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Cyberpunk 2077 - Expansion Overhaul
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I understood differently. I thought the DLC and the mechanics overhaul were distinct, since everyone will benefit from the latter, with or without DLC.
Yeah - even if you don't buy the expansion you'll get an update. But the reason for the update is the expansion.
There's no way CDPR would tie an update to an expansion. Fans would go fucking bonkers (despite the fact that they're all buying the expansion anyways.)
I suspect you're just joking there, but they're not moving the original game to Unreal engine. It's being said that the sequel will use Unreal 5 (or whatever version Unreal is at the time.)
Is it? It seemed quite independent, their last presentation showed that there was still a CP2077 team, which is separate from the DLC team. The updates even makes saved games unusable, so they have to restart a game for the DLC. But maybe they wouldn't have done it if there wasn't a DLC to justify the cost? Who knows.
I wonder if they'll release both at the same time or if we'll see the update before.
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Hmm...I found this article today about the free major update and new ending.
www.gamingbible.com
Cyberpunk 2077 major free update completely overhauls the game
A Cyberpunk 2077 major free update will completely overhaul how the game is played.
www.gamingbible.com
Has that been confirmed?
Sort of. In this interview, the game director for the DLC said it was possible to trigger the DLC either by playing from the start or by jumping ahead to where the expansion starts (similar to what they did for the Blood and Wine expansion). He didn't explicitly say that saved games wouldn't work but it sounded like the two only alternatives.
Even if it were possible to use the saved games, it would be a mess with the changes in the skill tree.
I figured maybe we could use existing saves and that installing the update would change the skill tree and leave us with a pool of skill points that corresponded with whatever level the character was.
I guess we'll find out soon enough.
I guess we'll find out soon enough.
I haven't played Cyberpunk 2077, though I might after the upgrade, but I've always found it odd how many of the criticisms directed at it could just as easily apply to The Witcher 3, even though the way folks talk the latter's God's gift to gaming and the former's the Antichrist. Perks not feeling all that meaningful and the gear you get on quests easily becoming obsolete? Yep, sounds like TW3.
Poor performance on certain platforms right after release is one thing, but I suspect a lot of the Sturm und Drang around this game could have been avoided if folks had managed their expectations towards what it was always likely to be (sci fi Witcher) instead of assuming they were getting GTA + Deus Ex or some such. And yeah, I know the usual excuse is that the developers promised the latter, but I followed the development and marketing alongside everyone else and certainly didn't get that impression.
Poor performance on certain platforms right after release is one thing, but I suspect a lot of the Sturm und Drang around this game could have been avoided if folks had managed their expectations towards what it was always likely to be (sci fi Witcher) instead of assuming they were getting GTA + Deus Ex or some such. And yeah, I know the usual excuse is that the developers promised the latter, but I followed the development and marketing alongside everyone else and certainly didn't get that impression.
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Cyberpunk 2077 is actually much closer to GTA + Deus Ex than it is to being sci-fi Witcher. (I'm not even sure where you came up with the sci-fi Witcher thing.)
I agree about it failing to meet the hype at release though. It's taken 2+ years to get to where it probably should have been to begin with.
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I'm another that hasn't picked this one up yet, I'll likely do so when it's completely done with expansions and such.
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I had a save game somewhere about three-quarters into the main story, but I'll just begin a new game when I get the time to play it. Feels like a great opportunity to hit the hard reset button, forget all past experiences with the game and take it all in anew.
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A lot of the complaints I've seen about the game amount to it not being sandboxy enough. And the impression I've gotten is that, much like in TW3, the open world is not meant to be a sandbox but mostly just a large, pretty set for cinematic story beats, which is what CDPR is actually good at.
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Seems like an odd thing to complain about considering CDPR has never been known for making a sandbox, nor was CP 2077 advertised as one.
Question answered you can start a new game with just the expansion, or play the game from start. All according to new info shared from the game director.
Basically the same way it was handled in Witcher 3.
Looks like it starts right after you finish Pacifica and the voodoo boys quests.
Cyberpunk 2077 Director Reveals When Phantom Liberty's Story Takes Place
The director of the forthcoming Phantom Liberty expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 has revealed when the add-on's storyline takes place within the larger game. Rather than having Phantom Liberty pick up after the events of the main story, those at CD Projekt Red have designed the add-on to fit in near...
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Basically the same way it was handled in Witcher 3.
Looks like it starts right after you finish Pacifica and the voodoo boys quests.