Finally finished this, was formally sworn in by Captain Janeway, followed orders and turned in Songbird. What did I think of it?
Finally finished this, was formally sworn in by Captain Janeway, followed orders and turned in Songbird.
Finally finished this, was formally sworn in by Captain Janeway, followed orders and turned in Songbird. What did I think of it?
kys NUSA bootlicker
Phantom Liberty finalized my distaste for Johnny when he criticized the commie terrorist chick for backing out of setting off a bomb that would murder thousands of civilians.
Perfectly in character and reasonable response from Johnny considering he didn't pussy out of nuking Arasaka Tower which was in the middle of Night City, and this woman HAD built bombs for them prior to this.
I don't think it's odd to disdain Johhny or anything, that's also completely fair, but why'd it take until this for that to cement it to you?
Because he was supposedly reexamining himself throughout the game, and realized bombing Arasaka did nothing but build a bigger tower like V said. Yet here he's backtracking and said that these revolutions fail because people like this chick grow a conscience, nevermind that these particular terrorists appear to be far left idealogues with commie jargon. I really wanted to excise him there.
>Because he was supposedly reexamining himself throughout the game, and realized bombing Arasaka did nothing but build a bigger tower like V said.
Johnny only starts doubting himself because he became Jiminy Cricket stuck in some gonk's head and everyone else basically fricked off from the rebel path after he bit the dust, alongside all the angst with his old output turning into a phantom. He doesn't believe the action itself of fricking over corpos is wrong, even at the expense of cracking a few eggs, just that you shouldn't half-ass it like he did. Which is what the girl is doing.
The problem is that most of Johnny's character development takes place during the Act 3 side jobs, which are concurrent with PL content. Meaning there is no guarantee that the player has gone through that content to have Johnny have undergone that development. So they have to write him as if it hasn't really taken place
I wanted to frick Songbird, not frick me up Songbird
ok but how do you have sex with this?
Slip your dick between two wires and hope you dont poke any gears with it.
can't you just mod her chrome to make it a frickable fleshbot.
I did love that the jacket on her image version foreshadowed this.
typical Asian American purple hair. How did this start?
sex cyberware exists midnight lady, mr. studd
>being a bootlicker to cyberpunk Hillary Clinton
NGMI.
Good DLC though, I think it handled the "unsatisfying but feels finished" ending angle better than the base game did.
She's nothing like Hillary Clinton.
Kys. Killing Reed is the only good ending. We do not do deals with feds
who is "we"
The best ending is killing Songbird, change my mind.
I didn't take the oath because you need a second witness to confirm it, and I refused the medal because I didn't take the oath. Easy decision for me.
Things probably work differently in NUSA, they don't even have term limits for the prez anymore. You were instantly registered into their database since Reed was able to background check you and confirm you're a FIA agent.
What's the point if the b***h can lie about you not taking it? I'd rather not.
iirc the FIA was created after the FBI and CIA got too powerful and tried a coup (which already happened behind the scenes irl) and answer directly to the president. Myers can appoint a random mercenary into the agency on the spot, which I don't think happens irl.
Just about everything about the NUSA is different. The presidency is outright dictatorial and even the Militech CEO was appointed by Myers and answers to her.
betraying Songbird is certainly more fleshed out and you get better rewards. Like that brutal Blackwall Gate cyberdeck.
After having played both, betraying Songbird is definitely the way to go, for sure. Not only are the rewards better, but the boss fight is unique (stealth encounter, annoying as frick, but still unique) and you get to see Songbird's backstory, something that you get absolutely none of on her route.
They try to make you feel bad about "betraying" her, but if you play Songbird's route, you learn she was lying to you the whole time and the AI cure MacGuffin only has one shot. So, frick her.
Erebus no contest. Canto has less quickhack slots than a normal cyberdeck which automatically makes it shit
They both apparently go into an alternate reality too. When you betray Songbird she exposes V and Alex to Hansen then attacks V before the ICEbreaker is even activated, like she has no further use for you. When the ICEbreaker kicks in it's made clear she was completely influences by the AI then, this never happens when you betray Reed. It's set up in a way where you incidentally made the right choice either way.
I really liked the new ending you get when you side with Reed
My favourite detail is how he acts fairly impersonal with you, despite coming to see you and clearly being curious about how you're doing. His whole schtick is abstracting himself from consequences. But he has enough humanity to show ask you how you're doing.
The guy even offers V an office work and cares enough to give you the bad news in person
The nusa ending is just a lightly less depressing version of the Arasaka ending. Reed is trying to soften the blow
I just imagine things get better later. V is still young. For starters they need to get away from NC, just like Judy, Misty, and anyone else with a bit of sense. The only real friends V had were Misty and Vick and they're mostly doing fine. My V was a dude and didn't romance anyone, still on good terms with Judy, friends with Kerry who is loaded and willing to help out. I didn't go with the "blaze of glory" ideal, that was what Jackie wanted.
It always rubs me the wrong way when corporate or government leaders are depicted as being literally the devil when they're just human. Cyberpunk is too satirical and some places.
It's the opposite for me. It seems insane when they naively act like the NUSA president is some badass b***h
She kind of is. She's more military than politician, something Johnny alludes to.
Yeah, she was an actual soldier and still has combat tech installed.
its always funny to realise that people only save women in games if they will be able to frick them in the end kek
Projection
what do you mean
i followed her questline
One thing I hated about the expansion is how Mr Hands sounds like he was written by a teen girl.
Nevermind the fact Ganker blindly makes him a very powerful man in dogtown because "local fixer".
>Ganker
Whoops, I meant Vincent.
Erebus or Canto?
Erebus.
Canto's Blackwall Gate is just a crappier contagion that uses more ram, then you have fewer quickhack slots. Not worth it, even for a netrunner, or especially for a netrunner.
PL is a gut punch. I fricked up every step of the way.
Did anyone else find it funny that they went through the whole song and dance of getting a major celebrity to be the face and voice of a central character for the big DLC, only to make said character a massive, untrustworthy piece of shit?
???
Reed never lies to you, he never hides he is loyal to the Nusa to a fault
Reed was one of the only people you could trust. He was the one being used and grown jaded over it. Still didn't like him and Alex gunning down the French netrunners after kidnapping them though.
The French siblings getting killed is rough but has to happen. Too many things can go wrong by keeping them alive, even if knocked out and subdued.
the netrunners were c**ts at the end of the day, they had that coming one way or another
it's kinda like he's an actor playing a character
every single character in the game and expansion very flawed. What does Johnny have in common with Keanu Reeves aside from being musicians? Johnny is an absolute dick.
i picked the ending where you kill reed at the end at the spaceport
frick feds, he's also incredibly naive honestly
It's more like Reed is exactly the same as Takemura; both went head first into the Kool-Aid so deep, they can't imagine their lives being anything different.
But frick me, at least Goro gets paid well, and lived a life of luxury and shit. He didn't have to spend 7 years working as a bouncer for some shitty dive bar just to get by.
i find reed more pathetic tho bc he is straight up simping for gubmint
takemura at least is appealing to a misguided concept of MUH HONOR
Takemura was a bodyguard whose principal was killed. Reed was an agent who was made a sleeper for 7 years. Do you think Takemura would be willing to do the same? He's already having second thoughts about Arasaka he just wants justice at this point.
Reed couldn't even look him in the face as he executes him
dumbbird had a great ass