I'm finishing the main story and the game just reminded me how childish the writing felt back in 2020. I've finished all Silverhand nanny quests, got an approval of 85%, been bro to him since the beginning and really started to like him, since PL added much more interactions between him and V.
Now I got only two options to choose from - being an Alesraka bitch and a snitch or give a wheel to Johny and let him attack Alesraka with Rogue. What the fuck led me to this place? After 80 hours you give me two most dissatisfying option I can think of. I don't want any of this, there was no appropiate build up for it. The writer of this story is like a farmer who went to harvest the crops, got into the combine and only then he realized that he forgot to sow the seeds. I don't give a flying fuck about Alesraka, no matter how much the game trying to force it on me.
I don't want to help Hanako, she is an unlikeable bitch and I don't want to destroy Alesraka, because I don't care. They didn't hurt me in any way possible, V was the one stealing their shit, I don't have any moral dillemas nor desire for revenge. I don't have any feelings towards this corporation at all. If you romance Panam those desert gypsies can help you, but who the hell would like to interact with this 3rd wave feminist self insert more then it's nescessary to complete the game? I have been so tortured after 3 obligatory main quests with her, the moment she called asking for help and I said I have more important things to do was like a shower after diving in septic tank.
Oh, there is a secret ending, where you can just storm Alesraka Tower with Johny as V. Like Neo and Trinity suicide mission to resque Morpheus. But guess what? Your relations with Johny doesn't matter, he can hate you. All you need to do is to choose specific dialog option while doing Chippin In. And this is rich, I can't think of a situation in which I am so wasted to choose such fucking retarded use of words. Context - you arrive at the place where they buried the body of Johny, it turns out it's a dump and there is not even a cross or something, nothing to commemorate his death. He sits in front of you and seems to be in deep despair. V decides to write something up on a dumpster and Johny asks how would you define your relationship with him.
Being a bro you say "Johny Silverhand, they guy who saved my life". Hearing that, he says at least friendship between you two is something he didn't fuck up. And now candle on the cake, what a fucking "writer" wants you to tell him after all this? You need to tell him "No, you fucked that also" and humiliate him like in a god damn Jada Pinkett - Will Smith life action rpg. Then you got 3rd ending option while speaking with Johny on the roof. Someone in writers room got issues, at least he is long gone from the studio judging by how any of this kind of bipolar disorder shit is not present in Phantom Liberty.
This whole ending section reminds me of Captain Planet/Power Rangers type of writing. You want to tell me I will attack Alesraka Tower in the company of 70 years old grandma, wipe all the guards and kill Adam Smasher? I made better storylines in my head when i was a kid, trying to justify the fight between He-Man and Skeletor figurines. Last time Alesraka Tower was stormed, there was whole squad of Militech with a fucking atom bomb and a whole bunch of mercenaries, Silverhand included. At least in actual lore. In this game it was Silverhand with a bunch of try-hards. Fucking Christ, this is abysmal writing. Glad they fired whole writing room before making PL.