The story of "Cyberpunk 2077" was a very turbulent transition, unfulfilled expectations and, above all, not a very successful launch. Personally, the storyline appealed to me - it was mature, atmospheric, but incomplete. At one point I believed that the game was cut to fit into the imposed (sic!) limit of 15 hours. Fortunately, like a horse on a white knight, the story expansion "Phantom Liberty" arrives, which fills a certain gap in Night City and the storyline itself.
V, forced to grasp at straws to survive, encounters Songbird - the netrunner of the President of the New United States. She has a proposition for him - if he saves the head of state, the heroine will offer to ''cure'' him of the disease and wipe out Johnny Silverhand. V, not thinking much about it, of course agrees to this deal, by which he gets entangled in something much bigger than he initially assumed. That's how he lands in Dogtown, a kind of state within a state, where lawlessness is the order of the day and the Night City authorities or corporations have no influence there. The plot itself, with its structure and atmosphere or pace, is reminiscent of "Mission: Impossible" or the films with Agent 007, especially when you pay attention to the fact that one of the main roles - Solomon Reed - is played by Idris Elba, the actor who always wanted to be Bond. I'm unlikely to surprise anyone by saying that the story presented in the expansion is complete, incredibly atmospheric, non-obvious and gripping until the final seconds. If I were to rank this expansion in comparison to those Witcher expansions, it would be between Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, although I'll admit that I enjoyed the story of Olgierd's pact with Gaunter more, which of course doesn't mean that Phantom Liberty is bad - on the contrary, it's phenomenal!
As for gameplay innovations, apart from the Relic tree, there aren't too many changes - most of them fell into place in patch 2.0, which built the skill trees and the armor and clothing system from scratch. I'd be lying if I said it interacted badly with the expansion, because it's quite the opposite. Of additional note is the phenomenal soundtrack, featuring Dawid Podsiadło in the title track. Amazing job!
"Cyberpunk 2077" has never been and will never be more complete. Together with the expansion, it creates a coherent story that does not bore, is atmospheric and exciting. I definitely recommend reaching for this production, and if anyone hasn't played CP yet, I can only envy the experience of this game complete. It's called redemption arc!
V, forced to grasp at straws to survive, encounters Songbird - the netrunner of the President of the New United States. She has a proposition for him - if he saves the head of state, the heroine will offer to ''cure'' him of the disease and wipe out Johnny Silverhand. V, not thinking much about it, of course agrees to this deal, by which he gets entangled in something much bigger than he initially assumed. That's how he lands in Dogtown, a kind of state within a state, where lawlessness is the order of the day and the Night City authorities or corporations have no influence there. The plot itself, with its structure and atmosphere or pace, is reminiscent of "Mission: Impossible" or the films with Agent 007, especially when you pay attention to the fact that one of the main roles - Solomon Reed - is played by Idris Elba, the actor who always wanted to be Bond. I'm unlikely to surprise anyone by saying that the story presented in the expansion is complete, incredibly atmospheric, non-obvious and gripping until the final seconds. If I were to rank this expansion in comparison to those Witcher expansions, it would be between Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, although I'll admit that I enjoyed the story of Olgierd's pact with Gaunter more, which of course doesn't mean that Phantom Liberty is bad - on the contrary, it's phenomenal!
As for gameplay innovations, apart from the Relic tree, there aren't too many changes - most of them fell into place in patch 2.0, which built the skill trees and the armor and clothing system from scratch. I'd be lying if I said it interacted badly with the expansion, because it's quite the opposite. Of additional note is the phenomenal soundtrack, featuring Dawid Podsiadło in the title track. Amazing job!
"Cyberpunk 2077" has never been and will never be more complete. Together with the expansion, it creates a coherent story that does not bore, is atmospheric and exciting. I definitely recommend reaching for this production, and if anyone hasn't played CP yet, I can only envy the experience of this game complete. It's called redemption arc!