New Cyberpunk 2077 ending is the WORST ONE //  

As a completionist, it hurts knowing there's no truly "good" ending where V lives on AND is still a merc. But it makes for a good theme that the anime doubled down on: There are no happy endings in Night City. It's annoying how quickly V's friends forget them though. I thought the love interest would stick around at least.

In short: -V lives but has lost their identity, although they can start a new life they lost everything in the process -War criminal Myers gets away scot free and continues to torture So Mi with the Blackwall, potentially gaining access to world ending weapons -Adam Smasher is alive, 'nuff said -Vik gets bought out by corpos and is generally miserable -Reed is alive but also completely miserable and will never find peace So in short, everything sucks and V is a large reason why. At least he got a medal!

I'm glad that somebody said it. V's dreams did not take into account of their own mortality. the entire game is literally trying to fight against all odds and still achieve their dreams to be a somebody in Night City. V follows a culture that Glorifies HOW YOU DIE. The point of V's goals is fulfillment not longevity. So yes with the number of endings that you can go for for V but the ones that seem to the truest to V at least for me considering V's Goals and how V chooses to interact with Johnny. either Giving Johnny their body as he grows as a person watching you perservere, or any of V owning the Afterlife and about to go off on a Heist at the Crystal Palace. Doing something that no one has ever achieved before as a Solo and Merc. If anything having those 6 months of life and fighting to prolong their life would probably feel liberating especially after attacking a Juggernaught like Arasaka and Adam Smasher.

People who think tower ending is the good ending never paid attention to the storytelling of Cyberpunk.

I feel like Kerry is given to little credit, i mean sure he's busy but he wasn't mad, he understood, and he even offered to see V the next possible chance he got. After that ending i felt like the only people i had left tho were vik, Kerry, and Misty so it still was sad.

You live ,but the tragedy is you lose everything and everyone you were living for.

In night city it’s be somebody or faint into the background as nobody. It’s no surprise that their friends that are conditioned to see things like that would have moved on and detached after 2 years. Also on a poetically level. You can see it as a lesson that everything comes at a price and actions have consequences. In order to get that ending you sacrifice two other people (Songbird and Johnny) and probably the whole world with them by granting Myer’s oligarchy over the blackwall. So yeah expecting a wholesome happy ending after that is the least to say delusional.

Nice vid. It is the worst ending possible beside arasaka ending. Selling your principles for corrupt powers and stealing your friends desperate last hope for survival is not in any shape or form hopeful/good. The amount of copium it takes people to call it that is just absurd. The games story teaches us that the city sucks, corpos suck, system suck and friends family good. And also Reed = takemura. Blind loyalty to corrupt system

"Morgan Blackhand has little cybernetics but is still a legend merc!" Is the biggest cope I've ever heard.

i think the cutscene makes this ending seem a lot sadder than it actually is because: V is still a millionaire with multiple apartments, cars, connections, merc experience etc. she has a lot of resources to live comfortably. Even though she cant use implants for combat anymore, she could still keep them for the intimidation factor, less chances of being attacked because they will think you are chromed out. But she also did a bunch of gigs with Jackie even without implants (First cutscene) so she could still be a merc and only take low level gigs. And while she does lose a lot of friends (only if you did their side quests), you can still make new friends. As for Johnny, he already died when Saburo turned him into an engram. V is just a potential "second chance" at life for him. Also the Alt ending where he is living eternally as an AI trapped in the blackwall sounds more like torture than resolution. What they should have done instead of that custscene is have 3 different endings based on your choices or lifepath: Streetkid V could become a a fixer, plus she has merc experience and money to pay mercs. Corpo V worked for Arasaka before she was "fired" so she should be fine working for the FIA. Nomad V could just go back to the badlands, live peacefully and find a new family. Imo its better to live for 40+ years as a wealthy NC legend than to slowly die for the next 3 months with your few friends that forget about you once you go into the coma.. i really dont like the ending for PL... i would have loved to see V working as a fixer in the Afterlife in the final cutscene instead of this "just another face in the crowd" thing. it doesn't make any sense to me and it feels like they just made it sad for the sake of being sad. I loved the DLC but the ending was really poorly executed.. i don't think anyone is happy with it.

Sure you say it was the bad ending, but after getting to the end my bank balance was popping because crime does pay.

The ending reminds me alot of the ending of Goodfellas. You only wanted fame and fortune and when it turned against you betray everything and are left as a nobody, alive sure, but a nobody

My friend Takemura is alive and well in that ending and he now too hates Arasaka! That's the biggest win for me. But I'm glad you too see Panam for what she really is, lmao. The way she behaves is real funny

The story of Cyberpunk 2077 after V is recovered from the landfill is only a couple of weeks canonically. So all the ‘friends’ you made aren’t lifelong friends. Sucks to lose them but, grand scheme, not the absolutely worse (unless you romanced Panam, like me😂). Still, it’s an ugly ending where it’s better to go down on top vs slowly fading away. I put this ending MARGINALLY above the suicide ending.

Okay, first off, love the videos, keep it up

It might be a sad ending, but I wouldn’t say it’s a bad ending .. it depends on what u want for v.. the game basically asks u to decide what’s more important, “Living” or “being alive”…I think it’s just another excellent ending to add to the others, that has its own place depending on wha u believe is most important for ur v.. pretty early on the game makes it clear that surviving is gonna be difficult, and if it’s possible ar all it will take a lot of sacrifice for it to come to fruition .. and still, v may not have his previous life anymore , but he’s still alive and he can make a new life for him/herself .. every ending is bitter sweet, no matter which one u choose, there r pros and cons, and it’s up to u to decide which ones r worth it to u

Love the quality and production of your videos, Keep it up man.

In all actuality... This may actually be the best ending, even though I still think it sucks in most ways. V lives, got their skills intact(with a little bit of rehab), still got some connections and a whole life in front of them. Sure it sucks that their love interest is basically gone, and that combat chrome may be forever out of reach. But still got a stacked bank account, probably. In fact, if V is a part of the next game... maybe even protagonist, I am fairly certain this is the canon ending.

Totally agree with you! IMO "The sun" ending is still the best one)

What makes V strong is not their cyberware, in my opinion. It's their ability to persevere and adapt. Being in a coma for 2 years is not going to leave you in a position where you are handling a physical altercation. It's a bit of a leap to suggest V getting beat up is strictly because of a lack of cyberware. You can make plenty of really strong builds in the game with no cyberware. To be depressed about this ending is nothing without cyberware and will always be weak post recovery. That's not fair to V at all, and is, in my opinion, shortsighted. Morgan Blackhand is a beast and has practically no cyberware. I would agree it's a bit stark that everyone's moved on as hard as they have in 2 years. Panam in particular seems like a break in character and development. V's taken on the impossible before and literally lives to tell the tale in this ending. To suggest V can't find a way forward with this new status quo is really more a reflection on you wanting to have sunshine and roses thrown in your face more than seeing that life is challenging and those challenges are what make us strong. If V spends a 6 months to a year getting in top physical shape and explores other avenues who knows what's possible.

“A-to-the-fuckin-men.” - Johnny

Johnny told us "Happier ending? Wrong city, wrong people.", did people really expect them to add a happier ending than the ones available?

Also the tower is not a good card according to the ingame description. Especially compared to the star and sun cards. Baffling how people think that one of the only 2 endings where smasher definitely lives (i guess you can spare him in the other endings but why would you do that?) is a good ending. This ending is only marginally better than the devil ending and thats only because you do definitely get cured, but i think you can get cured in the other endings as well, especially path of glory with blue eyes considering he can and seemingly did get songbird cured using some tech found in an abandoned bunker. Who knows what advanced tech could be found in the crystal palace where many corporations have leased space like utopian corp, who are secretly one of the worlds most advanced corps specializing in nanotech. Also the cards that misty pull, imply that V succeeds so thats another plus.

this ending is a result of what V is fighting for the hole game the cure for the bio chip and what will happened if V get the cure. CDPR make the statement super clear that if u want to save u self. You will betray and sacrafice other people thats with V and with So Mi. After all V gets new life with endless posabilitys and thats not sad or depressing at all.

What? Its the best one! He get rid of Johnny, stay alive for more than half a year, he didnt have to be (and cannot be) a fucking cyborg, just a normal human being with a ton of money, apartaments, cars and so on... He can start something new, like he said in one of dialog options (with Misty?) - he can be a fixer. HOW THE FUCK IS THIS SUPPOSE TO BE WORSE THAN SUICIDE? OR ANY ARASAKA ENDING? I absolutely, wholeheartly disagree with that opinion.

And this was my original ending for phantom liberty...

I still don’t think it’s that bad… what happens to Songbird sucks… and we don’t know what happens to Panam. But a lot of other people are doing all right. And V is free to start over. Maybe become a fixer, or find Panam and be with her indefinitely. Honestly the only part I view as really bad is the fact that Johnny gets erased. If there could have been a way to stabilize him in your brain so the two of you could co-exist I think it would have been a nearly perfect ending.

The Sun is the best ending for V, but I could see an argument with the Tower ending V could become a Fixer due to their experience. Specifically Suicide mission, Don't fear the Reaper is peak.

It’s funny but it’s actually the best ending.

In my opinion FIA is Cyberpunk version of CIA. Even the names are similar. Only one C is replaced with F.

Yeah this ending sucks, you don't become a legend, lost all your friends and respect, lost YOURSELF, jesus I get it, we'll live, the relic won't kill us ok, but living that unprotected, on NC, it's a death sentence anyways,

The cancer metaphor does not work at all in my opinion. It sounds close, but the stakes are very different. The path to getting this ending is the most questionable thing, the ending itself is not that bad. V could always start over. If your friends forget you after two years of no contacting each other (hi, covid!) them are they even truly your friends? Not to say it's easy to get those in Night City. I think avoiding death to live again is not bad, however, the requirements and path to getting there...means that V has probably become a person I don't really want to see get a new start like that. Another thing is, it's easy to forget, but the story of characters does not Revolve around the player or V. The fact they ended up where they do in that ending is not V/player's fault or burden. It sure would have been nice for them to have someone around to help out, yes, but it is not V's fault for not being there with them through it (especially considering how dire the consequences of V's situation are, you can't fault him for trying to deal with their own issues. sure would be nice if he and the friends had each other through those difficult times through).

Songbird must live. My bad Reed

Reed isnt worth saving. I think Somi and Alex getting a second chance is the way to go, then leaving with the Avacadoes or solo attacking Arasaka.

Whitemane, I am about to rebut every single one of your arguments. Buckle up, this is gonna be long and rough. Firstly, it's true, we are not V. We are the player, and therefore we have the benefit of foresight to see the big picture. It's because we are not V we can see things like how Yorinobu is actually a heroic character. But I'll expand on this point a little later. Secondly, you gave the argument of not trusting a corp. And the alternative is either: trusting another corp that fails V in every possible way, or trusting an AI that only gives V borrowed time. At least the NUSA truly gives V his lifespan back. But this was a dire situation. A golden ending where V double jumps off into the sunset is too much to ask of the cyberpunk genre. In terms of fulfilled promises, the Tower ending delivers the most. Thirdly, Johnny Silverhand. Unfortunately for him, his time is done. A completionist run would have given him one last date with Rogue and one last gig with Samurai. That's more than what a dead man could ask for. Avenging himself on Adam Smasher was just his wounded pride talking. Fourthly, fifthly and sixth are about all that V has lost during the operation. His demigod-like combat prowess, his possessions and his friends. Like other videos have pointed out; V had gone back to Night City without any rehab, nor his best iron he had on him when he boarded the AV. (The latter was a phenomenally forced stupid decision like how the game forces V to shake Meredith Stout's hand in an isolated storm drain) That means we haven't got a chance to see if V could return to a level where he could handle another booyah thug. And even if the worst has happened and V can never throw nor take a punch again, that still doesn't take away his other non-physical skills like netrunning knowledge, technical skill, smooth-talking nor stealth. He still has his vast combat experience. Don't ever discount experience. Recall the difference between your first and second playthrough in any game. Experience makes a world of difference. As other comments have pointed out, V still has his eddies. Any late-game V could easily be a multimillionaire. Being rich in the cyberpunk world ain't that bad a lifestyle if you ask me. There are worse fates than being a multimillionaire in Langley, working a cushy desk job with blue skies and green trees outside. (Take me back to Night City! Save me from this hellscape!/s) Then there are V's friends. Here's something to notice: most of V's friends that cut him out of their lives are those that V has only known for a few months at most; Panem, Judy, and River. Granted that they come off as horrible friends since V came and changed their lives mostly for the better, but you can't blame them for moving on for a merc that disappeared for two years. What pushes them to AH territory is refusing to meet up with V once they knew he was alive. (Panem, what kind of toddler tantrum are you throwing here?) Meanwhile, other friends who were willing to resume their relationship are those who knew V longer than that, Viktor and Misty. Kerry had no problems resuming his friendship with Johnny after 50 years, 2 years for V is nothing. Seventh, Arasaka's retreat from Night City. You mean the ending when Yorinobu completes his work in dismantling Arasaka's tyrannical grip on Night City is bad? That's your argument? You've seen the alternative. And you know CDPR will never completely kill off such a major antagonist corporation. Night City has always been living on borrowed time. Arasaka should have been gone from Night City after the 2023 attack. However, since the NUSA and the Unification War wanted North California and Night City in its grip, then councilman Lucius Rhyne turned to Arasaka as a counterweight. That was Arasaka's chance to resink its hooks in Night City and they sunk it in good. That's why Night City became such a corporate dystopia, it was for "independence". In 2077, only two Free States remain; North California, and the Republic of Texas. It was merely a matter of time before the NUSA reabsorbed Night City. Yes, we know Militech is as bad as Arasaka, but that's a struggle for another game. Eighth, Adam Smasher is still alive. And this matters how to V? Other than Johnny's grudge, Smasher had not wronged V in any way. Aside from Smasher being a final boss to beat, is there a particular reason why V must take the responsibility to personally destroy Smasher? Really, answer this question, I'm curious. Ninth, the loss of V's old life. Believe me, I get it. I truly understand the raw feeling of revulsion as you see V's life crash around him. I felt it too when I first saw this ending. For now, I'd like to bring your attention to Takemura in this ending. In the credits, he brings up the metaphor of bitter medicine. He said that strong medicine was bitter to the mouth. What did he mean by that? In this route, Takemura and Hanako tried storming Arasaka Tower by themselves. They failed, she died, and Takemura was scapegoated for another Arasaka death. Takemura all but admits that his faith in the Arasaka Corp has been broken; the same thing V tried to do but failed in the Devil ending. But thanks to that, a huge mental shackle has been broken off Takemura. That's medicine. However, he can never return to his old life, that's bitter medicine. How does that relate to V? In many ways, the glorification of the Edgerunner lifestyle is a cultural result of Night City's dystopia. Life is cheap there, and the only way its people can inject meaning into their terrible lives is to go out in a blaze of glory. However, what people want is not necessarily good for them. Just ask fast food. Or alcohol. Or drugs. Do you know what is the end result of such a lifestyle? David Martinez, Johnny Silverhand. We have seen firsthand for ourselves the tragedy of their lives. David could very well had a longer, fulfilling life with Lucy if he just slowed himself down once they got that penthouse. And Johnny, we've seen for ourselves what Johnny's lifestyle got him; an unmarked grave in the middle of nowhere. Is that what you want for V? We get a glimpse of what the merc life truly costs during the Sun ending. Breaking up with V's lover, chasing the elusive dream of more and more even as the end approaches. That is what V was mourning for during the Tower epilogue. Is that lifestyle truly what's best for V? Back to bitter medicine. Now V has his lifespan back. That's medicine. However, he is permanently cut off from a lifestyle that would jeopardize everything he holds dear on a daily basis. He loses his old life. That's bitter medicine. Like you said, we are not V. We are in a better position to see what's better for him in the long run. Tenth, (oh yeah, there's still more) sacrificing So Mi. Yes, the character presents a compelling struggle between V's principles and survival. I mean, I could make the argument that V only got involved in the whole ugly mess because So Mi promised a cure, but let's put that aside for now. Let's talk about Meredith Stout and Anthony Gilchrist. Tell me, who deserved to die? Meredith, who was simply trying to find her missing cargo or else she's dead, or Anthony, whose daughter was kidnapped by Adam Smasher and has to do what Maelstrom says or else? Both have legitimate reasons to do what they did, but one way or another, someone has to die. If you were Meredith, if you heard why Anthony betrayed Militech, would you give in to sympathy and face the music with your superiors instead? Cause that's basically what helping So Mi to the Moon entails. It is so easy to talk about principles behind a screen. The true test comes when you face defending them in front of a barrel of a gun. God willing, none of us will have to face such a test, but never declare lightly that you'd be willing to lay your life for another like that. Eleventh, and finally, you make it sound that V is doomed to a meaningless life, where he'll die alone and forgotten. You know how similar that sounds? When V wakes up in Viktor's clinic after The Heist. At that point, V had lost his friends, except Viktor and Misty. He had been hit with shocking news, and now he has to dust himself off and keep going. Sound familiar? We as the player saw V hone his strengths, make new friends, and find ways to fix his condition. What makes you think V is going to weep in an alley for the rest of his days once the credits roll? V can make new friends, just like how he met people like Panem, River and Judy, and he can do it now without the threat of a terminal condition looming over them. It feels like no one has been listening to Misty at all. Don't you know how free V is now in this ending? For those of you who played Cyberpunk 2077 at least a second time, didn't you appreciate the freedom from death V had during Act 1 before the heist? Wasn't it liberating to shower without coughing blood, to look in the mirror and not see Keanu Reeves staring back at you? V now has that freedom back, and you're calling it bleak? V is free, freer than he has ever been in his life. The Tower ending is the equivalent to receiving the bad news from Viktor, and then passing out after the first appearance of Johnny, roll credits. We don't see how V picks up his life after that, because the game has to end eventually. Players calling it a bad ending weep for the loss of Night City and the mercenary lifestyle, but I hope I have sufficiently pointed out that neither of them are worth clinging to.

This ending is definitely evil. I'm glad that we agree about that. I would never help Reed.

There's no friend for V after all except Misty and Victor.

This ending making me take a break right now lol

Much I understand thinking the sequel will come from this ending, but I think the devil ending is the most likely ending to continue from, it seems like a bad ending but when Arasaka needs a dependible merc to do some dirty work for them and they probably have Johnny's engram or another copy of it or maybe our souls are forever entangled, but new body thanks to the character creator and boom hijinx's resume.

This is the worst ending for me people say V can live well if the gang the V fighting will leave V alone will they or FATE WORST THAN DEATH V´s HEAD ON A SPIKE AND ALL THAT

I agree, 100%

Alex died because i messed up the last question. Sided with Reed but let songbird have her death. Best outcome is to let songbird die and protect Reed. Just don’t let Alex die.

I sided with Reed in both my playthroughs, i just couldn't bring myself to save songbird. Bitch was lying every time and manipulating V for her own selfish gain. While hiding behind a pretty face. And who's to say what a rogue AI that rewrites the memory of human will do with such an asset? Better she's dead and no longer a weapon

genuine question: is female v canon ?

I hate this ending more for its overall shity writing -V doesn`t tell ANYONE any details even tho Reed tells you "If you got plants that need watering set something up" -V bitching about how their old life is gone (as a Merc) ignoring that all lifepath V`s were quite competent before meeting Jackie and during their 6 Months working together And not to forget to mention the "argument" many hide behind "Blaze of Glory or Quiet Life" or "No good endings in NC" a Narrative that's Bullshit x10 -Jackie made the Major Leagues at a price -Rogue helps directly or indirectly to Avange Johnny and the others and can die happy -Johnny for once in his life helped someone and gave his life, like someone did for him -V in the Nomad ending has a short but happy life or (if you`ll count it as good) he gives his body to Johnny keeping his promise to him and is this time the best Choom that dies Even in a setting like Cyberpunk, you can have a happy ending if you work for it, looking at Songbird.

I think it’s not a bad ending. You can always start over. You get handed a cushy government job and you can make new friends in a better city. Not to mention, Morgan Blackhand is light on his cyberware as well. So, the path to being a merc is still open, V just needs to adapt.

While it is one of the worst endings for V as a character, it is a moderately happy ending for the players. V survived. He gets to live his life as he wishes with all of his skills, knowledge and wealth. Sure, some of his friends that he knew for couple of months abandoned him but a loss of a friends is not the end of the world. Furthermore, ending leaves a lot of space for headcannons: becoming a fixer, leaving NC, tracking down Panam and the rest of nomads and so on and so forth. Honestly, by cyberpunk genre it is a happy ending.

This isn't the worst ending in Cyberpunk ! It's stupid and has its faults i.e - not having a contingency plan during surgery, but it definitely ain't the worst. Whereas you're 'good' ending means handing over Songbird, who has cyberpsychosis and possessed by a Blackwall AI, to Mr Blue Eyes who runs an army of Manchurian candidates, such as the Peralez's, who's intentions are vastly unknown and most likely will imprison her on the Moon as a lab rat to continue with piercing the Blackwall and probably get most people on Earth killed. Myers is a piece of shit granted, but she's a piece of shit who can be brought down and motivations are easily understood which can be used against her. The real title of the video should be "I'm gonna simp for my pretty cyborg Waifu and here's why you should too"