Cyberpunk 2077 has a knack of understanding when and simply how a lot it must be excessive with out inflicting folks to roll their eyes an excessive amount of. I had the prospect to take a look at the only upcoming DLC, Phantom Liberty, for near an hour. I feel, simply as was true with Witcher 3, Cyberpunk’s DLC has the potential to be the perfect content material within the recreation.
In Phantom Liberty, V should save the president of the New United States of America. It sounds far-fetched at first, however bear in mind within the base recreation you might have a ghost of a dude in your head who bombed the headquarters of one of many largest tech giants on the earth. With a nuke.
The demo I performed started with a brand new character, Songbird, President Myers’ most trusted assistant. Songbird is a particularly expert netrunner, and it’s not fairly clear but how she will get in touch with V to start V’s relationship with the president, however she is a guiding voice on what to do and the place to go.
Whereas attending to know Songbird, who’s aboard House Pressure One with President Myers, all the pieces goes to hell when somebody fires a missile at their ship. In fact one in all them connects and sends the aircraft in a nosedive straight at a soccer stadium the place I occurred to be standing.
That is all set in a brand new space of Evening Metropolis we haven’t seen earlier than, Dogtown. Dogtown is sort of a metropolis inside a metropolis with no authorities in any respect – the right place for the president. In a lawless place with an influence vacuum, there’s all the time somebody keen to take cost. A warlord of types has taken roost to make Dogtown his personal little kingdom.
As a substitute of the NCPD milling about, there are mercs of each type roaming in armored vehicles, mechs, and simply strolling the streets themselves. Nothing and nobody is pleasant, and I undoubtedly felt slightly misplaced in comparison with different Evening Metropolis locales.
Dogtown has an fascinating feeling in that it’s each extraordinarily conversant in the exploitative nature of the remainder of Evening Metropolis, however it lacks a number of the brand new and glossy. Every thing is rundown or cobbled collectively from previous ruins, with the brand new tech haphazardly layered all through.
For V, I think about it’s a little bit of a get up as effectively, as I’m certain they assume they’re robust as hell dwelling on the streets of Evening Metropolis. I don’t assume it compares to what folks must cope with in Dogtown, nevertheless.
That is the world I discovered myself in with President Myers. She doesn’t have anybody she will be able to belief, and she or he actually solely trusts V due to Songbird. Myers has no concept who shot House Pressure One down, so she will be able to’t name in allies again on the White Home, as a result of who is aware of if somebody pleasant or not will reply the decision.
That is the place Solomon Reed is available in, the character portrayed by Idris Elba. He’s an elite spy and FIA agent with a ton of expertise below his belt. V will workforce up with him in Phantom Liberty to determine a option to save the president.
I really like the premise in simply how whacky and becoming it’s for the absurdity of Cyberpunk 2077’s world. Who doesn’t need to workforce up with a kickass president to shoot up some unhealthy guys whereas operating round attempting to determine a spy thriller with Idris Elba?
Oh and don’t overlook Johnny continues to be within the combine. He clearly has very robust opinions on the president and V’s willingness to assist her. At one level, Myers requested V if they’d take an oath to primarily grow to be a authorities agent. You’ll be able to select whether or not or to not take it, and Johnny has robust opinions on whether or not you must or not. He additionally has some fairly humorous reactions in the event you do.
Apart from entering into the bits of the story of the DLC, I don’t have a ton else to say. It’s extra Cyberpunk 2077, and it’s thrilling to see somebody like Idris Elba within the recreation. And whereas I didn’t get to expertise them myself, or no less than didn’t discover, Phantom Liberty has a number of gameplay additions and tweaks as effectively, like a brand new ability tree and cyberware.
In the long run I suppose an important factor is that I simply wished to play extra. Phantom Liberty is a no brainer for Cyberpunk 2077 followers. The premise is whacky enjoyable, the brand new setting of Dogtown is filled with cool potential, and in the event you haven’t performed in a bit (like myself), you’ll benefit from a ton of patches and updates on high of what Phantom Liberty provides to the sport.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty was previewed on a PlayStation 5 at Summer time Sport Fest Play Days. Screenshots have been offered by CD Projekt RED and have been captured on a PlayStation 5.
