Ahhhh dont make me remember the lifepath too.... soooo much potential wasted..DAO did it better like 20 years ago.
I guess I was just too ignorant to the idea that they might end the game there, making the entire journey prior pointless. It's probably why I also immediately went for the "Johnny" option after I finished "Arasaka" because I thought that maybe they wanted to punish me for going with the "bad guys". Turns out they just wanted to punish me, period.
The game kind of pushes for you to have friends and a lover, make nice etc. And then the game gives you an autoimmune disease so said people can watch you die.
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I'm getting mixed messages.
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I'm getting mixed messages.
Tbh I never really got the idea either that the City was my enemy. Sure the people I had conflict with were from the city. But the battles V was really fighting were very specific ones.
V just goes through gigs like a breeze. And noone was really after him actively. No real conflict with the gangs, cops, hell even Arasaka wasn't sending their assasins on you constantly.
Whats even worse.... I kinda started to think that the Jackie best friend montage was made outa sympathy for the player... What if it was like 10-15h play time with him then he allways dies in the next mission... Ppl would probably have flipped.
Dont forget all the hidden messages, shards and even some quests telling stories and ideas about survival no matter what.
It's even worse when Kerry is literally being locked behind a quest chain so late in the game. I literally grinded through those quests to be able to unlock my romance option. Skipping multiple 24 hours and riding around the city aimlessly just to trigger his quests. Then once that short questline was done, I was off to die... Great...
Crap endings. Have you watched Battlestar Galactica?
People are still pissed by bad endings but they are not criticising them anymore, because they don't want to be pushed into a corner.
Darky edgy and fatalistic are (IMHO wrongly) associated with though provoking, deep and interlectual.
Don't get me wrong it can absolutely be but this story does not support it. It just urges you to burn through the story are maximum speed.
In addition, the dark and edgy themes are not fully explained and/or contradicted by the games lore or the world lore.
In example. It is absolutely normal in the cyberpunk lore, to cure cancer and to alter DNA. It's not inexpensive but absolutely in the realm of possibility.
It's sadistic. The message is that they want you to go out and experience life so you can have it your way.
Yea i kinda think thats my generations fault. All the emos and goth stuff. Death metal and so on. Death is deep...
Nope. We can't even use our remaining 6 months to slice up gangers in night city or to fuck our way through jig-jig street, while being drunk 24/7
God Of War 3 ended on what seemed to be Kratos dead (who is a more interesting character than V btw), but I don't remember anyone complaining about that.
Literally! After the braincancer news, all I would wanna do is experience all the earthly pleasures before my heart gives in. Brain cancer would never have a chance.
People just use it as a catch all for explaining away why the only real ending would be v dying, either "that's the genre" or "that's night city" when instead it's a decision made by the narrative team to end the players involvement in the character.
Yeah it's easy to fall for hype which is exactly why we are in the position we are in. I mean for one the "game of the decade" is GTA V. That game has sold over 135 million copies making in the second best-selling game of all time and it's still selling well. People can like TW3 as much as they want but there is no arguing about that.
Also when it comes to CDPR wanting to mimic Rockstar well they forget the most important thing about Rockstar and also some other companies. They don't show their cards until they are actually ready. GTA VI is in development. That much is pretty much an open secret. Once the first trailers and gameplay scenes roll in everybody knows though that that stuff will actually be in the game since the game is pretty much in the finishing stages.
If CDPR would have done the same the controversy around CP2077 wouldn't have nearly been as big even with the end product being same as it is know.
It's like they are deliberately trying to make you not have fun, be it the bugs, the lack of customization, the lack of choices, or the bad endings... In Night City there are so many ways to NOT have fun.
Technically if your immune system is attacking your neurones, becoming a raging alcoholic will make you immunocompromised - weakening the response. Might earn you an extra month at least - either way, it's killing your brain cells. One just sounds a lot more fun compared to random coughing up blood.
ALSO, WHY AM I COUGHING UP BLOOD? This legit was not explained and still makes no sense?????
ALSO, WHY AM I COUGHING UP BLOOD? This legit was not explained and still makes no sense?????
He ended up (pretend)dead AFTER a trilogy as a developed character.
Kratos gets 3 games, we didn't even get 3 acts.
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Because your brain* is melting and you're coughing it up.