Alright, here is one thing I barely clocked after 30 hours with Phantom Liberty and now cannot unsee: they gave Johnny Silverhand a bought 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 somewhat extra wolfish in my mind boy companion as I made my method by 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.
Does not pre-2.0 Johnny look somewhat… easy? PC Gamer {hardware} editor Jorge Jimenez recommended the OG mannequin appears to be like like a very good RPG character creator dupe of Keanu, and that is going to hang-out me.
To my eye, it appears to be like principally like the feel work round Johnny’s eyes has been touched up—he sort of bought the reverse of what most beauticians are going for, with darkish circles underneath his eyes and a extra furrowed forehead. Johnny Silverhand forgot to do his make-up and appears 10 years older, however you understand what? I feel he is nonetheless stunning.
Lest you suppose it is only one unflattering shot, here is the identical scene in several lighting from a 2077 longplay by YouTuber Lacry—that is positively Clean Johnny within the older model of Cyberpunk they’re enjoying. In sure lighting Clean Keanu stands up a bit higher to scrutiny. However nonetheless, I feel all in all this can be a welcome change.
Take a look at new Johnny within the header picture above vs. one other screencap of Clean Johnny taken from that longplay. Each are from the identical scene, although admittedly YouTube compression is not doing Clean Johnny any favors. Nonetheless, you’ll be able to positively see the added element.
I’ve another, essential, unanswered query although: did they modify 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, preserve 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.