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The game is a little more nuanced than this write up would have you believe. You can tell the Silverhand character that he's a whiny narcissist with over-simpli

The game is a little more nuanced than this write up would have you believe. You can tell the Silverhand character that he's a whiny narcissist with over-simplified views that blames everyone for his own problems. I'd argue Silverhand and Yorinobu are not the heroes, but it ultimately depends on how you play and what decisions you make. You can also make fairly pragmatic decisions to do what makes the most sense in context. I wouldn't call it 'optimistic' sci-fi since the world is pretty gritty, but the techno-futurism, ability for people to upgrade themselves is pretty interesting, and achieving immortality for everyone is pretty optimistic even in that gritty backdrop. It's worth playing to check it out, I'd ignore most of this over-intellectualized writing about it and just play it for yourself if you want to.

dkersten 6y ago
The Silverhand character does grow somewhat towards the end. I actually started liking him before I got to the credits.
- fossuser 6y ago
  Yeah it's interesting since he becomes a blend of himself and V's personality. I liked the story and world ultimately, I think people just like to have 'contrarian' takes on something popular as a way to signal how smart they are. Probably too harshly worded, but it's a recurring thing I've noticed.
  - dkersten 6y ago
    Well, I do think the game has some very big problems (aside from the bugs; see my other comments), but most of the story is very well written in my opinion and the characters are great. There were some moments that really hit me hard in the feels. There were some little details (ringing Jackie's phone for example) that were just fantastic. I'm upset with CDPR management for lying and for not giving the dev team the time needed to finish it properly, but I'm not upset that I bought the game. I got my moneys worth and had a good time with it (yes, the game did crash regularly and have lots of annoying bugs, but I was mostly able to ignore it and continue anyway -- on PS4 too!) I didn't think I'd like Silverhand at all, I haven't really seen any Keanu movies since The Matrix so had zero buy in with him being in the game, and at the start he was such a dry character. However, as it went on and as V and he interacted more, he grew on me and I guess V did too, so the V/Silverhand blend at the end became something I actually cared about.

dkersten 6y ago

The Silverhand character does grow somewhat towards the end. I actually started liking him before I got to the credits.

fossuser 6y ago
Yeah it's interesting since he becomes a blend of himself and V's personality. I liked the story and world ultimately, I think people just like to have 'contrarian' takes on something popular as a way to signal how smart they are. Probably too harshly worded, but it's a recurring thing I've noticed.
- dkersten 6y ago
  Well, I do think the game has some very big problems (aside from the bugs; see my other comments), but most of the story is very well written in my opinion and the characters are great. There were some moments that really hit me hard in the feels. There were some little details (ringing Jackie's phone for example) that were just fantastic. I'm upset with CDPR management for lying and for not giving the dev team the time needed to finish it properly, but I'm not upset that I bought the game. I got my moneys worth and had a good time with it (yes, the game did crash regularly and have lots of annoying bugs, but I was mostly able to ignore it and continue anyway -- on PS4 too!) I didn't think I'd like Silverhand at all, I haven't really seen any Keanu movies since The Matrix so had zero buy in with him being in the game, and at the start he was such a dry character. However, as it went on and as V and he interacted more, he grew on me and I guess V did too, so the V/Silverhand blend at the end became something I actually cared about.