Am I the only one that Hates Johnny Silverhand

[Zenwolf]

I dread the point where he enters the story arrogant, Delusional, Self righteous even, his ideals are half baked trash that hasnt been thought thru and how this man got people to follow him is beyond me. Except to the bar maybe drunk loonies are fun. Sorry had to say that he truely annoys me and he is central to the story which makes it even worse so I needed to vent.

[Gumpo]

His character is all over the place for me. One of the only characters in the game i don't just outright love (or at least, love the writing of, even if they are irritating.) Seems like his stance flip flops in weird ways too, i can't figure it out. Maybe im doing quests in the wrong order and there is supposed to be some sort of character progression with him that just doesnt come across well without the game being more linear?

But yeah, you arent the only one. i usually hate him.

[Gatchapod]

Correct observation.
Johnny is an extremely flawed character.
That's his thing, really.

[Sheva]

I really hated the dude my first playthrough. Nothing has changed here on my second. One of the most obnoxious people to ever get stuck in your head. Guess that's the point

[Angry Nord-Grunge Syndicate]

I didn't like him back in 90s playing Cyberpunk 2020 either, dude blew up nuke in middle of the Night City. Amount of innocent civilian casualties had to be insane.

[dr.rosenrosen]

he's the only one who understands,

[Mansen]

Originally posted by Angry Nord-Grunge Syndicate:

I didn't like him back in 90s playing Cyberpunk 2020 either, dude blew up nuke in middle of the Night City. Amount of innocent civilian casualties had to be insane.

When you dig into Arasaka's goings ons, you can kind of see where he was coming from (however flawed as it was)

Loading the bright and popular into digital engrams and then abusing the knowledge within while keeping people imprisoned is kind of a ♥♥♥♥ move.

And that's ignoring all the ♥♥♥♥ they do to the average worker drone. While the nuke was definitely a bad career move and entirely pointless even at that time... I have a feeling Arasaka probably has a much higher body count at this point.

But yeah - Johnny is flawed as all hell. And that's just who he is. His arguments don't always make sense.

[Bastila Shan]

V is meant to hate him at first but over time you grow to like each other and by the end keanu loves you so much he will shoot in the air like in point break rather than shoot you

[Gatchapod]

Originally posted by Angry Nord-Grunge Syndicate:

I didn't like him back in 90s playing Cyberpunk 2020 either, dude blew up nuke in middle of the Night City. Amount of innocent civilian casualties had to be insane.

Deserted American army only to end up nuking his own city in the name of Militech, because he was angry at Arasaka.
Johnny was always short-sighted, impulsive and dishonest, even with himself.

[CloudSeeker]

Johnny Silverhand is a rather big in the lore of the whole game from back in the 80's. He is supposed to be this A-hole, arrogant, delusional, self righteous and yes even have really bad ideas. What do you think rebels are like? Those that wish for anarchy and "sticking it to the man" do not have a good plan. They just want to hurt what they find evil and they don't think about how many other people they hurt in the process.

Johnny is a chaotic person. I should place him in the Chaotic Neutral placement in the D&D alignment chart. I don't like him as a person, but I love the character. You can't have a game where everyone are just a different shade of goody two shoes. I find flawed character much more interesting then perfect characters.

[LoboFH]

Then he made a good work, what did you want?, a monk?

[Zenwolf]

Being first contact with cyberpunk universe , I was kinda expecting a charismatic, popular and articulate person what I got was sadly lacking in all those areas

[dr.rosenrosen]

things don't change without massive violence. johny is a hero.

[1ttffsse]

Will there be an option to delete/ kill him or is he plot armored to the max?

[CloudSeeker]

Originally posted by Gatchapod:

Originally posted by Angry Nord-Grunge Syndicate:

I didn't like him back in 90s playing Cyberpunk 2020 either, dude blew up nuke in middle of the Night City. Amount of innocent civilian casualties had to be insane.

Deserted American army only to end up nuking his own city in the name of Militech, because he was angry at Arasaka.
Johnny was always short-sighted, impulsive and dishonest, even with himself.

Well said. That is a good character summary. It should be strange for someone like Johnny to be thinking in the long terms. He is an agent of chaos. That is what Johnny is.

[Gonzo850]

He's a terrorist.