Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Much improved vs 4 years ago Works great on Linux

This DLC changes and improves alot of things in the base game, both mechanically and graphically while also doing the usual dlc thing of adding more items, quests, areas and abilities. Most of it improves the game quite alot but there are some questionable design desicions, such as removing crafting materials from vendors and instead just drowning the player in "rare" loot to dismantle. The only real critique i have is that the writing of the new stuff is notably worse on the whole than the base game. It is not outright bad, just of lower quality than the rest and it is noticable enough to be kind of jarring, CDPR lost most, or possibly all, of its best writers during the development of Cyberpunk2077 and it is obvious that they have been unable to find equally talented replacements. This comes aross most notably from the minor characters as well as the various notes you find. It also does not help that some of the minor voice actors are downright irritating. Still, it is a great DLC that adds alot to the game and is well worth the asking price.

First of all: I wrote this review after completing the main game Cyberpunk 2077 (v. 2.0) and at the add-on Liberty City in one row, after 63 hours of gaming. Second: I had some technical issues. For example my game crashed permanently after some hours of gaming, because my GPU driver (AMD) died. In game, I had some clipping issues: NPC´s stucked in objects (happened rarely), my character felt through the bottom of the map (happened ones), my vehicles stucked several times in objects. Two times I wasn´t able to finish a mission, because of the mission objects weren´t triggered. So, I had to reload an older savegame and play the mission, again. After the reloading, it works. Third: The new district of Night City, it is very small compared to the rest of the Night City map. It´s more like an extention of the Pacifca district. Fourth: The new cars in game are very nice. Some of them are tanks on wheels. Of course, it´s a lot of fun to kill opponents with them. Fifth: The story is interesting with a lot of decisions for the player and twists. Sixth: The gameplay, most of the time you will play in the new district. Some sidequests are leading you between the "old" Night City districts and the "new" Liberty City. All components of the base game are available and expanded for example threw the new skill tree. There are also new types of enemy hives, where you will find a lot of enemies and better loot. Conclusion: I will recommend the add-on to everyone, who liked the base game. It´s a nice and fine addition for a fair price. 4 of 5 stars, because the new "area" is to small for my taste and also the techinical issues.

$30 for this CoD wannabe DLC... Liked the main game, had its flaws, but left a pretty good aftertaste. However this just feels like a linear military/spy overused story and it gives little to no options in gameplay for the main missions. I mean come on that sniper turret one...? Pretty boring but got through most of it stealthily. Got spotted near the end, shot all the guards only for the last one to remain stuck behind a wall. NPC wouldn't go forth either, can't even leave the turret until the script is over. Basically a bugged railshooter. Best part is that you can't save during this script, so you have to start it ALL OVER again, with unskippable lame dialogues and long arse patrols you have to wait for. Would have been okay if we were in a Splinter Cell, back in the early 2000s, but this type of BS sure shouldn't be in a 2023 $30 RPG DLC. Graphics are pretty neat tho and haven't had any technical issues, which is nice for the time we live in.

I completed the original game on the 20th of December the year it was released. I liked the setting, the characters and especially the plot so much that after finishing the game I was still impressed for a very long time. This was facilitated by the "bad" ending of the game. I'm used to games usually ending with a happy ending, but here I had a very depressing ending, but nevertheless I liked it. Very cool production! When I sat down to play the DLC, I didn’t expect anything special, because I already knew the ending of the entire game. At first I even thought that it wouldn’t be interesting. But everything was exactly the opposite. After the first few missions, I was hooked in a way I haven’t been hooked since I played the original game. The characters are all alive, with their own goals and motives - you believe them. My playthrough ended with the ending that I really wanted, which made me very happy. Silverhand said that it was legendary ^^ My ending of Phantom Liberty had a lot in common with the ending of the anime Vimpire hunter D: Bloodlust, which is one of my favorite animes. All this together - my favorite game, my favorite anime, the characters that I became attached to during the playthrough - gave me so many emotions that I was almost shaking (although maybe because I had to sit until 2 am to see the end ^^ ). Overall, I got something I never expected to get - a lot of emotions, and this time not only sad, but also happy, in some way. For me this is priceless and I think the atmosphere of this game is the best among all the games I have played and I am incredibly glad that it came out at a time when I can enjoy it. Many thanks to the CD project team, and a deep bow to the teams responsible for the characters and plot. P.S my phantom liberty ending is King of Cups.