March 12, 2023, 7:16 p.m
If there is one good thing that I have experienced after the remnants of the brain, it is the whole part of Cyberpunk 2077 that I miss. And I don’t mean interviews with Johnny Silverhand where you don’t know how Keanu the Prefect’s character is going to act, but living past experiences.
He was a terrorist and a Samurai singer who distinguished himself as a beggar, a womanizer, a drunkard, a violent man and any negative combination you can think of. That’s why every time I could control him, I allowed myself to have weapons in my hand to know why he is a legend in this city at night.
past battles
Silver had its heyday 50 years ago, but it’s hardly a futuristic dystopia considering human longevity. That’s why I can find Rogue, one of his main connections in the city and who always acts closed in life. Johnny advises me to be honest with her and I can see that they don’t leave a mess around with a woman in a llergete who comes out swearing at her.
The deal is simple: I pay you 15,000 dollars and you give me information that I must contact Anders Hellman. Guy is now a big shot guarded by Kang Tao, a Chinese company that competes with Militech for most of the military pie. AV alone is expected to lead the way for the company’s commerce, and Hellman is thought to be in the middle. The problem arises when considering that AV is heavily involved.
The most convenient point of extraction is from the city at night, on the plains of Jackson, and to extract the box, but we need some expert in the field. A certain Palmer of Panam is a native of the place, and he will be the one to give me a rope in my journey through the wilderness of the outer regions. And that the tallest structure is not a skyscraper, but a sign of a lost motel.
Sand, sand everywhere
Panam stops his car near the industrial warehouse and I see that he is the one who does not know how to leave the past behind. A member of the tribe of Aldecaldis, he wanted to avoid his own people so much that he wanted to work as a mercenary. I don’t know if she’s too good to do the job, but it turns out that she was the one who was mad earlier in her life after being cheated on. From what he tells me, Nash’s double partner stole his car during an assignment he had for the Fugitives, and now he owes him quite a large sum of money.
Let’s help the girl to get Thorton Mackinaw “Warhorse” from Raffen Shiv, another gang of desert thugs. It suggests an ambush in Rocky Ridge, a typical transit town in the middle of nowhere that is also falling apart and where absolutely no one lives. Since the situation between the two parties will be much more complicated, we go to Aldecaldos base to recruit Mitch Anderson and Driss “Scorpion” Meriana. Despite not having the best relationship with the leader Saul Bright, he is still allowed to enter the place.
I understand that it is possible that two Aldecaldos join us, but I reject the option, because it would imply that I have to take a gun, which is against my plan in Cyberpunk 2077. They also say that Bright does. I don’t want to help Pan, so it’s time to throw our party. The Raffen Shiv idiots arrive at Rocky Ridge at night, so it’s a few hours before we get a chance to manipulate and sabotage the electrical system. Yes, of course, because I behave much better in the dark, cutting and breaking necks in all silence.
Without knowing what to hit them, we recovered the weapon from Panama, who, thirsting for revenge, shouts to me that he wants to go after Nash. I’m very sorry partner, but it wasn’t part of the peace we have with Traitor through. I’m not going to do an extra bit for a pretty face that makes me sad until I get back. Remind me that I am cruel, not romantically involved and much easier on the title of CD Projekt.
time to think
In this whole process of meeting in Panama, coming to Jackson Square and discussing every single thing, I understood how Cyberpunk 2077 does what GTA has always been asked to do attractively. A very popular opinion about Rockstar games is that you should read the titles of the conversation that Trevor and Franklin have, for example. For many, it’s a must-have saga for the next GTA VI.
At night in the city the opposite happened. Every time I had a conversation in the car, as the driver, I was on the phone and very brief. On the other hand, when the game is going to give me a speech, a series of instructions, context and relevant parts of the story, I was sitting in the passenger seat in those circumstances. We also wanted to learn more about Panama’s history and culture, but this is all I can do to help me get involved in dialogue and familiarity. As if that were not enough, choosing to give answers and most of them have a transcendental weight.
For example, after capturing Warhorse, he puts me back in the passenger seat. It makes narrative sense because he’s the owner, and at that very moment he’s asking me to get Nash. There are several options that seem to answer me and stop denying him to satisfy his revenge. It was a difficult decision for me, I was thinking of doing something like that with Jackie on Plaza Konpeki Street. The idea of starting a relationship with her crossed my mind, but love collided head on with my coldness in the role of character that I missed my V.
I can’t judge something like that on the move, and if I do, I’ll stop the car and think carefully about what I’m saying. I have more respect for the player from Cyberpunk 2077 in this sense than GTA shows. The same thing happened with the cards, because those I fought in the movement, I was a co-creator. All the fans will learn from the rest and we’ll see if Rockstar notices.
