CDPR said we could finish the game without doing the main quest. Is that possible or cut from the game too?

[Rikitiroo]

Actually I'd kinda like the option to start the game without the MQ. I just what to play in Night City without the imminent death/Johnny in my head thing the whole time.

And playing multiple characters makes this infuriating

 

[tRYSIS3]

As you can see from the article, "things people actually say" and "how things get interpreted" can be two totally different things. The dev said what was quoted by apeabel and the reporter interpreted many things and named the article "Players can finish the game without the main quest". But that wasn't what the dev said. This would be more accurate: "Players can finish the game without finishing the main plot". And that exact solution can be achieved via the "bullet in the head" option. Game finished, main plot unfinished.

How does suicide not count as finishing the main plot? it's literally part of the final mission just shorter than the other options.

 

[apeabel]

Have you actually played the game? other than the Panam sidequest which is thrown in your face, which characters can you talk to outside of the main story and result in a different ending?

Have you? Here's what endings you get from the main story:
Suicide & Arasaka

You get 2 more endings for the Aldecaldos quests
Another 2 endings for Rouge's sidequests
And the secret ending for working it out with Johnny through his questline

Then there's the fact that all the remaining characters like River, Kerry & so on have different holo calls depending on your side quest choices. No matter how you spin it, what was quoted is still technically true.

 

[I_Willenbrock_I]

Have you? Here's what endings you get from the main story:
Suicide & Arasaka

You get 2 more endings for the Aldecaldos quests
Another 2 endings for Rouge's sidequests
And the secret ending for working it out with Johnny through his questline

Then there's the fact that all the remaining characters like River, Kerry & so on have different holo calls depending on your side quest choices. No matter how you spin it, what was quoted is still technically true.

True but highly misleading.

But your little summery opens up the possibility for added side quests to actually unlock new endings. Maybe ones that are not......

 

[apeabel]

True but highly misleading.

But your little summery opens up the possibility for added side quests to actually unlock new endings. Maybe ones that are not......

Obviously highly misleading, as interview questions and responses often are. Tons of opportunity there. My only complaint is that most of the possibilities that we talk about for this game should be in there. Instead, devs gotta race to fix up last-gen for Feburary.

 

[TemplarGFX]

Have you? Here's what endings you get from the main story:
Suicide & Arasaka

You get 2 more endings for the Aldecaldos quests
Another 2 endings for Rouge's sidequests
And the secret ending for working it out with Johnny through his questline

Then there's the fact that all the remaining characters like River, Kerry & so on have different holo calls depending on your side quest choices. No matter how you spin it, what was quoted is still technically true.

The only requirements for the secret ending are answering 1 question with the right answer, and waiting 5 minutes at the end. For all other interactions with Johnny you can be a complete total ass to him, but providing you choose the right option at his grave you will have the chance to do the secret ending

 

[apeabel]

The only requirements for the secret ending are answering 1 question with the right answer, and waiting 5 minutes at the end. For all other interactions with Johnny you can be a complete total ass to him, but providing you choose the right option at his grave you will have the chance to do the secret ending

True, but I believe getting to the graveyard scene in the first place requires you to have completed the rest of Johnny's questline. Tapeworm quest also, which is connected to multiple other sidequestlines.

 

[hulkman2456]

How would you finish the game without finishing the main story? The suicide ending is still ending the game. You just don't play the building attack. Finishing the game without the main quest. Is finding someone to get the Relic chip out. Without doing any of the endings. You'd have an argument with the suicide ending. If V's death wasn't set for every outcome.

 

[Willowhugger]

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?

I assume this means the suicide ending.

After all, you bypass the ending.

 

[Tracido]

They said many things... that aged like milk in the back of your car during a hot summer in New Orleans...

It's pretty damn bad, but it's worse for those who actually had years of being convinced this company was different from the rest.

 

[Icinix]

What they said was technically true.

Cyberpunk 2077 has shown that its marketing had more spin than a pulsar.

There were interviews with with Mass Effect 3 developers saying similar things about handling dlc differently and "I can't tell you the ending will be on the disc" commentary in the lead up to ME3.

Same as then, we got what we got - re-analysing lead up interviews doesn't do anyone any favours.

Unless you want to send them cupcakes or a slab of different flavoured ni-colas - best to let it go.