I'm super excited for Phantom Liberty! It's sad that it'll be the only expansion for the game so I'm expecting Blood & Wine quality!

Someone throw me into Mikoshi for 3 months and get me out for preload

I thought that maybe the timeline passed 3 years or something like that and seeing some in world lore that there’s a border between the NUSA and free states happening there and maybe the crashing of Air Force One in Night City, that this lady was actually the vice president or someone who was important in the NUSA. And then it’s revealed that she is president Rosalind Myers of all people. Truly the media appearance of Myers was that she resembled a green haired e girl. I guess the media in Cyberpunk 2077 is so manipulating that she resembles someone so differently than it it’s picture. But it makes sense to dress very professionally in the career you’re serving yourself within. A president of both a divided country and a corporation. In one.

That is a dope vibe ngl lol not even mad about it

It seemed super out of place IMO, She was the CEO of Militech before being president not a street kid.

Not my president lol

All I wanna know is can I get dat poontang?

Yeah they really planned it out well, smart corpo chooms they are

Was he though? He wasn’t the leader nor involved much. Johnny was killed with the response/distraction team during the assault. He didn’t actually do much. Morgan Blackhand was the real leader. Johnny being fixated on Adam Smasher was part of the chip being damaged during the Heist, leading to him filling gaps with fantasy. So much of his flashbacks don’t make sense

@@TheMelancholicWriter Johnny likely had the mouth and ego to have everyone fixated on him during the event, becoming said fall guy. Helps that he already raided Arasaka earlier due to Alt.

Makes ya think, huh? -Probably Johnny.

I think the issue Arasaka and others have is that a reunified US will inevitably return to being a superpower in time.

​@ColonelBragg that's the plan I would think Bring night city and Texas back in Let them do what they want as they kinda do in real life Stretch militec and industry throughout the Midwest recruiting or destroying nomads and boom NUSA would be up there

@@ausinasmith96 All Nomads would probably be forced to settle or destroyed eventually.

@@ausinasmith96 That type of thinking is litterally anti-thetical to America. Do you vote Democrat by chance? Just beacuse Nomads, Texans, and the rest, operate independently, doesnt mean the whole continent suffers. America since its founding, has been designed to run like the EU, but instead of countries, its states. States are supposed to be as autonomous as possible. The US aint becoming a superpower just because its unified. I think its safe to argue that in the modern day, if the federal government being minized would be a net positive. States should decide how welfare, taxes, laws, and the rest, is managed. Not the feds. This is an arguement of efficiency, not morals. Someone in Texas shouldnt be driven into poverty because a clown in California decided their personal perspective was superior. Lowkey Cyberpunk reminds me how Commiefornia took years tryna implement an HSR, but failed miserably and wasted billions. Meanwhile Texas doesnt give af, and just hired Japanes engineers directly from the Shinkansen project. While the project just started, their already progressing well in their project. Kinda reminds me of Brightline in Florida. Also SpaceX/Tesla in Texas. Kinda like how Texas hired Arasaka to defend themselves from the feds

Yeah ESPECIALLY when it comes to Militech. !!! 😁

That's what I did. Perfect option, don't waste time on this bs.

@@bdleo300 😂 dawg you spent money on an expansion to not play it?

If I'm not mistaken, there's a theory that not saving her will lead to a war between BARGHEST & NUSA, which will lead to more deaths

@@godemperorletoatreidesii6971 thats the good ending of the dlc tbh

@@godemperorletoatreidesii6971 >buy the expansion >don’t play the expansion >profit

This is a big deal for me too. I get put off lore playlists for this very reason!

Yeah just look at things like Apple Vision and Nueralink. Those devices are bound to cause problems.

We haven't yet seen Lockheed Martin lobbing missiles at Mitsubishi.

​@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022"yet"

Deus Ex has always been the most eerily accurate.

Well no because in the cyberpunk universe the Soviet Union still exist and the US were the ones who collapsed the 1990s. It's literally the exact opposite of our timeline.

What about the Western Corp States and the Western States? Look at the map from the Nomad intro.

@@iamvmotherfucker That is part of the NUSA it was reorganized into those western corporate states so Militech would have a playground. Night City and Texas are the only two free states left.

Isn't there also the Cascadian Federation or whatever it's called?

@@negative6442 I think that is from something else, The NUSA has reclaimed all the former American territory by 2077 with the exceptions of Night City and Texas

@@ColonelBragg I remember seeing a map where the Northwest was its own thing

Same! Love the redesign as well. So excited for PL, really looking forward to these new characters.

Also, Arasaka and Kang Tao were the two corps who supported the opposition forces during the Unification Wars. Thus the President was afraid of open war against Japan, Taiwan, China and Korea, not just Japan. It was because of Kang Tao blowing its financial load on the support, that the once Taiwanese Owned Corp, was bought out by Chinese Owners. This is why there are so many different groups in multi-ethnic Night City, and in the books, was the reason behind Sino-Japanese prejudice across the NUSA

You realize Johnny is an extremely unreliable narrator about the events of 2023 yeah?

The story the engram tells is false, while he believes it wholeheartedly, he isn't telling the truth

You could play that campaign yourselves, and what you played was the real lore that mattered. It's a nice get-together mission to end Stormfront.

There were 3 strike teams, and multiple nukes Johnny’s was one of them

Me too. I think that the Corpos aren’t that bad, but once they start messing with the USA/NUSA, they’re getting payback.

turd and a shit situtation

least it gives a semblance to democracy... and with enough coercion a semblacne can be forced into legitimacy.

100%, New Merica it is

Im going to russia

Never thought about that, pretty neat

Probably because Night City is inspired by Mega City

@@michaelm9975wait, seriously?

My guess is getting Night City under President Myers rule, but will have to see I guess

I hope so, because if Johnny is the price for a cure, he’s my ride or die now, I won’t and simply can’t let that happen.

​@@WiseFishProbably to just become another Adam Smasher. They save your life but you serve them now.

Reading this comment after finishing the ending. Oh, choomba, holy hell..

@@xavi_ Ah shit, not good….

Yeah, I don't get how the Arasaka ending especially (or any ending, really) leads to V going to Dogtown to rescue Meyers? That's the Devil ending for a reason, and V really loses out the worst in that one. As far as I heard, the whole DLC takes place before any ending.

A month late but in the video I’m sure he meant it as a hypothetical ending to what Myers would do if you as V chose the Arasaka ending. Yes as far as I’m aware the dlc takes place before the endings since Johnny is seen accompanying V throughout the trailers. So the story would be like this: V gets the biochip, does some stuff and eventually goes to dog town and meets Myers, and then as the devil ending is a hypothetical where Myers makes a deal with Saburo, however it still all depends on the ending you choose

Don't fear the reaper

To be honest, looking at what a lot of US States would get up to if they were by themselves, with tons of attempts at reviving old laws that predate the Civil War and whatever the fuck Southern States get up to on a daily bases... Maybe Myers was right. There needs to be a Federal control over a lot of the States. Preferably not a Dictator like Myers, but she seems better than the alternative.

Elizabeth Kress

That is a thinker.

I would let Night City be taken over by Myers if it gets V the cure, and he is able to survive, and be with Panam.

"in this universe (cyberpunk 2077) the USA is super corrupt with no issue invading other countries"

@@generalfluffyprotowhy would we even consider helping Nusa reabsorb NC, other than if they offer a cure?

@@fromthefire4176 If war breaks out I don't think V is gonna have a choice if he wants to participates or not.

and put arasaka in her place?? nahhh theres always gonna be a corrupt leader on top, tbh myers is probably one of the better ones cos sht goes down when theres a war brewin

I got a feeling that the corrupt officials do it but keep it hidden making the citizens believe that Texas is mostly self funded

Not really there.

​​@@baneofbanesa massive country that goes to war to benefit their defence contractors and kill countless innocent people whilst acting like they are the good guys 😂 Yeah not similar at all 😅

Especially if you get kidnap by maelstrom or scavengers

So like fallout?

Plus you got worse gangs out there that aren't in the video game adaptation

The irony is given the state of the world is kinda justified for the greater good of the country. With the country fractured inevitable that the free state would be eventually absorbed by the other powers. It's like how many more innonence will die and how much worse the lives of people be when you're a conquerored nation.

​@@RexZShadowI'm sure the millions killed in Iraq for imaginary greater good agreel, I'm sure if it was your loved ones you'd be saying the same thing,

@@SergyMilitaryRankings Great job bring up something completely irrelevant to the topic. Yes war with another country is same as maintaining or reunification of a country so they don't get absorbed by other super powers.

@@RexZShadow it's not irrelevant, it's showing how moronic the greater good argument is, that excuse has been used by countless dictators and brutal regimes and in the end NUSA is no better than the ones they were fighting, it's like the Ukraine situation, why help Ukraine when they are no better than Russia.

@@SergyMilitaryRankings No shit if its a lie its pointless but I meant it as the literal greater good. In the world of cyber punk the NUSA being united is literally better than being split apart when their are so many powerful enemies in the world. There no benefit to the people for being split like this in the world of cyberpunk. Just because for the greater good is misused a lot doesn't mean there isn't actually a greater good to things.

Yeah, it is pretty deep, and we not even talkin about those good smaller stories in whole Night City. Really impresive World. :)

One City was a nightmare to make i wouldn't hold my breath unless they were procedurally generated.

​@@pegcity4evaFuck that, Night City never wouldve turned the way it did without the human touch

i skipped all the romance shit in 2077, but if they add one for her...

All Corpos are scum.

Only difference being that the NUSA is actually in a crisis as opposed to the United States of our world which has been living on easy mode for the most part since the 1870s. By 2077 of the Cyberpunk timeline the area that covers the OTL United States has had its population reduced by approximately 200 million people as it sits somewhere around the 100 million mark. Imagine that for a moment. 2 out of 3 people around you just dying.

@@johnecoapollo7 yep i hate say it i pretty sue most of humanity died during the forth corporate war

Better to start a new campaign all together.

They do but more like the European Union

It would be the plotwist of the century to have siding with the federal government be the “V lives” ending. That said, it is possible since it paralllels what Morgan Blackhand did

With all endings there's a caviat yes they may finally save V but they be trapped by the NUSA as an operative

@@darkshotmk3 I wonder if Myers is more sympathetic then she seems though. With Hanako she seems like someone you should want to help but then she reveals herself to be ruthless. Given NUSA and militech's reputation maybe we're being set up for Myers to be a lot more likable than she first appears. The data about from before the DLC seems to show she has more layers than the warmonger she's labeled to be

@@darkshotmk3 well then if that’s the case avoid the oath crap, nomad for life we don’t swear to governments apparently we are the bad guys to the corpos

Naive trusting in NUSA, best ending is don't fear the reaper