Just curious on what you guys think. Obvious gameplay and story segregation like them recovering from bullet wounds with an inhaler aside, I wonder how they hold up compared to the established legends of the setting. Could a combat V beat the likes of Morgan Blackhand or flashback Johnny? The (Don't Fear) the Reaper ending has them assault Arasaka Tower and defeating Adam Smasher solo while literally being minutes from death. Near as I can tell no other legend character has ever pulled off something like this.
They can also defeat Cyberpsychos solo, each of whom are dangerous enough that they have a unit dedicated to taking them down, and many gigs and missions like the Voodoo Boys mission has them possibly defeating like 30 combatants solo. It's also definite that they defeat Oda, a man who's skilled enough that he was designated as Hanako Arasaka's personal bodyguard.
All things considered it's somewhat weird that until the ending no one reacts to a V that can take down gangs of people solo.
They can also defeat Cyberpsychos solo, each of whom are dangerous enough that they have a unit dedicated to taking them down, and many gigs and missions like the Voodoo Boys mission has them possibly defeating like 30 combatants solo. It's also definite that they defeat Oda, a man who's skilled enough that he was designated as Hanako Arasaka's personal bodyguard.
All things considered it's somewhat weird that until the ending no one reacts to a V that can take down gangs of people solo.