I'm noticing V's apartment getting cluttered with various debris as the game goes on, like liquor and food packets. The immediate assumption is this is Johnny overtaking V's subconscious, making them do things that they're not aware of.
However, I'm pretty sure this is actually entirely V. Because the liquor is always vodka, and in one gig mission Johnny emphatically says he
does not drink vodka, considering it with contempt.
It's particularly amusing with my V, because alcoholic drinks in-game are entirely stat penalties, so the only alcohol V has consumed so far are in cutscenes.
Most of them are working out bad, because they're dumb, and the setting is pretty aware of that? It's at least half satire by volume, where it isn't 'oh and Japanese stuff is sick rad' and 'fuck yeah awesome metal arms'.
Like, Johnny's raid on Araska tower is in-universe fucking stupid, Johnny's an arrogant selfish moron who achieves nothing, and it doesn't even achieve anything; here we are, 50 years later, and all Johnny's done is make Araska money.
It does get a little frustrating when Johnny tries to rant about his ideals to V, and there is no dialogue option to point out that V's disagreements (or at least my V) was never about his
ideals, but always his
methods and actions. A dialogue option I thought would be "and what did you achieve with that nuclear detonation" turned out to be "but think of the innocents caught in the blast", and that's not what I thought the dialogue option was going to go with.
For one thing, "what about the innocents" was easily countered by Johnny going "we must wake up the ignorant masses", so it's an easy strawman to promote Johnny's ranting. The question I wanted Johnny to answer was "what did choosing to run the raid on Arasaka
achieve, what did you think you would achieve, and what is the reason for the difference between those two".
Like, if Johnny's hypothetical answer was "needed a bigger bomb", that's at least some progress. I (and my V) would have been satisfied with that answer, since it's a sign that Johnny acknowledges the shortcomings of his raid, and has some idea about improving it for better effect. Whether it's
correct is another discussion, but that's something that can be worked out in planning discussions.
Actually Johnny 100% edited Morgan Blackhand out of his memories* xD
ie. Morgan Blackhand actually organized the raid on Arasaka tower (in service of Miltech) and Johnny was part of the B-team.
*both Devs and Mike actually said that.
I only know of the name "Morgan Blackhand" via the lore shards. I assume he's some legendary Cyberpunk 2077 character? Who keeps a low enough profile that people don't know where he is at the moment, and make up conspiracy theories about his involvement in various major events.
Johnny's claim about the Arasaka raid being a grand gesture against corporations in general is a little weird if it was organized in service to another corporation.
