History Woobie / Cyberpunk2077

* Johnny Silverhand is probably the second example of this trope. Enlisted in the U.S. Army when he was young, he saw the horrors of war firsthand with his comrades. Tormented by the treatment of soldiers by corrupt megacorp, Johnny developed PTSD and rebellious attitude. Furthermore, his girlfriend Alt dies right in front of his eyes later when his life was getting better. In revenge, Johnny and his crew raid Arasaka headquarters in Night City and detonate the nuke there, but realizes that he caused more damage than he had hoped. As a punishment for his actions, Johnny was put through the Soulkiller program and his body was buried in a Derelict Oil Field right outside of Night City. And when Johnny meets V for the first time, he realizes how much pain he has caused, how his bid to take down Arasaka has only resulted in them coming back even stronger than before, and is clearly reaching the DespairEventHorizon even before the climax. [[spoiler: All the outcomes in the ending don't help, especially the "Devil" ending, where he is out-and-out destroyed.]]

* Most, if not all, of the people that are dwelling in Night City regardless of their status. Considering it's extreme WretchedHive nature, people are bound to suffer at every moment possible. For example, veterans are often treated like dirt in Night City and their PTSD usually goes untreated. To twist the knife further, most veterans usually end up killing other people and joining the life of crime because they can't afford paying medications and others. In addition, due to it's competitive nature of megacorp, any screw-up will end up in one of the employees killing themselves due to frustration and grief. The crimes in Night City is also high to the point most children end up parentless or face a grisly death. And also, lets not forget about an abnormal poverty rate. Long story short, most of the people, even the scummiest ones, deserve sympathy because of overwhelming oppression from the city's elite.

* Johnny Silverhand is probably the second example of this trope. Enlisted in the U.S. Army when he was young, he saw the horrors of war firsthand with his comrades. Tormented by the treatment of soldiers by corrupt megacorp, Johnny developed PTSD and rebellious attitude. Furthermore, his girlfriend Alt dies right in front of his eyes later when his life was getting better. In revenge, Johnny and his crew raid Arasaka headquarters in Night City and detonate the nuke there, but realizes that he caused more damage than he had hoped. As a punishment for his actions, Johnny was put through the Soulkiller program and his body was buried in a Derelict Oil Field right outside of Night City. And when Johnny meets V for the first time, he realizes how much pain he has caused and was clearly reaching DespairEventHorizon even before the climax. [[spoiler: All the outcomes in the ending didn't help, especially the "Devil" ending.]]
* Kerry Eurodyne. As a former member of Johnny Silverhand's band, he went through a lot after Silverhand's "Death". Despite having a successful career, it all started off with a shaky relationship with his ex-wife and losing the custody of two of his child. Consequently, Kerry's mental sanity began to deteriorate rapidly. In 2077, despite his ongoing fame, he was extremely torn on focusing on his mental sanity or fame. With no friends to ever talk to, Kerry soon fell into depression again. There was even a rumor that Kerry attempted to end his own life once publicly. It's a no wonder why Kerry befriended V easily.

* Rogue might have had a less terrible life compared to other member of Silverhand's band, but you'll soon realize that she feels guilty for selling her friends out by working with the company she swore to destroy, which is Arasaka. While she did move out and create Afterlife club, it soon became clear that she's living with what had happened and constantly asking herself why she joined Arasaka.
* Panam Palmer may not have any DarkAndTroubledPast, but becomes a woobie like Takemura in mid-game when she had to constantly face rejection and hardship from her group, especially from Saul. Their constant disagreements would cause a major strain in her trust of the group, and would have likely quit if V didn't step in for her. It didn't help from the fact that she lost several people she valued over the course of the game.
* Evelyn Parker suffers one of the most horrible fates in the game - she [[spoiler: has her brain damaged by the Voodoo Boys, is raped by Woodman, sent to a creepy ripperdoc named Fingers, and then sold to the Scavengers, who torture her for snuff movies. By the time she's saved by V and Judy, she is catatonic, and the trauma finally drives her to suicide.]]
* Judy Alvarez is this. Her entire story arc is one big TraumaCongaLine and, if you completed it, it is revealed that her life was pretty tragic before the game even started. Then if you romance her, the endings can result in her being completely broken by what happens to V.

--> ''"[[DeterminedDefeatist Times when I had something to gain are long gone.]] Now... [[YourDaysAreNumbered now I got nothing to lose.]]"''

--> ''"Times when I had something to gain are long gone. Now... [[YourDaysAreNumbered now I got nothing to lose.]]"''

--> ''"Times when I had something to gain are long gone. Now... now I got NOTHING to lose."''

--> ''"Times when I had something to gain are long gone. Now... now I got NOTHING to lose."''

* [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Yorinobu Arasaka]] is this. A man abused by his father and surrounded by suffering caused by the family corporation, Yorinobu dedicated his life to taking down his father’s corporation, by any means necessary. His father eventually crushed his spirit, and would’ve killed him for his defiance if not for his sister. Eventually this culminates in murdering Saburo in a fit of rage brought on by Saburo bringing up Yorinobu’s deceased mother while verbally abusing him. [[spoiler:It later turns out Yorinobu never stopped trying to destroy the corrupt monster that is the Arasaka corporation—he simply started trying to destroy it from the inside out, and has been throughout the entire game. [[ShaggyDogStory In the Devil ending, this culminates in an engram of Saburo taking over Yorinobu’s body]], inserted by the very sister that saved Yorinobu’s life years previously.]]