Having Vik being the only one that sticks with V after 2 years, makes the 20k debt you owe him worth doing

If Jackie was alive, he probably would have been there as V woke up.

Everyone: we love Panam Cd projekt red: oh yeah? Well she doesn’t love you anymore

In this ending it feels like you never truly mattered to them

Somewhat makes me wonder if V ever really had a friend in anyone outside of vik, misty, and Jackie

Viktor is the real G he is ready to help you after you ghosted him for 2 years, without hesitation

dude if my friend was gone for 2+ years and came back only to tell me they have been in a coma for the past 2 years i would do my damndest to find where they are to see if its real at first and catch up afterwards

at least Dex warned us right at the beginning "You either live in peace as Mr. Nobody, die ripe, old smelling slightly of urine, or go down for all times in a blaze of glory, smelling near like posies, without seeing your thirtieth"

DUDE this is like the most DEPRESSING ending they could come up with. LMAO

Man with this ending...this is how a villain arc starts.

I love the fact that Panam was from the very beginning the ride-or-die chick we all loved to be with (aside from the River/Judy stans) but god fucking DAMN does it piss me off seeing her play the victim card as she always does then straight ghosts you and gets mitch to drop the DNC bomb on you despite telling her you've been in a fucking coma! Of all the people you'd expect to be there by your side in a heartbeat in true Nomad fashion, and she goes off to have a grump in the corner. Fuck it. Fear the Reaper it is!

Amazing; an ending which makes the ones in which you die more preferable. I get what they were going for here, but the fact that Reed couldn't even pass along a message to any of the buddies/romances telling them that V was in a coma makes it feel very contrived.

As soemone who romanced Panam, my heart hurts.

Damn the only person that stuck with V is Doc Viktor

Surprised I don't see anyone talking about the worst part of this ending. With V in a coma for two years...who took care of Nibbles? 😢 EDIT: I see people have answered that Rogue takes him in, thankfully.

Everything V had is gone - their reputation, their home, their guns, their souvenirs, most people they knew either forgot about him or don't care that much about them, they can't become a mercenary again and best they can do is to live a normal boring generic life until somebody either shoots them on the street unless they move out from NC. This is truly the worst fucking ending you can have. With V dying half a year after Mikoshi, they at least will be remembered by thousands if not millions as the man/woman who single handedly went into the Arasaka Tower, faced dozens of best of the best Arasaka had to offer, killed Adam Smasher without breaking a sweat, destroyed Arasaka's secret project that nobody, not even biggest corporations could even get close to, ruined their reputation for years if not permanently and most importanly - they will be remembered as the best Edgerunner to ever exist. Don't Fear the Reaper people...

So, V doesn't deserve any support from his "friends" after a 2-year coma. I can't relate their reaction in this ending with that snivel sorrow when V dies or commits a suicide. Ironically that only Misty and Vik, who never asked V for any help, are happy to see us alive and give a little of support.

Nah. Viktor is the GOAT. He been there for us, and even 2 years after, he is still there for us. REAL FRIEND.

Giving body to johhny - (Panam) "Believe me when i say I'm going to find you ... wherever you're hiding ... And when i do I'm gonna rip V out of your head." 2 years after being in coma - (Panam) *no answer* W H A T ... THE ... F U C K ... WHO WROTE THAT ENDING?

Vicktor is like a dad to V, what a goat

As someone who romance judy the nomad ending is still the best

This ending genuinely made me feel ill, like sick to my stomach, it's crushing that V goes through everything, and theres just no chance for a truly happy ending, also why do you have Johnny's arm?

The worst part of this ending by far, unfortunately. The fact that we weren't allowed to text or phone Panam (or whoever you romanced) and basically go "Hey, I'm heading off to an undisclosed location for experimental treatment. I wish I could tell you more, but I might be gone a while. Please don't forget me." This is a glaring omission and surprisingly bad writing for a story of this caliber. The way it's written now, it makes certain characters' reactions way too strong. We're also talking about 2 fucking years. Not 5. Not 10. *Two years.* A lot can change, but it's also not an unfathomable, unrecoverable amount of time. Think about the difference between October 2021 and October 2023. It's a long time. But not THAT long. For someone in V's predicament, yeah, I just don't buy that most of their friends would abandon or be mad at them for something that was outside of their fucking control (a medically-induced coma). That aside, I think this ending is wonderfully bittersweet, and the conversation you have with Johnny in the airlift on the way to surgery is one of the most touching and heart-breaking scenes in the entire game. So I'm still happy we got it. Just wish some of the misery & bitterness wasn't so forced and rushed.

And here everyone was arguing about which of the original was the 'worst' ending. Glad we got a DLC to settle that once and for all.

I know people like to generally say that everyone thats not Misty or Vik just wants to forget about V and all that Jazz, but at least Kerry is seemingly the most open in seeing V again. Though considering his busy career.... that'd be a once in a blue moon thing at this rate.

I was about to be upset that there was a DLC locked ending where V actually gets to live, but turns out that's an even shittier fate than the rest. Well played CDPR.

Honestly V called Kerry at the worst possible moment. He's clearly overwhelmed by the situation and shouts at everyone to keep the conversation going as long as possible. Judy too is pretty supporting (if you aren't a dong about it like video poster). Besides she lives on the other coast now and has a family. Can't just jump on a train for a cross country trip you know.

Realistically, only way this, ending can be good is if you don’t create emotional connections with the people you meet along the way as heartless as it may seem, you won’t feel abandoned if there’s no one to abandon you Also: interested in hearing other peoples opinions on that

as someone from pittsburgh that romances judy this ending is painfully ironic lmao, bianca better be able to fight !

The most advanced hospital on the planet and they can't even properly notify next of kin? Yeah no, that's too grimdark even for Cyberpunk

As someone who hasn't spoken to his "friends" 5 years after graduation,i can relate to V But v is lucky to have some loyal ones like misty and viktor

This ending feels really odd. V can text Vic and and his/her romantic partner before leaving, they know V has found a way to save himself/herself The aldecaldos are completely out of character, especially Panam Judy, Kerry, River, Misty, Vic I find believeable how they changed, yet it's obvious they went as hard as possible to make V misrable through them. And V could really just take the FIA job and leave that godforsaken city.

To me this is probably the most realistic ending. Using the neural matrix sounded like a safer choice but ended up backfiring, and everything's gone to shit like they usually would. Getting back to NC but seeing it almost in a martial law state, while Doc Vik ending up signing a contract with Zetatech just tells you how depressing and hopeless the cyberpunk world is.

This just means the Nomad ending is still the best ending.

For me this ending hit really hard, I never really realized what I had in life because I was living through it. Things do change but gradually and they may not always be the best but like Johnny said “Sometimes you gotta let go”

Honestly this is the saddest ending for V since he lost his identity cause of the surgery and is left alone in world, now just a NC resident rather than the NC Legend we built him up to be and sucks that the man who fought/helped many is now a left behind by everyone he helped. Just like Johnny said "taking a man's identity is worse than death"

Don’t fear the reaper it is.

Tbf, Judy response to Male V is a lot nicer if you don’t choose the aggressive dialogue. Panam wasn’t even her response, she just got over your 2 years disappearance and judging by how emotional she is, Mitch decided to intervene to stop you from making Panam going ape shit again, which i can understand. Kerry is basically Johnny Silverhand but without aggression against corporations so his response make sense. River is literally trying not to bring you into his giant ass mess.

To be honest it is very hard to ask for people to drop everything and meet V after 2 years. That is very normal, and takes time for them to build the bridge again. We always have to remember, its not just you that lost a friend, they also lost a friend.

This is why Viktor is the best character in the game, dude is a real bro.. Wanting to help you, actually help you after 2 years of radio silence..

This ending really shows all these "freinds" and "romances" for who they really are. If you romanced Judy she just tells you not to come after knowingly shattering your world like that. And Panam just ghosting you? River and Kerry? Seems the only people who have even a sliver of care for V are Vic and Misty. Though even Misty is shake cause she really let you stay in night city in the condition you are.

Panam would be there in a heartbeat if she could. Shame there is no Mama Welles call

it's hard to fault these characters for being unwilling to drop everything and help V (with what, even?) after knowing him for a month and then having him disappear for two years. judy already said her farewell if you complete her questline, she literally says she's getting out of NC and moving on with her life, and good for her. she got what sounds like some stability and happiness. kerry's literally drunk and in the middle of shit when he takes a call and gets dropped the bomb "ayy i was in a coma for two years lmao" so really, i can only fault the guy for not saying "dude this is some heavy shit, let me call you back when i can address the situation with the attention it deserves," which is more maturity than i could expect from him anyway. river's failures are institutional failures. in a civilized country that doesn't bankrupt its citizens for needing medical and mental health care, he wouldn't have needed to sell out and do whatever terrible shit he must have done just to pay for randy's treatment. he doesn't even mention if he got any treatment himself and you know this mf has some serious PTSD. honestly with the hand river was dealt in this story, with his nephew being kidnapped and his best and only friend for a month or two going AWOL for two years straight, i'm just proud of him for not offing himself. panam? nah. this girl was bad news from the start. i've dated girls like her, with hot tempers and an entitlement to your time with no regard to the shit you must be going through. it's pretty telling that throughout her questline, V never feels like he can explain his situation to her until he collapses and coughs up blood. honestly, i'm going to give her a benefit of the doubt here that she's pissed off and assumes V ghosted her simply because she can't handle the very reasonable idea that he might just be dead. perhaps she thought that V died and she wound up dead herself, hence the way mitch talks about it. vik and misty are great, at least. vik even offers to help before v can even ask, and even though it doesn't work out, vik showed himself to be pretty thoughtful. it's clear that he's the most mature of V's friends, and he lives for all of the little things that matter most. dude just wants a friend and a beer. doesn't ask for much, doesn't expect much, but offers everything he's got. a fucking saint, truly. it seems like judy, vik and misty would all be happy to see V for non merc-related, normal friend shit, so really this is a better ending than V could really expect. it's not the ambitious, out with a bang type of ending V may have wanted at the start, but it's the sort of ending his friends would be happy to ride out with him. it's a shame that you end up losing johnny in this ending, but depending on your affinity at least he understands and accepts your decision. i think, by the end of it, he understands that he was never gonna be there for a long time, just a good time, and his time is up. it's hard to picture things going any other way if V decides he'd rather die old.

“So damn nice to know some stories actually get a happy ending.” “Yeah… Happy… Happy…”

Wow, it’s like accepting death is the better choice than what we get here for saving our lives.

One of my favorite parts of the story is Panam and Vs relationship and to see her not pick up lowkey hurt me.

It's so heartbreaking after romancing Judy, V going into a coma and then coming out to realise her girlfriend has moved on and she's alone is so heartbreaking to play through, especially after getting punched down the stairs, you truly feel hopeless

The ghost of a living legend. You are still alive, the people around you yet live, but the person that you were is gone with a gust of wind that was laced with gunpowder-like a musician that can no longer hear their tune, or a singer that has gone mute. You are still alive, but those closest to you are distant-some of whom forever out of reach, and even those that remained are changed by this damned city. You are still alive, but the dreams and hopes and memories of those that fought at your side are gone. Lost with the person that you once were and not possible to be maintained by who you are now. . . . Are you truly still alive?

Can’t believe his friends just basically ignored v… next play through I’m not helping any of them except viktor

It is a sad ending yes. But I feel V messed up on this. If he knew that something could go wrong with this operation, then he should have told someone about what's going on in case he dies or be in a coma. Like where to find him or at least say he is getting surgery for the chip and won't know what will happen. He was very vague to people he's close to so this what happens.

This ending made me really appreciate Viktor. I wish they had implemented more interaction with him. But on the other hand, it speaks volumes, that despite having less interaction with him than with any other "companion", he still sticks to you. So maybe it was necessary to get this feeling about him. Real great guy. In the end this made me really love Vik!

V will help all his/her friends anytime, but when V need the help, no one will come to him/her and will forget about him/her... Except Viktor

This makes the Nomad ending doubly better, since V could cash in the favor after getting out with the aldecaldos and live a nice happy life Edit: V can call up the NUSA and get treatment for her condition after the game ends, Misty's reading basically confirms that V lives in the aldecaldo ending and maybe the temperance ending

Panam..not geting back to you.. Just nothing, really twists my stomach. Like, you did a lot for her.. compared to a lot of these other guys.. You did so much for her clan and everything. And yeah she waited well over a year. Just man. Shit turns my stomach inside out. Makes me feel awful, made me just wanna quit and do another ending.. Because not having her felt the worst when compared to anything.

Man... seeing Vik make's me sad I never paid him that 20k. Dude's more loyal then a dog.

Panam ghosting him was the worst fucking thing and only Vik stuck by him

damn, every one of them except Vik turned out to be a fair weather friend. something to keep in mind on my next playthrough

This ending seriously had me crying and i never cry at games. Ever.

Megabuilding H10 Administrator's response hit too bad

My god, what a sh!t ending! The people that turned their backs on him was wrong. I mean you formed these relationships by helping them and this is the way they treat you? Wow. Dude was in a coma, you'd think after hearing that they will put their anger aside... guess not. So yeah, looks like the Nomad ending is the best. At least with that one there's this sense of hope that V found a way to get himself cured. I like to think that with all of the connections he made, they all put their heads together to find a way to get him help.

This ending with V "friends" reaction after 2 years of missing kinda hit home hard... can relate and this feel really painful to watch

This makes me get The Sun ending only, without Panam or Judy romance, imagine doing all their quests and get this, because after everything you've done they say "fuck you".

0:30 One thing I hate the most about V is his indirect, rarely honest straight to the point way of talking. He rarely tells people the full truth of what goes on, and never really explain details. Like when dexter thought we killed arasaka, V never told him what really happened and just let Dexter assume we really killed him.

Vik was only one who was there for V and kept it real. Vik is the realest G out there

I like to think that maybe one day Panam would see his message, if she's somehow still alive, and end up messaging him. I mean a coma for two years is a pretty good reason to not have been answering

Judy: so nice to know some stories actually get a happy ending Me: even this isnt a happy ending. bitter sweet, like the others..

Doing this ending after romancing Judy for the fourth time hurts but I’m glad she’s happy

They still sprinkle bits of hope in here. V COULD get implants if they were custom made. Viktor is STILL willing to try everything for you, so much up to interpretation. It pains me and facinates me that there is no definitive good end for V

not sure why people think this ending is depressing, its bittersweet. like Johnny said, sometimes we just have to give up and let go.... its part of life.

God Cyberpunk is one of the greatest. The voice actors deliver their lines so painfully well, I can’t help but be so incredibly emotionally invested in everything they say in every playthrough I do.

aldecaldos when you're dying: "you're family" aldecaldos when you live: "you're disowned"

So The nomad ending is still the best because you live remember Misty's never been wrong so far with us (even Jackie if you think about it) and this ending is guaranteed life for the doubters in the back but guess what? You can't defend yourself and you have gigantic targets on your back from basically every gang in NC even some Russian military affiliates so you're kind of screwed.

"It'll help this old man sleep at night" This is the line (And the only) that make me cry

Choosing this ending is answering Dexter's question from the car ride

This ending created me a new fear, the fear to loose everything while I can't do anything to stop it. I never cared about that, but now it's frightening me

The fact that you've still got Kerry and Viktor hits hard. Maybe at the least, you could get Kerry to give you some kind of job working for him. A high technical ability V could "recalibrate holoprojectors" like he said he was going to for Us Cracks or something. If nothing else, give him a job in marketing or something. As busy as he may be, he legitimately does care. And Vik? Vik is still himself. Couldn't ask for a better friend or doctor.

Puts all those "friends" in a really bad light to see that none, absolutely none thought "wow, V might be in danger, let's try to find her/him". Of course NUSA docs not calling the most-called numbers on V's phone is just terrible either.

There is no happy endings in night city, although old friends like Vik had V covered.. glad the last person we spoke to was misty.. really needed that,

Judy breaking her end of the news is so bittersweet, she has found that piece of happiness both V and her talk about without V and it feels so depressing to return to NC with that knowledge

This feels like a fat middle finger to you for betraying someone.

I always love Vik, he's that one character that reminds me of all of my IRL friends that I can call and just chat with, like we never stopped talking.. Also meeting Misty at the end was really nice too, they're the true real ones in Night City.

I love that the ending of this game DLC is like Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood minus the friends.

No one is talking about how this is also possibly the best end for johnny. He finally got to accept death by giving up his "life" for something more tangible his crazy ideals, to save his best friend. He seems finally at peace the last time you speak, its a great reversal of the temperancr ending

2:29 cap, leaves NC if you are Vincent, leaves NC if you are Valerie and decided not to romance her

Ik I’m in the minority but I still think this is a good ending for V. Like, sure people move on and stuff but that’s just how it goes in real life too. By the time you’re in your late 20s…many friends you knew from school have moved across the country, gotten married & have kids now, or simply lost touch so you don’t see them anymore. Not many interactions apart from a hb message once a year. Or if you’re both in the same city, you can grab a beer together. Sounds sad but that’s life.

Cyberpunk has been the cause of every time I’ve cried in the last year. Through the different endings I’ve played so far, and at Jackie’s ofrenda. The last time you see Johnny in this ending hit me hard, and even the line delamain says at the end of this when you get dropped off at Vik’s clinic hit me too.

It feels like betrayal that everyone except our boi Vic abandoned us

so panam never thought "hey theres no way this guy would ever do something like this to me we need to search for him and turn over every stone in night city until we do" Kerry would have the funds River is a "private eye" and Vick and Misty were the only leads they had! Judy moving on with her life after everything she went through is perfectly fine but theres no way none of these guys should have just given up after you clearly stated you'd be having life changing surgery and then ghosting

I just want to hug vik, for him being him. True father figure

Vik being the only one who was willing to drop anything to help V genuinely made me cry man. Him, Jackie, and Misty were true ride or dies. Vik truly only cares about what's best for V, and is willing to do what he can to help him/her.

Helping them solve their problems,fight for them, been with them through hell and back ,"romance" blooms.....Go for a a medication to cure himself that led to a coma for 2 years and that's how they treat u....💔

this ending is literally "better to burn out like a fire than to see yourself fade away"

Guess they could not get Panams actor.

Thank you for doing this man. Can't bring myself to choose this ending knowing that I'd lose everything. Already a depressed guy playing a dystopian game with depressing endings.

I still haven’t finished the first Cyberpunk and I think I regret clicking on this vid

This ending really shows that the only two people who really cared were Misty and Vik. You did so much for everyone else, and they just kick you to the curb. Inexcusable, for people who hated Night City as much if not more than you did, they sure did take the city's lessons to their cold, closed hearts.

Surely, V could have warned at least one of them. A love interest at least. “Hey, so, I’m just going to get a brain surgery. BRB” But V couldn’t know that it would take 2 years of coma. Besides, V seems to be a little bit of reserved about her/his condition. So, I don’t think it’s a bad writing here. V just thought it’s going to be a quick trip. We can’t blame a fella for being in a f-ing coma. Also kinda makes sense that people would just move on, speaking from experience. I’ve served in military for a year. It’s crazy that a lot of people just forget about you, even those with whom you have been through a lot. And when you come home the majority of your friends couldn’t care less about you. And for your irl love interest, forget about it, she’ll be “married already” as well, just like Judy. Sorry for ranting, just this ending I relate so much. Old wounds. Folks who serve in contract army (more than just 1 year) confirm that. One of the reasons they don’t wanna live civilian lives anymore and return eventually after retirement, they don’t have connections and attachments outside of military. As for the ex convicts. It’s even worse. As they all say “there’s nobody except your mother”.

Vik made me cry, literally. Haven't cried over a video game since I was like 16 playing Mass Effect 3.

I actually find this ending believable for someone in V's predicament. Two years may not seem like a long time from a real world perspective, but that's because we're not living in a place that can instantly chew and spit people out like Night City. It's perfectly reasonable for V's friends to move on in that time, especially when each of them have their own set of circumstances that encourage them to move on so quickly. In Judy's case, she was already planning to leave Night City after what happened to Evelyn and the Mox, so V disappearing would definitely be all the motivation she needed to get as far away from her old life as possible. Think of everything that V went through in merely 6 months or so: befriending Jackie, becoming a solo, and the Konpeki heist all occurred in that timeframe. Add a few more months at most for the rest of the main story and Phantom Liberty; V changes a lot during that short amount of time, so naturally the same can apply to everyone who was close to V. Imagine how they all felt after that third or fourth month when V still hasn't returned any of their calls, they have no idea if V is even alive or not, all the while Night City isn't being kind to them. It makes sense that we'd see some of them in drastically different stages in life from when V last saw them two years before.

I was spoiled with the 2 year time jump but I had no idea this was how it would turn out. V lived but everyone else left her. CDPR really said to be careful what you wish for.