Cyberpunk 2077 has a knack of understanding when and simply how a lot it must be excessive with out inflicting individuals to roll their eyes an excessive amount of. I had the possibility to take a look at the only upcoming DLC, Phantom Liberty, for near an hour. I believe, simply as was true with Witcher 3, Cyberpunk’s DLC has the potential to be one of the best 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’ve a ghost of a dude in your head who bombed the headquarters of one of many greatest tech giants on this planet. 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 involved 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 Drive One with President Myers, all the things goes to hell when somebody fires a missile at their ship. After all one among 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 Night time 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 may be at all times somebody prepared to take cost. A warlord of kinds has taken roost to make Dogtown his personal little kingdom.
As a substitute of the NCPD milling about, there are mercs of each form roaming in armored vans, mechs, and simply strolling the streets themselves. Nothing and nobody is pleasant, and I undoubtedly felt a little bit misplaced in comparison with different Night time Metropolis locales.
Dogtown has an attention-grabbing feeling in that it’s each extraordinarily aware of the exploitative nature of the remainder of Night time Metropolis, however it lacks loads of the brand new and glossy. The whole lot 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 positive they assume they’re robust as hell residing on the streets of Night time Metropolis. I don’t assume it compares to what individuals should take care of 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 thought who shot House Drive 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 beneath his belt. V will workforce up with him in Phantom Liberty to determine a technique to save the president.
I like the premise in simply how whacky and becoming it’s for the absurdity of Cyberpunk 2077’s world. Who doesn’t wish to workforce up with a kickass president to shoot up some unhealthy guys whereas working round making an attempt to determine a spy thriller with Idris Elba?
Oh and don’t neglect Johnny remains 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 basically change into 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 it’s best to or not. He additionally has some fairly humorous reactions for those who 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 not less than didn’t discover, Phantom Liberty has loads of gameplay additions and tweaks as effectively, like a brand new talent tree and cyberware.
In the long run I suppose a very powerful factor is that I simply needed 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 for those who haven’t performed in a bit (like myself), you’ll benefit from a ton of patches and updates on prime of what Phantom Liberty provides to the sport.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty was previewed on a PlayStation 5 at Summer season Recreation Fest Play Days. Screenshots had been offered by CD Projekt RED and had been captured on a PlayStation 5.