Photo mode is one of the best reasons to return to Cyberpunk 2077

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Photo mode is one of those features that has become increasingly commonplace, now that social integration and sharing images from your game with the wider world is so easy. It’s a fun way to stage those perfect shots, and snap pics of your journey through a game world. And photo mode has been a great way to re-engage with Cyberpunk 2077.

With the impending launch of Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty, the first and only expansion for CD Projekt Red’s futuristic RPG, I’ve been dipping a toe back into the waters of Night City. Much of it is just reacquainting myself, and getting back into the world and feel of it all. I’ve already spent at least an above-average amount of time both playing and talking about Cyberpunk 2077.

Getting back into it though, I’m reminded of the visual splendor that is Night City. And how, with such an interesting world, its photo mode becomes the perfect lens to re-engage and refresh.

There are some prime examples of photo modes in modern games, as the feature has become increasingly commonplace. The advent of the “share button”, making capture content an easily accessible feature on every home console, meant players could more easily snapshot their best plays or favorite scenes. Tie in social media and forums like YouTube, and it’s really never been easier to take something  from your personal playthrough and put it online.

So when I opened Cyberpunk 2077 back up I started going back through my photo mode pictures. It was like a mini-scrapbook of the playthrough I’d had before, letting me revisit all the choices I’d made and branches I went down. And of course, all the looks my V served.

The Cyberpunk 2077 photo mode may not be the best in the business (I still have a lot of love for XIV‘s