Cyberpunk 2077 is finally launching for real on PS5 and Xbox Series X
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Developer CD Projekt Red showed off new footage of Cyberpunk 2077’s long-awaited next-gen upgrade today. During a livestream, the company demonstrated the game’s familiar hacking and gunplay combat on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. But now, the open-world cyber adventure runs at a smoother framerate and has more impressive graphical features.
The next-gen update and other improvements are coming as part of version 1.5, which is coming to PC and all consoles soon.
As part of its stream, CD Projekt Red detailed some of the biggest changes. For example, the studio completely reworked how the perk system and combat balance works. This means if you continue your save on the 1.5 update, you’ll have to redistribute your perk points.
To give you more to do with the improved perks, the design team has also upgraded enemy intelligence. CD Projekt Red claims that NPCs should now have much more interesting behaviors when in battle.
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Other updates include a better driving model, crowds that don’t despawn when you turn around, and a more friendly time-skip feature.
More than a year after its original launch, Cyberpunk 2077 feels like it’s finally coming out for real. The game’s original debut was infamous for its bug and technical issues, but Cyberpunk’s problems ran deeper than that. It was guilty of having a sterile world with few possibilities for emergent, sandbox interactions.
CD Projekt Red seems very aware of those criticisms and is addressing them specifically with update 1.5. The studio spent a lot of time during its stream showing how drivers and civilians react more realistically to
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