Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

The expansion pack has a bunch of new gigs that all have a little more substance to them than even better gigs in the basegame, and are very fun to play. Most (all?) of them have multiple outcomes so there's replayability and personal expression in them as well. The new guns range from 'okay' to 'very fun' to use and if you like iconics then there's several new ones to play with. The added cars also give a good selection of choices if you like to shoot vehicle mounted weapons at people. As for the story the actors do well, the storybeats are presented compentently and are engaging, and the setpieces you engage with are varied and fun - though a few of them, notably one where you cover another character with a sniper, suffer from the age-old problem of looking through a scope for 20 minutes isn't fun. There's also pretty obvious seams where scripted segments such as dialogue or NPCs walking between locations, which makes some of the more complex story elements; very clunky. There's at times a delay between dialogue is stated by a character, and until the trigger for V to respond becomes available. V will often also be required to stand in one extremely specific spot to be allowed to respond or interact with items, which may be a bug because it affects non-PL content as well. Overall it's a really solid expansion pack, well worth its price if you like the basegame, and if it is the last content that CP2077 gets it's a good sendoff - but not perfect. My personal pet peeve is that there still isn't an iconic MG in the game. There is also an argument that playing the 1.6 patch is preferable to playing the 2.0 patch and as such you'd be gated off from playing PL if so. There is one big issue with this content that can not be discussed without severely spoiling the story, so instead I'll just say that if you require the technology in a setting to make sense, be explained, and not be magic; you will find Phantom Liberty intensely frustrating compared to the base game.

Played CP2077 first time in may and really enjoyed the 2.0 Patch together with Phantom Libery. Recommend to start from scratch exploring something new and diving into Phantom Liberty once you are ready (took a turn instead of heading to the embers). The DLC adds a ton of quests with some really good action and choices to be made. This DLC was my redemption arc for CP2077, enjoy.

Masterpiece

The release of CP2077 was “bumpy” to put it lightly. But they bounced back greatly, is Phantom Liberty completely Bug Free? No, it isn't. But It's not nearly as broken as the initial Release back in 2020 and CDPR made sure it's a great experience straight from the start. Songbird makes a great intro to herself and develops a really great story around her from start to finish. And let the roles of Reed and Alex let you be on the brink of trust and distrust to everybody involved. Like a good Spy thriller, you be in a sea of lies from everybody. With all that taking place in Dogtown what seems to be the missing piece in Night City, a dirty war torn district that remembers you about the war that took place not so long ago. The pace of the story was a bit too fast in my opinion, but gets you a good glimpse at the motivations of your new chooms. But don't get too deep, and sometimes seemed a bit odd. All in all, an excellent DLC and worth a play for anyone who enjoyed CP2077 you get a lot of new stuff to discover, new gigs and a well-written story. CDPR made a stand that they let us down initially in 2020 but bounced back with Phantom Liberty and proved that they're still outstanding story tellers. I really would like to see more Games in the Cyberpunk setting.

I loved te expansion, I only wish we could have seen more content in this game. Now, all we can do is wait for the next one... If it resembles anything close to what CDPR did in Phantom Liberty in terms of characters and choices, then I can hardly wait!