Cyberpunk 2077 Players Finally Settle The Biggest Choice In Phantom Liberty

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, as with many RPGs, is all about the choices players make and their consequences. This continued through its expansion,, where players had to make a major decision about whether to side with the Federal Intelligence Agency (F.I.A.)'s sleeper agent, Solomon Reed, or his former netrunner protégé, Song So Mi (aka. Songbird) who seeks to be freed from the NUSA's clutches after being used to tap into the Blackwall for President Myers' personal needs.

[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Cyberpunk 2077]

A recent poll on the LowSodiumCyberpunk subreddit showed that the majority of people who took part betrayed Reed and freed Songbird during, with them explaining why in the comments. Out of 169 total votes, 108 players opted to betray Reed and free Songbird, and 15 opted to turn on both, betraying Reed while also turning in Songbird, with comments explaining that Reed killing two people to infiltrate a base was a moment they lost trust in him, and others pointing out that Songbird was using V for her own gain as well. 40 players chose to betray Songbird, with 19 killing her, and 21 capturing her shortly after. Six players made the interesting choice to ignore the paid expansion story entirely, leaving President Myers to die in its opening moments and leave Dogtown under the rule of Kurt Hansen.

sets up compelling reasons to side with both Reed and Songbird before players must make this decision for the first time in the quest "" when infiltrating Kurt Hansen's base of operations. From here, if players help Songbird escape, Reed will call them to let them know the F.I.A. is hunting them, and if players betray Songbird, they assist Reed in trying to track her down.

Both options let players explore more about the characters' past and motives and force them to question their actions through to the end of the DLC, with there being further choices allowing them to change their minds depending on the new information they're uncovering (for example, learning Songbird's