Cyberpunk 2077 and its Phantom Liberty enlargement have an issue with losing your time. CD Projekt Crimson’s open-world RPG has a characteristic the place it’s a must to wait an undetermined period of time for sure quests to activate, and that persists into Phantom Liberty. Even now, after the epic 2.0 replace revamped a bunch of the sport, it’s nonetheless making gamers wait round doing nothing, praying for the subsequent mission to pop.
I suppose you may argue it is a inventive selection meant to encourage you to spend time dipping into facet missions as a substitute of simply barreling by the principle quest. Cool, however then it’s a must to wait massive chunks of time earlier than you will get again to the quests you really wish to play. The largely wonderful new Phantom Liberty enlargement has some of the egregious examples of this but, and it seems like lots of gamers are combating it.
The ultimate mission in certainly one of Phantom Liberty’s two routes is named “The Killing Moon.” With out moving into the specifics, some messy shit goes down and it’s a must to anticipate a cellphone name from Songbird, the expert netrunner you meet initially of the enlargement. Whereas I used to be taking part in Phantom Liberty for overview, I observed that this particular wait was in all probability the longest I’d skilled in my three years of taking part in Cyberpunk 2077.
I killed time by utilizing the in-game wait characteristic, knocking off side-quests, and aimlessly sprinting across the map in hopes that she’d lastly hit my line. Finally, I acquired the search to proc nevertheless it took days, possibly weeks of in-game time. I mentioned this second with different reviewers who skilled the identical hassle, however we couldn’t pin down any actual throughline as to what lastly acquired Songbird to make the decision. It appeared arbitrary.
Now, the enlargement is out, and I used to be watching video producer and author Sam Greer stream the enlargement on her Twitch channel. It took her round 40 minutes to get the search to activate. This prompted me and different viewers to try to discover solutions as to what the hold-up was, and it seems that lots of people are working into this challenge. There are a handful of Reddit threads about “The Killing Moon” and the painful wait to get again into the motion.
Some Redditors have recommended that you must full the search “Run This City,” which you get by way of a cellphone name from Mr. Palms, earlier than occasions will progress, however Greer was capable of lastly proceed “The Killing Moon” with out finishing that different quest.
Kotaku has reached out to CD Projekt Crimson in regards to the challenge and can replace the story ought to we hear again. However in case you’re working into this drawback, know you’re not alone, and the search is probably going not bugged. There’s conflicting info on tips on how to really get it transferring once more, although.
For extra on Phantom Liberty, take a look at Kotaku’s overview.