Cyberpunk 2077 allows players to choose what to do and say, but some of these decisions can make things a lot worse for V and the people around them.
Night City is filled with unique individuals and many alternate paths for V and the player to take. However, not all of these paths are good, and some can lead to the worst decisions in Cyberpunk 2077. It’s no secret that the game allows players to choose what to do and say, and some of these moments can alter the direction of Cyberpunk 2077 for a worse-off and morally gray experience.
V and the player can be downright evil, or simply make a mistake in their choices. By knowing the potential destinations of certain paths, Cyberpunk 2077 players will be able to navigate through the hardest decisions in the game and still come out on top.
Updated on October 20, 2023, by Jake Fillery: With Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty releasing for players worldwide, V is responsible for more choices than ever, and their decisions can directly impact the world and the characters within. V has the power to make people suffer, including themselves if they don’t choose the right options in Cyberpunk 2077. There are many outcomes to certain missions, actions, and dialogue trees that will make players second-guess every decision they make. Surviving Night City has always been hard, but holding the fate of characters, and those that are supposed to be near and dear to V, is quite the burden to bear. Players might end up making decisions in Cyberpunk 2077 that will change things for the worse, and provide them with emotional burdens that leave lasting impacts. 11 Giving Songbird To Solomon Reed
Solomon Reed makes it clear from the moment he meets V that he intends to honor his word and give V the help they can. However, to do that, he needs Songbird, and he needs her alive. Yet, Songbird’s fate runs in tandem with V’s, and both characters are dying. Both V and Songbird are on a ticking clock, ready to fade into nothingness as something else takes control of their consciousness. For V, that’s Johnny Silverhand. For Songbird, that’s a dangerous Blackwall Rouge AI.
Towards the end of the game, players will have a choice to make on whether they help Reed recover Songbird alive, or she either goes out on her own terms and dies. Alternatively, v can help Songbird escape to the Moon, where she will retrieve treatment to live. No matter the fate of V and Solomon Reed, giving up Songbird is debated as a bad decision, because she will be used as an FIA asset, and one that has completely lost her mind to the Blackwall, never to return. 10 Taking The FIA’s Help
On the topic of Solomon Reed and the FIA, choosing to help Reed will provide V with a promise of a cure, and the top surgeons in the world will help V with the Neural Matrix. Yet, is it worth it? The Tower ending will see V survive the Relic, but Johnny Silverhand will be killed in the process. Revenge against Arasaka never takes place, and V will be in a coma for 2 years, with the world changing around them, and those they held dear to their heart in Night City, moving on from how they thought V was dead.
By the time V wakes from their coma, they are told that they can no longer handle combat implants. This means that V can’t have any Cyberware, and their dreams of being a Night City Legend end here. V is just a regular person, another face in the crowd, effectively a nobody. V will live a long and quiet life, but is that the one they want? It’s the definition of a fresh start with consequences, as V will have no friends, no home, just nothingness but life.
