Cyberpunk 2077 provides the player with a fairly large selection of characters to enter into relationships with. However, not with all of them the romance begins as obviously as with Panam Palmer. It will be possible to interest some of the partners only under special circumstances.
During the age of the main story mission called "Descent into the Maelstrom", the gamer can meet an interesting girl named Meredith Stout, who is an agent of Militech Corporation. During the acquaintance, the beauty will ask the main character to deal with one gang. This task is optional for completing the quest, however, only after completing it, the player will be able to put a girl in a relationship.
Detailed description of the novel
So, you have started the quest. "Descent into the Maelstrom" (6th task in the main storyline). During the age, you will definitely meet Militech agent Meredith Stout. Here, many players immediately make a mistake, because of which they deprive themselves of the opportunity to start a new romance - kill her. To prevent this from happening, in the dialogue with the beauty, you should choose the following:
- Shake her hand and tell her you just want to talk.
- Choose an answer in which the main character hints at loneliness.
- Make a deal with Meredith and get a new task from her.
So, your next goal is a gang of bandits who have settled in a food factory. To provoke the half-wits to attack first, just ask them for a discount. After cleaning the area from enemies, sooner or later you will get to the leader of the bandits, Gilchrist.
Some time after completing the quest "Descent into the Maelstrom" the main character will receive a message on his phone from a grateful girl. To start a stormy romance, it is important to tell Meredith that you also like her.. In response, the beauty will write that she doesn’t mind secluded with you in a motel, provided that you don’t tell anyone about it. It remains only to answer "I will be soon", and the quest "Venus in Furs" will start (tracked using the journal).
Upon arrival at the hotel, you will not have much choice in the dialogue - only the option "So what's next?" After that, the girl will attack her assistant and make love to him. This short but very interesting romance with Meredith will come to an end. In the future, she will still send you a text message, however, more the player will not have the opportunity to spend time with her together.
How not to screw everything up
Unfortunately, the romance with Meredith Stout can end before it even starts if the player accidentally chooses the wrong answers during a conversation with Gilchrist or his henchmen. To prevent this from happening, the following development options should be avoided:
- Buy a head chip with your own money (peaceful outcome of the quest).
- Take Meredith's chip and crack it, then use it as payment for Royce.
- Tell Royce that Meredith's chip is infected.
- Upon arrival at the cannery immediately start a fight (before talking to Royce).
However, there are several alternative routes, which will also lead to the beginning of an affair with a girl:
- shoot Royce during the dialogue without waiting for him to attack;
- pay Royce with a chip, then kill him at the end of the mission.
These story choices will not affect the outcome of the quest in any way, so Meredith will still be set to write to the protagonist after the quest.
Although the romance with Meredith does not open up new story missions and is also quite short, it should still appeal to most gamers who like to develop all the available love lines in the game. In addition, as mentioned earlier, you can enter into a relationship with a girl even if the main character of Cyberpunk is herself a representative of the fair sex.
Addendum from comments
Nickname Reader Kpblcep offered his (simplified) version for the development of relations:
Everything is a little easier with dialogues.
At the first meeting, she simply doesn’t need to be rude + the corporate (I don’t know about the rest of the starts - I haven’t checked) can use branded answer options.
Then you don’t need to remove the virus from the chip (but you can copy the demon from there), after which, upon with the gang, kill Royce during the dialogue, or at the end, depending on the answers. The rest of the choices in this case do not play a role, so there was no point in describing them in the guide...
The key points are:
1. Agreeing to a deal with Meredith and accepting a chip from her
2. Pay the chipped Royce, or kill him through the first dialogue.