Honestly I prefer River (for the fact I adore crime shows and especially those that invokve serial killers, missed opportunity to make the guy already caught) and Panam’s (for the general vibe of the Aldecaldos just being so goddamn wholesome) stories over the other two, but find Kerry’s a close second for how fun it brings and Judies last (not an indicator of it being bad just the others being so very good in my opinion)
shark_sharkington_
panam cuz aldelcaldos ending is the most satisfying, when you pull judy out with you it just feels wrong.
ButterscotchNo3003
Songbird
USAF_DTom
Anybody but River.
ChaseTheMystic
Ozob
microwavefridge2000
Out of these four: I would probably be friends with all them irl, but none of them have that *something* to go all-in.
There is one NPC that I would be interested in, but it’s not an option so I have to skip on it.
So lone V for me.
BangPowZoom
Conflicted between Judy and Panam, but I’ll go with Judy. She’s every tomboy lover’s dream. Sucks Male V can’t get with her. As for Female V, the gender i commonly play with, it’s awesome to get with Judy, but Panam is hot too, lol. I found out that she was straight the hard way. Never romanced River with the fear of feeling like a two-timer, lol. Judy has gone through too much to have V step out on her like that.
brownabout
Still anybody but River. I did the River romance once, and then went to his place and told him it was too much (or whatever the reason is for not moving it forward).
I was always Fem V = Judy (still agree) and Male V = Panam, but I really really like Male V + Kerry!
Short answer: anybody but River 🤢
DiskJockii
Judy’s and Panan’s felt more natural. Judy found a friend after she lost a friend trying to fight the system. Panam found someone who gave her direction and helped her reconnect with her family. River didnt really feel like a proper chemistry and Kerry’s felt rushed tbvh. I’m picking Judy as I connected with it more
66watchingpeople66
Kerry is my choom. He knows how to get down and have a good time.
Defalt_477
The only character in this game that interested me as a romance was Songbird. Imagine my disappointment when i learned she wasn’t a romance option. She and V have so much chemistry.
cashformoldd
I love Judy, but the Stars ending with Panam and Male V just feels the best to me. Open-ended with a little hope left.
HairyScreamer45
Judy by far… like Kerry two but as Jhonny once said he has one big flaw: a penis. River has no rizz and panam is to angry for my liking.
Judy just feels alive, everything about her feels like she is a real person. Even pre-dumped my male V in my third playthrough, which made me not like her for a bit, but man that’s so fucking realistic. Great character
Maximum-Shopping-617
I would say Panam.
Her story is a stark contrast to the majority of the stories in Cyberpunk. A lot of stories revolve around night city being a machine that cruelly grinds up and destroys people and their lives.
River, Judy and others have a “wrong city wrong people” type storyline. Where things just get progressively worse and more dark ending in a small silver lining for them in a mostly bad ending. Very similar to V
I think Panam stands out. Her story starts like the others stories and she’s living in night city she’s overall an unhappy and deeply lonely person barely scraping by. When she meets V they meet out of opportunity and they both need something from the other person. Throughout her storyline her and V progressively help the aldecaldos get back on their feet as well as helping Panam reconnect and eventually lead her clan on to bigger and better things. There are still darker moments within the story but it ends happy in most cases and her story over all is about overcoming hard times with the people you love. A very different sentiment than a lot of the other stories.
And I also appreciate that her story ends the same way whether you are able to romance her or not. She will still help you in the end game whether you’re male or female. She’ll even let u bring Judy.
Where as in Judy’s quest line her plans ultimately fail no matter what you do. Either everyone she tried to save gets killed or subjugated to further abuse. And ultimately she decides to give up and leave night city. And if you’re a male V she will always leave. If your female v she stays which always bothers me.
All of these stories are a reflection of Vs struggles and arc. And I like that Panam gives you a reflection of hope. Rather than no matter what you do you’ll lose
Brief-Government-105
Judy.
don_denti
My V eats Panam up and down and sideways.
ZestyclosePianist277
none, my V prefers to stay focused on saving his life and doing genocide on arasaka tower alone
KingVMendoza
Johhny.
McRageyPants
Judy. And I only play male V but I love the bromance between the two. Platonic love is still love, just between homies.
Substantial-Tone-576
I had to be careful because Kerry kept almost becoming my boyfriend the first playthrough. Lol
Odekota
Aurore Cassel… Would give my arm and leg to be able romance her
Necessary_Badger650
can i say johny? 🤣
Objective_Scheme_648
Never made it far with male V, so I go with Judy. I do actually like her.
No_More_Hero265
I’ll take Panam for $200 please
Vyt3x
Panam is the strongest IMO, but I like Kerry’s arc the best and usually pick Judy.
johnknockout
River was my new Jackie. I’d rather be BFFs solving crimes with him.
Ok_Carob7551
River is the hottest but he’s kinda boring, I like Panam’s story and themes but I’m not too hot on her as a person either. I think I like Judy most- she feels very realized, human and real, and I feel deeply for what she goes through
CheesyGarlicBudapest
I can say I was devastated to find out as a male character I couldn’t romance Judy.
I was happy being bff with her instead.
Independent-Turn4565
The best character arc was Garry the Prophets.
PsyHorse
Kerry af
Papkinn
Kerry for me since he’s the main reason i gave this game a chance back in 2020 and now.
When i found out a polish game has a gay romance in it i had to play it even just for a joke and wow- i’m so down bad for pathetic men it stopped being ironic joke very quickly. It’s a fun romance with in my opinion best sex cutscene in the game, sure i would love a bit more content but at least what i got was of high quality especially now when devs added stuff to make it feel like a relationship not just a single hook up.
SuperArppis
Imo River had most interesting story.
Mechamobzilla1
Kerry. It feels more personal helping him with his rebirth.
Plus Johnny telling Rogue he’d do Kerry is hilarious.
MushroomOfDestiny
i’ll always be a Judy girl, but i really like Kerry’s development as a person
just wish he’d clean his place up a bit
SwitchingFreedom
Judy, because the more I got to find out about her, the more I realized she was *me*. First time I’ve ever seen myself in a character in media. Thats my ride or die, now.
mutepaladin07
Panam Palmer was the overall best one to play through, and the writing of a strong female character wasn’t coming off as a Mary Sue. She had her faults and worked through them with your V.
If you were Vincent, that could ultimately turn into a budding and healthy relationship. You’ll notice she has that fiery spunk but is much more tempered.
Judy Alvarez was an emotional rollercoaster of a story that has you hooked in wanting to have her get that happy life. When you help her through her mental trauma and abuse and were Valerie, you could help her through her struggles, and Judy gets optimistic about leaving Night City to start a life with you.
You’ll notice her talks with her were feelings of innocent teenage love all over again. It’s a genuine match for her and you and that smile and wink she gives. Her walls are down and vulnerable for you.
I can’t say much on River Ward. He just comes off as a creep, and I think that CDPR needed to rework this guy. That cyberware eye was not doing it for me.
Kerry Eurodyne was just way too unstable and unfocused to even consider a relationship with. You had your bro moments, but he didn’t feel like the kind of guy to settle down even at 89.
VibratingNinja
River Ward, because fuck all of you River haters
arathergenericgay
Kerry, he’s gay, hot and he’s got money
Transitsystem
Plot-wise, river’s questions was the wildest and most interesting to me. Character-wise, I think Judy or Kerry. I love Judy and enjoy her quest line for the interactions with her, and I like Kerry’s quest line because it’s just two homies blowing shit up and Kerry having a temper tantrum bc some girls had the nerve to be popular.
DrGuns313
Ngl, I’ve never romanced him. But having Kerry as a bro is the best relationship. It’s so wholesome.
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Honestly I prefer River (for the fact I adore crime shows and especially those that invokve serial killers, missed opportunity to make the guy already caught) and Panam’s (for the general vibe of the Aldecaldos just being so goddamn wholesome) stories over the other two, but find Kerry’s a close second for how fun it brings and Judies last (not an indicator of it being bad just the others being so very good in my opinion)
panam cuz aldelcaldos ending is the most satisfying, when you pull judy out with you it just feels wrong.
Songbird
Anybody but River.
Ozob
Out of these four: I would probably be friends with all them irl, but none of them have that *something* to go all-in.
There is one NPC that I would be interested in, but it’s not an option so I have to skip on it.
So lone V for me.
Conflicted between Judy and Panam, but I’ll go with Judy. She’s every tomboy lover’s dream. Sucks Male V can’t get with her. As for Female V, the gender i commonly play with, it’s awesome to get with Judy, but Panam is hot too, lol. I found out that she was straight the hard way. Never romanced River with the fear of feeling like a two-timer, lol. Judy has gone through too much to have V step out on her like that.
Still anybody but River. I did the River romance once, and then went to his place and told him it was too much (or whatever the reason is for not moving it forward).
I was always Fem V = Judy (still agree) and Male V = Panam, but I really really like Male V + Kerry!
Short answer: anybody but River 🤢
Judy’s and Panan’s felt more natural. Judy found a friend after she lost a friend trying to fight the system. Panam found someone who gave her direction and helped her reconnect with her family. River didnt really feel like a proper chemistry and Kerry’s felt rushed tbvh. I’m picking Judy as I connected with it more
Kerry is my choom. He knows how to get down and have a good time.
The only character in this game that interested me as a romance was Songbird. Imagine my disappointment when i learned she wasn’t a romance option. She and V have so much chemistry.
I love Judy, but the Stars ending with Panam and Male V just feels the best to me. Open-ended with a little hope left.
Judy by far… like Kerry two but as Jhonny once said he has one big flaw: a penis. River has no rizz and panam is to angry for my liking.
Judy just feels alive, everything about her feels like she is a real person. Even pre-dumped my male V in my third playthrough, which made me not like her for a bit, but man that’s so fucking realistic. Great character
I would say Panam.
Her story is a stark contrast to the majority of the stories in Cyberpunk. A lot of stories revolve around night city being a machine that cruelly grinds up and destroys people and their lives.
River, Judy and others have a “wrong city wrong people” type storyline. Where things just get progressively worse and more dark ending in a small silver lining for them in a mostly bad ending. Very similar to V
I think Panam stands out. Her story starts like the others stories and she’s living in night city she’s overall an unhappy and deeply lonely person barely scraping by. When she meets V they meet out of opportunity and they both need something from the other person. Throughout her storyline her and V progressively help the aldecaldos get back on their feet as well as helping Panam reconnect and eventually lead her clan on to bigger and better things. There are still darker moments within the story but it ends happy in most cases and her story over all is about overcoming hard times with the people you love. A very different sentiment than a lot of the other stories.
And I also appreciate that her story ends the same way whether you are able to romance her or not. She will still help you in the end game whether you’re male or female. She’ll even let u bring Judy.
Where as in Judy’s quest line her plans ultimately fail no matter what you do. Either everyone she tried to save gets killed or subjugated to further abuse. And ultimately she decides to give up and leave night city. And if you’re a male V she will always leave. If your female v she stays which always bothers me.
All of these stories are a reflection of Vs struggles and arc. And I like that Panam gives you a reflection of hope. Rather than no matter what you do you’ll lose
Judy.
My V eats Panam up and down and sideways.
none, my V prefers to stay focused on saving his life and doing genocide on arasaka tower alone
Johhny.
Judy. And I only play male V but I love the bromance between the two. Platonic love is still love, just between homies.
I had to be careful because Kerry kept almost becoming my boyfriend the first playthrough. Lol
Aurore Cassel… Would give my arm and leg to be able romance her
can i say johny? 🤣
Never made it far with male V, so I go with Judy. I do actually like her.
I’ll take Panam for $200 please
Panam is the strongest IMO, but I like Kerry’s arc the best and usually pick Judy.
River was my new Jackie. I’d rather be BFFs solving crimes with him.
River is the hottest but he’s kinda boring, I like Panam’s story and themes but I’m not too hot on her as a person either. I think I like Judy most- she feels very realized, human and real, and I feel deeply for what she goes through
I can say I was devastated to find out as a male character I couldn’t romance Judy.
I was happy being bff with her instead.
The best character arc was Garry the Prophets.
Kerry af
Kerry for me since he’s the main reason i gave this game a chance back in 2020 and now.
When i found out a polish game has a gay romance in it i had to play it even just for a joke and wow- i’m so down bad for pathetic men it stopped being ironic joke very quickly. It’s a fun romance with in my opinion best sex cutscene in the game, sure i would love a bit more content but at least what i got was of high quality especially now when devs added stuff to make it feel like a relationship not just a single hook up.
Imo River had most interesting story.
Kerry. It feels more personal helping him with his rebirth.
Plus Johnny telling Rogue he’d do Kerry is hilarious.
i’ll always be a Judy girl, but i really like Kerry’s development as a person
just wish he’d clean his place up a bit
Judy, because the more I got to find out about her, the more I realized she was *me*. First time I’ve ever seen myself in a character in media. Thats my ride or die, now.
Panam Palmer was the overall best one to play through, and the writing of a strong female character wasn’t coming off as a Mary Sue. She had her faults and worked through them with your V.
If you were Vincent, that could ultimately turn into a budding and healthy relationship. You’ll notice she has that fiery spunk but is much more tempered.
Judy Alvarez was an emotional rollercoaster of a story that has you hooked in wanting to have her get that happy life. When you help her through her mental trauma and abuse and were Valerie, you could help her through her struggles, and Judy gets optimistic about leaving Night City to start a life with you.
You’ll notice her talks with her were feelings of innocent teenage love all over again. It’s a genuine match for her and you and that smile and wink she gives. Her walls are down and vulnerable for you.
I can’t say much on River Ward. He just comes off as a creep, and I think that CDPR needed to rework this guy. That cyberware eye was not doing it for me.
Kerry Eurodyne was just way too unstable and unfocused to even consider a relationship with. You had your bro moments, but he didn’t feel like the kind of guy to settle down even at 89.
River Ward, because fuck all of you River haters
Kerry, he’s gay, hot and he’s got money
Plot-wise, river’s questions was the wildest and most interesting to me. Character-wise, I think Judy or Kerry. I love Judy and enjoy her quest line for the interactions with her, and I like Kerry’s quest line because it’s just two homies blowing shit up and Kerry having a temper tantrum bc some girls had the nerve to be popular.
Ngl, I’ve never romanced him. But having Kerry as a bro is the best relationship. It’s so wholesome.