Outrage is pretty common in gaming, and it feels wrong to be encouraging it, especially around a game as toxic as Cyberpunk 2077. For the record, I don’t care for the game. While it would have been fascinating to see how the game itself and the discourse around it would have been different if it came out bug free, it still would have had its issues. Bugs or no, Cyberpunk 2077 is a game with a very binary perspective on gender that trades on a mostly superficial view of trans people , a horribly misogynistic view of women and sex workers , fridges one of its strongest female characters, and contained a (now patched out) racist m
I don’t like the game - even without the questionable content, I thought most of the world was pretty uninspiring, Us Cracks were the only characters vaguely off the beaten path that I enjoyed, and rebelling against what the game wanted from me by using it as a fashion simulator (or speaking to the people making it into a fashion magazine ) was the most fun I had. But still, it’s a blockbuster release, and I take no pleasure in seeing the people who like it - even the people who supported it at its most toxic - getting screwed over like this. I’m not winning because they’re losing. Nobody is winning except the people making money, and that’s what got Cyberpunk 2077 into this mess in the first pl
There was a lot to be upset about when it came to 2015’s Battlefront , EA’s remake of the beloved original game from 10 years beforehand, as many felt that it was essentially a $60 arcade shooter with little variety in gamep
You play as an android that is the property of a massive, android-producing corporation called Kronos. In this Cyberpunk 2077 Endings future, Kronos is the be-all, end-all of android companies and is essentially above the law. Your job is to interrogate your fellow androids to determine whether or not they've become deviant, which means that they've begun to think a little too freely and may be a danger to themselves and others. To discover deviancy, you have to ask a series of questions. Sometimes you just need to have them recall memories or run diagnostic checks. Other times, you have to push them to expose emotions and opinions that conflict with their prime direct
This is essentially the best Blade Runner game that we've gotten in years. Trying to figure out how to get the answers and information I needed forced me to think about these androids' personalities and the best ways to manipulate them. Some needed to trust me before confiding in me while others required more aggressive tactics to get the intel I wanted. As the game progresses, and your job goes beyond simple android QA towards uncovering the plot behind an android rebellion, the story gets more and more intriguing. Along with that, the interrogations become more stressful as it's very possible to miss out on valuable evidence if you choose your questions poo
The developers knew how broken the game was, as they didn’t let YouTube reviewers show their own footage, but instead footage that was sent to them by the developer. It was way too ambitious for its own good, and with every delay, the hype just built and built. Though mods have made it better in the time since its release, CD Projekt became the subject of several class-action lawsuits and it massively damaged their reputation in the indus
Silicon Dreams tackles some big philosophical questions and does so with a deft hand. The dialogue between yourself and the androids you interrogate is well written - save for some spelling errors here and there - and has quite a few twists and turns along the way. Each android has a unique personality that makes you feel conflicted about what to do with them. They all act like real people even though they've completely synthetic. Kronos will give you mission briefings that often have some rather cold-hearted requirements such as deleting their memories or melting androids down for scrap. You'll find yourself forced to put an android to death because they've been watching too many movies or they have a faulty arm joint. By the end of the game, I was feeling pretty damn gui
Punk hair galore! Cyberpunk 2077 certainly had its issues with glitches and bugs, but its hair designs were a treat in its character customization. The hair designs really fit the dystopian setting with its choice of neon colors and rebellious cuts. The game manages to give these options while also having choices for players who want their character to look a little more old-fashio
Updated November 30, 2023 by Erik Petrovich : The 2.0 update for Cyberpunk 2077 changed the game significantly , and was practically a ground-up revamp of the game's progression and RPG systems. Among the many changes are price changes for the most expensive Cyberpunk 2077 items, which players will find are much more affordable than at launch. For example, the Trajectory Analysis crafting spec used to set players back a whopping $500,000, but now costs a mere $5000. This guide to the most expensive items in Cyberpunk 2077 has been updated to show the old price for each weapon or car, as well as the newly updated prices for each. Though still expensive, the historical prices of these items were exorbitantly higher. Check through this list for details regarding requirements, price, and source for each item, as well as a comparison of each item's past high prices and current co