yep, and im going for a classic ending. second run will be the new ending. but man, the ending i got on my first run was so horrible and i just sped through the game. i didnt even know what a sandevistan was. im juts gonna 100% it a couple times to make up for it
@@jkeebla Somehow, I believe, Song Mi being alive and well and the simple fact that V spared him would mitigate that. Talk to Alex to talk him out of it. Plus my build mitigates chances of death, unless Reed's willing to use nukes.... Reed is wrong, war never broke out, it only fortified NC's independence and V's the one who put whomever is the one sitting on the throne of Dogtown. Tbh, I'd be more conscious of Aguilar than Reed lol.
new ending is always for V. he already reached the unthinkable for human being in night city thus he retired and go quietly live like Deshawk mention in the beggining and it fit him more. rather than go full glory storming arasaka like maniac and only left for 6 month to live
@@mossypotato9899V can also turn down the badge offered by the milf president and if he takes the path of betraying Reed he pretty much is not considered a citizen of the NUSA.
@@abstractfactory8068 This depends. If V's background is from Bakkers clan, then he was born outside Night City, but isn't probably NUSA citizen as a nomad anyway. And probably used counterfeit documents to get into Night City. But technically V can be born and raised in NUSA area.
Y'all realize that in this ending, Reed's corpse gets incinerated by the rocket's engines, right ? That counts as a stealth kill. No witnesses, no traces left behind.
Songbird thought she was dying so decides to tell you the truth before she passes out, Reed deep down wants Song to be free because of the guilt he feels for her but he can't betray his country and let her escape, the fact that he gives you a count tells me that he came there die again for Song, it was the best he could do "Too damn late".
@@dogestranding5047 Definitely would be cool to have them as returning characters in some shape or form. Though I think chances are far less likely for Songbird because her fate depends on what your V does. With Lucy though, there might be a chance though I dunno, she's probably better off her story ending where it did and not coming back. Since her being back means something bad will likely happen to her.
Dont even know why people try to cross V theres probably so many stories of them being an absolute solo powerhouse and getting out of the worst situations with barely a scratch. *Literally* the John Wick of the verse with probably 10x better feats than Smasher yet they still wanna pick a fight 😂
And got over 100 civilians from all over the world killed in the process. Even if she was trying to stop the enemy from possibly getting their hands on Blackwall tech, she ended up sparking an unwinnable international war anyway.
This ending is the best one for me. I think Songbird's story would resonate the most with V, and just the idea of songbird having a chance at freedom, despite the betrayal, V would fight too protect her.
Simp. Songbird manipulated you from the start. She promised you a cure, took you along for a ride while lying the whole time, and only admitted she never had any intention of giving you a cure because there was only one charge. V was dying, she wasted precious days of his life dangling the proverbial carrot right in front of his face. It's fine that she lied, she was dying, but damn if she was honest from the start I would've helped her. She double crossed everyone until she got what she wanted, like no, V never did that to his friends he made along the way.
@@ThejusRao if being double crossed and tricked is the limit for helping someone in this game, then you shouldn’t even start phantom liberty in the first place. The idea isn’t that songbird isn’t manipulative, it’s that she’s the main person V could relate to despite that.
@@ragingexodus Yes, that is true. Ideally you shouldn't start Phantom liberty. However, as know in real life, it's very much a game we play to have fun. If I was in V's position I would've backed out the second Myers and Reed gave me the option, for sure. It really is masterful storytelling, I definitely agree she's the main person V could relate to, however the phase "....despite the betrayal, V would fight to protect her" is just flat out wrong. That may be the choice you made, but doesn't change that she betrayed you and everyone she knew. Ironically if V "betrays" her, then he actually has a shot at life. Which is what I went for. No tears were shed betraying someone who was going to do the same to you.
@ThejusRao not a simp. I just hate the government and will take any opportunity to stick it to them, whether that be harboring a fugitive or gunning down a fed
@@ThejusRao Regardless of how she betrayed V (felt bad for her but she had it coming) we now have two preem tier netrunners, both Lucy and So Mi on the moon that Mr Blue Eyes could then influence for whatever big is coming in the Orion sequel.
Best ending, cannot change my mind. Songbird gets her last chance at hope, Reed goes out on his own terms. The president loses her most important asset. Alex lives.
Also a stadium full of innocent people explode, killing them all serving as a distraction for little ol songbird. Lives of the many over the lives of the few.
I sent Song to the moon. I wasn’t surprised that she lied to us, it was predictable. Knowing that V can’t be fully cured and will die anyway really influenced me to save So-Mi. I’d rather give her the chance at life despite it all. Great Character.
Yeah now I feel a little bad lol. I dome pieced him when guns were drawn like it was Red Dead and he hit the floor like a sack of concrete. Didn't know a chest shot would give him a few extra seconds to reflect and look at Songbird one last time, but that's pretty damn cool.
@EthanNSenpaiVN 100% Though him leaving with Panam personally fits more, since he is telling So Mi in the end that he also sometimes thinks about just dropping everything and leave
This was such an awesome way to end the story. Shows that even if V didn't get to live, he understands what Song has to go through and refuses to let her die the same way he will.
Feel like Songbird and Lucy have the same background Because in when Lucy talks about her past there is a girl in the background that looks like Songbird as a kid so they could have known each other and could reunite up there
This ending for PL resonates with me the most because just Like V songbird is willing to do whatever it takes to save herself. If she’s gotta kill she’s gotta kill, if she had to burn it all down she did and that’s what V does so I killed Reed and took her to the moon it felt like the right thing to do
@@____Carnage____ even if you do a run where you make all the worst decisions, V never strings someone along with the promise of mutual survival only to leave the other person hanging high and dry at the end. That's beyond a shitbag maneuver.
@@____Carnage____no, even if you play a Smasher-like cyberpsycho corpo V you don't get to double-cross anyone close to you for your own benefit. Worse you can do is side with Song and betray her at the last second so you get the cure instead, but that's still after she gives you the short end of the stick so it's understandable and justifiable that you'd save your own life instead, unlike Song's actions which are just understandable.
@@scarfacecs The difference is V always had someone he could trust in his life unlike songbird. She had no reason to believe V wouldnt betray her like everybody else. If you hand her over to Reed you further prove that her only choice was to manipulate V.
I knew she was going to betray me. Deep in my gut I just knew it. Still, for some reason decided to help her. To the very end. But truth be told, I felt like a real rat bastard flatlining Reed like that.
It sucks but Reed was loyal to a fault and the only way you can give him peace is either shooting him here and giving him peace in death or killing So Mi in Cynosure where he finally stops deluding himself that Myers, the NUS and FIA are actually gonna plan to help her out of good will rather than her just being used as a tool for whatever they plan to do with the Blackwall. It's especially hard because Reed is sincere in wanting to help So Mi but can't get past his vision of having to be loyal to his country while So Mi is genuine in a way to wanting to help V but chose to put herself first as she only reveals the truth until the last possible moment which shows remorse at the very least to another sin added to her conscience. Both were manipulators in their own way but I can't really blame them So Mi wants to survive so I give her this chance to at least live and possibly atone in the moon while Reed in his path and So Mi dead can finally start his own life and identity without being just a loyal hound to Myers, wonderfully tragic that the endings in the DLC is either help Songbird, Reed or yourself but no one really wins and the real villain(Myers) doesn't really get anything done to her.
@@ras_eo indeed its the best outcome from him although i still think the so mi death route is also an okay path for him albeit bittersweet as well because he can finally have his own identity
@@CheeseZezify Sending So Mi to the moon means she could porbably meet Lucy shes still up there it was only like 5 years ago that she got there i think. What would 2 of the best nutrunners alive do on the moon. And somehow Mr Blue eyes is involved in all of it.
She threw everyone she’s ever trusted and loved under the bus just to be free from the FIA, speaks volumes on how much she yearned for freedom and I wasn’t going to deny her her one shot at getting it. Sorry reed.
@@thomasvleminckxShe did not? She was recruited forcibly by Reed after she tried to breach Blackwall by herself. And nobody said anything about her beign pretty, nice projection
hes right tho she made choices that screwed people over multiple times she even admits it. I think its a common sense thing lol its not very common in 2023 tho @@noniewierze3291
@@toragic3432 He is right to some degree. Look online on why people side with songbird and you will see that 80% of the reasons is " she's a redhead asian girl". Siding with her after knowing the full story just shows what type of person you are at the end of the day. Not saying there is a good and bad ending but still.
I think songbird and V, Reed, and Takemura are analogues of each. Reed and Takemura may say they want to help and deep down might actually do. But both Reed and Takemura’s loyalties lie with Corp and country. And songbird is V, only she took the steps V wasn’t willing to in order to survive. If that makes any sense.
I like your interpretation of the two sides of the same coin: it's simple and straight to the point, and not too long like all the other explanations (not saying that's a bad thing, just different).
@@killmonger5097 You can do that? Lol, I guess that's fair especially if as V you are still pissed at her for manipulating you the whole time only to tell you at the end that you'll figure yourself out lol.
Got strong edgerunners vibes for this ending. Just got this ending 5 minutes ago. Even though Somi doesnt end up helping you. I still couldnt help but get emotional. Felt like lucy all over again. Hope songbird gets to finally spread her wings and fly away. 😭😭
This game had me really questioning my morals in a way no other game or even any other media has. Ultimately Songbord played us. She lied, withheld the truth, and played on our conscience to help her get what she wanted. I had absolutely zero reason to side with her after everything she pulled, and coming from my own real life experience, I had every motive to side with Reed. But when it came down to it I did everything I could to get her to the moon.
The bittersweet part about this ending is that So Mi has made a true friend despite what happened. She always believed there was no good people in her line of work and then here comes V.
Two characters who respect each other forced to face off because of their unshakable and incompatible convictions, in the rain, with the neon lights of night city in the background. No over the top boss fight, no dramatic speeches, just two people who would really rather not kill each other, but know there may not be any other way. One of the greatest scenes I've ever experienced in gaming.
I chose songbird so Alex will live on. I also wanted to give Myers the biggest middle finger I could since, letting her die locks you out of the entire dlc story.
This scene somewhat reminds me of the Soma ending. When Simon, left alone at the bottom of the deep ocean, looks at the satellite he just launched. But there was no Johnny to talk to.
Tbh it just made sense to send so mi to the moon even after her betrayal. As far as V knows, there’s still a chance of him/her getting saved at mikoshi and so mi was just giving them an alternative. Thats not even mentioning the fact that V by themselves is a one man army. So mi, on the other hand doesn’t have any alternatives like mikoshi, nor does she have the firepower to fight against the NUS. Her one shot of freedom is the moon. It just makes sense narratively speaking to side with her instead of the NUS. We are a cyberpunk after all. Plus, even if we let reed live, the guilt of pretty much handing his friend to the NUS to be held captive and experimented on would probably just kill him slowly.
This is the best ending for me. Epic confrontation between you and Reed. I talked to him more than in this playthrough, tried to find a solution for everyone, but in the end when the inflexibility of the situation became clear, I shot him in the head. If you betray So-Mi, the alternate mission track means you basically get walked through a horrible montage of how the NUSA used and mutilated her until she ended up in the partially possessed state she's in when you meet her. Reed knows it, you know it, so this final confrontation is the best end IMO for everyone. Reed gets to die an honorable death in service of his country, and finally reconciling his conscience. Song gets to go to the moon and maybe be saved, or at least not spend the rest of her life as some kind of tortured experiment, and V gets a personally powerful friend that owes them a big one, and might maybe be able to come through with some kind of cure before the end. I got this On my first try and couldn't be happier with it. Let me know what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars.
I kinda regret it to be honest. Maybe it's the fact I had to kill Reed or that Mr. Blue Eyes is going to eventually ruin So mi again. It was a good expansion though. Johnny, Reed, Alex, and So Mi were great
Out of all the endings I feel like this was the best one, not exactly the best case scenario but I don't think Reed is ever going to be able to move beyond being a simple henchman for the NUSA and all the other endings either see Songbird die or end up in NUSA Custody where Myers' will undoubtedly continue to exploit her for access to the Blackwall. At least with this ending we're able to get Songbird to the moon where she does survive (I'm going based off the space rock she sends down to V after finishing PL), Reed unfortunately dies but it was either going to be at our hand or from the NUSA likely backstabbing him again following his loss of securing Songbird from V. And Alex not only survives but gets her happy ending as well. Only major downsides is that Reed won't be able to help V with the Relic because Reed is dead in this ending and we pretty much start a 5th Corp War. And I could be wrong but given Night City's status as a Free City, if V were to leave Night City then the NUSA would be able to legally go after him if they wanted to but they've probably got much bigger things to worry about than one merc.
A new corpo war opens new opportunities for V. In my books this is not the end. He or she will fight on and follow his procedures until he gets the shit done.
Killing Reed made me feel like the worst human being alive, he was a nice guy who only wanted to protect innocents and his country and I killed him for someone that betrayed, I put myself in V's place and figured I'd do the same out of the sense of the possibility of having something I'll never have, accepting to carry the burden of killing Reed for the rest of my life.
Reed was too much loyal dog for nusa. She ordered military in front of him to kill innocents with security. He had chances, but he refuses because he can't see another life from that. Those type of guys will be ready to sell their parents, with sad eyes and sobbing about bad outcome. I expected him to get rid from nusa. But after helping songbird, he shows his real "patriotic" side (which is sadly just a loyal Myers' dog, and we know she will soon get rid from him after that too).
Best ending : King of Wands 1. So Mi being free from NUSA and 2nd chance of living. 2. The cure for V was meh, a lot of things happened for the 2 years coma and V was left behind, better give the cure to So Mi then, that will put it a good use. 3. Alex’ retirement. 4. Reed was killed along the way, but the reference from the ending of King of Cups, confused and guilty Reed, V stated that he was not happy working in FIA. Now he’s also free. Though, the other mission, (Somewhat Damaged) was more emotional and intense: There You would have another perspective on So Mi. poor girl.
@spriteking3944 V is still an enemy of the state after they kill Reed and it's not a big deal. It's not like Reed is anything special either. I mean he is really good but when you compare him to the likes of Adam smasher it seems pretty reasonable that V could push back against Reed whenever they needed to. Imo it's a weak excuse.
The way he died is kinda poetic. He even tried to get back up, but dies just like that, on his knees. A broken dog brainwashed so far, he's willing to give up everything for his country till his last dying breath.
Best ending. V still has all options and isn't a fucking vegetable left by all friends like in the other one. I'm still hoping that there will be a funny ending: V can live on but only with Johnny inside of her head for the rest of her life. Wouldn't that be glorious? Hahahaha
Im so sad Reed didnt learn anything and still worshiped the FIA after theyve been using him like a tool. He could have had his life and disappear, instead he always followed orders
so I take it if you do this you then just have the endings the game originally came with - but if you hand her over when you're on the rooftop you have the extra option of taking up Reeds offer of being cured instead of storming Arasaka Tower?
Pretty much although you just go straight to the reed ending instead of meeting Hanako at embers first, you just happen to meet him at that same rooftop
I went with this ending despite her not telling you ahead of time she has a lot of regrets and when she told V about her past that hit like a rock out of everyone i feel she relates to V the most and it was pretty awesome feeling to kill everyone with the black wall too i liked songbird as a character and thats why i chose to stick with her to the end i hope she comes back in the future somehow
I always go for this ending in every playtrough for one simple reason, I would never, ever sleep again in peace knowing i condemned someone to slavery or death for the sake of my own survival irl, thats why we have all the default endings and PL's, to pick the one that ressonates within you the most.
I like this ending because we still have johnny, we still have our V with his dignity and his abilities, we still have the friends and V is not an outsider. Other ending where he gets cured but becomes a dead man walking, a man some what out of his world and lost all his friends, his loved ones and him self . This ending is better because if V does die in the next game he dies by being him instead of being a face in the crowd.
This ending was the best in my opinion. Someone who has been used and abused by the people she trusted and simply being a weapon for most, having someone to relate to like songbird and V it felt like they were able to understand each other despite her betrayal. I still helped her because in some way one of them gets freedom and even if she betrayed and hurt V I like to think that my V upholds his promises and does the best for his friends no matter what. Besides in my personal opinion even if betrayed I can sympathize to want freedom and not serve anyone else but yourself and even if it’s just doing what you want, which in this case was going to the moon, that’s enough for me to make sure that happens for them to make them enjoy their days and be happy. Same thing for Johnny if given the chance at the end except he and my V were close and he didn’t let V give up his body. Honestly I’m rambling at this point but this dlc was absolutely phenomenal and the outfits and customization was sick, plus the storytelling was just incredible I can’t recommend phantom liberty enough dude, such a goated dlc
It makes the most sense to me for my interpretation of V to get this ending. Both he and Songbird are parallels of each other's stories. Both infected with what is essentially a virus and just trying to survive. Whereas V navigates the criminal underground to do so, Song did the same through classified missions and political games. So even when So Mi revealed her betrayal to V, he still decided to help her. Because unlike almost everyone else in this entire DLC, she was just doing what she had to survive. Just like the Aldecaldos, the Fixers, and even V himself. What right did he really have to judge? Reed was blind in his loyalty, Hansen was a tyrant, and Myers is just another politician. But So Mi, though definitely no saint, just wants to stay alive.
First run of PL i was making this choice, Reed died on his knees and the whole thing looked like a painting, a sad one, like Sweeney todd at the end of the movie. It looked like a scripted fall. Second PL run with that choice he flatlined on the ground like any thug. So, not script. I just had physics luck in terms of making the most dramatic scene the first time
Idk it’s crazy to me that people defend songbird when I noticed she would’ve literally never told you the cure was for one person unless you got the ending where you betrayed reed. If you betray her she rubs it in your face that you did so and she literally when your about to kill her does not admit the cure only works on one person even when you say you can both live off the cure as an alternative to killing her she’s a hypocrite there’s no defending her imo.
I gave her to Reed and walked away. Ive been played like that before irl. I go out of my way for you and you screw me at the very end? "Take her, I want nothing in return"
I've been played like that too irl. I was either stupid or fool but I kept on helping someone even though I knew it would end with them leaving from my life for good. Even with that, I still sent Songbird to Moon. Repeating the same stupid or foolish action as I did irl.
I think this is the best ending. I like the we'll see how this. game plays out cause u can keep playin afterwards. BTW I love everyones comments. Gr8 input & discussions. Hard to put this game down. Its that good.
After the reed ending though when you go down to cynosure at the end when your driving with so mi to Myers’s I felt bad for him, he promised to be there when she fucked up and he was there. When he found out it was about So mi there wasn’t much hesitation on his part. Myers’s was the real evil in all of this. He did do everything he could to protect So mi even when she fought back he still tried. Unfortunately he recruited her which was fucked up but Myers had him round her little finger
i cried when i got this ending. damn. not just because i wanted the cure for myself too but so mi is a weak and lost person. understanding she wants out from being a tool, regretting it and still needs v to cure herself is so pityful and sad. V knowing things at the last minute made me freaking bawlin. 😭😭😭😭 i then think, let her cure herself because she is struggling all the time and put crazy effort for all of it and proceed defending her. i felt like i sacrificed myself for a weak person. it was freaking sad.
I REALLY REALLY wish we could convince Reed to stand down. That's my only regret, and I suppose if it was possible it would be too on the nose that this is the best ending. Alex lives, Songbird lives, we convince Reed to leave NUSA and he also lives. I really liked Reed, but both PL endings for him are really bad, especially when Alex also dies. There's no happy ending for him.
My genuine reaction when I saw Reed coming from that spaceship: taa-taa-ta Holy crap, that was hella ride...I'm glad it's all ove... NOOOOO WHY ARE YOU HERE? PLEASE GET OUT OF THE WAYYY AND LET ME THROUGH, I KNOW YOU WON'T FUUUCK WHY?
I still think this ending is the canon ending for liberty cause I feel like v storming the tower on his own is the canon ending with him doing his final mission to save his life at the palace
i think even through the betrayal, after everything theyd done v would reluctantly send So Mi to the moon, because they always knew it wasnt gonna end well and if someones gonna gain true freedom out of that clusterfuck, it might as well be her. also im very sad reed couldnt betray his country for his friends and family, feel like i see that shit happening everyday in our world, and fuck myers she isnt getting songbird and is lucky we cant kill her
Not really a good ending Either shes gonna be used by mr. blue as his bridge for rogue AI's Or you give him to reed and be used by FIA again. (Spoiler bellow) . . . The good ending is where you killed her and she finally be free and no one use her. Not mr blue eyes, not FIA's, BUT there's no doubt FIA/NUSA will rummaged with her brain behind the scene.
@@novanexus9112 You're missing the point as to why I consider this the good ending. I consider it good for 3 reasons. 1. You stayed true to your promise and you got So Mi what she wanted. Is there a chance Blue Eyes gets her? Sure, but this is about respecting her free will from V's perspective, not outside ones. V kept her word. 2. You kept your honour and told both NUSA (the government) and Militech (the corporation running the government) to fuck off. 3. You put down Reed, who basically hates his life after turning Songbird into Myers because he realizes that he has done nothing but compromise his principles over and over again. Killing him was a mercy. Now in the path where you go to the Cynosure facility and get a chance to euthanize her, you broke her promise to do what she wanted (in Firestarter), which leads to her losing all faith in the remnants of humanity. You didn't keep your word.
@@novanexus9112 - Mr Blue Eyes bought So Mi the tickets to the moon, he was also on the platform watching when the train left the station. He was there to help her, so was V.
@@novanexus9112 It's rather becoming a pattern in cyberpunk that the best ending is where a character is dying or dead so they can no longer be manipulated by any corporates or governments. Just shows how messed up this world is.
@@Nemesis-222 Which really brings to question his intentions. A mysterious yet powerful figure like him doing all these things. With him promising to help So Mi and also later promising to save V, I can't help but think he isn't just doing that out of the goodness of his heart.
Man now i regret not getting this ending. When i chose Reed and she instantly double crosses you resulting in Alex dying it reinforced my belief i did the right thing. But some people deserve to be free of their chains. Even walking cybernukes like So Mi
The Cerberus horror section was hella worth it tho. Alien Isolation except you're not some squishy normie, you're basically god at that point going up again an actual demon.
Damn i shouldve shot him in the chest to make it more dramatic i popped ole idris in the head and he flatlined instantly it wss more realsitic but less dramatic like that
"Too damn late.." nah Reed, this was the only way for both of you. You just couldnt see it. Still prefer siding with him and getting him to snap out of his mind numbing loyalty to the NUSA. Song had to die imo. Too dangerous. But Reed deserved a shot to let go of his past and forge a new path.
I'd always love to pick this ending.. a little SIMPy but IDK.. my first playthrough I thought that maybe the Vanilla Ending will end well for me (it did not) might as well give this to this person.. yes granted she betrayed us and lied to us from the start.. to me it was like her admiting before the end that she lied giving us the chance to take it away from her because she was guilty... IT'S JUST A GAME! but it was a good roleplay for me to give to someone else that I know deserves more than me (V) knowing I might still have a different cure/solution (there was not)
Best ending: Alex is alive. Songbird got cure and saved. Reed got free from being lapdog who capable on killing friend just by orders from NUSA and Myers. UPD: The only thing which is sad, they didn't let us to destroy Myers.
I got to this point but I couldnt kill him , she went too far with that one . The whole train ride she just kept feeling bad about betraying him so even if she was free and healthy could she live with herself knowing I killed Reed for her ? Im sorry I want to live is just not enough , Myers , Hansen , Alex , V , Reed all want to live too . No difference between Myers turning the airport into a bloodbath and her asking me to turn every soldier into dust .
I like how the DLC gives you the option of either have a new ending or you can continue the game and go for a classic ending
yep, and im going for a classic ending. second run will be the new ending. but man, the ending i got on my first run was so horrible and i just sped through the game. i didnt even know what a sandevistan was. im juts gonna 100% it a couple times to make up for it
@@jkeebla Somehow, I believe, Song Mi being alive and well and the simple fact that V spared him would mitigate that. Talk to Alex to talk him out of it. Plus my build mitigates chances of death, unless Reed's willing to use nukes....
Reed is wrong, war never broke out, it only fortified NC's independence and V's the one who put whomever is the one sitting on the throne of Dogtown.
Tbh, I'd be more conscious of Aguilar than Reed lol.
new ending is always for V. he already reached the unthinkable for human being in night city thus he retired and go quietly live like Deshawk mention in the beggining and it fit him more. rather than go full glory storming arasaka like maniac and only left for 6 month to live
It’s kind of poetic if you think about it, Reed was willing to betray his friends for his country, V was willing to betray his country for his friends
But V was born in night city, night city is a separate country from NUSA
@@abstractfactory8068I think they mean his country by the fact tha V joins the FIA in PL so its kinds his country
@@mossypotato9899V can also turn down the badge offered by the milf president and if he takes the path of betraying Reed he pretty much is not considered a citizen of the NUSA.
Almost but no, V isn't an NUSA citizen. Night City is an independent international city.
@@abstractfactory8068 This depends. If V's background is from Bakkers clan, then he was born outside Night City, but isn't probably NUSA citizen as a nomad anyway. And probably used counterfeit documents to get into Night City. But technically V can be born and raised in NUSA area.
Reed coming out of the shuttle, the rain, the music, S tier climax right here.
What a great expansion!
And he looked like the blonde guy sumi told us about... not sure if intended, but it was great for me
Facts dude shit felt like a movie scene…..
Y'all realize that in this ending, Reed's corpse gets incinerated by the rocket's engines, right ? That counts as a stealth kill. No witnesses, no traces left behind.
Glad V could at least get a silent assassin rating on this mission.
Songbird thought she was dying so decides to tell you the truth before she passes out, Reed deep down wants Song to be free because of the guilt he feels for her but he can't betray his country and let her escape, the fact that he gives you a count tells me that he came there die again for Song, it was the best he could do "Too damn late".
Like Johnny said, the dudes gonna off himself if you let him take care of song. He’s a ticking bomb full of guilt and shame.
>Spare me the quotes straight outta Bushido 10!
>proceeds to die in a pose that's straight out of bushido 10
I like how V talks to So Mi, he has such a caring tone: clearly he could not find it in his heart to hate her, despite everything. I couldn't either.
Welp, now we got 2 S-tier netrunners on the moon. 😅
Who’s the other one?
@@je945the anime character, forgot her name
@@je945 Lucy from edgerunners.
I found it funny that both netrunners’ goals were getting to the moon. Would be interesting to see how they interact.
@@dogestranding5047 Definitely would be cool to have them as returning characters in some shape or form. Though I think chances are far less likely for Songbird because her fate depends on what your V does. With Lucy though, there might be a chance though I dunno, she's probably better off her story ending where it did and not coming back. Since her being back means something bad will likely happen to her.
Myers fucked up, lost 200 men to one merc
Arasaka tower is next 😈
Dont even know why people try to cross V theres probably so many stories of them being an absolute solo powerhouse and getting out of the worst situations with barely a scratch. *Literally* the John Wick of the verse with probably 10x better feats than Smasher yet they still wanna pick a fight 😂
And got over 100 civilians from all over the world killed in the process. Even if she was trying to stop the enemy from possibly getting their hands on Blackwall tech, she ended up sparking an unwinnable international war anyway.
Can Myers be killed? She is awful.
@@LegendarySpaceRipperIf I’m right you can kill myers by starting the dlc but leaving dogtown right before saving her
This ending is the best one for me. I think Songbird's story would resonate the most with V, and just the idea of songbird having a chance at freedom, despite the betrayal, V would fight too protect her.
Simp.
Songbird manipulated you from the start. She promised you a cure, took you along for a ride while lying the whole time, and only admitted she never had any intention of giving you a cure because there was only one charge. V was dying, she wasted precious days of his life dangling the proverbial carrot right in front of his face. It's fine that she lied, she was dying, but damn if she was honest from the start I would've helped her. She double crossed everyone until she got what she wanted, like no, V never did that to his friends he made along the way.
@@ThejusRao if being double crossed and tricked is the limit for helping someone in this game, then you shouldn’t even start phantom liberty in the first place. The idea isn’t that songbird isn’t manipulative, it’s that she’s the main person V could relate to despite that.
@@ragingexodus Yes, that is true. Ideally you shouldn't start Phantom liberty. However, as know in real life, it's very much a game we play to have fun. If I was in V's position I would've backed out the second Myers and Reed gave me the option, for sure.
It really is masterful storytelling, I definitely agree she's the main person V could relate to, however the phase "....despite the betrayal, V would fight to protect her" is just flat out wrong. That may be the choice you made, but doesn't change that she betrayed you and everyone she knew. Ironically if V "betrays" her, then he actually has a shot at life. Which is what I went for. No tears were shed betraying someone who was going to do the same to you.
@ThejusRao not a simp. I just hate the government and will take any opportunity to stick it to them, whether that be harboring a fugitive or gunning down a fed
@@ThejusRao Regardless of how she betrayed V (felt bad for her but she had it coming) we now have two preem tier netrunners, both Lucy and So Mi on the moon that Mr Blue Eyes could then influence for whatever big is coming in the Orion sequel.
I love how Jonny loved the way it went
My V would never even think about giving Songbird to that NUSA puppet
Best ending, cannot change my mind. Songbird gets her last chance at hope, Reed goes out on his own terms. The president loses her most important asset. Alex lives.
How do you get alex to live
@superior_nobody07 Back when you have to choose side with Reed or Nightsong. Siding with Nightsong means Alex lives.
@@TheRockhound119I see you've also played bg3 and mix those characters up it's uncanny how often I mix them up in my head.
@@ProxyMatron XD, I must have been tired.
Also a stadium full of innocent people explode, killing them all serving as a distraction for little ol songbird.
Lives of the many over the lives of the few.
I sent Song to the moon. I wasn’t surprised that she lied to us, it was predictable. Knowing that V can’t be fully cured and will die anyway really influenced me to save So-Mi. I’d rather give her the chance at life despite it all. Great Character.
just noticed reed has different death animations. this one is the most saddest where just sits there
Nailed him with a headshot and damn he just fell like that, no further words... The only time I felt terrible
Yeah now I feel a little bad lol. I dome pieced him when guns were drawn like it was Red Dead and he hit the floor like a sack of concrete.
Didn't know a chest shot would give him a few extra seconds to reflect and look at Songbird one last time, but that's pretty damn cool.
It's so tragic and badass at the same time. Dude could not give up till his last breath. Didn't know how to.
Send songbird to the moon and storm arasaka tower on your own and become a legend, that’s the best cyberpunk ending imo
Agree, then follow up with the ending where we either leave with panam or stay in night city is the way to go.
YES
@EthanNSenpaiVN
100%
Though him leaving with Panam personally fits more, since he is telling So Mi in the end that he also sometimes thinks about just dropping everything and leave
This was such an awesome way to end the story. Shows that even if V didn't get to live, he understands what Song has to go through and refuses to let her die the same way he will.
I love how this ending is quite a reference for edgerunner though. Its just songbird gonna have a rough launch on the moon than lucy.
Feel like Songbird and Lucy have the same background Because in when Lucy talks about her past there is a girl in the background that looks like Songbird as a kid so they could have known each other and could reunite up there
@@N22SY Nah, they are unrelated. Lucy was raised in an Arasaka lab, Song in Boston. Plus, Song is older than Lucy, by at least half a decade minimum
Best ending since it fits v’s and johnnys moral compass
Emperor Hirohito telling me abt moral compasses 🥶
Test of loyalty starting to play when reed arrives is pure kino. I love it
I was looking for the name, my god thank you
This ending for PL resonates with me the most because just Like V songbird is willing to do whatever it takes to save herself. If she’s gotta kill she’s gotta kill, if she had to burn it all down she did and that’s what V does so I killed Reed and took her to the moon it felt like the right thing to do
V didn't betray people one after the other
@@fullmetalheel that depends on how you play
@@____Carnage____ even if you do a run where you make all the worst decisions, V never strings someone along with the promise of mutual survival only to leave the other person hanging high and dry at the end. That's beyond a shitbag maneuver.
@@____Carnage____no, even if you play a Smasher-like cyberpsycho corpo V you don't get to double-cross anyone close to you for your own benefit. Worse you can do is side with Song and betray her at the last second so you get the cure instead, but that's still after she gives you the short end of the stick so it's understandable and justifiable that you'd save your own life instead, unlike Song's actions which are just understandable.
@@scarfacecs The difference is V always had someone he could trust in his life unlike songbird. She had no reason to believe V wouldnt betray her like everybody else. If you hand her over to Reed you further prove that her only choice was to manipulate V.
I knew she was going to betray me. Deep in my gut I just knew it. Still, for some reason decided to help her. To the very end. But truth be told, I felt like a real rat bastard flatlining Reed like that.
It sucks but Reed was loyal to a fault and the only way you can give him peace is either shooting him here and giving him peace in death or killing So Mi in Cynosure where he finally stops deluding himself that Myers, the NUS and FIA are actually gonna plan to help her out of good will rather than her just being used as a tool for whatever they plan to do with the Blackwall. It's especially hard because Reed is sincere in wanting to help So Mi but can't get past his vision of having to be loyal to his country while So Mi is genuine in a way to wanting to help V but chose to put herself first as she only reveals the truth until the last possible moment which shows remorse at the very least to another sin added to her conscience.
Both were manipulators in their own way but I can't really blame them So Mi wants to survive so I give her this chance to at least live and possibly atone in the moon while Reed in his path and So Mi dead can finally start his own life and identity without being just a loyal hound to Myers, wonderfully tragic that the endings in the DLC is either help Songbird, Reed or yourself but no one really wins and the real villain(Myers) doesn't really get anything done to her.
Killing Reed is the best thing you can do to him. You freed him of a lifetime of servitude. He himself said many times that he "died" already.
@@ras_eo indeed its the best outcome from him although i still think the so mi death route is also an okay path for him albeit bittersweet as well because he can finally have his own identity
he deserved it , he was too blindly loyal to the nusa,,
@@CheeseZezify Sending So Mi to the moon means she could porbably meet Lucy shes still up there it was only like 5 years ago that she got there i think. What would 2 of the best nutrunners alive do on the moon. And somehow Mr Blue eyes is involved in all of it.
I waited all the way until he got to the final count and holyshit it was intense.
She threw everyone she’s ever trusted and loved under the bus just to be free from the FIA, speaks volumes on how much she yearned for freedom and I wasn’t going to deny her her one shot at getting it. Sorry reed.
She joined the FIA voluntarily. She needs to face the consequences of her own choices. She doesn't get a free pass because she's a pretty girl.
@@thomasvleminckxShe did not? She was recruited forcibly by Reed after she tried to breach Blackwall by herself. And nobody said anything about her beign pretty, nice projection
@@thomasvleminckx what are you talking about lmfao. This isn’t a gender thing.
hes right tho she made choices that screwed people over multiple times she even admits it. I think its a common sense thing lol its not very common in 2023 tho @@noniewierze3291
@@toragic3432 He is right to some degree. Look online on why people side with songbird and you will see that 80% of the reasons is " she's a redhead asian girl". Siding with her after knowing the full story just shows what type of person you are at the end of the day. Not saying there is a good and bad ending but still.
She betrayed me but I couldn't betray her
I think songbird and V, Reed, and Takemura are analogues of each.
Reed and Takemura may say they want to help and deep down might actually do. But both Reed and Takemura’s loyalties lie with Corp and country. And songbird is V, only she took the steps V wasn’t willing to in order to survive. If that makes any sense.
I like your interpretation of the two sides of the same coin: it's simple and straight to the point, and not too long like all the other explanations (not saying that's a bad thing, just different).
Damn this is a good ending to be fair songbird gets go to the moon and you get to go with the other two best endings pamam and the reaper
Meh I sent her back to the FIA and left NC with Panam 😊
@@killmonger5097The true ending
@@killmonger5097 You can do that? Lol, I guess that's fair especially if as V you are still pissed at her for manipulating you the whole time only to tell you at the end that you'll figure yourself out lol.
@@orwellmushaikwa2591i sent her back because i thought they’d help her.
@@deadman305there's no true ending, just pick what resonates with you.
Everything we've gone through with this game for years, the downs and now the ups...feels like full closure now. Man I'm going to miss V.
He lives
Hell no😂😂 we legit still have V dying
Got strong edgerunners vibes for this ending. Just got this ending 5 minutes ago. Even though Somi doesnt end up helping you. I still couldnt help but get emotional. Felt like lucy all over again. Hope songbird gets to finally spread her wings and fly away. 😭😭
Im glad I didnt betray Songbird, even knowing she was betraying everybody
This game had me really questioning my morals in a way no other game or even any other media has. Ultimately Songbord played us. She lied, withheld the truth, and played on our conscience to help her get what she wanted. I had absolutely zero reason to side with her after everything she pulled, and coming from my own real life experience, I had every motive to side with Reed. But when it came down to it I did everything I could to get her to the moon.
the moment of launch the most beautiful thing ive seen and the best feeling i felt sending her to the moon
Ok wow Reed actually has different custom animations depending on where you shoot him. Thats some insane attention to detail right there
The bittersweet part about this ending is that So Mi has made a true friend despite what happened. She always believed there was no good people in her line of work and then here comes V.
Two characters who respect each other forced to face off because of their unshakable and incompatible convictions, in the rain, with the neon lights of night city in the background. No over the top boss fight, no dramatic speeches, just two people who would really rather not kill each other, but know there may not be any other way.
One of the greatest scenes I've ever experienced in gaming.
This scene straight out feels like blade runner. I love it 😍
I chose songbird so Alex will live on. I also wanted to give Myers the biggest middle finger I could since, letting her die locks you out of the entire dlc story.
Idk, but the music in this scene was literally GODLY. One of the most i've ever been lost in a game/movie/show
This scene somewhat reminds me of the Soma ending. When Simon, left alone at the bottom of the deep ocean, looks at the satellite he just launched. But there was no Johnny to talk to.
Tbh it just made sense to send so mi to the moon even after her betrayal.
As far as V knows, there’s still a chance of him/her getting saved at mikoshi and so mi was just giving them an alternative. Thats not even mentioning the fact that V by themselves is a one man army.
So mi, on the other hand doesn’t have any alternatives like mikoshi, nor does she have the firepower to fight against the NUS.
Her one shot of freedom is the moon.
It just makes sense narratively speaking to side with her instead of the NUS. We are a cyberpunk after all.
Plus, even if we let reed live, the guilt of pretty much handing his friend to the NUS to be held captive and experimented on would probably just kill him slowly.
This is the best ending for me. Epic confrontation between you and Reed. I talked to him more than in this playthrough, tried to find a solution for everyone, but in the end when the inflexibility of the situation became clear, I shot him in the head. If you betray So-Mi, the alternate mission track means you basically get walked through a horrible montage of how the NUSA used and mutilated her until she ended up in the partially possessed state she's in when you meet her. Reed knows it, you know it, so this final confrontation is the best end IMO for everyone. Reed gets to die an honorable death in service of his country, and finally reconciling his conscience. Song gets to go to the moon and maybe be saved, or at least not spend the rest of her life as some kind of tortured experiment, and V gets a personally powerful friend that owes them a big one, and might maybe be able to come through with some kind of cure before the end.
I got this On my first try and couldn't be happier with it.
Let me know what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars.
A fantastic expansion. Didn't think I would be saving So Mi but I just kept going and kept going, it just felt like the right thing to do.
I kinda regret it to be honest. Maybe it's the fact I had to kill Reed or that Mr. Blue Eyes is going to eventually ruin So mi again. It was a good expansion though. Johnny, Reed, Alex, and So Mi were great
Out of all the endings I feel like this was the best one, not exactly the best case scenario but I don't think Reed is ever going to be able to move beyond being a simple henchman for the NUSA and all the other endings either see Songbird die or end up in NUSA Custody where Myers' will undoubtedly continue to exploit her for access to the Blackwall.
At least with this ending we're able to get Songbird to the moon where she does survive (I'm going based off the space rock she sends down to V after finishing PL), Reed unfortunately dies but it was either going to be at our hand or from the NUSA likely backstabbing him again following his loss of securing Songbird from V. And Alex not only survives but gets her happy ending as well.
Only major downsides is that Reed won't be able to help V with the Relic because Reed is dead in this ending and we pretty much start a 5th Corp War. And I could be wrong but given Night City's status as a Free City, if V were to leave Night City then the NUSA would be able to legally go after him if they wanted to but they've probably got much bigger things to worry about than one merc.
A new corpo war opens new opportunities for V. In my books this is not the end. He or she will fight on and follow his procedures until he gets the shit done.
When Reed came out of the shuttle in this pouring rain, I could almost hear him saying "Mr. Anderson..."
This DLC broke me, along with the theme song during end credits, I've never felt this hopeless and empty after finishing a game.
Killing Reed made me feel like the worst human being alive, he was a nice guy who only wanted to protect innocents and his country and I killed him for someone that betrayed, I put myself in V's place and figured I'd do the same out of the sense of the possibility of having something I'll never have, accepting to carry the burden of killing Reed for the rest of my life.
Reed was too much loyal dog for nusa. She ordered military in front of him to kill innocents with security. He had chances, but he refuses because he can't see another life from that. Those type of guys will be ready to sell their parents, with sad eyes and sobbing about bad outcome. I expected him to get rid from nusa. But after helping songbird, he shows his real "patriotic" side (which is sadly just a loyal Myers' dog, and we know she will soon get rid from him after that too).
I blame myers mostly she forced him back in the game .I wish Reed was able to break his indoctrination as a solider following order blindly
The song that played as soon as I started driving was I really want to stay at your house
This ending is a masterpiece
It gives me a feeling of emptiness afterwards
You could have picked a bit more talking before shooting..
Best ending : King of Wands
1. So Mi being free from NUSA and 2nd chance of living.
2. The cure for V was meh, a lot of things happened for the 2 years coma and V was left behind, better give the cure to So Mi then, that will put it a good use.
3. Alex’ retirement.
4. Reed was killed along the way, but the reference from the ending of King of Cups, confused and guilty Reed, V stated that he was not happy working in FIA. Now he’s also free.
Though, the other mission, (Somewhat Damaged) was more emotional and intense: There You would have another perspective on So Mi.
poor girl.
I mean there's so many ways for V to incapacitate Reed, why aren't we allowed to do so?
If that happened, he would never stop hunting V. V's is basically an enemy of the state in this ending, so he'd probably be Reed's priority.
@spriteking3944 V is still an enemy of the state after they kill Reed and it's not a big deal. It's not like Reed is anything special either. I mean he is really good but when you compare him to the likes of Adam smasher it seems pretty reasonable that V could push back against Reed whenever they needed to. Imo it's a weak excuse.
@@gilsercrow3590fact
The way he died is kinda poetic. He even tried to get back up, but dies just like that, on his knees. A broken dog brainwashed so far, he's willing to give up everything for his country till his last dying breath.
Best ending. V still has all options and isn't a fucking vegetable left by all friends like in the other one.
I'm still hoping that there will be a funny ending: V can live on but only with Johnny inside of her head for the rest of her life. Wouldn't that be glorious? Hahahaha
Hah😂 that shit would be lit, but it would require V to Go Full Borg like Shaitan.
Both of them fucking with Corpos at very chance they get😂😂😂
Her?
The best game I ever played…
V accomplished what David couldnt. He kept his promise and sent her to the moon.
Im so sad Reed didnt learn anything and still worshiped the FIA after theyve been using him like a tool. He could have had his life and disappear, instead he always followed orders
so I take it if you do this you then just have the endings the game originally came with - but if you hand her over when you're on the rooftop you have the extra option of taking up Reeds offer of being cured instead of storming Arasaka Tower?
Pretty much although you just go straight to the reed ending instead of meeting Hanako at embers first, you just happen to meet him at that same rooftop
As it was always intended to be
Just noticed Reed has no dying animation if you shoot him in the head.
I went with this ending despite her not telling you ahead of time she has a lot of regrets and when she told V about her past that hit like a rock out of everyone i feel she relates to V the most and it was pretty awesome feeling to kill everyone with the black wall too i liked songbird as a character and thats why i chose to stick with her to the end i hope she comes back in the future somehow
I always go for this ending in every playtrough for one simple reason, I would never, ever sleep again in peace knowing i condemned someone to slavery or death for the sake of my own survival irl, thats why we have all the default endings and PL's, to pick the one that ressonates within you the most.
I like this ending because we still have johnny, we still have our V with his dignity and his abilities, we still have the friends and V is not an outsider.
Other ending where he gets cured but becomes a dead man walking, a man some what out of his world and lost all his friends, his loved ones and him self .
This ending is better because if V does die in the next game he dies by being him instead of being a face in the crowd.
This ending was the best in my opinion. Someone who has been used and abused by the people she trusted and simply being a weapon for most, having someone to relate to like songbird and V it felt like they were able to understand each other despite her betrayal. I still helped her because in some way one of them gets freedom and even if she betrayed and hurt V I like to think that my V upholds his promises and does the best for his friends no matter what. Besides in my personal opinion even if betrayed I can sympathize to want freedom and not serve anyone else but yourself and even if it’s just doing what you want, which in this case was going to the moon, that’s enough for me to make sure that happens for them to make them enjoy their days and be happy. Same thing for Johnny if given the chance at the end except he and my V were close and he didn’t let V give up his body. Honestly I’m rambling at this point but this dlc was absolutely phenomenal and the outfits and customization was sick, plus the storytelling was just incredible I can’t recommend phantom liberty enough dude, such a goated dlc
It makes the most sense to me for my interpretation of V to get this ending. Both he and Songbird are parallels of each other's stories. Both infected with what is essentially a virus and just trying to survive. Whereas V navigates the criminal underground to do so, Song did the same through classified missions and political games.
So even when So Mi revealed her betrayal to V, he still decided to help her. Because unlike almost everyone else in this entire DLC, she was just doing what she had to survive. Just like the Aldecaldos, the Fixers, and even V himself. What right did he really have to judge?
Reed was blind in his loyalty, Hansen was a tyrant, and Myers is just another politician. But So Mi, though definitely no saint, just wants to stay alive.
I didn't know there was this short sequence.. I went for the head LOL
Good by Reed.
You where like the dirt beneath my feet.
Happens when you give a death threat to the big V.
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First run of PL i was making this choice, Reed died on his knees and the whole thing looked like a painting, a sad one, like Sweeney todd at the end of the movie. It looked like a scripted fall.
Second PL run with that choice he flatlined on the ground like any thug. So, not script. I just had physics luck in terms of making the most dramatic scene the first time
Idk it’s crazy to me that people defend songbird when I noticed she would’ve literally never told you the cure was for one person unless you got the ending where you betrayed reed. If you betray her she rubs it in your face that you did so and she literally when your about to kill her does not admit the cure only works on one person even when you say you can both live off the cure as an alternative to killing her she’s a hypocrite there’s no defending her imo.
I gave her to Reed and walked away.
Ive been played like that before irl. I go out of my way for you and you screw me at the very end?
"Take her, I want nothing in return"
I've been played like that too irl. I was either stupid or fool but I kept on helping someone even though I knew it would end with them leaving from my life for good.
Even with that, I still sent Songbird to Moon. Repeating the same stupid or foolish action as I did irl.
Bro the music was so peak here
I think this is the best ending. I like the we'll see how this. game plays out cause u can keep playin afterwards. BTW I love everyones comments. Gr8 input & discussions. Hard to put this game down. Its that good.
The one person in the whole city who got their happy ending... and it wasn't you.
After the reed ending though when you go down to cynosure at the end when your driving with so mi to Myers’s I felt bad for him, he promised to be there when she fucked up and he was there. When he found out it was about So mi there wasn’t much hesitation on his part. Myers’s was the real evil in all of this. He did do everything he could to protect So mi even when she fought back he still tried. Unfortunately he recruited her which was fucked up but Myers had him round her little finger
i cried when i got this ending. damn. not just because i wanted the cure for myself too but so mi is a weak and lost person. understanding she wants out from being a tool, regretting it and still needs v to cure herself is so pityful and sad. V knowing things at the last minute made me freaking bawlin. 😭😭😭😭 i then think, let her cure herself because she is struggling all the time and put crazy effort for all of it and proceed defending her. i felt like i sacrificed myself for a weak person. it was freaking sad.
I REALLY REALLY wish we could convince Reed to stand down. That's my only regret, and I suppose if it was possible it would be too on the nose that this is the best ending. Alex lives, Songbird lives, we convince Reed to leave NUSA and he also lives. I really liked Reed, but both PL endings for him are really bad, especially when Alex also dies. There's no happy ending for him.
Her betrayal really hurts, my V couldn't forgive her.
Lucy moment
What a story.
A shame they didn’t make more DLCs.
My genuine reaction when I saw Reed coming from that spaceship: taa-taa-ta Holy crap, that was hella ride...I'm glad it's all ove... NOOOOO WHY ARE YOU HERE? PLEASE GET OUT OF THE WAYYY AND LET ME THROUGH, I KNOW YOU WON'T FUUUCK WHY?
if someone has problems with this getting one shot walk to him until he says one more step in makes the shooting part very easy
The way he says 2 with that pained face... ugh it hurts.
I still think this ending is the canon ending for liberty cause I feel like v storming the tower on his own is the canon ending with him doing his final mission to save his life at the palace
i think even through the betrayal, after everything theyd done v would reluctantly send So Mi to the moon, because they always knew it wasnt gonna end well and if someones gonna gain true freedom out of that clusterfuck, it might as well be her.
also im very sad reed couldnt betray his country for his friends and family, feel like i see that shit happening everyday in our world, and fuck myers she isnt getting songbird and is lucky we cant kill her
We were both gonna die, i just wanted one of us to live free
This game makes me play it with a glass of whiskey. I have 3 empty bottles, so far.
The good ending.
Not really a good ending Either shes gonna be used by mr. blue as his bridge for rogue AI's Or you give him to reed and be used by FIA again. (Spoiler bellow)
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The good ending is where you killed her and she finally be free and no one use her. Not mr blue eyes, not FIA's, BUT there's no doubt FIA/NUSA will rummaged with her brain behind the scene.
@@novanexus9112 You're missing the point as to why I consider this the good ending. I consider it good for 3 reasons.
1. You stayed true to your promise and you got So Mi what she wanted. Is there a chance Blue Eyes gets her? Sure, but this is about respecting her free will from V's perspective, not outside ones. V kept her word.
2. You kept your honour and told both NUSA (the government) and Militech (the corporation running the government) to fuck off.
3. You put down Reed, who basically hates his life after turning Songbird into Myers because he realizes that he has done nothing but compromise his principles over and over again. Killing him was a mercy.
Now in the path where you go to the Cynosure facility and get a chance to euthanize her, you broke her promise to do what she wanted (in Firestarter), which leads to her losing all faith in the remnants of humanity. You didn't keep your word.
@@novanexus9112 - Mr Blue Eyes bought So Mi the tickets to the moon, he was also on the platform watching when the train left the station. He was there to help her, so was V.
@@novanexus9112 It's rather becoming a pattern in cyberpunk that the best ending is where a character is dying or dead so they can no longer be manipulated by any corporates or governments. Just shows how messed up this world is.
@@Nemesis-222 Which really brings to question his intentions. A mysterious yet powerful figure like him doing all these things. With him promising to help So Mi and also later promising to save V, I can't help but think he isn't just doing that out of the goodness of his heart.
Man now i regret not getting this ending. When i chose Reed and she instantly double crosses you resulting in Alex dying it reinforced my belief i did the right thing.
But some people deserve to be free of their chains. Even walking cybernukes like So Mi
The Cerberus horror section was hella worth it tho. Alien Isolation except you're not some squishy normie, you're basically god at that point going up again an actual demon.
I got this ending second. I dunno how to feel.
I ended up doing both just to see the new ending. But I did this one first. Came all this way so I might as well see it to the end
i'm better off with the original ending it was kind of hard to have V live and lose everything
Bro this is amazing writing
Funny how he can take multiple shots in the trailer and the entire game but when V shoots him once, he is dead. Its like he died from heartbreak 😂
Get out of the bifrost, Heimdall
Damn i shouldve shot him in the chest to make it more dramatic i popped ole idris in the head and he flatlined instantly it wss more realsitic but less dramatic like that
I am the only one that likes the dialog there's so many dialog you just skipped over.
"Too damn late.." nah Reed, this was the only way for both of you. You just couldnt see it.
Still prefer siding with him and getting him to snap out of his mind numbing loyalty to the NUSA. Song had to die imo. Too dangerous. But Reed deserved a shot to let go of his past and forge a new path.
I had to go with Reed… you get played either way. But i found Reed to be the better of two evils.
I'd always love to pick this ending.. a little SIMPy but IDK.. my first playthrough I thought that maybe the Vanilla Ending will end well for me (it did not) might as well give this to this person.. yes granted she betrayed us and lied to us from the start.. to me it was like her admiting before the end that she lied giving us the chance to take it away from her because she was guilty... IT'S JUST A GAME! but it was a good roleplay for me to give to someone else that I know deserves more than me (V) knowing I might still have a different cure/solution (there was not)
As much as I hate songbird for her betrayal, I'd side with her so Myers would lose her access to the blackwall.
Best ending:
Alex is alive. Songbird got cure and saved. Reed got free from being lapdog who capable on killing friend just by orders from NUSA and Myers.
UPD: The only thing which is sad, they didn't let us to destroy Myers.
I got to this point but I couldnt kill him , she went too far with that one . The whole train ride she just kept feeling bad about betraying him so even if she was free and healthy could she live with herself knowing I killed Reed for her ? Im sorry I want to live is just not enough , Myers , Hansen , Alex , V , Reed all want to live too . No difference between Myers turning the airport into a bloodbath and her asking me to turn every soldier into dust .