies and in Devil, NOBODY dies except Johnny, and he can't be considered "dead" because he's a program. V had sacrificed their *dignity,* if they had any, for survival. Sold out. But Rogue did too, and look where she is now - queen of Fixers. And none of V's friends will know it or care most likely. As long as V lives
Oh shit you got a daylight earth. My earth was all night full of city lights.
mine too
@C C it’s based on how many people you kill I think .
Same
This was my first ending. Felt like a gut punch knocked the wind out of me.
Same here....reading all about how pretty much the ending was letting Arasaka win....I was like “shit what did I do wrong?”
@@will_rcq4264 what did you do wrong ?? You trusted Arasaka , Johnny warned you all the time
especially having romanced judy… literal TEARS
@@sknfer Love how johnny is basically right the moments it really matters, there's some side jobs and shit where he is plain wrong or just an ass, but he has a good grasp of the bigger picture and usually doesn't lead V into the wrong path. This is even more true during Phantom Liberty.
I like that she's singing Johnny's harmony for the chorus line a lot. As opposed to the lead melody
Ohhhh! That's why it sounds off. Oh my God that's great!
''A thing of beauty, I know
Will never fade away
What you did to me, I know
Somehow I'll find a way
But a thing of beauty
..''
I like how you can hear both SAMURAI's version and the cover of Never Fade Away
Anyone else think the voicemails are just sad as fuck?
4 months late but, especially judy's message in the suicidal ending teared me apart
They are brutal. 😢
Food for thought for anyone interested. This ending is pure dystopian evil.
Easily the worst case scenario ending for the game. I went into this ending expecting that "V" was going to become "The Devil" so ultimately I was completely blindsided by the level of betrayal that exists in this path.
A lot of the game strongly revolves around V and Johnny's personalities influencing one either, It's easy to see on the surface how V has influenced Johnny in positive ways throughout the game, but something Johnny tries to drive home for V is principal. Which is why Johnny is so betrayed when you choice to take this path, selling your principals "Soul" for a chance at extending your life.
I was initially confused over the answer from Arasaka when V requests a new body. The "Compatibility" Issue. The ideas to defend this statement throughout the game are fairly weak, you can argue that V and Johnny were a fluke but that serves as evidence to counter the claimed compatibility. There's no indication V and Johnny are related by blood. There's no information in the game from either shards or conversation to strongly support that biological compatibility is a requirement of Relic 2.0. Yet through our anecdotal experience over the course of the game, we see that Relic 2.0 is more than capable of forcing compatibility onto V's body in preparation to host Johnny's engram. At first I wondered if this was a loophole, but from further thought I am convinced that this is intentional.
Throughout the ending, there are several indications of the mess you've gotten yourself into. Your conversation with Saburo, it is very clear that this individual is not a forgiving man. Especially with outsiders. Right from waking up on the orbital clinic, your experience is very cold and ominous, Arasaka isn't there to help you clearly. You try and call for help, to understand what's going on, Hanako wont even pick up. Gods not having time for mortals as Hellman would put it.
Therefore your answer isn't that Arasaka can't put V's engram into another body, its instead that they won't. This is the betrayal in this ending, V is lied to.
You could argue that Saburo exists in Yorinobu's body as something to support the compatibility issue, but again is clearly an intentional move rather than a necessary one. For one I would argue that the probability of powerful cloning technology existing in this setting are very high, so in my mind for the power and influence Arasaka has I really believe they could have just made Saburo a blank template. This is where Yorinobu comes in, diving into Cyberpunks lore and writing you can learn how much of a thorn Yorinobu is in Saburo's side, his dedication to destroying the Arasaka corporation. Yorinobu's internal faction within Arasaka represents one of the largest barriers Saburo has to consolidating full control over his corporation, and Hanako basically acts as an extension of Saburo's will. This is the explanation for the coup, and why in other endings that fate doesn't fair well for Hanako.
To finish this statement off, Saburo doesnt take Yorinobus body because he has to, he takes it because he can. It's a message and statement for anyone that would oppose him. It's killing two birds in one stone, destroying Yorinobu and his faction as well as sending a powerful statement to anyone with similar thoughts.
Just as we can see that in either of V's options, Saburo has you either way. You submit to soulkiller and enter Mikoshi which will be your prison for eternity, or you walk to live out your 6 months. Ideally Arasaka allows you to do this because of the state V is in, clearly no threat to the corporation (Cant pass the motor function test, or solve the 4 piece rubics, V is obviously very damaged) In Typical fashion of the corporations V gets a call from Hanako with an offer for some work during the remaining life they have, this is very fitting. Dystopian Corporations squeezing everything they can out of someone. Remember when she wouldn't even pick up when you needed someone?
Pure Dystopian Cyberpunk Evil, and I thank CDRED for this.
Never Stop Fighting -Johnny Silverhand.
Nice way to put it. Thank you for this.
wow. thats too deep
In this ending Everyone died for nothing, Arasaka won, V is basicly a machine in organic body, and everyone left V alone. There is no a single positive in that ending, whoever chosed this ending didnt listened or understood the story.
I wish all the endings had the music playing like this in the end. It would’ve made EVERY SINGLE ONE more powerful
but then you wouldn’t realize just how much better and more powerful the music makes this ending if it was in all of them
I think each ending has its own theme playing at the end. The one that comes to mind is the Panam ending, when you're driving the Panzer (or whatever its called) across the border, and the acoustic guitar plays. That tune also felt very powerful, but a very different feel to it, cause there's actually some hope in that ending. The Devil ending is just so depressing, V lost everything, and sold his/her soul to the devil. Damn, this game left a big hole inside, and I haven't been able to fill it since.
While this ending in particular leaves much to be discussed CD project red I've always believed they know how to make endings that really impact me
What’s your favourite ending homie
@@ZB-Bornlegend haven't seen all of them and watching them on yt just isn't the same effect, only one I've got is join the secure your soul program one so ima chose that one
@@ZB-Bornlegend In my opinion I think it's the nomad ending that best. It just feels like V is so much more happy in that ending compared to the others.
@@thelonewanderer3313 I see lots of people say the Nomad ending is the 'best' ending. While I agree, yeah, thats the best ending for V; I feel it's not the true ending. Imo Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't deserve a good ending. It's not a "and they lived happily ever after" game. I think this is perhaps one of the more fitting endings, as its bitter sweet - You've won, but at what cost?
@@Ciaran_Bud Eh, Cyberpunk 2077 does deserve a good ending based on life paths. Lets make the life paths fucking actually do something useful, eh? True ending for a Nomad V maybe? They go back to their roots as a Nomad.
Aldecado ending gang
Gg
The best ending.
forever choomba! Nomad to Nomad full glory!
GG
If it ain’t cannon I’m gonna cry
I never played a game where every ending was just so sad somehow. The Panam ending was at least a little bit of a happy ending.. but for the most ... tbh it was so heavily sad always. made me cry sometimes.
The one where you leave with Panam is definitely the one I'd call the "good" ending since it turns out the happiest, especially for a male V that romanced Panam (like my first character). That final scene, riding atop the Basilisk beside Panam was emotionally powerful - you're with the Aldecados, your new family, and where you are going there is a chance to get help... you will either survive or when you do die, you'll be surrounded by people who genuinely care about you and have followed you to hell and back. That's definitely the happy ending.
@@Dreznin i think the ending where V gives Johnny their body is the best one. in all the other ones, there’s no guarantee that V will find a way to live more than 6 months, but if they give their body to Johnny, it’s like a passing the torch. At least in this ending we know that both of them don’t die, at least one of them will be able to live on.
@@IanUbee
And at least johnny seems to want to start a new life not just for himself but to not squander Vs gift to giving him one more chance at life…however I cant handle a crying judy or an angry panam. Johnny living ending is only great if you romanced no one and stuck with just Rogue.
got the scene with v's mouth open, really stupid silly moment
I think that's a glitch cuz it like that with all of the videos on here but with the guy V
Same
its a glitch that happens if you start the cutscene with your character singing
the glitch didnt happen in this video because the person's character stopped singing before the door opened
mouthbreather ending
Sorry if this is obvious, but I only just realized the symbolism. It's the earth, or, the world. Like the card. It is the literal and figurative end of V's journey. As the card says, "The World lies at the end of The Fool's long and winding journey. Wiser and more world-weary than he started out, the Fool faces a moment of reckoning"
my GOD, I thought that was female V singing in the end. My heart couldn't take anymore.
After phantom liberty this hits different
I physically cannot out myself through this ending.
Damn .... This Song Is .... Just wow
That scene alone makes you feel every ounce of V’s regret on this decision as she slowly looses her mind.
she got rid of her momento mori. she realized she confused its meaning. we are creatures of beauty, we die, but do not fade away like old books. whatever an engram is it is not a person. when she choses to go back she realizes how lucky she is to have the time she has. a soul can not be secured or controlled. her world is so filled with fake things and the illusion of beauty. the cherry blossom we see during the parade is digital. a thing thats beauty is defined by its finitude is made int a gimmick to be replayed and utilized. after everything is done she understands why Johnny wrote those words.
i never but never feel so emotional about a game.
Rdr2 wants to know your fucking location
@@raspx5386 imagine playing and finishing rdr2 for the first time , and two days after , finishing cyberpunk , but with the other arasaka ending.
that was too much for me haha
And I just went for the Suicide ending...
Working towards getting the Don't Fear The Reaper Ending now, can't wait
I love all of the endings.
Even the best ending (leaving the city with friends) is tragic and awful the more you think about it.
The self deletion ending feels valid and moving which is so so so deeply effecting and it's the first time I've seen a game do that properly.
And this. This is just perfect. Rage, sadness, isolation and betrayal. Quintessentially cyberpunk.
Nah the suicide ending is just straight up pathetic.
This is the ending I got the first time, it literally made me so depressed cause everything I did I thought was the right thing and it just left me alone with everyone hating me in the voicemails. I don't have the mental state for this man 😭😭
I think it would have been more meaningful if V had Johnny's tags instead of the bullet necklace idk
This cutscene always make me cry like a baby, especially when she holds the necklace and the song starts to fade in...
I love how the final mission was named where is my mind...the perfect song for the perfect ending
I received the Sun ending which was slightly more hopeful but still sad. I sobbed for a good 15 minutes
I had the Star, I believe.
I'm not sure rn lol
This hurts, especially when the song starts to kick in. Chills.
This was my first ending, also the most depressing ending. My favourite is the Star ending when you leave with Judy, but this ending is one of the most emotional ending I've seen in games.
This ending is full of sadness and anger. V needs to face the truth that everything is simply lost. Worth nothing.
All the emotion from hours of gameplay struck within 3 seconds.....damn....
Your V looks gorgeous in that scene with the window. Do you remember which presets you took in the character creaction? For example eyes and jaw? (edit: typo)
Bruh what the point makes the most ridiculous character in my opinion
I’ve no idea. I just sat there with some reference images of attractive people and tried to get as close as possible.
@@s.n2269 you'll grow out of the extremely unfunny "all my characters are disgusting creatures" phase soon enough
@@Shotgunkjell yeah your right I guess eventually I’ll pass through the phase my bad
Don't thanks me people, but this one is really gorgeous and pretty one www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/370?tab=images
Taking Johnny's ending sends the player to space also.
Dang
@@MrKnaives Or female V with Judy and choosing the Panam ending. Beyond those 2, the others aren't really as "happy".
@@MrKnaives no, best ending is leaving with alt, you get to live forever in the net and Silverhand gets a body again
@@thedeviantguy Not judging or trying to prove you wrong since everybody imagines each ending differently. I personally think my V wouldn't fit in the Net and I got the impresion that Johnny just wouldn't be him in this body and the world in 2077 is just not for him.
@@MrKnaives nah man V's wanted from the beginning to be a legend of the Afterlife with Jackie and he/she did become one in that ending but sadly Jacki died
That last part where the music starts playing gives me chills
I cried dude I really did.
I hope in the sequel or the dlc they find a cure, if not, godspeed V. You lived one hell of a life.
DAMN THIS ENDING IS SAD AS FUCK. I’ve finished the game weeks ago but just keep coming back to watch all the endings over again. God damn every ending is just so sad and or bittersweet. Even leaving nc with Panam is still a rough decision. Looking back at the city you were 1 step away from making it in just gone. You step away from it all. No fucking happy ever afters guess that’s why i keep coming back to these ending scenes.
I'm not crying you are 😭
This made me cry.
i always fucking cry with this
funfact (or at least fun theory) its hinted that V kills everyone on the space craft after this scene as many characters voice mails act as if they never saw V after this
That’s a good ass ending! I like all of them, the roads to them aren’t perfect, but the endings themselves are fucking solid. It was worth it.
GOOSEBUMPS!!!
This part made me cry
I believe she also sings that before giving up to Arasaka
I nearly shat when I saw this, that’s exactly how my Character looks I’m scared
The best ending possible really, nobody else pays for your mistakes, only you, as it should be in the game and in real life.
Hearing Cherami Leigh as the voice of Female V was quite the headspin when I first heard it, more used to things like Lucy from Fairy Tale and Suzuha from Steins;Gate. She's come a very long way since then.
wish we had a full version tho
This ending just did hit too deep. First she sang that song, and in credits Judy left message that "Its only surviving in night city and only gets ignored by people she loves.". What would be more horrible than not being able to call your love one, and once you get out of the place which kept you far away from each other. There is only message she hates you and moved out and you have only 6months to live anymore.
Beautiful Vi!
If you don’t do many side missions the end to this game comes pretty quick. I saved and went ahead just to see how it would end for me. Damn, this was depressing. The phone calls I got made it seem like V went back to Earth but didn’t even bother to contact anyone. Judy left the city without me and Misty gave me a bleak tarot reading.
Ground control to major Tom, take your protein pills and put your helmet on
for my first playthrough I went in with the survive at any cost mentality... i didn't think the price would be my soul
the hardest part is to choose to live or die.
Holy crap the animation at the end was perfect. You could see all of the thoughts going through V's head. Wow.
why people hate this game so much its a fucking masterpiece
The best ending is storming the gates alone with just johnny in your head
even if you die its fitting for the story and the setting
People who bitch and moan about Cyberpunk really haven't played it at all , or haven't stuck around long enough to give the game a chance .
I understand the disappointment after years of hype , i was let down a little as well , but DAMN does that game has a way of making you feel something .
The emotions in this game !
It's more than i can say about a solid 95% of most games that have come out in the past years .
They might be good games , enjoyable , but they make you feel practically nothing .
Female V sings it much more vibrantly, but off beat while Male V sings on beat but distantly as if the sound of it is stuck in his head but can't quite remember where from.
Reminds me of an dementia patient.
i cried at this ending.
Man, this hurts bad
the feels
Chills
This was the first ending I got. That was on Monday. Today is Friday. I'm still messed up and sad from it. 😭
В конце очень классно звучит(в момент когда Ви срывает кулон), хорошо описывает чувство пустоты.
I wish she sang well never fade away after the blackout
Never. Fade. Away.
Deshawn asked us if it's better to die in a blaze of glory without seeing our 30th and in the Arasaka and the suicide ending we get neither, we're miss nobody and die before reaching our 30th.
I like the one where V hums Judy’s theme the most
Anybody want more of her singing check out My Bride is a Mermaid
Did you notice that Earth is in shadows sometimes during this ending?
Is it possible to get the outfit in the game? One of my favorite scenes but I like nomad ending scene with necklace leaving behind the most.
Man I felt that when V dropped her bag
Some bugs, played it on xbox series x and i can honestly say i can see what they was trying to do and did to a lot of effect! On the path to bigger and better games! Nvm the criticisms awesome story! Thoroughly enjoyed it!
This is the ending I got on my first run through the game. My true ending.
Loved this game despite its MANY flaws, I’m glad I stuck with it.
I hope ripping the necklace meant V is not gonna give up
After a year & patch 1.5 I finally decided to play this game & my fucking gawd tis the 1st time a game affected me so fucking deeply. I'd just finished my 1st play through w/ no game breaking bugs. I somehow got the Path to Glory ending w/c I didn't quite like, what w/ Judy leaving my V then V going alone to dead space away from her chooms for a small chance of getting fixed(as hinted by Mr. Blue Eyes). But I do believe that either genius Judy or someone or something in Crystal Palace can save V. I hope these'll be the in dlc 🥲
I think the credits should of ended where it shows the necklace on the floor as the volice messages play
The only ending in which V keeps their sould intact
I would be singing too if I knew I was I was going to be dead soon
I watched this video like 10 times and only now did I see that V has a nose ring
Pretty cool
im a grown ass man and when i did this ending ninjas were cutting some onions
Same bro
Same
Someone can tell me why i cried for this game…like i cried how Jackie died…i..cried when the game end..just when the song : Never fade away by : Samuraï,i just started crying…
In the grim dark future of 2077, there is only war
*Bursts in* Surprise V, This is a the start of your life in Starfied, Here touch this magic rock and see sounds!! :D
V: What the fu- *Goes on a trip*
Just found out that the voice actress of V also voiced Asuna from Sword Arts Online..... bruh amazing voice acting
The lore: "Most of the UK is underwater due to rising sea levels"
The game: 0:46
shame you chose wrong V,
*damn shame*
fucking heartbreaking