Cyberpunk 2077 is my comfort game, and it was my gateway to other cyberpunk works - Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner, Lain, and many others, and because of that, it's become my comfort genre too, which I find really interesting since cyberpunk works usually showcase how scary dystopian worlds are, but there's something comforting and intimate about them.
it's because it validates our observations and angst relative to the real world. It tells you: yeah, you're right to be scared. ANd in a way it tells us that many of are in together.
bruh i will never be able to enjoy this game dude 5 playthroughs and I just can't like everytime I'm playing it just feels like Deus Ex but bad and less schizo writing. I really wanted to connect to the story to but it just felt so bland and generic for what it was going for I really wish it explored the world much more in depth
@@TestChamber15 5 playthroughs. Sounds like you really like it. I have played Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided, they're very special games to me, and I love them so much, but I still prefer Cyberpunk 2077 overall. Obviously it's a bigger game, so there are more stories and more things to do in the game, whereas the two Deus Ex games that I mentioned were more linear. But thanks to Cyberpunk 2077 I got into the genre and subsequently into Deus Ex. Before CP77, I never cared about the cyberpunk or sci fi genre.
I love this sort of Cyberpunk renaissance that’s been happening lately. Goes to show how great of a game Cyberpunk is once it was able to move past its rocky launch. Replaying this game has been such blast, I powered through the launch version and ended up getting one of the worst endings and just barely got some last minute fuck yous off at the veeery end once it was all too late. Now I’m replaying years later and have been taking it all end and fully appreciating how lively the writing and the world is. The drives around the city have been a real highlight, whenever a npc wants to drive to a destination I’ve been taking the chance to really smell the roses. Bit of a rant comment,but great video dude. Happy share in you’re appreciation for such a great game and piece of art in these strange times.
One of my recommendations to anyone playing the first time is to always take the "ride with" and "lets go together" options with NPCs in between quest phases, its got some of the best dialogue and world building, like with a certain character on a rooftop doing reconnaissance rather than letting them do it alone that gives context to something you see several times across the game and its all too easily missed.
just finished a playthrough after taking a year off from playing it and man i dont know what to do with myself again now, nothing else compares or even comes close
@@CraneStoneI waited a year aswell to finally do the ending after finishing every other quest in the game and I did the fear the reaper but now I’m gonna try all the others cause man it’s so fucking cool
As someone who was absolutely terrified of Cyberpunk and also maybe have had my time riding the HORSE of escapism... and still do here and there.... This resonates so much. I mean, I cried so many times, three or four times just in the end of the DLC, both paths are heartbreaking... Plus I picked the erase johnny ending and ended up a natural nobody in a land of augmented cyber criminals
Cyberpunk is the game of life. Struggling to do what’s right in a world that is indifferent to your existence. Silverhand is essentially your conscious, voicing an interpretation of a situation that could influence you to take the right or wrong action. As in life the “choices” are layered and the internal voice is both that of morality and temptation. It also considers outside influences, betray Songbird (knowing she’s setting you up) and get a demonic SMG or an installed demonic voice in your head. Is the blood sacrifice worth the petty rewards?
Cyberpunk2077 was frustrating (the release) because I was expecting more, but it still is the most immersive open world game I ever played and today it is a solid 10/10 game
honestly, I waited one month and bought it for Xbox one x and fell in love with it, never having an issue, except a glitch with a Lizzy's gun. Though playing it on PC with mods for the 2.0 and DLC release was akin to a spiritual awakening. But I wasn't disapointed because I was as excited as I was for the first Mass Effect game, so I expected the hype:reality ratio would be similar lol
living through whats happening in the USA right now, this game has been at the front of my mind. It looks a lot like were about to rachet up to 11 unless people stand up and stop it.
Even with so much knowledge and these arts as warnings, people are so ignorant that I won't be surprised if cyberpunk dystopia becomes a reality...even worse.
@@CraneStonethe argument can also be made that we arent too, a lot of stuff that lead to the fracturing of the USA and the rise of the NUSA hasnt happened yet like the collapse
Very well done video essay. Well edited and produced with the images and audio. And I agree for the most part. CP2077 is by far my new standard for RPG inspired, narrative based first person shooters. It’s a great piece of art and entertainment.
when cyberpunk first came out i dropped it after the heist. i was 18 at the time, and my young immature brain really couldn’t understand the nuances in the themes of being a character in said dystopia “dialled up to 11”. now i’m nearly 23 and decided to spontaneously try it again and it’s insane to see how time can change your perspective on things. This game is a masterpiece and i’m glad it’s getting the plaudits it deserves. Also a great video!❤️
@@CraneStone ooo you’re a man of true taste i see! i’ll check it out. but lemme guess before i see your videos you like ghost of tsushima too?they make the holy trio of amazing new gen story games imo
This was truly an amazing video, thank you! It really captured how Cyberpunk makes me feel as well and on a larger scale Cyberpunk as a genre, not only the game
Great video. Liked and subbed for that. Would like to see more Cyberpunk content from you. I cannot be bothered with just about any other game right now as Cyberpunk just seems levels above the crowd. Keep it up!
I cant belive this game was released 4 years ago I can remember it as it was yesterday Im only 22 years old and its unbelievable how time has passed back then I had played the game in the first 24h and I remember it left be stunned and speechless it felt like the game was conveying a deep message and I still feel it till this day I have always felt like that game was a portal to a realistic future instead of a mere game
Over the last month I have put 500h into this game. I have played through fully, three times. I have stopped and restarted many times after just 20 or so hours, because I need to get it just right - the outcomes and choices need to be perfect. I need to save everyone and be the best I can be... because in real life, you just don't get the option to go back and undo things, take different paths, or make better decisions. In real life, choice, really is such an illusion.
I can’t get over how great these videos are for such a small account, if this is quality you put out at the beginning of your TH-cam journey I can’t imagine what you’ll be putting out in a few years time. Wishing you the luck of the algorithm gods because more people need to see these videos . Keep up the great work man!
The ending where you side with Reed… man.. that hit me in the feels big time. Made V’s story so much more human. Really looking forward to more in the future.
I did my first play through of cyberpunk completely blind, zero save scumming. And oh my god it was a devastating experience. I felt like I was on a timer, and so I rushed and got the devil ending. In the end I deleted the save and started over because I couldn't accept the outcome I got.
Cyberpunk isn't just a story. It's a prophecy. As the saying goes: "You best start believing in cyberpunk dystopias, you're in one." Pollution's never been higher on Earth. Corporations and Businesses never have had as much power as they do now. Technology continues to speed along faster than you can even look up what's new in it. Artificial Intelligence is reaching a point where it could be an individual and not just a program. Violence in public is getting more frequent and common place. Drug epidemics are everywhere. The price of housing is getting so high that it's turning into indentured servitude to the landlord. We even have cybernetic arms, legs, and implants that you can control with your mind. And just like in the game, other than a select few people, no one will really give a shit when you're dead. You might be remembered, even longer than some other people at times, but life will go on without you just as it did before you were born.
"Momento Mori - Remeber you must die" Its weird how the closer we are to death the more alive we feel. You get real clarity on life and the meaning of everything and how even the smallest of moments matter. No one makes it out alive ✨️ but one must remember energy cannot be created nor destroyed.
I and many others can so relate too this game. Choices and actions who are beyond real sometimes. But full on reality in a way and also sometimes hopeful. But for me the most important aspect is it makes me think and feel again. CP 2077 The Last Of Us and Fallout 4 all made me think and feel once again. And I can't be more grateful for that. What it is like too be human again.
The funny thing about the NPC ending is that you survive. Which makes it the best ending. Ive only done 2 endings. The one where you go to the space station to force them to fix you and the other is when you let johnny have your body. Over all there was no real happy ending to the game. But the dlc has changed that. You escape death. In exchange for your power. The choice is live 6 months as a badass. Or survive and live your whole life but at the cost of of being a legend. Something most people dont think about is that theres not alot of old people in night city. Most of the characters that are old are fixers, rippers, people at the top of corps or mercs that slowed down/took the safe root. You see, almost no one survives night city. You either take control and put yourself first. Or you get wrapped up in the game/race of life.
it can be argued that the star is the best ending, as its implied through imagery ingame that you eventually find a cure in arizona (like the bird, which is supposed to be extinct appearing in front of V) and the in universe lore does back this up the thing they dont tell you is: there are no happy endings in night city, but they never said anything about OUTSIDE night city also how many times do i have to express this? the tower is the furthest from a happy ending there is
@@kaelell4697 no, every ending except arasaka/reed is bad since v dies the moment they go into mikoshi, the game just fails to communicate it. its so wild to me how so many ppl say theyd choose literal death over living out a life without combat implants lmao
i dont know why, your commentary hit home for me. cyberpunk as a game was undercooked at launch. but regardless of the rough edges its brutal yet personal world was enough to make it a timeless pastime for me. the only problem i had since the beginning, and still do, is that there isnt MORE of it. i just wished the game wouldnt end. further stories, deeper connections, intertwined interactions. thats exactly why im so stoked for the sequel - cp orion. the devs know what they can do better this time and i know theyre gonna kill it 🙏
Cyberpunk 2077. It is a terrifying game. The broadcaster of Morro Rock Radio Mike Pondsmith created in 1982 as a warning. It's how the world will end up staying the course we're on. Some of it is not far from the truth.
After I finished playing Dark Souls and Elden ring, I would see things in my real life and would think, "that's dark souls as fuck". I felt that after experiencing such unique stories, my mind began to perceive the physical world in new ways conceptually. I feel that this is a good thing because it has allowed me to recall on these stories and characters to create new dialogue options irl as I move through life. I definitely felt this way after I played CyberPunk and the Witcher series. Shout out to CD Project for excellent story telling and strong characters.
All true... I have 4 playthroughs going and haven't done any endings yet! I started out with the save game / do over in early quests, but now I'm developing consistent choices for each "personality" according to the playthrough (extremely empathetic to selfish to sociopathic). Role-playing at its finest!!
I just finished the main story ( I tried all, i think, endings), then i got Phantom Liberty and chose to save Songbird. I gotta say Cyberpunk 2077 is definitely one of the best games i have ever played.
there is only a handful of games I keep going back to. comfort games as we call them. Skyrim, Fallout 4. Mass effect series and dragon age... But Cyberpunk is the first on the list. I keep going back over and over and over and over. role play a different V and a different build. This game will make you experience the highs and lows across the emotional spectrum. I can't recall a better world with a better story and better voiced characters.
Got over a thousand hours in this game, with different playtroughs and playstyles, and i just cant seem to leave...just so much to find in the open world it keeps me busy four hours on end😂
More annoying than terrifying. Devs, "We need to force you to take certain actions... so we're killing your character and justifying them taking the actions in an effort to save themselves." This has now been done to death, literally, in PC games. Stop.
During my first playthrough, even though I had a great relationship with Johnny, I tried everything possible to save V. It was immediately when the game came out so there weren’t many spoilers or guides back then and my first ending was The Devil - Johnny hated me, Arasaka removed him from my head, but V still couldn’t survive - I chose to be uploaded into Mikoshi. I went to the ending with hopes that I would be saved but what I got instead… it’s hard to describe. I felt so wrong even days after because I was completely invested in the world, the people and saving V. Now after few years I’m completely invested again, but my approach is different.
I am glad the game is getting the love it deserves. CDPR took time and money to fix most of the issues and even enhance the experience with the 2.0 update and Phantom Liberty. The game is a gem and I am so happy to see people having fun with it and being challenged to think about the many topics explored in it.
Hate this stupid game why does it make me so emotional. But seriously after playing it for a few times (and understanding what happens) I was never the same again. It not only changed my outlook, but all the roleplay and immersion allowed me to discover myself in the hellhole night city is. Thank you.
Look up Gibson (author of Neuromancer) reaction to seeing Blade Runner. Also absolutely right on a lot of this. Your video was randomly suggested to me. Much appreciate the work.
The first ending I played was where you go with Arasaka, honestly I think its the best ending. its haunting, claustrophobic, the voice in your head is gone. Arasaka kept their side of the deal but in the most cold way possible, you mean nothing to them. Maybe you could live on in a new body at some point in the future and reclaim some of your old life but what's to say you won't be thrown into the gutter, maybe arasaka will pull apart and reconfigure your mind while you're in mikoshi turn you into someone else , or you can go back to live out the rest of your short life having no impact on the status quo of the city. I felt weird after I stopped playing for hours after seeing that the first time.
I can never bring myself to finish the game by giving up my chrome choom and I was right to NOT let V go to NUSA. I always choose to die in body or join Alt. I really hated my first ending, which was to believe Takamura and go to Arasaka to become a lab-rat. Space ending was my fav.
Actually took something much different away when I looked at the entire context of cyberpunk not just the game but the genre. When you take a look at the world when it was created. We only had the most people's minds to paths this dystopian cyberpunk future or total nuclear annihilation and the possible end of the human race. Cyberpunk is both a warning and hope to me at least. Sure you have a bunch of dystopian stuff going on mega corporations going wild and things like that but humanity still there it's harder to survive but we are there and as long as we exist the potential to take the world from cyberpunk to post cyberpunk and beyond exist.
the narrative is so strong in the movie, you basically play a novel, you decide a lot of things yet the outcome is pretty much fixed no matter what. The inevitability is what makes it so strong - in a world so unfair and brutal, for most there is only one outcome, and being East Europeans who made the game, the player sure as hell is not the one with the good ending.
I pretty much never replay video games. Even if it's a game with multiple endings, I'll play to whatever ending I get, and that'll be it. Cyberpunk, however, is different. Ignoring the fact that I've loved the genre since I was first introduced to the ttrpg Cyberpunk 2013 way back in the early 90s, the storytelling and environment in this game is.. breathtaking, to tap an overused meme. It's a compelling enough game that I'm on my second playthrough, and have installed immersion mods just so that I can inhabit the virtual world more completely. I've found myself ignoring quest lines and side missions so that I can just go on walkabout for 20, 30 minutes at a time and just... experience Night City. To speak to the writing and the acting, even knowing what certain points are coming, I still find myself drawn into the narrative, I still react emotionally to those narrative beats that I've played already, and seen countless times in other CP2077 videos. This entire diatribe just to say... yeah. I feel ya, choom.
200 hours? That’s when I play a game a couple of times because it’s ‘good’. I clocked in 3800 hours through many play-throughs, even created videos of every single gig and uploaded on my channel.
Making the right choices in corrupt plutocratic society will only make you stand out, until someone will make sure to strip you away from these so called right choices. So its better to safe yourself then to help others in a Cyberpunk setting..
The world has always been uncaring, unfeeling and ruthless. Our ancestors all lived through it. We must also. Such is life. P.S. I fucking love this game. I hope the next instalment lives up to its predecessor.
Counciousness and free will are essential to the whole universe. The universe want to know itself. The concept of determinism and no free will are not based on reality, they are just concepts of the mind that can come up with anything.
What a great Content. I really liked that Video. At 1:50 you say you will explain stuff for 2,5 hours. Where ist the Rest of the Video? Would like to strap in for this.
The normal life might not be so depressing. Sure, the highs will never be as high as before but it also lead to losing quite a lot of people... and suppose you could continue to live living with all that technology in your body. Can you even be sure you are even you and not being reprogrammed by some AI or some mysterious group of folks?
5:00 Yes, you would. At least in some small way, like to cash in on crypto FOMO before it stumbled down the ladder into a spike pit :D Also, i dig the style of this video. Personal and... human. Fits the theme, isn't it?
@@CraneStone It sure would. Such an ability would make your entire identity and life shift completely, with it taking a centerpiece of everything. The mere option to "go back and choose again" would, in a way, define what choices would you take. It's an interesting thing to pounder of.
Personally I like the phantom liberty ending. I think it's the true ending to the game. You being a nobody again is the point of the message. That all of this is bullshit, it's human bullshit. You participating in an adventure of bullshit that is an endless cycle since dawn of humankind. It was, is, and will be there long after you and I. Our personal main character lives that we live are only relevant to ourselves. Everyone is busy living their own MC time lines, seeing reality best they can. In the end you wasted time fighting the corpos and the world, but ultimately it wasn't wasted as it was necessary to go through the hero journey in order to come to this realization. The ending focuses like you said on people you connect and bond with, your family, etc, things that matter to us most in our 3 generation span. I don't think it's good to just give up and not overthrow the current world order, I think we should destroy and rebuild it everytime to suit our needs rather than "their" needs. If you are to shake the chaos box, make sure you do it for the right reasons and not for some Eddys or fame, but as silverhand who acts as your higher purpose to this life of struggle. You will struggle regardless. Make sure the struggle is worth what you are doing.
The nobody ending is the ending which gives you peace. That is what god wants for us. The suffering is created because of everything we want through the sin of vanity like in the game all these cybernetics and wealth, while the reality is we should go for what we need.
In real life we actually do have a save function. The way to know if you've saved and restarted, is when you get deja vu. That's why you feel that you've experienced the same thing twice; because you literally have.. It's not a glitch as Neo was told, only loading in to where you logged out, or when you did a whoopsie and needed to restart.
Cyberpunk 2077 is my comfort game, and it was my gateway to other cyberpunk works - Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner, Lain, and many others, and because of that, it's become my comfort genre too, which I find really interesting since cyberpunk works usually showcase how scary dystopian worlds are, but there's something comforting and intimate about them.
@@beige_projection I get that and feel a similar way. It’s strange and almost paradoxical
it's because it validates our observations and angst relative to the real world. It tells you: yeah, you're right to be scared. ANd in a way it tells us that many of are in together.
bruh i will never be able to enjoy this game dude 5 playthroughs and I just can't like everytime I'm playing it just feels like Deus Ex but bad and less schizo writing. I really wanted to connect to the story to but it just felt so bland and generic for what it was going for I really wish it explored the world much more in depth
@@TestChamber15 5 playthroughs. Sounds like you really like it. I have played Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided, they're very special games to me, and I love them so much, but I still prefer Cyberpunk 2077 overall. Obviously it's a bigger game, so there are more stories and more things to do in the game, whereas the two Deus Ex games that I mentioned were more linear. But thanks to Cyberpunk 2077 I got into the genre and subsequently into Deus Ex. Before CP77, I never cared about the cyberpunk or sci fi genre.
@ no i did not enjoy playing them. i think i already said that. When I said a worse Deus ex, I meant the first game.
One of the most human and personal videos I´ve seen on this game. It baffles me that this it´s as underrated as it is. Keep up the good work, choom!
@@Kreoilos thank you! I appreciate the kind feedback a lot
Great vid, choom! In the words of Mike Pondsmith himself: "Cyberpunk was a warning not an aspiration!"
@@scristiano thank you!
I love this sort of Cyberpunk renaissance that’s been happening lately.
Goes to show how great of a game Cyberpunk is once it was able to move past its rocky launch. Replaying this game has been such blast, I powered through the launch version and ended up getting one of the worst endings and just barely got some last minute fuck yous off at the veeery end once it was all too late. Now I’m replaying years later and have been taking it all end and fully appreciating how lively the writing and the world is. The drives around the city have been a real highlight, whenever a npc wants to drive to a destination I’ve been taking the chance to really smell the roses.
Bit of a rant comment,but great video dude. Happy share in you’re appreciation for such a great game and piece of art in these strange times.
@@Hellspwn6 rant comments are always welcomed, thank you. I appreciate the support
HOnestly, the hype was so high, and just as with every game when CDPR makes it, it's the best game they've ever made.
One of my recommendations to anyone playing the first time is to always take the "ride with" and "lets go together" options with NPCs in between quest phases, its got some of the best dialogue and world building, like with a certain character on a rooftop doing reconnaissance rather than letting them do it alone that gives context to something you see several times across the game and its all too easily missed.
just finished a playthrough after taking a year off from playing it and man i dont know what to do with myself again now, nothing else compares or even comes close
@@SinematicClips I know that feeling man 😮💨
@@CraneStoneI waited a year aswell to finally do the ending after finishing every other quest in the game and I did the fear the reaper but now I’m gonna try all the others cause man it’s so fucking cool
Read the title and saw the thumbnail and all I could think was "First time?"
@@ValhallaAMV 😂 yeah I’m a little late with this vid, I actually beat the game for my 2nd time early 2024.
They managed to capture the essence of Cyberpunk world into the game and writing i.e Absurdity of life.
As someone who was absolutely terrified of Cyberpunk and also maybe have had my time riding the HORSE of escapism... and still do here and there.... This resonates so much. I mean, I cried so many times, three or four times just in the end of the DLC, both paths are heartbreaking... Plus I picked the erase johnny ending and ended up a natural nobody in a land of augmented cyber criminals
I feel you, for my ending I sent songbird to the moon then rode with panam to find a cure
The thing that life has taught me is that getting what you want from a decision is by no means a measure of its correctness.
Cyberpunk is the game of life. Struggling to do what’s right in a world that is indifferent to your existence. Silverhand is essentially your conscious, voicing an interpretation of a situation that could influence you to take the right or wrong action. As in life the “choices” are layered and the internal voice is both that of morality and temptation. It also considers outside influences, betray Songbird (knowing she’s setting you up) and get a demonic SMG or an installed demonic voice in your head. Is the blood sacrifice worth the petty rewards?
saw the low views and expected a poorly made video i was wrong, great stuff
@@eliteobi3608 😅thank you, I try
Cyberpunk2077 was frustrating (the release) because I was expecting more, but it still is the most immersive open world game I ever played and today it is a solid 10/10 game
@@ayoncruz hard agree
honestly, I waited one month and bought it for Xbox one x and fell in love with it, never having an issue, except a glitch with a Lizzy's gun. Though playing it on PC with mods for the 2.0 and DLC release was akin to a spiritual awakening. But I wasn't disapointed because I was as excited as I was for the first Mass Effect game, so I expected the hype:reality ratio would be similar lol
living through whats happening in the USA right now, this game has been at the front of my mind. It looks a lot like were about to rachet up to 11 unless people stand up and stop it.
@@robertgast5953 I feel that
Even with so much knowledge and these arts as warnings, people are so ignorant that I won't be surprised if cyberpunk dystopia becomes a reality...even worse.
@ the argument can be made we’re already there
@@CraneStonethe argument can also be made that we arent too, a lot of stuff that lead to the fracturing of the USA and the rise of the NUSA hasnt happened yet like the collapse
I made the decision to read 1984 before the election, and then play Cyberpunk after.
I've been living in dread
What did I do to myself
Very well done video essay. Well edited and produced with the images and audio. And I agree for the most part. CP2077 is by far my new standard for RPG inspired, narrative based first person shooters. It’s a great piece of art and entertainment.
great video man, the way you speak makes for a great experience, super personal.
@@WWSDD thank you for the kind words!
when cyberpunk first came out i dropped it after the heist. i was 18 at the time, and my young immature brain really couldn’t understand the nuances in the themes of being a character in said dystopia “dialled up to 11”. now i’m nearly 23 and decided to spontaneously try it again and it’s insane to see how time can change your perspective on things. This game is a masterpiece and i’m glad it’s getting the plaudits it deserves. Also a great video!❤️
@@arthurmorganhimself thank you for the comment and your experience!
Also big fan of RDR2 as well, my previous video was about it!
@@CraneStone ooo you’re a man of true taste i see! i’ll check it out. but lemme guess before i see your videos you like ghost of tsushima too?they make the holy trio of amazing new gen story games imo
@@CraneStonethat title screen at the bottom right corner while watching the ruins of the plane was top cinema👏🏽
@ I enjoyed ghost of Tsushima, 100% it way back in 2020
Loved the DLC too. Idk if I’d put it as high as 2077 or RDR2 though, it’s still great
This was truly an amazing video, thank you! It really captured how Cyberpunk makes me feel as well and on a larger scale Cyberpunk as a genre, not only the game
@@bozomckhonk1916 hey thank you for the compliment and the comment. I appreciate your kind words
Great essay choom. Cyberpunk 2077 is now one of my all-time favorites and you hit the nail on the head.
I run around as cyberpunk ninja samurai with swords and slowing down time. I got that ninja samurai spirit in punking these cybers
I am so happy that 2077 helped people get into Cyberpunk as a genre.
The Nobody Ending is like getting old.
Great video. Liked and subbed for that. Would like to see more Cyberpunk content from you. I cannot be bothered with just about any other game right now as Cyberpunk just seems levels above the crowd. Keep it up!
@@BarryGreaves thank you! I really appreciate it
I cant belive this game was released 4 years ago I can remember it as it was yesterday Im only 22 years old and its unbelievable how time has passed back then I had played the game in the first 24h and I remember it left be stunned and speechless it felt like the game was conveying a deep message and I still feel it till this day I have always felt like that game was a portal to a realistic future instead of a mere game
Over the last month I have put 500h into this game. I have played through fully, three times. I have stopped and restarted many times after just 20 or so hours, because I need to get it just right - the outcomes and choices need to be perfect. I need to save everyone and be the best I can be... because in real life, you just don't get the option to go back and undo things, take different paths, or make better decisions. In real life, choice, really is such an illusion.
@@karenalea2487 I feel that
You put almost 17 hours a day for 30 days straight? That doesn't seem right
I can’t get over how great these videos are for such a small account, if this is quality you put out at the beginning of your TH-cam journey I can’t imagine what you’ll be putting out in a few years time. Wishing you the luck of the algorithm gods because more people need to see these videos . Keep up the great work man!
@@bens3566 those are some mighty kind words friend. Thank you so much!
The ending where you side with Reed… man.. that hit me in the feels big time. Made V’s story so much more human. Really looking forward to more in the future.
@@Toothache1988 yeah that was the first one I did!! Felt awful had to go back and do them again 😂
Went back to your video about cyberpunk 2077 4 years ago after watching this. I'm glad I found this today.
I did my first play through of cyberpunk completely blind, zero save scumming. And oh my god it was a devastating experience.
I felt like I was on a timer, and so I rushed and got the devil ending.
In the end I deleted the save and started over because I couldn't accept the outcome I got.
Cyberpunk isn't just a story. It's a prophecy.
As the saying goes: "You best start believing in cyberpunk dystopias, you're in one."
Pollution's never been higher on Earth.
Corporations and Businesses never have had as much power as they do now.
Technology continues to speed along faster than you can even look up what's new in it.
Artificial Intelligence is reaching a point where it could be an individual and not just a program.
Violence in public is getting more frequent and common place.
Drug epidemics are everywhere.
The price of housing is getting so high that it's turning into indentured servitude to the landlord.
We even have cybernetic arms, legs, and implants that you can control with your mind.
And just like in the game, other than a select few people, no one will really give a shit when you're dead. You might be remembered, even longer than some other people at times, but life will go on without you just as it did before you were born.
@@DillonMeyer a book I think you’d enjoy is “Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto”
"Momento Mori - Remeber you must die"
Its weird how the closer we are to death the more alive we feel. You get real clarity on life and the meaning of everything and how even the smallest of moments matter. No one makes it out alive ✨️ but one must remember energy cannot be created nor destroyed.
This game and this video essay is a gift.
Phenomenal video on my now favorite game, currently replaying again right now and you crushed it!
I and many others can so relate too this game.
Choices and actions who are beyond real sometimes.
But full on reality in a way and also sometimes hopeful.
But for me the most important aspect is it makes me think and feel again.
CP 2077 The Last Of Us and Fallout 4 all made me think and feel once again.
And I can't be more grateful for that.
What it is like too be human again.
@@TheFree2last1 art has been really helpful for me too!
The funny thing about the NPC ending is that you survive. Which makes it the best ending.
Ive only done 2 endings. The one where you go to the space station to force them to fix you and the other is when you let johnny have your body.
Over all there was no real happy ending to the game. But the dlc has changed that. You escape death. In exchange for your power.
The choice is live 6 months as a badass. Or survive and live your whole life but at the cost of of being a legend.
Something most people dont think about is that theres not alot of old people in night city. Most of the characters that are old are fixers, rippers, people at the top of corps or mercs that slowed down/took the safe root.
You see, almost no one survives night city. You either take control and put yourself first. Or you get wrapped up in the game/race of life.
it can be argued that the star is the best ending, as its implied through imagery ingame that you eventually find a cure in arizona (like the bird, which is supposed to be extinct appearing in front of V) and the in universe lore does back this up
the thing they dont tell you is: there are no happy endings in night city, but they never said anything about OUTSIDE night city
also how many times do i have to express this? the tower is the furthest from a happy ending there is
@@kaelell4697 no, every ending except arasaka/reed is bad since v dies the moment they go into mikoshi, the game just fails to communicate it. its so wild to me how so many ppl say theyd choose literal death over living out a life without combat implants lmao
@@Gamergodgric that’s a good point
Wasn't expecting as much horror as there was in this game. It's good.
i dont know why, your commentary hit home for me.
cyberpunk as a game was undercooked at launch. but regardless of the rough edges its brutal yet personal world was enough to make it a timeless pastime for me.
the only problem i had since the beginning, and still do, is that there isnt MORE of it. i just wished the game wouldnt end. further stories, deeper connections, intertwined interactions.
thats exactly why im so stoked for the sequel - cp orion. the devs know what they can do better this time and i know theyre gonna kill it 🙏
@@nicklee1060 thank you for your experience, glad you liked it
Bro, that "Fantastic" sounded almost like James Lee, jesus.
Cyberpunk 2077. It is a terrifying game. The broadcaster of Morro Rock Radio Mike Pondsmith created in 1982 as a warning. It's how the world will end up staying the course we're on. Some of it is not far from the truth.
After I finished playing Dark Souls and Elden ring, I would see things in my real life and would think, "that's dark souls as fuck". I felt that after experiencing such unique stories, my mind began to perceive the physical world in new ways conceptually. I feel that this is a good thing because it has allowed me to recall on these stories and characters to create new dialogue options irl as I move through life. I definitely felt this way after I played CyberPunk and the Witcher series. Shout out to CD Project for excellent story telling and strong characters.
@@Mnkgold yeah I’ve done the same! Love the from soft games
this game is so fkin good it's actually insane
All true... I have 4 playthroughs going and haven't done any endings yet! I started out with the save game / do over in early quests, but now I'm developing consistent choices for each "personality" according to the playthrough (extremely empathetic to selfish to sociopathic). Role-playing at its finest!!
I just finished the main story ( I tried all, i think, endings), then i got Phantom Liberty and chose to save Songbird. I gotta say Cyberpunk 2077 is definitely one of the best games i have ever played.
I save scummed so many times trying to save Idris Elba, and eventually just cried while I shot him...
I had a nightmare after I first played this game as a 47 yo.
"You thought killing me would stop me?" - Anos Voldigoad, or V, depends
Phantom Liberty does sound like a MGS title.
there is only a handful of games I keep going back to. comfort games as we call them. Skyrim, Fallout 4. Mass effect series and dragon age... But Cyberpunk is the first on the list. I keep going back over and over and over and over. role play a different V and a different build. This game will make you experience the highs and lows across the emotional spectrum. I can't recall a better world with a better story and better voiced characters.
Got over a thousand hours in this game, with different playtroughs and playstyles, and i just cant seem to leave...just so much to find in the open world it keeps me busy four hours on end😂
Sorry to hear about you being terrified. Thoughts and prays.
I’m from Thailand, Night city remind me of Bangkok, while I play the game. I can even smell it at some point….
More annoying than terrifying.
Devs, "We need to force you to take certain actions... so we're killing your character and justifying them taking the actions in an effort to save themselves."
This has now been done to death, literally, in PC games.
Stop.
When you said it would be two and a half hours, and I checked the timestamp, I was actually disappointed
During my first playthrough, even though I had a great relationship with Johnny, I tried everything possible to save V. It was immediately when the game came out so there weren’t many spoilers or guides back then and my first ending was The Devil - Johnny hated me, Arasaka removed him from my head, but V still couldn’t survive - I chose to be uploaded into Mikoshi. I went to the ending with hopes that I would be saved but what I got instead… it’s hard to describe.
I felt so wrong even days after because I was completely invested in the world, the people and saving V.
Now after few years I’m completely invested again, but my approach is different.
I am glad the game is getting the love it deserves. CDPR took time and money to fix most of the issues and even enhance the experience with the 2.0 update and Phantom Liberty. The game is a gem and I am so happy to see people having fun with it and being challenged to think about the many topics explored in it.
the worst thing is that cyberpunk should be dystopian fiction, not our future
Great video Choom! Subscribed
@@Greg8098 gracias ‘mano
Hate this stupid game why does it make me so emotional.
But seriously after playing it for a few times (and understanding what happens) I was never the same again. It not only changed my outlook, but all the roleplay and immersion allowed me to discover myself in the hellhole night city is. Thank you.
@1Val. thank you for your insight, ‘preciate it
Look up Gibson (author of Neuromancer) reaction to seeing Blade Runner.
Also absolutely right on a lot of this. Your video was randomly suggested to me. Much appreciate the work.
CP2077 reminded a lot of Far Cry 3.
The first ending I played was where you go with Arasaka, honestly I think its the best ending. its haunting, claustrophobic, the voice in your head is gone. Arasaka kept their side of the deal but in the most cold way possible, you mean nothing to them. Maybe you could live on in a new body at some point in the future and reclaim some of your old life but what's to say you won't be thrown into the gutter, maybe arasaka will pull apart and reconfigure your mind while you're in mikoshi turn you into someone else , or you can go back to live out the rest of your short life having no impact on the status quo of the city. I felt weird after I stopped playing for hours after seeing that the first time.
@@Tom88 that ending was too sad for me 😅
I can never bring myself to finish the game by giving up my chrome choom and I was right to NOT let V go to NUSA.
I always choose to die in body or join Alt. I really hated my first ending, which was to believe Takamura and go to Arasaka to become a lab-rat. Space ending was my fav.
Actually took something much different away when I looked at the entire context of cyberpunk not just the game but the genre. When you take a look at the world when it was created. We only had the most people's minds to paths this dystopian cyberpunk future or total nuclear annihilation and the possible end of the human race. Cyberpunk is both a warning and hope to me at least. Sure you have a bunch of dystopian stuff going on mega corporations going wild and things like that but humanity still there it's harder to survive but we are there and as long as we exist the potential to take the world from cyberpunk to post cyberpunk and beyond exist.
@@basic204 yeah I agree, it can show how we endure in spite of how awful life can be at times.
the narrative is so strong in the movie, you basically play a novel, you decide a lot of things yet the outcome is pretty much fixed no matter what. The inevitability is what makes it so strong - in a world so unfair and brutal, for most there is only one outcome, and being East Europeans who made the game, the player sure as hell is not the one with the good ending.
Am I the 1000 millionth comment? I hope so! I'm always excited to see people still talking about this game.
@@maidenlessjessofchaos4484 we’re getting there!
5:44 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
im subscribing out of hate and love at the same time
@whoopsthatsasinisntit hehehe
I roleplay V as Ciri (from witcher) in Night City and try to do whats fits to Ciri character arc.
My favorite game of all time.
I was the biggest asshole to Alt... then when I rescued her and she died I felt the worst. But I probably just played Johnny to his best self
You should make a discord, you enjoy thinking and relationships with others, could combine those with your fans.
@@nuninuni15 that is not a bad idea…I will think about it
Merci.
A very well made video choom
@@joecas3960 ‘preciate it 🫡
😮 humans have been extinct for quite some time😮 this were techno sapiens😮
great video bruv 🧠
@@m1chaelmorton thank you fam
BRAVO BRAVO so right
I pretty much never replay video games. Even if it's a game with multiple endings, I'll play to whatever ending I get, and that'll be it. Cyberpunk, however, is different. Ignoring the fact that I've loved the genre since I was first introduced to the ttrpg Cyberpunk 2013 way back in the early 90s, the storytelling and environment in this game is.. breathtaking, to tap an overused meme. It's a compelling enough game that I'm on my second playthrough, and have installed immersion mods just so that I can inhabit the virtual world more completely. I've found myself ignoring quest lines and side missions so that I can just go on walkabout for 20, 30 minutes at a time and just... experience Night City. To speak to the writing and the acting, even knowing what certain points are coming, I still find myself drawn into the narrative, I still react emotionally to those narrative beats that I've played already, and seen countless times in other CP2077 videos.
This entire diatribe just to say... yeah. I feel ya, choom.
@@the_part_time_geek I feel ya too choom 🫡
200 hours? That’s when I play a game a couple of times because it’s ‘good’. I clocked in 3800 hours through many play-throughs, even created videos of every single gig and uploaded on my channel.
@@NorseGraphic my fault crewmate
Idk man. The nobody ending might also give Misty a happy ending and Vic would have Vs back. They would be happy to just have V around.
@@TheKnizzine yeah this is true too
Making the right choices in corrupt plutocratic society will only make you stand out, until someone will make sure to strip you away from these so called right choices.
So its better to safe yourself then to help others in a Cyberpunk setting..
The world has always been uncaring, unfeeling and ruthless. Our ancestors all lived through it. We must also. Such is life.
P.S. I fucking love this game. I hope the next instalment lives up to its predecessor.
Good video
@@callmecalvin7297 thank you!
Counciousness and free will are essential to the whole universe. The universe want to know itself. The concept of determinism and no free will are not based on reality, they are just concepts of the mind that can come up with anything.
@@METAmeta_x264 interesting, you recommend any reading on this topic?
@@CraneStone Federico Faggin is a guy you would want to check out.
What a great Content. I really liked that Video. At 1:50 you say you will explain stuff for 2,5 hours. Where ist the Rest of the Video? Would like to strap in for this.
@@laszlokovac6173 lol I like to lie here and there. Maybe I’ll make a 2 hour cut 😂
Holy shit 4:18 I tried saving slider only to realize he cannot be saved
The normal life might not be so depressing. Sure, the highs will never be as high as before but it also lead to losing quite a lot of people... and suppose you could continue to live living with all that technology in your body. Can you even be sure you are even you and not being reprogrammed by some AI or some mysterious group of folks?
@@Hirnlego999 you made a really good point
3600 hours. Ahem. Striking game.
0:24 I say the same thing about somi. She choose to wait.
where's the rest of the 2 and a half hours
Ya'll find the black cat you can feed near the roller coaster?
@@christopherrobbins0 I don’t think I have, but I’ll check!
@CraneStone it's in the ticket booth! I'm gonna do another play through soon and try to find all NCs cats.
1000000millions!
@@christopherbrummet4997 real one
5:00 Yes, you would. At least in some small way, like to cash in on crypto FOMO before it stumbled down the ladder into a spike pit :D
Also, i dig the style of this video. Personal and... human. Fits the theme, isn't it?
@@seeinred in theory yeah having heaps of more money would be nice but save scumming IRL would induce way too much anxiety in me personally
@@CraneStone It sure would. Such an ability would make your entire identity and life shift completely, with it taking a centerpiece of everything. The mere option to "go back and choose again" would, in a way, define what choices would you take.
It's an interesting thing to pounder of.
I have 4000 hours in Fallout 4. CP2077 is better in most ways. I listen to the music between playthroughs...
I have a very deep love for this game that refuses to stop crashing on my rig.
I've played 1032 hours on my homemade AMD gaming PC and never had a crash. So don't blame the game.
Free will made me comment this
@@Big_FFF did it though?
Personally I like the phantom liberty ending. I think it's the true ending to the game. You being a nobody again is the point of the message. That all of this is bullshit, it's human bullshit. You participating in an adventure of bullshit that is an endless cycle since dawn of humankind. It was, is, and will be there long after you and I. Our personal main character lives that we live are only relevant to ourselves. Everyone is busy living their own MC time lines, seeing reality best they can. In the end you wasted time fighting the corpos and the world, but ultimately it wasn't wasted as it was necessary to go through the hero journey in order to come to this realization. The ending focuses like you said on people you connect and bond with, your family, etc, things that matter to us most in our 3 generation span. I don't think it's good to just give up and not overthrow the current world order, I think we should destroy and rebuild it everytime to suit our needs rather than "their" needs. If you are to shake the chaos box, make sure you do it for the right reasons and not for some Eddys or fame, but as silverhand who acts as your higher purpose to this life of struggle. You will struggle regardless. Make sure the struggle is worth what you are doing.
An interesting idea to add to this is that we don’t have free will although we can make decisions, we cannot decide which decisions we make
@@ginja3609 oooo yeah that woulda complicated the video a bit more 😂
@ If you’re interested, I highly recommend Kyle Hills video titled The Free Will Illusion.
Oh! okay, so SPOILERS apparently, but I guess to be fair the game's been out for a while so "fuck me, right" I guess...
why’d you say this video was gonna be 2 and a half hours but it was 10 minutes.
@@brycewagoner666 I like lying
2 and a half hours? Vid is only 10mins long….
The nobody ending is the ending which gives you peace. That is what god wants for us. The suffering is created because of everything we want through the sin of vanity like in the game all these cybernetics and wealth, while the reality is we should go for what we need.
Late stage capitalism is a propaganda term
In real life we actually do have a save function. The way to know if you've saved and restarted, is when you get deja vu. That's why you feel that you've experienced the same thing twice; because you literally have.. It's not a glitch as Neo was told, only loading in to where you logged out, or when you did a whoopsie and needed to restart.