#because if it was really about Arasaka then surely he'd be gunning for yorinobu or hanako or michiko-

[another-corpo-rat]

im replaying play it safe and i love that lil moment when Johnny realises Smasher is still alive and kicking - and you can almost hear the click in his brain when he redirects his frustration, then he straight-up says:

"Seein' as I woke up in a world without any Saburo, I'll have to be satisfied with Smasher."

and tbh i dont know where im going with this other than i think its about Johnny being selfish and angry, disguising his personal grudges under a veneer of generic anti-corp rhetoric and dragging V into a fight they shouldn't have to face just cos he's looking for someone to blame without looking in a mirror for too long and the guy who handed his ass to him in '23 is as good a candidate as any,

#idk it strikes me as one of the moments cdpr sprinkled in to get the player thinking about Johnny and his motivations #because if it was really about Arasaka then surely he'd be gunning for yorinobu or hanako or michiko- #the ones who bear the name and potentially the power #not the company wardog whose death really has very little impact and repercussion beyond silverhand's satisfaction #hi this is me distracting myself from actual things i have to do