Well, after the addition of a new ending (which looks more like the mirror ending of “The Devil” ending with Arasaka, maybe even worse, I don't know, a depressing ending) and all the content of the Phantom Liberty expansion at our fingertips, what would be the canonical ending for Cyberpunk 2077? In my view, the canonical ending is Temperance. In this ending, you give your body to Johnny Silverhand to have another chance to redeem himself for all his mistakes away from Night City. It is an ending that refers to forgiveness, reflection on life and death, on sacrifice, obviously human virtues. You agree to go with Alt, after all what you did was just repeat one mistake after another: killing, stealing, cheating. Why continue this unspeakable decadence? Does not make any sense. In the other endings you are either doomed to die as just a homeless NPC in Night City (if you choose to ask for help from Reed and the NUSA); die within six months with the Nomads (although this is an ending that refers to freedom as an asset of great value – hence the feeling of a “best ending”); die within six months commanding Afterlife, alone, and risk a suicide operation in the Crystal Palace.
It is no surprise that the backdrop where the Temperance finale takes place is in the vertical cemetery. It's there at that bus stop in front of the cemetery that Johnny in V's body truly realizes that forgiveness, empathy and sacrifice for others sets us apart in a world dominated by the horror of stupidity on all levels. There in that cemetery are the remains/belongings of many characters: Alt, David, Jackie, Evelyn, among many others..., including V. I don't know how CDPR will tell the new game in the future, but something tells me that everything will start by referring to this ending in some way.
Temperance is the most humane ending in an inhumane dystopian world.
Note: we have to recognize that Cyberpunk 2077 is a game, let's say, a little depressing.
It is no surprise that the backdrop where the Temperance finale takes place is in the vertical cemetery. It's there at that bus stop in front of the cemetery that Johnny in V's body truly realizes that forgiveness, empathy and sacrifice for others sets us apart in a world dominated by the horror of stupidity on all levels. There in that cemetery are the remains/belongings of many characters: Alt, David, Jackie, Evelyn, among many others..., including V. I don't know how CDPR will tell the new game in the future, but something tells me that everything will start by referring to this ending in some way.
Temperance is the most humane ending in an inhumane dystopian world.
Note: we have to recognize that Cyberpunk 2077 is a game, let's say, a little depressing.