Spoilers of course : Just did this ending again yesterday on my new 2.0 save as Male V w/ Romanced Panam. Nomad life path and I had Judy leave night city as well and I feel it’s the best ending.
It leaves it up to your interpretation whether V lives or not. I like to assume they did make it but even if they don’t, I feel they still lived their best 6+ months with the Nomads.
This game heavily romanticizes the nomads. They don't live that way because it's a good life, but because it beats living homeless on the streets. So I don't see it as V's best life by far, but if it's your thing that's cool.
No I fully understand that. I understand that their lives are very hard, Panam mentions often and during the ending that food is scarce etc.
It’s their sense of family, camaraderie and respect that I feel V lacks and needs. Everyone in Night City is “me myself and I”, I feel, and it feels good to be a part of something different.