This Week In Modding: Lots Of Cyberpunk, Bit Of Fallout
With the current-gen upgrade for Cyberpunk 2077 with us at long last, modders have returned to the game. Just days after the update went live, fans were already building upon its extensive new features, making returning to the open-world RPG all the more worthwhile.
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As usual, we also have some showings from Bethesda games. But even then, they find a way to be Cyberpunk related.
CD Projekt Red wanted Cyberpunk to be immersive, but this fan is taking it to another level. Modder Luke Ross is making Cyberpunk playable in VR, having previously accomplished this with Red Dead Redemption 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn. Cyberpunk 2077 R.E.A.L VR is set to launch later this week, and could just be the best way to revisit Night City if you’ve reinstalled the game after the update.
Night City is full of different languages and cultures, so why do all the main characters speak English for our benefit? Dialogue from random NPCs in Russian, Japanese and more is spoken in the original language, and then translated in the captions, suggesting V is equipped with some kind of auto-translate software. This dialogue mod leans into Cyberpunk’s diversity, and has it so that every character speaks their native language. Takemura, for example, will speak in Japanese throughout the game, but will still have English subtitles. Jackie will speak Spanish all of the time, rather than just the occasional word.
Getting the ability to alter our appearance - in a setting where people alter their appearance - was probably one of the most exciting features of the new update. However, it still leaves us stuck with the facial features and voice we chose at the very
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