Current Events > So is Johnny Silverhand like, alive in V's brain or is he a program or what?

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MARlO
09/22/23 3:28:36 PM
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I never understood that. Is it the real original Johnny?

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Tyranthraxus
09/22/23 3:32:58 PM
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The entire game is a philosophical argument about what even is an identity do the answer is really up to you. If I copy you, is the new you also you or a different person? What if in order to copy you I had to kill you so that there could only ever be one you at any time?

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El_Marsh
09/22/23 3:34:23 PM
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For some definition of "alive," yes.
Johnny's consciousness was mapped onto the chip that V ends up slotting, thus everytime he communicates, it's coming directly from the original Johnny, just without his own body.


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El_Marsh
09/22/23 3:35:00 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
The entire game is a philosophical argument about what even is an identity do the answer is really up to you. If I copy you, is the new you also you or a different person? What if in order to copy you I had to kill you so that there could only ever be one you at any time?
There's also this


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MARlO
09/22/23 3:37:20 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
The entire game is a philosophical argument about what even is an identity do the answer is really up to you. If I copy you, is the new you also you or a different person? What if in order to copy you I had to kill you so that there could only ever be one you at any time?
Holy crap you kinda just blew my mind a bit. I didnt really think about it like that before.

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Irony
09/22/23 3:37:33 PM
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He's basically the bad guy from the first season of Sword Art Online

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I4NRulez
09/22/23 3:43:26 PM
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MARlO posted...
Holy crap you kinda just blew my mind a bit. I didnt really think about it like that before.

The game kinda throws it in your face lol.

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Jagr_68
09/22/23 3:47:20 PM
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He is V in the definitive ending.

Kind of like that movie Upgrade but not as grim.

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Tyranthraxus
09/22/23 3:49:51 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
He is V in the definitive ending.

Kind of like that movie Upgrade but not as grim.

There is no definitive ending.

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Kaiganeer
09/22/23 3:51:00 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
There is no definitive ending.
the suicide ending is the definitive ending
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s0nicfan
09/22/23 3:52:45 PM
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Kaiganeer posted...
the suicide ending is the definitive ending

So is the new DLC before the ending then? Because I went with the secret "don't fear the reaper" ending and my V is very much still alive.

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Jagr_68
09/22/23 3:56:00 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
So is the new DLC before the ending then? Because I went with the secret "don't fear the reaper" ending and my V is very much still alive.

Yes, at the halfway mark is when it should open up. The "no turning back" point before Arasaka Tower is still the same, hence the endings.

That's according to CDPR tho, maybe there's a surprise idk

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Kaldrenthebold
09/22/23 3:57:02 PM
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SOMA deals with this as well. Phenomenal game.

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MARlO
09/22/23 11:15:24 PM
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I4NRulez posted...
The game kinda throws it in your face lol.
Ive never really understood the Johnny stuff. The first time I played I thought he was a ghost or something.

(I get it better now tho)

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DarthAragorn
09/22/23 11:47:01 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
So is the new DLC before the ending then? Because I went with the secret "don't fear the reaper" ending and my V is very much still alive.
the new DLC is before the ending, yeah

but it also adds a new ending

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pegusus123456
09/22/23 11:51:40 PM
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Kaldrenthebold posted...
SOMA deals with this as well. Phenomenal game.
If you want a whole game focused on this idea and fully exploring the implications, this is the one.

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I4NRulez
09/23/23 9:07:25 AM
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MARlO posted...
The first time I played I thought he was a ghost or something.

How? Did you skip all the dialogue?

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loafy013
09/23/23 9:19:25 AM
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Kaiganeer posted...
the suicide ending is the definitive ending
My official ending for V is her going off with the Nomads.

If I was in V's shoes, taking myself out along with Johnny would have definitely been my thing. Fuck that guy.

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pogo_rabid
09/23/23 9:31:52 AM
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My official ending is my V is an engram in cold storage in low earth orbit

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Smackems
09/23/23 9:39:07 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
The entire game is a philosophical argument about what even is an identity do the answer is really up to you. If I copy you, is the new you also you or a different person? What if in order to copy you I had to kill you so that there could only ever be one you at any time?
The copy is a different person and I don't see a reason you'd have to kill the og to make a copy

There I just answered the games biggest conundrums

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s0nicfan
09/23/23 9:42:50 AM
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Smackems posted...
The copy is a different person and I don't see a reason you'd have to kill the og to make a copy

There I just answered the games biggest conundrums

https://youtu.be/b6YSfEKMeC8?feature=shared

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MARlO
09/23/23 9:19:08 PM
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I4NRulez posted...
How? Did you skip all the dialogue?
I thought there was more to the engram than what they were saying, and they were just dropping hints at an eventual reveal.

I didnt know he was a literal program. In fact Im still not certain of that even as I write this, (which is why I made the topic). Im not sure if its Johnny himself in there or an ai copy.

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Baha05
09/23/23 9:19:50 PM
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Truly he is a Ghost in the Shell

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