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Even though the entirety of #Cyberpunk2077 is trying to make it look like everything is so morally grey, in a matter of following the corp or opposing it game is so clear in its views. And you can disagree with it, but decisiveness in that regard feels really good.
November 21, 2024 at 9:38 PM
I also like that we have only 1 personal beloning there. And V is literally clutching to it, trying to convince herself that all of that is worth it, that she died once and came back, and she can do it again. It looks weak and self-deceiving, but she is spending last moments clinging to this symbol.
November 21, 2024 at 9:38 PM
And to me the next scene is one of the most unsettling in the game. It is so lonely, unsettling and hopeless. V looks bad, she looks lost and scared, and this is something you can barely see during the game. And you are the one who brought her there. In a way game punishes the player by punishing V.
November 21, 2024 at 9:38 PM
And then we have another scene in the Devil ending, if we are staying with Arasaka and accepting their offer. We as a player need to go as far as needed, we have to commit to this choice that game considers wrong: surrender to Arasaka. Its funny how we ourselves literally must press a button.
November 21, 2024 at 9:38 PM
I love how V spends the last moment of her life in peace and not alone, something, that is not really common in Night City. She doesn't wanna fight and kill people she cares about chasing some crumbs of a chance to survive.
November 21, 2024 at 9:38 PM
And Johnny, who is almost always the opposite voice in our head. Usually he is either in front of us, building a dialogue, or somewhere completely on the side, observing everything. But here the way he sits by our side, even if this is not the choice he would've made, is also a way to validate this.
November 21, 2024 at 9:38 PM
I really like how this scene is built. How the gun is a valid option. Game doesn't encourage you to give up, but in a way if you are making this choice on your own, its okay.

Also I enjoy the fact that the other way to validate this choice: this gun is not even ours. Vic gives it to us.
November 21, 2024 at 9:38 PM
And switching POV in this case is an amazing creative choice, because we don't have any control anymore. I also like the fact that we can make a choice, but we do not pull the trigger itself. V does it. Its interesting that V is not with us there, but with Johnny. And we are just watching.
November 21, 2024 at 9:38 PM