Ending question *spoiler*

[Yes, I have a Mic.]

Does V die in the sun ending? The jets of air coming from his helmet don't look good.

[egg fu]

it's propulsion, like a jetpack or whatever. its unclear whether V succeeds or not, much like the other endings.

[Yes, I have a Mic.]

Originally posted by abolishbananas:

it's propulsion, like a jetpack or whatever. its unclear whether V succeeds or not, much like the other endings.

Oh thats what it is? Yeah, no worries then.
Dude took on a tower full of super soldiers by himself, this is just space tourism in comparison.

[Chill-Out-Zone]

V will die anyway.

[markdb92]

I think the only way V to actually "live" is become part of the AI that helps you and who knows maybe the AI will help you get a new body to live in.

[BBeck]

V dies no matter what. Twice actually. But out of all the endings there is either suicide or going to Mikoshi (which is also suicide). Once you meet with Alt she kills you and digitizes your mind. The new you can come back after that, but you're dead either way. Or the new you can let Johnny have your body. But either way, V's dead at that point. The thing that comes back is a copy, not actually V. I think that's true for all endings although I've only actually played through the Sun ending where you choose for the new you to take over your body and come back to live for a "short" amount of time although in that ending it's unclear exactly how much longer the new you will live. In that ending there is some hope that you might be able to actually beat Relic, but the game ends before it's clear exactly how much longer you can live.

[Kipper]

I believe he does not die. As Johnny is able to live on as some other construct I think V will as well, they are dropping a DLC with another headliner IRL actor... I believe this does not look good for playing on as V. Then again we will have to access the DLC through pacifica (not sure)? Any who Ill be upset to know my character does not transfer over.

[Crimsomrider]

V does not die, as it is confirmed by Misty that they will succeed with the Crystal Palace and earn the help of Mr Blue Eyes.

Same is true for V's other epilogues where they remain alive, because the epilogues are actually lifepaths which V decides on Misty's rooftop. Each one sets V on a path towards survival and teases how they'll be searching for it based on their true lifepath values,

The sequel is also subtly teasing that it might be directly continuing V's story with these lifepath epilogues and use them the same way as it did at the start of Cyberpunk 2077.

[Yes, I have a Mic.]

Originally posted by Chill-Out-Zone:

V will die anyway.

I get that but dying in space is a spectacularly painful way to go.

Originally posted by Crimsomrider:

V does not die, as it is confirmed by Misty that they will succeed with the Crystal Palace and earn the help of Mr Blue Eyes.

Same is true for V's other epilogues where they remain alive, because the epilogues are actually lifepaths which V decides on Misty's rooftop. Each one sets V on a path towards survival and teases how they'll be searching for it based on their true lifepath values,

The sequel is also subtly teasing that it might be directly continuing V's story with these lifepath epilogues and use them the same way as it did at the start of Cyberpunk 2077.

I hope you're right but then that wouldn't really explain why Silverhand is in the trailer. Plus it would have to keep track of some of your choices like romances. Seems like less work for CD if they make it before the final part.
I hope you're right though.

[Crimsomrider]

If you're referring to why Johnny is in the Phantom Liberty trailer, the expansion's story is set before the epilogues, not after. It'll remake and populate the entire area of walled-off Pacifica (Stadium, the Combat Zone).

As for taking choices into account, CDPR continues their RPG stories with an Import Save function, which takes into account all the choices made and carries them on into the next game. This is what they did with Witcher series too and worked beautifully.

The primary reason why this will most likely be the case is because V's epilogues are ambiguously open cliffhangers teasing V's survival. And unlike all the other upcoming games which they announced for the Witcher and a new IP, Cyberpunk 2077 Project Orion is the only game on their list that is distinctively referred to as a sequel, while all the rest are called new games within the franchise.

[Mr_Faorry]

Originally posted by Crimsomrider:

As for taking choices into account, CDPR continues their RPG stories with an Import Save function, which takes into account all the choices made and carries them on into the next game. This is what they did with Witcher series too and worked beautifully.

Eh the save import function in Witcher wasn't all that great since a lot of your choices didn't actually matter.
You romanced Shani in W1? Well tough because you're with Triss now in W2. You made up with Triss in W2 and sided with Iorveth? Well tough because you're now broken up with Triss anyway and Roche treats you as an old friend (even though he asks Natalis permission to kill you in a Iorveth run) while Iorveth isn't even mentioned. You stopped Mages from being persecuted in W2 by helping Triss expose The Lodge? Tough because all mages are being persecuted anyway in W3. Killed Thaler in W1? Tough he's alive and well in W3.

A Cyberpunk 2 should just pick a single canon ending and run with it rather than giving the illusion that your choices in the previous game meant anything, maybe have a save import to track side things like character relations and V's look, but commit to a single ending as the canon one rather than trying to messily bring all the different ending variations back around to the same starting point like Witcher did. Hell make the 'Johnny takes control' ending canon so they can do away with the import system altogether since Johnny leaves the city, cuts ties with all V's associates, and is planning on changing V's look (presumably back to Johnny's old self) thus making all those side things irrelevant.

[Mr_Blank]

There are two ending in which B doesn’t truly die, 2 where he might not die, and one where he dies.


SPOILER FOR EVERY ENDING

The panam ending and the surrender your soul ending both end with V finally finding or going somewhere else to find a cure for the silverhandiosis. He goes to the NUSA with the aldecaldos to find a more experienced doctor, or he trusts arasaka yo put his conscience in a different body as payment for helping Them bring back Saburo Arasaka.

The sun and the temperance endings end with Johnnny potentially dying, with Johnny going on one last gig in space, saying a last goodbye to his love interest and accepting his date, with the other one being V joins alt in cyberspace and Johnny takes Vs body. We don’t know what’ll happen to V next in these endings, but it’s likely that he will die.

Then, the final ending that doesn’t even give you an achievement is the ending where V and Johnny choose to end it instead of killing more and more just to get absolutely nowhere. I actually like this ending because V dies on his own terms instead of at the hands of the chip or Arasaka.

So to answer your question, V is likely to die after the sun ending because the chip is still killing him.

[Zebedee]

The only ending which is definitive for V is the suicide ending. All the others leave room for you to decide what happens next, deliberately done that way. That said, any ending where Johnny keeps the physical body means V's future is with Alt off in Alt's sanctuaries for AI and constructs. There are also some tonal clues to the endings which hint towards how the writers behind them saw them. (And for those writing fan fiction, it's a swallow in *that* ending.) Bitter sweet ending is part of the genre. Why I'd be amazed if they continued V's story in the next game.

I think V's story is told so far as it concerns us directly - we saw the world through his/her eyes until those final moments when we left his/her body. Sort of thing where we may see a callback, especially if the next game moves the time along again.