Cyberpunk 2077’s New Metro Is Only Missing One Thing

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is finally making it possible to use the metro system, and there's only one little addition that could make the feature everything that it should be. The metro has been a long-requested feature for, with a heavy focus on it in promotional material, making it seem like an obvious candidate for actual inclusion in the game. Although there are plenty of ways to get around quickly, the inclusion of a usable metro helps up the believability and immersion of Night City while offering a more hands-off method of standard travel.

The metro system is receiving 19 stations in total in , so it should be relatively easy to access from just about any corner of the city. This expands on a previous functionality built around fast travel, but actually getting on the trains provides new NPC interactions and views of the city. These changes and many more will arrive in 's 2.1 patch, which is a surprising new addition to a game that was supposed to wrap up with, which is set to arrive on December 5 alongside the Ultimate Edition of the game.

The corrupt world of has plenty of criminal opportunities, but one that the game has never made use of is pickpocketing. Adding pickpocketing would be a great way to give the metro more life, as it would provide an interesting opportunity for theft that could result in some memorable interactions. The anime showed characters Lucy and David pickpocketing on the metro, so it would also be an excellent tie-in to the series that introduced many fans to the world of for the first time.

Of all the features to never make it into, pickpocketing has to be one of the strangest exclusions overall. It's not a particularly uncommon feature in open-world games, making appearances in major titles like the series and