Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Doubles Down on What Makes it Great

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If you’ve managed to do all of the story content that Cyberpunk 2077 had to offer and have been wanting an excuse to hop back on and do some netrunning or samurai sword slashing, I’m happy to say that Phantom Liberty is going to offer you a lot to chase and then some. I was dropped into Dogtown, the new location you’ll explore in Phantom Liberty, and it’s filled with a new story, new gigs, airdrops that’ll include some coveted loot, new Cyberware upgrades in the form of Relics, new perks, and a lot more I’m probably going to discover when I return in September.

To kick things off, when diving back into Night City, you’ll receive a message and a mission from Songbird: Save the President of the New United States. She has crashed and you’ll need to get her out from behind enemy lines before Hansen’s people do. Hansen, the big bad of Dogtown, doesn’t seem to like President Myers very much, and it’ll be up to you to pull her out of the fire.

In terms of the story, the overall feeling I was left with after the first hour or so I got to play was one of unease. Not because of anything weird, but simply because I didn’t feel like I could trust any of these people. After just meeting the President I was immediately asked if I wanted to take an oath. To be fair, the demo jumped around so maybe the character will grow on me a bit more, but I definitely was hesitant to trust anyone I just met in the world of Cyberpunk 2077. After all, the last time I did I woke up half dead and buried under garbage at the dump with people trying to loot my corpse.

That unease wasn’t helped much by Johnny Silverhand, who shares some revelations about his past during the mission. What he tells you makes this decision about whether or not to pledge your