Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Phantom Liberty is a great expansion and nails it as a spy thriller. The story and side stories are great and I would highly recommend experiencing the multiple endings!

disclaimer: I played on very hard, male V =APOGEE sandevistan + kiroshi ORACLE + hand cyberware only (nomad blackhand philosophy), female V = cyberdeck + hand cyberware + kiroshi only (corpo) cons: -become a sidekick/comic relief for spies, constantly reminding you they are better than you -hand held then tap on your back (backseat then cheers) -forced gameplay, subtly hidden QTE, forced gameplay style -spoon-fed info dumping on characters motivations, feelings, thought process as if the player had no empathy -one dimensionnal NPCs whose only depth is self-doubt -BBEG being mean is evil because -no analysis/thinking required from you , don't expect any from V -Main quest is just james bond movies/Mission impossible plot stringed together (no originality) -plot "twists" are obvious and lackluster -borderline interactive movie -plot holes -immersion breaking NPC -forced non removable cyberware for two incoherent missions ( and very poorly written) -last mission gameplay is boring (but reinforced balckhand philosophyto be correct) -lacks agency in main quest, can't side with BBEG or double cross everyone -bravado like millenials write it, not like in the real action movies -very heavy handed on sympathy strings to tell you who to side with Pros: -awesome artistic direction, music, scenery etc -interesting psychological and philosophical themes -good mix of side mission type -endings (still faithful to the philosophical theme of the world) -airdops are a fun grinding,farming, gameplay loop

I come back to this game every few years. Its always been exceptional and I always find something new and interesting that I haven't seen before on the next playthrough.

It's on the same level as the main game. Not great, but above average. New section of the city is quite bad, nothing interesting to see. Story is ok, but nothing too exciting. People seem to not like the endings. I thought it was ok (I don't like happy endings, happens all the time in movies or whatever 😇 Cyberpunk was an ok parenthesis (not sure if I'll buy the #2, if there ever is one), but now get back to the witcher, cdpr

Barely in the game another NPC puts down his glass IN the table... my first fight alone and already I can not looten the opponent. Only after reload... and no new hardware, new OS... only the CP problems are the same as at release. Even worse Patch 2.0 and the Add On belong together... Yes only one has forgotten the modders and very many mods no longer run with 2.0 because the modtools were not updated... i.e. I thought new playthrough. This time with many mods that make the game more interesting...my a.. nothing was... and the Twitch Drops are spread over weeks and the Twitch Sniper costs 8 euros because it costs 2 given away subscriptions.... What a joke... PS : and the new skilltree I find dead boring.... as a tech I have now even less meaningful... really for a.. and yes nothing to add on... as said patch 2.0 and the add on belong together and on the one hand I've already lost the fun and GoG also does not allow you to edit reviews (the base game Cyberpunk)... so review here.