#But it still doesn't really excuse the way Volition basically character assassinated Dex in GOoH and SR2

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I couldn't even. I just can't see Johnny as holding a vendetta against Dex at that point, especially when he's suddenly okay working with Vogel. Especially when one of Dex's lines is 'I don't wanna fight you.' (I mean: Dex is one of the few characters who could and did get in Johnny's face without fear of retribution. This is Dex, who kept his ass out of the line of fire as often as he could, who was perfectly comfortable in the company of a spree-killing sociopath. That gives a pretty good read on how good of friends they were....)

Exactly! And by SR4/GOoH, Johnny’s not the same angry guy violently lashing out at enemies as he was in SR1/2. He’s matured to the point where he can work together with Dane Vogel, and he seems to have not made any more attempts on Troy’s life during or after SR2 (you can even have the two of them as homies at the same time, so I think that speaks volumes of Gat’s restraint and/or forgiveness). I think Johnny could have feasibly put Dex behind him after several years.

Also def agree that from what we saw in SR1, Johnny and Dex seemed to get along a lot more than Johnny and Troy did. Dex could chastise Gat and call him out on his reckless plans and for the most part get away with it. Dex even got Johnny to follow his plans, which is no small feat. We didn’t really see Troy and Johnny interact much, but I get the feeling Gat would have been willing to take a lot less guff from Troy.