Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 30th
Whatcha all playing!
I've been going hard in Pikmin 4. Also been playing shattered pixel dungeon and recently ascended for the first time which was super fun.
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Just finished my first playthrough of Cyberpunk last night after about 120 hours. I had 3 or so gigs left but wanted to make sure I got it done before Baldur's Gate 3 (will need to free up some disk space...).
Overall I liked it a lot, despite its many flaws. It has some moments, characters and stories that are really engaging. Judy was a standout for me, and her voice actress really killed it. I regret not choosing Female V now, but of course I had no idea at the time. And I know it's controversial but I kinda liked Keanu as Silverhand, even though his voice acting isn't always "good". The relationship between V and Johnny was the thing I enjoyed the most, and Johnny's character development.
Not sure I'm super happy with the ending I got, though, and I might go back and play out some of the other alternatives.
From memory, I'm pretty sure Judy can only romance female V (if that's what your regret was).
I'm one of the weirdos who had a good time with Cyberpunk when it first came out. I'm really looking forward to the DLC and trying hard not to play it again before the DLC so I don't burn myself out on it.
Yeah, Judy made a big impression on me. I'll wait a while after Phantom Liberty's release until I'll play again, but I'll definitely play Fem V then so I can see the Judy romance.
I just played through another ending today, (Don't) Fear the Reaper into the Temperance ending, and I much preferred that to the one I got at first (Rogue's path into The Sun ending). I'm much more satisfied with the game now.
My first ending was Panam/Aldecaldo and it's still my favorite probably.
I have heard people like that one, and I have read roughly what it's about, but I'm saving that one for my next playthrough.
I think which one suits best depends a lot on both how you played your V and how you felt about Johnny.
For me, V and Johnny became like best friends, and so The Sun ended up feeling mostly like a letdown and a nobody wins scenario, and it felt almost out of character for V, too.
Temperance felt perfect for the story as I had experienced it, and it was also really cool to see the final dialogues inside Mikoshi from both the perspective of playing as Johnny and playing as V. Highly recommended.
SPOILERS When playing as Johnny (the first time), I actually thought V would interrupt a fourth time on the bridge heading towards the light and forcibly kick Johnny back into his body and make the choice for him. At least that's where it felt like the dialogues were going. I think that would have been a cool moment, if your relationship with Johnny is high enough.