OK but what about Johnny Silverhand’s Uncanny Valley armpit hair?
Alright, here’s something I barely clocked after 30 hours with Phantom Liberty and now can’t unsee: they gave Johnny Silverhand a got dang reverse facelift. Digital Keanu Reeves is just that much more craggy and aged now, looking less like a Keanu Reeves mannequin and more like the man himself.
I thought I detected something a little more wolfish in my brain boy companion as I made my way through Phantom Liberty, but the difference really pops in those rare scenes where Johnny takes off those big ole’ aviator glasses of his, especially in a side-by-side comparison like this one from SynthPotato on Twitter.
Doesn’t pre-2.0 Johnny look a little… smooth? PC Gamer hardware editor Jorge Jimenez suggested the OG model looks like a really good RPG character creator dupe of Keanu, and that’s going to haunt me.
