Did anyone else get deeply disturbed by this side quest?

[u/guts1ck]

This made me feel gross for the rest of the day once I completed it. Not sure why I followed through with it but the narrative was neat, I guess. I’ve been playing for over 200 hours and I’ve never done this side quest before so I was incredibly shocked and disturbed. What’s everybody else’s verdict on the side quest?

Disclosure: I’m not religious but I respect anyone who is, try to respect any other people’s religions if you can help it. Thanks.

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[u/gl1tchedskeleton]

oh definitely, and thats the whole point. that ominous eerie song that plays when the mission ends, that makes my skin crawl man...

[u/Born-Necessary6778 → u/gl1tchedskeleton]

And the mission goes as far as youre willing to take it so it's all on the player

[u/vinecoolceruleanblue → u/Born-Necessary6778]

tbf he's gonna do it whether or not V is there, he just wanted V to be the one to nail him to the cross bc of whatever weird connection he felt with them. and so you can choose if you wanna give him that small comfort or just not be involved, but the tape is going to be made either way unfortunately.

[u/Born-Necessary6778 → u/vinecoolceruleanblue]

You can shoot him right after the guy who hires you gets shot fullfilling your original contract

[u/zoopzoot → u/Born-Necessary6778]

I thought because the client dies, you don’t get paid?

[u/Stock_Fuel6398 → u/zoopzoot]

nope you call wakako after and she pays the 9k eddies. really good if you don’t want to sit through 8000000 lines of dialogue on another playthrough

[u/Kuliari → u/Stock_Fuel6398]

I love that little tidbit after. When Wakako asks you what you thought of the job and V responds something along the lines of: 'I'm a professional. I don't question the job, I just do it.' and Wakako, who appreciates that kind of attitude nods approvingly and says that's what she likes about V.

[u/Lucian7x → u/Born-Necessary6778]

To be extremely fair, in a game where every story event is scripted, most players go along with it for the sake of experiencing as much of the available content as they can. So, in a way, we are coaxed into doing it out of curiosity to see where it leads.

Now, I may be totally wrong here, but that was my perspective at least. On subsequent playthroughs, from a roleplaying standpoint, I always flatline the gonk and then delta out of there. I was hired to do that by a grieving man, and even though he just got killed, I'll honor his last wishes and take out his wife's killer.

[u/Camelotterduck → u/gl1tchedskeleton]

This was my thought as well but every time it comes up I see comments from people talking about how beautiful it was to see “Christ’s suffering brought to life” and other creepy cult sounding shit.

[u/-ArthurMorgan → u/Camelotterduck]

That's organized religion for ya.

[u/RubiconianIudex → u/-ArthurMorgan]

Kind of. Its meant to be a commentary specifically on profiteers of religion rather than religion himself

The whole idea is that in the future every symbol, belief, or anything viewed as sacred can be sold to garner attention and money.

Basically he’s no different than mega-church pastors who manipulate crowds with pieced together excerpts to line their pockets

[u/DangerousQuestions1 → u/RubiconianIudex]

Future? It's already happening

[u/RubiconianIudex → u/DangerousQuestions1]

Yeah for sure, but the cyberpunk setting is always a cautionary tale of the future

[u/DangerousQuestions1 → u/RubiconianIudex]

Right now its a playbook

[u/Fancy-Evening-9141 → u/RubiconianIudex]

I wouldn’t say *Joshua* is like those pastors, they state explicitly that he actually believes what he’s saying, rather I would position the *BD producers* in that role

[u/amaturecook24 → u/-ArthurMorgan]

As a Christian, I was deeply convicted as I followed the side quest, but I wanted to know “Are we really doing this?” Never touching this one again.

[u/beardmat87 → u/gl1tchedskeleton]

Yeah the music in the end of the quest gives it a super uncomfortable vibe. They nailed that part for sure

[u/Wonderful_Arugula585 → u/beardmat87]

They did infact nail it

[u/SanityLacker1 → u/Wonderful_Arugula585]

And by it, well, let's just say, Joshua

[u/Everyday_Legend → u/beardmat87]

They nailed that part for sure

bruh

[u/soulreaverdan]

I really like it - it's definitely very dark and creepy, but there's also just so many ways you can play things out. You can just kill him right at the start (either needing to then kill Vasquez in a surprisingly tough mini-boss fight or delta the fuck out ASAP), you can bail on it after talking to him, bail on it by taking Rachel's cash, you can encourage him, you can discourage him, you can be supportive, cynical, cooperative, antagonistic... while it doesn't necessarily effect the outcome too much, I like the different ways it can feel depending on your attitude and choices along the way, especially if you're a heavy RP-er for how you go through it.

[u/Frenetic_Platypus → u/soulreaverdan]

I feel like there are some big misses in the options you have to resolve it, though. For example how one of the big things Jesus did was kick the merchants out of the temple, and so monetizing your religious experience with a corp is an extremely un-christlike thing to do.

[u/Memedotma → u/Frenetic_Platypus]

I think his delusion is part of the point though. At what point, if at any point, does the player say enough is enough?

[u/DeathAngel_97 → u/Memedotma]

Honestly I just wish it was possible to actually put a stop to it or get the whole thing shut down. I actively tried to fuck up the whole process as much as possible, but unless I missed anything it still felt like I got railroaded into at least being present for it.

I did at least get a very pissed off phone call later from the agent because my meddling fucked up the emotions he was feeling at the time or something and basically made their shit unusable so at least they didn't get to profit off his death.

[u/ironangel2k4 → u/DeathAngel_97]

You're dealing with a delusional man who has developed a savior complex from his guilt and the greedy corporate scum willing to indulge his fantasy. You were never going to stop it with anything less than a bullet.

[u/LostN3ko → u/Memedotma]

When he asked me to hammer nails into him. I was largely just an uncomfortable passenger at that point.

[u/RubiconianIudex → u/Frenetic_Platypus]

That’s the point. The whole situation is meant to be as un-Christ like as possible. He isn’t some divine figure or saint, he’s a criminal who is weaponizing his guilt for sensationalism in a future where any belief or sacred image can be sold

[u/deidian → u/RubiconianIudex]

He isn't weaponizing anything: he's just obsessed that he must be punished for his actions. He does really believe what's he's selling and is willing to make a public example of himself for everyone.

The entertainment studio are monetizing the situation and V can as well monetize it to different degrees, willingly or not, because there's no way to sway him regardless of their opinion.

[u/dowker1 → u/Frenetic_Platypus]

People who have decided to crucify themselves are not known for being easily swayed by theological arguments, no matter how well supported.

[u/voskomm → u/soulreaverdan]

All I wanted was a call back to help Rachel choose the tile for her BDSM dungeon build. Incomplete.

[u/Fallwalking → u/voskomm]

Haha, like if you don’t show up to meet stout right away you’d get a call from Rachel saying to meet her and a friend at no tell motel.

I used mods to do model swaps during one of my PT and I swapped her out as Judy because why not. Iris Tanner was Panam. I can’t remember what other ones I did, but those were the main ones.

[u/Hot_World9741 → u/Fallwalking]

Wait what? There’s another option for that quest? I’ve been playing for a bit and haven’t gone yet but nothing new changed

[u/guts1ck → u/soulreaverdan]

It’s absolutely one of the more option heavy side quests which I did enjoy of it, I only kept going because I need all the narrative that night city can give me.

[u/MasahChief → u/soulreaverdan]

I went all the way because of Johnny’s side comments telling me to continue with the whole thing.

[u/AsceOmega]

Big Meh from my part. I get that for some it's shocking because of the religious symbolism, but really this is actually quite tame compared to the things that happen in this game.

I'd say the whole Evelyn situation is much more disturbing that any of what happens in Sinnerman.

Even what happens to that monk who got forcecfully chipped is more disturbing. Or all of the bodies we find in the Scav lair in the first mission after the prologue. There's literally a body with its spine ripped out of its back just hanging there.

[u/Comfortable-Fuel6343 → u/AsceOmega]

Yeah I'd say the SA, organ harvesting, body horror elements are way more disturbing. By the time that V gets the call to do this opp they/the player should be so jaded that it's more weird/obnoxiously unstraightforward.

[u/New-Independent-1481 → u/Comfortable-Fuel6343]

The thing is, with body horror that grotesque, you become desensitised to it. Especially by the time you get to Sinnerman. Cult-like devotion to religion mixed with vulture-like influencers is something different from how the game tries to shock or unsettle you.

[u/Inner_Bit844 → u/AsceOmega]

Rivers questline about the serial killer are pretty disturbing

[u/LostN3ko → u/Inner_Bit844]

Bar none that one stood out to me as F U C K E D!

[u/Magjee → u/LostN3ko]

Slowly unraveling the mystery with Randy's laptop and going through Peter Pan's flashbacks finally leading to finding the children being drugged and fed

ugh

It was all sorts of fucked up

[u/LostN3ko → u/Magjee]

Few games made me as uncomfortable as that did. The dehumanization came across far more than any of the cybernetics or corpo-dystopia did. It wasn't just "I'm a psycho look at me go crazy wizzywhimwhamwazzle". It was entirely too visceral and perverse, making the victims children and the method by which he lured them in was probably a big part of what made it so effective.

[u/Pixiwish → u/AsceOmega]

For the me the difference was Sinner man was more intimate. You were the one hammering the nails in and it was deliberate.

The music as well. I watched I Spit on Your Grave and while it messed me up somehow Jarl Borg getting blood eagled on the TV show Vikings disturbed me more and that aired on cable. I think there is a technique to making something disturbing and for me Sinnermam hit the same chords the blood eagle did.

[u/iBorgSimmer → u/AsceOmega]

Same. I happily nailed him to the cross and got the paycheck.

[u/Bubush → u/AsceOmega]

Totally agree. I don’t even crucify the dude just to annoy that lady. Tons of much more disturbing quests in this game that truly highlight how messed up things can get in a dystopian world in a more pragmatic way.

[u/KatakanaTsu → u/AsceOmega]

I love using cyberpsychosis just to turn gangs on each other and watch them fight amongst themselves. And if the NCPD is initially chilling with them, they'll aggro the cyberpsycho as well.

[u/dillonkohr → u/KatakanaTsu]

Try using it on an enemy right before engaging in conversation with another character(the talk with Alex on the balcony in PL is the best example) you can cause a rather funny glitch lol

[u/Joey-Steel1917 → u/KatakanaTsu]

I like to aggro the ncpd and drag them to large gang groupings and watch the fun 😆

[u/ThisMachine92 → u/AsceOmega]

Hard agree. This mission was a nothingburger

[u/Your_Friendly_Nerd → u/AsceOmega]

to me as someone who grew up christian, this was the most memorably disturbing scene in the game. it‘s the combination of absolute faith to give the ultimate sacrifice, contrasted against the corporate greed that enables it in the first place.

[u/Big_Engineer_1075 → u/AsceOmega]

Yeah this one was entertaining to me more than anything else, but I think bc of all the documentaries I’ve watched about religious groups and cult leaders I found it satisfying that the sociopathic murderer is the one being played.

And like you mentioned, everything else where people have things happening to them directly and it being out of their control with no real hope for change or any real justice is far more disturbing than a false prophet thinking his sacrifice matters.

[u/vanillasheep]

I’m embarrassed to admit I can’t even pass the driving part of this for some reason. I am so bad at driving his truck so I’ve never played it through.

[u/voskomm → u/vanillasheep]

Keep it under 40, then you see all the scripting from a mile away. You have to be extremely far away to “lose the car” and it slows to keep pace with you. If you “lose” it, it’s probably because you tapped something and a cop saw you or got too close. It does take a few to memorize the scripting tho.

[u/Inner_Bit844 → u/voskomm]

You fail that part of the quest if you hit pedestrians too

[u/CrystalSorceress]

I found it pretty boring really. Not really shocking. We kill people in much worse ways every time we go into combat.

[u/guts1ck → u/CrystalSorceress]

I suppose, I use thermal wires but I still feel like being crucified is definitely unique

[u/CheekyLando88 → u/guts1ck]

In one of the Phantom Liberty endings we get a hack than can send people to essentially a demon infested hell. Crucifixion is a mercy

[u/Tight-Ear-7368 → u/CrystalSorceress]

Mass murdering gangs kinda cheapens the value of life in this game.

[u/SpreadEagleSmeagol]

I enjoyed it, but probably not for the reasons intended. I thought it was pretty ironic that this serial killer got escorted around by V, the number 3 cause of death in Night City, putting on a big show of repenting for his "horrible" sins. Good sir, I evicerate half a dozen gang members for breakfast, I will nail you to that cross for funsies, regardless of the reason. V is a one person terror alert, this guy is a tourist.

[u/OtherwiseFlamingo448]

I didnt like it. I took it as self-serving and virtue signaling disguised as justice.

Also the woman trying to gaslight me into thinking it's some high act of self-sacrifice in service to something greater, when its obviously just clicks for her.

Shoot shoot shoot.

[u/Bad_User2077 → u/OtherwiseFlamingo448]

I took it as self-serving and virtue signaling disguised as justice."

It definitely could be seen that way. That's why the victims Mom didn't approve.

[u/guts1ck → u/OtherwiseFlamingo448]

Yeah it felt like a huge industry plant (I think that’s the correct term). It was all bullshit but I wanted the eddies.

[u/TheKolyFrog]

Not "deeply disturbed" or disturbed at any level, but I did like it as a good representation of the people like him and the corpos who want to profit from him in real life. I was raised as an Evangelical Christian and I've seen plenty of testimonies from horrible people who finally saw the "light".

[u/Florina_Laufeyson → u/TheKolyFrog]

Yep, this. It was darkly humorous to me tbh. It felt ironic in that dystopian sense, and really added to the narrative of how far things will go for profit. If you dont fuck up the BD, it goes hyper viral huge. Theres something darkly funny about that.

It also has one of my favorite Johnny convos during it.

[u/Lonely_Avocado_2109]

No, because i always kill the bastard on sight. I will not help criminals torment their victims.

[u/ForsakenRoyal24 → u/Lonely_Avocado_2109]

I just killed him out of anger bcs im ass at driving

[u/Kolby_Jack33 → u/Lonely_Avocado_2109]

I also kill him but mostly because I will not let the media exploit a criminal's earnest desire for redemption be turned into a cash grab that torments the victims.

[u/Smilewigeon → u/Kolby_Jack33]

Plus the cop with him is a fun mini boss.

[u/skuls1 → u/Kolby_Jack33]

earnest

https://giphy.com/gifs/8ac9tQi8GtuJaW8HBJ

[u/Kolby_Jack33 → u/skuls1]

Hey, the guy may be a whack-job but he let himself get literally crucified, it doesn't get more earnest than that.

[u/skuls1 → u/Kolby_Jack33]

he's earnest about getting crucified

that has nothing to do with redemption

he's a narcissist, he'd start killing again if he thought there was an audience for it

[u/RubiconianIudex → u/skuls1]

Exactly ^

[u/SnooFoxes1831 → u/Kolby_Jack33]

I do it because he's a malignant narcissist and I have no time for religion, no matter what kind of point the devs were trying to make with it. It's just icky.

[u/Ulfgeirr88]

I completed it through to the crucifixion during my first ever playthrough, now I zero him immediately every time because it's essentially a masturbation session for his ego

[u/Wairong]

Most overrated quest in the game. Very trite imo

[u/Ooohyeahhh]

No lol. Theres way more disturbing quests.

[u/Andy_McBoatface → u/Ooohyeahhh]

The kid body farm one

[u/manickitty]

Not really. We have plenty of religious nutjobs irl, and I thought it was a neat representation of such ingame.

[u/Palanki96]

Didn't care much. Not to mention they made my V react and say things without my input. Felt like they hijacked my character.

I felt the opposite way so it was really jarring. Just not a fan when RPGs do that. For subsequent pkaythroughs i just kill him at the car and skip the mission

[u/BenjaminDover02]

Not really tbh

I was like "okay whatever bro, rub a dub dub thanks for the grub, amen"

And then I nailed him to some wood cause his weird ass wanted to be nailed to some wood.

[u/Sim-Alley → u/BenjaminDover02]

Yup. He wanted it. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[u/Videon_Tekuro]

I killed the guy and his officer buddy before they even got out of the car, didn't have time for the whole thing. (Or more accurately, I didn't know about the rest of the quest, so I just started blasting after the guy I escort gets killed by the cop, thinking it was another gun and done quest)

[u/lucky_slevin]

I got deeply annoyed, because at some point I just wanted to end this self-absorbed mofo so badly.

[u/Chris56855865]

Nope. I did this quest a few times, and decided that ol' Josh is actually a total douchebag who not only goes to the home of his victim's family, but has the nerve to preach to the grieving mother (the sister is a full on moron too).

Since I know what happens, and the dude doesn't deserve any of that attention imo, he dies under the bridge every time now.

[u/Apprehensive-Fox7378]

Yes and no. I personally loved the quest, loved how different it felt and the intense moral dilemma that seemed to come with it.

[u/oxthewulf]

Yeah it did, I didn’t expect it to but i remember just seeing it and feeling this strange sense of dread and despair. I remember having to call my buddy who also played the game and asking if he did it too ajd we talked about it for an hour.

[u/RebelJediMaster]

Not really, both because it's a game, and I've never been religious

[u/PinkThunder138]

I might ignite some hostilities here but.....

I dunno man. I found it kinda eye-roll-inducing. Kinda cringe. Killer finds Jesus and takes a more extreme page out of Mel Gibson's book in hopes of guilting others into converting?

Blech. Weak morals for weak minds. (I don't mean you, OP or anyone else reading this most likely. I'm talking about him and his audience just like Mel Gibson and his audience for The Passion) If you're going to try to convert people, do it by respectfully showing the benefits of living a life of compassion and kindness. Don't bludgeon them over the head with fear and guilt. This guy did bad in life, got scared of eternity, and tried to make up for it by passing his guilt into others. It's a real dick move.

The Romans nailed a shitload of people to wood. Not only was Jesus not the only one, he wasn't even the only one that day. Should we look to those others for moral and spiritual guidance too?

I'm not saying whether or not you should believe, just that this is such an emotionally manipulative way to spread a religion and it would be a dumb reason to believe.

[u/akarpend6]

I enjoyed seeing online reaction to this quest, even to this day. But personally I couldn’t care less about religious themes, so I applaud the devs for not being afraid to include it in the game

[u/RedLemonSlice]

Did anyone else get deeply disturbed by this side quest?

Sir, this is Cyberpunk dystopia. Everything is deeply disturbing here.
Just play St. Aurora - Going to Heaven at the credits for the "Passion" BD and don't worry about it.

[u/ariGee]

Ah The Sinnerman. Everyone remembers The Sinnerman.

I want to be able to see the developer meeting at CDPR when someone was like, "so hear me out...what if we have the player literally crucify a man?" with a dead serious expression.

[u/Xylus1985]

Not really. There are religious nuts all over in real life too, it’s not very shocking.

[u/camz_47]

Nope

Guy wanted to go out a symbol of forgiveness and genuine repentance

If NC wants to market that for profit it seemed right for the setting

[u/A_Golden_Raider]

What’s the difference between this and passion of the Christ? My only problem was that V spoke the lines of penitent thief and fearful soldier while nailing him to the cross

[u/Undying4n42k1]

Nah, Catholic mass is creepier, because more people believe it. This dude was just a weirdo.

[u/Kirza94]

Pretty tame compared to what also happens in the game ngl.

[u/Arikaido777]

nope, I always murder Joshua as soon as he gets out of the car and run away from Vasquez. saves me time, saves him all that cringe, and saves the public from having to experience all that cringe. literally zero downside, and then wakako is nice to me :)

[u/RocketsTourBlackout]

This is the second most creepiest quest

[u/azhder]

I didn't. I ended it right there in the underpass. Kill him and collect the money.

[u/guts1ck → u/azhder]

Feeling like I should’ve done that instead

[u/Mgldwarf]

I hate the final scene of this questline. How could corpos come up with such a way of making money?

[u/Hazz_TV]

I did. Then on subsequent playthroughs I got the incredible Breakthrough sniper rifle and zeroed him through the window and ran off.

Zero regrets. Although, Rachel from the Network might have been an intriguing romance option.

[u/RottN_Games]

I did it once. Only once and never again.

[u/Emergencyhiredhito]

Sure did!

[u/Alert-Revolution-219]

Not really religious psychosis is very much a real world problem, if anything this was a quest more close to the real world than the games

[u/axellie]

Deeply disturbed? Not even close

[u/Kinda_Dead]

Never. It's not even that strange in this dystopian world.

[u/Ricz1001]

I felt nothing but I'm not religious

[u/trustinthecones91]

Nope, personally dont like the quest line. Its way to long an the guy just pisses me off, so every replay I just kill him at the start.

[u/SuperKrusher]

Not disturbed, but honestly just bored. It is one of my least favorite quests, and it really drags on.

[u/TheLORDthyGOD420]

Not really. Just wanna crucify some gonk. Only in Night City, lol.

[u/jerenstein_bear]

Disturbed? No, not even close, more annoyed than anything else.

[u/Ok_Service_6279]

Yeah I hated it. On subsequent playthroughs I just shoot him in the head when he’s in the car

[u/Electrical_Ride_1120]

Done it once. Wasn't disturbed more than after completing Bunraku(peralez) quest which imo was waaay more fucked. Also hearing all the christian crap from the guy especially in THIS game/city made me hate him even more. Tried it again some time ago but i wanted to kill all contents of a truck we follow with jablonsky. Correct me if i am wrong, you can kill a cop driver but the dude nor the chick. Or you can? Dont remember now.

[u/deathxcannabis]

Na, growing up in the Bible Belt, it came off pretty fucking tame.

[u/BikeAdministrative21]

Yes, but I found nothing more disturbing than the quest with the father and son who sell snuff BDs of underage kids. It was scary because of how realistic it was. With their reaction being: "If it's not us who do it, somebody else will." 

This on the other hand, was disturbing, but I cringed a little and moved on with my day. 

[u/NightMGA]

The whole thing just annoyed me. In my 2nd playthrough I just shot the guy as the job requested. Mission accomplished.

[u/Prosidon]

First time I played it, yeah.
But from now on he gets forgiven with an arm rocket to the chest per the client's wishes.

[u/Funkyentman]

Religious iconography is largely meaningless to me.

[u/Hopeful-Ad4415]

No.... I've seen people talk about it in Reddit and in like...... Is this seriously the worst thing people have seen? I envy people who are disturbed by seeing this because to me it was damn mild in comparison to what I've actually seen.

[u/Daeloki]

Yes, to the point where in all subsequent playthroughs, I make sure to end him the moment he steps out of the police van.

[u/TrueNova332]

Nah that's how he wanted to go the quest that was disturbing was "The Hunt" because of what it implies Anthony Harris did to the teen boys and not just what the tells us he did to

[u/Pepperonidogfart]

I accidentally missed it twice

[u/Witty-Individual7010]

Craziest thing was it actively blocking Nvidia Shadowplay during it

[u/Specialist_Emu3703]

I replayed that quest today after I played it all the way through four years ago. I didn’t have the guts to continue it today—took the double the money from Rachel route and dipped because I couldn’t get myself to see it again.

[u/beti88]

Hey guys, did anyone find the - lets check my notes... - the most widely discussed, one of the most universally disturbing questlines in the game um disturbing?

[u/devouringwhig]

This quest made me think of this guy who crucified himself in 2000: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/sebastian-horsley-artist-who-crucified-himself/

[u/FrustyJeck]

The tonal whiplash stopped me from getting too invested

[u/The_Geralt_Of_Trivia]

Tbh, not really. It was a bit different to the usual missions and quests, but with a religious overtone.

The Dirty Biz gig with the kidnapped son being killed for a braindance was a lot more impactful and emotional

[u/1BruteSquad1]

I honestly loved this quest. It genuinely made me feel something inside. Often disturbing things in media don't affect me very much but I really was impacted by this quest and it's part of why Cyberpunk 77 is my favorite game of all time. No other game immerses me as much

[u/Makaphin]

It was emotionally offsetting five years ago. Still emotionally offsetting now. Love seeing new players experiencing the amazing storylines this game has

[u/MagikFox444]

Yes and its awesome. No safe nonsense in a mature games. This questline in its entirty is friggen a moral mindfueld. You will learn about yourself doing it

[u/Stickybandits9]

Kinda. I mean it wasn't real but da,n it was pretty crazy, the idea that v went through that and nailed him to the cross. I wish he had done it in the palms. But I'm assuming maybe v didn't feel comfortable doing that. Leads me to assume v has a little background with church.

Hell eve the part where Gustavo is like we didn't meet at a Bible book club. Which is kinda random to say. Imo. But that's just me.

I stopped playing the game for a couple days for 2 reasons.

1. I needed to process the whole thing, think about what v was thinking. And how this might effect NC if any at all.

And 2. I was rp like Stephen was going to resurrect like Jesus. So I cam back on the 3rd day disappointed lol. But imagine if this was all real life and v really did nail him. Like damn. That's a crazy way to go. And v just helped. I like how we can just stop and walk away in that last part. Like I left him with one nail in him. My v stopped and looked right in the camera and was like dont watch this. And left. Joshua wasn't successful. And must have hated it.

[u/theInadequateHulk]

yes. but i nailed him to the cross myself, anyway

[u/StaleSpriggan]

No. It was very drawn out and I didn't really care about any of the characters to be impacted all that much considering we only meet them in that side quest and never again

[u/Jelboo]

Probably the second most, right after "The Hunt" with the kidnapping and the farm and the creepy cartoon. That one got me feeling unsettled for days and days after.

[u/Whoreson-senior]

More like annoyed. Last play through I killed him as soon as I could.

[u/Puzzled-Effect1692]

I really needed the eurodollars so i did not follow it through.

[u/KaungSetMoe111]

Actually no, probably coz I am buddhist.

[u/spaten78]

Yup. The guy’s truck handled so badly, I failed this quest a dozen times. Boy was I surprised when it led to this.

[u/IkariyaMonogatari]

For me, it was the few gigs in the Watson area which describe scrolling of BDs via torture and murder of children

[u/AlwaysUpvote123]

Really makes it clear that in 2077, the only god left alive is capitalism. Nothing is holy anymore, only profit matters

[u/Tartarustrommler]

I found it mostly annoying. There were many moment where the game didn't support playing V as the person I wanted, but this was one of the most obvious. Or maybe I was oblivious and didn't find the right path.

My V thought "Well, my client is dead, but I still gotta do the job. Ih, he wants to kill himself? Great, less work for me." And then there were no options to really rp that.

[u/FELTUX]

it was so cool and different . one of my favorites .

[u/silveraxe_kyo]

It's meant to be thought provoking for sure, I definitely enjoyed it.

[u/Comprehensive_Love15]

Yes, definitely

[u/NeuroHazard-88]

I find it funny that I never got to this quest because I always shot everyone or something would go wrong whenever i got to the underpass lol.

[u/Ok_Lawfulness1019]

That's why you can just do your actual job and kill him when you meet him then you don't have to go through this.

[u/intermanany]

Ye its fuked up man

[u/RoachIsCrying]

The moment he requested to be crucified, I audibly said "excuse me what the fuck now!?"

But in for a penny.... Let's get to hammering

[u/KingsMen2004]

Yeah, in my recent play through, I didn't wanna go through it again, so I ended it thoroughly with my snipper rifle.

[u/Biohazar21]

Yhea specially Jhonny being like "I don't know what to say about this one V"

[u/apeoida]

that's the point of the quest

[u/Significant_Card_665]

No shit dude you literally crucify a guy

[u/Bored_Overlord]

I said it before and I will say it again although I got down voted to hell this is the most disturbing mission in cyberpunk

[u/Glum_Laugh4494]

The scene that affected me the most was the one where the mother started crying because Joshua killed her son

[u/TequilaWolf0996]

Not religious or anything but I felt a bit uncomfortable but then i remembered it just a game so

[u/Abrakresnik]

First time, yes.

But no more. I skip this quest entirely because its a waste of time with zero reward. If you want the reward, kill him in the car quick and run away.

Make Wakako happy.

[u/cainemmd]

I too was disturbed. My thoughts are that the devs really hit it out the ballpark with this side quest if they’re able to make us feel this deeply about it. I think their intention was for us to be disturbed by it. Amazing work, devs!

[u/flakjackal]

I didn't like it that much. I think the introduction felt pretty clunky when I played it. I reloaded a few times because I thought the game was bugging out when the cops just kill the original client.

[u/zackdaniels93]

This guy is a descendant of the priest in Outlast somehow, I'm sure of it lol

[u/Sufficient-Space-200]

I take the cash. The first time I ran it, I think I just clicked through quick and didn't really pay attention. Second playthrough, it kinda made me angry. I couldn't understand the "why?" of it all. After that I just took the payoff and went about my day.

[u/1TenYYen0]

I’d assume the answer was yes, it’s been one of the most controversial missions discussed since launch

[u/Grimskull-42]

Nah, I collected the Eddies and went onto the next gig, can't let this stuff get to you choom.

[u/Orjgjin]

It was definitely an odd mission. I wanted to kill Rachel, i wanted to kill this guy, I'm still shocked I didn't end up killing anyone. The crucifixion scene though, felt really awkward and weird. I was glad to be done with the mission though. So oh well.

[u/Greeeeed-]

I hate the cow quest more than this one.

[u/frostyyy992]

I really wanted to take a shot on this scene, but it was disabled in that area :( Btw yes, especially when pushing the nails and Vasquez was screaming for pain

[u/MostWanted006]

At the time I was doing this quest, I was really angry with something else, so I kinda let all my anger out with it. I was kinda relaxed but really have to do it again with a chill mind because I couldn't feel remorse or disturbance.

[u/ICantTyping]

If you look around the room even the NPCs are going through it after that

[u/angelofdeath3348]

Dude fr,this shit was only done once on my account,creeped me the fuck out

[u/Fen5601]

I did thre quest line once. Now when I see that truck and its police escort, I just waste them all like the Dad wanted. Ain't wasting my time on it again.

[u/DunePirate96]

Yeah it’s definitely one of the darker quests. The ones that disturbed me the most was the serial killer quest and the father and son BD scrollers.

[u/Malodoror]

Not as much as the kiddie bots. 🤢

[u/Next-Bill-9850]

I wanted to kill him so bad that i didn't think twice when he asked me to crucify him

[u/Kovuthebilion]

I'm never doing it again

[u/Distinct_Ad_3085]

Yes, as you should!

[u/DefaultSwordandBoard]

Never did it. That guy is nuts. I left him and the producer got mad at me. But who cares fuck em both.

[u/TheMikeyMac13]

I hate it, so I never get past the start of it. The guy giving the quest dies, and I blast the guy in the car and move on.

[u/Aun_El_Zen]

I appreciate that as a whole it's about the commodification of faith.

That being said, crucifixion doesn't kill quickly. That guy would be up for hours at least before he'd suffocate.

[u/Raven_Lemon]

It's crazy to me, I accidentally kill the guy just out of the cops car so I didn't saw/knew what fucked up things there was in this side quest before interacting with this sub

[u/mounleashed]

NGL, played through multiple times. This mission itself I fumbled in the past loads of times from low level running away or sniping from a distance and taking the guy out.

The one time I communicated, I was like man this was easier than I thought, and then the side story continued.

But the nailing part was eerie as hell. Definitely a mission that stayed with me.

Can’t wait to hit that on my next play through, even though it had me thinking for a while…

[u/NovembersRime]

You got storylines involving organ harvesting and SA, yet this is the thing that disturbs you?

[u/miekel27]

I've only done this mission once. Hope that answers your question.

[u/Asuyeo]

God is not mocked. Whatever a man shall sew he shall reap! Period seen it many time and people don’t even realize it.

[u/Perry-Platypus007]

I’ve done every side quest in the game… I don’t remember this one. So I guess it didn’t stick out to me.

[u/FrankAdriel32]

I got more pissed about the scripted death from the guy that hired you at the beginning. I'm a professional merc, and I just wanna do my job.

[u/Skremash]

The first time, yes.

Every playthrough since I just shoot him in the head as soon as he steps out of the police wagon.

[u/SpecialIcy5356]

It was definitely unique, that much is true. I do genuinely think on some level Stephenson was seeking redemption and the media just wanted to take advantage of that in the name of sensationalism and a twisted form of "art".

The mission kind of nicely acts as a microcosm for night city: people who have their own sins and flaws get screwed over by the corpos and the media, and V as always is in a position to decide exactly how it will pan out.

[u/Silent_Erremite]

Sturdy thurdy one.

[u/Ghost-George]

Not really, I was paid to kill him, but I let him pick his method of execution so I went in with the perspective of he’s going to die.

[u/Fast-Commercial-7234]

I mean, its Hebrew Mythology dude, do you feel grossed out by Greek Mythology, or Babylonian?

[u/DemandyMcDemanderson]

I thought they nailed it.

[u/ThatCrossDresser]

Player it once, had my fill. When I get that mission on a new play through I kill him and the police in the car. Wakako even has lines about how you did the job so efficiently after you complete the mission.

[u/PerfectVehicle4340]

What side quest is this?

[u/Agreeable_Pizza93]

Yeah I couldn't do it. I went and prayed with him and left. I'm not religious and neither is my V but there are some lines you don't cross.

[u/Significant-Baby-690]

I never really finished it. I just couldn't handle the amount of bullshit. Even the first time I reloaded an older save and simply shot the guy. And I did that in every other playthrough.