![]() The first thing I did after sitting down was fire up the menus, and lo and behold, Phantom Liberty completely revamps the game's skill trees. However, Phantom Liberty takes things several steps forward, adding a variety of new combat abilities atop other revamped systems. Itemization has been improved already since the base game, now that CD Projekt RED has implemented a transmog system similar to other loot-based games that offers deeper visual customization. I always felt like the Netrunner playstyle was more fleshed out than some of the game's other combat styles, with melee play feeling a tad archaic, and gunplay struggling to differentiate itself in some ways. While I loved Cyberpunk 2077's story delivery, its world, and Netrunner gameplay, subsequent playthroughs have emphasized the game's shortcomings. Phantom Liberty brings a completely revamped base game The battle to the crashed NUSA Space Force One was a decidedly epic one, elevated by new combat systems CD Projekt RED has implemented. I didn't get enough time to truly explore what Phantom Liberty had to offer from a story perspective, but I was immediately hooked and intrigued. Enlisting the help of local NUSA agent Solomon, played by Hollywood heartthrob Idris Elba, Phantom Liberty promises insights into Cyberpunk's wider geopolitical landscape and the tangled web of cut-throat espionage and power struggles between the universe's major power players - from nation-states to those all-powerful tech corporations. Much to Johnny's chagrin, V opts to help the prez, but how you choose to deal with the situation is wholly on the player. It turns out that, as the teaser trailers suggested already, the NUSA president does survive the attack. The NUSA is beset by in-fighting factions, essentially creating a tangled web over who would truly seek to kill the NUSA president, with Hansen and his paramilitary group seeming like obvious scapegoats - but it's not as if they couldn't somehow benefit from it either.Īs usual, V is caught up in the crossfire and resolves to fight (or sneak) their way past the wreckage and hunt for survivors. ![]() In Cyberpunk's world, America's power as utterly waned, following the dissolution of NATO and the rise of powerful, militarily enhanced mega-corporations. It sets the tone immediately for Phantom Liberty, which revolves around Cyberpunk 2077's complex political landscape. Hansen immediately calls a press conference to deny the attack, calling on listeners to look into "who really benefits" from killing the NUSA president. Unfortunately for the NUSA President, it looks as though even V might have trouble helping with their current situation.Īs Space Force One approaches the ground, it's hit by a SAM launcher, presumably from Hansen's military group. Songbird offers V an out for their predicaments from the base game (no spoilers here), in exchange for help should they crash land in Dogtown. Their shuttle is set to crash land in or near Dogtown, a new section of Pacifica in Night City that is controlled by a breakaway paramilitary group led by a man named Hansen. Hacking into your character's cybernetics (you're known as V in Cyberpunk 2077), Songbird elaborates that she works for the New United States President, who is under attack aboard Space Force One. Phantom Liberty kicks off with a distress signal from a mysterious character known as Songbird. It could also be that my TV at home just sucks, but I suspect there will be little complaints about how the game looks on the higher-end consoles hereon. ![]() ![]() I found myself double checking that CD Projekt RED hadn't snuck the build into a higher-end PC rig or something for my playthrough, because it felt as though the visuals were more dynamic and more crisp than what I remembered from my time with the base game. I experienced Phantom Liberty on Xbox Series X, and while there's still likely some optimization work ongoing, it played extremely well and looked incredibly gorgeous. It adds new endings and can be experienced concurrently with other open world quests within the base game, after completing its explosive intro sequence. Phantom Liberty is essentially a new chapter for Cyberpunk 2077, while also sporting world-changing upgrades for the base game. ![]()
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