Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Is Still Buggy On Console After Latest Update

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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is being heralded as the game that we deserved back in 2020, finally completing CD Projekt Red's vision of Night City. Alongside the version 2.0 update, Phantom Liberty overhauls almost everything about the game, from its combat and RPG mechanics, to how its NPCs interact with the world. But that doesn't mean it's without its issues.

Ever since its launch on September 26, the experience on console has been less than stellar. In fact, on Xbox Series S at least, it feels like the performance has worsened to accommodate all of the changes. From crashes to save files refusing to load, there's been no shortage of complaints from both PlayStation and Xbox users, even after the latest patch hoped to address many of these issues.

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Playing through Phantom Liberty on Xbox Series S right now, I can very confidently say that the game ran much better without the version 2.0 update. This isn't too surprising, given how much new content has been added, but it's led to a return of performance issues more reminiscent of version 1.0, such as textures taking so long to load in that you find yourself walking into invisible objects, and even save files refusing to load. Overall, the framerate seems to have taken a hit too, especially in Dogtown.

This issue isn't exclusive to the less powerful Xbox Series S. In the Cyberpunk 2077 subreddit, numerous fans are complaining of issues on Series X, and even PS5 too. We already knew that PS5 users were having issues with save files corrupting, and unfortunately, the patch that fixed this couldn't restore the saves. However, both platforms seem to have an issue where the game doesn't detect Phantom Liberty