Can I Beat CYBERPUNK Without Dying?

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[@Robopup325]

Fun fact about the nomad intro: You can ram your car into the people, causing police to be called, which forces you into combat, allowing you to pull out your gun. A lot of the enemies are super high level, and you cant level up before the Sandra Dorsett mission, but it is possible tho difficult to kill that asshole cop in the beginning.

[@Robopup325]

It is easier to kill him if you pick up Jackie first, then charge them, as Jackie will assist you in combat.

[@abrahamsandwich]

Good to know!

[@V.Sensei]

Ok, so I saw your comment and decided to try this. A few notes: You can just run over everyone. It is the best way to kill the sheriff. There is a city border. The moment you cross the border your HP regens to full. NPCs in the area seem to aggro at you permanently, so as soon as you re-enter the area, townsfolk will start to shoot. There is actual law enforcement in the area. Police will keep respawning and getting stronger the higher your wanted level.

[@carrotgod7083]

I just recently got the game and i chose nomad and I was not good at driving because the controls are so horrible with driving I kept crashing into civilians and had to restart about 4 times

[@asdboohah]

does he drop anything good?

[@kebobbed777]

Rest in peace “zoomy eyes”

[@rustyjones7908]

I didn't know the eyes could zoom until I started watching this channel

[@tropicalstorm24]

They were too young 😭

[@insertnamehere7925]

@@rustyjones7908 same

[@frankejk]

i shed a tear when he said 'eyes that zoom'

[@darkmessiah757]

​@rustyjones7908 This was a while ago, but I must know how? They have a highlight for how much zoom you get

[@richardbaker308]

One of the stealth perks is broken. Instead of making it take longer for enemies to notice you, it makes them notice you instantly. Looks like you may have taken that perk

[@friccle_]

Technically speaking, the entire game is “can i beat cyberpunk without dying”

[@Maketoru]

You're right, if you die you get to the last checkpoint so you technically never die in it

[@pocketinfinity6733]

7:17 "The fact that he rolled over the table twice for no reason just fills him with the exaggerated swagger of a mexican chrome man. It gives me goose bumps every time he does it"

[@galaxy_panda_kat]

Watching your videos is so weirdly calming haha I enjoy them so much! 😁

[@abrahamsandwich]

Haha glad to hear!

[@s7arlet2024]

Found the channel a couple days ago been watching all the challenge videos non stop while doing my second play through

[@abrahamsandwich]

Thanks so much, glad you like them! 🤘🏻

[@MMMricher420]

Scary this is my exact situation 🤣🤣

[@Robopup325]

for your throwing knives run (I did one myself quite recently) you can use distract enemy quickhacks in the first Sandra Dorsett level to get a perk point to spend on throwing knives on the very first level.

[@turtleishim]

And then you need to get a knife.

[@professorkittyhawk]

Another awesome run. Would've been interesting to see a Don't Fear the Reaper run like this, but totally understand not wanting to level up to 50 to make that feasible. Still, badass and awesome. Love your work.

[@abrahamsandwich]

Thanks!

[@Lover_of_ebrietas]

Based

[@anpeace_]

31:55 literally got a “John Wick 4” ad after V said: “How about that, Johnny?” xD

[@DrivingGod21]

Kongu, Lizzie, Fenrir is a sick loadout I'm 100% down with.

[@elijahthomas3233]

Hey I love your cyberpunk challenge content a lot! But I was wondering if you ever considered briefly talking through the perks and skills you use as your progress through the missions for challenges to get insight on how you pull these off

[@abrahamsandwich]

Yeah I’ve thought about it. It is a lot of information but I could look into it more!

[@rubyzkarlet]

6:15 Am I the only who finds the combination of Jackie's quote and the standing dead guy simply golden? XD

[@Babasrian]

Heck ya a new video, your videos have made me want to play cyberpunk for myself.

[@maiqtheliar789]

Buzzsaw would have also probably helped with a permadeath run as well. Because like tech weapons it can fire through objects and it can still ricochet. Shooting through objects would have allowed you to hide around corners and shoot enemies without exposing yourself to return fire most of the time. Honestly one of my of my favorite weapons in the game. Only downside is it does chew through your ammo fast.

[@abrahamsandwich]

Yeah that’s a fun gun!

[@stanimir4197]

if you are patient you can always craft nekomata (even on missions that forces you to deposit your guns) and ping/shoot through walls.

[@justinrboyett]

Yes - I have done it twice. #1 was a Netrunner w/ tech-shotgun, super easy. #2 was a sandivestan build... much much harder.

[@stanimir4197]

about netwrunner w/ satara (point 1), you dont even need any points in intelligence to pull it off. It's just stupid that the only (sane) way to get a legendary one is paying 10k at all foods. The other is massive reloads for on 'occupation hazard', doing in the 40s lvl.

[@handsomesquidward7460]

A year ago but i was doing a no death run and did the entire main game without dying, first mission on phantom liberty i wasnt focused and fell and died before even entering dogtown. Does this count as a death, im pissed over it but not sure if it even counts, just reloaded a save before i entered

[@kermitt2882]

Yo that was a great idea. I'm looking forward for another challenges that you have

[@notyumosxd]

Can you do beat the game without Jacky dying?

[@abrahamsandwich]

No 😭

[@CptRumGuy1]

Nice run! I feel like you need to do this run (and maybe some others) again in the current patch, now that ricochet isn't busted and other things are harder i.e. smasher

[@kobaye2111]

Could be fun to watch

[@januszkurahenowski2860]

Thanks to your videos I know how busted ricochet is lol. The game doesn't explain this mechanic very well and I always went for smart weapons. But as far as I understand you have a perk that increases damage by 45%, a Cyberware that increases it by another 50%, and a muzzle that increases it by a further 140% lol. It's insane. But does it do any more damage on its own without those things?

[@abrahamsandwich]

Yeah it’s crazy you do more damage by bouncing bullets!

[@youngpast0228]

OMG Yay throwing knife run. I'm excited for this one. Also nice video. So very excited for the next run.

[@aurora________]

Fun challenge run, thx for the video. For a future challenge, I suggest a spin wheel randomizer run. After every main mission, you spin a wheel with every weapon category + fists, then you can only use that type of weapon until you finish another mission. You can avoid combat with every weapon type but only do stealth kills/takedowns if you spin out fists. This is effective for level up/grinding too, so for example, you finish a mission and spin out shotguns, then you can only do ncpd scanners side gigs etc with shotguns until you finish another mission and spin again. If you want it to be harder, you can use the spin wheel to distribute attribute and perk points too.

[@abrahamsandwich]

That could be fun! Kinda similar to my weapon swap challenge!

[@kilianloidl2739]

Try a Challenge Run without using Atributes or Skill points. Or in other Words, try to only use the Starting Atributes. Would be interesting to see if you can made it.

[@abrahamsandwich]

Already did it!

[@hazeltree7738]

I think you kept getting caught at the mall with the Animals because you weren't accounting for some of the stealth mechanics. For instance, just standing behind the door at 17:25 when the guy was moving to open it to investigate what was going on I'd also advise using ping to keep track of the enemies Hope those help :)

[@maejr]

you bringing up how you can’t die in the takemura driving segment reminded me of how the first time i played i didn’t take the inhaler he offers you because i thought he poisoned it or something, so i just watched as he got shredded by the assassin and drove us into a light pole

[@abrahamsandwich]

Ya that would do it haha!

[@gamersanonymous4me131]

What no cyberdeck? Or...not using short circuit on the drones after Heist. Its easy to stealth Konpecki but you have to do quick saves after completing each segment but i've done it dozens of times. You also have to bait the guard with the elevator key by leaving a body for him to find at a specific position in the hallway for him to come investigate, same with 1 of the guards near the elevator. And...I have died on the car ride with Takemura (glitch?) while shooting every enemy and it was before Mantis blade man which I thought was wierd. I always stealth thru the GIM, its easy even on very hard. Its not too difficult to stealth past Sasquatch without optical camo. But over the years CDPR has changed the path thru (changing animal routines and doors to enter). Are you not allowed to do quick saves?

[@gamingcentral4730]

Story wise? Impossible as it’s canon v does by dex killing him. Gameplay wise? Easily done. Hell, you can beat the entire on max difficulty around level 20 without any perks without issues

[@that_leaflet]

Throwing knives are so fun! Honestly not much of a challenge, at least later into the game. It can be very difficult at first. But for a real challenge, you should try a Many a True Nerd style YOLO challenge. He did one in Fallout 4 where he was not allowed to heal at all, all damage was permanent.

[@abrahamsandwich]

Could be interesting! I like the idea, I just got a couple other I want to do first!

[@daniellourenco5488]

Its funny how takemura sends 5 messeges telling to knock 4 times we get angry for him spamming and we still fail to follow the order😂

[@BrandonGavin_EDC]

Awesome, I’ve been wanting to watch the streams. Thanks for the post of that.

[@alexsmith7763]

14:30 the 5 seconds of that song playing sent me spiralling back into a state of emptyness, edgerunners has fully broken me.

[@PerpetuallyTiredMillennial]

Attempting this on 2.1 with the popular "Enemies of Night City" mod on very hard is brutal. I haven't been able to even get past the heist.

[@potoker2296]

Technically you die as part of the main story but some tech revives you and tries to kill you again but who counts a forced death on a permanent death run. Honestly cyberpunk isnt that hard even on the hardest difficulty plus once you upgrade your body and quick hacks your pretty much invincible once you get the legendary biomonitor and the secondary cyberware along with the body tech tree enhancements. The only problem is the very beginning after you get to free roam as the game drops you a hard difficulty zone but once you drive the guy who's got a Mr stud issue you can work your way down. It's not too bad but all you need is about 10 or 15 levels and your all good again.

[@thesolesurviver2180]

Hey, what about a splinter cell run the hardest difficulty only stealth If you're even spotted you must reset the encounter also no tech hacking people, and finish the special ending. Maybe this one is hard enough for Ya lol keep up the vids still haven't got to get the game yet but I've still been enjoying your videos.

[@davebradburryjr5084]

This is never go to work on the Xbox one & ps4. Why because playing an act one I can run around the map and all of a sudden I will get hacked by one of the empty seats and you can tell because it's a yellow bar that stacking you the problem is I can't hack them back because they're actually out of my rage so the A.I. the only way I've been able to figure out if it's got to be from that system because I can't find the enemy for it is not on my screen at the time and it is guaranteed to kill you but it doesn't back off till your dead this is why the IAA should not automatically paint a Target on the players back you'll notice that whenever combat system happens you are automatically the center of the charge you are the blinking red light that says everybody there he is the cops know where you're hiding all the time the bad guys know where you're hiding all the time you're basically one s*** hits the fan you are the beacon of life and this is probably one reason why this game sucks it would be nice if the IAT system would not track

[@daebi37]

Would love to see a no Cheese Mechanics run. No stealth, no ricochet, no cyberware, no procs ect.

[@FoxLenar]

Loved hanging with you on the directs! amazing video.

[@SayMy_User_Name]

I think they increased the difficulty on very hard with the 1.6 patch .. I played through the game multiple times pre 1.6, but I’ve been going through the main missions for the first time after 1.6 and i dont know, from what I remembered so far, Sasquatch, oda, and the fight to escape the building with takemura we’re all much harder than I remembered them being previously.. same goes for the enemy detection, they def tweaked it , if u don’t spec into cool & some stealth perks u get detected immediately now

[@abrahamsandwich]

Yeah I feel like they did some hidden updates but I’m not sure 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@littlebigman1761]

Throwing knife only run? It would work like fermjng for throeing knife upgrade before getting into the story then playingnthe game without usingnthe knives as melee

[@insanitysymphony9175]

Crazy that in v eyes rogue and Johnny are old and their equivalent of boomers but they're the same or possibly even younger than we would be sense they were in their 20s in 2023

[@JustAnOrdinaryDemon]

So I tried this one myself died on the smasher on don't fear the reaper ending, so technically I did it. But man I was pissed about it

[@heyguystwo7140]

You can't because you die twice, first Dex kills V and sec is when Johnny dies from smasher

[@MrTimPL]

I clicked on this video, because I knew about ONE joke that must be done because how the game is written

[@TheFinagle]

Wait, You fast forwarded through it but you took down netwatch so didnt you die an *avoidable* death to Placides hack? It is hard to see because you fast forward but its an important moment here. Even if its story based and you get back up, you *can avoid it* so it still counts against any no death challenge (Unlike the one after the heist which cant be changed)

[@abrahamsandwich]

It’s a story based death so I don’t count it, just like the main one with dex.

[@chriswtheafro]

Throwing knives only??? I’m already excited for it

[@matusfranko457]

kongou 🔛🔝

[@vBUMPERv]

Nude mantis blade cyberpsycho playthrough, when?

[@jackmaboi5231]

I enjoyed watching the streams and now the video ❤

[@limbo8749]

well, I mean you. would fail after the 1st act, when Dex caps you

[@Betapvnk]

Armadillo Mods… haven’t heard that term in months 😂

[@Fushezy_]

10:33 pause 🤨

[@Yenneffer]

Rick Oshe is the MVP.

[@justicethebustice]

they spot you that fast because they installed dat new sweet kiroshi optics

[@luizinhobolinha]

Do one without reloading, you can only use the first clip of every gun

[@psonehagrid]

You cant as you died as you got shot in the head and only got brought back alive by the chip

[@povyouarefunnyvalentine5802]

Lasagna

[@egads3696]

Please keep up the content, you are the funniest cyberpunk personality ive seen.looking at you handsometez *meow*

[@abrahamsandwich]

Don’t plan on stopping! 🤘🏻

[@Tsuki_the_canadian_otaku]

With the s**cide hack you can do the gym very stealthfully

[@Zymemaru]

I'm just waiting for Phantom Liberty news so i know when i can get back into the game

[@abrahamsandwich]

Yeah I’m excited for the dlc!

[@Nykkynn]

What a run. Love it. ❤

[@abrahamsandwich]

Thanks 🤘🏻

[@seeinred]

25:37 I kinda wish you've missclicked here :D Would be tremendously funnier that way :D

[@abrahamsandwich]

Would have been funny but I’m glad I didn’t haha!

[@thebest.cornbread8795]

i really wanna stay at your house is the best cyberpunk song yall stay mad

[@matheusmterra]

You can't, because Dex kills you, !kappa

[@rokasciurinskas7890]

next up stealth run with constant flashbangs and reboot optics

[@Kaplex159]

on normal mode its easy af

[@kobaye2111]

That's why the challenge is on very hard

[@目が明く芋粥]

wanna death count and say 100/(death count) % chance to make it to the top

[@LucasD08]

It would have been funny if you just ended the video when dex killed you.

[@higglybiggly1174]

And this is why Smasher is as easy as he is. He is the final boss fight of the game, and you can beat the game even lower level then this. The reason some of the cyberpsychos and optional bosses are harder, is because well, they're optional. It sucks that Smasher is forced to suck when in lore he should be able to pick you up and tear you in two - but he has to be designed to be beaten by the majority of players. I'd LOVE an update that adds an optional menu slider for Smasher akin to Johnny's optional appearance. One that makes him as hard as he has every right to be. That way the people that just wanna beat the game get vanilla Smasher, and everyone else could get Edgerunners Smasher

[@GARYnickS4556]

im wondering would the suicide ending count as a fail? or would it be a win?

[@eliromero2303]

You should do cyberpunk while drunk in game

[@Seeraphyn]

I don't understand, I leveled up a character to level 50 trying to build him as a gunslinger/tank and I still take a ton more damage than your level 18 V in the final mission

[@abrahamsandwich]

Yeah the secret ending guys are cracked. They always hit super hard even with a super tanky build.

[@kibbo86]

Ricochet is broken. And Tech is broken too. The gunplay in this game is just ridiculous

[@abrahamsandwich]

But kinda fun! 👍🏻

[@jerthon1]

A perma death run, But with no using healing items

[@bigben01985]

Wait how did you get the "ghost cars" when going after Hellman on the bikes? I only get waypoints

[@abrahamsandwich]

🤷🏻‍♂️it always does it for me.

[@remydetrou734]

Hey like your videos a lot man. Quick questions, did this game get harder in any of the updates? I have a lvl 49 character and tried don’t fear the reaper and got insta killed in the lobby with 677 health and around 1000 armor and some random encounters worked me over as well on very hard. I’m sure there are mechanics I’m not using but I was surprised I got destroyed so easily. I went into tech reflexes and body cool evenly split. Thanks!

[@Galaticat117]

There’s a chance you ran into a damage type your very susceptible to (ie physical or poison) I’ve had that happen to me a couple times

[@SayMy_User_Name]

I’m pretty sure it did but I’ve felt the same way lately .. on my first play through since 1.6 I swear Sasquatch, oda, and a few other fights I’ve done so far we’re definitely more difficult than they were pre 1.6

[@remydetrou734]

@@SayMy_User_Name same here. It’s easy to do high damage with crafting etc but damage taken seems to have jumped up quite a bit

[@SayMy_User_Name]

@@remydetrou734 without a doubt .. i didn’t do the parade mission until I was level 45 I think in my recent play through and I had a rough time beating oda .. if he caught me once or twice with those mantis blades I was dead .. I kinda like it though, rhe power fantasy stuff works well with random goons n during gigs, it’s fun to just destroy a gang of dudes, but when it’s comes to boss fights, it’s not satisfying to just blast a guy 4 times n he’s dead lol so I like that they upped the challenge for the boss fights, it needed it

[@remydetrou734]

@@SayMy_User_Name totally agree with that. Only thing that frustrates me is the seemingly random auto save system lol

[@echoweeibo]

go full "i love pain" mode and do a one tap permadeath run

[@willtews955]

Spiderman build run. Grapple hook, monowire, sandevistan, sticky grenades, camouflage, stealth drop takedown, max damage for fists and of course non lethal for kiroshi optics eye. Hacking, disable enemies, max health, max armor, immune to electric, chemical, thermal, max damage over time for bleed resistance, and max mitigation. I don't know what the best way to go about it is. I wonder if the grapple hook can pull enemies towards you?

[@fardass3535]

you cant even perma death this game canonically

[@Dracas42]

The fact that Oda is dumb enough to activate camouflage when he's LITERALLY ON FIRE is hilarious to me.

[@thediciple40channel11]

I'm gonna be seeing Female V's voice actor this weekend and I'm super excited

[@jordangogov5866]

Environment only kills ? Traps, shooting at barrels, etc. Not sure is it good idea

[@abrahamsandwich]

Hmm 🤔 I like it but I’m not sure if the Oda fight would work.

[@JesterRosetherandombard67]

Can you beat bioshock 2 with only melee bash

[@dadbrokemywaller]

been playing cyberpunk for a year now and just figured out u can craft ammo this is not a good realization

[@abrahamsandwich]

Haha, I had the same kind of thing happen!

[@vincenttoledo77]

why didnt u use comrade's Hammer?

[@Kitty_Salad]

is there a way to have romantic time with all of the protagonists? owo...

[@handsomesquidward7460]

Probably know already but No.

[@TheVolsungClan]

Been starting a new game on very hard every time I die.

[@titanrishi1958]

"I'm Outta of ammo" um excuse me

[@robertgray3710]

I swear I can kill hordes of enemies without dying but a gangster in a low level area can 1 shot me with a single bullet from an smg

[@abrahamsandwich]

Yeah, it be that way some times!

[@lazyliger8740]

you can die in the driving segment with takemura i tested it after i heard you say it in a different video if you do not shoot one of the bikes when there is 2 bikers you most certainly can die so please stop spreading misinformation about the game

[@abrahamsandwich]

yup, its super weird how if you don't do anything you die, but if you do a little damage to the bikes your good!

[@poisonvial5144]

I notice that i NEVER used the ricochet mechanic in Cyberpunk 🤔

[@abrahamsandwich]

I didn’t either till I had to, then I realized how broken it was!

[@aaronlauretani8921]

I’m glad they’re doing things like adding a cooldown for healers and grenades and improving the enemy A.I. Without mods, the game has always been just ridiculously easy. You can spam the inhalers without a problem, throw nearly infinite amounts of grenades, craft grenades and ammo everywhere, and easily stealth past dumb enemies. It’s almost hard to die.

[@MuhammedSaidoo]

"So permadeath is if i die ingame then i die irl"

[@hernaldolazo7757]

When he said that Yorinobu was going to have a tap dance off with his dad, I was like, “WTH is he talking about?” Just to lmfao a few seconds later 😂

[@N0ES]

I beat Cyberpunk and I'm still alive, so it's not that hard.

[@abrahamsandwich]

Solid job 👍🏻

[@AmaraHammerhead]

How about a run where you don't spend any skill/attribute points?

[@abrahamsandwich]

Already did it!

[@sweetiewolfgirl]

*goes to stealth* *failes at the actual very first chance* I've failed to stealth it once. And that was v1.0 cause of the looking through walls they had, you do have to drag the bodies and the place you put them is just away from a spawn. (Also a tip, there is light and exposed based detection for the player, if you have no experience with how it works it's a pain. The cyberware that slows time when you start to get spotted is pretty neccesary to learn it. You got spotted in the Judy mission cause you were too close to the front of the railing, and possibly the cycle put her slightly forward (if she's too forward she can see you from the bottom of the walkway it's annoying))

[@showerthoughts1015]

I think I accidentally did this challenge

[@eonarose]

The easiest way to do this would be a hacking build. Just take over cameras and hack your way through every mission without ever getting into combat.

[@sinyx.3525]

I don't get it, every time I play on the hardest difficulty the guys in the car chase after the Sandra Dorsett quest are god damn sponges. He gives em 2-3 shots and they are dead

[@FormerlySunrize]

Damn hardcore minecraft cyberpunk edition lol. Super cool video, so obviously I'm gonna watch it to the end.