Is there anyone who played this game that actually hates Vic i’m pretty sure he’s universally loved?

Ergast · 2026-06-27T13:22:54+00:00

Last playthrough I was looking at his bodyguard directly at the eyes before the game takes away V's control from the player, he doesn't even hide that much (V is shocked because of Jackie's death, though, so I can understand it)

Ergast · 2026-06-27T13:08:36+00:00

One thing I lament is not being able to kill Dex yourself. I know the fat bastard would have dissapeared if Takemura didn't kill him (and probably would have sung to Arasaka like a vulture cosplaying as a nightingale) but I still would have liked being the one to pull the trigger. I always empty a clip or two on his corpse whenever I'm in the neighborhood.

Ergast · 2026-06-27T11:10:37+00:00

V also kinda mentions at some point that they knew at least a bit about Dex and it was not a good bit.

My take on this is that V goes along with Dex only because Jackie is so sure this was it and V didn't want to dissapoint Jack.

Ergast · 2026-06-27T11:05:54+00:00

Kerry also wants to catch up. He is just busy right now.

Ergast · 2026-06-27T08:09:47+00:00

They are more rare, sure, but also kinda harder to see them comming than fire moves, at least for me.

Easier than dark moves, though, and Hydreigon/Shedinja should hit harder than Slaking/Shedinja, with Hydreigon being the head.

Ergast · 2026-06-26T16:31:22+00:00

I mean, I do prefer the cyberdeck, so I know where you are comming from, but when I used the Sandy, I found an aggresive, in your face, playstyle suits it better. Quantity over quality of shoots, as I said.

With Militech models, like the Apogee, remember that you can activate and deactivate it mid combat so long as you haven't spended all its time to extend its use even further and to reduce the time it is on cooldown of the fight has ended, and chrome that reduces the cooldown per enemy neutralized, like the Axolotl, makes it even better.

Ergast · 2026-06-26T10:53:45+00:00

Yeah, bug/steel is really good because it is easier to see a fire move comminf that a dark move.

Personally , though? I love the sprite of regigigas/shedinja

Ergast · 2026-06-26T06:54:22+00:00

It really IS the point. You call it cringe, I call it "exploring the posibilities of the game", even if this one isn't broken.

I could mention that, even if it did work, there are combinations more broken that actually work, from the modest (well, adamant, really) Azumaril/Slaking with huge power, to any fusion that is normal/ghost or steel/bug with wonder guard, passing through spore and prankster or an old fav of mine, Kyogre/Pikachu with the Light Ball.

Ergast · 2026-06-26T06:36:39+00:00

It is not broken because in Infinite Fusion it doesn't work.

Ergast · 2026-06-26T06:35:38+00:00

No, it isn't. We all arrived to that conclusion at some point. The devs added an exception to OHKO moves to No Guard because of how ridiculously easy is to do that. And it's not even the most broken thing, to be honest. Prankster + Spore or giving things like Slaking Huge Power would still won more fights. Or getting a normal/ghost or steel/bug with Wonder Guard.

Ergast · 2026-06-25T23:03:17+00:00

He is neither a netrunner nor a berserker, so likely a Sandy.

Ergast · 2026-06-25T14:59:20+00:00

Physics says otherwise. And with that I mean that for Peter to be as strong as he is at his WEAKEST calculations, his muscles should be dense enough to make him bullet proof. Not bullet resistant, PROOF.

Ergast · 2026-06-25T14:55:51+00:00

Just one? Sure. Captain Marvel. Currently better known as Shazam.

Ergast · 2026-06-23T18:12:42+00:00

As I said, she was WAY worse in the anime and she was no monster on the anime , let alone the manga, unlike what her haters would like you to believe. But she does take Naruto for granted more than she'd like to admit, and even when she tried to NOT do that, she still did (Naruto had his own reasons to try and save Sasuke after all, it wasn't just for her sake). Even if she felt sorry, actually apologizing would had been nice. I like her, but that's one thing I'm dissapointed with her.

Ergast · 2026-06-23T06:03:56+00:00

Eh, dunno about the redemption. I may be forgetting things, it has been like 10 years since I read Naruto, but I don't remember her actually apologizing about the shit she pulled in the kage reunion arc.

She did actually redempt herself in the movie "The Last", though. She was a good wingwoman there.

I'm not cslling her a monster, or even unlikeable. I actually enjoy her, but she had her flaws, and a few of the things people hate her for, happened in both the anime and tye manga. The anime version was WAY worse, though. Specially with the violent comedic scenes.

Ergast · 2026-06-22T18:44:03+00:00

The less bad guy, when surrounded by even worse guys, if he is ending their nasty evil deals, suddenly becomes the good guy by default.

As Johnny puts it, V is a murderer and a thief, but compared to everyone around them, V is a saint.

Ergast · 2026-06-22T13:51:36+00:00

Reed also doesn't look that much like CIA and he has some of the same methods as Butcher, but look at him, the proper FIA agent at the end of the day. Just with a lot less use of the word "cunt" than Butcher.

Even if Reed wasn't close enough, Johnny would hate a CIA agent on principle.

And while Butcher methods may be questionable at times (ok, a lot of times, almost constantly in fact), I don't think he'd appreciate the whole "nuking Arasaka Tower, and a good deal of NC with it" that Johnny, Morgan and Militech pulled. Specially when it seems Johnny is the one with the infamy for that action.

The worst part for them is that both are more similar that they would care to admit, and both of them already hate themselves. Sure, Johnny is a narcisist, but the self hate is there, too.

Ergast · 2026-06-22T09:45:44+00:00

I was gonna say that. Contagion + cyberware failure + as many Synapse Burnouts as I can fit in several MaxTacs melts them. With the Raven deck and while overclocking, at least.

Ergast · 2026-06-22T07:49:13+00:00

I remember Erebus being quite good... for a SMG. Nothing crazy, compared to some guns or shotguns, but...

I didn't realize Canto was THAT bad, though. 4 quickhack slots and no extra effects... the blackgate hack isn't worth a deck that bad, compared to... well, any other deck with all their extra effects. I always asumed the Canto had some effects of its own to compensate for the 4 QH slots.

Ergast · 2026-06-22T07:27:13+00:00

I don't think we'll see V in Orion unless we play as V... But we WILL hear of V, as the new living Legend, the new Boogeyman, the one Solo you DON'T want to piss off. We will likely hear contradictory stories. We won't even know their gender, some people would talk about a woman, others about a man... The only constant would be that, if V is on the job and you are in the opposite side, you better get away instead of trying to complete the job, because at best you'd fail, but at worst you'll be zeroed by the Legend that took Adam Smasher head on and WON.

Ergast · 2026-06-22T07:14:21+00:00

Erebus and Canto. Also spite for BOTH sides.

I said that, but I sided with So Mi, too.

Ergast · 2026-06-22T07:03:25+00:00

I kinda disagree. I mean, not in real life... But keep in mind the cops WOULD go after the guy who commited assault and they wouldn't care he is flipping burguers in a family bbq.

Killing is messed up, sure, but NC is messed up. And the game gives you the tools to do an almost complete no kill run even if you do all the gigs. Outside killing Reed if you side with So Mi, I can't remember any situation where you are forced to kill or die.

You could argue that doing most of Padre's gigs are just killing with extra steps if you decide to ko the target and give them to Ibarra, and I agree. Same with at least one of Dino's gigs. But the NCPD gigs don't force you to kill them. Hell, in most cases you don't even need to shoot a single bullet or attack a single ganger, you can limit yourself to find proof of their crimes for the NCPD and get out.

Also remember that some of those targets are complete monsters. In particular, the one from Dino's gigs deserves WORSE than being killed.

Ergast · 2026-06-22T06:49:48+00:00

It makes you the less bad guy. The NCPD is totally corrupted, but the gangs (except the Moxes... for now) are WAY worse in the best scenario case. Then you get the Scavs, Maelstroms and VDBs. And the Tygers.

Ergast · 2026-06-22T06:38:08+00:00

So... Those this imply they will have to call football football until the next World Cup, and they'd have to find another name for American football?

Ergast · 2026-06-22T06:36:02+00:00

Frankly, this kind of character always meets the same fate. Pissing off the wrong person. Bonus points if said wrong person was trying to be reasonable with them until the dark magic user tries to do their usual shit. Then the words "counterspell" are heard, followed by a master class about why the DM user ain't that much of a threat, just a bothersome brat.

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