v2.0 is all well and good, but it’s still 3 years after I bought it, not giving them the benefit of the doubt next time.
The game is so much better now but it still falls short IMO, and it’ll never live up to its original promise. Plus, the game was soooo bad on release that they decided to kill all future DLC except for this one. Which means the game is never getting another major update, no more fixes and no more work towards delivering on the original vision.
I think once the money men at CDPR see how much PL made they will reconsider their original approach to future DLC.
I think it’s probably already too late. They’ve laid off staff and winded down development already. Usually DLCs are developed in tandem the game and other DLCs. They’d have to make a big change to make a new DLC now, and it would take a long time for it to come out.
The notion that this game was supposed to have a GTA Online-style multiplayer mode is LAUGHABLE
The preview pic tho
I honestly don’t want to replay the main story up to a certain point to access the DLC…I kinda wish it was like Blood & Wine where I can start the DLC directly.
you can, there is an option for it
As the other person said, you can directly start there. I was skeptical and started fresh but once I made it through the DLC I realized I wouldn’t have missed anything if I had used the option to start right from the DLC.
Same. I started playing on my PS4 when it came out, then restarted on my XsX when it was actually playable.
I’m really burned out on the game and really don’t feel like starting a third playthrough.
Pretty much, they’ve had one great game, one game they fucked up and few relatively unknown games. And, as the article says, Geralt’s story is over, so they have to start from scratch there as well. I wish them luck because I still quite like them, but it’s definitely gonna be a tough road.
I waited to buy it until just before 2.0 came out. I finished the main campaign and just started over to try a different build and play through Phantom Liberty. There is still some jank, but I love the game play and I find the combat surprisingly engaging.
So can anyone spoil it for me? Can V survive?
SPOILERS BELOW
Yes, if you side against Songbird, NUSA honors the agreement to get you treatment. It leaves V with neural degradation and unable to ever use cyberware again, and in a coma for 2 years but gives you the only ending with a confirmation that V survives
Frankly I think whether or not V survives is largely a headcanon thing. Maybe you head off into the sunset with the Caldos and find help. Maybe you knock over the space casino and buy yourself something like the Relic with all of your stupid new wealth. Maybe you turn into an AI and become a ghost in the machine.
Or maybe you develop natural charisma and an impressive cock, who knows.
Point is they left it vague and uncertain on purpose in several of the good (ish) endings. I get why, but it always felt kinda cheap to me. But it IS a noir story and those aren’t known for fairy tale endings.
Yes, but you could in the original game too.
Unreal engine 5 always kind of had that trademark ‘crawl through here to load the new area’ annoyance and the current engine was made to be open world but yeah it felt really really strained so… we will see if the 2nd game ever really happens and if it’s anything like they wanted in their own head this time either.
I don’t know why you attribute this to UE5 as there are like only a couple games on the market used UE5, cyberpunk is not one of them. They mentioned that their next game will be using UE5 not this update/dlc.
Actually UE5 will have much better open world and loading efficiency compare to UE4 era tech.
https://kotaku.com/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty-expansion-unreal-engine-1850789686
