They stated this at one point. I'm just wondering if this is the case, or if it's another piece of cut content. Also wondering: could it be that this possibility simply hasn't been found out yet because it is so hard to achieve?
Choom if this was a thing I'd be all over it. I haven't heard anything about it though...
Can't find the interview, but it was said by the devs, yes. Withough elaboration, though. Just in passing.
Cyberpunk 2077: Players can finish the game without the main quest
Cyberpunk 2077's lead quest designer, in an interview, explained the branching storylines mechanic of the game.
Just google it you'll find multiple sources. Here's one here
It's this isn't it...
Wouldn't be surprised if they were just talking about the fact you could commit suicide and technically end the game.
LOL I was thinking the same thing, my story ended trying to climb the ladder near the twins and yeeting myself off the edge!
His quote:Cyberpunk 2077: Players can finish the game without the main quest
Cyberpunk 2077's lead quest designer, in an interview, explained the branching storylines mechanic of the game.www.sportskeeda.com
"Those subplots allow us to do something that we have never done before – they change the main plot of the game. And they are doing that in such a way that you may not even finish the main plot, but still finish the game and get a completely different epilogue than the player with a different lifepath who made different choices, met different characters and formed relationships with them."
Nothing he said is technically false.
They said many things... that aged like milk in the back of your car during a hot summer in New Orleans...
I'm currently doing it on a second save. I'll let you know if I ever finish it.
So far I haven't found a side mission that actually changes anything, though.
Depending on your choices in several side quests (nomads, Johnny, Rogue, Judy, etc.) you can choose from 4 different "main" endings. Or you choose the 5th one and put a bullet in your head, don't actually finish the main plot and get a totally different outcome.
Technically they do, you cannot make the nomad aid final mission if you don't do panam side quest arch and you can't do Johnny/rogue final mission or solo Johnny final mission if you don't end Johnny's "loyalty" missions
The main side missions unlock alternate endings. Secret ending depends on dialogue and side missions. Some decisions have impact on dialogue. All the 'change' is nothing like what people imagined when hearing 'branching story' though. It's superficial branching most of the time.
Technically, there is change. Just not organic change in the game-world that flows with the story. More like:
"You have done mission X, variable Y has been set from 0 to 1, giving you access to Z."
I should have made it more clear what I meant. I know about those missions, but they do require you to actually play the main mission.
Yes, they do. That's also what the developer said in the interview you linked in this thread.