Review: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is a transformative overhaul
It’s fair to say that, with the release of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, the comeback story will be practically complete.
Cyberpunk 2077 joins the ranks of No Man’s Sky and Final Fantasy 14 as a byword for a game that launched in flames and needed a colossal apology tour to make things right.
Even with the huge 2.0 update that was released to all players alongside Phantom Liberty, Cyberpunk 2077 is still not what many players had hoped it was going to be.
However, this DLC – which doubles as a farewell to the game as developer CD Projekt moves on to a full sequel – serves as not only a make-good for the mistakes of the past, but the best content that’s ever taken place on the streets of Night City.
Phantom Liberty takes place in Dogtown, a new area of Night City previously unexplorable in the main game. Dogtown is littered with shanty towns and opulent buildings falling to pieces and, crucially, just as V arrives, the President of the New United States crashes down to earth.
Encouraged by a mysterious new figure, V finds themselves entangled in a web of intrigue with FIA agent Solomon Reed, played by Idris Elba. This is just one way in which Phantom Liberty deals in Hollywood spectacle: There’s a real bells-and-whistles feel to the main thrust of missions, which when played sequentially, could easily rank as one of the strongest single-player experiences of the year.
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Dogtown itself flew past as we pursued the main narrative thread, an issue the game seems to acknowledge with a clunky roadblock that forces you to engage with the less-than-sparkling side jobs.
Missions are varied in not only their activity but also their pacing.
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