- Joined
- Jun 13, 2016
Some further spergulation about the plot of this game based on what we've seen.
- Arasaka wants the immortality chip because it was intended for Saburo Arasaka himself. The man is over 150 years old and despite being Japanese and therefore with an above average life expectancy not to mention all the cyberware and stuff keeping him alive, even the best quality gear will break down over time. Despite his age he still takes a personal interest in Arasaka as both a company and as a vehicle for Japan to take over the world, and with his son Yorinobu having defected and turned on him, and his other son Kei being little more than a yes-man, he probably reckons that none of his family can truly be trusted with the grand strategy of things. Ergo, he wants it to upload his mind to an artificial body or series thereof to be truly immortal.
- Adam Smasher, also loyal to Arasaka, is a test run for full body prosthesis which is the other half of Saburo Arasaka's scheme to be the immortal God-Emperor of Arasaka. That his brain is capable of handling 100% cyberware implantation without cyber psychosis (or at least only a manageable level thereof) means it's a candidate to have Saburo Arasaka's mind uploaded into it.
- I suspect Adam Smasher to be a boss fight at some point, possibly as the equivalent of the Imlerith bossfight in W3, that is, about 3/4 of the way through but with some still to go. I'm guessing that he will be destroyed but within minutes a special TraumaTeam service will arrive and stick his brain in cold storage, followed by a holographic gloat from the real big bad about how they can rebuild him and they have the technology.
- Meanwhile, Johnny Silverhand, whose mind was already stored in the immortality chip but now is cohabiting in V's skull, wants it to facilitate his return to lead the people to freedom. Or so he says. In reality he's probably far less trustworthy than he might seem. He's got his own plans and they involve chucking V under the bus.
- Arasaka wants the immortality chip because it was intended for Saburo Arasaka himself. The man is over 150 years old and despite being Japanese and therefore with an above average life expectancy not to mention all the cyberware and stuff keeping him alive, even the best quality gear will break down over time. Despite his age he still takes a personal interest in Arasaka as both a company and as a vehicle for Japan to take over the world, and with his son Yorinobu having defected and turned on him, and his other son Kei being little more than a yes-man, he probably reckons that none of his family can truly be trusted with the grand strategy of things. Ergo, he wants it to upload his mind to an artificial body or series thereof to be truly immortal.
- Adam Smasher, also loyal to Arasaka, is a test run for full body prosthesis which is the other half of Saburo Arasaka's scheme to be the immortal God-Emperor of Arasaka. That his brain is capable of handling 100% cyberware implantation without cyber psychosis (or at least only a manageable level thereof) means it's a candidate to have Saburo Arasaka's mind uploaded into it.
- I suspect Adam Smasher to be a boss fight at some point, possibly as the equivalent of the Imlerith bossfight in W3, that is, about 3/4 of the way through but with some still to go. I'm guessing that he will be destroyed but within minutes a special TraumaTeam service will arrive and stick his brain in cold storage, followed by a holographic gloat from the real big bad about how they can rebuild him and they have the technology.
- Meanwhile, Johnny Silverhand, whose mind was already stored in the immortality chip but now is cohabiting in V's skull, wants it to facilitate his return to lead the people to freedom. Or so he says. In reality he's probably far less trustworthy than he might seem. He's got his own plans and they involve chucking V under the bus.
