Phantom Liberty destroyed me [Spoilers] 

After finishing the dlc, I sat watching the credits and just felt so depressed and sad with all the lose lose situations. Honestly so wonderful by the Phantom Liberty team, 10/10

This is one of the only games that has genuinely made me feel real life guilt and actually question my own morality.

It is weird how intimate this game gets with you on quests. These conversations are the best ones ever, they are so well done and executed. It's almost like talking with them your self... Well almost no dead eyes and all that. Hope othergames follow this truly game changer.

One of my favorite lines when you betray songbird is Johnny asking V "What will you do with your 30 pieces of silver?" That one line alone horrified me about the decision I had just made.

I was thinking of the end of Phantom Liberty for a week... I went through this exact thought process but ended up killing Reed. I was looking at his body for a good while before I started moving again. Then I kept delaying meeting Alex for the follow up mission for a long while, and waiting for word or any news from or about Song... 10/10 expansion. What an absolutely amazing experience. PS: I still think about it, and keep thinking about what Johnny said on that operating table when you get the face mod. Paraphrased but he was right, "neither of them are wrong, but it's up to us to decide who's right." Edited this comment a few times at this point, but I'd like to add one final thing: the best part about the end was how I ended up evaluating my own morality. Sure I had a vague sense of what it was, but there's never been a game where I was forced to choose between two characters I'd grown to love. Where the "final boss" was a friend. Where I inevitably had to choose which of those friends was "right." Again, what an absolutely amazing ending.

Fearing that So Mi was indeed paranoid and being controlled by the Black Wall, I took the Reed path. In the end it forces you to make an even more bleak agonizing decision than the Songbird option -- probably the hardest vid game choice I've EVER had to make. It wrecked me. I just sat there, tears in my eyes,. Hollowed out. Empty. Like the expanse of desert we watch Reed disappear into in the final shot. But... the Reed path had shown me new info -- moving backstory for how Song had gotten to where she was: all her loss, her desperation, her regret, her sadness. So, I did something I rarely do in games like this, I immediately went back in and played through the Song ending -- committed now to saving her. Because in the end, the arc for V -- for my V at least -- is one of learning to value the impact you can make in people's lives. V doesn't need to be a Night City legend, they just need to be a hero to the people they care about. And while the results never yield a "happy" ending, at least V gives Song a chance -- and there's a warm flickering flame of hope in that amidst all the neon cast shadows. Thanks so much for your thoughtful passionate breakdown here. Your vids are treasures! (And spoiler alert: You do indeed find out if she survives on the moon.)

Phantom Liberty is one of its own. i finished first by the ending The Kiling Moon and i was completely shattered. CDPR wanted to show us in a reallly harsh way that: There's no happy endings here choom. phrasing Dawid: Feels like a game

I'm surprised that the music wasn't as recognized at it should be. With PL bangers like Force Projection, Contra de la Luna, Gate K9 and even Idris Elba's Choke Hold are decent bangers. Plus the atmosphere man, holy cow. For me Cyberpunk 2077 is up there with best gaming Soundtrack of all time. For emotional rollercoaster: Nier Automata is an absolute must try. Ending E will make you question your existence over and over again. And the soundtrack is absolute banger as well.

"Quiet life or blaze of glory?" - by the end of Phantom Liberty these words came crashing down like nothing else... I don't want to spoil anything so I won't elaborate why those words exactly. But when you reach that point - you will understand. But even after all that pain, especially from DLC - game offered me way out of it. "Grab your iron - let's mobilize" - and so I did...

Launching Song to the moon is probably one of the very few good resolutions in the game (Judy leaving NC being the other noteable one). As Johnny said, she's one of the lucky ones that got away. I fucking cheered during the launch.

I had previously played through multiple V’s, males and females. So, I finished each ending differently. After contemplation, the only ‘good’ ending is ending Song Mi’s life when she begs, and go solo on Arasaka not dragging good people to their deaths. As Song Mi said, she never got a second chance and giving her to Myers would make her forever trapped in an endless cycle, a living Hell.

The last time a game hit me this hard was the original campaign. I think the way Cyberpunk 2077 uses first person really heightens the emotional connection so much, and I know the devs have talked about it some, but I don't think it gets enough praise. The game is just so damn emotionally immersive, and the characters are all so complex, and it all feels so intimate and close. The time you spend with characters in the off beats, the conversations you have, the tender moments, it's all just so intimate.

I absolutely love Cyberpunk. PL ending credit song really hit hard and deep. 10/10 game and DLC

This dlc is one of the best gaming experience I ever had, or should I say "the best video game story I ever been told". Songbird or So Mi quickly become one my favorite video game character after finished this dlc and I won't spoil you, but if you give her to Reed there is an arguably good ending waiting for you. Looking forward for you to comeback to this game! :)

I cannot stress how much you need to do the other ending, going with Reed rather than Song and you won't be the same again because there is more, so much more that you didn't know. It will melt your brain how well CDPR can make you feel even more and more.

I went with Songbird on my first playthrough of the expansion, and I still think it's the better choice. The other path (that I admittedly haven't played) expands on why this is, but to put it simply, choosing to betray Songbird might save V's life - but it almost certainly dooms hers, and potentially many others if the NUSA's back-room experiments with poking at the Blackwall go wrong. As the credits song titled after the expansion says over and over, "I'm just tired of looking the other way". I had the opportunity to potentially free someone from the seemingly inescapable hell that is Night City, and I took it, and the Songbird flew free, the smoke from the rocket's engines covering the corpse of Solomon Reed as I watched it rise into the heavens. She may not have deserved to be saved, but I still chose to save her. I don't know what that says about me, or about CDPR's writing, or about any of this, but I know what I did and I know I chose to stick with it.

As someone who never had a chance to experience the expansion like you and others did, this video is really enjoyable. It is fun to listen what others think about the ending.

Interesting analysis format Marco. I could almost fall asleep to it if not my vivid interest in your points, and for the musical drops hahaha

"Did you give up the bird, or did you let it fly?" Anyway, this video was brilliant. It made me tear up, so thank you for this insightful video 💖💖

I started out wanting to help Songbird but slowly as time wore on, Reed convinced me. I didn't play a netrunner, more like a gunslinging merc. So when it came to crunch time, I went with Reed. Once it was all over I sat there and came to a conclusion. Songbird is a hypocrite. She admits to screwing over people and even screwed over me and it all fine, yet when I screw her over she has a hissy fit and uses a rouge AI to murder people. Even learning her backstory I knew she deserved pity but that doesn't excuse her for screwing over everyone. Despite others, I kept the medal, not as a source of accomplishment but to remind me that good intentions don't almost equate to good actions. Sometimes I need to do wrong to do right.

What he said lol. This, from the beginning has been my favourite game of all time, my favourite soundtrack of all time. It made me feel real emotions, cry real tears, feel part of the world I was playing in. The addition of Phantom Liberty did not disappoint and I will replay this whole game again and again as I have since original launch.

This was amazing!!! You describe very well the feelings most people had over this expansion's story.

Thank you. Thank you for treating this music track in this way. It is the corner stone of a deeply touching, bleak, and heart wrenching tale. We made different choices in the end, but I can see you truly got what this was all about. Thank you. And maybe watch James Bond Skyfall if you haven't already. Adele's eponymous song really got the whole 'morally grey fatalism' right. ;)

Cyberpunk 2077 is the most influential game I’ve played in my life. The things I’ve experienced and done as V have had such a profound impact on me personally I can barely describe. It’s a game that dares one to feel such raw emotion in the face of such an overwhelming depressive world, and that juxtaposition of the small moments of heart, against the cold and soulless world of Night City makes them shine like the stars in the night sky making beauty in an otherwise empty world. It is not hyperbolic to say that Cyberpunk gave such a shift in perspective that it literally saved me from the self-destructive path I was on.

Firstly, I love how you put what we couldn't say out loud into this video, in your own words, so thank you for that. I betrayed So Mi in the stadium, choosing to wait for Reed, lost Alex in the process, and when all hell broke loose, I chose to give So Mi what she wanted, a relatively peaceful way out of the horrible life she endured for so long, and earned Reed's ire for it, though thankfully, he came to understand what she went through. I don't regret my ending, and the music that played during my final choice, when I bade So Mi farewell, will forever leave me with shivers. I am still surprised why Cyberpunk 2077 wasn't even nominated for best sound design at the TGA, but at least its community appreciate it for what it is, a diamond in the rough. Hats off to you, Projekt Red, this is is probably the most realistic story in a game that I've played, what with all its nuances and how our own choices affect how the story goes for us.

That is why Mike Pondsmith and CDPR are a good pairing for storytelling. I played the TTRPG as well and I manage to hit Boogeyman status on my corpo character. It's either my character saves himself or be the monster. I chose the other option. My PFP was my character.

this entire expansion made me feel the true cyberpunk dystopia feeling. Its so good.

Holy Fuck that was good man! Always enjoy coming back to these. In this one particularly, your delving into how this journey and this music design destroyed us, was eloquently put.

Are you going to do a full video on the song "Phantom Liberty"? This video is awesome!

You writing for this essay was brilliant, genuine, and every word true.

The songbird music really set the tone for me. And it is amazing

Masterpiece analysis as always 🖤

I love your analysis, you've understood everything and put into words what I'm feeling. I loved Cyberpunk as soon as it came out. It's always been an emotionally poignant game for me. Mature, cruel, dark but also with a lot of good writing and gameplay (even more so today) that's really enjoyable and edgy. With the DLC, they've done even better. In no other game are the NPCs able to convey such emotions to me as in Cyberpunk. You can feel human emotions through the pixels of the screen, and yet it's only a game, but the music brings it all to life. Right from the start, and my boyfriend noticed it because when I play Cyberpunk, I shake my head and sway during moments of action. I let him listen through my headphones to the atmosphere, and he understood why. It's a huge plus for immersion, whether it's the sad music or the badass music that makes you feel like Johnny Wick or Neo in The Matrix as you pirate, slow down time and make mega jumps. What a game. The problem is that the games seem bland after such a deluge of emotion and quality. And I agree that you can feel the developers' love for what they've accomplished. They released the game too early but never let up. This DLC is a love letter ❤

Can't wait to play this:)

They are incredible at crafting these stories. Cyberpunk's absolute hopelessness is so seductive

This was beautiful Marco. You're a poet.

This is the first video I've seen from you. Great job

All the outcomes except saving songbird look disgusting to me. It's even worse to betray her a step away from the finish line. All the sacrifices along the way were in vain.

The worst part about my playthrough of the final quest was the fact that i fought through the airport without my sandevistan, a key part of my build, went through all of it. Then the betrayal, but if i gave her up it wouldve been for nothing so i had to kill reed. This dlc hurts.

One of the best narratives of the years

In hindsight, I learned a surprising amount about my thought process from the choice i made. It was easy, to me. All the red flags were there for everyone, sure, but a few notable ones were dealbreakers. Honestly i made the choice when Reed and Alex killed the netrunners. And it wasn't the action that was the final straw, it was that they didn't tell or even hint to me in advance. In the car, when you hijack it, you end up digitally fighting them for control of the vehicle, but at the same time having to defend yourself from them actively trying to kill you. My V was a netrunner, damn good one, but she kept them alive and intact, as there had been no mention of actually hurting them, and fought her way to the drop-off point. It wasn't easy, they nearly got her, and that was AFTER she upped the ice on the car. And then Reed and Alex immediately execute them. That was the plan all along. They knew she could have just rendered them both braindead with a single daemon the second they plugged in and driven the car back without a fight. Instead they made her risk her life, needlessly, stupidly. Her, one of the crucial assets for this whole plan to be a success, and they risked her life. Why? Just so they could kill the twins personally? Why in all the hells wouldn't you inform your operative that this was an assassination, not an abduction? That was the straw that broke the camel's back. The first was the two dudes in the apartment who helped defend and hide Myers. I liked them, especially the fellow Nomad. Reed definitely killed them, and why? Just cause they were a "loose end"? The second was Slider. Honestly a decently reasonable dude all things considered, and of course Reed was definitely gonna kill him if the Blackwall hadn't gotten to him first. The third? Song's backstory, honestly. And Reed's undying loyalty to Myers, no matter what atrocities she commits, no matter how many times she sacrifices him. I mean... we all realize what would have happened if her screwing with the Blackwall went any worse, right? There's nothing beyond but death and horror for all. And not-quite last... the ICEbreaker. Really, Reed? So Mi is probably one of the best netrunners EVER. And you think it'd be a FANTASTIC idea to try to ICE her? Via my personal connection?? She's already all up in my brain, dude! That's genuinely idiotic to think she wouldn't immediately know! Yes, So Mi lied, about a lot. But... she literally never asked for this; the experiments, the backstabbing, the Blackwall, the FIA, Dogtown. She was blackmailed into this life, and by who of all people? Reed. And yet he desperately wants to think he's her savior. Ironic. Another factor was that, by the time Firestarter happened, my V had already made peace with the idea she was probably going to die. She knew So Mi hadn't disclosed everything, had probably lied about some more things too, but Reed had lost her trust (if he'd ever had it in the first place), and honestly? She wanted to help So Mi, even if that meant damning herself in the process. She was already damned anyway. Would rather die helping someone who deserved better, who could have a future. What's another pile of corpses to a mountain of them? What's another lie and another truth to a library of them? "I would have helped you anyway" What's one more bullet? Congratulations on the new headache, Reed. Stay down this time. I sent the bird to the stars, and I didn't have a doubt in my mind as I did it. Sure, I still bawled my eyes out to the credits, but I regret nothing. I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. Fly high, So Mi🕊

First game since... probably the witcher 3 i have sat and watched game credits through and through. And i loved every moment of the ending, of ALL endings - i went through all 4, and listened to the credits every time. Every option felt painful, every ending left someone dead, or someone wishing they were. They were all beautiful, and they were all painful. I'd never have it any other way. Dawid and everyone on the music team, writing and design teams all did so well, phantom liberty felt truly amazing to play, i actually had to force myself to pace it out so i didn't blow through all of it in a weekend. (Also the credits playing felt like the intro to a bond movie, it was beautiful)

I had a thought, at the end of the year (yeah I know it is the end of the year) you could compile a group of the best music you’ve listened to this year and make a vid about it (maybe a tier list or ranking!)

Holy shit... Literally 100% this!

It's interesting to hear of the motivation of others in this choice. I pulled the trigger. Reed was a professional. He knew what could happen to him in the line of duty the moment he took that oath to the FIB. Given what we see on the Tower ending perhaps at some level he'd rather die in the line of duty than be stuck behind a desk and left to slowly moulder in numbness and regret. Perhaps if he could save Songbird in death where he'd failed to do so in life, perhaps that would give both his life and death meaning.

Phantom Liberty is one of my favorite pieces of media ever, like actually

I highly recommend you try Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader brother! The game has an amazing electronic gothic soundtrack very in the vein of Darktide. It is an adaptation of the table top game of the same name ,and has a strong emphasis on player choice. A sprawling grimdark rpg story with over 3 hours of beautiful ost. You NEED to play it! OST, story, great gameplay and art, Its all there!

That intro style sounded perfect for an Alan Wake music reaction 😅

There is something to be said about this expansion being a nigh-on masterpiece. I went through the same feelings as you did, but the difference between you and I are night and day; after finding out the truth, the decision I had taken was not difficult to take at all: I saved So Mi; I shot Reed. In spite of the obvious manipulation, the overpromising, the callous disregard for innocent lives ended by her machinations, the anger caused by her lies: I saved her without a second thought, for my own principles and morals led me through to that decision. Even if she had said the truth, that the cure could only save one person, I would have helped her escape from Myers and the horrible fate she would have at the hands of the NUSA and Militech as the middleman between the Rogue A.I.'s behind the Blackwall and Real-space. No doubts. No Regrets. The Songbird is free.

I'd like to point out something no one seems to be pointing out about PL. This story isn't V's... it's Songbird's story. This is further exemplified by the fact that all the mission names are song titles from the 80s goth/post punk era. Songs...for the song bird. Harmonies

I shot Reed and sent So Mi to space. I felt like V, despite the let down of So Mi's betrayal, wanted to actually save someone for once. Killing Reed was easy; V has killed countless people. But selflessly giving someone the chance of a happy ending felt right, especially when V knows she likely won't be getting one herself.

Not even being nominated at the TGA for the score, is such a bs. Also the winner FF16 sure it had good score but nothing out of the ordinary, nothing powerful, memorable like in Phantom Liberty.

The experience of Cyberpunk with the expansion has been a whirlwind. An experience of betrayal over. and over again. Tons of times. And it is your choice whether to give in to the hope of better society or give in and be the narcissist and execute decisively all choices to screw over people to your own gain - yet come out with empty hands later on. The morality and humanity questions that come through this game is just enormous

Bro holy shit you reminded me of the fucking guilt trip I had after sacrificing Song! Well done amazing video 👏

you might want to check out the OST of Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, specifically, I really like Mythic Power, Where the Faithful Lose Their Way, Our Lady in Shadow, Porphyrry City, Ardent Dreams. Real gems imho.

there so many content creators who played the opening mission for PL and then drop it ALL THE ENDING ARE SO GOOD truly a expansion of the decade

Marco I highly recommend you listen to “rusted pride” from armored core 6

it’s amazing how our future gets worse and worse the harder we try to survive

Still thinking about it after finishing the game a few weeks ago. Felt terrible helping Reed and turning on So Mi but she was ready to burn and kill anyone or anything to try to survive. Was my V ready to do the same? In the end, I did what she asked of me and put V back at square one. Brutal choices in a brutal world.

In the end what did Mayer's or Reed expect they both have forced so mi into a life she did not want into being an agent a tool worthless to them beyond her skills but one of the first things you learn as an agent is betrayal and that knife cuts both ways she betrayed Mayer's Reed her country V and even herself to some extent I personally have sent her on that shuttle to the moon in hopes that now free from the tyrants and chains that had held her for so long she can finally make her own decisions not forced by primal survival or desperation, and she can finally live .................. A quiet life among the stars.

1000 thumbs up!

So you played the game, nice.

I helper her get to the moon and it was the definition of bittersweet. I helped her because I knew what she was going through and that her longing for survival and freedom was unbreakable. Mine was just a little weaker in that moment, because I feld like I was doing the right thing.

At the end of the day there is only one good ending, all the other endings you are being cruel or cowardly to your self and to So Mi. In the end Songbird did what she was taught to do she had no one until V shows up, so when she discovers that V do really care for her she had already made the choice to trick V because she had no one that was willing to help her. In the other hand V has a lot of people willing to help. My choice will be always the same help So Mi because it's true we will never know if she can get help in the moon but after this incident she will definitely be trated like a dog and be locked up to a slave to the NUSA to the rest of her days.

After learning that So MI is basically a walking-talking WMD, my further decisions were based on the idea that Myers should not have So MI no matter what because she has no idea what she is messing with. This conviction was reinforced after visiting cynosure bunker. Thus, at least for me, there were only two acceptable options: So MI is free and cured, or So MI is dead.

Holy shit, what a cool and passionate video.

I immediately knew, when "Gate K9" kicked in, that I was entering the last part of the DLC. It was clear as day that things were about to ramp up drastically: it was going to be brutal, with no time to think, and probably no glory either at the end of the tunnel. The soundtrack conveyed that message in mere seconds and the game delivered. And just as I was escaping that area with Songbird, the soundtrack went almost silent. The feeling I've been through at this very moment is hard to describe... You know you've escaped, but you still feel the pressure because everything is way too silent now, even though you're in the clear. You already know things are going to go horribly soon, it's just letting you breathe before the big finale.

Phantom Liberty is like a mastercrafted spy thriller in which you are a main protagonist. Not the hero, just a protagonist. There are no heroes in PL, just victims and survivors. There are no good choices, just various no win scenarios and bad deals. There are no happy ends, just different degrees of tragedy, betrayal and loss. I too didn't want to finish Cyberpunk 2077 after finishing Phantom Liberty. Because the impressions and impact of the experience can only be conveyed by a true masterpiece of immersive storytelling. And i kinda didn't want the ride to end, even though it was clear from the first hour that it will, that it must. No other game of the past decade has left such an intense impression on me than Cyberpunk 2077. Baldur's Gate 3 may be GOTY and deservedly so, but Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is my personal game of the decade!

Quick Video suggestion… Murder Brings | Murder Drones trailer theme reaction. Or, Murder Drones OST reaction.

I'd like to see a ranking of your top 10 (or whatever) favorite video game tracks

CDPR really didn't pull any punches with this one...

My mind and emotions are still fucked.

[Spoiler] Marco I chose the same ending as you, because I felt betrayed. But what if I tell you the "cure" that we got was a ruse, 2 year in a coma, how reluctantly and sorrowful Reed talks with us in the clinic, what if they crippled you on purpose, because you know too much, what if they made you weak so you cant do anything about it and put you into a coma so they could experiment with Songbird and your biochip. This is at least a theory of a lot of people and it makes that ending feel even more devastating. Reed: "No need, V. You got no reason to thank me."

I saw 3 endings from the base game and 2 endings from Phantom Liberty, I know there are more but I know the outcomes of the ones I have not experience it and without getting into spoilers territory, I would say that for me personally the canon endings are the ones in Phantom Liberty. I don't like where the story goes in the base game and I think Phantom Liberty came as an expansion but also as another way to give V a different Path in case you don't like the path you are on in the base game.

I advise you to listen "Main Theme Crysis 2" and "Crysis 3: What Are You Prepared To Sacrifice". This is the best thing that happened in the epic video game genre. Participated in the creation Borislav Slavov

I know this is a very late wish but could you please do a take on Diablo 2 Zakarums song? I mean that is a masterpiece tha is very under rated song. please listen to it and hear for yourself. its really amazing and a long forgotten piece that everyone will appreciate. Love you Marco/// R Lundin

you have to do the OST of Rogue Trader^^ it's actually incredible

why did i do this to myself... gonna need couple days to get out of that post-game depression... shit... Game should go with warning for people with mental disorders like depression cause cyberpunk hits you hard af... no breaks just straight daggers to your heart!

Songbird's confession to V is the act that redeems her. A wicked, profoundly corrupted person, a person controlled by a malevolent AI following some cold, survival oriented logic would have kept playing the role that guaranteed the maximum probability of survival -- she would have remained silent until she was safely on board the shuttle... or maybe forever. But So Mi was still human... and she confessed to her greatest competitor for the cure - V. After that point, there is no way I would ever hand her over to Reed or the NUSA. And even if you cannot forgive her for her betrayal, is it wise to give back a "ticking bomb" to the person/country that abused her? Myers will just force her to continue those black-ops through the Blackwall, and eventually she'll break down and make a VERY costly mistake. Also, you must know that the moon is basically governed by the Highrider Confederation, basically a group of space-dwelling humans, who has no love for corporate Earth. Tycho, where So Mi will end up, is famous for ending the Seven Hour War with a shot from one of its mass drivers that levelled Colorado Springs, destroyed the US military command, and ensured the defeat of the US. No wonder that both Lucy and So Mi picked the Moon as their "safe haven".

For a similar devastating combination of music and story, try A Plague Tale: Requiem.

King of cups best ending imo.

Reed lost me when he stuck that iron against v's ribs.....no no no. i like to think song bird found her freedom.

2077 has been a blend of some of my favorite genres. Cyberpunk dystopia and depressing polish writing.

One of the Most powerful endings in gaming.

So Mi for ever

There's no happy endings in this universe. You have the choice between killing her, leaving her to be experimented on, sending her to Mr Blue Eyes' people on the moon not knowing if she's even okay, or have the FIA "save you" by simultaneously stripping you, a huge threat to the FIA, of the ability to ever use implants again. It's ALL bad. The Cyberpunk universe has told me one thing: Happy endings aren't guaranteed, get used to it. Sad thing is, this is closer to reality than any fairy tale Hollywood portrays.

I went with killing reed and sending somi to space after helping her at the stadium. Even though she lied to me I could understand where she came from and would have honestly done the same in her position. I always felt like reed was holding something back and wanted somi for personal gain and profit for the nusa. In the end maybe just helping one person to freedom from oppression and the chains of the nusa was worth it? It felt like it for me.

Hello!

oi marco have you heard the new Project Wingman Frontline 59 OST yet? If not you have committed a war crime

I never hit like so fast before

Cyberpunk 2077 is an exercise in beautiful despair. Phantom Liberty is it's most concentrated form.

At the end of base CP2077 awaits yoy more great music. Especially "Been good to know ya" or credits song "Never fade away".

If you haven't already seen it, I think the mood of the Phantom Liberty theme has a lot in common with the original Radiohead song for Spectre: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o4mIWoLg69Y.html

Damn... I finish Phantom Liberty, that was... sad and painful. Music only amplifies it.

Killing Reed, and, putting her on the ship is the best ending to the dlc.

As expected from CP2077, there's no good ending. In the end, the only one who win is the city...

So some spoilers to follow... I took the other route. I thought that maybe, just maybe, by incompassitating So Mi, I could get her, the matrix and convince Reed to just for a moment do what was right for her and get us both some help. He'd gone dark for seven years, seemed to have his own motivations despite his loyalties. Perhaps he'd finally let the NUSA go so he could help his friend, the lil sister type that he mentored. But we never got that chance. So Mi tapped into the black wall, got possessed by Rogue AI and went on a rampage. And after an hours worth of digital eldritch survival horror... Her sickness caught up to her. She was weak, scared... in pain. Begging me to kill her. That anything less would be worse than a death sentence. And I fuckin' struggled with it. I wanted to help her despite the lies and I came to the conclusion that what she asked for was the only help I could give. Then I saw Reed's reaction... Was plagued with the "what have I done" of it all until I then met with Roslind... So Mi was right. And Reed... If he didn't toss his badge right there he'd be doomed. I felt so guilty. Would songs plan have faired any better? Was the FIA really going to cure V and if so would she come out of an operation room soon after? I wanted that happy or mostly happy ending but... Wrong city... wrong people. Just like always. City of Dreams...

I let so mi fly cause I wanted to see my choice to help her trough to the end even if I felt bad for Reed turning around then after so much would have proven V a fool just taken for a ride

It's Cyberpunk, there are no happy endings choom!

i could never give So Mi to Myers...