Walking into Arasaka Tower in 2025 still feels like swallowing broken glass 🥴. Five years after launch, Cyberpunk 2077's Totalimmortal quest remains the most morally complex choice – trading your soul for survival. That moment when Hanako's bodyguards close in, chrome glinting under neon lights, and you realize there's no turning back? Pure dystopian poetry. my-arasaka-ending-journey-totalimmortal-quest-insights-reflections-image-0

🤖 Who Stands With You?

Your allies here depend on earlier choices – classic CD Projekt Red branching storytelling. Save Takemura during "Search and Destroy"? He'll blast through corridors beside you. Spare Oda in "Play It Safe"? That cyber-ninja becomes your shadow. Their presence changes everything:

  • Takemura's dialogue reveals hidden corporate grudges

  • Oda's swordplay slices through drones like paper

  • Without them? Pure isolation amplified by Johnny's absence (thanks, Hanako's suppressants!)

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🎤 Corporate Theater 101

The "testimony" scene drips with irony. You're paraded before Arasaka execs while Saburo's engram glows nearby – a digital ghost judging the living. Dialogue options? Either:

  • Play the obedient dog 🐶

  • Or scream raw fury at suits who see you as disposable

Either way, Yorinobu's forces attack moments later. Pro tip: DON'T waste ammo on all guards. Just sprint to the elevator when Hanako unlocks it! Those respawning troops? Distractions, not objectives.

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🔥 Climbing Hell's Skyscraper

Each floor ascent feels heavier. Hanaka's mercs help initially, but by Floor 120? You're alone with your choices. Key survival tactics:

Floor Range Threats Strategy
50-80 Light drones Use quickhacks + cover
80-110 Mechs + snipers Grenade spam + vertical movement
110+ Laser grids + turrets Stealth + camera hacking

STOP using elevators midway – power cuts force you into stairwell ambushes. That final elevator ride to Yorinobu's suite? Pure dread. Triple the enemies waiting outside. I hid behind the door frame throwing EMP grenades for three solid minutes!

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💥 Adam Smasher: Dance of Death

This fight's rhythm is brutal but beautiful. Phase 1: He charges like a bull. Use pillars as temporary cover – they shatter but buy seconds. Phase 2? He jet-packs away while spawning goons. ALWAYS clear minions first – they're fragile but deadly in groups. Key weaknesses:

  • Overheat quickhacks stall his systems

  • Leg shots trigger stumble animations

  • Gorilla Arms can parry his punches

When he finally collapses, that choice – spare or execute – haunted me. Johnny's silent absence (suppressed!) made it lonelier. No moral high ground either way. Just... emptiness.

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🧩 The Twisted Epilogue

Finding Yorinobu broken on his floor? Chilling. But watch Hanako CLOSELY during her "private talk". Her hand movements? Transferring Saburo into his son's body while Hellman distracts you. Masterful subtle storytelling! Later, in cyberspace with Johnny, his anger feels justified... yet you both know this path was inevitable. my-arasaka-ending-journey-totalimmortal-quest-insights-reflections-image-5

Now in 2025, with Phantom Liberty's lore expansions, I wonder: Was survival worth becoming the very corporate monster we fought? That final image of Mikoshi's blue glow reflecting on V's face – are we saving ourselves or erasing humanity? my-arasaka-ending-journey-totalimmortal-quest-insights-reflections-image-6

In Night City's endless rain, one truth remains: power always demands sacrifice. But when the cost is your soul... can any victory truly taste sweet? 🤔