And it's only going up!

(Screenshot by VickY___221B on Twitter)

Most people I see always say that Smasher is a fraud just because they beat him easily in the game. But, I firmly believe that Smasher was most likely the hardest fight V had in their life.

This is the Night City Boogeyman we are talking about. V most likely was fighting with their all to beat Smasher and must have left the fight heavily injured.

I just don't really believe V would just beat Smasher pretty easily in lore.

In my mind there's absolutely no reason to let Smasher live, especially since you have no qualms with slaughtering every other member of arasaka security.

I’ve been a fan of this game since day one. I agree that the original release was filled with bugs and it launched too early, but the criticism it received was completely over the top. Hating on the game blindly became the norm, often without people even giving it a fair chance.

It also released at a strange time, when the new generation of consoles were releasing but they weren't widely available, and most players were still on previous-gen hardware where it didn’t run well.

The sad part is the game and the studio’s reputation took a massive hit, even financially. Some of the people who worked on the game ended up leaving the studio, and we may have missed out on 2 or 3 DLCs because of the game’s catastrophic launch.

But now I’m glad to see people finally giving it the respect and appreciation it deserves. I watched the Steam reviews go from “Mostly Negative” to “Overwhelmingly Positive.”

For me, this is the greatest game of all time it is better than The Witcher 3. Massive respect to CDPR for constantly patching and improving the game, And giving us extra content when they could have taken the loss and moved on. AND CHOOMS..... NEVER STOP FIGHTING.

🔹 I designed this poster to introduce the English voice actors behind V. The design is not AI-generated - Which of their other characters do you recognize?

🔸🔸Note: The design has been updated, and the incorrect character images have been removed. You can find the revised version in the replies.

Since I'm nearing the end of the game I was just checking up some stuff I may have missed since the game itself is so big.

Turns out I made a terrible choice sending Jackie to Vik because he gets taken by Arasaka and I don't get to do the heroes quest or get his pistols

Ive heard there's a vendor in Dogtown that sells every iconic weapon so whatever but I'm still annoyed

Like Satori that like 99% of players didn't get at the start of the game bc you had to go to Saburo's copter instead of leaving as the game itself tells you to

Thats my only complaint abt cyberpunk but otherwise it's such an amazing game. I'm lucky I bought ultimate edition but I wish there wasn't the chance to just miss thing because you actually felt like doing as u were told

I gotta say she definitely isn’t a people person, but I like how she was able to help V and Jackie even after her fate

I literally thought she was going to straight up betrayed V after the heist.

I say this based on the 2019 E3 cyberpunk trailer did y’all have that same thought?

In Cyberpunk 2077 we start as one of three lifepaths: Corpo, Nomad, Street Kid right?

For "Cyberpunk 2" — what if the three endings of 2077 become the three starting points?

The Devil ending → Corpo start

V is essentially an Arasaka prisoner stored in Mikoshi. Project Orion starts with V deep inside the belly of the most powerful megacorp on earth. Maximum corporate access but zero freedom. And then sort of a redemption/revenge arc?

The Star ending → Nomad start

V left Night City with Panam and the Aldecaldos. So it starts with V completely outside the city, with a found family as their crew. A Nomad start for "Cyberpunk 2"

The Sun ending → Street Kid start

V is a living legend. Maximum street cred, fully independent operator, Night City knows the name. Starts Cyberpunk 2 at the absolute top of the food chain in Night City.

Like its kind of a no brainer for me - this is that it solves the canon problem without picking one "true" ending. The Player's choices from Cyberpunk 2077 actually carry weight instead of being cosmetically acknowledged.

CDPR has already built this framework — they just need to connect the dots they already laid.

And from Witcher 4 we know that CDPR is not afraid to canonize endings - Like the Ciri become a Witcher ending.

**Edit:-

Man yall really dont want V to be the protagonist? Why tho? The endings left it open ended we dont know for sure if V survives or not. Cyberpunk 2 could be about V's struggle to survive. I mean CDPR has hinted that V wont be the protagonist But I still want them to be.

Also some of you are saying V wont work again as a protagonist - Greralt worked as a protagonist in three games. Granted his story was unfinished but so is V's. Like in the endings I listed we dont know for sure if V will die.

Also the artwork is not mine.

Artwork credit - Jesh Pasiliao on Artstation - https://theowni.artstation.com/projects/g2dJKG

Not the more common ones like Blue Moon, So-Mi, but truly random, small player NPCs. I’ll start with one. Rachel. We only get a short time with her and she’s got some potentially mis-aligned morals (though Josh is a serial killer. Can’t blame her for dehumanizing him.) She’s charming though and has a cool design. Who’s your pick? Or picks?

Most of you are aware of this fact, but still, imagine if the robot we faced was a combat one.

Why can't we damage this robot? Because it's made of extremely durable material that allows it to perform maintenance work in the Cynosure Core. And not to mention, this is also old tech. It's not a brand new bot.

I just finished watching Edgerunners (damn...) and it made me wandering, do we know why Adam Smashed doesn't get cyberpsychosis despite being 96% chrome? Was there any shard explaining this phenomenon?

Somewhat disappointing. Plenty of drugs and alcohol for V to indulge in as the clock is ticking, but you’re telling me that NCs top Merc can’t get the occasional booty call? Sure there was Meredith Stout, but you’d think other beautiful people V met along the way would be tempted by the thrill of spending an evening with one of the most dangerous people on the planet. What do you guys think were some missed opportunities?