After almost 400 hours, I did finally finish my first playthrough. I did find myself disappointed that the secret ending ends up with the
Path of Glory mission, which involves V becoming a self-absorbed asshat. That said, I decided to go back and try the Aldecaldo ending again to see if there was anything that I missed, I didn't really miss anything, but was so busy crying at Judy's holo message the first time I tried the ending, that I didn't actually notice the tangible sense of happiness in her
As much as I'm happy that V gets out with a relatively positive ending, I was happier about Judy actually being happy, given the messy and turbulent backstory that goes with her. I couldn't think of a better way to wrap up the playthrough; with what will almost certainly be the most memorable NPC for me in any video game getting a happy ending
CDPR definitely developed Judy as a character better than they did Valerie. I think Val has some catching up to do, but that's just my two ennies...
For tax purposes;
She really is the coolest, isn't she?