Huge thanks to CD Projekt Red for the free and early copy of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty!! As part of the Phantom Liberty expansion, a new ending has been added to the main game. You can trigger it same as you would the other endings, as you can see here. But you can also trigger it earlier, as a sort of epilogue to the expansion. Hope you enjoy!

Damn so CDPR was like "So you guys want a definite ending where V lives? Fine but we're gonna make it so depressing that you feel bad that you wanted it"

@SailTheShip

8 ай бұрын

Mhm. I think they're just masochists. They love the painful endings. I don't get why though. Real life is already depressing enough. Don't need what I do in my free time to have the same effect. I play games to have fun and get away from reality not immerse myself in it some more. Oh well.

@simonshephard3834

8 ай бұрын

@@SailTheShip Because it's in a setting that is arguably worse than real life? It's not even one of those feel good fictional settings, it's bloody a Cyberpunk dystopia.

@goku8621

8 ай бұрын

@@SailTheShipTW3 had plenty of happy endings this is just cyberpunk setting so it’s supposed to be sad

@VDA19

8 ай бұрын

This setting's whole purpose is to show you how much worse real life could be, so that you appreciate it more.@@SailTheShip Cyberpunk is a bleak, tragic, cautionary tale.

@SailTheShip

8 ай бұрын

@@simonshephard3834 Okay? And? That doesn't mean a happy ending isn't possible. I never subscribed to that whole "nobody gets a happy ending in this universe" crap. Every single individual in existence getting a crappy ending is, ironically, unrealistic. There are plenty of ways they could've given V a happy ending they just didn't want to.

As depressing as this ending is, its at least nice to know that Vik and Misty will always be your best chooms. Everybody else moves on or hates you for ghosting them, but those two welcome you back with open arms and act like nothings changed in the past two years.

@ALV694

8 ай бұрын

Though misty and vic will also leave NC, in this ending everyone either leaves NC or suffers in it like Rivers and saka bodyguard.

@YungBeezer

8 ай бұрын

@@ALV694you see V grin before he disappears into the crowd. He accepted he is just a face in the crowd and walks the streets in a way he had never walked them before. Sure Vik and Misty leave Night City, and Kerry is busy with his music again and Judy is in Pittsburgh, but V can leave the city too, make new friends and have new experiences. The new ending truly is a new beginning. That being said, it also made me appreciate the other endings more, especially the don’t fear the reaper ending.

@zhiphius

8 ай бұрын

​@@YungBeezer Yea i liked this ending, it probably sits 2nd shared with another ending. I'm glad Victor's and misty's friendship with V didnt change. Also happy Judy got the better life she wanted (from what i could tell) and keeps the door somewhat open to a friendship. Great to hear from mitch too, though Panam's reaction should not be a suprise. Depending on when the new ending takes place, i think V can look back and know that she\he did become a Night City Legend.

@Felipe_Ribeir0

8 ай бұрын

I made this final and i cant believe that panam ghosted like this. She is mad and dont want to see you anymore because you were in a comma? Wtf. This is the only piece that doesnt make sense for this final, panam was better than this

@ALV694

8 ай бұрын

@@Felipe_Ribeir0 she thinks you ghosted her and becomes depressed almost to the point of being suicidal. Mitch alludes this in the credits call as he tell you stay away from panam and the aldeicaidos

“What did you expect?” “I don’t know. A happier ending…For everyone involved.” “Here? For folks like us? Wrong people, wrong city.”

@depoittier

8 ай бұрын

Only happy endings in Night City are on Jig Jig street.

@littledude7379

8 ай бұрын

lmao what a copout for shit endings

@pll3827

8 ай бұрын

I like how in this ending, the NUSA keeps their word and doesn't screw or betray you, they'll even look out for you with a desk job, but overall, you end up screwed anyways.

@16Vagabond

8 ай бұрын

@@pll3827 Least they don't leave you out to rot, and V would have a friend in the job, Reed. It's not the worst that could happen.

@witcherpie

8 ай бұрын

stop spreading the same one liner cringe lords, for god's sake, tired of seeing this crap posted everywhere and ppl feeling like they cracked the philosopher's stone saying that shit over and over again

This additional ending definitely answers the question Dex asks you at the start, "Quiet life or blaze of glory?"

@AuDHDNovaScotian31

8 ай бұрын

Blaze of glory

@HippoBean

8 ай бұрын

Dex chose the quiet life, to shoot you, run away and fade into obscurity and looked how that turned out for him, we shouldn't repeat his mistake.

@EnBarren

8 ай бұрын

This is a really good comment.

@bachelorwhen7678

8 ай бұрын

Well at least your story became a blaze of glory in FIA for boots

@spook407

8 ай бұрын

@@HippoBean he had a dogshit plan for it, that's not what happened here

This ending is just actual life. You slowly fade and many of your loved ones move on, or die off.

@humidair1927

8 ай бұрын

Never fade away

@user-rb6mi5fp5t

8 ай бұрын

@@humidair1927my fav song

@printezstroman

8 ай бұрын

No, it isn't. On average, life isn't this F'd up.

@Yorishiriamori

7 ай бұрын

Homie you better start getting some actual good friends lol

@NivRel

7 ай бұрын

kinda litterally an extremely grimmer version far from reality but you went remotely close to beeing vaguely right

Okay, so Judy moves on, leaves Night City behind and got married, Panam holds a grudge for not calling her to say you're okay, Vik works for Zetatech, Arasaka officially crumbles after Hanako's death prompting Yorinobu to step down as CEO, River refuses to go into detail on what happened to him and his family, The Aldecados cuts off ties, Misty leaves Night City, Reed wants to help V further, and Takemura is hunted down by Arasaka? Whoa, Heavy yet sad at the same time.

@bi0hazard921

8 ай бұрын

Panam’s not holding a grudge. Mitch (at the end) implies that she was so hurt by V’s disappearance that she killed herself… Edit: after replaying through the story again, maybe I was a bit to hasty in my assumption, that Panam killed herself over V abandoning her and the Aldecados. So forgive me. 😎👍

@edgarinfernal4259

8 ай бұрын

@@bi0hazard921 that literally make no sense why would she off herself cause a friend passed away/ghost her

@KHaskins23

8 ай бұрын

@@bi0hazard921 No! Not Panam!!!

@bi0hazard921

8 ай бұрын

@@KHaskins23 it was when I realized that that this dlc is sad asf, but I guess Dex was right after all…

@KHaskins23

8 ай бұрын

@@bi0hazard921 In a way, maybe Dex was right all along. But shit man, This ending hurts as much as the Giving it all up ending.

It is kind of sad when you see this ending because it literally shows you what became of everyone else after V dies as the result of the other endings. V just dies and never see all this.

@Kilo_23

8 ай бұрын

Nah this is if V dosnt go out in a blaze of glory / dosnt turn into silverhand / dosnt survive and take the casino heist in space. It implies that the companions and friends without V making an impact in their lives through an OG ending and simply disappearing for 2 years will result in everyone either moving on or ending up for the worse. Think the story's is trying to say to make the most with the time you have left and go out while your on top, the life of a merc is a quick bright spark, either that or you become like everyone else and blend into the crowd, just another name, another NPC. Silverhand whether V likes it or not pushed them to become a legend of night city, without him theyre just another dead merc in the trash heap. They need each other.

@philipgodsworth4764

8 ай бұрын

@@Kilo_23they’re saying it’s the aftermath of the suicide ending.

@Illmare

8 ай бұрын

V doesn't die here, this is the other ending Dex mentions at the beginning of the game, being a nobody with a quiet life, or go out in a blaze of glory, if anything this can be considered the more canonical ending

@orrthehunter

8 ай бұрын

@@Illmare I am not talk about V dying here. I am talking about the fates of each character we see here maybe being what becomes of them in the other endings years after V dies in the other endings. Here V just lives to see what becomes of everyone else years later since he lives past the point he would normally die in the other endings.

@Illmare

8 ай бұрын

@@orrthehunter Ah I see, yeah you're right

V gets to live life in peace, a new life, away from Night City and all of its problems. Now V can take the job offer from Reed, live happy and still meet some old friends from time to time, this for me is basically the Realistic kind of ending, life goes on..

@kevo300

8 ай бұрын

Reed also looks like he got a little closure for working in his new position, man Idris killed his role.

@David-mr2ql

8 ай бұрын

Yeah exactly. It really makes V the ultimate survivor and being able to have been a Night City legend but lived to tell the tale. And V gets a chance to reinvent and start over somewhere else or a new type of quieter life in NC.

@stansmith7445

8 ай бұрын

@@David-mr2ql FUCK THAT, NEVER FADE AWAY🤘🏻🎸🔥! DONT FEAR THE REAPER ENDING IS THE BEST😂

@ReyRey277

8 ай бұрын

Or they can be a fixer

@BenchmarksIT

8 ай бұрын

yes another option, but that means still inside Night City, still in danger@@ReyRey277

Damn, the new ending is depressing as hell. Most of your friends are either dead or missing or turned to something worst. You just got your life back but everything you worked for is gone. Yeah, Night City is definitely not a place to live, Misty and Panam had the good sense to leave the city and look for other opportunities. My V would have definitely took the job at Langley after a big wake up call when he realise what NC is and how much it takes from a person.

@ALV694

8 ай бұрын

I wonder what happens with judy

@elementxcod7274

8 ай бұрын

​@@ALV694Judy is married and lives in Pittsburgh

@sergersgerhersh6594

8 ай бұрын

Tbh, I agree with you. A desk job in Langley is better than burning out on the streets of NC. I think it is a bittersweet ending.

@jackstover1439

8 ай бұрын

But in the other endings, if V goes off to join the nomads and dies in six months, their lives will probably still fall apart anyway. It's not like their lives fall apart solely because of your choice here.

@ALV694

8 ай бұрын

@@jackstover1439 all other endings have V die in 6 months. Either she leaves you in the legend ending or you both leave NC. In this ending v survives due to neural matrix that songbird got from the wall. Without the surgery would have failed like the arisaka one

Burn out fast or Fade away slow This ending feels like the most appropriate to the setting but goddamn seeing all the friends you made turn out like that is hard man(cept Judy of course, she was smart to move out of NC early)

@bi0hazard921

8 ай бұрын

Being a normal person is cyberpunk is dangerous. Don’t know how V will manage. With their old life and friends gone, one has to ponder: “Was it really worth? Losing everything?”

@DamosLexicon

8 ай бұрын

@@bi0hazard921 He's got all his life to figure that out at least

@gb4354

8 ай бұрын

"friends" dumped you like a hot poato.

@hagoromootsutski9058

8 ай бұрын

@@bi0hazard921doesn’t Reed offer V a job outside of Night City? This ending is the most depressing yet also in a way hopeful - V loses everything he/she cared for and all he/she wanted to be (a NC legend) is taken away. But instead, V gets the rare opportunity to leave Night City for good and start a new life altogether, humbled and wisened up by the experience. In a way, V escapes the curse of Night City. But of course, the other way to view this ending is that V is now a “nobody”. So yeah, it’s definitely a “mixed” endings

@killer25014

8 ай бұрын

Depends on what you value I suppose. Do you want to go down in a blaze of glory and leave your mark in history, becoming a Legend in the process? Or do you want to enjoy life for what it is, and all the pains it brings with it? Either way, time moves on.

dude, even if i buy the dlc i don't think i could ever bring myself to do this ending. it just... hurts man, seeing V fade away into the crowd, having won a new life but lost everything from the old one it kinda fits, it being the only ending where there's certainty in you living, but the cost being everything

@zhiphius

8 ай бұрын

No it's not all lost, still got Vic and Misty. And Rogue, maybe Mama Welles too and a few others i forget. I think Judy kept the door open for a friendship too. I wish we where given abit more closure to the ending, but i guess that belongs to a V without us in the driver seat :P

@TheRoleplayer40k

8 ай бұрын

@@zhiphiusjudy just shows here she’s a bitch. But I know this in advance now so I’ll betray her in her side missions

@inkchild4115

8 ай бұрын

@@zhiphius i do kinda dislike it cause it all hinges on V not telling anybody that he was like, going to go through a life altering surgery that might put him into a coma but yeah ur right, still got vic and misty, rogue, maybe mama welles. plus, this is v's chance to find a new future since it's guaranteed they live now but oh well, no blaze of glory

@aerin3277

8 ай бұрын

No such thing as living legends.

@inkchild4115

8 ай бұрын

@@aerin3277 that's sadly true. V still becomes a legend in something like the nomad ending too in here they just fade away into the crowd

Guess it truly doesn't matter what ending you pick cyberpunk will always be a tragedy😢

@justanaveragebalkan

8 ай бұрын

Don't fear the ripper, just blast the Saka tower and let the rocker do it's thing, everyone is happy.

@fallhayv8470

8 ай бұрын

Well, to be fair this is the whole point of the genre. There is no happily ever after, ever, for anyone but the elite corps, and its always messy anyway.

@Dead_ass123

8 ай бұрын

Think of it this way for the ending that’s best, you storm saka tower alone (don’t fear the reaper) and give your body to Johnny (he can live normally and start a new life)

@evanbelisle8464

8 ай бұрын

@@Dead_ass123yeah. V died when Dex shot him. He was always on borrowed time.

@mareczek00713

8 ай бұрын

Die, die with cyber copy of yourself on corporate servers, die with a copy of yourself going on deep web or live with hope new chrome or development in medicine gives you back your life? I dunno, this ending at least carries hope, working for FIA with them knowing your experience and can quite imagine you'd be quickly notified about chances at giving you chrome back and making you work in the field.

Not sure why i'm suprised the new ending is also depressing

@amqru

8 ай бұрын

Every ending is depressing

@xj_fpv

8 ай бұрын

"Wrong city, wrong people"

@unkinderjam4376

8 ай бұрын

​@@amqruLeaving the city isn't really to me, actually gives a sort of hope

@cyberdodominisquish3497

8 ай бұрын

In a dystopian setting like Cyberpunk, there are no good, happy endings. There is only which ending sucks less than the others. And on that, opinions may vary, as it should be.

@secondaryfront

8 ай бұрын

This ending is pretty good. No mass holocaust like in Rogue's ending, no deaths to nomads, Rogue alive and running, most of your friends alive, Arasaka got fried by internal struggle... Smasher alive, Takemura alive, V IS FUCKING ALIVE and the only Silverhand gots the...pretty unticlimating and unfitting conclusion for his story. After shit like The Sun or The Devil endings this feels like unicorns and rainbows.

I think it’s a good ending but hilarious how everyone is clowning v for getting cured even takemura who literally sells your soul in one of the endings what this tells me is no one truly cares about v probably only viktor the rest just liked V being a errand girl

@miragespl

8 ай бұрын

The realest chooms were Vik and Misty. Reed too with this ending, he coulda just up and disappeared but he's trying to reach out to V to try and get her a better life.

@lividellis2757

8 ай бұрын

Especially if Panam that seems so out of character of her

@Soyu-Sojojarkkii

8 ай бұрын

Misty, Vic, and Jackie were the only real friends V ever had in NC. The rest were some schmucks you knew for a few weeks, maybe months, before lights out.

@Deathpool_04

4 ай бұрын

@@lividellis2757 Yeah, to me, either she died or maybe she turned into someone awful after being so broken from V being in the coma too long that she doesn’t want V to see what she became when V does wake up.

There's nothing wrong with this ending, from a realistic perspective. You either die in 6 months, disappear with the nomads and leave everyone behind, or Johnny takes off and ghosts everyone you love. In this one everyone knows you're alive, people have moved on to better things and you have a door open to a safe and comfortable life. People play this as a depressing ending because everyone is gone or pushes you away. You would've been gone regardless.

@ian77444

8 ай бұрын

Exactly, no way in hell V is the bad guy for doing what he needs in order to survive, and he is like 25, he has a whole life, this ending is V third chance at life and he earned it

@CommodoreMudkip

7 ай бұрын

It's a "negative" ending because V sacrifices everything to cheat death. Consider where they are at the start of the game to where they are in this ending. They're alive, but theyve lost their life. They've faded away.

@ian77444

7 ай бұрын

@@CommodoreMudkip V quite in the most literal way faded away in life at the start of the game(specially if doing a corpo run) yet the game is about what you do about your time, this V is no longer ill, young and is able to leave night city, maybe even joining a friend

@Michael12111983

6 ай бұрын

Exactly my opinion. It's a happy ending the writers just made it look bad, because Cyberpunk.

@VivekSingh-nl6hs

5 ай бұрын

Would rather save so mi, give the bird to the president and take down arasaka with or without takemura and be a legend with alt and let Johnny use this as a second chance to make things right. In the end credits it's clear padre vicktor and Misty aren't gonna be around so better this way. Also Jackie is the only person that binded everything with V. With him gone nothing is left. Being behind blackwall you can still be or visit people when jacked in.

So we just became a NPC….

@narutomaster500

8 ай бұрын

yup. that's what happened...

@bobbobson8087

8 ай бұрын

Yep

@sonyaealey4553

8 ай бұрын

Damn

@sergersgerhersh6594

8 ай бұрын

Better an NPC than dead. Besides, you can still do something with your life. It may not be the same, but you can still rebuild.

@huyphamle159

8 ай бұрын

I have a feeling he would become a fixer like Regina or Rogue

I feel like so much of this could've been avoided if V had told everyone by phone call that they're getting surgery. Or maybe if Reed had reached out to let the others know how V's doing.

@Valdemar135

8 ай бұрын

I knew, I'm not the only one for thinking that. Judy, knowing that v is alive could have hope and waited. Panam also wouldn't be so devastated.

@gungermunggung9299

8 ай бұрын

I think it’s implied that they did, a few of the characters mentioned that it was only supposed to be a few weeks. But even knowing that, time goes by, people start making all sorts of stories up in their heads. Maybe they thought she died in surgery, or maybe they thought V got a new lease and rode off into the sunset, but eventually everyone moved on. Depressing af

@silentxmaniac2708

8 ай бұрын

@@gungermunggung9299 before calling in the AV you can text a couple people that you will be gone for a bit, whoever you romance, for me Judy to whom V says a month, and Vik who you tell a couple weeks

@TheShapeshifter

8 ай бұрын

@gungermunggung9299 that is true, but I think V could've had Reed give out some updates over those two years. That way, everyone could've been updated.

@fearnickg

8 ай бұрын

@@TheShapeshifterreed did mention to keep it on the downlow

At least Commander Shepard still had all his friends and lovers after two years cyberpunk considers 2 years to be like 20 and all your friends ditch you

@kirilkirilov7938

17 күн бұрын

Pretty different games to be honest. V's ending was more grounded whilst Shepard's was heroic.

Never fade away just got a whole different tone after this ending. Man i'm getting chills writing this down with the song in my head

I gotta admit I still think the Aldecaldo ending is the best and is my headcanon ending for V, he rides out into the night with Panam and his family to Arizona and they possibly pull connections with Biotechnica to help with V's condition, that or he goes out surrounded with loved ones away from the filth of California.

@danhunt6957

8 ай бұрын

I agree honestly. Its nice to think that V might get help but even if not he or she spends their final days happy which is nice

@ALV694

8 ай бұрын

If I remember they cut ties with biotechnica to return to the good ol days or ambishing Corp convoys

@AveChristusRex789

8 ай бұрын

@@ALV694I don’t think so, Panam mentions in the epilogue that they still got “friends” that could help out with V’s condition. These friends could be a reference to biotechnica and the like

@thedarkstarr11

8 ай бұрын

@@AveChristusRex789 Biotechnica isn't the only Corp out there as well. If the NUSA could figure out a way to help V, there are others. It's just a matter of finding the right one. Probably one over in Europe. Bionics might be the way to go. Anyway, this new ending...well, in a way, V is worse off than dead. They went from being a lowly merc, to someone at the top of the game...to...a nobody. Just a face in the crowd, unrecognizable. I mean, sure, still has a few contacts, Vic and maybe Rogue, but...their friends, everyone else? Gone. V gets to live...but at what cost? That's the REAL question. Everything has a price.

@phantomwraith1984

8 ай бұрын

Don't Fear The Reaper is my canon ending. V walks into Arasaka's front door alone and goes in guns blazing

55:15 The switch to third person here is honestly really impactful

@DoctorWu23

6 ай бұрын

I love all the switches to third person at the end of every ending. It really hammers home that this is the end.

@MaxRovensky

6 ай бұрын

Yeah it's incredible how well it works to show the finality of the story When it happened originally on my first playthrough during the nomad ending it hit hard

A lot of people forget - this one is the only ending where V LIVES. All the base "positive" endings apart from Johnny taking over mean that V is killed when entering Mikoshi. After that it's a copy of his, pasted into his predecessors body. So it's not the V we met, it's his engram.

@jqa16

8 ай бұрын

Yeah V always dies. Your original consciousness still faded away to oblivion while a copy of yours is living in your body.

@whssy

8 ай бұрын

I disagree. V dies with a bullet in the brain. The V that "lives" is also just an engram.

@stansmith7445

8 ай бұрын

@@whssy there’s nothing to disagree about lol. What you just said is just plain wrong. When v was shot, they didn’t die on the spot because the relic was rapidly repairing them. It didn’t replace V’s original consciousness with a copy. That’s not how it works.

@yasinkaradogan9653

8 ай бұрын

@@whssyNoap thats not true. ALT Even said that V is the human factor and Said to johnny that he is only a code that she can read. When ALT speaks with V in the Panam ending she says that. But yeah After mikoshi V is an engram just like Johnny means that just a copy the real V dies at Mikoshi. Pretty fucked up. Basically this is the only ending where the real V lives.

@strawberry-parfait3922

8 ай бұрын

An engram is not a copy, its the original psyche encrypted in digital form, it can not be copied or duplicated. V basicly gets extracted from the body and then instantly put back in. The secret ending is the canon ending where V becomes the greatest merc legend the world has ever seen after the space raid while heavely weakening all corporations. @@yasinkaradogan9653

The writing in this game is amazing. I think this game will always have a special place in my heart for having such a unique experience all the way through. I hope the next Cyberpunk game will bring back some of the characters from this one Reminds me of GTA IV where no one gets a happy ending and the game actually made you feel like you were part of the criminal underworld.

Man, I know it’s just a game but this ending really hits hard after a break up lol

@lolchriss8749

8 ай бұрын

This ending hits hard at any point in life ;/

@huyphamle159

8 ай бұрын

In NC,no happy endings to everyone,even So Mi see that

@siruglymane8343

8 ай бұрын

This ending hits hard if you’ve ever had to start over completely

@cairosun4441

8 ай бұрын

I know. I'm in the same boat choom. We gotta just hang in there. We'll get back on our feet, eventually.

I'll stick to my original ending where V leaves Night City with Panam and Aldecaldos.

@spiderfreak35

8 ай бұрын

My exact thoughts, at least you leave night city with the love of your life with the possibility of being cured. Being alive with nothing going is just sad.

@comancostin4623

8 ай бұрын

Best ending,freedom to do the best you can with whatever time you have left..it's all anybody could ask for..

@KohliN7

8 ай бұрын

same

@tiradox6348

8 ай бұрын

Same, Judy ain't gonna merry anyone but me!!!

@xiRePeNTx

8 ай бұрын

guys if i play the dlc can i get the panam ending plz tell me im a new player

I think this ending is as gut wrenching as the 'saka ending, V sort of lived but just a former shell. The thing that made this ending felt sadder is that even people close to V forgot them and move on. And somehow it's worse for most them, only Judy got a good ending

@hunter.5625

8 ай бұрын

This is by far the worse ending for V in terms of living but at what cost. She may be living but she isn’t alive if you get what I mean

@bwhere45

8 ай бұрын

@@hunter.5625 I get your point, but V would only be really living for about 6 months at most if not.

@bgill6623

8 ай бұрын

V could end up being a fixer as hinted in dialogue. If total shut ins like hands can do it then V definitely could

@yasinkaradogan9653

8 ай бұрын

Its definetly a Bit better than the saka ending. I kinda like it but I hate it also. At least he lives. What i dont like about it that the end is open. You dont know where he is going and What he will do it. At least let my boy out of this town.

@MrPojopojo

8 ай бұрын

@@hunter.5625 V gets a job working for the NUSA and is basically just a government fixer. Solid benefits, pay, and respect from all the new folks there who see them as a living legend. The cyberpunk equivalent of a medal of Honor recipient training the new folks cause they lost a leg or two on duty. Except v still has their physical health..

this ending... somehow feel like how the story ended if was real life

@verdeletthedevil7848

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was all about surviving, but in real life 9 out of 10 people will not mentally manage with surviving this way, losing every damn thing. So i somehow feel like V's gonna shoot herself soon after this given her character. That's the most depressing expirience i've had in a videogame. I've paid to be depressed

@baishihua

8 ай бұрын

@@verdeletthedevil7848 You know, it is interesting how the difference in male/ female V's voice acting can make in the same scene, female V sounds much more vulnerable and broken to a point where she may off herself soon, but male V has more confidence in his voice which makes me feel that he can pull through.

@verdeletthedevil7848

8 ай бұрын

@@baishihua you're right, and for me this is accurate, cause seeing that much of drama and tragedy falling on shoulders of a female character who's more sensitive, more tender than a male is always sad and hard, espesially when you imbued with her it's hard to see her in situation like this, without anybody, and when same thing happens with male character you're more likely think that he'll manage to start over again somehow, handle it

@royshavrick

8 ай бұрын

@@verdeletthedevil7848but the male V seems like he's just putting up a front tbh. Inside he's probably equally as fucked up.

@cyntdestroyer69xd

7 ай бұрын

Honestly, the happiest one. V still has Reed and offer to work for NUSA(depending on choices, probably), Misty, Vik, even Judy - that's the most realistic ending, and far better, than forgetting abouth your loved ones like in Sun ending(tho, I prefer Johnny's a bit more, tho). Funny to see how "amma edzerunner" kids whine about it - haven't you get the message from Edherunners what kind of outcomes there are?

I just finished Phantom liberty, got Alex killed, and let Songbird die. Felt bad for Reed as he seemed to be the good egg in the end. Myers is hiding something deep. I of course didn’t unlock the new ending but wanted to see what I would have gotten. I’m just empty after seeing this, all that to end up being in a coma for 2 years! In my opinion the “best” ending for this game is the star ending as a corpo or don’t fear the reaper also corpo.

Now V becomes like everyone else. An unexpected but realistic ending.

@huyphamle159

8 ай бұрын

If he isn't capable like how he used to,he can become a fixer like Rogue

@t1relaxation

8 ай бұрын

@@huyphamle159 V should go legit and take the job with Sol at Langley. That is the best ending 🤷

@reditoao

8 ай бұрын

He worse than everyone else. Dude loses everything. No friends. No money. No possessions. Homeless. Can't use implants ever again.

@VDA19

8 ай бұрын

V has a comfy job at Langley if he wants it. So what if he can't fight? @@reditoao

@cassiepaulin

8 ай бұрын

​@@reditoaoThat what happens to V 😢 No implants? How

Misty was always a good person. Real straight shooter. This ending is more like purgatory to an edge runner. Would have been better to go out in a blaze of glory. .....and get that drink. 🍻

@VDA19

8 ай бұрын

It does make one wonder who's going to kill Smasher in this timeline. Blackhand?

@sillylittlesheepjax6009

8 ай бұрын

@@VDA19 prob nobody

This ending is perfect. Dex asks you in the beginning “How would you rather go out? A blaze of glory, or the quiet life?” This is the quiet life option. And the sun keeps on chasing the moon.

@user-fl4ok4xr1f

8 ай бұрын

And not in a coward way as dexter, V earned his life

@ilikecinema1234

8 ай бұрын

Who picks a quiet life?!

@atothetaco

8 ай бұрын

Crazy how both secret endings kinda answer that question now, V can risk it all in a Blaze of Glory in (Don't Fear) The Reaper

@kormannn1

8 ай бұрын

@@ilikecinema1234 me.

This one's a weird ending, it feels gut wrenching and sad, but it's actually my favorite one: - Arasaka's hurt, the family empire dies - Takemura finally learns to live on his own, not as a pawn to Saka's family - The true V lives, not his/her engram - Johnny dies, which is sad - but realistically V owns him nothing, at least not their body/life Most importantly - you learn who was your true friend all along - Vik and Misty both are just happy you are alive, even Rogue and Mitch understand your situation. Panam is objectively a selfish friend/partner, she wants to be close for her emotional well being, but could not bear you being 2 years in comma (!?)

Appropriate… the old cyberpunk RPG was never about “happy endings” and even when you thought you got one a good GM would balance that out to fit the overall theme… beautifully done

I'd rather have the relic and keep hoping I'll find a cure with panam or judy. At least you get to spend some time with them. In this one, they've been living their lives separately from you for 2 years. Saddest ending. What's the point of a cure lol. You made us love the characters so much

@ALV694

8 ай бұрын

The point is that u get a chance to start anew, to build something meaningful and long lasting as opposed to being a legend that gradually gets forgotten

@RoxN7

8 ай бұрын

I didn't spend 4 different playthroughs with these characters to start anew without them lmao. That's just my take. Also not being able to use any implants..yuck. poor v couldn't defend themselves

@HippoBean

8 ай бұрын

This isn't my preferred ending, what's the point in living when you lose everyone and everything you had to live for? I'd rather take a chance out in Arizona or with Mr Blue Eyes.

@ALV694

8 ай бұрын

@@HippoBean there is no guarantee there is help in Arizona or that you will survive the space heist. Plus this ending has that special matrix AI that songbird got from the Blackwall in NUSA hands, no others have that AI

@HippoBean

8 ай бұрын

@@ALV694 Yup, there's a high chance that V doesn't find a cure elsewhere and dies. But again, what's the point of living if you lost everything and everyone you had to live for? Without your implants, all that's left for you in night city is a quiet life, and you'll still probably end up dead due to the danger. Same for the Badlands. You'll have to accept Reed's offer and work in in a Langley office for the rest of your life far away from everyone and everything you know. It might as well be Mikoshi.

Definitely a bad ending. It reminds me of real life veterans whom struggle to recover after being deployed. The combat, the adrenaline, the brotherhood, the trust, it’s all gone. Even if they have some stability in life now, to some a desk job will simply never fulfill them, and they’ll always be empty. I feel like that applies to V, every friend they made is gone, every connection severed. V’s lovers have move on and clearly don’t want to stay in contact, and their only 2 friends who they remained on good terms with are leaving the city. Well, there’s still hope. A safe and stable job with good income isn’t the worst situation (especially in cyberpunk) to be in. V could very well settle down, find love, and start anew as a regular person, but I just don’t think V’s going to be able to do that.

@spec7923

8 ай бұрын

Nah I think V probably hangs herself. Idk if you got the same convo with Reed and Johnny where Johnny says he lost everything and will hang himself. You end up losing everything as well and what made V, V.

I liked the idea of V becoming a Fixer maybe working out of Lizzie's until she builds up a reputation. Though perhaps semi-retired at Langley has its charms and honestly maybe a well known face would be a useful front allowing the NUSA to keep an ear to the streets of NC😊

Blaze of glory, always. The most tragic part of this ending is that they made my V bald, she doesn’t deserve that man.

Ik everyone sees this ending as hella sad and it definitely is but honestly it gives me hope personally. It shows one thing in that V can be cured and if you leave with the Aldecaldos which many people like to consider the canon ending you hear Panam say how they’ve got contacts in Arizona to help him. This ending to me shows that there’s is a chance that V could be saved by these contacts.

this ending very much reminded me of the anime 5 centimeters per second. which is ironically just as polarizing as this ending is for cyberpunk. i love both with all my heart. the themes of learning to move on and love life despite it all being the keys to happiness. for anyone saying this is the saddest ending, i think you're missing the point. i could write about why for an hour.. but just look at V's facial expression at the end. smiling. ready to begin anew

I really like this ending. bittersweet, painful af but at the same time V gets a chance to live. Though I think that panams writing goes over the top. Especially if she is attached so much she WOULD talk to V after 2 years. In the end she and Johnny out of all have no right to be mad at V for saving themselves. But Panam I always felt was just too much over the edge. I think this actually is the most positive ending in a way. We all know Judy and Panam could not save V. Only the open end creates an illusion of positivity.

@eddyram4932

8 ай бұрын

I hated Johnny with a passion😂 dude is just a selfish prick who wasn’t even good enough to do what he was trying to do. Then he tries to steal your body, and when he can’t he tries to brainwash you into believing in his stupid cause.

@christinekuhrt1179

8 ай бұрын

@@eddyram4932 I feel you. A lot. For me the game would be marvelous without Johnny x,D

@helplies7184

8 ай бұрын

Living like a poor nobody is not worth it, damn....even dying during the raid on the Arasaka tower is way better because at least you end things in your own terms

@lizardiezgaming8015

8 ай бұрын

Yeah they could have done an additional thing where Panam picks V up in NC and they are on good terms. V goes with Panam to the nomads and enjoys camp life

@sillylittlesheepjax6009

8 ай бұрын

@@christinekuhrt1179 you are just weak person

I think she should take Misty advice and just leave.

I honestly didn't think that the world of CP2077 could get more depressing. Then I watched this. This shit is why I choose the Judy & Panam Nomad ending. It's the happiest, and probably least heart breaking ending of all of them.

It's so nice to see the government not fucking people over for once and being a good guy in a story. They really took care of V's life situation.

@VDA19

8 ай бұрын

Could've at least given V some 24/7 bodyguards

@sillylittlesheepjax6009

8 ай бұрын

tell that to lab rat songbird

@AhmadWahelsa

8 ай бұрын

Because we did something they wanted, bruh it's pretty similiar to Arasaka one, and Reed? He's just Militech's Takemura.

I wonder if this is how johnny felt after he became an engram in V’s head- 50+ yrs passed for him and like he said before, his friends are either dead or there’s few left who’d consider him a friend

More I think about this ending, I realize this actually fits the Corpo life path. You start at almost the top of the world (keyword: Almost) and then you have “everything” taken from you. Then you start your rise to the top. Flashforward to this ending: It’s safe to say that V has officially lost *everything.*

@Feningor

8 ай бұрын

_"'Cause we lost everything..."_

@richiboy6546

8 ай бұрын

He had to pay the price

@thebadwolf3088

8 ай бұрын

A thing of beauty, I know... _WILL NEVER FADE AWAY_

@von1998

8 ай бұрын

Paid the cost to be the boss

@toyotacamrysedan5741

8 ай бұрын

Corpo V got at exactly what they wanted, a quiet life. That was the goal before and after the chip. Metaphorically, V is in that wheelchair getting taken to their apartment by Misty, whining about the hand that life dealt them. The hair will grow back, the mobility will return, it'll pass.

Still broke me the way none of the characters were at all understanding of V’s situation. They just came out of a coma, had no clue they would be gone for 2 years and they even had the guts to call them back to hear from them again only to get shutdown, ignored or outright told to get lost.

Guess the Nomad ending still remains the best overall.

@duykhanhcloud6866

8 ай бұрын

Still think the DFTR is the best .

@shawnzackery2073

8 ай бұрын

Well it this ending is kinda ironic. Actually, the whole story was about v trying to beat death or at least outrun it. He did, but now he lost everything else. So,he has to find life again. to me, this is the better ending because it symbolizes life for a life. The more you take from nightcity, the more it takes for you. 😢😢😢😢

@soyman5392

8 ай бұрын

Ehh, this ending gives you an insight of what might or will happen to these characters once V dies or disappears in the other endings

@duykhanhcloud6866

8 ай бұрын

@@soyman5392 know what the worse thing about this ending?you dont get to kill Adam Smasher so this ending is a 5/10 for me .

@Veyron722skyhook

8 ай бұрын

@@shawnzackery2073 Then I think that speaks in favour of the Nomad ending since that one has V (and potentially Judy as well) leaving the city altogether. They choose to break the cycle and stop trying to take from night city. Also the Nomad ending has V living a fairly happy life with friends, and potentially girlfriend too. Whereas this new one just seems very bittersweet as they basically lose everyone. So yeah, I would still advocate for the Nomad one overall as it at least ends on a much happier note compared to this new one. (Not trying to say its terrible by any means, don't get me wrong)

Fuck so in this ending Judy gonna leave you ?im still think the Dont Fear the Reaper is still the best.

@orrthehunter

8 ай бұрын

Judy still leaves you in that ending still since V choose to stay in night city. Only ending where Judy stays is the Nomad ending.

@duykhanhcloud6866

8 ай бұрын

@@orrthehunter but you atleast become the number 1 legend in NC unlike here you become a nobody and base on V character i think she chose the latter.

@orrthehunter

8 ай бұрын

@@duykhanhcloud6866 Personally I still think Nomad is the best ending for V. It is the only ending where he can be happy with his romance choice with what little time he has left. Though sad male romanced characters do not go with V in the Nomad ending.

@amqru

8 ай бұрын

she still leaves you when you choose the Fame ending

@duykhanhcloud6866

8 ай бұрын

@@amqru but at least i can be number 1 badass in history unlike here become a nobody .

Bro my dialogue is different in the AV! J:"Just glad you'll pull through. And that I got the chance to call you my friend." V:"This isn't OK, Johnny. I'm basically killing you." J:"C'mon, it was always gonna be this way. Either you or me. It's your body, your choice." V:"I... I don't want you to die." J:" 'Sok. I know. Better this way, though." V:"How are you doing this? Bein' so... damn calm about it?" J:"Died once you know. Kinda already getting used to it." V:"Jokes aside though..." J:"Honestly, always felt death breathing down my neck. It's why I always lived like it was my last... But now, first time in fucking forever, I feel at peace." V:"You genuinely not afraid of death? Was the one feeling I couldn't shake the last few weeks. No matter what I did." J:"Scares me I can stick around and see what happens. To you, the world. But honestly? Thought of you gone so I could live scares me more." Doctor Talks. Then Johnny speaks again. J:"Think this is it, kiddo." V:"Guess... so." Doctor injects sleeping medicine. J: "Promise me one thing will ya?" V:"I promise. No idea what, but I promise." J:"Not asking you to never give up. Sometimes you just gotta let go... Just don't let anyone change who you are, 'kay?" V:"Johnny...I..." J:"G'night Vincent. Today was a good day."

The ending is depressing but weirdly fulfilling

@Harley411

8 ай бұрын

That’s perfectly to put it

@TheCoriolanusSnowden

8 ай бұрын

Exactly

@XxCruelRagexX

8 ай бұрын

I feel this because it truly is a fresh clean slate for V. Very very rarely do you ever get to just “start over” at life without something in the past haunting you. V gets this new chance at life now. I never liked Night City as my V and I went with the Nomad ending originally but this is like a close second. Getting the hell out of the city to something calmer sounds better haha

I'm mixed on the ending it's excellent V gets an 100% I lived ending but losing almost everyone was just ouch more so with the romances. However for me, the ending kind makes me like the nomad ending even more, that ending always gave me the feeling that V might find a way to live when he or she leaves Night City and this ending shows you that it is possible kind of makes me feeling like the nomad ending has the hope factor still.

@HippoBean

8 ай бұрын

I think that's the point, no happy endings in night city. You either take a gamble and live out your last 6 months with a small chance of finding a cure, or be guaranteed to live only to lose almost everyone and everything you had to live for.

@NetCaffe

8 ай бұрын

Tbh if this is what best NUSA can do I won't get my hope high anywhere else

@HippoBean

8 ай бұрын

@@NetCaffe Isn't the NUSA actually weaker than the megacorps? The government is basically a front for Militech by 2077.

@Rusnar

8 ай бұрын

the nomad ending kills V though, in Mikoshi

This is definitely a rough ending, not the kind people would be satisfied with but one we aimed for, to get rid of the relic and live, but in return we lose everything. This is one of those endings that is unpredictable... Imo the Aldecaldo ending seems to be the best one, sticking with a big family, having Panam by your side (assuming most people romanced her) and leaving night city.

i get what they were going for but i just wish there were more dialogue options for V to embrace his/her new life while fondly remembering their old one or something like that. V got to do some amazing shit during the game and should be proud of that, and gets to have a safe and stable job alongside their new friend Reed + most of V's friends are alive and have moved on. Sure they ALL have regrets but it's not the end of the world (Except for River lol). Yeah i get it this ending isn't supposed to be sunshine and rainbows but they really wanted to make it feel like the worst one for some reason. Again, just saying, a simple dialogue option for V saying: "Eh, I'll be fine, time to move on" or "time to finally rest" was available at the end.

@MrPojopojo

8 ай бұрын

Yeah agreed.. I don't need all the chrome when I'm not going to be a solo gunslinger doing gigs. I was going overboard on chrome and throwing myself into crazy situations because I needed to *survive* and I did.. now I can take the desk job and move on.

@blanclover122

8 ай бұрын

Yeah that's 1 thing i absolutely hate about this game is there's no acceptance option she finally gets to live but gets mad she can't use implants. If it were me I'd be extatic screw being a legend im gonna live

@MrPojopojo

8 ай бұрын

@@blanclover122 Also like.. what if I play the game with no implants? Sure you *need* the kiroshi eyes and the hand thing, but those don't get disabled when you wake up.. Most of my abilities are based off my physical health- not my cyberware. This ending only feels bad if you are reliant on tech xD

@blanclover122

8 ай бұрын

@MrPojopojo agreed i had no idea people did that but agreed all the same. I also feel the same about the other endings how u react. Like if you weren't nice to Jonny at all there's no reason for you to be upset about him essentially getting absorbed and the same if you were nothing but nice to him you shouldn't be blowing up and accusing him of planning this from the start to take your body.

@MrPojopojo

8 ай бұрын

@@blanclover122 weirdest part is Johnny is more rebellious against the NUSA surgery than straight up suicide. He's accepting of it pretty much right away, this one he's arguing to find another option like m8 all the options are suicide. Also, why not hit up mikoshi, send Johnny to be with Alt, and then have the NUSA do the surgery? Should be more than doable given their power.

Goro had no reason to look that badass

I got this ending. Which I'm not happy with. But it's the best the dlc has to offer, besides letting johnny stay with you. My personal favorite ending was Don't Fear the Reaper, and then giving johnny the body. That feels like the truest ending.

I feel so broken now. I dont know what to do anymore. I feel more empty than I did when i finished the first playthrough. The ending might be the best one, because V lives on, but V loses everything they ever had. Its to the point where i actually want to delete the game now. I feel depressed, but, I don't know, fulfilled. I've played the game almost 10 times, but I think this one might be my last one. At least for now. CDPR are legends. This game will always be my favorite one of all time

@camraid9

8 ай бұрын

Yes, it's ballsy from CDPR because it will definitely result in less playtime. I won't play it again because the endings color the whole experience. Still the best game yet in my opinion.

The ending where you become just an NPC.

For some reason I'm not bummed about Panam. Like I was more of a Kerry Guy anyways..I'm curious to know how he responded...probably ghosted V like he did in the Nomad Ending.. but Panam is being a Brat..like Girl V was in a Coma, he tried to help HIS SITUATION ON HIS OWN. she's just mad she couldnt do anything her way...what a Grieving Brat. and Mitch; couldnt even explain to her the situation.

Guess im sticking with Dont fear the Reaper, was hoping this ending would be a little happier but I can see why they didnt do that. This is a problem you got yourself into, so better to solve it yourself without dragging anyone down with you. V wanted to become a legend after all. Edit: Plus no more cyberware in the world of Cyberpunk? Ya screw that 😂

@sergeycaplya6919

8 ай бұрын

V become a disabled person(

I thought they are gonna add best ending to the game, this is just little bit better than sucide ending.

@secondaryfront

8 ай бұрын

Because you didn't analise killed/alive ratio. This is the best ending by far. Tell me, in what ending: - V is alive - Takemura, Rogue and Saul are alive, all at once - Arasaka falls without insane massacre, like in The Star and The Sun Ending? ...the only on the short end of the stick is Silverhand, sadly.

@Costin_Gaming

8 ай бұрын

@@secondaryfront Johnny's been dead for years. The AI? That's just a copy on a chip, nothing more.

@joshuameadows4922

8 ай бұрын

​@@secondaryfrontAw ya because I felt so bad about Massacaring the armed gunman at Arasaka. A literal company for the evil 😂

@secondaryfront

8 ай бұрын

@@joshuameadows4922 Alt fried the brains of civilians too. Not all employees in Arasaka are corpo agents or executives.

@joshuameadows4922

8 ай бұрын

@secondaryfront Who did Alt fry? If you're referring to the people in Mikoshi...then good? The entire game talks about how Evil that tech is, thank God all those corrupt people couldn't come back for immortality.

This ending makes you feel so bad for wanting it. You work so hard in the game to ensure you get that surgery, you sacrifice Songbird, you sacrifice Johnny, you sacrifice your status, you sacrifice your relationships, you abandon Takemura. In the end you are just a husk with the only remaining friendships being Vik, Misty and god damn Delamaine. This ending was truly sad and genuinely made me feel regret.

@David-mr2ql

8 ай бұрын

You can look at it the other way, just how betrayed by so many people V gets through the game. (Through the lifepaths, the main story Arasaka, Voodo Boys, Songbird) but in the end surviving it all. And leaving that life behind. V is basically a Night City legend that lived to tell the tale.

This game looks amazing can't wait to play!! Can't imagine how the sequel is going to be like in 2027 probably

@Scott-fy4rz

8 ай бұрын

*2077

@ScootyPuffJrSux

8 ай бұрын

Probably like 2030 dude, unless they rush Witcher 4 for some reason

Honestly this ending fits pretty good with the theme of night city always winning but I feel like with v (no cyberware) not giving up on being big in NC might end up being the next Morgan blackhand would have been a great ending as well

Id still have to choose leave city with panam and judy, this ending is a lot more sad and seems worse to me

just did this ending, all of a sudden the 6 months left to live are so much more appealing

Did panam commit suicide or something? Mitch was very shifty there...like he was trying to protect V from finding out what really happened to Panam...like i don't think mitch would just say don't call panam ever and sound so nervous.

@antoniomenchi6736

8 ай бұрын

I think so too

@take_another_trip

8 ай бұрын

Either she did khs or she failed and now is trying to recover, wouldnt be surprised V was a God sent for Panam so getting ghosted by someone so important in times like those that Panam was going thru ut probably got to her

@llyeagerll7960

8 ай бұрын

@@take_another_trip my biggest thing is yeah the game in immersive, but I would at least tell all my friends that you're gonna be away to get help or have someone keep in touch for you or something, not just randomly disappear and expect a happy ending

@SailTheShip

8 ай бұрын

She doesn't seem like the kind of person who would do that. What I got from that was Mitch intercepting your message and being nervous because he was hoping you'd understand and not call back. Or maybe Panam was close by somewhere and he was nervous she'd over hear. I guess it's a possibility though as it did leave Panam's current status extremely vague and unconfirmed.

@Deathpool_04

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@SailTheShip My theories are either she died trying to figure out what happened to V, her being so broken from V being gone for too long that she became something awful and doesn’t want V to see her like that, or she finally got to move on from but with Mitch knowing that it would break Panam again if she found out V woke up. She does say that she doesn’t know what she’d be like without V and how important they are to her.

I've never loaded up a 2-hour old save just to purposely lock myself out of an ending before this.

This and Johnny becoming V and becoming a changed man because of his guilt of taking over V are the best (despite not being happy) endings. Still it bugs me that there's no Synthesis type ending where V and Johnny merges and becomes one person.

@charleshorseman55

5 ай бұрын

Like...Vohnny? Will they have fusion powers?

The only positives I can think of is that V likely at this point would literally be swimming in eddies and I doubt his skill with guns would be that affected especially for the no chrome playthroughs. There is also the connections he still had especially that with Reed V could live a comfortable life in NUSA or take the job in Langley . Also I think there are cyberpunk legends that did not rely on chrome but still made it. As they say this ending epitomizes something ends something begins. It may be deppressing but at least he has a life to look forward to.

@eddyram4932

8 ай бұрын

This is what I’m saying😂 people over here talking about “no chrome means you can’t do anything”… like V couldn’t pick up a gun and shoot anyone? There’s plenty of tech to allow V to be as deadly as before, even if they were a Netrunner, V can still use one of the old style cyber decks that looked like a tablet. Becoming a Fixer would be hella easy for V as well, they have all the connects and the reputation to carey them for two life times. People are just defeatists I guess. This ending is the best, although they wrote V as someone that sort of gives up at the end even though this would simply mean that V has to adapt, which is what V has been doing since the start of the whole story.

@ravenguard0098

8 ай бұрын

@@eddyram4932 People also forget that having chrome may be the norm but they forget that there are people out there that are doing well even without it I mean Panam herself uses less chrome as possible to the point she is essentially flesh and blood. So V has more than a chance for a better life even for some minor corpos and definetly more than the average citizen. At range he could still defend himself he would only have problems in CQB but even then V's current problem is currently his mentality and a case of deppression but I have hope he eventually overcame it. Also given his now lack of chrome he is less liable to be hacked personally now or more likely due to old models unless he goes full-on flesh and blood no implants whatsoever.

@personperson8563

8 ай бұрын

@@eddyram4932that’s just wishful thinking. Unless we’re controlling V as a video game character, the moment a Chromeless V runs into a gang member with a Sandevistan/Kereznikov or gets quick hacked by a net runner it’s over. The simple truth is that without chrome V is just simply weak. At best V could become a fixer and organize gigs. Their life as merc is over regardless. V couldn’t even go against 2 pathetic street thugs, how do you expect them to fight it out with gang members and corpo’s with high-tier combat implants? They don’t. They die.

@eddyram4932

8 ай бұрын

@@personperson8563 V has no implants to hack now. Also if we’re going by your logic, 99% of the people don’t have access to a Sandevistan. Even if they do have one, you can shoot them before they even see you. So unless V is running into places all crazy, they would be ok. The real reason V got jumped by those thugs is because V has barely just come out of a coma, could barely walk as it was. Those guys didn’t have anything special on them, didn’t even pull out a weapon.

@HomerAndRoe

8 ай бұрын

@@personperson8563 Well better learn to play it smart. Besides, writers have been writing shrewd cunning individuals for centuries - you could very much headcanon V as that, if you want. The ending is pretty open-ended TBH, so if you want to think that V shortly gets murked by a cyberpsycho right after the cutscene ends, go ahead.

lets go! got to see the ending before the DLC dropped 🎉

This is basically the ending if Cyberpunk 2077 was a film directed by the Cohen Brothers.

The final talk with Johnny is much, MUCH more emotional for V if you played most of the game becoming friends with johnny

Honestly I do feel like this is going to be the more weirder ending to me most of the endings aside from the past of less resistance requires you to fight at a Smasher at some point in your life but go to the hospital and that's it I always thought The New Ending is going to be where you, Solomon Reed and maybe the entirety of the agency raid arasaka Tower, fight Adam Smasher after that you get your surgery then we get to the current ending ( yeah I was kind of expecting that type of ending to be honest)

@danielortega4084

8 ай бұрын

Same, It would be so cool

@sillylittlesheepjax6009

8 ай бұрын

@@danielortega4084 too disney style for this game,

@danielortega4084

8 ай бұрын

@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 Maybe, but at least we'd get some action

Yeah,after seeing this I think going out in a blaze of short-lived glory is much better than becoming a nameless NPC and losing everyone and everything you ever cared about. Sad (and bad I think imho) ending..

Just finished the DLC and got this ending. Such a bittersweet ending to the game and made the original endings seem so shallow.

This ending is now my favorite, and it also gives my V a happy conclusion. For those few weeks, V was the most formidable person on the planet. V became the greatest legend who will never be forgotten by anyone. That V died but his legacy lives on while my V finally gets to live the quiet life.

@64bitUnity

8 ай бұрын

WHAT! This ending sucked AAASSSSS !!! Even in the Johny takes her body ending, someone got to live a normal full life. Enjoy having the body, in this one everything just FUCKING SUCKS!

@getrichtathiz

8 ай бұрын

I agree. For my Corpo V this is the perfect ending.

Can you do the definitive movie version? You know, 2.0 and Phantom Liberty combined?

@glp

8 ай бұрын

Yep, we actually just finished playing it. Corpo playthrough and will have both stories together

@joecharbrisus1140

8 ай бұрын

@@glp I hope you got V more Cyberware an aditaments through the gameplay, like Gorilla Arms or the Launcher on the wrist, so you can make the game more spectacular tush the first itteration

A new and happy life is still possible, even though V doesn't see it at that point because of all of the recent bad news. Life is to a high degree what you make it, and opportunities to make it better - or worse - are always around if you just know where and how to find them.

@birdnoir5841

8 ай бұрын

this

@AhmadWahelsa

8 ай бұрын

I'm certain with the amount of body count V left 2 years ago made Arasaka and the gangs to be on watch for V, and now it's the perfect time for them to strike

This ending was depressing at first, but now as i think about it i realise v just became a normal person like us, she can still get a normal job and live a somewhat happy life, not even that bad

How are people saying this is a bad ending. This is an amazing ending that tears at your emotions. V won but at what cost. I dont think the characters went off character. i think it's realistic

@Extreme96PL

7 ай бұрын

It's not bad in terms of the idea and the writing because, as you said, it evokes emotions and in a sense shows what could happen in real life to any of us in such a situation. This ending is bad because again, as you said, V won, but in fact she lost everything to the point that she no longer has a reason to live.

@wasdwasd609

7 ай бұрын

Panam ghosting you when you're in a coma, and like not being able to tell Mitch that yeah... I was in a fucking COMA, is a bit awful. I get the ghosting since she's a whiny little child. But I feel like she would come around. If I was Mitch, Panam's friend, I would seriously disown her if she didn't call V. Like that's seriously important to your soul. That IS betraying family! What was it? The Aldecaldos will always have your back? Yeah right. No problem with her moving on, being upset, but not wanting to even contact you when you're down? Absolutely irredeemable

That ending did a great job to question us on if it was really worth taking Reed's path as we live but we cannot fight nor get any implants.

@eddyram4932

8 ай бұрын

Why does everyone believe you can’t fight without implants?😂 you can still use a gun to shoot people, you can use robots, there’s suits you can wear to augment your strength. You can become a Fixer and hire people to do shit for you.

@williamisraelgomararias5737

8 ай бұрын

Morgan blackhand was out here doing it why cant we

@eddyram4932

8 ай бұрын

@@williamisraelgomararias5737 exactly, the only cyberware we know for sure he has is his cybernetic arm, which is basically just a prosthetic. V only lost the ability to connect cyberware to their nervous system, but that doesn’t necessarily mean V can’t use a weapon.

@eddyram4932

8 ай бұрын

@xboxone1543 yeah you could say that, I just don’t understand why people are so fixated on “V can only do things if they have chrome”, it’s silly to me😂

@AhmadWahelsa

8 ай бұрын

@@eddyram4932 the problem comes from what V did 2 years ago, quite high body count, surely the gangs and Saka goons wants V dead, and now it's even more vulnerable

so basically v lost everything including johnny and judy... and everyone...wow.. this makes me like the panam ending even more..

@sergeycaplya6919

8 ай бұрын

Same for me. Even they don't find the cure, V will spend his/her last days with people who cares about him/her)

@narutomaster500

8 ай бұрын

​​@@sergeycaplya6919exactly instead of being a faceless npc and cant fight anymore..

@kassandraofodyssey6475

8 ай бұрын

@@narutomaster500 I agree. At least with the Star ending, I like to think that V realizes how much Night City tries to take away from you, and chooses to leave for a better life, even if it’s a short one. It’s bittersweet, but way less depressing than the new ending. Though I’d say the Sun ending is the most badass. If you’re gonna die soon, may as well go out with a bang.

@narutomaster500

8 ай бұрын

​@@kassandraofodyssey6475plus Adam smasher is still alive in this ending... I don't like that at all..

Doing the secret ending dialogue choice at the oil fields in ‘chippin in’ pays off in that scene with Johnny

Damn Johnny was happy for me in my ending. You did him dirty!

NGL, After this ending, Temperance feels like the most fitting ending.

I want to say I liked this ending because V lives (which was the whole narrative goal of the game) but I just find it really bitter. I get it's soppsed to be the theme of cyberpunk nothing good happens blah blah blah life is meaningless in future but honestly I don't care for multiple endings that just end all on bleak notes like. For me it just takes away from the feeling of a choice. I literally said f it when in my first play through as V and handed the body to Jhonny and all that do was give him depression. I whould have liked if at least one writer on the team wasn't going through a divorce to have written an ending.

@Supadrumma441

8 ай бұрын

Could it really have killed CDPR to make a happy ending for V and just make it REALLY hard to unlock?

@calamityhex3729

8 ай бұрын

@@Supadrumma441 yeah I kinda wanted that from the jhonny and V araska tower ending.

@xy-te9db

8 ай бұрын

@@Supadrumma441 they are based in eastern europe i guess... or op might be right about the divorces

Nice, a quiet life working with Reed, sounds like a really nice change for V, even better if you are Corpo V, returning to quiet desk job after all that could be nice.

The ending left me feeling empty inside. But it made me realize that Dexter DeShawn’s quote in the beginning about dying in the blaze of glory or dying in peace, old and smelling urine was actually the key message of the story. People like V don’t get to live long. They die in the blaze of glory, but they are always young. If they wanna live until they are old, they would have to give up their life and live like normal people. One of the best stories I’ve seen in the genre.

Honestly V may not want it but they deserve a slow down

This ending is in my opinion the best one and in my opinion the canon ending if they every make a sequel. It also hurts the most. It feels like the game developers said “ You want an ending we’re V is guaranteed to live? Sure and all you have left is your reward”. It makes the story horribly similar to real life, where tough life choices and sometimes there is no easy solution or happy ending.

@camraid9

8 ай бұрын

Also, V just becomes one of us in the end... A normie. We are V.

@camraid9

8 ай бұрын

They should have had some reintegration scenes. Including positive normie scenes. That would have been wholesome.

@pingus9934

8 ай бұрын

Worst ending ever and I know this ain't the Canon ending lmao

So I’m assuming, based on Del’s convo with V, ya didn’t start the Delamain quest line huh lol

47:50 What are the other outcomes? Plus the strength check?😊

Panam was always temperamental so not surprised but when judy said she was married the only thing i wanted to do was go tf off like wtf bro

I feel like I’d be happy with this ending V is V and isn’t dying anymore sure no implants but that’s what Claire is doing and she’s doing fine

@eddyram4932

8 ай бұрын

People all over this comment section are convinced that you can’t go on without implants😂 like no regular person can pick up a gun and shoot anyone. Like those two thugs that jumped V, V could just come back and shoot them and walk off.

@Deathpool_04

4 ай бұрын

@@eddyram4932 I mean, kind of. V could’ve died there if those thugs actually wanted to kill him or wanted to finish the job. Imagine if that was the ending. Lol

@eddyram4932

4 ай бұрын

@@Deathpool_04 at any point in the story v could’ve been shot and killed, the implants wouldn’t have done anything. Implants don’t make people immortal👍

@Deathpool_04

4 ай бұрын

@@eddyram4932 I never said he was immortal with implants but the reason he didn’t die in the story was because of implants and he’s harder to kill when he had implants. If he thought he didn’t need them, it wouldn’t be a shock to him when they tell him that he can’t use implants anymore.

@eddyram4932

4 ай бұрын

@@Deathpool_04 the reason V did’t die in the story was because the Relic, not the implants. And the reason V feels like he/she needs implants is more personal, people definitely live in the Cyberpunk universe without implants and they’re fine. V only got jumped cuz of the coma, if V would’ve had a gun he/she would’ve been fine in dealing with the thugs, no implants needed.

On top til a major injury puts an end to your legend but life goes on

In the world of Cyberpunk there are no happy endings. Blaze of glory or fading away. Or in this case, fading away either working as a Fed or being eventually enslaved as a Corpo, either way, it's dystopian either way you choose.

Well, it's the best V ending thus far. As hopeful and romantic as the Aldecaldos ending was, odds are V doesn't make it. Kinda bites that in just 2 years all V's friends are gone or done in, but there's some solid hope to be found here, just seen through the filter of realism. In the end, the only way forward is out of Night City. Now, if only it wasn't sold seperately as DLC. 🙄

@danielortega4084

8 ай бұрын

Literally pay to win lol

@personperson8563

8 ай бұрын

Eh, one could argue that living for 6 months with the Aldecado’s surrounded by loved ones is the better option. 6 months of happiness could be more fulfilling than a lifetime of depression and regret. Based on V’s character, I don’t think they’d every find “true” happiness In Langley working a desk job. Stability? Sure. But I imagine V ending like some irl veterans, depressed with, feelings of loneliness, PTSD, depression, boredom, and regret, and suicidal thoughts. But if V can properly adjust to the life of a normal person, they could very will live a full and happy life. I think it unlikely though.

@ChaosDraguss

8 ай бұрын

This ending indirectly makes the other endings more hopeful though, because it proves it *is* possible for V to be cured.

@KiraSlith

8 ай бұрын

@@personperson8563 "True Happiness" is a legend just as fantastic as the legends recorded in the Afterlife's drink menu. Even if you find yours, the moment doesn't last. Most people don't realize it, but Jackie got what he wanted right at the start. V also became a legend in their own right and got to live, which was the goal from the start, and Johnny even got his original dying wish, albeit another 2 years later. Still not convinced? Lemmie explain in more detail. Jackie got his wish from the Konpeki Plaza Heist: he went out in a blaze of glory, became an Afterlife legend, and got his drink on the menu. V rescued the chuffing president of the NUSA, and became both an NUSA legend and an Afterlife legend in the process, when all they really wanted was to live. Yorinobu always intended to burn Arasaka down from the inside, and without our intervention he succeded, as the radio broadcast in this ending shows, so Johnny got his dying wish. With this ending, everything that needed to be done, was done. The best part is, nobody we know or care about died unnecessarily. The only people in-universe particularly upset by this ending are: Panam, because she wanted to be the one to "fix" you, and was upset you found an alternative solution. It sucks, but that's how it is sometimes. Songbird, because she betrayed and lashed out at everyone while trying to destroy herself, even betraying V while she still actively needed V's help. 🤦‍♀️ and Johnny, who was hoping for a second life he didn't earn and never intended to earn. Credit where due, he handled being told "no" with dignity rather than trying to forcibly take control, like he did on night 1.

@KiraSlith

8 ай бұрын

@@danielortega4084 Yep, it's the only ending that actually achieves the win condition the game set out. If there were NO "V lives a full life" endings at least we could continue to say "it's a cyberpunk themed commentary on life struggles", but now you can BUY a winning ending that narrative suddenly comes with the asterisk "unless someone else buys you victory". 😡

This is how V has become an NPC lol 56:37

This is the only ending that "Never fade away" doesn't sound, because you DID fade away...