Cyberpunk 2077: This Villain Is More Like Johnny Silverhand Than Either Would Care To Admit

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Regarding video game villains, Yorinobu Arasaka in is a bit of an odd case. He's initially important, the target of the player's first big heist, and sets up the major conflict of the game by murdering his father at the end of Act One. But beyond that, he's hardly present at all, only ever seen on TV screens and heard in recordings.Yorinobu's presence is felt, but he takes the backstage in a major way, only appearing in person again during a certain ending.

[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Cyberpunk 2077.]

Because of that, many players are quick to dismiss Yorinobu, a side character in in the overall story who only serves as a figurehead for a large, villainous corporation. But the character is so much more than that if examined more closely, especially in «The Devil» ending, and his ideals are much less villainous than many may expect. In fact, he shares a lot in common with a certain dead rockerboy of Night City's past, one who would hate any comparison to the emperor's son.

Yorinobu's role in the story is fairly straightforward: initially, the black sheep of his powerful family,he murders his father in a moment of rage and takes his place as the head of the Arasaka empire. He spends most of the game in the background, changing Arasaka's corporate structure and making enemies of powerful figures. He sets V's story in motion, causing the heist to fail and V to end up with the Relic in their head, but he only really matters for the rest of the plot if players focus on him.

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The game can end in several ways as V searches for a cure to their condition, only one of which involves Yorinobu. "" ending sees players team up with the CEO's sister, Hanako, to commit a hostile takeover and dethrone Yorinobu. It's only in this ending that Yorinobu's true motivations are discovered: he has been sabotaging