Pls READ LOL! Hey so I don’t know what’s up with the audio cutting out at 10:30? That’s weird? I had a lot more to say right there? 😂 ughhhh. I blame my ancient Mac and premiere, it was there when I checked it before exporting. Sorry guys I was talking about how I was trying to come up with a theory for Dex’s Pacifica gig but then I realized there’s just too many blank spots to really do that, segueing to what I think is cut content. Still gets the message across as is, but… AGH 🤣 I don’t want to take the video down because the comments are great. So. I’ll keep an eye out for that in the future. Also. Note! When I say Dex made the combat zone what we know it as today, I mean he worsened the already existing combat zone. I feel like the way I said it makes it read like he’s the reason Pacifica is screw up which is… unfortunately not true 😂 that’s a whole other iceberg! Should’ve been more clear. Sorry guys! If you enjoyed this analysis, you might like my post-apocalyptic novel, Caesaria: Book I! It takes place in Canada in a flooded world with various new cultures, following a multiple POV structure. I’ll link it below. Thanks for watching, guys! Have a great day. ❤ Signed Edition: www.lydiscott.com/works Standard Edition: www.amazon.com/CAESARIA-Book-I-Lydi-Scott/dp/173904200X
@young5395
4 ай бұрын
Woah 🤯 that theory I believe is spot on. The voodoo boys have been said only to use people and they throw them away. Fantastic catch, something about this is true.
@TheMecoolerest001
4 ай бұрын
Having finished reading the book recently I would say if you are on the fence I would recommend taking the jump! It’s a fun easy read.
@JohnnySilverwrench
4 ай бұрын
I left a comment something for you to ponder about...info I know since the game came out and dlc as well as ttrpg
@midnight_yota
4 ай бұрын
At first I was confused but then I realized I actually kinda appreciated the small section of tranquility lol
@lydiscott
4 ай бұрын
@@midnight_yotahonestly whenever I hear bells of laguna bend I’m suddenly very chilled out lmao
@shaolinthe5th
4 ай бұрын
Portrayed himself as a king, died like a peasant…
@Gyrokaenzo212
4 ай бұрын
he wanted to be the bowery king but thought too highly of himself to play the bum
@jamaldee2355
4 ай бұрын
Love when Johnny was like how’s that quiet life treating ya
@alexhulea2735
4 ай бұрын
I didn't even know what the heist was about the first time i played the game, but after seeing his skanky ass face i said to myself 'he's gonna betray me, i just know it'
@adrenjones9301
4 ай бұрын
@@jamaldee2355 lol, never noticed that. Thats hilarious.
@jamaldee2355
4 ай бұрын
@@adrenjones9301 yeah when you go back to scrap yard and look at dex’s dead body Johnny will make a comment about him loll
@hustle_simmons
4 ай бұрын
Dex pretends like he cares about the consquences but he doesn't. He only cares about a big amount of money. Its a big difference between him and someone like Wakako who has a level of professionalism to her. The more I play the game the more I realize Dex never had control and mercs were blinded by what he presents to be as success when in all actuality he's a joke.
@peacefusion
4 ай бұрын
On the other hand, Dex gathered all the intel and provided both the bot and the service Delamaine. But like he said, he didnt have knowing of Saburo. Dex was like V that he didn't care about Corpos. But unlike Wakako, Dex chose to live the literal blaze of glory jobs. There's a reason why older Fixers are alive in NC. They either mellow out, or they sellout like Rouge. Dex is professional as Fixers come in NC, he's just more reckless like dealing with Maelstrom. Someone's that's actually unprofessional is people like Kirk. Kirk just has bad jobs, bad intel, and bad rep.
@bloodieddeadman6.1.65
4 ай бұрын
Royce called it first by saying "Dexter deshawn. The lard ahh who punching animal f***ed half of Pacifica and he ain't dead". The maelestromers were laughing at V and Jackie like "seriously? That guy out of all fixers ?" Vik called it too. Vik told V to becareful around him and that he isn't as "cool" as he makes himself out to be
@fluffywolfo3663
4 ай бұрын
It’s a pretty common question cp2077 asks - “what’s ‘success,’ _really,_ and is it worth it?”
@ved2360
4 ай бұрын
@@peacefusion There's another essayist who pointed out that it really doesn't matter if he couldn't know Saburo would've shown up. The context clues were there. Hanako's carrier was in the bay of Night City and we know Saburo is going to come to blows with Yorinobu, or is at least, _extremely_ possessive of his flagship immortality tech. Saburo is the kind of guy who'd nuke Night City to prevent the biochip for leaking. Look at T-Bug and compare her to all the overpowered Netrunners you meet and you start to realize how out of their depth the crew is. V and Jackie were always disposable stooges. Somewhat skilled, but naive and over-eager. Also Delamain is a severe failure point. He knows the identities of V, Jackie and likely of Dex as the paying client. Delamain is a rogue AI that's going to protect himself. He has no loyalty to the Afterlife or its subculture of mercs. If a corp as powerful as Arasaka puts the screws to him, there's no reason Delamain wouldn't sell them out. It would've made infinitely more sense to hire on a wheelman from the Afterlife you'd pay a huge amount not to know or ask too much. Tell that wheelman to pretend to be a limo driver. Don't ask why or who, here's 100,000 eddies. Shut up and drive.
@jhudsu1
4 ай бұрын
@@peacefusion no Evelyn gathered all the intel. Dex did not figure out a goddamn thing beyond what she told him. He didn't provide the bot either, V did that. He didn't even provide the idea of the bot, that was T-Bug's idea. Dex is worse than useless. His sole contribution to the job is tipping off the Voodoo Boys that Evelyn had double crossed them.
@kotorandcorvid4968
4 ай бұрын
Dexter is an example of how you can sell anything if you speak with the right confidence and charisma. Also, nice that CDPR gave Caseoh a small role in their game
@S.Ingram
4 ай бұрын
I don’t know, his role is pretty massive just like who he’s based off.
@GoodOldSport
3 ай бұрын
Did Caseoh have to do blackface? Like Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) in Tropic Thunder?
@S.Ingram
3 ай бұрын
Nah they accidentally threw him into one of those tanning machines too long and just decided to make Dex black, but he has recovered and is back to being pale.
@GoodOldSport
3 ай бұрын
@@S.Ingram Did him well done like a steak eh?
@S.Ingram
3 ай бұрын
@@GoodOldSport Not even well done it’s a whole ass ceremony and parade.
@chefrowlet
4 ай бұрын
I really like him as a character. Fun to hate, but first impressions (as I desperately try to brainwash myself into forgetting the trailers that spoiled the prologue) of him being a calm but dangerous man... Speaking in the casually confident tones of a guy who believes nobody would dare cross him, but a coward who panics and acts without thinking things through when the chips are down... Such good stuff.
@dranixrush3306
4 ай бұрын
DeShawn wasn't a coward per se. Where are people getting that? Nor was he all that reckless. Even though the plan had holes, DeShawn and T-Bug were able to get most of the plan in order. Nothing was rushed. DeShawn made a desperate plan in the end that made sense. It was fucked up, but it made sense if he wanted a chance to survive.
@dquinn9482
4 ай бұрын
Best comment here, I see a lot of Dex hate lol but lest we forget the idiot who set up the gig for stolen merch and it was just knock off anime tees? All that to say: people arent realizing that everyone in NC are cowards acting tough and buckle under the crushing weight of reality. Even for the Judy lovers she does not stick it out with you in hard times. That is the existential threat of this world. The City of Gang is like that because no one wants to be SOLO in NC, its the most dangerous and lonely road. People look up to fixers because they give a pathway to make dreams real and they bring people together to start trying for those dreams. Think about it: When you're winning, successful of course you're talking big. But in your last moments? Gun to your head? Are you talking a big game then? Really? Only Johnny Silverhand says he went out like that but that wasnt ever really true either...Dex, V. even Rache Bartmoss all dead in the same trash heap at the end of the day. The worst fixer is the one that never had the vision to start.
@incandescentdream
4 ай бұрын
Agreed. It's a shame he died as early as he did, I wouldn't mind him having more screen time in the game.
@SaltyChickenDip
4 ай бұрын
I think it does also racket up the stacks. Dex is shown and talked about ( by Jackie mostly) as a big deal a major player. Well after the prologue you learn that he is a small time dude now you are dealing with real players in night city, real threats .
@Philip7710
3 ай бұрын
@@dranixrush3306the plan wasn’t even bad, other than not being able to predict yorinobu would kill saburo (which how the hell is anyone predicting that?) it was basically perfect
@Shinigami88X1
4 ай бұрын
I think that reason why T-Bug worked with Dex is because she was longing for a quiet life
@lydiscott
4 ай бұрын
I think you may be right. It seems like she’s wanted to get outta dodge for a long time, if Rhino’s interview is anything to go off of. Makes total sense.
@julioacceus253
4 ай бұрын
@@lydiscott As calm and collected she was, you can tell in her urgency she like Jackie wanted to make a big score and change their lives forever.
@Joel-wx7zk
4 ай бұрын
@@julioacceus253Yep, similar to how Dex wanted a better life for him and his family, T-Bug wanted that escape to Greece
@victornecrofunk7061
4 ай бұрын
Justice for Misty. She told Jackie to avoid all mean reds (dexter, arasaka), and we didn't. Had we listened to her nobody would have been in that mess
@isaiahjenkins3821
4 ай бұрын
“How’s that quiet life working for you now? Choom” 🚬💨
@bloodieddeadman6.1.65
4 ай бұрын
Oh he's living the quiet life. As a corpse at the dump with a round in his head 💀
@ItsHellnback
4 ай бұрын
love that line from johnny. toss some ash on him.
@SPINEBUSTER2023
4 ай бұрын
🗿
@STG1183
4 ай бұрын
Johnny is a real one just for that smark remark alone.
@isaiahjenkins3821
4 ай бұрын
FR
@psymcdad8151
4 ай бұрын
My Theory? Dex never was a big shot. He got a smal scale gig and screwed it ROYALY. Nobody knows what it was about because it was insignificant. But due to him F-in up in ways unimaginable, he actualy got a rep boost, because... hey, if you fail THAT hard, it must have ben important, right? ...and thus started the legend of Dex, the Top-Fixer who could not fix water out of a boot, even if the instructions are written on the sole.
@machinedude9386
4 ай бұрын
Stealing Experimental tech from the most powerfull megacorp in the game is hardly a small time gig.
@SprayNpreyT
4 ай бұрын
@@machinedude9386 cause of the big rep boost
@azazelreeds
4 ай бұрын
@@machinedude9386They mean the job you hear about from Jackie that Dex fucked up before disappearing for a couple years
@psymcdad8151
4 ай бұрын
@@machinedude9386Im refering the "Unknown thing in Pacifica".
@machinedude9386
4 ай бұрын
@@psymcdad8151 ah, fair point.
@Wackstunn
4 ай бұрын
Dex sat on a throne made of shit and fooled himself into thinking it was made of gold.
@tootnoots
4 ай бұрын
Reminds me of a quote in the game, “Word on the street’s when Wako says ‘golden’ it’s usually a turd wrapped in crepe paper.”
@Shinyspddmn
3 ай бұрын
A polished turd is still a turd
@bmo5852
4 ай бұрын
2:02 here's an interesting tidbit. In an unreleased board game: 'Gangs of Night City' someone is described as "The go-to fixer for Pacifica". It's not Mr Hands, it's not Dex, it's Faraday
@Foogi9000
4 ай бұрын
Interesting
@tootnoots
4 ай бұрын
Makes sense. Up until his death, Faraday seemed like he was well connected and *quite influential* as a fixer. Then Dex comes back and dies, forgotten almost as quickly as he returned. Then we (V) helps to solidify Hands’ status in Pacifica and Dogtown.
@DashingSteel
4 ай бұрын
Faraday: Showed up to meets in person. Acted arrogant. *Killed by Smasher while out on the open because he thought he had a say in the matter* DeShawn: Showed up to meets in person. Acted arrogant. *Killed by Fakemura because he thought he had a say in the matter*. Mr.Hands: Never shows up to meet you in person until you've already solidified his position. Acts professional, cordial, even fatherly (which makes sense since he clearly has a child). *Survived and probably becomes the shadow ruler of Dogtown.* Mr.Hands has achieved his Big Break by operating like a True Fixer. He never overextened, never acted arrogantly, but did act like a knowledgeable and educated person, which you would want your Fixer to be.
@bobsempletank5362
3 ай бұрын
@@DashingSteel Exactly. Faraday overextended his reach by far. Despite being obviously way more competent and intelligent than Dex, Faraday's arrogance made him misread his position. He didn't view himself as a fixer, but as a boss, ordering pawns and climbing up a corporate ladder to a point where he was untouchable. Essentially, Faraday was never cut for the fixer life, and while he had a good run for the most part, the misreading of the true content of his job and position made his arrogance overrule any intelligence or skill he had. He was a man obviously much more cut out for the corporate world, but seemingly viewed himself as too superior for such a job, and paid the price dearly for such an incorrect mindset. Dex is a bumbling idiot who lucked his way into his rep and believed he deserved it, while Faraday is sort of an unprepared Icarus who flew too close to the sun, got burnt, and fell to his death- metaphorically and literally
@magicoofmac8904
3 ай бұрын
@@DashingSteelHands is definitely a favorite of mine. His manners are immaculate and his jobs are layered.
@SPINEBUSTER2023
4 ай бұрын
How Dex DeShawn Became Night City's Worst Fixer? -Gang war in pacifica wich he got involved thats why he retire -Betraying V
@ExeErdna
2 ай бұрын
It's amazing it wasn't Voodoo who fried T-Bug and left bread crumbs for Arasaka to find Dex. Since we kinda find out they were watching that go down.
@Drarack
3 ай бұрын
I used to take it as a deliberate move that the bigger picture can be extremely difficult to piece together in a lot of the game's story. Like, this is a world that does not revolve around you and does not care about you beyond your role in it. The story of Night City is not the Story of V. He/She is not important enough to ever really have it all laid out in front of him/her. Just like in real life, you only ever get to see part of the picture and are left to draw your own conclusions. Now I'm starting to wonder how much of that is actually just a result of stuff getting cut or rewritten
@lydiscott
3 ай бұрын
I’m in the same boat. The more I read and the more I played the game, it started to be more and more of a “hmmm this feels like somethings missing”. It’s honestly really interesting to investigate! 😄
@Cryptic0013
4 ай бұрын
The fact that V went along with this guy and then got dropped by his bodyguard after such an obvious setup really reinforces my headcanon theory that the entire Prologue and Act 1 are a flashback, just like Johnny's memories, and they're about as reliable. When he wakes up, V's scrambled, composite mind is trying to remember "Who am I? How did I get here?" and he gets two answers, both of them filtered through the subconscious mind (and therefore the acute Main Character Syndrome) of one Johnny Silverhand, where he sees himself as having been cooler, more competent, and cannier than he ever really was. Then he gets up, and with the further help of that subconscious mind, proceeds to actually become That Guy.
@ExeErdna
2 ай бұрын
That's why the character starts kinda don't make sense in way. Like personally Corpo makes the most sense since that makes you a LIFETIME buddy of Jackie yet that ironically still would tie you to Streetkid like since you were that you just took a slight different path. Like all the starts happened in way. Like It started off Corpo, the Streetkid aspect was your true backstory then one of your first missions with Jackie post corpo was getting that Iguana. Yet everything was mixed up due to the trauma
@filipstudeny
3 күн бұрын
My headcannon is that V just died and the Relic made a copy of him. So through out the whole game you are playing as Relic V while at the same time being merged with Johny
@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc
4 ай бұрын
There is also an Arasaka fixer downtown but you never get to interact with her.
@lydiscott
4 ай бұрын
Ohhhhh didn’t know that! I’ll have to do some research for my video on the ripperdocs!
@chrisc448
4 ай бұрын
For sure T-Bug was underdeveloped, and I feel the same about the VDBs. Placide was a great baddie, would have enjoyed that being built up. They'd have been a great fit for the Blackwall stuff in Phantom Liberty. I love Dex, I remember being awed by his presence and apparent competence in the limo briefing first time I played. Took me multiple playthroughs and lore vids like this to clock that he was a desperate chancer feeding small timers into a buzzsaw.
@RCorvinus
4 ай бұрын
Glad I’m not the only one that couldn’t pick up the clues. Granted as a player I did feel the whole heist was going to go sideways.
@onidarkmoon2381
4 ай бұрын
Theory: TBug didn’t die, she just made it look that way, and led Goro to where Dex was…then she made the escape proper. Long form revenge!
@Foogi9000
4 ай бұрын
Sadly i don't think so, she definitely got soulkilled in that moment.
@tootnoots
4 ай бұрын
Johnny’s exposition dump in the first part of Tapeworm where he mentions that Arasaka can fry your brain and pack away your mind and psyche with soulkiller makes me think T-Bug had that fate as well.
@tobiasbayer4866
4 ай бұрын
If you are a netrunner you get a mission from t bug for a free quickhack at a quick hack shop. If you return there after the heist you can ask the women there If she heard from t bug and she tells you that she was found with her nervous system fried, and that it is probably the worst death imagineable. Safe to say that she is dead...
@Foogi9000
4 ай бұрын
@@tobiasbayer4866 Yeah... it's safe to say that she suffered a fate worse than death which is sad. The scream she made was similar to how it sounds when someone gets soulkilled or *(Spoilers)* When they get hit by a rogue blackwall A.I, the glitched screams is especially indicative of such an entity.
@tobiasbayer4866
4 ай бұрын
@@Foogi9000 On the brightside, If you do the secret ending and decide to go beyond the blackwall with Alt and let Johnny have your body, Alt will merge itself with all the engrams in Mikoshi, which includes you and possibly T Bug If she truly was hit by Soulkiller. So a happy reunion at last... Yay?
@Nyghtking
4 ай бұрын
I would suspect, based on what I think his real goal for the mission was, that he probably had almost no contact left, and maybe not much money either. Like lets say he had contacts with Corps like Hands does, why would a Corp want to keep working with him after his massive fuck-up that cause a city wide war? and the knowledge that he ran when it went down. Corps tend not to like when people working for them screw up so I imagine they cut ties when he proved that he doesn't really know when a gig shouldn't be done, or at the vary least proved he didn't know what to do to make it work. I would also assume he probably had to leave behind a lot of his stuff, which in two years was probably confiscated, stolen, or repossessed, it's not like the gangs would keep away and I doubt the NCPD would care, they probably wouldn't like him much either since they probably had to get involved in the city wide gang war, if they knew he caused it. So if true this paints a scenario of a guy with almost nothing left putting on a facade so he can get this last job done and cash out.
@Foogi9000
4 ай бұрын
It makes sense because what Fixer chooses a nobody like V? Yeah, you smashed up a Scav haunt but that's not really anything special. No, he needed people who were just competent enough to do it adequately but also were desperate and blind enough to see how much of a suicide mission it actually was.
@Nyghtking
4 ай бұрын
@@Foogi9000 Yup he had no way of knowing how big V would be, but he could see how desperate Jackie was to make it big and that V would go along with him, would also explain the lack of precautions taken for the mission.
@Foogi9000
4 ай бұрын
@@Nyghtking Yeah
@tobiasbayer4866
4 ай бұрын
@@Foogi9000 V literally has dialogue with Jackie about how fixers find the biggest, cheapest, yet barely qualified idiot they can get and then dispose of them afterwards once they have outlived their usefulness. Seems that is exactly what Dex intended to do.
@jeffy1862
3 ай бұрын
Yup! That about sums up my thoughts on Dex’s situation as well.
@cantide
4 ай бұрын
"Deservedly, underwhelming demise" yes!
@Big_Dip1
3 ай бұрын
Dex is a parody of greed...the pistol you get off him even charges you per bullet lol
@uwuowo8599
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, the game was crunched and is kind of unfinished, but man, it still goes so God damn hard. Anyway, nice video.
@lydiscott
4 ай бұрын
I’m amazed at the quality of narrative they were still able to have, despite all the setbacks and treatment of the devs. Shows the passion and care of the people who put so much into it. And thank you so much for watching!
@redxhand
Ай бұрын
If they got alot more time and more devs for support, Cyberpunk would been more massive and better. WItcher 3 if im not mistaken got a lot of changes too especially the story.
@sideshowmo653
4 ай бұрын
There's a line in the first meeting V has with Dex where he says he reached out to people in Pacifica to check out Evie and he's paid a "visit" by friends from pacifica. They don't say this is the VDbs, but the intimation is there. I think the VDBs knew all about the heist from that point and planned to take advantage of it. They lost track of everything when the shit hit the fan. If Dex did bail on T-Bug i'm surprised that she was working with him again unless she was planted by the VDBs to help them keep track of the heist and screw everyone over at the end. Finally, i think using greenhorn mercs was probably calculated to allow a betrayal at the end.
@KurokishiOcelot
3 ай бұрын
Yeah. I thought something similar. With the hints that Dex had abandoned her once already, I thought it was really strange that she would trust him again. Unless she was with the VDBs and sent in because of her history with him as an inside person for the op. With that original trailer, I think it was canon at one point, rather than just a spoiler hiding model swap. I think she would betray V and then Dex to keep the relic and take it back to VDB, only to realize it can't be extracted without damaging it.
@riccardomallardo7779
2 ай бұрын
The way I understood it is that the voodooboys wanted to make their own heist and hired evelyn to shoot a braindance in yorinovu's suite for it, but evelyn then decided to do her own heist and hired dex. Because when you extract evelyn's memories she mentions the relic and maman brigitte tells her something "it's none of your business, just record the BD"
@jeffy1862
3 ай бұрын
It is helpful to remember that chapter 1 as well as a LOT of the overall story went through some pretty major rewrites after Keanu Reeves expressed a desire for Johnny to play a bigger role in the story for 2077.
@oinkerbob2
4 ай бұрын
I'm glad I found your channel. I know I'm not alone in feeling like the Konpeki heist makes no sense as a genuine effort to steal the Relic, and this led me to assume that someone involved had some hidden motive to ensure its failure. While I stopped watching at the first mention of Phantom Liberty since I wanted to avoid spoilers, your take and the sources provided on Dex help me contextualize the prologue a lot better than before. I now see the job the way it was likely intended to be viewed: a half-baked plan by a disgraced fixer with several people doing their best to take advantage of his weakened position in the criminal world.
@NorseGraphic
4 ай бұрын
Coast View is populated by the VDBs, Scavs and Animals. I wonder if Dex’ actions split the VDBs into the two factions. The ones in Dogtown and the other in Coast View. The VDBs in Dogtown was very aware of the Blackwall and saw it as a mistake to mess with it. Momon Brigitte on the other hand seemed to have false hopes to gain access to the other side, never realizing the danger. T-Bug never pierced the Black Wall, so her being affiliated with the VDBs in Coast View seems plausible, making her acquaintance with the gang in Dogtown very unlikely. By piecing this information together you gain a view of who’s who, and where their operations originated. I doubt T-Bug would have wasted so much time if she’d been affiliated with the Dogtown’s VDB’s. The fact it took _hours_ after she gained access after neutralizing the netrunner at Konpeki Plaza says a lot. So Dex’ modus operandi of using the cheapest and most expendable seems to be confirmed. He probably sweet-talked T-Bug, and like Jackie and V, fell for it.
@DragonKnightDragonborn
4 ай бұрын
Dex lived like a king and thought could do others for his bidding. Then died like a fool who flew way to close to the sun. Reminds me of Icraus from Greek lore so much. I did wish i knew bit more.
@Niko.and.Starfox
4 ай бұрын
your channel is evolving. i notice your video essays include backgrounds and it looks like your appearance is geared toward the genre. Have you thought about techwear like Fabric of the universe and machine 51?. the growth in just a few months is fantastic in terms of editing and production value. T bug betraying v is good notice. i feel like jackie was set up in the initial trailer indicates a jackie betrayal as well. These videos are so fun to watch btw. Keep up the good work.
@lydiscott
4 ай бұрын
Awww thank you for saying that! Seriously means a lot that you’ve been watching for all this time. Ohh that would be fun! Cyberpunk fashion is also just great in general 🤣
@Niko.and.Starfox
4 ай бұрын
@@lydiscott Cyberpunk is so fun. I actually want to start a dystopian cyberpunk themed ramen shop featuring my Shiba and jindos as characters. I'm looking to serve highest quality ramen that's sure to also offend Guro Takemura.
@Niko.and.Starfox
4 ай бұрын
@@lydiscott Also have you been watching Delicious in Dungeon? Studio Trigger is so awesome!
@beige_projection
4 ай бұрын
Yes please. More character analysis like this. I thought I knew a lot about the lore and the characters but I didn't know that we were given more details about Dex's failed gig in Pacifica. I've read a few of those Humans of Night City entries before but never Rhino's. I should go back and read them all.
@rustlegion4283
8 күн бұрын
One thing I want to say, Sex didn’t get in contact with the VDB’s to ask about Evelyn, he put feelers out and “some boys from Pacifica got back to me, told me to stop digging”
@three1i
4 ай бұрын
I hope you do Songbird soon, really want to not hate her as much as I do.
@lydiscott
4 ай бұрын
Currently recording phantom liberty 😄 looking forward to taking a closer look at her story!
@andytypes8271
3 ай бұрын
11:55 id say chapter one feels like it was written first with all the ambition promised at the start and as ambition met reality and they scaled back to hammer down and fix story elements they left a lot in with hopes of paying off in expansions or DLC
@ashtonbaker1918
Ай бұрын
I’ve noticed if you don’t enter the bathroom after the heist, you can talk to Dex a bit more and if you don’t go to the bathroom to clean up after that, the cutscene is a little different but still ends with a bullet for your V
@Strykerclass242
2 ай бұрын
I remember hearing Misty say to Jackie “avoid mean reds, anything red” to help with his Aura. And what’s the next thing we see? Dexter Deshawn, wearing blood red clothing and blood red shades.
@fist-of-doom487
4 ай бұрын
Honestly the fact you can feel like there would be an entire plot line around T Bug, Jackie and Dexter only for all of them to die hurts so much more. Like the saying goes “Night City always wins” even Dexters death was very unsatisfying because he was taken out in front of your eyes and you didn’t even get a chance
@the_inquisitive_inquisitor
28 күн бұрын
I really wanted the Corpo background to be a proper "evil" storyline: instead of instantly loosing your job and hanging out with Jacky, you do the Arisoka heist on behalf of the corporation you work for and THEN you get the Johnny Silverhand chip stuck in your head.
@halloweye4613
4 ай бұрын
Quality content choomba! I agree that lots was cut from the first act. I know that the Flathead was cut content. It was supposed to be customizable from the player and something that stayed with V through out the game. Have you thought about Mr. Blue eyes?
@RagtagOcean
4 ай бұрын
Glad to see people making content about Cyberpunk lore. There is so much to learn about the world and its people. Also might just be me but longer videos aren’t an issue, I can happily listen to an hour long video about Dex
@lydiscott
4 ай бұрын
I have this feeling an hour long video is gonna be unavoidable sometime soon. Johnny needs… a lot! 😂 thank you so much for watching!
@puppet4978
2 ай бұрын
What people see: Dexter Deshawn What I see: Mark Henry
@bigchungusfootfungus1964
6 күн бұрын
Dex is a good example of how to spot a big time scammer
@RustyShacklefardd
3 ай бұрын
The whole philosphy of the games story hinges on Dex asking V. Would you rather live long or Go fast and become a legend? The idea that getting what we want comes at a price.
@ricardocavazos1316
3 ай бұрын
Completely agree, specially all about T-bug, I was sure she betrayed us and was meant to show up again later
@ericcardinal4788
4 ай бұрын
Dexters incompetence and inability to think 3 steps ahead, costs Jack and Bug their lives. He most assuredly did not get the ending he deserved
@ADHD55
3 ай бұрын
He was a great character the intro in his limo set's the game up well
@TaliaIGhul
3 ай бұрын
Dex is a honor-less and sloppy coward who's actions led to a lot of people killed including Jackie, Rogue (possible ending), V (possible ending), Saul (possible ending), Reed (possible ending), and many others in Night City.
@christopherfleetwood5252
3 ай бұрын
I feel like we never got the full picture in part 1 because at that point V was just a bit part in that story, Evelyn Parker’s story. It’s not until later that V becomes the focus.
@Nyvek91
Ай бұрын
I think it actually makes sense that T-Bug was supposed to betray V and Jackie there because if you think about Kiwi in the show... She could have been a nod at T-Bug's cut story... just food for conspiracy lol
@tylertheguy3160
3 ай бұрын
Maybe it's a bad idea to try and rob the most powerful and dangerous corporation in the world with a fixer who literally just came out of hiding for an entire year over a previous fuck up.
@blowfish1702
3 ай бұрын
He sets the theme of Cyber Punk perfectly into the players mind, he's all glitz and glam, promising big...but in reality it's all fake and hollow and the promised dream ends up a nightmare with Dex happily throwing you under the bus in the vain hope he'll keep his head. Better to have never taken part in the first place.
@suprhomre
Ай бұрын
I always had a suspicion that the Konpeki heist was orchestra by Millitech. Also that T-Bug is actually a double agent working for Millitech and is yearning for her secrete agent retirement.
@subjectdelta4758
Ай бұрын
My suspicion is that Yorinobu orchestrated the heist to maybe track down where the chip was hidden and wanted to keep it away from Saburo. Why else would he allow Evelyn to walk around freely In the penthouse - especially when the chip was nearby. Maybe Saburo hid the chip and Yorinobu wanted to know where it was hidden.
@samker7758
Ай бұрын
I don't know how any fixer could think of touching Saburo Arasaka's son and core tech and think they could get away with it.
@CarBENbased
4 ай бұрын
One of the most unsatisfying things for me from the early game is probably a result of those content/story cuts after that one trailer. That's the fact that we don't get to exact revenge on Dex ourselves. I have a feeling that initially they planned to have revenge quest lines for Dex and possibly T-bug as well, but when they had to rewrite the main story they realized they couldn't put that in. So we ended up with T-but getting fried and Dex dead in the junkyard. Which is really an interesting way to wrap it up when you think about it. Because you as the player don't get that satisfaction you're left wanting, just like V is.
@tobiasbayer4866
4 ай бұрын
Honestly I kind of like it that way. Everyone involved in that job died. Even V, just later rather than sooner. It always reminds me of that scene from Intro where you ride with Jackie in your Car after saving that women from the scavs and see a group of thugs get wiped out by maxtec. A couple of idiots that a wrong move messing with the wrong people and paid the price for it. Thats us when we attempted that job. I think thats one of the main themes of Cyberpunk, the genre, the game, the edgerunners anime. Its about desperately wanting to leave a mark on the world, its about hope. But ultimately it is a false hope. In none of the endings you can actually escape your fate, all that changes If your outlook on life and what you choose to with it. I think it represents the genre beautifully, and that you arent getting closure, or that revenge is unsatisfying is part of the point.
@anderporascu5026
2 ай бұрын
Waxed wings symbolize desperation replacing common sense which is how Jackie truly died and how V ended half alive in a landfill.
@ghostboi1413
2 ай бұрын
It’s so easy to see Dexters manipulating and buffoonery after he betrays you lol. I overlooked most of what he said until I really started to listen.
@Jay3up
3 ай бұрын
It’s hinted that Deshawn while being a big time fixer back in the day has essentially fallen from grace and the heist was his big “comeback” to the fixers table we see this when he tells V “Deshawn isn’t just a name it’s a brand it’s time people remembered that” Royce also shows no respect towards him ( you could just chuck that up to maelstrom being maelstrom) but the fact that Evelyn was so willing to go behind his back shows that he has nowhere near the same pull he had in his hay day. Small time Edgerunners like V and Jackie might view Deshawn in much better light due to his past reputation everyone else sees him for what he is a washed up fixer desperately trying to claw his way back into the game
@lockedon8953
3 ай бұрын
The second V meets Dex, i wanted out of that car and never lay eyes on him again.
@TheSuperQuail
Ай бұрын
Just discovered this channel. What a treasure.
@kevinmarshall2227
2 ай бұрын
Clout is a helluva drug. Dex is a fictional depiction of the Paul brothers.
@Roler42
Ай бұрын
This is an amazing character analysis and you have now earned a subscriber!
@RIVERSTYX1981
4 ай бұрын
I think Dex was probaly a step up from hustling stolen goods in Kabuki, but not much more. He wanted to be a big deal but didn't have the skills or the connections to get much further than bread and butter deals. He messed up in Pasifica because his grasp was further than his reach and the same.with Kompeki. He didn't even know enough to see how big the job was or who would be burnt if it succeeded. Robbing the Heir was always going to bring down 99% of Arasaka, being implicated in the death of the Emperor just bought in the last 1%.
@SW_Y9
Ай бұрын
I think the worst part to me was that I loved his voice and wanted more of it.
@Shade_Knightly
Ай бұрын
When I did my first playthrough I honestly looked at Dex and his plan and just went. “Bruh are you an idiot? You choose two people who haven’t proven to be ready for this level and someone you trust and think because you gave us a fancy dog that we will pull off a heist of this caliber?!” Heck even if the stuff that happened during the heist didn’t happen some factors would have still happened like T-Bug getting fried thus Arasaka would figure something is going on and put the place on red alter and by the end the headlines wouldn’t be of the Head of Arasaka being dead but someone breaking into the hotel, shooting the place up, and stealing some high grade tech from them! We would still be in the same crap but this tike we would have to deal with the head of Arasaka meaning a fate even worse than death!
@raldrid8264
2 ай бұрын
Watching this video just reminded me of why I found it so weird that he payed upfront with Brick. He probably thought that his name carries enough weight that he can command respect and gives respect. He thought that he can pay upfront and be respectful to others, and then they respect him back because of his name. The reason it blows up in our face at the all foods gig is because he just doesn't command that respect. He is egotistical and disillusioned thinking he is like rogue. In the afterlife we don't see him commanding one of the big tables, being seen by everyone. Instead he is hidden away in the back because no one there gives him respect, so he masks it for us, making us think he commands respect by having his own special booth out the back. But given rogue is the owner of the afterlife and she does all of her business infront of everyone and in the main room shows that is what respect earns you. Not having the people you work with scam you and not hiding away from everyone to organise a gig.
@Ozzymandius1
3 ай бұрын
Came for the Dexter Deshaun slander, stayed for the Dexter Deshaun slander.
@netcyber
3 ай бұрын
I noticed that Fixers who put their ambitions above their own Solos, to the point of betraying them, tend to not last long.
@IamElChapo
3 ай бұрын
My only disappointment was not being able to return the favour to Dex. By putting lead between his eyes.
@jesseslack2089
Ай бұрын
I love the KZitem just randomly showed this to me...3 months later..
@Kaijugan
3 ай бұрын
I feel like Dex’s old gig is meant to be what we in the trope space call a “Noodle Incident” something that implies more in the world that people mention constantly but never explain because that’s part of the appeal and what adds to the world building as a whole. If you’re unfamiliar with this trope, I suggest watching OSP Red’s Trope Talk on it.
@TheWolverine1984
3 ай бұрын
I'm disappointed that Dex was killed off so early on, he was one of the most entertaining characters in the game, and having a questline to deal with him past the events of the heist would have been much more satisfying and the players would be much more invested in such a quest.
@alwaysplotting2096
4 ай бұрын
V: Worst case scenario? You die and come back on borrowed time. It did wonders for me!
@MrNb22
3 ай бұрын
Agreed that T-Bug is super sus. The hours she spent melting Arasaka Ice coincides with Saburo's sudden decision to visit Konpeki. It was timed too perfectly to be a coincidence.
@Spideyy2099
3 ай бұрын
9:24 I think this could imply T Bug set up Dex and V was unfortunate collateral.
@Fronkville
4 ай бұрын
Great video and you got my name right! Didn't realize there was so little info about him ingame
@lydiscott
4 ай бұрын
AHHH YAY! 🤣 And I was surprised too - there’s a little and lot, but not a lot in the way that gives up a fuller backstory.
@MalzraAirwynn
3 ай бұрын
Given how abruptly T-Bug dies I wouldn't be surprised if she was originally supposed to have more involvement later on. I didn't even realize she died when she did until a voice line later in the escape confirmed it.
@zaboknowsbest13
9 күн бұрын
One of the coolest character designs in the game
@NF5000-r5e
3 ай бұрын
"V, if you're going to criticize my comic you better pull up!"
@BlazerBoy1337
Ай бұрын
Omg, I'm so binging you cyberpunk vids!
@gameoverinsertcointocontin8102
4 ай бұрын
Dex did not create the combat zone. He screwed up a gig spectaculary and had to leave NC, but other than that we don't know much. The Combat existed at least around 2045 during the age of Cyberpunk: Red. Later Corpos tried to turn this area of NC around with massive investments. But aside from gang resistance a massive Militech/NUSA invasion foiled these plans. The half completed buildings of this failed endeavor litter Pacifica. When the war ended a ground commander of NUSA with most of his forces went rogue and instead of leaving he held on to the combat zone around 2070. Renamed his area Dogtown and established himself as an international arms dealer with a district fully independant from NC.
@J4nT3mpl4r
Ай бұрын
I find it interesting that the only other fixer that comes anywhere close to the showmanship Dex used is the former corporat trying to protect his family. And even then, Mr. Hands is far more professional in his presentation. Not to mention he doesn't come up with convoluted schemes when a simple solution presents itself.
@Ralndrath
4 ай бұрын
I'm really enjoying your vidyas! You seem to have a lot if passion about Cyberpunk 2077 and the other media you cover as well as story telling overall. As a writer, I can appreciate such genuine passion. Keep up the great work! Also, love the use of Tim Curry's SPACE! Meme, lol. PS: Easy Pete is a great one too. Mr House analysis, maybe?
@notoriousg.i.b.6773
22 күн бұрын
i remember a certain trailer they had before the game came out looking at different characters in night city, some are characters we get to meet in game but there are other characters the camera focuses on that we never see, i can only wonder how many scrapped characters there are
@marcoamazo
Ай бұрын
Dex learned real quick that he shouldnt of come back.
@cronosamv2
3 ай бұрын
It's not fair to say that hiring V and Jackie was scraping the bottom of the barrel, as they were quite proficient on their part. The failure on the heist was because T-bug was incompetent and took too long to crack the ICE even with the help from the flathead. When Saburo arrived, they should have been long gone but were still there because of the incompetent Netrunner. She was in fact the bottom of the barrel.
@alexzanderpitre3939
Ай бұрын
Man how good is it tht they making a part 2
@sol-hb8zg
3 ай бұрын
What a great video. Hopefully cyberpunk 2 fixes these story issues etc. also subscribed as well!
@Khornecussion
4 ай бұрын
Think you're right that their opening story in chapter 1 was a victim of the crunch. It's unfortunate too, because especially after the revamp where the crew got the game into a more polished variant? The game is pretty dang fun. ESPECIALLY with Phantom Liberty.
@annieworroll4373
4 ай бұрын
My half baked idea has been that Dex did piss off the VDBs when shit went down in Pacifica. You could be right that he was working with them, but maybe he screwed up the gig badly enough they were out for blood and he ran. Then Evelyn comes around, they get word that she's looking for a fixer for the heist. Most fixers either balk at taking on Arasaka at this level or after realizing that the VDBs have an interest... The VDBs then call up Dex, offer to wipe the slate clean in exchange for making sure they still get the chip even if Evelyn follows through on stabbing them in the back. His claim that he was warned off Evelyn was just a straight up lie.
@annieworroll4373
4 ай бұрын
Of course using Dex for this would be a risk, but again, taking on Arasaka on this level is such a huge risk most actual high end fixers would just tell them to pound sand. And if they didn't have significant leverage, the plot ends right there. Clearing things up in Pacifica to make it safer for Dex to return could have been the leverage they needed, even though they probably would have preferred someone with ready access to absolute top end mercs.
@kevinr7216
Ай бұрын
It’s not an “at least for me” situation, Phantom Liberty is a masterpiece, the base game, while still my favorite game ever made, is not on that caliber. Phantom Liberty, even on my 5th, 6th playthrough, still invokes deep elation, DEEP sadness, uncertainty and mistrust even knowing EXACTLY what all options will result in, genuine terror and horror, while the main game is just a phenomenal game. Ones an artistic masterclass of storytelling, one is a masterclass in world building, less so storytelling
@CC-vp1on
4 ай бұрын
I'd have to rewatch it with this kind of idea in mind, but Edgerunners ought to be set right around the time period of your theory about Dex and Pacifica. There might be something more hiding in that show, especially since it is considered canon.
@lydiscott
4 ай бұрын
Would love to see a rendition of that someday! Would be cool!
@nikitachaykin6774
4 ай бұрын
I always had an impression that V and Jackie were hired to be sold out at the end. That is why it is important to Dex to make sure that they are hungry for fame noones. Loud case that would have caused heat kinda requires that dead executors will be given to Arasaka at some point while Dex and T-bug (and maybe that silent muscle guy) are disappearing with eddies. There is also a question on what was suppose to happen biochip after the heist. Selling it is not easy as Parkers conversation with with night watch shows. I kinda thought that Dex and T-bug were going to take it for themselves and then maybe selling it to Voodoo boys. Since T-bug had more understanding of what they are trying to steal and maybe more connection to voodoo boys i would think that it was her who found out about Parker (that she is looking for fixer) and then used the only one she thought would be stupid and ambitious enough to agree (and maybe had some grudge from the previous job). But this is more a T-bug from the trailer, where she is part of the team that is using V.
@roryrousseau111
4 ай бұрын
Its all fun and games until your attempt to rob the head of Arasaka goes horribly wrong, then it’s all “quiet life after all”
@ZeallustImmortal
4 ай бұрын
My favorite story ever is Dark Souls, so the missing details never bothered me. To me they felt like they were intentionally left vague, especially T-Bug, a super secretive netrunner isnt exactly gonna go around telling their life story and leaving hints about it. After hearing you talk about it though, i think youre right that a lot of it just had to be cut.
@Halthior
3 ай бұрын
This was remarkable! I hadnt considered much of this and im going to the second part right away. You just got a sub
@artorius4809
2 ай бұрын
I love how even mr hands in the dlc roast deshawn
@ThePandoraGuy
2 ай бұрын
Dexter DeShawn....hubris incarnate. Flatlined in the endless garbage fields of Night City, never to be missed, never to be remembered, never to be found. Shame that he dragged T-Bug and Jackie with him.
@bogatyr2473
4 ай бұрын
I think a lot of the "holes" in the first chapter aren't so much holes as examples of just how colossally bad Dex is at his job.
@Paul_nutfrom80s
4 ай бұрын
Your Theories are as good as any, T-bug disappears after the heist some say there’s an easily missed conversation indicating she was killed when her hack was discovered. She could have been a voodoo boy & went home afterwards the operation. Lots of questions why did dex leave & return in time for this job & why hire a couple of D ranks
@polojagger
27 күн бұрын
you know what….my biggest gripe with Cyberpunk is that off the strength alone that the player was able to choose between different play throughs I dislike the lack of variety in that. You where basically handed the same missions , yet slightly different dialogue and the reason I’m pointing this out because i played the street kid story twice and i get bothered how my character knows so much going on but took the job from Dex …. I get the nomad story doing that but between the Street-kid and Corpo it’s pretty inconsistent towards their characters to have a situation like that play out, I really wished the game actually gave it time.
@craigmoye2322
4 ай бұрын
Another solid video! I wish we got to zero Dex ourselves though, i'm on my second playthrough and i'm really seeing how awful he is. Right before he's zeroed, he remarks how heavy V is regardless of gender which tells me what kind of person he is. He as issues doing anything himself so he tries to get someone else to do it for him. And Vics warning about him too sets off an alarm
@thiacanadian
4 ай бұрын
Not sure how likely this would be, but with T-Bug being a mystery in the beginning of the game, I wonder if they rehashed some version of her backstory to used it on Songbird. When you mentioned that Bug was to betray V as depicted in the reveal trailer, but then she got zeroed instead in the game, I wonder if the devs decided to have Songbird betray Reed in a similar fashion and possibly use some of the original backstory from T-Bug and just used it for Songbird instead
@atinofspam3433
4 ай бұрын
I think the outcome of the heist is a combination of many unlucky factors and poor prep. However, I think Jackie and V are also to blame too. Jackie was overly eager and possibly careless before and during the job, and V sort of blindly followed him. Neither Jackie or V actually stood back and asked “is there something off about this job?”, especially considering Dex’s mixed reputation
@RCorvinus
4 ай бұрын
Jackie had stars in his eyes, and V was too eager to make a name for herself.
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