The Complete Main Story of Cyberpunk 2077 Explained

[@SamBram]

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[@Syrock1]

Back to the stuff you thrive with. Appreciate it 👍 keep up the good work

[@majinwarwulf]

Hey, this is going to sound sycophantic, but I can never seem to get enough of you talking about Cyberpunk. Thanks to you, I have played Cyberpunk many, many more times, and will play it again. Thank you for the content.

[@goblin12]

been watching your vids tryign to think of what cyberware would work for a build. A tanky heavy weapon/shotgun with also intellect using quickhacks.

[@alexkaadis]

The king of Cyberpunk is back! Happy to see you haven't fully abandoned it, man

[@SamBram]

Haven't abandoned a thing. Never will... ;)

[@jairesemccoy9779]

Can you talk about an error that was made in the int tree fir smart gunner? ​@SamBram

[@JSmith-nu4bl]

@@SamBrami really missed you cyberpunk videos buddy

[@PS5Chan360]

Dude it's only been a month

[@Dealerofdeath1998]

Sam bram is consistent bro 👏🏽

[@killmonger5097]

Cyberpunk is one of the greatest games ever made

[@A.D.I.D.A.S-916]

I couldn’t agree more It’s truly one of the greatest comeback stories of all time, it’s become one of my favorite games I’ve ever played

[@garmarrod]

@@A.D.I.D.A.S-916same here🦾🙌

[@TheRaienryuu]

Yea, after the 2-3 years of extra development. If you started around the 2.0 system or the DLC, you were absolutely golden. If you had launch or the first 1-2 years... total shitshow

[@A.D.I.D.A.S-916]

@ I started it for the first time after PL was already out so I never witnessed the shitshow first hand but I’ve seen the clips lol

[@burr7259]

Facts

[@NoMoreHeroes75]

I live for these Cyberpunk vids

[@tewks4458]

It's funny, last night I played Cyberpunk for the first time in several months, and now I get on KZbin and see one of my favorite Cyberpunk KZbinrs made his first Cyberpunk vid for the first time in several months. Life is good.

[@A.D.I.D.A.S-916]

This game is awesome

[@himbourbanist]

I swear people come back to games in waves at the same time, same thing happened to me hahahah

[@nxtmythos]

Its a good day when Sam Bram uploads a new cyberpunk video 😊

[@preciousfarris7097]

Agreed!

[@EvolvedFinch]

Sam should start all his Cyberpunk videos like: “This has been your man Sam, join me for another day in our game of dreams!” So glad you finally got around to making this video. I definitely can’t wait to sink my teeth in.

[@Silvanohnerizz]

I really hope you continue to somehow put out Cyberpunk Videos until Orion comes out in like 2030. You are my favorite content creator for this game, your style of Video just really fits this game, and everytime one of your Cyberpunk Videos come out it genuinely makes my Day :)

[@Xyoni_htklv]

Aha, yes, more content to fall sleep to. Thank you.

[@XTHREAT]

I thought i was the only one lol if only he knew how much i have his videos on replay🔥🙌🏾

[@gethin5]

​@@XTHREAThaha same

[@LeftyConspirator]

The first time I got that jacket from the Aldecaldos it put tears in my eyes. It was a rough time for me, and that simple little thing - even if it was only on the screen - helped get me through it. Probably my favourite game of all time.

[@der_azazel]

Cyberpunk the movie 🍿🍿

[@flynnhunter416]

More like documentary but yes.

[@tonep3168]

Sam, you’re the gold standard of Cyberpunk info, insights and knowledge! Thank you!

[@FrostReach66]

How V didn’t know Jackie in the Streetkid Lifepath beforehand is beyond me, especially since they grew up in Heywood too

[@F7Aengineer]

Honestly I feel like Corpo is the most Cannon beginning especially since it's the one where we known Jackie the longest

[@MandalorianRevan]

Jackie mentions knowing of V and even he thinks it's weird they'd never formally met. Though it's not too odd. Misty also mentions knowing of Jackie and only barely meeting him a year before the events of the game. Considering Jackie is a former Valentino who was the son of a Valentino, chances are that a good 98% of his friends and acquaintances are Valentino's, which V and Misty are not.

[@FrostReach66]

@@MandalorianRevan Misty knew Jackie during childhood, but only started dating about a year before the events of 2077. Heywood is considered a district where everyone knows everyone. For V to have lived there most of their life, while also knowing most of everyone at the El Coyote Cojo, including Padre, Pepe, and Mama Welles, it is extremely bizarre for V to only put two and two together when Jackie mentions his last name.

[@clarencewalters338]

As im watching the vid, minor correction act 24:20. Johnny wasn't part of the Nuke team at all. He was the diversion team so Blackhand could plant the nuke(the presence of the roof fight in Johnny's memories is likely just so they could more effectively probe the engram for information regarding the attack) Edit: another correction around 1:26:03, thats not Boa Boa, Boa Boa is Crispin "Squama" Weyland's father. Squama is who we see in game

[@CustomSet101]

Yeah. Mike Pondsmith says that Johnny is an unreliable narrator at best, but here his memories are fragmented because of the damage he took. Also, he wasn't shot by Smasher on the roof. He was shot inside Arisaka when he tried to shoot Smasher with his revolver - his latest Malorian as powerful as an antitank firearm. It didn't work, but it gave Shaitan the opportunity to tackle Smasher. Smasher fought Blackhand on the roof, and he was using a DaiOni body. Plus, Spider was the one who used Soulkiller on Johnny's body during the raid.

[@clarencewalters338]

@CustomSet101 i know, its wild that V is given this version of events and because they realistically could never know what really happened without speaking to someone alive who was there

[@CustomSet101]

@@clarencewalters338 Well...maybe if V asked Rogue or Alt for the truth. Morgan Blackhand's still around but good luck finding him.

[@clarencewalters338]

@CustomSet101 yeah but V is canonically a gonk who just slots in whatever sketch braindance he finds near a backalley dumpster

[@soiledtp4282]

@@CustomSet101 what happened when shaitan tackled smasher? How and why did spider use soul killer on johnny?

[@kikkomanking]

I will always appreciate Sam for the effort he puts in. For the chapter markers. I’m so thankful

[@SamBram]

Chapter markers are possibly the best small feature KZbin have ever introduced. I always design my videos into chapters and get really annoyed when long videos (I guess can depend on the topic though) don't have chapters 😂.

[@tomnoddy1]

Here i am at a doctors office enduring a long wait, wishing I had something interesting to watch and here comes Sam posting this. Thanks Bro!

[@SamBram]

Hope the doctors goes okay Choom!

[@tomnoddy1]

@@SamBram Yeah, just a routine physical. All is good. Thanks for asking.

[@gizmo104drives7]

Not long ago I finally finished the storyline and ran through 4 of the endings. What a great experience it was. Thanks to Sam bram for all these videos

[@RachelLouren28]

I feel like there should have been an ultimate anarchist Johnny ending, to nuke the Arasaka Tower a second time, and then V ends up "all over the place" just like Brendan's joke.

[@halfi593]

I've played Cyberpunk 2077 for almost 1k hours and done all endings - even the secret one and the Phantom Liberty ones - with five different V's, (perhaps even more if we consider deleted saves) and yet I already know I'm going to play this video in the background while I game/work multiple times in the future. Great work Sam!

[@celia2405]

oh my gosh yasss. i only just picked up cyberpunk a couple of weeks ago but have been loving your videos! they really highlight how huge this game is and just how much content is shoved in there.

[@JimLeonard]

1h43m video of the complete story of Cyberpunk, with chapter markers, from someone who understands the lore: "BETTER BUCKLE UP!"

[@lamardoss]

I'm only 4mins into the video and already learned some useful info. I had no clue about all that with Jackie and his mom as Streetkid. I never played that one. Interesting how much of that one lifepath leaks into the others though. That actually is helpful info and explains quite a bit that you still go through in the other lifepaths, like Jackie's mom telling you how you lived with them - I had no clue.

[@joshuaarchibald3826]

His voice makes the video so much fun to watch, enjoyable, entertaining, interesting and so and so and keep up the hard work 6:13

[@brandonrossi3394]

I absolutely love these types of videos. As many times I've played through cyberpunk, it never gets old how good this game is. Sam, keep doing what you're doing, and I hope you get 200k soon. 😊

[@patchh15]

The Mythical YT GOAT’ed Legend of 2077 has graced us with his presence once more In all seriousness you’ve heard this a million times but thank you so much for all the time & effort for all of your videos on the weapons (& how to get them) & car rankings, you’ll never know how much this helped so many. The game is absolutely incredible, so in depth, and it just helps so much to know all of these intricacies much easier.

[@cactuscat8009]

finally a new sam video on cyberpunk ! this is a great recap of the game a big topic of cyberpunk is also introduced before the heist is brought through one of tbugs quotes the greatest crimes are commited in a need for excess not necessity - aristoteles

[@NockLoose]

Sam did another Cyberpunk video!!! Man, this makes me happy. Thanks Sam!

[@dur260]

I saw this video on my notifications and I immediately grabbed some popcorn. love your videos man

[@lew.wright]

Oh shit this came out YESTERDAY, I’ve been binging your stuff from the past 2 years. This is sick

[@bthompson9695]

Amazing content as always! The fact that the story itself is this good, even without the fantastic side quests just proves what a masterpiece this game is!!

[@CRYOKnox]

Thanks for the recap. I'm still on my third playthrough (6 more V's already exist...) and I just love how you make this videos. It's something soothing to relax and chill of while still feeling all the stuff o felt while playing CP2077 just Nova.

[@usagipaige5377]

Agree that the star ending is my favorite as well. Thanks for the fun recap of the the story so I can recall different parts of each playthrough.

[@A.D.I.D.A.S-916]

Dude I love this game so much, I’m on my 3rd playthrough right now, my first was male street kid. Then male nomad & now I’m using female corpo v which by far has to be my favorite. I think her voice actress fits so well with the corpo v lines. I love this game

[@scope40k]

"And we'll get a proper introduction shortly" Meanwhile, Panam's proper introduction: 29:55 What a great summary -- good job sir! I didn't think you can put the entire CP2077 story into such a (relatively) short video. 👍

[@davidwhitfield6025]

Great to hear your dulcet voice discussing Cyberpunk again. It's been a while. Its probably going to get me to have another go at the game. Have to say I wish they had added more to the prologue of all three paths to give us more of a feel what it is like to be a Corpo/Street Kid or Nomad or to give us more than just a very brief call back with three side quests which aren't that detailed (although I will say the follow up Corpo quest does give you details about Abernafy which makes you realise your boss, psychopath that he was, wasn't wrong in trying to take her out).

[@kamexsevalia3878]

Always happy to see sam post a video about cyberpunk! Would love to see phantom liberty story explained video too!

[@benmaciver4190]

By far and away my favourite game and YT channel, thanks for the hard work Sam! You have entertained me no end the past 2 years! Thankyou so much!

[@Vincentpalmer22]

Thank you sam

[@cybercruzysz]

Great summary! I’ve always loved your CP2077 videos. I eagerly anticipate your summary of the Phantom Liberty DLC.

[@lp6702sv]

Ive played through dozens of times now and i still always stop to watch your videos. Anither one well done!

[@yungspidi]

Sam and Big Dan posting on the same day, what a great weekend ahead!

[@smoovekidwill]

Another Banger 🤌🏾😩 Idk how my algorithm allowed this to slip into the cracks I had to manually come here myself and my boyyy u did not disappoint 🙌🏾🙌🏾🗣️🗣️

[@farrez_gump]

SAM another cyberpunk video yay, I’m literally re-watching all the Laura videos for the fourth time because I miss it

[@misterblueski650]

SB's dedication is real. Almost finished my first playthrough, but this channel really opened my eyes, guided and got/kept me invested into the massive, overwhelming world of CP77. And it still does.

[@mfo6892]

Man, you came with this vid as some kind of ghost of Cyberpunk lol, I always play the game this time of the year and you just made me reinstall!

[@justinmcclain6120]

Yooo back to cyperpunk vids, you love to see it!

[@StratumPress]

Thank you so much for your hard work, man. You help make an incredible game even better.

[@brandonwarrington2081]

Your a great story teller man. Time flew buy listening to your recap.

[@jaypeso430]

thanks for making more cyberpunk content! i appreciate you bro

[@xikaijiang5284]

Now THAT's what I call return to form, and then some, and then some more! Top Nova! The living legend's back in Night City! Not putting much thoughts in the Netflex or the sequal, given that they are still a while away. But I do intend to start a new playthrough a week later (new iteration of an old build), so It would be good to brush up on the stories.

[@Jojilikesgames]

Me, on my 67th playthrough: Oh cool new video

[@CMFL77]

Back in the saddle! I can imagine this took AGES to put together...and it came out great! Hoping things work out so you can play Abe in Cyberpunk bingo, the knowledge you have of the game and map I think will really give him a challenge!

[@Silvanohnerizz]

I've honestly never seen a game which manages to make deaths of characters as emotional as Cyberpunk can. Jackie and So Mi's death both bring tears to my eyes everytime I play through the game

[@preciousfarris7097]

Gods, I have been waiting for you to do this video for like a year and some change😍😍😍

[@Tony-qr8du]

I'm so glad you still have ideas bro!!!

[@gr1mgr1n]

exemplary! really great content man thanks a lot for the perspective

[@egorruzhin1866]

Beautifully done, mate, hats off.

[@andrebrown10101]

This video is the universe telling me I need to replay again for the 20th time

[@CyberDrift.]

Its just a good time when you make a cyberpunk video choom! :)

[@Rich-fr2yv]

Attempt number two to request a video breaking down Johnny's unreliable narrative Haven't had a chance to watch this one yet so I apologize if it's in here. Love your content, keep up the great work

[@SamBram]

I mention briefly the fact that it is unreliable but don't go into detail. I think Layedbackgamers has done some videos on it though

[@Rich-fr2yv]

​@@SamBramI've seen that one, but he doesn't go into how the real facts could come back around and play into a sequel to this game

[@BrawlerDaddy]

Love you man ❤ crazy dedication

[@kalaelizabeth]

Love story recaps!

[@ToCoSo]

Still cant stop replaying thos game and javing Sam Brams calming voice talk through it all is such a treat. I expect cyberpunk orion will start afresh but i still love female V with all my heart!!

[@akashchowdhury637]

Now that's a detailed well crafted video. Kudos

[@Trapper1836]

THE KING HAS RETURNED

[@Krazack]

alright im gonna grab some popcorn and enjoy the next 2h ❤

[@DrivingGod21]

Sam, you legend, you choom!

[@jeffrobinson7338]

Going to be doing the same breakdown/commentary for Phantom Liberty?

[@SamBram]

Yes and maybe Edgerunners...

[@MaleficMurph]

​@SamBram what about "No Coincidence" or any of the various short stories?

[@SamBram]

@@MaleficMurph great idea! Not sure what I'd do about the visuals for it though...

[@MaleficMurph]

​@@SamBramyou could do sweeping panoramic shots from some of the locations, or use the character creator for V to remake the characters from the story and use the camera mode to "direct" their scenes

[@Thundergod213]

Amazing recap man, great for just re-visiting the missions i've done after a while when i re-entered the game :)

[@XanderGriffithArt]

The best is back!

[@KinaIchi]

Love you always Jackie ❤️❤️ One of the best characters in gaming, and one of the only moments I ever teared up in my time gaming

[@The-King-Crysis]

Great video Sam

[@majinwarwulf]

I wonder how many hours of additional gameplay Sam Bram has inspired.

[@Shamon97]

Can't wait to see it whole :D

[@noobmaster-ou5fs]

For anyone who completed the game on 100% I HIGHLY RECOMMEND playing Night city Geoguessr. It’s so fun and makes you memorize each corner of this game 😂❤️‍🔥

[@TheTruth175644]

Thanks choom. I’ve got about 70 hours in the game and I needed a recap for sure after maxing out and doing most of the side quests 😂. Normally I tend to stick to the main quest first in these kind of games but I kept getting side tracked. I have about 4/5ths of the NCPD markers done too. I have to force myself to stop doing them. Currently on the Corpo missions, your recap was in the perfect order for me. Let’s finish this.

[@erisuebu]

Love the content

[@sunalwaysshinesonTVs]

Nice recap. Been a year since I finished the game, and watching this (for corpo only) now Ive got the itch to play through again. I have a request. I wanna learn how CDPR laid out the narrative of any given play through, like how did they develop and manage all the story lines?

[@Magical_Flower95]

❤can't wait until the next video🎉

[@jordangeles]

Yessssssss! I need more cp videos

[@lucasplayspolo]

I’m a simple man, I see a Sam Bram video on my feed, I click on it

[@MaleficMurph]

At 54:38 you can see that one of the Net-Watch agents is codenamed "Roach," most likely a Witcher reference Not sure if that's a new easter egg or not, but cool nonetheless

[@SamBram]

Probs operating from a thatched roof. No idea how they got up there though

[@WhisperRavensong]

1st found your videos just kinda scrolling through Cyberpunk stuffs. I have LOVED ALL the videos you have done and so glad you did this one. I just wanna say TYVM for all the work and effort you have done. This game means so much to me and your videos have greatly helped me so much. PS I would love to know the settings of your female V, she's beautiful. Have an amazing day #girllflex! #gilrsplaycyberpunk!

[@georgekn3mp]

Almost Two Hour video, a great excuse to start new games and play all three backgrounds all over again to make it! 😊 Of course none of us following this channel needs an excuse to start another playthrough "just because"

[@MCPatcher100]

The Flying car in the Nomad Prologue almost sent me out of my chair xD did not expect that one

[@AlexRye-sv6no]

What an amazing, poignant, deep and mature story, cdpr are just the goats

[@jadorejoe]

Thank you legend!

[@ghastlyanarchy1720]

I just love how Yurinobu has Smasher as his body guard while Saburo and Hanako have Takemura and Oda respectively. Someone clearly is over compensating and since he cant get people to fear him why not have Smasher at you beckoning call.

[@edubbz1987]

0:20 IMO.... Female Corpo is the best version of V

[@crzgangster8721]

I got suspicious of Dex on two occasions, one, when Maelstrom laughs when you say you work for Dex. 2, when you’re in the bathroom cleaning up, Dex is on the holo regarding leaving NC and asks for “one ticket”.

[@Marcin-qy6cn]

Cyberpunk video 🎉🎉🎉

[@AnchorJG]

"I'm not saying feel free to beat Fingers within an inch of his life, but I am saying that you're no longer locked out of specific Ripperdoc inventory by doing so."

[@fishraposo7192]

I honestly think Corpo V is the best option. Its the only background that really sold me on the friendship between him and Jackie, and gives you a lot of insight into the "behind the curtains" of the corporations

[@BakedNEggs]

Everyone who has the hardware to play this game must play this game. This and elden ring are “the” game from this generation.

[@shuvari7707]

I’d agree but you also have to add Baldur‘s Gate 3 to that.

[@forehand101]

For aquiring the flathead bot, maybe I missed it in the video but isn't there an ending where you remove the virus from the datashard and give it to Maelstrom while letting them know Militech is onto them peacefully? This results in Militech attacking the compound instead and you fight alongside Maelstrom to get out.

[@AlexCunradi]

Cyberpunk 2077 has one of the best stories I have experienced in a video game, but something that always surprises me on new playthroughs is how short the main story is. It seems like you go from doing the job for the Voodoo Boys to meeting Hanako in no time at all, it almost feels like there should be some additional quests between M'ap Tann Pelen and Nocturne Op55N1 that were cut.

[@SamBram]

I'd imagine a lot fell on the cutting room floor for the original game and it does feel much shorter compared to the Witcher 3. I think they did well balancing the finished product with the time they had though

[@AlexCunradi]

@@SamBram Agreed, and considering the state of Cyberpunk at launch, it could have been a lot worse. The story was always one of its better aspects.

[@AndrewAung1992]

Nah Witcher 3 had a better story. Trying to remove a chip from your brain is not better than a father trying to search for and rescue his adopted daughter.

[@xikaijiang5284]

As for endings, my headcanon is that DftR is what actually happened, while other endings happened... in V's head. The minutes spending waiting for the DftR options to show up is not just Johnny cooking, but also V considering other paths, and imagine how will each of them go down. And suffice to say, every single one of them have a few bitter notes: The Devil: Corpos are corpos, hence will probably focus more on the eternal internal power struggle than saving V's life (thus "Hanako has already forgotten about you"). Also, helping a corp to this extent will likely goes against Johnny's and V's sense of morality (thus Johnny scolding V, and the most pessimistic ending before PL). The Sun: Asking Rogue to reenact the 2023 raid will just be that, reenacting. So it's once again entry from air (just not the top this time) and dropping something down below (but this time the bomb is Alt). Then the ending gets reenacted as well: someone is lost (Rogue this time). Also, giving Johnny control when Relic overwrite is almost done can be a concern, so this is the end where Johnny get to choose who gets the body. The Star: To put it simply, Johnny's arguement that "tarmac rats" are no match for corpo army could be true, thus the high body count during this ending, up to and including Aldocaldo leadership in the form of Saul. The Tower (if available): This involves using an AI that is not Alt, AKA an AI nobody knows, thus unpredictable. Things can go wildly wrong without anyone being able to tell how and why. Even if the AI stays true, NUSA is still kinda shady. As a result, this ending becomes arguably the wildest ending path, in which everything changes radically. And seeing V unable to decide "which of your friends get to die" (which makes sense from Johnny's perspective. He sees the Devil as a total no-go and had to be reminded of the Tower, leaving only the "friend dies" endings in his thoughts), Johnny points out that they can always just cut the knot: "You, me, and Arasaka tower..."

[@MaleficMurph]

I think there's portions of each ending that can be canon regardless of V's involvement, which could allow CDPR to not have to specify how exactly the story ends. For example: During the "Nomad" ending, V uses a NightCorp-built tunnel to break into Arasaka Tower as it just so happens to go directly underneath it. In the "Sun/Don't Fear The Reaper" ending, however, Mr. Blue Eyes claims that during your raid his people raided Arasaka Tower as well. If he does in fact work for NightCorp, then it stands to reason that they used the very same tunnel as you did in the "Nomad" ending to infiltrate. With that in mind, it's possible that regardless of what ending you choose NightCorp will raid Arasaka Tower regardless. Other examples could be the Aldecaldos leaving Night City, the Crystal Palace heist, and Soburo Arasaka's "resurrection"

[@G0dgrave]

Not having a route where we join yori in his quest to ruin arasaka is criminal

[@source1982]

Ya know what, ima buy it

[@EaZynite]

29:56 I see what you did there :D Man of a culture.