Don't Fear The Reaper | Lv 50 Edgerunner - Very Hard+ | 1.6.1

[@Brendzun]

Build URL Removed as it is out of date since the newest DLC. This video was made during Patch 1.6.1 Malorian Arms pistol with Crit Chance mods Stinger knife with Crit Chance mods Byakko katana with with Crit Chance mods Some of the mods I use give extra rarity of cyberwear pieces, add new ones in and change a few pieces to go into different slots that make more sense. As such, I use the following that are not shown in the build planner. Fuyutsuki "Kurosawa" Sandevistan MK5 - Legendary Iconic - Operating System Kiroshi Optics MK3 - Epic - 3 Slots - Ocular system Limbic System Enhancement - Epic - Frontal Cortex Memory Boost - Epic - Frontal Cortex Reinforced Tendons - Legendary - Legs Heal-On-Kill - Legendary - Circulatory System Microvibration Generator - Legendary - Skeleton Smart Link - Legendary - Hands

[@gilgn1017]

Um the link for your skill tree and cyberwear is not working.

[@Brendzun]

Thanks. Used a different shortener.

[@impelcrato9258]

thanks ill try a playthrough of this

[@volantjay3280]

What’s making your arms black and look cybernetic and what’s the sword

[@impelcrato9258]

The black hand is a mod in the description and the sword is a reward you get from wakaba after you finish all her gigs

[@TonyTylerDraws]

Imagine being an Araska guard, having just survived an assault on the tower a year before, when another cyberpsycho walks in

[@mangonectar8117]

Who assaulted last yearv

[@Sir_ShadowZ__]

​@@mangonectar8117David Martinez, from the edgerunners anime.

[@kylecook7187]

Wasn't the show years before this?

[@Sir_ShadowZ__]

@@kylecook7187 I think only two after the timeskip.

[@ardagne3204]

@@kylecook7187one year

[@ElBarryMan]

"just focus, you're better than them" *Jonny's words fill you whit determination*

[@deimostherobot]

This was one of the hardest hitting scenes of the game. Either you gain riches, glory and everything you could ever want, or you die guns blazing, but you don't take anyone to die with you

[@Asghaad]

best thing is you save all your loved ones AND get option to SURVIVE ... if you give body to Johny (at that point no reason not to, you are already an Engram, wheher you stay in net or get uploaded back it wont change one iota on what you have become) and go with Alt that is the ONLY way for V to not die...

[@Mroresident32303]

@@Asghaadand even then going with Alt is dying in a physical sense

[@shrimp3rjr413]

Wish it was an actual choice you could pick instead of just having to wait as a secret ending.

[@jacobhatch2296]

​@@Asghaadother then commiting suicide or the new ending, there is no confirmation whether he lives or dies. In every ending there are hints that he could still survive. It's purposely that way so you can make your own headcanon

[@Asghaad]

@@jacobhatch2296 in Arisaka Ending you die in 6 months, the same in Nomads ending, and the "legend" ending is the same premise with the casino heist being the last hail mary attempt with zero guarantee it will even matter - most likely not...but thats the ONLY one slightly ambiguous whether V lives or not the "dont fear the Reaper" where V goes with Alt ending is the only one where both Johny and V get to exist for longer than six months - Johny keeps the body and V construct goes behind the Blackwall joining the AIs. and the "new" ending leaves V helpless and vulnerable, only a matter of time before somene comes in to collect the debt V has - whether its Arisaka, Militech, Biotechnica, Maelstrom or any other of the corps or gangs doesnt really matter, V stepped on a lot of toes and its only matter of time before someone gets to collect the bounty ... so still the solo run on Arisaka with V going with alt is the ONLY one of the endings where we know both our protagonists survive...

[@jacobthibeault2778]

"Time to party like its 2023" idk johnny this year kinda sucks

[@bluxolaw]

Frfr

[@yaoiboy]

To be fair 2023 sucked in the Cyberpunk universe too.

[@AT_Penguinizerrr]

ALL MY FELLAS 🔥🔥🔥

[@antoniohenrique7449]

When I did this mission as a netrunner any hit was KO, man the smasher fight was almost a horror game

[@ReddFrank]

Damn I did it with a sandy build with comrades hammer and katana, it was a breeze. Netrunners are squishy asf though so that would probably be the hardest build to do this on.

[@Asghaad]

@@ReddFrank uhh what ? i wouldnt call my almost 800 HP netrunner decked in legendary max upgraded gear overstuffed with legendary armadillos squishy ... Int 20, Body 20, tech 20 ... max health, max armor, regen + every possible critical chance mod + LSC ... Oneshotting everything with Widowmaker or electroshokc therapy blasting saka elites with Buzzsaw THROUGH WALLS is fkn broken or having fun with the Netwatch Netrunner MK.5 and Short Circuit, Overheat, Synapse Burnout, Contagion...

[@ReddFrank]

@@Asghaad eh that's more a hybrid build I'd say, like the equivalent of a battlemage in this game vs a pure mage. I was referring to a pure netrunner which doesn't spec into STR. Sick build though dude.

[@fooltheroyal8691]

Same. Lol I had commanders hammer and 3 headshots to smasher fucking destroyed him. Combine that with quickhacks between shots and I fucking bullied him on my 3rd try. Had to stun him each time he used his BS rockets.

[@RGV2300]

You weapons weren't powerful enough. You gotta find the legendary ones once your level is maxed.

[@kevinescobar370]

“Focus you’re better than them” ngl that shit helped me get through this on my hard playthrough

[@yesman121]

My favorite part about this mission is how scared the guards are that all this is from one lone merc.

[@cognoto2159]

"A single Merc?!?"

[@psychopates]

« No fuckin’ way ! A single merc ?! Alone ?!! »

[@giovannicervantes2053]

Around the end I heard smasher's laughter as my own when slowed down and it fit cause he was actively retreating from me after I pulverized his reinforcements with gorilla hands and diced the other group with bayakko

[@raxi9619]

I cannot describe how much I love when games give me the option to just go fucking ballistic on the enemy, mowing down absolutely everybody I see against all odds. And I don't regret re-doing 10 hours of progress in order to get the correct dialogue options for this ending!

[@adamahmadzai2357]

Army of two is a game you would love

[@perialis2970]

Netrunner builds: 🤓it was a hard mission sandy sigmas: it was a fun an exciting mission (spent 90% in slow motion)

[@davidsteker0526]

the 2 second sandy with monowire is a cheat code istg

[@iamvmotherfucker]

True. Qiant Sandevistan Mk 4 is my ideal choice!

[@victorvillegas7672]

NetRunner/handgun build- laughs in legendary contagin 2.0, and I'm still mowing thru groups. Requires more finesse and proper synergy with weapons.

[@DarkSentinel52]

based sigma sandy grindset

[@sazechs_451]

​@@victorvillegas7672A man after my own heart

[@boredandquarantined3161]

I love how some of the voicelines show utter disbelief from the guards that this is happening, the one at 4:27 really sells it. You have become so powerful that the guards of the biggest corp in night city didn't even know it was possible to be so powerful.

[@AbyssalPhantom-uc5lh]

There's no doubt that even though it's really obscure and unnecessarily difficult to get to if you miss it the first time around, this is probably among the most badass secrets in videogame history

[@MrCobalt]

It really is a fantastic final showdown. Just you against the tower.

[@McLovin1776]

Especially with the way the guy did it. Imagine it from the enemies' point of view. Dude just zooming around the room picking people off in seconds with no time to react. Adam was still talking shit during the boss fight, but he was half health before he even saw who he was fighting. This is defiantly the most badass version of V I've ever seen.

[@DerClouder]

I like to think this the Cyberpsycho-ending for V. An engram on a biochip convinces V to go alone in a tower full of hostiles and massacre them all, and then be "cured" Very rerminicent of Johnny's "Hand", an entity that inside his mind that takes the form of his cybernetic arm speaking to him, and canonically convinces him to actually go out guns blazing against Smasher in TTRPG books. It is believed that this "Hand" was a symptom of cyberpsychosis that made Johnny do dumb shit and act on his hatred towards corpos.

[@javierdefaria4178]

This is some new ending shit

[@artiglieria2533]

foreign body is kinda the bd version of cyberpunk

[@julianlowrux5070]

That makes a lot of sense, especially since the memories we see of Johnny’s assault on Arasaka Tower were heavily dramatised to make Johnny seem stronger than what he was. Somewhat implying he doesn’t remember or recall exactly what happened.

[@robertonome2448]

cyberpsychosis? more like being based af

[@theawkwardone0403]

I love how regardless of how much of Johnny's memories of the Arasaka bombing are just his elaborations, this ending has the two of you truly accomplishing the mission of placing a perverbial nuke in the form of Alt right in the heart of the biggest megacorp in Cyberpunk. This whole sequence will always feel so profoundly badass.

[@JD-ds5qs]

Johnny: careful V, this is their house. Got a gameplan all polished and rehearsed. This guy: so do i.

[@po-prostapoziomica5559]

Fear in Arasaka soldier is bliss to my inner demon

[@anonprada203]

Something about Keanu Reeves saying “fucking nova” just makes me feel like that its the coolest thing ever said.

[@birubu]

Johnny: “Careful, this is their house. Got a game plan all polished and rehearsed.” Brendzun: “Hold my Nicola.”

[@BASEDCHADTHATMEWSWITHSIGMAS]

TASTE THE LOVE.

[@zhefaloosia7953]

Imagine spending money on cyberware, working so hard at getting recruited by Arasaka security, then your first day was the same day V storms the tower.

[@-Soulsound-]

*meanwhile the new janitor*

[@ghosty6288]

Just imagine witnessing a entire cyberpsycho attack a year ago, only for a year later, A lone cyberpsycho to massacre everyone in there

[@kevlonk]

I really appreciate that it took you 20 tries to film this without dying, the end result is a very exciting run.

[@hunk-909]

its like every single NC legend of the past just possessed V to give the guy the final boost he needs to get to Mikoshi

[@CLRC1997]

Did this run on very hard with a level 36 Body + Berserk character. Used Guts shotty, and River's revolver, Flashbang and some EMP grenades on the lower level with the hoard of Bots. Took me multiple tries but I finished it and is by far the most fun I had on a very long time. That hard Guts recoil when I shot smasher in the face felt extra good

[@stevenbraga4106]

13:40 This is for David ,Rebecca ,Johnny and Jackie

[@XianixCM24]

Jackie?

[@DoxYzeEpic]

​@@XianixCM24Bro. Are you kidding? JACKIE WELLES.

[@jimboslice689]

and THIS one is for Meredith Stout 🗿🗿🗿

[@kalimaude3532]

The absolute jawdropping beautiful savagery it took to turn away from the opening elevator that you could get in and close before anyone could hit you, and *go back* to wipe out anyone who would dare *think* of trying to stop you. Fucking magnificent.

[@jetflightneon8115]

V: *strolls into arasaka HQ with guns and starts shooting everyone* corpo: what are you doing!? V: *grabs him by the throat* killing monsters *blasts him with a shotgun*

[@burnout02urza]

"Welcome to Arasaka. How may I help you?" "-I don't have an appointment." **Alarms go off**

[@caiuscosades1791]

Best fucking experience walking in there dressed like Silverhand and fighting through Arasaka and Adam Smasher with Chippin' In blasting in the background.

[@lavans5721]

Hey just stating this out loud, but Witcher 3 reference: "Killing monsters"

[@yihadistxdl951]

that entrance was the coolest clip ive ever seen in cyberpunk ever

[@TheHomieBaca]

"Time to party like it's 2023" I would prefer their version

[@joshuaelizondo9935]

i just did this mission and i was disappointed that it was just path of glory again but still a really fun ending

[@Cyberpunk-or3zq]

Doesn't have to be, could always give ur body to johnny

[@Asghaad]

@@Cyberpunk-or3zq anyone choosing to go back into dying body is insane ...

[@Asghaad]

@@selimstone uhh no, first off there is no soul second off 6 months of slow PAINFUL DEATH arent even an option, an "easy way" solution would be prefferable to months of torture and lastly part of Vs personality were already overwritten by Johny ... V is already dead, killed by Dexter partially erased by the relic, the post heist V is already a reanimated dead body and as a bonus getting transferred to a Construct means you become IMMORTAL ... at that point you could easily just transfer that consciousness into a mechanical or organic body and when that fails/gets obsolete just jump into a new one (meaning CBP2077 could be a "prequel" in universes like EvE online or Warframe where this concept is very much present )

[@YungBeezer]

@@Asghaadyou’re an NPC

[@YungBeezer]

It’s better than the rest because none of your friends die

[@edwardkania9622]

I've never seen someone play so well. LOoked badass.

[@ToasterToastMan]

If anyone ever does this ending, and doesn’t use the Malorian 3516 to honor Johnny….damn man…Ya can’t be closer brothers than that.

[@Asghaad]

why would i use that piece of garbage ? WIdowmaker + Buzzsaw thats my weapon combo of choice ...

[@venus-tame8428]

​@@Asghaadbcz malorian stylish

[@Asghaad]

@@venus-tame8428 even Johny says to pack the HOTTEST iron one can find, not his gun that somehow goes from oneshotting fools in flashbacks into just tickling them

[@venus-tame8428]

@@Asghaad it doesnt only tickle them if ur build is right

[@venus-tame8428]

@@Asghaad also the malorian is the hottest gun i ever had the pleasure of laying my eyes on besudes the super shotgun from doom etarnal

[@BierBart12]

Smasher going "Are you fucking with me now?" is such good last words I wonder what it'd have been like if you had gotten to talk to him before, if he knew that you were with Silverhand this entire time. I bet he'd have way more to say. If anything, "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK"

[@robertgray3710]

My tip if your low body, sandy with grenade spam preferably level 1 since those are easier to spam Adam with and ani personnel grenades since those will one shot most enemies and for mechs, emp nades just be careful of the shock radius and have your finger on the heals level 3 preferred lastly mantis blades with thermal the legendary motor mod micro motors and as many negates as possible so you don’t get burned shocked or bled or poisoned I did mine on hard so results may vary

[@Brendzun]

The Sandy I was using is from a mod which drastically reduces the duration, while inflicting self damage due to moving that fast as it would put stress on the body, but makes all Katana hits a OHKO. If anything survives, it takes a heavy bleed DOT until it dies as seen at 1:29

[@TheBoostedDoge]

I cheesed the fight with those, it felt so cheap

[@zephyrmasterstormforger8687]

2:35 ok that was awesome my man pulled of some ultra kill shot right there

[@supermanic3320]

Man I was playing this on very hard recently and getting 1 or 2 shot by bosses all the way to random gangers so I was dreading adam smasher until he hit me with his gun and it only did 1 damage per hit

[@sonofstarth1358]

This is the point in sny good game where you have collected all the power, insane weaponry and your skills are un paralleled so they give you this to let loose your power

[@connorpine9157]

6:25 ooOoOoOo close one gave me heeby jeebies I feel it because I’ve been there way back on console when game was still mostly scuffed and I was a bit underleveled or didn’t have enough street cred for the cyber deck I needed

[@Themrlol2]

12:05 Wow very epic just like in movies

[@Rokodai09]

I started learning to draw 2 weeks ago. My ultimate goal is to learn to animate. On my very soul i will come back to one day animate this video. You have my word

[@Its_Alan_Paul]

Dude Watching this made me Play It. Gotta Biz to Run. Still 2077 is Calling

[@mycc3672]

This guy will enjoy septembers update so much

[@Brendzun]

Yes and no. I'm hype for everything but it's going to break all my mods.

[@hanshaperle6075]

Burya pistol is my favorite. Techweapon with instant shot through any walls. It has no charge time. So op.

[@brandonjones5879]

I like the Iconic version Comrade's Hammer. Straight up punches holes through everyone.

[@RedRabbitEntertainment]

8:33 was too clean, the whole video was tbh

[@anguscampbell819]

I've only finished my first ever playthrough and love this game inside and out, and I also saw all the headlines about the shock and disappointment when it was released. But seeing the graphical quality downgrade from present to then? Holy shit, I can't believe it, I'm in shock but so glad to see the work that's been put in to put it right. Still can't wait for Phantom Liberty though. Slick moves though, completely appropriate level of confirming the kill with Smasher.

[@cyberpope2137]

I don’t see the downgrade. Game was beautiful at launch, just extremely broken and janky

[@Mark-oe1df]

@@cyberpope2137 even though they abadoning the game after phantom city, hope they tackle maxtac or a blackwall storyline in their next game

[@Claudioserafino-r2y]

Best outcome for everyone over all. And going into that place all by yourself is the most badass way to finish the game.

[@nizzbizz3087]

The wall jump mod is soo... fuckin' cool. Honestly it just needs some sort of short animation of your hand touching the wall.

[@michaelcordero7061]

Bro out here running around and throwing these bois for a loop and cutting them up like it's a ghost runner, no death speed run.

[@skhighglitch4217]

I guess you could say, V "is just built different."

[@meyerpigott1898]

I felt the mag dump after the Saul death.

[@TheFizio]

It'd be cool if, just for this mission alone, the Shinobi skill branch was renamed Samurai

[@hadess6944]

I did all the endings, really felt in love how this game was, the only BIG - is that they never gave us an ending where we can separate v and Johnny so they could both be alive... like finding Johnny body somewhere deep in arasaka tower and sending silverhand to his original body... so much potential wasted😢

[@GayTiktok]

they buried Johnnys body...there will be new ending with the dlc phantom liberty

[@AwesomeTea]

No happy endings in night city, unfortunately

[@fallhayv8470]

Thats the entire point of the genre. There are no happy endings.

[@theslayer1197]

Happy ending here in this city for people like us Wrong city Wrong people

[@mahnwmeisjep5112]

No matter how many times this games just bugs or has an issue, is still my favorite

[@AbdulazizAlnemer-kg8fu]

I’m impressed with the way you playing 🤯, by the way one on saka guards said ( he’s using demons ) 😂 5:10

[@gphysco]

Feeling like a badass with the music 🎵 starting off once u enter can’t get enough of it 🔥😎 takes me back when playing as Johnny assaulting the tower back in 2023 He didn’t even let him say no way a single merc 😂 4:27

[@matthewcheung7888]

2:42 He did NOT wanna be there.

[@ferbsol2334]

those mods seem to add a lot maybe i will play this after that dlc drops

[@tardar24]

Best run ive ever seen since the game came out ✊🏽 thank you sir 🫡

[@AndZho19]

this was a good video! i like how clean this run was

[@Sain7proxy]

That ui is clean asf

[@raymondsims537]

now this ending makes sense with the new DLC to me the other endings leave a huge plot hole that being how is v alive

[@IntensifyYourMindset]

Not really... If you did the panam ending that one makes more sense than this one to be fair,

[@sirwiliam8443]

The dlc is chronologically before any endling

[@segiraldovi]

If you decide to return to your body at the end you have 6 months to live, for me "The Sun" is to accept your death and live peacefully what you have left, because realistically if you did not find anything to help you in night city, you will not find it anywhere else.

[@maklarus]

when people thinking they are good and do this ending for 2-3 howers and then realize how good they are love it ! :P

[@Mighty821]

Literally my favorite cyber punk vid on You tube

[@CallMeNacho_]

made those saka ninjas look like chumps

[@dxrkblaidd]

smasher’s theme song is so tuff

[@TheHighborn]

The previous perk system was fucking batshit. Loved it. High level merks were truly above people a vast margain. Altho i like the new one too, as it's more role friendly

[@Trapclapcheese]

Visual representation of more cowbell

[@39grilly]

Lore accurate V

[@dinispts2541]

Dude the kerenzikov and synaptic cyberware are so op for this mixed with the netrunner build.

[@valerieee1469]

this is what the game was supposed to be

[@legendsuntold6445]

Bro has the deep dive hud im jealous.

[@skreem6343]

genuinely the best ending to the game by far, just wish there were more enemies!

[@Lollipops103]

I’d like to imagine one night Yorinobu is chilling in his penthouse and then his TV cuts to security footage of a merc with schizophrenia barging into saka tower and killing not only like 70% of Saka’s guards but also head of security and legendary psychopath

[@joshuasmyth3115]

I love that the game just says: "y'know what? Why drag other people into this shit? Let's just do it ourselves."

[@EliteLenny223-Main]

"Time to party like it's 2023!" Funny you said that, Johnny. Because it is!

[@kamelliabuddy]

4:39 I like how he activates the sandevistan after throwing his flashbang, like V had done this trick before.

[@drnerdrage2535]

I hate how everyone says Male V's performance is bad compared to Female V. Male V hits so much harder. For instance, in Judy's apartment during that scene, when Johnny is being a dick, female V says "stop talking" like she's scared but when Male V says it, you can tell he is fucking mad and that Johnny crossed a fucking line. And then here in this scene, male V says "I'd rather fall into my grave gun in hand" like he is just full of determination and anger.

[@milo61999]

shooting smashers body at the end is nessecary

[@rangopistacho6928]

i like how the only good ending where nobody has to die is the hardest ending to get, its really obscure you have to wait 5 minutes while also having done enough quests with rogue, you have to storm araska tower all on your own, your health constantly depletes down as the relic degrades, and when you fight adam smasher if you fight him with rogue or panem they lower his hp to 80% making the fight a little easier and you get support too, but adam smasher is at full stregnth from the beginning. they really want you to earn that good ending

[@outlaw._.lazines]

Dude I was Full of Andrenline doing this part, Gotta be honest tho. Once I Gotten to Smasher I died Twice. Its was Fun though.

[@RadomskiGit]

I love those hands bro

[@mayterdonniemayte]

Nah don't care what anyone says. That move, ledge jump.. so clean🙏

[@GughaKS]

This hud is amazing!

[@originzz]

Adam Jensen attacking 'Saka Tower:

[@MrKey656]

there is a secret ending i didnt know about.

[@SaipaiaFinau101]

Well done! Katana looks preem!

[@hamsammish1467]

My exact thoughts choom

[@Anon-i2z]

Security:"Hello? Are you a good or bad guy V:Blackwalls everyone in there

[@anthonyworstell3768]

Don’t fear the reaper. Death’s overrated anyways. He can wait for the final moment in life.

[@quickiesilver]

i remember when i thought being good at video games was a big flex

[@titanrishi1958]

Man this game is just ughhhh ❤

[@GalaxyKane]

Reflex/Sandevistan/Blade build rips this mission inside out

[@_dettlaff]

good run man

[@cookdislander4372]

That music gives me the creeps 😱 😨 🙀 😱

[@Thorax7x686]

You look like Albert Wesker, you miss the sunglasses

[@ijustworkhere1008]

1:15 did you deliberately wait to post this video just for that line? Respect

[@Brendzun]

Literally waited for 2023.

[@crazyvool9567]

Least cinematic play session of cyberpunk 2077

[@anrcho]

About to finish my first play through and I wanted this ending but it’s crazy how many hoops you gotta jump through to get the ending 😂

[@Galileuscanal]

Got me with Smasher xD

[@Lava-x3t]

"TIME TO PARTY LIKES IT 2023"

[@AzorAh2Fly]

this better be the canonical ending, holy fuck

[@Honed-]

this is prob my fav ending.