Alright, here is one thing I barely clocked after 30 hours with Phantom Liberty and now cannot unsee: they gave Johnny Silverhand a acquired dang reverse facelift. Digital Keanu Reeves is simply that rather more craggy and aged now, wanting much less like a Keanu Reeves model and extra like the person himself.
I believed I detected one thing a bit of extra wolfish in my mind boy companion as I made my method via Phantom Liberty, however the distinction actually pops in these uncommon scenes the place Johnny takes off these large ole’ aviator glasses of his, particularly in a side-by-side comparability like this one from SynthPotato on Twitter.
Would not pre-2.0 Johnny look a bit of… clean? PC Gamer {hardware} editor Jorge Jimenez advised the OG mannequin seems to be like a very good RPG character creator dupe of Keanu, and that is going to hang-out me.
To my eye, it seems to be largely like the feel work round Johnny’s eyes has been touched up—he type of acquired the reverse of what most beauticians are going for, with darkish circles beneath his eyes and a extra furrowed forehead. Johnny Silverhand forgot to do his make-up and appears 10 years older, however you realize what? I believe he is nonetheless lovely.
Lest you assume it is only one unflattering shot, here is the identical scene in several lighting from a 2077 longplay by YouTuber Lacry—that is positively Easy Johnny within the older model of Cyberpunk they’re taking part in. In sure lighting Easy Keanu stands up a bit higher to scrutiny. However nonetheless, I believe all in all this can be a welcome change.
Try new Johnny within the header picture above vs. one other screencap of Easy Johnny taken from that longplay. Each are from the identical scene, although admittedly YouTube compression is not doing Easy Johnny any favors. Nonetheless, you may positively see the added element.
I’ve yet another, essential, unanswered query although: did they alter Silverhand’s horrible Uncanny Valley armpit hair, too? One thing about the way in which it was rendered was not proper. I do not imply to physique disgrace, however Johnny, my man, hold these wings down brother.
I’ve about 5-10 hours of gameplay in my new Cyberpunk save to achieve a assured pits-out second although, so my question stays unresolved at the moment.