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Copying this from another comment /edit: all of these updates are coming to the base game

TL;DR: This is not a DLC. This is Cyberpunk 2.0.

•	virtually every system of the main game has been changed and/or updated
•	police system is completely reworked with multiple tiers of NCPD/mercs chasing you down in vehicles according to your wanted level, apparently on level 5 maxtac will chase you down and it will be some sort of bossfight against them (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riK1i8lQwRM&t=511s)
•	perks and skills have been completely overhauled, no longer simple passive stat boosts, much more active abilities like different melee finishers, a dash, or the ability to deflect bullets with melee weapons
•	the difficulty curve is reworked/rebalanced
•	the loot tiers are reworked
•	archetypes of enemies have been redone for more variety in combat encounters
•	an entirely new 6th skill tree that uses a different type of skill points (relic points) that will be used to add new abilities to your cyberware
•	installing cyberware now has an effect on your body and you cant install too much or else you will go cyberpsycho (no idea what that looks like in game)
•	installing cyberware now has a first person cutscene added to it, just like in the prologue at Vik’s clinic
•	you can now “attune” cyberware to one of your attributes, making it more efficient if you have invested in that attribute; example here optical camo is attuned to the “cool” attribute: https://i.imgur.com/1UI9SEX.png
•	armor is no longer tied to clothing, it instead tied to your cybernetics
•	vehicle combat is added to the game, you can even use your katana on your bike
•	vehicles are no longer bought from fixers, but bought through a website set up by mama welles
•	some vehicles have guns installed on them (machine guns, rocket launchers)
•	new type of infinitely replayable/repeatable missions are being added where you need to steal certain vehicles marked on your map
•	new activity introduced “airdrops”, loot caches that drop randomly on the map that you can fight over and retrieve for yourself
•	tons of new random events/activities are added to make the world feel more alive, like car chases and gang fights
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[–] Immortal0861@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hotdamn thats amazing, gives me a bit of No Man's Sky vibes in terms of fixing what is broken or what they still didn't like. I cannot wait.

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[–] OrthoStice@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago

Super excited about it. I LOVED the base game (I played ~6 months ago, definitely not on day one) and I can't wait to go back to Night City.

[–] thenamesmas@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

I'll remain skeptical until it releases, but hopefully this will be a reason to revisit the game. It has so much potential

[–] joneskind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Looks like WoW going from Vanilla to Burning Crusade. Lots of cool stuff I see.

Disclaimer: Sorry, I’m old

PS: Dang that Lemmy thing is so cool.

[–] ash@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

This sounds like an incredible update. Can’t wait to replay this game.

[–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No mans sky vibes, anyone?

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[–] spasticeightball@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

This sounds very encouraging.

I haven't played CP2077 since launch. I didn't have that many problems with it, I put in 60 hours and shelved it. Hopefully this increases the replay value of the game.

[–] BrokenToshy@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Despite its obvious flaws I really enjoyed the game so anything that improves it is fine by me. Probably a next year purchase for me though as with Starfield and Baldurs Gate 3 coming out I can't see where I'd even find time to play it any time soon

[–] Asimo@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

That's quite a bit of changes. Looking forward to playing it again with the new expansion, sounds like it'll nearly be a different game that launch

[–] Tylith@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm afraid to be optimistic but holy shit this sounds good.

Took them a while but I can finally have epic chase battles with the police after committing accidental vehicular manslaughter.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

What the heck? Advertise THAT instead of story content for I game I have not played for more than a few hours.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

In case anyone else is looking, it comes out in September. I am a bit excited about this, but I have not been gaming on desktop too much lately. I may have to make an exception.

[–] matcha@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nice but the new spec req make me unable to play the game now :)

[–] theCOORN@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So are these updates free or only for Phantom Liberty owners?

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[–] Thrashy@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Damn. I don't usually replay story-driven games like Cyberpunk (especially ones with the sort of... finality that Cyberpunk has) but it seems like CDPR is making it a much more immersive experience. We'll have to see how that rumored new ending turns out. I get that they had a story they wanted to tell (and I felt it was a good one), but it was more than a bit of a downer that

spoilerall of V's efforts boiled down to a few different ways to be chewed up, spit out, and dying at the end.
I like for my RPGs to give me more than an illusion of freedom (Phantom Liberty, nudge nudge?) , or else why indulge in the escapism?

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[–] Sophia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For me that game is Tears of the Kingdom. It has a lot of really good ideas and even execution but there are so many aspects of the game that make me wish to never return to it again. The battery power being held behind a grind, the time limit on some the things you can build (wings for example), the repetitive caves scattered all across the map, the repetitive grind of clearing all the shrines and all the light bulbs under ground. And worst of all the the intense babying of the player as if they have no awareness. I remember doing the wind temple and walking into a room with only a single thing in it and Tulin still paused the game to point out the only object in the entire room. That's just one example, every major dungeon and shrine will eventually pause gameplay to show / explain something to the player that is already clearly conveyed by the level design. I know if I press the button in the shrine that a door will open, but the game still pauses the game to show me the door opening, even if I am 1 foot away from the door when it opens.

The shrines in general are extremely disappointing to me, just as the BOTW ones were. They rarely make you think of a solution, instead making the solution appear incredibly obvious the moment you enter the shrine. There are combat tutorial shrines that you may miss and come back to 20 hours into your playthrough only to get stuck in an unskippable tutorial on how to block or something.

Another thing that really rubbed me the wrong way was the re-use of the Hyrule map just with changes to it. I think they should've focused on the Sky Islands for the majority of the gameplay, you couldn't imagine my disappointment when 30 minutes into the game I jumped down to Hyrule and slowly realized I was going to spend most of my time in Hyrule (again) instead of the Sky. The underground area is really cool conceptually but I find myself just flying around on machines with lights attached to them because it feels so EMPTY. And the loot often isn't enticing enough to go explore the hundreds of rock-blocked tunnels in the game.

And the enemies are so incredibly easy, most of the time landing a single hit will stun the enemy, then you can just mash till you knock them on the ground, and if they're still alive you can shoot an arrow into them or run up and attack more. The combat isn't very deep, the flurry rush mechanic's timing seems inconsistent, and sometimes seems to not work at all. It's overall a good game, don't get me wrong, but IMO it's not the flawless masterpiece a lot of people are making it seem like.

[–] Faendol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is my Lemmy bugging? I'm seeing this comment on a cyberpunk post.

[–] Sophia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah the post I was commenting on randomly changed to a different post while I was in the middle of writing it and didn't notice

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Regardless of how this reply showed up in a cyberpunk post, it is very refreshing to see someone with the same sentiments i have aboht botw and totk. Totk especially seems to be getting such excessive praise and people are completely overlooking the many flaws. Anyway thanks for sharing your views. I am with you.

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[–] lhx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oooooh. I adored the original. (Well, I played it in 2022, so the bugs were worked out). I can't wait for this!

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

This is easily the most hyped release this year for me! Love the game and can't wait to go back to Night City for yet another playthrough!

Trying not to before this drops but I'm not sure how that'll go..

[–] tedistkrieg@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Hot damn, I bought the game when it came out, never finished it, picked it up again earlier this year, beat the story (the updates they made by that time were awesome) and loved it. I saw the trailer yesterday for the DLC and looked really good, but dang the updates sound amazing.

[–] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I still need to play this game. Is this like how NMS got better after a push to launch by a certain calendar date?

[–] Saitama@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I bought it on sale at Steam a while ago when I got my Steam Deck, but didn't play much and when I picked it up again it had glitched and replaced my save with something completely different. I'm happy they are updating it and making it into the game that was promised...maybe I'll give it another chance on decent hardware.

[–] MrBogski@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still have not played the 1st one, is it something I should pick up and play in order to understand this second one??

[–] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I haven't been paying super close attention to the DLC or its story so I can play it fresh, but I can reccomend the base game. I really enjoyed it on its own, very good story that was very well written and voice acted. It lacks the sandbox polish that something like GTA has, but has an incredible story, character ensemble, and the world building is top tier.

I'm stoked for the DLC to drop so I can get some of these features and more story!

[–] altz3r0@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've been itching to play the base game since release, despite the bugs.

I might finally bite the bullet get a rig that can play it. I may even convince myself to get the Steam Deck for it!

Does the base game currently run smoothly on the Deck?

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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I played this game semi-recently (within the year) so I had a pretty good experience with it compared to a lot of the early players (via proton no less), but if this expansion lives up to all this then I'm pretty excited nonetheless.

[–] sirfig@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Definitely enough new interesting stuff for me to replay the game probably. I will have to let my buddy know as he is absolutely ready for the dlc.

[–] StrawberryCake@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Holy cow, i really need to buy it now, that looks pretty amazing

[–] sparky@lemmy.pt 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is actually really cool. Sounds like calling it a "DLC" is far short of the reality. I picked it up on release and played like 5 hours or so maybe, but when I tried it again a few days ago, I had no idea what I was doing anymore. Might be time to start a new game and give it a fresh try once the new DLC lands.

[–] rarkgrames@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I have the same issue. I started playing but being a busy parent I didn’t have time to get in to it properly and now I’d need to start again. I might have to do that when the DLC drops.

Games should have a “parent mode” which give you a quick refresher on controls and important gameplay mechanics. :)

[–] Raitontime@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was banking on starting a new playthrough before the DLC dropped but if these changes are coming with it vs before than perhaps I should wait. I’m curious on how the base game will feel with these kind of implementations.

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