Others have already said most of what I intended to say. It's all in the lore. Johnny is pissed at Arasaka because of what they did to Alt, and also cuz he knows what they're doing with SoulKiller (Now being actively marketed in CP2077 as Relic, to rich people, so they can have their dead loved ones' engrams on a chip to interact with as they please. There's ads in the game on the TV as well as billboards for it. Arasaka is legit sinister.)
Ultimately Johnny's story is a love story. A seriously FCKED UP love story, but a love story nonetheless.
One thing not mentioned yet is that Saburo Arasaka was literally trying to rule the world. He was a madman.
Also, it's important to note that Johnny and team were working for Militech who, in turn, had been nationalized by the U.S. .. So it COULD be argued that Johnny was a soldier for the U.S. ... Both Arasaka and Militech had already used tactical nukes here and there, and Arasaka had released a bioplague even.
I never played the Firestorm sourcebooks, but I read them a bit. I do happen to have a copy of them on my tablet tho. I should really read them. .... Them corporate wars were ALL SORTS of fscked up. WAY worse than what Johnny did.
Very good synopsis of what was going on in the world at the time the Arasaka building got nuked. Some of this is in the game, but mostly not it seems. Regardless, the game is very lore-friendly.
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Ultimately Johnny's story is a love story. A seriously FCKED UP love story, but a love story nonetheless.
One thing not mentioned yet is that Saburo Arasaka was literally trying to rule the world. He was a madman.
Also, it's important to note that Johnny and team were working for Militech who, in turn, had been nationalized by the U.S. .. So it COULD be argued that Johnny was a soldier for the U.S. ... Both Arasaka and Militech had already used tactical nukes here and there, and Arasaka had released a bioplague even.
I never played the Firestorm sourcebooks, but I read them a bit. I do happen to have a copy of them on my tablet tho. I should really read them. .... Them corporate wars were ALL SORTS of fscked up. WAY worse than what Johnny did.
Very good synopsis of what was going on in the world at the time the Arasaka building got nuked. Some of this is in the game, but mostly not it seems. Regardless, the game is very lore-friendly.

Fourth Corporate War
The Fourth Corporate War was a global conflict that took place from 2021 to 2025, and involved the two aquacorps CINO and OTEC, who later hired Arasaka and Militech respectively to fight on their behalf.[1][2] Like the 1st and 2nd Corporate Wars, the 4th Corporate War began when rival megacorps...
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