Can You Beat CYBERPUNK 2077 Without Being Detected? 

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V: "Not a sound, Jack." Jackie: "E L E V A T O R!"

That Oda takedown where V just takes his arm and... redirects it - Brutal

It's unfortunate that Cyberpunk had such a rough start, that every boss has stealth takedowns and other small details everywhere in the game, shows that the devs actually cared greatly about this game. Amazing video

I find it so strange that every mainline boss has unique takedowns, makes me think the stealth system was originally gunna be more like dishonored where everything can be done stealth, but was scrapped and they just left the animations in for the fun of it

I _think_ the "silent" takedowns exist for bosses because they don't actually _have to_ be silent - there's a perk in the guns skill tree that makes it so that shooting an enemy repeatedly makes them "loose balance" or something like that, supposedly making them takedown-able, but I never actually used that perk so idk if they work on bosses

I... I actually played like this 95% of the time. I usually do that with every game where stealth is a viable option. I was a little disappointed that very few missions have differences if you go stealth/pacifist.

My hope for phantom liberty is that they add more takedown animations and takedown animations for different weapons like imagine the mantis blades

Few things I noticed while trying to stealth through this game as well: 1 - In Konpeki you indeed aren't forced into combat before the last elevator if you managed to not get detected before 2 - All cameras turn on when a body is identified, so you need to either make them friendly, destroy them or hide bodies to not get detected, this one is particularly annoying because it makes the demon that turns off all cameras next to useless, especially if you're doing a stealthy netrunner build and leave the bodies where they fell (guess how I found this out) 3 - There's a different demon that loads an optics reboot when they begin noticing you, I think you get it if you equip legendary optics reboot, but it makes people immediately alerted once you load the demon in, as if they saw a body, so it's - once again - next to useless for stealth, though you can get _some_ use from it 4 - Legendary Ping lets you distract enemies through walls when equipped so it's extremely useful

6:50 enemy netrunners will turn the cameras back on, not sure if regular enemies have the ability to do so as well

With content and commentary like this I can't understand why this channel isn't bigger. Looking forward to your Phantom Liberty and Starfield streams.

Never thought I'd feel bad for Oda. Most other fights with him, he's just a soldier trying to hold off an enemy, but that little trick V did was just so... personal.

It would be wild if doing the whole opening tower escape without getting detected also meant Jackie lived. Still come up with some contrived way so that V ends up with Silverhand, but letting Jackie live would be a cool reward for doing the challenge

Fun fact: you don’t need to rescue Mitch at the AV crash site. Once you arrive, you can run or drive to the gas station and it will play out as normal, besides Panam being mad you ditched her.

Recetly finished a stealth playthrough and it drove me nuts that enemies would detect me through walls, floors, and from 100m away. Maybe it was a mod i had on or something

It´s so cool you recap your streams into videos like this so i can often lock them when your stream is helping me sleeping. Love that go foward 🤗

Honestly feel like this is the canon V. This is how I played my first playthrough. Every single gig. I was a 20 INT, 18 Tech character. I did use hacks like short circuit, etc. but there is a Cyberware mod you can get which makes all your “kills” non lethal so no one ever died during my playthrough. Took about 120 hours. Was worth it the whole way. Felt like Canon V because starting from the outside of Night City with only computer knowledge of what it might be, made searching all the computers and finding secrets about how the cyberpunk world worked feel very realistic. Diving into the underbelly of the city with no knowledge and slowly becoming so informed that only the fixers know you’re responsible for most of what’s going on in the city while you’re in it.

That detection sound effect is the best. You should just keep it.

2:48 "No! That is not Solid Snake!"

The mod that highlights enemies who have detected you has something interesting, especially if you get the mod before you go to Konpeki. Adam Smasher is highlighted when you are in that hidey hole after Saburo's death. Adam Smasher knows you are there.

Dude, besides the TV show when it came out, you are the majority reason I still want to play this game. So thanks!

I love how Yorinobu is so thoughtful of his dad's pulse being ok everytime... Just backwards.

You always ask “Can you beat Cyberpunk x” what if i just said no?

Not only does the fact that every boss have takedowns show that the devs did want to allow a stealth gameplay, the predictable AI of Smasher, returning to that top balcony every time you are in stealth is evidence that thought really went into each boss fight which unfortunately didn't make the cut because of time constraints.

Huh... I did my first run as a stealth character. Not as restrictive as your challenge run, but still I tried pretty hard to stay undetected even though I was killing people with silenced weapons and knives. So when I started watching this I was like, yeah, I wonder how he is going to do the mall and the gas station. Those gave me a lot of trouble. But I didn't even realize you could stealth your way out of the Arasaka hotel, I thought it was completely scripted for combat. That was very impressive. Good work, dude.

This stealth Smasher encounter kinda reminds me of the Mr. Freeze encounter in Arkham City.

I know it's a little late but the Stealthrunner mod would have been great for this playthrough as an easy way to keep track of detection with the Ghost/Shadow objectives it adds

I did an undetected playthrough before But you took it to a whole different level with these extra rules. Mad respect.

Possibly the most brutal asmr vid

Im looking forward to when Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty drops and the Stealthrunner mod gets updated, i'll try my best to do a "no see" (thus also pacifist and no touch\kill) run when possible.

Very fun video! I was waiting to see if you'd do a stealth run and I wasn't disappointed. The Boss ai definitely seemed to freakout every time you went stealth but I'm glad they had the unique takedowns in the game.

Awesome video. My first playthrough, I tried to play the game like Splinter Cell, but it was really cool seeing you push stealth to its absolute max. The Smasher takedowns were so cool to see. Keep up the great work!

This was one of the most entertaining videogame-related videos I've seen in a long while. Great job, and thank you!

My first playthrough, I was scared shitless when Jackie shouted "Elevator!"

You’re a beast! Your dedication to your runs is amazing and the content is greatly appreciated. The takedown on bosses has got to be a somewhat “Easter egg” for those like you that strive for the alternate ways of playing. I feel that shows that maybe CDPR truly have an open world play the way you want mindset for cyberpunk.

I've been waiting for this run!! This is the first challenge run I tried to look up!!!

Bro just casually posts an hour long video, imagine the time this took 😭 You are an absolute HERO man, still here, still supporting💪🏽 By FAR one of my most favourite and dedicated youtubers i have ever seen man props to you 😮‍💨🔥

Could’ve been named the “Can you beat Cyberpunk as a Chiropractor?”

Yooooooooooooooooo Congrats on 30k! Your channel has grown so much in the last year, and you deserve it. Looking forward to all the great things to come with Phantom Liberty and Starfield.

Congrats on passing 30k dude. in the short time that I have been watching your content its quickly become one of my favourites

very good run as always, I'm so happy that you make that much videos on this awesome game. Hope to see more Skyrim too

Love the videos been watching since the 1Hp play through. Glad you hit 30k subs you deserve it with the consistency on your videos each one is extremely entertaining

Another crazy CP video! Awesome, this is going to be great I can't wait to watch it. Grats on hitting 30k subscribers! Good work man well earned. Can't wait for your crazy Phantom Liberty content in the future :D

Found your channel 10 days ago and started binging. Cant wait to see the future from you man

really interesting how many ways you've made up so far to play though the game. very entertaining i don't know how you ain't ripped your hair yet on some of these challenges bc of how hard it is to beat some of the bosses while trying these challenges out. hats off my dude

😂 i was literally gonna comment about boss fights always detecting you but you are already 5 steps ahead. good shit. great video

Thanks! I didn't watch most of it but instead listen on your agony and it is entertaining. Interesting boss takedowns too!

Honestly, I am loving these videos. You are becoming one of my most fav youtubers

Just stumbled upon your channel. Love the content and energy 🙏🏻

2:23 so technically we are 30K Cyberpunk players/lovers (I'm the last one as for now cuz I don't have a conputer/laptop powerful enough to plwy it) Happy for you :) keep up the good work and maybe I'll see you around in live since I'll have more free time from now to September 44:00 why V seems like he's drunk? 😂 I'm so hyped for Phantom Liberty it will be a game changer for Cyberpunk 🤩🔥

Bro watching this Can You CP77 of yours literally make my meal much more enjoyable. I just started playing CP77 for about 3 weeks now, and just recently found your channel by accident and started to watch this series every lunch and dinner for 2 days now. Found your content very entertaining and the glitches of the game which I haven't ecountered are hilarious. Keep this up, bro. Love from Viet Nam

43:44 had me dying 😂. Did Oda dirty lmao

im really happy, seeing you grow like that. next milestone 50k im sure we will hit it!!

The forced fight happens only if you enganged in combat previously. Also, they call the mecha only in certain conditions.

Interesting to see a challenge run that is how I initially played the game for like 30 or 35 levels.

Just discovered this channel and it's great! I'm actually a day 1 player and had no issues at the time (xbox series s) and really enjoyed the game.. Keep it up with this cool videos!

Dude, love your content. You're making these challenges with the *spirit* of the challenge with the extra rules/caveats. 2077/10 would Choom again

The timing of the "Taste the Love!" ad during the hellman mission cracked me up. "Taste the love!"*neck snap* lmao!

Hey man, just found you, it’s nice to see people get creative with this game. Keep it up!

Love the video! Unfortunately as a Metal Gear fan I have a legal obligation to tell you that image you pull up at 2:54 is actually an image of Naked Snake/Big Boss, who was then cloned to create Solid Snake

Those boss take downs where... fascinating. They really feel like a half cut content... perhaps some engine limitations going on?

Congratulations on 30K! I've been here pretty long already, you deserve a lot more. See ya in the major leagues, AbraHamSandwich!

You showed up on my feed today, cool video!

Crunchy crunchy. Man, I'm gonna hear those sounds all day now.

Man you deserve more subs, great content!

love these kinds of videos sort of reminds me of giantgrantgames with the types of challenges you give yourself

Interesting video! And you did this very well!

My guess is that if you have a netrunning build you can go for the spreading improvements and then I *think* memory wipe is spreadable, would clear aggro from all the guys in the smasher fight. I'd say its allowed for that specific encounter only pretty much but still, worth noting if anyone else considers the run.

I'm glad you installed that BMW mod - I've wondered what it looks like in game but wasn't going to download it without seeing it in action!

"Hands where I can see them!" Puts his hands around his face and snaps his neck

Every stealth takedown is just “snap, crackle, and pop”.

Btw on the end part of Search And Destroy (the part where you are escaping) you actually can full stealth it and the only way of not being detected by the last guy is by somehow distracting him or by going through a different route to have a better angle

Goodbye, t-posing Takemura. You shall not be forgotten. At least we still have the Rocky Ridge Fan, and the AV still dances.

What probably happened was that content was cut with the unique boss stealth takedowns was that you could kill bosses loud or stealth as opposed to making something just for the people the de-aggro the bosses. But it’s still nice they added it.

Love the vids! I think I have watched every cyberpunk one so far. Just found the channel recently. You could possibly do this same run without any quick hacks and use a weapon with a silencer to takeout cameras and distract enemies only and do takedowns only. I just learned that you could shot the wall or ground with a silenced weapon and lead them to that spot.

congratz to 30k subs :) here is to the next 30mil ;)

Just hopped back on RU-vid for the first time in a while, 37k Way to go my dude!!!!!

Amazing video as always!

Mechanically possible with chameleon skin used at certain spots where otherwise you'd need to fight, but by the meaning of the word "undetected", no. Nomad start: Your former clan, an engineer and a cop detect you as soon as the game starts. Street start: Half a bar detects you as soon as the game starts, then a bunch of cops. Corpo start: the whole of Arasaka detects you as soon as the game starts. Then comes the slideshow. A whole bunch of people detect you in it. Then there's the mandatory detection from Jackie, T-Bug, Wakako, literally every NPC you interact with. Then is the mandatory detection from the AV that shoots you down in Kanpeki. And, finally, even if you avoid doing most of the content, you'll still reach a certain street rep level, street rep means people know about you, which means you are detected. Not to mention Johnny's memories, in which he's definitely detected considering people know about him even 50 years into the future. I know I'm being pedantic, but the title asks a very specific question. "without being detected by hostile enemies that aren't in cutscenes" might work as a more accurate description but it's less palatable as a title. Win some lose some.

Love the vids ❤ Can't wait for september to see all your new content

Honestly what this taught me is that you can move people while you've grappled them, I had NO IDEA and I've been playing this game since launch.

This is the crunchiest playthrough I've ever seen

If you really wanted to, you can draw comparisons with how some MGS games also have forced encounters. That first shoot-out scene gave me MGS4 Big Mama vibes.

Yeah I been playing the dishonored series lately and I love it.. it’s pretty cool that u can play cyberpunk like almost any other game you’ve ever played and it’ll basically work out, might be extremely difficult, but it is possible.. I’ve been playing cyberpunk for over 2 years and I have several different play throughs I’ve done, and yet I still want to play it .. but I am trying to will myself to leave it alone until the expansion drops

Ayy good vid again thx a lot my man i hope you better :D

I love this playthrough. The second I tried stealth and saw how well it was done compared to anything modern I immediately went full stealth for my first run. The moments I could stealth or hack my way through really fucked up my playstyle but it added a fun layer of challenge. The level design is done so well and the mechanics fit so well that almost every mission is a solvable puzzle.

The neck snap compilations are so funny. Here I listen while doing laundry and suddenly snap snap snap snap snap

your videos are always perfect to watch while eating a meal. thanks

Every time I attempt stealth in any game it turns into a shootout so watching you go through this game without being seen is wild... I need to get better patience

The montages of neck snaps are kinda satisfying xD

Started with this way but fell in with throwing blades from stealth and found them very entertaining

The MGS detected sound effect makes this hilarious.

A silenced pistol or throwing knives would've been really useful for redirecting enemies' attention without having to rely on hackable objects, especially in scenarios where you don't have the time to upload a hack (ie being spotted)

Funny thing is this run ends when you're in the heist mission and Adam Smasher walks in. Because using cyberware you can see he knows the sneaky rat is there.

"We have a problem" *CRACK* "No we don't."

I love the idea that Arasaka eventually found the entire compound with the floats, everyone massacred, and still just want on with the parade. Like what? Haha

I love you videos bro there the reason i started to play cyberpunk

I got to the garage during The Heist, and ran across the gap without being detected. Managed to takedown all but 2 of the guards, who are right on top of each other. Tested getting to the car about 20 times, and there's a perimeter sensor that detects you no matter where they're looking. Nothing in the area to distract, so I called it after about an hour.

If you enjoyed this, have you tried the mod called 'stealthrunner'? It rewards the various stealth play styles and activies. Remaining undetected (ghost) pacifism and so on. I'm considering a copy of 1.61 with it installed, to see how it works, since I love stealth.

And I thought I love cyberpunk too much...