To me, if you played as a Corpo, this actually comes full circle. V has now made Arasaka, the corporation that fucked her over, the next dominant superpower in the global economy. And now her reward is that she gets to be immortal and perhaps be used again by Arasaka when they manage to find a way to get V a body. This is the way of the Corpo. You leave friends behind and climb the ranks where you are set for life. In retrospect, you are a stonecold Corporate.
This is exactly what I did with my corpo V. I had my nomad V leave with Panam, while having street kid just walk into arasaka HQ and destroy everything. This ending had me bummed out for a few days.
As my corpo V I just completely changed V's life, romanced Panam, became a Nomad and left Night City and never looked back. A very nice way to go from Corpo, considering the way we were fired and the way Jackie kept telling us to leave that life and never look back.
I am not too sure that they will give V a new body. Arasaka didn't care about V anymore, Hanako didn't even bother answering the phone call. I feel like this is the ending, where V will stay in Mikoshi forever, betrayed by Arasaka. Arasaka has no reason to ever release V, especially since he/she is completely useless for Arasaka now. V was left mentally broken by the operation where Arasaka removed Johnny, he/she couldn't even pass simple motoric tests, couldn't even solve a 2x2 cube. V is useless now, thats why they even allowed him/her to go back to earth. V is neither a threat nor a help to anyone at this point. Thats what I find so sad about this ending
The ending where you roll up and take on Arasaka all alone with Johnny also fits in it's own way. You got ran out of the corpo life over some petty drama between two bosses and the corporation doesn't even bother to help after the fact. You learn both firsthand how shitty the lifestyle is and how awful they are to the world when becoming a merc after Jackie dies. Strolling up to burn the fucking building to the ground guns blazing as payback for what the corpo lifestyle did to V, to manifest Johnny's final will, along with trying to figure out a solution for the relic is just too good and on point. The biggest monsters and threats to Corpos, are often of their own design. They should've just killed Johnny and never put him in the engram. They really should've just killed V after discovering what V was tasked to do with Abernathy. But they failed to do so, because the corpos as entities got too full of themselves and too complacent. And now Johnny and V get their furious revenge. For what they did to them, for what they did to Jackie, for what they did to the world. Starting Corpo and ending it by riding till you die with Johnny, blasting everything in Arasaka tower to smithereens. You failed to kill the Samurai, and now you're on the chopping block. You get what you fucking deserve Arasaka.
I played as Street Kid, and I chose to leave with the Aldecaldos. As I saw it, V started her journey wanting to become a legend of Night City, but after all her losses, after dying, after every struggle along the way, she learned that having family and friends to spend your life with was worth more than your name being talked about by strangers. In the end, she left the city behind with people she came to call family, as well as Judy, whom she rescued before Night City could swallow her. My V didn’t become a legend, but the people she’s helped in the city, the feats she performed, the friends she made, they’ll remember her, and that’s all that matters as she spends the last of her days with people that love her. But I also love the ending where Johnny gets V’s body. He gets a second chance to be a better person thanks to the time he spent with V, but is cursed with being stuck in her body and hated by her friends and loved ones, even despite that it was what V wanted.
I honestly couldn't tell you how long I waited at that door, it felt like I made the biggest mistake. The first time I got the good ending with panem, the second time went to space and got Johnny "removed" and chose to return to earth and when I heard v sing I knew v and Johnny were fused together mentally. I also found the ending where you just give up and well that broke me, especially the voicemails. That ending actually made me think about the consequences of doing it myself and I have since gotten better. Thank you CDPR
I never thought V would actually do that, It was my first choice in my first ending and well, he did do it and the voice mails destroyed me. What a game.
Saddest ending to me was taking the easy way out by offing yourself on that rooftop with Johnny. As a suicide attempt survivor, hearing the reaction of all your friends in the end credits really hit home for me. Put a fat ass lump in my throat. Judy’s phone call was by far the most emotional.
@@rohesilmnelohe wasnt betrayed. they safed her mind, but who knows how many times they will need to find a new body. We dont know how this technic works.
@@ve9383 err... you didn't read the comment, did you? Comment was about the absolutely gut punching call you get from Judy if you eat a bullet on the roof(or fail the Reaper ending). Just a video game.. but that was horrific to see.
For me it was the emptiness. I had played like 140 hours and 100%'d the game and kept expecting Johnny to pop up and give some sarcastic quip or offer some complaint. And there was just... nothing. Boy am I glad I played through this ending LAST. If I got this first time, holy crap.
Arasaka Ending is the saddest, watching V be so scared made me so emotional. No words, nothing just the music and her facial expressions say it all. Great storytelling
In 2015 my dad passed away, as a person he didn't have much contact with anyone outside family and friends were few and far in between. Toward his end, he developed into more cynical, lonely, depressed, and incredibly hard to talk to. Shortly after he passed my uncle and I cleaned through his home and I took notice of his cellphone with an empty battery (that I recharged) and looked through its contents, there were a couple voicemails left behind from friends and acquaintances. Not long after other acquaintances left messages on his out-of-date Facebook profile congratulating him on his birthday, I DMed those people and had to convey the bad news. When I, regrettably, chose the Arasaka ending there was an enormous parallel on V being completely alone, leaving everyone behind those who tried to reach with no closure. This ending, to me, is the saddest one of all available in the game - I can be empathetic, sympathetic and lowkey-sad in games, but rarely do I get emotional. Cyberpunk managed to do that, and that's why I consider it to be one of the best games as of late despite all the technical issues.
I hope your father's in a better place and free from the worldly attachments. And just based on how you structure your thoughts, I'm sure he's proud of how you turned out. It gets pretty rough knowing people were there for you, but in the end you're ultimately alone to deal with your thoughts even if you're sitting next to someone. Even if it seemed short, he did what he needed to do in this life which was provide lessons in character growth for the people around him. This title's one of the best to come out in the past 2 decades. It's a rare thing to find a game that's relatable and captures the human emotion so well.
sorry for your loss There's no comfort for the people who stay or get left behind, Death is inevitable. no matter the way it comes, there's simply no closure. immortality has it's price
Probably the worst ending in the entire game not only for V but for the world as a whole. Saburo gets to basically live forever with the help of Soulkiller and the relic technology, meaning that Arasaka have an immortal, ruthless leader who is willing to sacrifice his own son to get what he wants and to help Arasaka keep and expand the iron grip that it has over the world. And V lives in a soul prison as Arasaka property, going in completely unsure if Arasaka would even give them a new body. As the prompt says before the final cutscene you are literally surrendering your soul to Arasaka.
Taking over his own son's body as revenge was fucking twisted. As much as the son deserved it. Actually living inside your son's body. Looking in the mirror (big thing in this game) and seeing his sons face. Bothers him not a bit. Makes the ending that much more disturbing because you realize just how evil he truly was despite his calm demeanor.
@@mbovb006 Oh, quite contrary... Yorinobu was actually the good guy in that story... story twist is, that if it wasn't for Parker and us, Yorinobu would have dismantled Saburo's plans... he was right all along.
@@GrimK77 Yes I get that but its still a son killing a father. I'm speaking from his point of view it being an act of revenge. But its so much more twisted because of the reality of living in his own sons flesh after murdering him.
I don't know about that, in what world is arasaka even remotely trustworthy? Doubtful they'd give V a new body instead of just letting them sit and rot in the soul prison
@@richardsmall5265 In corpo world, where reputation is everything It's easy to view Arasaka and other corps as evil, from our perspective as V, which they very well might be, but in the end they buy and sell things - among other things services. V provided them a massive service so it's not impossible that they don't respond in kind Even more so if they recognise how much more worth V is alive than dead since V singlehandedly gives them a change of management and takes out their best operatives. When you can't trust a corp, trust in their greed.
I do think Panam's ending with Judy as your loved one is the best. It still has hope. V has new medication that seem to help/delay it. And Panam has alot of connections they where going to try out. Its my happy ending, as far as it goes in this game. They promised a new ending with the new DLC. Big chance with Songbird. Hope it's a happy one.
@@MortSalazar That is exactly why they wouldn't give V anything. He/she's already done everything that needed to be done. Helping them would cost them money, with no additional benefit in sight. We can safely assume V is lost forever, or at least for a very, very long time.
I honestly prefer them in first person. It doesn't take you out of your character, and makes you view the events of every scene through the eyes of V. I like it way more. They did 3rd person cutscenes in Far Cry 6 for the first time, and all the cutscenes don't feel personal at all, theres not much connection to the main character because of that.
@@VValkyr Yeah I dont get the obsession with 3rd person at all. Its like youre just watching a movie, in this case youre seeing everything thru V's eyes. I'm glad they didnt do 3rd person cutscenes that much, whole game felt personal for that reason.
Did this ending without knowing it was the worse one, but for me remains my favorite cause, it keeps my friends alive and cause there is a chance even if small to V to survive, and i think that choosing to be hated or disliked by my friends but knowing that i saved them from a worse fate...makes me say it was worth it, after all heroes choose others first then themselves.
Considering in this ending you killed Jonhy is not heroic at all. The best possible way and maybe cannon is to assault the tower alone and give the body to Jonhy, that way nobody dies, V becomes a night city legend and lives on as an AI. The aldecados one at first glance may be the good one but in reality is one of a slow and painful death, that clinic Panam sugest it's the same Helman tells you about and he clearly says: to ease your passing.
The only reason I do the Devil Ending is for the two lines of dialogue where you basically tell Takamura that Saburo never really needed a bodyguard and later on telling him to save himself and not give his life and soul to the company.
Yeah, yeah we all know this game has some issues and all that but the story and the cut scenes are just... damn... I don't know how to describe it. There are just a few Games out there that managed to drive me to tears and THIS GAME RIGHT HERE... DID IT TWICE!
I have yet to do this ending and I don't know if I will ever do it, but this scene made me actually cry. It's so heartbreaking seeing the expressions on V's face as "Never Fade Away" plays and that it is both versions vocals playing sort of overlapped, like she can still hear Johnny, even though he is gone by this point. It's such hopeless moment, ending ambiguously, and almost as sad for me as the suicide ending, and the direct aftermath - seeing everyone's holocalls (Judy being the hardest one to bear, if you've seen it). Definitely got me right in the feels.
@@echos9396 Like Alcore said it's a happier ending, but V is still just a construct in their own body and will die in a few months. No happily ever after
I love V, and the one ending that gave me the best feels was definitely 'The Star' ending with Panam (and Judy if she's been romanced). This is the closest we can get to having a "happy" ending for V, as they are doomed to die within months no matter what we do.
There are even leaks, that in new DLC, we get optional route for Hanako, and for Devil ending especialy, its possible it will be something like we survive and we swear loyalty to Arasaka again.
The question is, is it even your soul to begin with? Or just an accurate AI replica of it? Science blurs the lines of what is mortality. The Arasaka family might've achieved divinity through souls.. or will now pass a single man's copied intelligence from one vessel to another. Soulkiller's method is so horrifying and yet so little is understood on what it does. It's horrifying to imagine that your soul could be copied, one dies while one lives to suffer the torment in isolation of Mikoshi.
@@Polomance862 Yes, i agree, its hard to see if its still the same soul or copy, if you listen Doctor which did operation, she even talk about it, she told something like, if you disassemble ship on milion parts, and then put together is it same ship?
@@Polomance862 But, still if you have self consciousness , you may say you are or its soul, same with AI.. i think if something have self awaraness , you could say it has soul..
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This game is incredibly emotional. I cried when Judy and I (or rather V) found Evelyn curled up next to that blood soaked bed...that's when I knew that this game was not going to give me an easy way out. You can't really "Beat" Cyberpunk...Cyberpunk beats you.
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It's sad that throughout the game the city teaches you that the way of life in night city is not survival but to die as a legend and yet this ending is doing everything that Jacky and Jhonny told you not to do.
I saved Takemura and i went with the (Don't) Fear the reaper ending and the ungrateful fucker goes seppuku not without wishing me to rot in hell before. Fuck that corpo dog.
I was so determined to get all endings, when I saw it said “surrender to arasaka” I clicked it immediately only releasing 1 second later wat I just did and I tried to run away
Can't really blame them for it, but they can do better with the new project that could give them time to work with 8k textured models and better hair particle systems. Hell, if they don't I will make the hair better myself.
As the corpo V it's maybe the good(?) ending. if Goro Takemura alive. without Takemura it will be the worst ending. Takemura is Only reason to chose Devil ending.
I have a different take on this ending. Obviously spoilers ahead. By reinstating Saburo Arasaka, V had inadvertently prevented the next Corporate War, or at least postponed it. Yorinobu was delusional about destroying the corporations. Slaughtering the Arasaka family and escalating the tension between Arasaka and Militech? Even if somehow we do end up with Arasaka and Militech entering a war and crippling each other, some other corpo is just gonna step up and take their place. Besides, in any war it's always the little people that suffer the most (cue Russia vs. Ukraine), no matter how noble or righteous the goal it seems. The first thing Saburo did when he returned was to de-escalate the situation, and he ain't wrong.
Okay, but arguably, Arasaka is so weakened after what goes down in the other ending(to be fair, I haven't called Panam yet) that there is no need for another corporate war. Militech is practically the NUSA government and they don't need to do anything but watch Arasaka bleed after their 'Secure your Soul' project gets disgraced and destroyed.
you can see how the engineers are just preparing the machine like thinking "well one more and ill be in home with my family"...not knowong who V is or what did he made to get there
Yep similar to life to be honest. How many heros do we pass every day, and never realise the sacrifices they have made for themselves, others or their families.
In the realm of cyberpunk, there's no fairy-tale conclusion-just navigating through the chaos, struggling to make it out alive, and often finding yourself in even more messed-up scenarios than you started with.
really the worst ending you could get. The ending where V abandons her / his friends and just get into the schemes of a megacorp that will probably keep her / him as an engram until V can serve a new purpose for Arasaka.
IMO, the saddest part about this ending is the voicemails....yea, there are others that are heartbreaking to listen to but this is...your friends think you're fine. That's somehow so much worse.
Wrong ending dude, if you want to be remembered forever you choose the Sun ending obviously because you become a literal freaking legend, that's the whole point of V's motivation in the first place, being a Corpo sell out will not allow you to be remembered.
@@saylosrelyks8645 he is not selling out, going out taking out arisaka was not what V wanted it’s what Johnny wanted. If you agree with everything he says it’s not longer V it’s Johnny.
The ending with Panama is the only one with true hope. And that's the point. You can't live in a system like this. You have to get out, even if it means you die.
I like how the entire game Johnny seems to be a extremist paranoid who could step on chewing gum on the street and blame Arasaka for it...But in the end he was totally right, Arasaka did screw you over in some way.
What a fucking drepressing ending. V helps a tyrant to pretty much control the planet while achieving some sort of "imortallity", meanhile her reward is to get fucked. Makes me love the "fuck Arasaka i am leaving with Panam, Judy and the Aldecados ending" so much happier.
Looking at her hands I can't help but notice the lack of palm prints and finger prints, as if that is a purposeful omission to indicate that when they are looking at their hands they are actually looking just at plastic and metal.
I don't get people interpreting some sort of hope into this ending. The game is pretty on the nose about how to take the endings. They cipher has always been Misty and she outright tells you before any ending happens how to take it. The corpo endings have no silver linings. If V goes to earth, V dies by winter. If V goes to Mikoshi V will not be resurrected but ends up a prisoner and guineapig for Arasaka just like Johnny. The dialog at the at the end betrays the intent. Hellman/Takemura lies. He has a slip of tongue. First denying that Hanako has anything to do with the visit and she already forgotten V and then when the desired outcome is not achieved making a 180° turn saying the offer is from Hanako. Saying there are no complains is as hallow as it gets, no shit dead people do not complain. When Takemura is saved he switches to a white suite when serving Hanako, when he serves Saburo he wears black and he wears black when he visits V on the station. He is not send by Hanako but Saburo.
In this ending, V looks just like she's headed for her own execution. But there's clean white surfaces, no guards and only her own thoughts, doubts and fears keeping her company for the final moment. Suffice to say, this ending is difficult to watch the first, second and probably third time and onward.
Actually I really like this ending, it gives me those "Black Mirror" vibes that I love so much, the fear of death made you realize that you're no different from the ones you accused, and eventually you surrender to the corporations, I think that this ending portrays perfectly the human hypocricy.
One thing I enjoyed about this ending is how this is the only ending where V doesn't tear or throw away the bullet necklace given to her/him by Misty. In all other endings, V tosses it away. Leaving that life behind to do what they will for however long they'll live left. In this one however.. They hold onto the necklace. It's the last reminder of freedom they'll ever have.. As they sign over their life to Arasaka as nothing more.. than an engram. V will die, but something will remain in the future. But will they even know that's them? Will they ever leave Mikoshi? Was the price of freedom worth it just to live?
this is the one ending i could never go for! its better to burn out, than to fade away! i could also never give the body to Johnny because he is an asshole!
Dude, I have to tell you that the best ending I ever made was giving the body to Johnny. It's amazing to see how V changed Johnny completely and to see his attitudes afterwards.
So having never seen this ending in full but knowing it exists cause I'm a gonk and looked up an ending guide. I just want to say This.... hurts. Brb going to curl up and cry.
Either that or surrendering your body to johhny, effectively an AI at this point. All other ending are just slow death. Main character was a walking corpse ever since the heist.
I am surprised there is no ending where Johnny and V decide to let the Relic naturally run its course. Even when giving it over to johnyy, V still gets Soulkilled.
This V looks perfectly good. Mine looked like a walking Picasso painting no matter what I did. I finally gave up and made her look as ugly and clownish as possible not aware that the endings would have these 3rd person cutscenes so I ruined whatever immersion I had.
For me, the best ending is when she and Johnny got a lone super fine, and went to arasaka, killed smasher, and V went with alt. But she said goodbye to Johnny, while Johnny lived on her body. I was like well... v can finally rest in peace. In the end Johnny respected that. And loves v until the end. Beautiful
this was the first ending i got, since i loved the game so much i didnt want to do the side missions, just wanted to see whats next in the story was sad
The guard's head is at the control panel. The woman is 40cm taller than the man when he walks, unless the camera is above his head. And his hand is at the level of the panel. There is something strange here.
Really, the ones that keeps you living the life is those who stand beside you, in this case; vik, misty, judy, panam, mama welles, etc. But in this ending, even tho V got his/her body back everyone will be gone by then. Not to mention V will lose the meaning of life, to live. Then what's the point of living? I think empty life is worse than death.
The Arasaka ending really makes U know it was the wrong choice, what with the repetitive tests and the cold impersonal researcher who keeps shoving the Rubik's cube into your hands.
When I did this ending, it was the most depressing shit ever, all this time I though Yurinobu was the bad guy only for this ending to reveal that Yuri was the good guy in all this
Yeah he always wanted to destroy Arasaka and even saw Johnny as a pioneer of sorts. We see him as a villain because we were tools he used to achieve this goal.
To me, if you played as a Corpo, this actually comes full circle. V has now made Arasaka, the corporation that fucked her over, the next dominant superpower in the global economy. And now her reward is that she gets to be immortal and perhaps be used again by Arasaka when they manage to find a way to get V a body.
This is the way of the Corpo. You leave friends behind and climb the ranks where you are set for life. In retrospect, you are a stonecold Corporate.
This is exactly what I did with my corpo V. I had my nomad V leave with Panam, while having street kid just walk into arasaka HQ and destroy everything. This ending had me bummed out for a few days.
As my corpo V I just completely changed V's life, romanced Panam, became a Nomad and left Night City and never looked back. A very nice way to go from Corpo, considering the way we were fired and the way Jackie kept telling us to leave that life and never look back.
I am not too sure that they will give V a new body. Arasaka didn't care about V anymore, Hanako didn't even bother answering the phone call. I feel like this is the ending, where V will stay in Mikoshi forever, betrayed by Arasaka. Arasaka has no reason to ever release V, especially since he/she is completely useless for Arasaka now. V was left mentally broken by the operation where Arasaka removed Johnny, he/she couldn't even pass simple motoric tests, couldn't even solve a 2x2 cube. V is useless now, thats why they even allowed him/her to go back to earth. V is neither a threat nor a help to anyone at this point. Thats what I find so sad about this ending
The ending where you roll up and take on Arasaka all alone with Johnny also fits in it's own way.
You got ran out of the corpo life over some petty drama between two bosses and the corporation doesn't even bother to help after the fact. You learn both firsthand how shitty the lifestyle is and how awful they are to the world when becoming a merc after Jackie dies.
Strolling up to burn the fucking building to the ground guns blazing as payback for what the corpo lifestyle did to V, to manifest Johnny's final will, along with trying to figure out a solution for the relic is just too good and on point.
The biggest monsters and threats to Corpos, are often of their own design.
They should've just killed Johnny and never put him in the engram. They really should've just killed V after discovering what V was tasked to do with Abernathy. But they failed to do so, because the corpos as entities got too full of themselves and too complacent.
And now Johnny and V get their furious revenge. For what they did to them, for what they did to Jackie, for what they did to the world.
Starting Corpo and ending it by riding till you die with Johnny, blasting everything in Arasaka tower to smithereens.
You failed to kill the Samurai, and now you're on the chopping block.
You get what you fucking deserve Arasaka.
I played as Street Kid, and I chose to leave with the Aldecaldos. As I saw it, V started her journey wanting to become a legend of Night City, but after all her losses, after dying, after every struggle along the way, she learned that having family and friends to spend your life with was worth more than your name being talked about by strangers. In the end, she left the city behind with people she came to call family, as well as Judy, whom she rescued before Night City could swallow her. My V didn’t become a legend, but the people she’s helped in the city, the feats she performed, the friends she made, they’ll remember her, and that’s all that matters as she spends the last of her days with people that love her.
But I also love the ending where Johnny gets V’s body. He gets a second chance to be a better person thanks to the time he spent with V, but is cursed with being stuck in her body and hated by her friends and loved ones, even despite that it was what V wanted.
every custom v looks so distraught here they did a good job on the facial animations for this part i always got the feels on it.
yup, it's very well done, i've made my V look as ugly as possible yet I could still feel the emotions even with how bizarre he looked
@@Nungen no need for this, if you enjoy worst looking characters, play ubisoft games or any other from those woke companys
I honestly couldn't tell you how long I waited at that door, it felt like I made the biggest mistake. The first time I got the good ending with panem, the second time went to space and got Johnny "removed" and chose to return to earth and when I heard v sing I knew v and Johnny were fused together mentally. I also found the ending where you just give up and well that broke me, especially the voicemails. That ending actually made me think about the consequences of doing it myself and I have since gotten better. Thank you CDPR
To them it was unlike V's character to commit suicide, they thought you were stronger than that
Yeah, the voicemails are killing it! It really feels like you made friends with people, and it so heartbreaking to let them down.
I never thought V would actually do that, It was my first choice in my first ending and well, he did do it and the voice mails destroyed me. What a game.
The panam voicemail after Johnny takes over is crushing, I imagine she made it her life’s purpose to end Johnny after that
After judy I literally started crying it was so harrowing
Saddest ending to me was taking the easy way out by offing yourself on that rooftop with Johnny. As a suicide attempt survivor, hearing the reaction of all your friends in the end credits really hit home for me. Put a fat ass lump in my throat. Judy’s phone call was by far the most emotional.
Judys sadness killed me.
@@ve9383 that is worse than sadness
She was absolutely devastated and betrayed... broken to the core.
@@rohesilmnelohe wasnt betrayed. they safed her mind, but who knows how many times they will need to find a new body. We dont know how this technic works.
@@ve9383 err... you didn't read the comment, did you?
Comment was about the absolutely gut punching call you get from Judy if you eat a bullet on the roof(or fail the Reaper ending).
Just a video game.. but that was horrific to see.
@@rohesilmnelohe ah, its long time ago that i read it. Look :D i saw Cyberpunk and alone Ending.
the worst part about this ending is knowing that johhny would absolutely despise you for doing it.
Edit: you guys are turning my email into hell
He complains a lot for a dead man
Im not too sure about that, he would certainly not be happy about it but I think Arasaka would always get the lions share of his hate
The best, Johnny was a selfish asshole.
For me it was the emptiness. I had played like 140 hours and 100%'d the game and kept expecting Johnny to pop up and give some sarcastic quip or offer some complaint. And there was just... nothing. Boy am I glad I played through this ending LAST. If I got this first time, holy crap.
well you shouldnt lose sleep over disappointing the guy who killed 20 000 innocent people with a bomb.
Arasaka Ending is the saddest, watching V be so scared made me so emotional. No words, nothing just the music and her facial expressions say it all. Great storytelling
Almost started to cry :(
Never Fade Away is such a gut hit no matter what ending you pick.
In 2015 my dad passed away, as a person he didn't have much contact with anyone outside family and friends were few and far in between. Toward his end, he developed into more cynical, lonely, depressed, and incredibly hard to talk to. Shortly after he passed my uncle and I cleaned through his home and I took notice of his cellphone with an empty battery (that I recharged) and looked through its contents, there were a couple voicemails left behind from friends and acquaintances. Not long after other acquaintances left messages on his out-of-date Facebook profile congratulating him on his birthday, I DMed those people and had to convey the bad news.
When I, regrettably, chose the Arasaka ending there was an enormous parallel on V being completely alone, leaving everyone behind those who tried to reach with no closure. This ending, to me, is the saddest one of all available in the game - I can be empathetic, sympathetic and lowkey-sad in games, but rarely do I get emotional. Cyberpunk managed to do that, and that's why I consider it to be one of the best games as of late despite all the technical issues.
I hope your father's in a better place and free from the worldly attachments. And just based on how you structure your thoughts, I'm sure he's proud of how you turned out.
It gets pretty rough knowing people were there for you, but in the end you're ultimately alone to deal with your thoughts even if you're sitting next to someone.
Even if it seemed short, he did what he needed to do in this life which was provide lessons in character growth for the people around him.
This title's one of the best to come out in the past 2 decades. It's a rare thing to find a game that's relatable and captures the human emotion so well.
Game may not have realistic physics in gta but it has more real and human characters than most games
@Netty Netty ?
sorry for your loss
There's no comfort for the people who stay or get left behind, Death is inevitable.
no matter the way it comes, there's simply no closure.
immortality has it's price
@@Lawlophile That's extremely kind of you, i just happened to watch your video and come to the comment section. Good on you, have a wonderful holiday.
Probably the worst ending in the entire game not only for V but for the world as a whole. Saburo gets to basically live forever with the help of Soulkiller and the relic technology, meaning that Arasaka have an immortal, ruthless leader who is willing to sacrifice his own son to get what he wants and to help Arasaka keep and expand the iron grip that it has over the world. And V lives in a soul prison as Arasaka property, going in completely unsure if Arasaka would even give them a new body. As the prompt says before the final cutscene you are literally surrendering your soul to Arasaka.
Well, this is also the only ending where your soul still exists
Taking over his own son's body as revenge was fucking twisted. As much as the son deserved it. Actually living inside your son's body. Looking in the mirror (big thing in this game) and seeing his sons face. Bothers him not a bit. Makes the ending that much more disturbing because you realize just how evil he truly was despite his calm demeanor.
@@mbovb006 Oh, quite contrary... Yorinobu was actually the good guy in that story... story twist is, that if it wasn't for Parker and us, Yorinobu would have dismantled Saburo's plans... he was right all along.
@@GrimK77 Yes I get that but its still a son killing a father. I'm speaking from his point of view it being an act of revenge. But its so much more twisted because of the reality of living in his own sons flesh after murdering him.
They could put V in a relic and let her take control of somebody like Johnny was doing
Technically this ending has the highest potential for V to survive i think
But in the short run is the scariest to V and maybe the loneliest.
I don't know about that, in what world is arasaka even remotely trustworthy? Doubtful they'd give V a new body instead of just letting them sit and rot in the soul prison
@@richardsmall5265 In corpo world, where reputation is everything
It's easy to view Arasaka and other corps as evil, from our perspective as V, which they very well might be, but in the end they buy and sell things - among other things services.
V provided them a massive service so it's not impossible that they don't respond in kind
Even more so if they recognise how much more worth V is alive than dead since V singlehandedly gives them a change of management and takes out their best operatives.
When you can't trust a corp, trust in their greed.
I do think Panam's ending with Judy as your loved one is the best.
It still has hope. V has new medication that seem to help/delay it.
And Panam has alot of connections they where going to try out.
Its my happy ending, as far as it goes in this game.
They promised a new ending with the new DLC.
Big chance with Songbird. Hope it's a happy one.
@@MortSalazar That is exactly why they wouldn't give V anything. He/she's already done everything that needed to be done. Helping them would cost them money, with no additional benefit in sight. We can safely assume V is lost forever, or at least for a very, very long time.
@@tracker7059 Anyone in any corpo with half a brain could see V is a better investment alive and indebted to them
your V looks amazing
For real i was thinking the same thing
just imagine if this game had more 3rd person cutscenes
It would be interesting if they could switch to 3rd person from time to time but seeing as so many things are still underdeveloped...
yeah. it wouldnt change anything.
I honestly prefer them in first person. It doesn't take you out of your character, and makes you view the events of every scene through the eyes of V. I like it way more. They did 3rd person cutscenes in Far Cry 6 for the first time, and all the cutscenes don't feel personal at all, theres not much connection to the main character because of that.
@@VValkyr Yeah I dont get the obsession with 3rd person at all. Its like youre just watching a movie, in this case youre seeing everything thru V's eyes. I'm glad they didnt do 3rd person cutscenes that much, whole game felt personal for that reason.
Who knows, maybe in the future there will be a 3rd Person mode, like gta made it with first person mode
Did this ending without knowing it was the worse one, but for me remains my favorite cause, it keeps my friends alive and cause there is a chance even if small to V to survive, and i think that choosing to be hated or disliked by my friends but knowing that i saved them from a worse fate...makes me say it was worth it, after all heroes choose others first then themselves.
- Itachi Uchiha
Considering in this ending you killed Jonhy is not heroic at all. The best possible way and maybe cannon is to assault the tower alone and give the body to Jonhy, that way nobody dies, V becomes a night city legend and lives on as an AI. The aldecados one at first glance may be the good one but in reality is one of a slow and painful death, that clinic Panam sugest it's the same Helman tells you about and he clearly says: to ease your passing.
@@alejandromacarthy7249 Its not. That one is in Switzerland
The only reason I do the Devil Ending is for the two lines of dialogue where you basically tell Takamura that Saburo never really needed a bodyguard and later on telling him to save himself and not give his life and soul to the company.
Yeah, yeah we all know this game has some issues and all that but the story and the cut scenes are just... damn... I don't know how to describe it. There are just a few Games out there that managed to drive me to tears and THIS GAME RIGHT HERE... DID IT TWICE!
I honestly wish we got more cutscenes where we see V properly
Hey, you can enter into any bathroom and look yourself at the mirror XD
Surprising, a very artistic, beautiful version of V. Looks cool.
danke! Her looks definitely made me feel more immersed in my gameplay.
I have yet to do this ending and I don't know if I will ever do it, but this scene made me actually cry. It's so heartbreaking seeing the expressions on V's face as "Never Fade Away" plays and that it is both versions vocals playing sort of overlapped, like she can still hear Johnny, even though he is gone by this point. It's such hopeless moment, ending ambiguously, and almost as sad for me as the suicide ending, and the direct aftermath - seeing everyone's holocalls (Judy being the hardest one to bear, if you've seen it). Definitely got me right in the feels.
I feel bad that V doesn't get a happy ending no matter what you do
Not true, there's an ending when male V goes with Panam and lives happily ever after
@@echos9396 Same if you play female V, romance with Judy and choose to leave NC, pretty happy ending, but V will die in few months
@@echos9396 Like Alcore said it's a happier ending, but V is still just a construct in their own body and will die in a few months. No happily ever after
I love V, and the one ending that gave me the best feels was definitely 'The Star' ending with Panam (and Judy if she's been romanced). This is the closest we can get to having a "happy" ending for V, as they are doomed to die within months no matter what we do.
Yeah, it sucks that no matter which ending, you are still bound to die without the chance to live a full life.
The fact that this is the only ending where your soul actually survives
There are even leaks, that in new DLC, we get optional route for Hanako, and for Devil ending especialy, its possible it will be something like we survive and we swear loyalty to Arasaka again.
@@koptyuniverse sauce
The question is, is it even your soul to begin with? Or just an accurate AI replica of it? Science blurs the lines of what is mortality. The Arasaka family might've achieved divinity through souls.. or will now pass a single man's copied intelligence from one vessel to another. Soulkiller's method is so horrifying and yet so little is understood on what it does. It's horrifying to imagine that your soul could be copied, one dies while one lives to suffer the torment in isolation of Mikoshi.
@@Polomance862 Yes, i agree, its hard to see if its still the same soul or copy, if you listen Doctor which did operation, she even talk about it, she told something like, if you disassemble ship on milion parts, and then put together is it same ship?
@@Polomance862 But, still if you have self consciousness , you may say you are or its soul, same with AI.. i think if something have self awaraness , you could say it has soul..
I love seeing everyone else’s design for V
I have to say those bad words out loud because of your character creation! Fkin beautiful
OMG your V looks amazing!! How did you do that?
I have the face and hair preset from nexusmods in the description box if you're interested in running this look. Just need to change the hair and eye colors. Enjoy!
looks 2/10 not impresssss
@@Chloroo 2 points! Not bad
@@Lawlophile 10/2*
@@discoinferno703 5
This game is incredibly emotional.
I cried when Judy and I (or rather V) found Evelyn curled up next to that blood soaked bed...that's when I knew that this game was not going to give me an easy way out.
You can't really "Beat" Cyberpunk...Cyberpunk beats you.
I have the face and hair preset from nexusmods in the description box if you're interested in running this look. Just need to change the hair and eye colors. Be sure to look over the requirements on the mod pages. Enjoy!
THANKS I just saw this after I made a comment asking lmao
It's sad that throughout the game the city teaches you that the way of life in night city is not survival but to die as a legend and yet this ending is doing everything that Jacky and Jhonny told you not to do.
This ending is a lot more poignant if you save Takemura
"Visit me in Kagawa. I will show you what is real food."
I didn't realize I had to go back and save him. I totally thought he was capable of getting away on his own 🥲
I saved Takemura and i went with the (Don't) Fear the reaper ending and the ungrateful fucker goes seppuku not without wishing me to rot in hell before.
Fuck that corpo dog.
Dayum, that hair be lookin' gooood!
I was so determined to get all endings, when I saw it said “surrender to arasaka” I clicked it immediately only releasing 1 second later wat I just did and I tried to run away
Your V look mad good! cyberpunk needs this in game without mods
Can't really blame them for it, but they can do better with the new project that could give them time to work with 8k textured models and better hair particle systems. Hell, if they don't I will make the hair better myself.
What's the point of living if you aren't you anymore
I guess the new 'you' will have to figure that out-the same way the old you figured things out... Live and learn!
As the corpo V it's maybe the good(?) ending. if Goro Takemura alive.
without Takemura it will be the worst ending.
Takemura is Only reason to chose Devil ending.
Somehow I don't think it is an accident this scene plays out like the walk to the electric chair.
I have a different take on this ending. Obviously spoilers ahead.
By reinstating Saburo Arasaka, V had inadvertently prevented the next Corporate War, or at least postponed it. Yorinobu was delusional about destroying the corporations. Slaughtering the Arasaka family and escalating the tension between Arasaka and Militech? Even if somehow we do end up with Arasaka and Militech entering a war and crippling each other, some other corpo is just gonna step up and take their place. Besides, in any war it's always the little people that suffer the most (cue Russia vs. Ukraine), no matter how noble or righteous the goal it seems. The first thing Saburo did when he returned was to de-escalate the situation, and he ain't wrong.
Okay, but arguably, Arasaka is so weakened after what goes down in the other ending(to be fair, I haven't called Panam yet) that there is no need for another corporate war. Militech is practically the NUSA government and they don't need to do anything but watch Arasaka bleed after their 'Secure your Soul' project gets disgraced and destroyed.
you can see how the engineers are just preparing the machine like thinking "well one more and ill be in home with my family"...not knowong who V is or what did he made to get there
Yep similar to life to be honest. How many heros do we pass every day, and never realise the sacrifices they have made for themselves, others or their families.
They'd have a mental breakdown if they cared for everyone like that
In the realm of cyberpunk, there's no fairy-tale conclusion-just navigating through the chaos, struggling to make it out alive, and often finding yourself in even more messed-up scenarios than you started with.
Thank you for this.
2:30 what is the name of the music?
really the worst ending you could get. The ending where V abandons her / his friends and just get into the schemes of a megacorp that will probably keep her / him as an engram until V can serve a new purpose for Arasaka.
IMO, the saddest part about this ending is the voicemails....yea, there are others that are heartbreaking to listen to but this is...your friends think you're fine. That's somehow so much worse.
That was my first ending and I was so broken until I found out you can have diffrent endings :D
I chose this ending, I found it the most realistic of them all. V did not want to die, he wanted to live and wanted to be remembered.
Sure v is scared of dying but i thought they say they’d rather die a somebody than live a nobody
@@Xxsorafan And at the end, he would have been remembered as Johnny not as V, if you would have gone to destroy Arasaka.
Wrong ending dude, if you want to be remembered forever you choose the Sun ending obviously because you become a literal freaking legend, that's the whole point of V's motivation in the first place, being a Corpo sell out will not allow you to be remembered.
@@saylosrelyks8645 he is not selling out, going out taking out arisaka was not what V wanted it’s what Johnny wanted. If you agree with everything he says it’s not longer V it’s Johnny.
What V wanted depends entirely on the player and how you played/imagined the character
The ending with Panama is the only one with true hope. And that's the point. You can't live in a system like this. You have to get out, even if it means you die.
Not really, since Alt soulkills the original V the moment he/she connects to Mikoshi...A 'clone' leaves with Panam...
Dead man walking impression.
This scene was perfect for Where is my mind by Pixies.
anything is better with that song on.
@@despacitodaniel801 Fight clu- I almost slipped up...
Just now realizing in this ending V keeps the necklace to remember and in Panam's V gets rid of it to forget
Gotta say that is an interesting and unique looking V like i had not seen before. I like it. 👍
Really no game give me the feeling that i made the wrong choice, and this just fucking hit seeing the expression of V
V comes back as an Arasaka antagonist in the sequel
I feel this ending is exactly what you deserve if you get it. It truly is...your eternal reward.
how so bruh
This hasn't aged well😂
@@Dripularstein wym
I think this (or the aldecaldos) ending will be the canon one for the sequel
This triggers my ptsd bad.
Dem hair physics dude holy shit
If one person can ever influence the world in this way.
Its so surreal the way we dont really see V in this perspective until this ending
I like how the entire game Johnny seems to be a extremist paranoid who could step on chewing gum on the street and blame Arasaka for it...But in the end he was totally right, Arasaka did screw you over in some way.
What a fucking drepressing ending. V helps a tyrant to pretty much control the planet while achieving some sort of "imortallity", meanhile her reward is to get fucked.
Makes me love the "fuck Arasaka i am leaving with Panam, Judy and the Aldecados ending" so much happier.
I’m glad I’m playing this again because this was the only ending I’ve ever gotten so will not do this again.
Looking at her hands I can't help but notice the lack of palm prints and finger prints, as if that is a purposeful omission to indicate that when they are looking at their hands they are actually looking just at plastic and metal.
When you get this ending on your first playthrough doing all the "right" things...
I don't get people interpreting some sort of hope into this ending. The game is pretty on the nose about how to take the endings. They cipher has always been Misty and she outright tells you before any ending happens how to take it. The corpo endings have no silver linings.
If V goes to earth, V dies by winter. If V goes to Mikoshi V will not be resurrected but ends up a prisoner and guineapig for Arasaka just like Johnny.
The dialog at the at the end betrays the intent. Hellman/Takemura lies. He has a slip of tongue. First denying that Hanako has anything to do with the visit and she already forgotten V and then when the desired outcome is not achieved making a 180° turn saying the offer is from Hanako. Saying there are no complains is as hallow as it gets, no shit dead people do not complain.
When Takemura is saved he switches to a white suite when serving Hanako, when he serves Saburo he wears black and he wears black when he visits V on the station. He is not send by Hanako but Saburo.
In this ending, V looks just like she's headed for her own execution. But there's clean white surfaces, no guards and only her own thoughts, doubts and fears keeping her company for the final moment. Suffice to say, this ending is difficult to watch the first, second and probably third time and onward.
this was the first ending i picked after accidentally comitting suicide and it was even more depressing than that ending
Actually I really like this ending, it gives me those "Black Mirror" vibes that I love so much, the fear of death made you realize that you're no different from the ones you accused, and eventually you surrender to the corporations, I think that this ending portrays perfectly the human hypocricy.
One thing I enjoyed about this ending is how this is the only ending where V doesn't tear or throw away the bullet necklace given to her/him by Misty.
In all other endings, V tosses it away. Leaving that life behind to do what they will for however long they'll live left.
In this one however.. They hold onto the necklace. It's the last reminder of freedom they'll ever have.. As they sign over their life to Arasaka as nothing more.. than an engram. V will die, but something will remain in the future. But will they even know that's them? Will they ever leave Mikoshi? Was the price of freedom worth it just to live?
Isn't the necklace on the bedside table in the Sun/Path of Glory ending?
Man I wish there was a happy ending for V.....
Imo the not bad ending but rather a damn depressive one
Missed a chance to play “Where is my mind?” by the Pixies
it makes me so sick to see V like that, the way she walks and looks like shes completely broken and is finished with everything
What’s the song name at the end of the cutscene? It’s really good
Never Fade Away (Samurai Cover) - PT Adamczyk
Freakin Gorgeous V, made me click on the video.
this is the one ending i could never go for! its better to burn out, than to fade away! i could also never give the body to Johnny because he is an asshole!
Dude, I have to tell you that the best ending I ever made was giving the body to Johnny. It's amazing to see how V changed Johnny completely and to see his attitudes afterwards.
@@viniciusmi00 I've played Cyberpunk through so many times now that unless the game forces you I don't talk to Johnny at all
@@TheFixer_1 no wonder you never saw his amazing character development, easily my favorite character even though I hated him at first
I gave the body to Johnny, he's alright....bought a kid an awesome guitar
beautyful looking V
Hajime means beginning, so, nice touch.
So having never seen this ending in full but knowing it exists cause I'm a gonk and looked up an ending guide. I just want to say
This.... hurts. Brb going to curl up and cry.
Preety damn nice character 10/10
Tbh, in this ending no of your friends gets hurt
Physically, for the time being. But taking this decision... seems like you're hurting them in another way, not unlike committing suicide
This V looks really good! I wish there was Mods on Consoles to make the game & V look better.
Either that or surrendering your body to johhny, effectively an AI at this point. All other ending are just slow death.
Main character was a walking corpse ever since the heist.
I got a space station robbing ending and I hope V actually found the way to cure herself and met Johnny again in Cyberspace
I am surprised there is no ending where Johnny and V decide to let the Relic naturally run its course. Even when giving it over to johnyy, V still gets Soulkilled.
This V looks perfectly good. Mine looked like a walking Picasso painting no matter what I did. I finally gave up and made her look as ugly and clownish as possible not aware that the endings would have these 3rd person cutscenes so I ruined whatever immersion I had.
I would like to know how you created your character
Nvm seen your first reply
Couldn't be me. I became a gotdamn living legend, and now I'm off to do the greatest job Night City, or the world has ever seen.
it was my first ending and it hit me so hard that I almost wanted to not play the game anymore to leave it as it is
For me, the best ending is when she and Johnny got a lone super fine, and went to arasaka, killed smasher, and V went with alt. But she said goodbye to Johnny, while Johnny lived on her body. I was like well... v can finally rest in peace. In the end Johnny respected that. And loves v until the end. Beautiful
I think V should have done something to provide Johnny with a body and both can be best friends.
Sadly at the point of th game you learn that you cant do that anymore and thus only options are to die or give the body over and die.
this was the first ending i got, since i loved the game so much i didnt want to do the side missions, just wanted to see whats next in the story
was sad
The guard's head is at the control panel. The woman is 40cm taller than the man when he walks, unless the camera is above his head. And his hand is at the level of the panel. There is something strange here.
Really, the ones that keeps you living the life is those who stand beside you, in this case; vik, misty, judy, panam, mama welles, etc.
But in this ending, even tho V got his/her body back everyone will be gone by then. Not to mention V will lose the meaning of life, to live.
Then what's the point of living?
I think empty life is worse than death.
What’s the song that plays at the end there?
remember that question Dex ask you in the car. This is the live to old age smelling of urine.
In the end it dont matter how we die but how we lived.
I thought the song "Where is My Mind" was going to play
this has to be the ending any follow-up comes after
The Arasaka ending really makes U know it was the wrong choice, what with the repetitive tests and the cold impersonal researcher who keeps shoving the Rubik's cube into your hands.
That's one beautiful female V.
Knowing how the Gemini body exists, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was short lived.
1:34 what a f**k, What kind of Goofy phone? 🤣🤣🤣
Ta Ta taaa Ta-Ta ta ta ta😂
I'm guessing you can only make V look like this through mods on PC? :(
correct. There doesn't seem to be any information regarding cp2077 mods on consoles.
@@Lawlophile Ah, that's a shame. But still, very impressed with the design of your V! :)
@@FabzP96 thank you! the credit goes to the modding community ^-^
my first playthru was Corpo, and I did this ending
When I did this ending, it was the most depressing shit ever, all this time I though Yurinobu was the bad guy only for this ending to reveal that Yuri was the good guy in all this
Yeah he always wanted to destroy Arasaka and even saw Johnny as a pioneer of sorts. We see him as a villain because we were tools he used to achieve this goal.