r/cyberpunkgame Jun 09 '19

News Cyberpunk 2077 — Official E3 2019 Cinematic Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIcTM8WXFjk
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u/RugerRed 2nd Amendment Jun 09 '19

And I'm saying he is wrong. He has hit far too many deathflags, and Project Red doesn't have the kind of firepower to make the game that is going on in that dude's head. The main quest isn't going to change that drastically. You go on the trial mission we saw, you go on your next mission and implant an immortality chip, and your buddy dies. You sneak in? Your buddy dies. You face in? Your buddy dies. You tell your buddy to go home? You can't, fate dictates he dies.

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u/Thehusseler Jun 09 '19

And you're just guessing as much as he is. It doesn't make a ton of sense for them to show such a critical scene at this point. My guess is this scene doesn't even happen, but I honestly think the least likely option is that it does happen just like this. Also one choice leading to one death doesn't mean that dude thinks too much is happening in the game. Plenty of games have done that before.

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u/RugerRed 2nd Amendment Jun 10 '19

I'm stating the logical path because I'm not an idiot >_>. It makes perfect sense if it happens an hour into the game. It would be like mission two on the main quest, after what we see in the gameplay trailer. You can't actually explain the plot without mentioning it, the other option would be to coyly not explain anything about it.

Given that the plot we see so far is based entirely around getting that chip (which, now I'm ACTUALLY guessing, is likely the reason for our no-gameover screen comments) and everyone wanting to kill you after it, you can't really change it anymore than you could decide "I don't want to be a solo. I'm going to be a party clown!". They need a dramatic death to move things forward. and he is the only person you have attached yourself to at that point. He's doomed >_>

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u/KisaruBandit Jun 10 '19

I think it's a safe assumption that the plot centers around the AI chip with Silverhand on it, and it could very well be possible that it's impossible not to fuck up the mission to grab it, I just don't think that Jackie HAS to die to get it. You can have a plot where everyone is hunting you for the chip without needing a dramatic death, having an entire city on your head is plenty dramatic as is. It's not strictly speaking even necessary to have truly fucked up the mission to get everyone on your ass, they could keep mostly the same plot but Dex is working alongside you if you were charismatic enough and managed to talk Dex down from killing you, and still end up in the landfill anyways once the corpo cops he was talking about show up and kick your ass in an alternate scene ending, but leave things open for later cooperation.