You think that one’s sad? Wait til you hear about Evelyn Parker.
Employee_N01010011
That part honestly made me breakdown, haven’t really sat down and cried like that too. Then I ended up doing it again because I thought sending him to Victor would make sense at the time. Didn’t want Mama Welles seeing her boy like that. So ended up redoing it to give him a proper send off.
Cautious-Ad7882
I think it was a bit too early in the game for them deciding to let Jackie die, in my opinion at least lol. I was like damn, that suckss at that part 😂
VinegaryBalls1234
I dont understand how people care about his death when we literally only have a few missions with him lol. If anything hes a side character
create_makestuff
*looks at my calendar with dread*
Cultural_Use_1252
have you ever heard of arthur morgan?
Chaosrealm69
There were a few deaths in the game that I felt quite deeply.
Jackie is the first but others really hit you hard too.
I think it hits so hard because it happens right there with you by his side and there is nothing you can do. And on repeat playthroughs you know it is going to happen no matter what.
First time I played the game, I got to that stage and went back to a previous save game to try and save him but nothing I did made a difference. I tried three times.
It was only after googling his death that I found out it is part of the storyline.
Good_Ol_Ironass
I felt zero pity for him, knew the dude for like 20 minutes lmao
Apprehensive_Ad_8115
Suicide ending beats this one easily
enchiladasundae
“See ya in the major leagues, Jack…”
GremNotGrim
Ngl Jackie is probably the first video game character to ever make me tear up. TWICE matter of fact. Like a lot of people say “I barely got any time with him so it’s not that emotional” but ngl CDPR did a really good job of making it extremely emotional despite the very small amount of time you as a player get to know Jackie. The whole “see you in the major leagues” thing was like being emotionally gut checked by a freight train going at top speed. Fun fact: You can also call Jackie throughout different part of the game and kind of give him an update knowing full well that he can’t hear you. I mean the first time V does it they even say “Gosh this is so stupid, I know he can’t hear me.” Or something along those lines. And you can call and talk about progressively more things to nobody but the voicemail box of Jackie’s old phone the more you progress the story so it’s a really unique way of showing how V copes with the loss of Jackie.
DasMansalad
So, Jackie really reminded me of my best friend, who passed a couple months before I started playing. When I started playing, I had no idea he would die. So that was cool. I also missed my best friends funeral (due to military obligations), so Jackie’s ofrenda hit me VERY hard. I definitely ugly cried
Hispanic_Alucard
If you stayed away from the marketing (which had way too many spoilers) its such an out of nowhere death. He’s the archetypal buddy character who’s supposed to accompany you throughout the whole game, maybe die later on but not at the end of Act 1.
It also helped in the time we had him, CDPR did a great job fleshing out his character, as well as after he died.
Taaargus
Absolutely not lol. You know the guy for like 1 month in universe and like 2-5 hours in game. His entire personality is also “I wanna make it to the big leagues” in spite of increasingly clear signs that will get him killed.
fibronacci
This is why I have 3 saves right after for new games. One each type, city kid, wild wild west or corpo. I’m not doing this shiz ever again
MoistWolf
Saddest video game death? Not even close. He wasn’t around in the game long enough to make that kind of an impact.
FarmExact8661
Lucien Lachance 😢
BlueDemon999
Me too choom, me too.
rickytse723
Nope never liked him, annoying as hell
MightyMaki
The more playthroughs I go through the harder Jackie’s death is. First playthrough didn’t hit me as hard because I didn’t spend as much time with him. Granted this was in the beginning of Cyberpunk’s phoenix rise but there were a lot of side quests and gigs missing so I got to the heist pretty quickly. I cried because I wanted to get to know Jackie more but I was more pissed at Dex.
2nd-3rd playthrough were pre and post PL respectively. 2nd playthrough I played more of the side quests and gigs. Just enough to experience more of Jackie and get more attached to him. That time hit harder and I cried because I got to know his character a LOT more.
3rd was the most recent (just finished last week) and I was dreading the heist. I did literally every gig and side quest available before the game said GET ON WITH IT! I know the outcome but I keep telling myself, maybe if I do it a different way maybe my choom won’t flatline this time.
I sincerely hope they NEVER (I absolutely fucking hope they do, I want all of the pain) release all the content and shenanigans from the opening montage with Jackie. His death would hit so much fuckin harder if we actually got to experience just a fraction of those gigs from the opening montage.
Niiphox
Honestly, I never managed to get attached to Jackie as he had little screen time and it was already foreshadowed/spoiled from the trailer, I knew he was gonna die from the getgo.
Even >! Aurore Cassels death in PL !< was sadder imo
noncombativebrick
Bro, that’s not bad. Try Captain Anderson.
I don’t cry, but man, did I cry on the inside after he said he was proud of Shepherd.
KingOfLeyends
Jackie was there for a whole gig and next second he is gone just like that, Edgerunners cast had me crying for days though…
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You think that one’s sad? Wait til you hear about Evelyn Parker.
That part honestly made me breakdown, haven’t really sat down and cried like that too. Then I ended up doing it again because I thought sending him to Victor would make sense at the time. Didn’t want Mama Welles seeing her boy like that. So ended up redoing it to give him a proper send off.
I think it was a bit too early in the game for them deciding to let Jackie die, in my opinion at least lol. I was like damn, that suckss at that part 😂
I dont understand how people care about his death when we literally only have a few missions with him lol. If anything hes a side character
*looks at my calendar with dread*
have you ever heard of arthur morgan?
There were a few deaths in the game that I felt quite deeply.
Jackie is the first but others really hit you hard too.
I think it hits so hard because it happens right there with you by his side and there is nothing you can do. And on repeat playthroughs you know it is going to happen no matter what.
First time I played the game, I got to that stage and went back to a previous save game to try and save him but nothing I did made a difference. I tried three times.
It was only after googling his death that I found out it is part of the storyline.
I felt zero pity for him, knew the dude for like 20 minutes lmao
Suicide ending beats this one easily
“See ya in the major leagues, Jack…”
Ngl Jackie is probably the first video game character to ever make me tear up. TWICE matter of fact. Like a lot of people say “I barely got any time with him so it’s not that emotional” but ngl CDPR did a really good job of making it extremely emotional despite the very small amount of time you as a player get to know Jackie. The whole “see you in the major leagues” thing was like being emotionally gut checked by a freight train going at top speed. Fun fact: You can also call Jackie throughout different part of the game and kind of give him an update knowing full well that he can’t hear you. I mean the first time V does it they even say “Gosh this is so stupid, I know he can’t hear me.” Or something along those lines. And you can call and talk about progressively more things to nobody but the voicemail box of Jackie’s old phone the more you progress the story so it’s a really unique way of showing how V copes with the loss of Jackie.
So, Jackie really reminded me of my best friend, who passed a couple months before I started playing. When I started playing, I had no idea he would die. So that was cool. I also missed my best friends funeral (due to military obligations), so Jackie’s ofrenda hit me VERY hard. I definitely ugly cried
If you stayed away from the marketing (which had way too many spoilers) its such an out of nowhere death. He’s the archetypal buddy character who’s supposed to accompany you throughout the whole game, maybe die later on but not at the end of Act 1.
It also helped in the time we had him, CDPR did a great job fleshing out his character, as well as after he died.
Absolutely not lol. You know the guy for like 1 month in universe and like 2-5 hours in game. His entire personality is also “I wanna make it to the big leagues” in spite of increasingly clear signs that will get him killed.
This is why I have 3 saves right after for new games. One each type, city kid, wild wild west or corpo. I’m not doing this shiz ever again
Saddest video game death? Not even close. He wasn’t around in the game long enough to make that kind of an impact.
Lucien Lachance 😢
Me too choom, me too.
Nope never liked him, annoying as hell
The more playthroughs I go through the harder Jackie’s death is. First playthrough didn’t hit me as hard because I didn’t spend as much time with him. Granted this was in the beginning of Cyberpunk’s phoenix rise but there were a lot of side quests and gigs missing so I got to the heist pretty quickly. I cried because I wanted to get to know Jackie more but I was more pissed at Dex.
2nd-3rd playthrough were pre and post PL respectively. 2nd playthrough I played more of the side quests and gigs. Just enough to experience more of Jackie and get more attached to him. That time hit harder and I cried because I got to know his character a LOT more.
3rd was the most recent (just finished last week) and I was dreading the heist. I did literally every gig and side quest available before the game said GET ON WITH IT! I know the outcome but I keep telling myself, maybe if I do it a different way maybe my choom won’t flatline this time.
I sincerely hope they NEVER (I absolutely fucking hope they do, I want all of the pain) release all the content and shenanigans from the opening montage with Jackie. His death would hit so much fuckin harder if we actually got to experience just a fraction of those gigs from the opening montage.
Honestly, I never managed to get attached to Jackie as he had little screen time and it was already foreshadowed/spoiled from the trailer, I knew he was gonna die from the getgo.
Even >! Aurore Cassels death in PL !< was sadder imo
Bro, that’s not bad. Try Captain Anderson.
I don’t cry, but man, did I cry on the inside after he said he was proud of Shepherd.
Jackie was there for a whole gig and next second he is gone just like that, Edgerunners cast had me crying for days though…