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Keanu Reeves has spawned many memes throughout his career, and now gamers can see Johnny Silverhand reenact his famous “Sad Keanu” moment thanks to the recentCyberpunk 2077Update 2.1 patch. Reeves was a major part ofCyberpunk 2077’s marketing ahead of its 2020 release, as he lent his voice and likeness to the rebellious rockstar that mainCyberpunk 2077protagonist V finds himself haunted by in the game’s main plot. He would reprise his role as Johnny inthis year’sPhantom LibertyDLC expansion, which also saw Hollywood mega-star Idris Elba join him as the hard-boiled FIA agent Solomon Reed in a new section of the crime-ridden Night City.
Phantom Libertyserved as the exclamation point of a nearly three-year redemption arc forCyberpunk 2077, following several patches and updates that addressed many of the technical issues the game suffered from at launch. It wouldn’t be the last piece of newCyberpunk 2077content CD Projekt RED released before it announced that it was done with its sci-fi first-person RPG though, as theCyberpunk 20772.1 update went liveearly this week. This final downloadable update patch added many features that were promised inCyberpunk 2077’s earlier promotional material, such as a fully rideable NCART metro system for travel across the perilous streets of Night City.
While riding the train, players can interact with Johnny Silverhand, and the virtual rockerboy can even recreate one of his actor’s most shared memes if the player forgoesCyberpunk 2077’s new accelerated fast-travel option. As shown in a screenshot shared by Reddit user aks31 on r/cyberpunkgame, Johnny can sometimes be seen sitting at one of the train’s benches with a partially eaten hot dog in his mechanical hand, looking down introspectively at some origami birds another passenger left behind. This is a reference to the “Sad Keanu” meme, which was first spawned from a photo of Keanu Reeves in a similar position taken by paparazzi back in 2010.
Other Reddit users have responded to aks31’s post byquoting Keanu Reeves’s explanationfor the infamous park bench picture, joking that Johnny Silverhand isn’t sad, just “hungry.” This is hardly the first time that one of Reeves’s many memes has made it intoCyberpunk 2077, as players can use the game’s Photo Mode to recreate the actor’s equally iconic “you’re breathtaking” moment from theCyberpunk 2077stage presentation at E3 2019 - which even had an in-game achievement named after it.
Many fans enjoyedKeanu Reeves’s performance as Johnny SilverhandinCyberpunk 2077, and the game’s numerous references to the actor have certainly generated a few laughs over the past three years. Now the famous “Sad Keanu” meme is a part of theCyberpunk 2077universe as well, giving players another incentive to try out the new in-game metro system added by the recent Update 2.1 patch.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
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Phantom Liberty is a new spy-thriller adventure for Cyberpunk 2077. When the orbital shuttle of the President of the New United States of America is shot down over the deadliest district of Night City, there’s only one person who can save her — you. Become V, a cyberpunk for hire, and dive deep into a tangled web of espionage and political intrigue, unraveling a story that connects the highest echelons of power with the brutal world of black-market mercenaries.
