What Happens If You Tell Royce About The Virus?

[@chrishunter8305]

Interesting fact is that if you take this road, you find meredith wearing cement shoes at the bottom of one of the piers.

[@Vic-Valentine]

pretty sure that happens no matter what you do

[@holemi]

@@Vic-Valentine only happens if you don’t end up meeting her at the end of the quest

[@cybervoid8442]

@@Vic-Valentine nope. If you help her, you get to sleep with her later

[@unknownshadow966]

​@@cybervoid8442 for me. It worth to sleep with her. Since after that you will get most funniest shit of a weapon.

[@unknownshadow966]

Also quite useful...

[@venveng]

Only sided with the Maelstrom on my very first playthrough as a Streetkid. On my second playthrough as a Nomad, you will learned that HE IS the actual mole. Never again I have sided with him after that, also the most OP melee weapon makes it all worth it.

[@klowdz7936]

??

[@venveng]

@@klowdz7936 If you sided with Stout, she will call later on. You gonna get te iconic melee weapon in the room where you meet her again.

[@liusam651]

i beat the game in my first run through with that weapon. The moment I saw it i was like GG i am not using anything else.

[@venveng]

@@PikaCheeks Mole that gave the deets on the convoy so the Maelstrom can hi-jack it.

[@Tanzenergise]

i diden't give a shit who the mole was, i sided with royce because maelstrom were my favourite gang and i diden't like stout. and if i freed brick i thought there'd be a possibilitie he'd take the reigns back from royce. i was a nomad too but i did just to shit in militech shoes.

[@SunshineLanxy]

Fun fact. During this option you can actually save Brick

[@Kaimariification]

You can also save Brick going the "shootout" route. Just make sure to read the notes and deactivate the bomb before opening the door.

[@MangoOverthere]

Very interesting fact! I've only played this section out with the shootout option and found him then but just assumed that you couldn't save Brick with this option, after watching this.

[@CoolerGuy121]

Real choom

[@janlim0916]

*Blew Royce's brains out, saved Brick and got the Dildo in which I beat Adam Smasher with.*

[@UnrealAxel27]

@@Kaimariification No you can open the door and then disable the bomb. The only way to set off the bomb is for either brick to move or you pressed the detonator inside the room witht he laptop

[@biag1340]

Found this path some days ago in my 3rd playthrough. Never knew you could leave the malestrom hideout without being shot to death. It was a pleasant surprise

[@PremonitionGamingVid]

Shot to death? They're so easy to kill...

[@JayTrxpGaming]

@@PremonitionGamingVid you missed the point

[@GURSIMRAN-PSN]

@Jay yea we boys always do

[@wbariq8407]

I mean, CDPR did confirmed you can complete the game without killing anyone

[@kingthe13]

@@wbariq8407 how do i avoid killing people shooting at me during a car chase

[@bloodyidit4506]

The best outcome in general is where you take the chip, get the viruses off it, then shoot Royce in the stand-off, then save Brick. Reasons why? Meredith is only being a dick to you because this is night city and she’s in a life or death situation, the mole is the person she captured and Royce’s gang is literally one of the major reasons Night City is a hellhole. Do enough side missions and Maelstrom is literally the most evil gang you can find. They’re involved with Jotaro for example, and all the other gangs have actual motivations(besides the Tyger Claws who are just as bad). 6th street acts as actual effective police, Padre’s Valentino gang has actual morals, and the Aldecado Nomads only really target Corpo convoys. Dum Dum and Brick are literally the only ones with a shred of decency and only because they’re charismatic enough to not fuck over people who are directly dealing with them. Royce is essentially what the average Maelstromer is like. Meredith’s a total ass but it’s really because her life was in danger and she’s was in attack mode the entire time. Gilchrist is a snake.

[@seanedwards6169]

But apparently if you leave Dum Dum alive you can smoke him later at the Totentanz mission and get possibly the best handgun in the game called doom doom.

[@ethicalcheeze1407]

Also, if you help her out, she literally rewards you with sex, and say what you will about corpos, but that woman was SMOKING hot when you come to collect. Heh heh. Come. God I'm lame, lol

[@pdebie1982]

@@seanedwards6169 Seriously? Damn, now I have to play the entire game again! :D

[@inthezone666]

Spot on.

[@rustler08]

@@seanedwards6169 Y'all use guns?

[@TheTattorack]

Depending on who you side with in this mission, it'll drastically change another mission: There's a mission where you gotta save a reporter who went in to interview the Maelstrom gang. - If Royce is alive you'll get a funny conversation with Dum Dum and a lukewarm one with Royce. You leave on decent terms and gotta covertly help the reporter smuggle out some data. - If Royce is dead, so is Dum Dum. The Maelstrom gang is then under new management, some trigger happy chick, and you'll find the reporter tied to a chair getting tortured. You'll kill this new leader chick too and have a shoot-out to rescue the reporter.

[@thestreetkid]

You forgot the outcome if you freed Brick after killing Royce.

[@sigmamalegrindset132]

also if you save Brick he leads the Club

[@dorsalcross5016]

​@@sigmamalegrindset132 Thats bad. I actually wanted to wipe out an entire club but with Brick alive this wasnt even an option.

[@LessThanPeachy]

Eh the latter seems way more fun

[@Kagarin05]

Aren't you able to come back and kill royce or something?

[@mikniem114]

I did it in my first game, and if you don't kill royce and dum dum, you can met them in mission with nancy

[@Whiskypapa]

[spoilers] First playthrough I killed Royce and saved Brick. Met Brick with Nancy. Second playthrough I helped Royce. Met Royce with Nancy. Third playthrough (aka the mayhem playthrough) I killed both Royce and Brink for shits and giggles. Met a lovely lady named Patty. Gave her and all of Totentanz the same treatment. Good times…

[@J0eMega]

Do they still jump you?

[@BlindRubioJameson]

@@J0eMega not if you choose not to fight them when you meet them again.

[@TheArmouryOfficial]

@@BlindRubioJameson I sided with maelstrom in this and also freed brick, its my first playthrough i wonder what happens later

[@bismarck4872]

Wtf, I never knew you could end up fighting Militech.

[@sthcproductions]

You end up fighting both militech AND maelstrom if you dont remove the spike

[@moonprincess_xoxo]

@@sthcproductions i remember on my first playthrough (corpo) i somehow managed to not fight either of em lmao.

[@mikabakker1]

If you help maelstrom here, after that you can enter their club and also get safe passage for a mission instead of sneaking/fighting

[@mikek9297]

Yeah, but you lose the opportunity to rid the world of a cockroach like Royce...

[@xaviervega468]

@@mikabakker1 You can get the same result by freeing Brick and killing Royce.

[@alphawolfun7840]

I wonder: if this game had had like 2-5 more years time for development, how many faction interactions with different outcomes could we have gotten?

[@rainrandomnumber]

probably 0.

[@Zachebi]

Theres clubs for the gangs that you’ll randomly find hidden around the place, seems like lots of cut content

[@phoenixcraft9940]

It still blows my mind people stand by pushing Cyberpunk to release early. This game could have lived up to all the hype, but the fans got all pissy instead.

[@Crispierbug]

@@phoenixcraft9940 its 100% on cdpr it got released early, they didn't have to release it early due to people pushing for it but they caved in and released early.

[@phoenixcraft9940]

@@Crispierbug They caved because they were losing money. Investors saw people complaining, so they started pulling out. If massive amounts of people never complained in the first place, the investors wouldn't be as discouraged and even given the opportunity for early reimbursement with pre-orders. But that's a reality that never happened.

[@zeekkeez3488]

INSANE GANG LEADER threatens to THROW his guests into the MEAT GRINDER

[@creampielover69]

But this not a Jerma video.

[@Tonba1]

Homies missin his frontal lobe

[@fuschiaboystatus1289]

I did this route on accident, decrypted the card, and the music intensity on my 3rd playthrough when i screwed up. I was like HOLY shiiiii, i didn't even know i could do this. Then i stopped playing, because no one was taking damage

[@f0r35ts3]

if you go with militech, there’s a room where you can access a computer and learn who the real rat was, if you tell stout about that you get some rewards in your apartment, i got a legendary armored vest and assault rifle.

[@snapinfinity4749]

I had no idea this was an option, guess I gotta try it in my next play through 😎

[@TwistedSecrets777]

if ya do take this way you get Dum Dum's Gun later on down the line in a quest

[@zymethamp6596]

You can only do this on corpo path afaik

[@SirBroadcast]

@@zymethamp6596 Nah you can do it on all lifepaths.

[@moonprincess_xoxo]

@@zymethamp6596 you just need to clear the virus off of the chip before going to royce.

[@TexasRedOutlaw]

My first playthrough I got pissed off by the door guy, he was already pissing me off on the intercom, and then he ran his mouth as I walked by, I thought I might be able to short circuit him and go into the cutscene before anybody noticed, so yeah, ended up shooting my way out 2 seconds in lmao

[@darksunrise957]

First time I played the game (right at launch), only got a bit past this mission before I dropped the game. Playing sneaky, diplomatic, relatively non-lethal. Started playing recently again 'cuz of Edgerunners, decided I didn't like the attitude of Maelstrom and figured I'd go guns blazing. Shotgun applied directly to the face of the first Maelstrom I could once their doors opened. Has been a fun playthrough so far. XD

[@ethicalcheeze1407]

@@darksunrise957 love fast, die hard baby, that's what I like to hear

[@rdtiel]

I liked dumdum. Even shares his vape with you.

[@srbflorin1804]

Yep.. maelstorms really seem to have this trait of barking out loud and acting as if no one can hummble them. Too bad that i like their aesthetics the most but they re too stupid to be tolerated..

[@ElBandito]

Dum Dum is a very likeable dude.

[@zegh8578]

Love him, and he also gives you his cool, expensive drug-huffer.

[@VirtualXIV]

Leaving them alive also opens up a vendor in this location too. I've heard sometimes the vendor can still pop up but I think that's a bug. Also when you go this route you can find Stouts dead body in the river somewhere (can't remember the exact location tho)

[@Kaimariification]

If I recall, it is at the end of the spillway you meet up with her before going into the factory (if you do the optional meetup). She is in the water with some cement shoes on.

[@chesterstevens8870]

You also see Royce later on, when you go to the Maelstrom club to recruit Bess Isis for Kerry. He's a lot more interesting as a character than Brick is, and possesses a mind for music theory. He's still a gonked out borg, though, so he gets two in the chest and one in the head.

[@gottfriedosterbach3907]

That really should have been the option for Maelstrom related cybermods and maybe even membership for someone with a non corporate background, but at least it still is something modern can work with.

[@gottfriedosterbach3907]

Modders not modern, fighting autocorrect on that one.

[@VirtualXIV]

@@gottfriedosterbach3907 I haven't messed with it personally but I do know there's like a "gangs" mod. I'm kind of curious if its worth trying.

[@viorp5267]

imagine if all missions in the game were as good

[@lehtokurppa7824]

Yeah most are. The missions in Cyberpunk are legendarily good, thats why it won the Steam story award and was such a nice change of pace from most recent games.

[@BLAMAGES]

@@lehtokurppa7824 Most literally are not, lol. There's a reason this is the mission used when they showcased all the different "choices" you had. No other missions really had this variety in how to go about it.

[@tallyholads4620]

@@lehtokurppa7824 the story was amazing sure, but as for missions go this is one of the best with the most choices you're able to make (that actually affect the mission) I enjoy the game but the missions get very linear after this

[@SexyFace]

cdpr always draws up amazing narratives that outshine gameplay. they should get involved with making more shows

[@twizz13r24]

@@lehtokurppa7824 this is literally a lie

[@janjic]

Wow, Royce was so grateful for the virus info, such a nice guy.

[@utvm6748]

Fun fact: if you don't tell Jackie to calm and sit down, V will say something like : fuck it let's fuck em up. That's real alpha.

[@Slayer3239]

Sometimes the best negotiations are no negotiations.

[@blusliver6302]

One well educated in Jedi diplomacy, I see.

[@MeAMoose]

When I played this game I didn't realise how many gameplay options there where... so that's exactly what I ended up doing.

[@Daytruin]

@@Slayer3239 the negotiations where short

[@xaviervega468]

Nah, I prefer shooting Royce in the face.

[@TheCyberguy101]

I've played this game 5 times working on 6, and I WILL NEVER help these guys. They're absolute monsters.

[@WeebsArePathetic]

they're all horrible monsters in their own way

[@ArshikaTowers]

“There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.”

[@NtoTheM]

Good and evil are human concepts. Why would a monster care about any of that?

[@toasterowens8916]

@@ArshikaTowers na they're pretty evil, or at least objectively immoral

[@ArshikaTowers]

@@toasterowens8916 I think you mayhap missed the meaning.

[@cydian5957]

It’s interesting just how differently this mission can go down depending on Meredith’s survival, your word choices, your timing, paying with MT shard or your money or just stealing the bot, there’s so many variables

[@raventhorX]

I find it real annoying how he claims you never said you sent ya, but literally when you interact with the intercom at the beginning of this mission to get let inside you have the option to tell them dexter sent ya. Even if you tell them that he still gives this line smh.

[@jaybrielrosales9191]

Probably because dum dum doesn't end up telling Royce. If I remember correctly dum dum was on the intercom right?

[@zegh8578]

@@jaybrielrosales9191 Yes.

[@TheTattorack]

Royce looks like he was busy jacked into something, probably a braindance, when Dum Dum is busy with you. So Dum Dum knows Dex sent you, but never got the chance to tell Royce because he was busy.

[@cyanyde4950]

@@jaybrielrosales9191 they don't call him dum dum for nothing I guess.

[@Jramssy]

Fun fact, if you pay him without meeting Meredith, you walk out with DumDum without fighting anyone and he has a long convo with you and Jackie. At the end he says he likes you but the Malestrom don’t do repeat biz. You also have the option to kill Royce once he insults you.

[@AdrianTache]

This mission is really the only one that is what Cyberpunk promised, which is multiple options, multiple characters with branching dialog paths (although I notice here there's sadly no significant dialog if you wiped the virus off), multiple paths out of this mission, as well as some consequences down the line (although those are too minor for how significant this interaction is).

[@sladerzrzz9883]

You haven’t played the game enough have you

[@MonstertruckBadass]

Oh please.

[@sladerzrzz9883]

@Evanesencia yeah and those are just few examples, the literal ending of the game has 5 alternative options

[@KeanuCheems]

@@sladerzrzz9883 yes because it's the fucking ending. New Vegas managed to give you atleast 3 options in almost every quest in the game while this game just has a lot of boring filler in it. Outside of the ending nobody gives a shit about your actions in nightcity and it has so many strange gameplay decisions and so many flaws that even after all the bugs have been fixed it is just as mediocre as a game can get

[@SS-yr3ij]

Clearly u did not play the game

[@twofour9515]

see i didnt tell ole jackie boy to sit down, and royce well he aint like that one bit. shit hit the fan soooo fast

[@SpanishDio]

If you tell me they would have needed 5 more years in development BUT every mision would have had this depth and variability I would have waited WITHOUT A DOUBT and WITHOUT A WHIM, very very sad that this is literally the only mission with actual roleplay and decision making.

[@vandalg282]

Plenty missions are like this in the game, most are gigs even. Crucifying the inmate Everything Panam Judy x Maiko and the Tyger Claws Tarot across the city River and serial killer. etc

[@AhaOk2398]

@@vandalg282 tarot has different endings? how?

[@vandalg282]

Each endings are named after the tarot cards.

[@Pogiforce]

Fun fact, if you took a hit of DumDum's inhaler, or took the streetkid option during the negotiations, he'll gift it to you on this route at the end. it's a single use consumable that grants you ten armor.

[@kylenevel8809]

This encounter is such a master class in branching storylines changing a situation. Love this game.

[@Viper-dz2kw]

Yeah, it sucks it’s the only mission in the entire game like this

[@UnrealAxel27]

@@Viper-dz2kw its not. There are some gigs that are directly related to others and missions. Some gigs have have choices just like this

[@peileed]

I think that they put so much effort on the possibilities of this very specific quest and not so much on any other one, no wonder why they were showing this one again and again with different outcomes

[@xuanminhnguyen4533]

if only every quest can have different routes like this.

[@Matchleader]

that would make the game 500 GB

[@7pagemuda971]

@@Matchleader you obviously don’t know anything about game development

[@Matchleader]

@@7pagemuda971 if the choices make a change in entire story, it would, but if it’s that cow image, then wouldn’t make much difference

[@tjlazer6631]

@@Matchleader And 20 years to finish it

[@ItsRawdraft2]

Only quest in the game with branching paths other than "yes,no,maybe so"

[@ashdjones]

Boycee at Eidos/Deus Ex: And now I'm saving yours, we're even.

[@DeNihility]

Royce looks like he had a GPU fly into his face at 200 mph.

[@AwwLivSos]

Wow this is the path i went with in my first and only playthrough. Didn't realize that poeple usually picked the other option. Honestly the guy just seemed too big and scary for me to fight, so i just tried avoiding it lmao

[@MangoOverthere]

For all the flak this game gets, CDPR doesn't get enough credit for their top-tier writing. This scenario can play out completely different, each with separate side quests later on and in this one, though you don't get to save Brick (You wouldn't even know that Royce betrayed him and locked him up), you still manage to unknowingly save someone else instead (This guy).

[@Catonzo]

Cyberpunk 2077 has always been good as far as writing and world building goes. They unfortunately pushed the game too quickly where the mechanics of the game was severely lacking against what they promised and far too many corners were cut. Now the game is currently looking a far cry improved from what it was when it was released in 2020. Still is not what I would consider the game SHOULD have launched at, but had it released like it is now in 1.6 it would not have been as infamous and would not have hurt CD Projekt's reputation as harshly as it did. I have finally started my second playthrough of the game. Still Corpo, because I feel I missed a lot and my build was not focused enough. I will say that you do get to know that Royce took over management of Maelstrom and to my ears that immediately sounds like betrayal in Cyberpunk 2077's world. I never assumed anything else and I did free Brick in my first playthrough as well.

[@wanderer263]

This is one of the only quests that can play out differently in a tangible way though.

[@sortacoolmaybe]

@@wanderer263 yup, big shame its on rails for the rest of the game

[@MangoOverthere]

@✪Hidden 100%. It's also a lot different from the Witcher series which they've had over a decade's worth world building for and books to use as reference.

[@flashcamping]

I just wanna point out, that in fact you do know that Royce took command over Brick, and you can save him in both paths. When Dexter is giving you the quest he tells you so. In fact, that's the whole point of the quest. Because Dexter already had made the deal with Brick, but now with Brick off the table, he sent you to deal with Royce and retrieve the flathead. Also, "this guy" is a fukin snake, don't believe him. He's the actual mole.

[@redrobotmonkey]

This game was so unremarkable.

[@kenan3444]

but if you do that you can't have that OP weapon, you know

[@namekiz3199]

that gun was only for collection, you got tons of better option, such as lizzi

[@chessfrog8362]

@@namekiz3199 and what about dildo? (or what was there with Meredith, I forgot)

[@KiraSlith]

@@namekiz3199 It is also just a good gun that early, especially if you rolled a bad Unity as your starter. Combined with skipping a hard mission if you free Brick too, AND the OP kill-do from Meredith to boot? It's probably the best possible outcome. There's a free legendary Pulsar way later if you make Brick dead too, but he's an upstanding guy so...

[@TheDapperDragon]

@@chessfrog8362 I may hate myself enough to play through this game, I don't hate myself enough to use that.

[@suntzu4607]

In my first playthrough, I tried the pacifist route where I won't have to shoot my way out of everything. Worked in the most part except for the Voodoos. Had to kill all of them since I sided with the corpo.

[@xaviervega468]

I actually take down the Netwatch agent just so I can shoot all the Voodoo Boys myself. Blasting Mama Brigiite is so satisfying.

[@JoseRodriguezBaby]

Wow, I actually got this option each time I played, it's fun to fight alongside Maelstorm

[@gazzy9136]

You get the option if you decrypt the shard militech gave you

[@SolarasNaracott]

It never occurred to me to NOT make a choice here. I assumed something bad would happen.

[@Hotshotter3000]

You know, I never actually cut the deal with Maelstrom in this game. I just KOed Royce (he's an asshole) and took the flathead that way. Once I went with militech and another time no. I'm gonna try it the next time with no militech and paying twice, just to see what'll happen.

[@sandcrakes]

He's an asshole, but he'll be afraid of V

[@venveng]

If you don't call Stout at all and just went straight to Royce and paid him twice, you will unlock the Maelstrom gun vendor.

[@justadummy8076]

During my first ever playthrough of Cyberpunk I accidentally wiped the virus from the Eddie chip given to me from the corpo woman, so when it came time to give Maelstrom the chip I could pretend as if I was on their side and managed to get through this mission without a shootout

[@neonmonkey4466]

i did this as my first playthrough which is still my current one, not knowing anything about these guys i just figured it was the best option as i clearly didnt have the eddies for it didnt think so many people wouldnt have

[@ArikaStack]

Wow, I'm glad I killed Royce and freed Brick in all 3 of my playthroughs.

[@WebbanationX]

I don't think I would've ever seen this play out otherwise. Might try it on my next street kid run

[@coolermonkey3549]

Went this path, nobody punches me in the face and gets away with it.

[@GhostManPRO]

Fun fact, the only reason this mission was so fleshed out with so many endings is because CDPR used it in alot of marketing to give the impression all the games questlines followed this standard of quality, sadly it was a complete and blatant lie.

[@zegh8578]

Not to defend such tricks, but it's pretty common - you can often get a sense of the "presentation mission" in many a game

[@GhostManPRO]

@@zegh8578 True, but I still am excited for the witcher, we all need to manage our expectations and never pre-order, don't give big companies their safety net, let them face the consequences if their game is shit.

[@zegh8578]

@@GhostManPRO Absolutely true! A lot of the vitriol they were served with (ugh) could have been avoided, if they had not fueled the hype the way they did. Similar story with No Man's Sky!

[@GhostManPRO]

@@zegh8578 yep, at the end of the day the reason long running games like Cod and AC and farcry keep getting away with releasing terrible reskins of their older games is us. The horde of brainless sheep gamers just swallowing all the mediocre garbage these companies throw at us each year and saying “please sir can I have some more”, people need to wake up and realize that WE set the bar as gamers and all the blind consumers with no standards or idea what makes a good video game are the reason the gaming industry is so shit right now.

[@bravepigster]

I did this when the game first came out, posted about it on Reddit, and someone accused me of lying about it. This game really out here creating every scenario.

[@TheDapperDragon]

Not even this *quest* has every scenario. And it's the only quest that has any real variation.

[@yeah2654]

I did this in my current playthrough and never knew this was hard/different for most people

[@silenc3068]

This can actually have some interesting results after this, There’s a side quest where you meet back up with these guys since they survive

[@eagleye2893]

Or If You Save Brick, The Maelstrom Guy With the Explosive Collar. He Replaces Royce, Assuming you Followed Through with Stout.

[@MeAMoose]

My first playthrough ended in bloodshed because I refused to take a seat.

[@ethicalcheeze1407]

I like your style.

[@BushyKal]

There is also a side quest that makes getting in alot easier a a cool dialogue option as well later in the game

[@brandonn6099]

Nope, nobody threatens me. If they talked it out, I might have paid them, but nobody threatens me.

[@JoMcD21]

Say what you want, I thoroughly enjoyed this game.

[@TheDapperDragon]

That's fine. I too occasionally enjoy shit games. Nothing wrong with that.

[@rasenpapi5653]

first playthrough i took this route thinking it was the safest to get us out alive (favour for favour) but then i exited the building and saw meredith was dead and replaced so i felt bad

[@NocnaGlizda]

01:40 - He looked at her because he couldn't believe that someone was nice to him.

[@elwiwi4638]

I swear to GOD they need an update later on that lets u deviate further and side with one of 3 gangs Tiger claws (corporate) Maelstrom (streetkid) Raffen (Nomad) It'd be a cool set of alternate sidestories

[@administrator7393]

Being able to side with 6th Street or Valentinos would be much more fitting for street kid imo.

[@elwiwi4638]

@@administrator7393 Ok well Im bias and like maelstrom more

[@pinionification]

@@administrator7393 Valentinos, 100%. I honestly expected that route would have put us as long-term friends with Jackie rather than the car mission.

[@administrator7393]

@@pinionification I'd honestly prefer 6th Street. The Valentinos' holier than thou religious BS gets on my nerves, but it'd be a nice if you could choose to join either side in the gang war. I remember it being the biggest gang conflict in the city.

[@xaviervega468]

No way would I side with Wraiths. They're as bad as Scavs.

[@ArshikaTowers]

Nice little detail. The entire time Royce has a gun in your face, Jackie is staring at you waiting for you to make a move.

[@toniodu371200]

In the endgame chippin in subquest, you see dumdum and royce again to save nancy easily.

[@eggmancorp]

Interesting that Gilchrist is looking for the mole seeing as *he's* the mole.

[@Rub-A-Duck]

Imagine if the WHOLE game offered quests like this one here. Quests with actual choices and ways to go. Just imagine it. Great... isn't it?

[@Sextistsheep]

Yeah…. After the first play through I feel like an idiot

[@creampielover69]

If only the whole game kept the level of quality that the prologue had. CP2077 is full of ifs, fuuuuck I'm still salty about this whole thing, I really wanted to love this game...

[@Rub-A-Duck]

@@creampielover69 same. Sadly a big dream 😅

[@TheDapperDragon]

You mean like any other RPG? Fuck, even Fallout 4 has more quest variations.

[@TheDapperDragon]

@@creampielover69 It's by CDPR, man. Why would you expect any different?

[@thekabukisearcherofthedamn6123]

I refuse to do any other build then my, Mary Dairy Sue build

[@joshfournier9390]

Games like this is why im glad Rocksteady takes centuries to put out just one. Im still playing Rdr1 and 2 and gta 5

[@AlIegory]

You can just tell him the card is chipped and he does the same thing

[@hazeltree7738]

I sided with him on my first playthrough, since I was roleplaying a corpo "Smooth and sneaky" type character that was avoiding conflict as much as possible. Now I know that he has a sweet melee weapon so I won't be siding with him next time

[@amato7459]

whiped them out in all 3 playthroughs😂. good to see, what options where left.

[@pogtuber5146]

Damn, I didn't realize you could just let the timer go out on the "Draw gun" option.

[@geoffreyf7829]

You missed the computer that reveals that gilchrist is indeed the mole

[@suntzu4607]

In all of the Maelstroms, Dum dum and Brick are the only decent ones. or at least have some decency.

[@apcrol]

So sad that only few missions in CP2077 are like that one they used as demo =(

[@steveross8364]

Yeah, normally go down the line of blowing Royce's head off, chewing through his goons and saving Brick. Get to keep the Militech eddies and hook up with Meredith at the 'No Tell Motel' later. Screwing Militech twice on one mission, pretty sweet gig.

[@Risky_roamer1]

The moment I got there I just started shooting, didn't even get to talk.

[@goonfoo]

Lmao you get to sleep Stout so I picked the right one lol 😂

[@isaacschmitt4803]

If it isn't blindingly obvious, Gilcrest is the mole. If you do some snooping on the terminals in All Foods, you find some incriminating emails.

[@TheLaluciDaniel]

Foreshadowing Jackie, FORESHADOWING!

[@thestreetkid]

Care to explain?

[@TheLaluciDaniel]

@@thestreetkid the part about getting out in one piece

[@oz70nyc50]

Can't do it. I've never gone with Royce. Wish there was a way to zero him without having to kill Dum Dum. He's just a soldier following orders...not a traitorous piece of shit like Royce.

[@BABA-is8kv]

Imagine if this game would of came out fully patched, it would be one of the greatest games of all time. Cant wait for part deux.

[@sigmamalegrindset132]

I didnt kill them just because DumDum was a good guy

[@SCP049__]

I was thinking: "Wait, i don't remember this part of the game". That was because i murdered them all and took the money for myself.

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

didn't know this quest had so many branches, I'm only on my 2nd playthrough, but both times I attacked Maelstrom, and first time I didn't even know about the chip. Guess I gotta try not selecting any options with those timed responses...

[@MotorDanko]

i really preffer to keep meredith alive... you know... for that... encounter.

[@dragaoimolado5417]

the best part of this quest is passing the cred chip with virus :p

[@edenarchive4150]

Stout annoyed me and so did Royce. So I sided with Maelstrom, freed Brick and left them all to fight amongst themselves while I left with the bot.

[@BonkerBeanieZ]

Sided with them, talked my way out and made friends. And busted Brick out.

[@mockdawg]

I just realized his eyes.. whoa

[@Nommicus]

And you never use the flathead again....

[@emircetinmemis3514]

You'll lost a change to get two iconic items if you do not kill kim, and take the money from stout

[@Viper-dz2kw]

One of the only remnants of the older more RPG focused of the game, pretty sure this is only mission in the game with multiple outcomes

[@pinionification]

It isn't. Judy, Panam, and Goro can all have different outcomes, I'd imagine River can as well. There are gigs that are interconnected too, although those are usually pretty minor.

[@MasterDrood]

Wow didn't know this was possible, I always took the show gun option and then started gunning everything down XD

[@LeleStagniux]

Also when you hack the chip if you create a copy of the virus instead of removing it you will create a copy of the chip so after the mission you will have the chip for the rest of the game and if you choose to do this when you have the option to pay you will have two options You can choose to pay without saying anything about the virus or tell Royce about the virus and he will give the chip to the netrunner and he will remove it

[@darklight6013]

Too much chit chat for my tastes, chum... at 0:20 I was already full psycho, burning that s***hole down and dancing with their brains

[@renort834]

Im replaying for the 3rd time and I just found the guy in the back closet.

[@SplaToooGaming]

you can only use the inhaler you get from dumdum once which is kinda meh... as far as i know you cant spawn it with console cammands either

[@ADumbPie]

You can craft it

[@SplaToooGaming]

@@ADumbPie maybe after updates yes but im not sure cuz there is a mod for it now anyway

[@TheInstinctWithinV2]

God dammit. I always pick one of the choices when the timer bar runs along because I keep thinking he shoots you if you don't pick something. You're telling me, this WHOLE time, there were more branching paths from NOT doing anything? Guess I'll do ANOTHER playthrough

[@neilsimmons9582]

I would never choose Anthony Gilchrist over Meredith Stout lol

[@Nightwing3111]

I was distracted during this and didn’t pause the game here and they all just started attacking me, had to clear them out 😅

[@aaron4820]

Imagine by doing this you align yourself with them to a point you can end up modding yourself to have one of those red lights faces. Seeing Johnny Silverhand have a nightout through you with half his face missing would probably be quite funny.

[@risraid9324]

In most of my playthrough.. i always tell Royce about the Virus in the Shard, as much as i distrust Maelstrom.. taking side with Corpo rarely helps you much (especially after watching Edgerunner, hhhaa)

[@zegh8578]

Same, most of the comments here surprise me - I always sided with Maelstrom because fuck siding with militant corporations.

[@rinhyugaa6565]

Brick got it.