Because Cyberpunk 2077, come from Cyberpunk 2013, 2020, Red which were created by Mike Pondsmith and R.talsorian. Yes, it's "inspired" by other Cyberpunk works, but nothing more. So it's the same between the Edlers Scrolls games and The Witcher games, both are "heroic fantasy", but are very different in reality...Why Cyberpunk which come from Gibson mind is accurate then? Maybe because Gibson always stays realistic in his fiction?
Like I said, in the game, he's presented as aAnd you are tool for your employer. So what? We all work for someone. We all have brains. Limbs. Working tools to do our job. Smasher is a sellsword. You are maybe not.
A good comparaison would be with Takemura, who is also an "Arasaka tool", but a "deep" character who have a story to tell.
So Goro gets his hands dirty in the name of principles and ideals, unlike Smasher who do it simply for the pleasure...
*Edit : Brainless is maybe not the right word... At least, it doesn't use it, except for following orders and quench his thirst for blood. He lost his humanity, is more close to AIs than humans and like Melissa Rory, he's simply a cyberpsycho who can still controlling himself.
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