After swearing off Cyberpunk2077 when it launched, a strong Phantom Liberty demo has me ready for a return to Night City.
This story is part of the Digital Trends Summer Gaming Marathon series When Cyberpunk 2077 launched in December 2020, I so desperately wanted to love it. I was enamored with its intricate open-world design, which featured and impressive level of verticality, but it was hard to ever get fully immersed due to its slew of launch problems.
Recommended Videos Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty builds on everything I found promising about the base game, but seems to do away with a lot of its pain points. It all makes for what’s shaping up to be a sleeker expansion with narrative heft that’s not as bogged down with dense technobabble. Instead, it’s a good old fashioned spy thriller that presents tough questions about when to trust authority.
There’s a specific narrative reason for that world design. The team explains that Dogtown is a bit of a “ghetto” that’s detached from Night City, both physically and legally. It’s a shady area run by an ex-military tyrant who rose to power making under the table deals. Not only that, but it was abandoned mid-development, which explains all the crumbling structures and machinery left hanging around.
I get a very impactful choice early on that speaks to that tension. After briefing me on my mission, the president asks if I want to take an oath to become a proper NUSA agent, just to make my mission more official. After giving some serious thought to whether or not it’s worth trusting a distrustful government, I choose to turn it down, prompting some heart-to-hearts about rebellion with Johnny Silverhand.
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