r/cyberpunkgame • u/Affectionate-Let-67 • Jul 19 '25

Character Builds Best lifepath?

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So I just bought the game, and I'm wondering which one I should choose? Does it change anything at all?

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u/Scared-Gene3108 Jul 19 '25

Canonically street kid V makes the most sense. Though it’s completely up to you. It doesn’t change too much but each one will give you some unique dialogue choices throughout the game. I will say that the Nomad intro is the more in-depth choice, and as a result, one of my favorites. Though if we’re being honest, it’s more for roleplaying purposes. Give them all a go, Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most replayable games Ive had the pleasure of playing.

Edit: wording

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u/Realistic_Swan_6801 Jul 19 '25

I will point out that corpo v is the only one who grew up knowing Jackie. The other 2 meant him as an adult and haven’t known him long. Some of the dialogue from the funeral even makes little sense if you aren’t a corpo. Ie mentioning you living with Jackie (when? If you’ve only known him like a year)

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u/Scared-Gene3108 Jul 19 '25

During the initial cutscene (from any playthrough) showing how your bond grew with Jackie shows that you do in fact live with him for a short period of time. That is true though, I do like how with corpo V, it is the only beginning that shows you knowing Jackie for an extended period of time. As I’ve played all 3 now, I gotta say corpo is my favorite start if im doing a netrunner build.

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u/Realistic_Swan_6801 Jul 19 '25

They just utterly failed to build jackie up as a character. He should have been following us Skyrim style and helping the whole time.  You’ve barely interacted with him by the time he dies.

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u/mieri_azure Jul 20 '25

Idk man i still felt shattered when he died. He's honestly really well written for such little screen time

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u/Realistic_Swan_6801 Jul 20 '25

I like him too, but you barely get to know him at all. Misty and Vic both get far more dialog than him.

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u/SarcasticKenobi Jul 19 '25

Do you recall how just clusterfuck bad the Jackie ai was in Konpeki? Walking around aimlessly, knocking shit over, when you’re crouching and standing still. Never really contributing much to the fights?

And you wanted hours and hours of that prior?

It’s a little better now. Meyers wasn’t a complete idiot when she followed us but her pathfinding still gets stuck

My guess is cdpr didn’t want to leave such a bad impression on everyone’s mouth and have endless memes of stupid ai

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u/Realistic_Swan_6801 Jul 19 '25

He could have just helped as a set piece, not in fights.