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What is the BEST ENDING to Cyberpunk 2077 (All Endings Ranked & Explained)
Published 13 Jan 2023
Install Mech Arena for Free 🤖 IOS/ANDROID/PC: https://clcr.me/BigDanGaming_MA and get a special starter pack 💥 Available only for the next 30 days ------ Choosing the best ending to Cyberpunk 2077 is a hotly debated topic amongst the Cyberpunk community. There really is no perfect ending to the game and each ending has its tradeoffs. In this video, we’re going to settle the debate once and for all and decide what is the BEST ENDING to Cyberpunk 2077. We’ll evaluate every ending and epilogue sequence in Cyberpunk 2077, including some subtle differences that can occur based on previous choices. So buckle up, grab some iced coffee and let’s talk about the ending to Cyberpunk 2077. 0:00 Introduction 2:57 Endings vs Epilogues 3:38 Arasaka Ending Part 1 5:24 Aldecaldos Ending Part 1 6:49 Johnny and Rogue Ending Part 1 8:23 Inside Mikoshi with Alt 9:17 Temperance (Giving Body to Johnny) 10:21 The Star (Leaving Night City with Aldecaldos) 11:10 The Sun (V Gets Rich) 12:10 The Devil (Sell Soul to Arasaka) 13:34 The Path of Least Resistance (aka the WORST ending) 14:15 The (Not-so-Secret) SECRET Ending 16:58 And the Award for BEST ENDING Goes To...
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i would' ve picked the aldecaldo ending, with a panam romance, but that one has v just accepting his death in a few months, and also leaving the most likely location to get any help to prevent his death. The secret ending, as a bachelor, feels the most " do no harm" to me, so i kind of like it as thechoice
And personally, my favorite is definitely (Don't Fear) The Reaper + the Sun, it totally suits my corpo V and how I played the character. Judy ends up leaving but hey there's no happy endings in Cyberpunk anyway .. ...Expand 33
bad: v sells their soul to arasaka in exchange for a false cure.
neutral: v raids good: v raids arasaka with panem. They leave night city with the nomads in search of a possible cure.
best: v raids arasaka solo. They become a night city legend and pull a heist in the crystal palace in exchange for the actual cure
i think both tie into the major themes of the game in a satisfying, cathartic way.
they represent with the star, you find peace. You let go of your pride and your ambitions to live a life that' s fulfilling, to die on your own terms, surrounded by the people you love.
meanwhile, the sun has you storming arasaka, rebel path blaring as you tear through everyone. And in the end, you' re a legend, you stuck it to arasaka, and you' re ready to punch even farther up on the totem pole.
either way, v decides to go out on their own terms. They don' t sell their soul to arasaka, and they don' t abandon their body. They made their choice
then, he becomes king of the afterlife, gaining unlimited wealth and connections with powerful people, and is famous.
he pulls it all off without sacrificing anyone. And even if he loses, he can die without the guilt of dragging anyone in the grave with him.
i understand why so many people like the star ending its most optimistic wholsome good vibes ending. Personally, i didn' t like panam all that much. She' s hot and intelligent, but her impulsive hot headed my way or the highway attitude when you dont do or agree with her got on my nerves. Plus, as a city kid, nomad life just isn' t for me. Constantly moving and squatting in the middle of nowhere or filthy one-star motels and needing to raid and steal from convoys to survive isn' t for me. Nomad life is too romanticized, in my opinion sure the concept of family and trustworthy people is great but you can find the same people in the city it' s just rarer. I think it' s a life you would love if you were born in it or got nothing to lose like nomad v was. Which is why it makes sense for them to leave the city
with the dlc looking like you could be working with militech, you could feasibly
- return - return to night city legend
(something like that)
that is the cyberpunk way anyways. Sure you can sink your teeth into other options, but cyberpunk isnt about heroism or dominating the system. Its about living in style and winning as much glory as possible.
thats why in allot of campaigns unsurmountable odds like inevitable death, turning into an ingram, having your eddies wiped to zero or all chrome functions confiscated is an integral part of reaching legendary fame.
the beauty of dont fear the reaper is that it does what almost no other rpg does, it test how well you know the system. It test whether you are worthy of legendary glory. You can either back out and let your friends and associate help you into retirement. Or you can go head on with the odds and prove yourself to night city. To honor the edge runner culture jackie and the fixers kept of emphasizing. Because they knew that v was all about glory. Because if v wasnt about it, v would have avoided the ingram heist. V would have hit the high road when he got burned coming up. V would have never taken job after job to just blow eddies on weapons, chromes, rides and spots. The real v goes out in style. Watching the sunset or running afterlife just doesnt cut it when the clock is ticking to the last second
because you were personally fucked over by corpos, youv
and i actually disagree that signing a contract with arasaka is the worst. They can literally make a backup copy of your consciousness and eventually just load it into an appropriate body. If you keep both takemura and oda alive, takemura owes you a lot, and he is an upright and reliable man who values his honor more than his own life. So i think you' ve actually got very good chances
1. In panam' s ending, she mentions 2. Don' t fear the reaper is a badass ending, though it has a major mistake in the plot. Every ending where you storm arasaka explicitly shows you striking a deal with alt and uploading a daemon onto a chip in order for alt to gain access to mikoshi. In fact it was exactly the deal, as alt couldn' t get to mikoshi on her own means. In the reaper ending, you' ve guessed it, the chip comes out of nowhere. It' s somewhat strange that no one really points that out lol.
3. Also, in all mikoshi endings alt has probably got saburo in her possession, as saburo is also an engram. Just something to think on.
4. Also, in mikoshi endings, yorinobu seems to have achieved what he wanted - he got rid of anything that could meddle with his plans, and any loose ends are tied up in a commotion.
5. Don' t fear the reaper ending also is, essentially, dealing with a corporation (i mean in the epilogue) which in the game always meant bad things. Hence why i could say it' s not as good of an ending as it would seem. Then again, the crystal palace heist is made for. I actually can' t say what exactly, but i think some important andkind of themes of this game are rogue ai' s and space, so crystal palace might have some serious meaning behind it, as just top 1% of the 1% could even be in there. So it could be something much, much more important than a casino - for all we know, it' s a casino to everyone else except for the people that actually come there, and it' s probably not for playing poker.
so, in regards to the ending, i chose panam' s ending, as it' s the only one that breaks the circle of the cyberpunk genre, with don' t fear the reaper a close second (i literally can' t make anything of it as of yet, so
i think this is a fittingly bad outcome for a game called cyberpunk, with v getting backstabbed by arasaka simply because they saw v as a means to an end and didn' t care of honoring their end of the bargain. I think that having a final choice of going home or getting soulkillered is particularly noteworthy, as it allows for the player to decide what they want to make of this terrible circumstance. I have heard some complain that it drags on a bit long [which having not played this ending i can' t verify] but from what i' ve seen online it is a fitting end to the tale of v and his/hers ill fated attempt to live.
the sun
this is my least favourite ending, as it doesn' t work as an ending to a cyberpunk story. The idea that after v get' s the whole impeding death thing worked out and then becomes a wealthy " night city legend" who then goes on a yeet mission to space is just a bit too triumphant of an ending. Being a " night city legend" is clearly not supposed to be a good thing as we can see from how johnny turned out and the " bolivian army ending" aspect makes it feel corny. I honestly don' t know why cd-projekt thought this ending was a good way to end the game.
the stars
as stated earlier, i got this ending on my recent playthrough of the game and i think this is one of the best endings. I think it perfectly solidifies the idea the night city isn' t worth it and v is better off with the aldecaldos. It is particularly effective if like me you play as a nomad, as it gives the ending a feeling of going to hell [i. E. Night city] and coming out the other end damaged but not beaten. I love it.
temperance
given this is the only ending where johnny silverhand gets to keep v' s body, i think its a great conclusion for the game. It shows how johnny has been affected by his time with v and desirers to live his new lease on life better than 50+ years earlier, getting out of night city and letting go of his old vendetta with arasaka. Like the last ending, it shows that night city is hell and that getting out of its grasp is a victory.
the path of least resistance
extremely sad andperfectly shows why throwing your life away when there' s still hope is wrong, especially given judy' s call in the credits showing her emotionally on the brink of going down the same path as v and evelyn. Handles the whole topic with great respect.
don' t fear the reaper
puts thein cyberpunk, no more need be said.
overall, i think most of the endings fit the themes well and give a satisfying conclusion for just about anyone playing through the game. Just a shame that the rest of the story is so underwhelming and disjointed, yeah there' s some great characters [saul, takemura and panam being my favourites] yet i feel it just screams of lacking a clearly version, something which can be said of the game as a whole. Still, i' ll take what victories i can, and the endings are one of those
nomad v (female) the star ending romancing judy
street kid v (male)the secret ending or rouge ending
street kid v (female)the secret ending or rouge ending while romancing river.
corpo v (male)panam ending(best) or devil ending but leaving for earth.
corpo v (female)panam ending with romancing judy. Or devil ending also leaving for earth
cyberpunk delivered on that wish for me certainly with 2. 0 update it seems to be a good running game now with just a few glitches here and there went threw almost 50 hours of gameplay with just a few weird things happening like a car flying away after a collision and some weird car accidents but nothing really big or gamebreaking
my favorite thing i did untill now was bringing samurai back together sneaking into kerries house and shocking him by playing the guitar like johhny used to
but overall i liked every ending even the arasaka one, all very really interesting
something else to consider. In one of the news / ads you hear during play, there is mention of a corp having developed a new cure for multiple sclerosis. On the face of it, v' s medical situation at conclusion seems to very closely line up with certain theories about ms
im especially bummed that we dont get to deal with either of the arasakas in our way. If we could kill either of them for what they did in no small part to jackie it wouldve been so worth it
exhibit a: you get to exact revenge on adam smasher for defeating johnny and turning him into an engram, a fate worse than death.
exhibit b: you get to honor your friendship with jackie because you' re starting to climb to the top of the top in nc, themajor leagues - what v ultimately set out to do.
exhibit c: you' re not effectively surrendering to the beast that is night city by not running away and becoming a legend by trying to shoot for the moon.
exhibit d: the sun ending feels more resolute than other endings as v states in their dialogue with mr. Blue eyes: " times i had something to gain are long over. Now, i' ve got nothing left to lose. "
for these reasons (and more i can' t think of right now) the sun (from a successful suicide run) is better for me than the star
so v' s death isn' t guaranteed. 1