Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is almost upon us. The upcoming enlargement for CD Projekt’s Pink’s 2020 open-world motion RPG is ready to be launched on Sept. 26. It guarantees not solely a brand new marketing campaign in a location referred to as Dogtown (together with a brand new character performed by Idris Elba named Solomon Reed), but in addition a slew of redesigns to the sport’s core programs with Replace 2.0. A brand new trailer unveiled at Gamescom 2023 this Tuesday shines extra gentle on the latter additions to Cyberpunk 2077, together with extra weapons, a recent ability tree, and revamped vehicular fight.
What’s new in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
The Gamescom 2023 trailer supplied a take a look at a number of new weapons, together with the “Osprey” and “Rasetsu” sniper rifles, a shiny purple katana, a brand new flamethrower weapon dubbed the “Hercules,” and a brand new class of “unlawful” modified weapons together with shotguns, handguns, and submachine weapons.
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Apart from the brand new story marketing campaign and weapons, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty will launch alongside Replace 2.0, which can introduce a free overhaul of the sport’s core mechanics, no matter whether or not you purchase Phantom Liberty or not. Stated overhauls embrace a brand new cyberware system, which correlates V’s armor stats to your outfitted cyberware reasonably than your clothes. This gives a better diploma of expression alongside stat-based boosts and debuffs relying in your format; a brand new perks system that introduces the flexibility to deflect bullets, sprint in mid-air, and a wide range of ending strikes; and an all-new ability tree related to the Relic chip embedded in V’s physique, which solely additional supercharges your varied talents.
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One other welcome addition featured within the trailer is the introduction of a brand-new vehicular fight system, permitting V to experience shotgun and hack close by automobiles whereas in-transit to inflict carnage on any would-be assailants. The introduction of vehicular fight comes with an overhaul to the sport’s “wished” system, permitting varied tiers of the NCPD to provide chase till they lastly throw the large weapons at you: The heavily-armored and extremely deadly MaxTac Psycho Squad.
When information first broke that Phantom Liberty could be the primary and solely deliberate enlargement for Cyberpunk 2077, it was a disappointment to many followers of the sport — together with myself. Having a deeper understanding of how how Phantom Liberty will develop and essentially reshape the sport, nevertheless, makes it clearer why CD Projekt Pink is placing this a lot time into one enlargement earlier than transferring on to the way forward for the franchise.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty and Replace 2.0 shall be launched on PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X, and Home windows PC on Sept. 26.
