Search for "AKANexus" in this thread. They made a few posts summing up the topics discussed pretty well.
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I brought that up too. Funny how asking him doesn't even cross V's mind...
As far as I have been able to follow along
Because there lots to unpack in those bullits.
- Story too short, ending too soon
- You always die
- Too openended
- Contradictory
Because there lots to unpack in those bullits.
Exactly. But right now it feels like all the endings are punishing you for not giving Johnny V's body.
From all the users on steam only 30% just have talked to Hanako at the Ember, so the majority of the steam users don't have played any end mission. Maybe that's why the this topic doesn't get much attention, yet. They simply don't know.
Right, and that's just another reason why the endings are shit.
We need fresh, dedicated sum-up, written by the best journalist among us.
The endings are not only sad for V but also for Judy, River, Panam and Kerry. They finally just as V found someone to love and to live with no matter the troubles of the world. And because you would end this game in a happy note with them, still doesn´t mean they´re out of trouble for all time. Next game could be about saving you and them from a different menace.
As they removed rockerboys, fixers and solos.@SaulTuk but they removed media from the lifepaths
I actually think open-endedness isn't the problem, they wanted to have their cake and eat it so they are neither truly open-ended nor are they conclusive. If they were actually open ended I would never have made an account to post here, instead they wanted the last word on the state of your charater while leaving it ambiguous enough to avoid giving any closure. It's not cold, it's not hot, it's lukewarm and induces the gag reflex.
I for example haven't touched the PNR because I want to completely clear the map and play all available missions first before playing all endings. There is no point in replaying it as it is totally linear anyway, so I'll suck every bit of good out of it, then do the bad part and then leave the game be until it is updated in a meaningful way.
Funny how Pondsmith said that Cyberpunk is about saving yourself and those you love, but not only can you not do that in the game. In 2 of the endings, including the supposedly "happy" Panam ending, it's not even you who tries to save yourself, it's others. Making V that much bigger of a loser (you can't do it for yourself and others can't do it for you either)
Thats probably where SaulTuk asks for the best journalist amongst us, definately not me. I just tried to quickly make a start to summarise in bullits.
Also why I said it lots to unpack and I wouldnt know where to start really with that.
So all help is welcome