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Goodbye, V. And never stop fighting.
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Intro: 00:00
Act I: 04:25
Act II: 11:26
Act III: 24:18
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Good video Vi, you can barely tell you have been sick in the audio.
Im saving this video for the moment I finish Cyberpunk 2077
Oh hell yes. About to have lunch and this is just what I needed
At 21:45 I would argue the two are the same. I don't really like what the story overall is saying and that's probably gonna be a video at some point
I tend to agree that the most memorable things about Cyberpunk are its scandals and that's sadly about it.
i don't have a cheeky comment this month, just that the ending of this one fucked me up
You know, this video reminds me of a fanfic set in Cyberpunk’s Night City. The main character is from our world but is iseki’d into the game.
At one point, they encounter a gang made up of kids from ages 7-14 with a 15 year old being the leader. The Mc needs to get permanent access to the building but the gang of kids toting guns are stopping them.
They ask for advice from their own crew and their brother who is part of the Tiger Claws and both parties emphatically tell her to kill them. Even her brother offers to take care of it in a way that comes across as sweet and caring if you can forget the actual problem.
That event in the fan fic is why I love cyberpunk, it’s a world where human life has no value. I feel so many people can relate to feeling hopeless or overworked in their day to day that they can place themselves into the shoes of an NC resident who wants to improve things but is stuck within a hopeless system.
This may be projecting, but I’d like to say I think there is a general desire to “rise above” our own circumstances. To achieve greater height within a (generally) moral framework.
Cyberpunk seems to ask, “what if there was no moral framework?” What if the system you live in is so broken there’s no morality, just hustle and victory.
To me it answers questions about how individuals are represented or even weaponized. People are treated as a product and so are their bodies. In our own world where every search and purchase becomes the next YouTube ad, I don’t think it’s such a stretch to see why people love the genre.
You can fight back. The game doesn’t ask us to rip down the system, indeed the events of Judy’s quest line and Johnny’s remissions outright prove nothing changes. But you pick up your gun and try anyways. You eke out your own corner in this corrupt craphole.
It is, in many ways, a tragedy because for all your efforts you don’t truly win. There is no good ending where V gets cured but there are endings where you made a difference, which is more than most people have in their real lives.
I think that’s why people love the game. It’s BECAUSE it replicates the culture trash that is our world
I appreciate the visual metaphor starting at around 8:14. Vivian's describing trying to get a shot in, meaning-wise.
Oh, and I think Vivian's status as more of an outsider to the kind of culture Cyberpunk references allows for a new angle of discussion from that of Tim Rogers' essay(s[?]). Tim talks about being a real ass punk very authoritatively, but I think what Vivian is drawn to in the game is different enough that they don't really need the antiposer status for what they're saying to land.
Bleh, word salad on my part, but it was good, and despite consuming way too much Cyberpunk discussion/discourse, like everyone else, this vid still doesn't stand in anyone's shadow to me.
Everytime i hear a guy with this accent i just cringe. Where does this accent come from? It's like hearing a man talk like a woman, it's really disturbing.
I really love your point at the end about how art ends up in the past. There is a little sidequest where you can find someone selling old merchandise from Johnnys band and Johnny comes to a really similiar conclusion when He and V chat about it after.
I love ALL Vivian Aladren videos!!!! ❤
I really feel like you should go back to this game, purely for Phantom Liberty, as that showcases a lot more of the strengths of the game and the team behind it. You won't be dissapointed.