Misty from Cyberpunk 2077 is for many players one of the few good souls in Night City, who would accompany V to the bitter end. In fact, Misty’s role at the beginning was not only considerably smaller, but almost the exact opposite of her current character. Even her voice actress initially had no interest in her.
What was Misty’s character like at the beginning of her development? In a conversation with TheGamer, Erica Lindbeck, the voice of Misty Olszewski, revealed the transformation the character underwent during development. The caring tarot enthusiast and friend of V was not the friendly soul that players love at the beginning.
Misty was, according to her voice actress, no more than a “superficial”, perhaps “slightly silly” NPC, of whom even the team did not know what they really wanted to do with her.
“We recorded her several times because we didn’t know what to do with her,” Lindbeck explains. “At the beginning, she only had a few lines, like ‘Babe, your chakras are totally out of balance.’ I hated it. I thought: ‘Oh my God, what are we going to do?'”
From an unimportant, superficial NPC to the nicest friend in Night City
What role was the actress actually hired for? Lindbeck explains that at the beginning of her work on Cyberpunk 2077, she thought that her second character in the game would play a much larger role than Misty. She is also the voice of Militech-Corpo Meredith Stout.
“The role for which I was hired at Cyberpunk was Meredith,” Lindbeck says in conversation with TheGamer, “Misty was then a random side character they just tossed to me.”
After a few revisions that fundamentally changed Misty’s character, the actress’s perspective on her second role changed, which became a “soft, Harley Quinn-like figure from New Jersey”.
“I love her so much,” Lindbeck adds. “They keep writing more and more for her, so Misty became a much more significant character than Meredith.”
What makes Misty a fan favorite in Cyberpunk 2077? Not only her voice actress, but also the community of Cyberpunk 2077 loves Misty for her way of interacting with V in the game. Terms like “superficial” or “silly” are rather opposite descriptions of the calm and friendly shopkeeper.
“Misty is one of only two people who stand by V under all circumstances. I didn’t find her annoying at all. Together with Vik, she is one of the most likable characters in the game,” writes ODST_Parker on Reddit.
Actual-Trash25 also adds under the post: “Misty is probably one of the people closest to V in this universe, and you can tell that in the game. I regularly attended her tarot sessions and always enjoyed talking to her – she is just the best, and I won’t let anyone tell me otherwise.”
More relaxing activities like the mentioned tarot sessions in Misty’s shop are just a few of the many options available in Night City in Cyberpunk 2077. It was precisely because of the vibrant city that MeinMMO editor Caro fell in love with the game so much: Because I didn’t play Cyberpunk 2077 on time for the release, I’ve now put in 150 hours and I’m the biggest fan
