Wait! After seven years of development and three postponements of the release date, Cyberpunk 2077 is now on sale.
Users can finally touch the new game CD Projekt RED, which has become one of the most famous and respected studios in the interactive entertainment industry with the release of the gorgeous The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Based on the first reviews, the new CDPR project is far from perfect. This is largely due to the technical implementation, which will have to be tightened with a dozen more patches.
Otherwise, Cyberpunk 2077 is praised and recommended for acquaintance as one of the most important and iconic games of recent years. There are much more positive aspects in it than negative ones, thanks to which the project is a lot of pleasure.
In this regard, HB has collected ten main reasons that will convince you to join Cyberpunk 2077.
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Story line
Cyberpunk 2077 tells the story of a mercenary V who just wanted to earn fame and money. For this, he and his friend Jackie Wells went on a dangerous operation.
The guys decided to steal an experimental chip from the mega-corporation ” Arasaki”, but their idea failed. As a result, the device ended up in V’s head, thanks to which the main character gained immortality.
But at the same time, he began to see the digital ghost of Johnny Silverhand – a famous musician and anarchist who was presumed to have been murdered. This is where the plot ends and the main story begins.
The story in the game turned out to be intriguing, exciting and well-directed. Each episode in it feels unique and is postponed for a long time in the head.
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Variety of tasks
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For any role-playing game, it is important that its tasks do not become boring and that they feel varied. And in the case of Cyberpunk 2077, this aspect is well developed.
Users are constantly being presented with new tests with different variables, which makes them want to move forward and study the project in more detail.
One of the missions in the game will offer you to participate in racing in a buggy, the other will be armed pursuit, the third will organize a large-scale robbery, the fourth will have battles in special conditions, the fifth will require you to act covertly and not attract attention, and so on.
In addition, each such episode is also well choreographed. And if you ignore the bugs, then you can be charged with delight from completing almost every mission.
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Variety of quests
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There is another important plus associated with the tasks in Cyberpunk 2077. This, of course, is about the variability in their passage, which should be present in any full-fledged RPG.
Quests in the game are divided into stages with forks, where V can act in different ways. For example, in the mission to obtain a spider droid from the Malstrom gang , twelve fragments with several options for actions are implemented.
There is even an opportunity to get a bullet in one of the dialogues, or just shoot everyone, not giving a damn about diplomacy. Plus, the user is able to interact in different ways with opponents in the process of completing tasks.
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Colorful characters
In almost all story games, characters play an important role. Original and detailed personalities, coupled with good dialogues, contribute to immersion in the virtual world.
The user feels more emotions and is more willing to believe in the events taking place. CDPR knows this very well, so it tried to fill Cyberpunk 2077 with colorful characters. There are several dozen of them in the game, and they are found at all stages of the passage.
For example, users will be introduced to a cheerful and carefree Jackie Wells, charismatic and clever engineer breyndansa Judy Alvarez, a psychopath Royce, who heads a gang of ” Maelstrom” and many others.
They belong to different social strata and pursue their own goals, making communication with them feel natural.
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Atmosphere
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The cyberpunk environment should represent a future in which technology and corporations rule the score, and traditional human values are almost completely forgotten.
When immersed in such a setting, the user should feel the stratification of society, see its new and old good vices, and also observe how the authorities care less and less about ordinary people.
In addition, the player needs to show the appropriate style – a lot of neon and advertising, tall skyscrapers, people with ubiquitous implants, and the like. So, when creating Cyberpunk 2077, the developers took care of each of the described elements of the entourage.
Even in the daytime, the user will remember that Knight City is a real cyberpunk city. Apparently, it was not in vain that the authors of the project invited Mike Pondsmith as a consultant, who created the Cyberpunk 2020 board game, which is the primary source of Cyberpunk 2077.
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Bold themes
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At a time when the gaming industry is gradually cutting fangs and abandoning bold topics, CDPR is striding in the opposite direction.
The Polish studio immediately said that in Cyberpunk 2077 there will be a place for politics, and for social problems, and for allusions to our reality. The developers have fully kept their promise: the game is full of criticism of various aspects of human life.
The project is not afraid to challenge and provoke discussion of sensitive topics. For this CD Projekt RED deserves special respect.
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Open world development
The open world in Cyberpunk 2077 includes the metropolis of Knight City, which is divided into huge areas, and the Wasteland outside the city.
Developers and designers from CDPR approached its creation with all responsibility. They took care of both the basic elaboration and the details that are most often found in linear projects.
The streets of Knight City can be explored for hours in search of secrets, references and interesting artistic solutions. It is very rare for open worlds to boast such a level of detail that it only adds value to Cyberpunk 2077.
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Passing styles
Another role-playing element of Cyberpunk 2077 is pumping. It allows you to form your own style of passing tasks, where you need to face opponents.
The user is free to endow V with a wide variety of skills and enhance them with the help of special perks. If you want to act covertly, you should pay attention to the abilities of the netrunner ( cracker).
They make it possible to interact with the environment and by this method eliminate enemies. Shooting skills are suitable for fans of open battles, and possession of melee weapons and bullet reflection – for those who are going to fight in close combat.
In general, there are enough options for assemblies, so on the second and subsequent playthroughs, players are encouraged to experiment with the choice of skills.
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Equipment
CDPR has taken care of those people who like to spend tens of hours in role-playing games looking for the best gear.
The developers have added hundreds of items of varying quality and rarity to Cyberpunk 2077. Some of them are mined during quests, others are hidden in the open world, and to get the third you will have to kill specific characters.
I am especially pleased with the variety of weapons in the project. It is divided into several types, each of which has unique properties. For example, “smart” guns aim at the target on their own, but rarely shoot in the head, which means they do not inflict critical damage.
Plus, on any weapon, you can install body kits and software that changes its properties. In general, for lovers of collecting equipment, Cyberpunk 2077 will be home for many months.
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Many activities
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Let’s finish, perhaps, with the standard advantage for open-world games – the presence of many activities.
Developers who create projects in this category understand that virtual spaces need to be filled with something. Otherwise, after a few hours, users will get tired of looking at the environment, and after completing the main storyline, they will forget about the game.
To prevent this from happening with Cyberpunk 2077, the authors filled their creation with all sorts of activities. The list includes side quests, killing particularly powerful enemies, collecting collectibles, and so on.
If the user wants to stretch the passage of the project for a hundred or even more hours, he will have something to do.
