Beware of Blondes with Mantis Blades - Let's Play Cyberpunk 2077 #176 Gig Fixer, Merc, Soldier, Spy
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We are playing Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.12 (ultimate edition, as good as it gets), starting with episode 109 patch 2.13.
You can find the complete Cyberpunk 2077 playlist for this Let's Play featuring Youtube videos with uncut gameplay and commentary here: • Let's Play Cyberpunk 2077 - Patch 2.1...
CYBERPUNK 2077, THE PC/Xbox/PS4/PS5 GAME
Cyberpunk 2077 is an action role-playing video game. The game is played from a first-person perspective and functions like a first-person shooter. Vehicular combat is also possible. The narrative mostly takes place in Night City, an open world metropolis infested with gangs where mercenaries dance amongst the criminal underworld and corrupt all-mighty corporations.
Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by Polish studio CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt in 2020.
CYBERPUNK 2077, THE BACKGROUND
The player's character is a mercenary and criminal named V who tries to make his/her name in the cyberpunk world of the year 2077. During a heist V gets accidentally imbued with a “bio-chip” that contains an engram of legendary rockstar and terrorist Johnny Silverhand's personality and memories. Johnny Silverhand is voiced by Keanu Reaves. This chip begins to override V's memories and personality. To separate Johnny and V from each other and to save V's life they must work together.
The game takes place within the dystopian science fiction scenario of the Cyberpunk universe: National states have lost importance and control. International mega-corporations call the shots. Environmental disaster is wide-spread. People are concentrated in mega-cities. Technological advance has led to the creation of cyberlimbs and the connection of man and machine. Artificial body parts outclass their biological counterparts. People are reduced to salary slaves. To be more competitive they are often encouraged to replace body parts with cyberware or to use productivity enhancing drugs. The genre of cyberpunk can thus be seen as a criticism of unchecked capitalism and technology and their social and environmental costs.
In this world meaningful and deep human relationships have become the exception. The cyberpunk culture culminates in the statement “You do not make a name as a cyberpunk by how you live, you are remembered by how you die” (cited after Cyberpunk Edgerunners series).
CYBERPUNK 2077 PHANTOM LIBERTY DLC
As part of this Let's Play and playthrough we will in time also play the DLC Phantom Liberty.
CYBERPUNK 2077: RECEPTION, BUGS AND CONTROVERSIES
The game was praised for its captivating narrative, the depth and expansiveness of side-quests, the immersive atmosphere of the game world and the visual quality.
However, at release Cyberpunk 2077 was riddled with bugs and performance issues over all platforms, particularly on PS4 and Xbox. The launch was considered disastrous. This led Sony to remove the game from the Playstation Store. CD Project Red was also forced to refund a significant number of consumers. Class-action lawsuits were filed asserting that the company had made fraudulent claims to the state of the game to mislead its investors.
CYBERPUNK 2077, THIS LET'S PLAY
In this Let's Play Cyberpunk 2077 we will see lots of uncut commented gameplay and a complete playthrough on the hardest difficulty. The Let's Play functions as a walkthrough. Comments on ways to accomplish goals and missions are especially welcome so the community may profit.
I run an NVIDIA RTX3080, an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor@3.80 GHz and 32 GB RAM as well as a fast SSD. Most graphic settings are set to highest quality, tests have so far shown FPS of usually well over 60 at 1440p resolution. You can see the FPS in the upper left corner of the screen throughout the Let's Play.
CYBERPUNK 2077 AGE RESTRICTION
The game is age restricted with 18+. In the first episode I give a verbal introduction that is not age restricted. Starting with episode #2 I will have to restrict the videos to 18+.
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My callsign is Hardball, PlayingHardball. I’ve always loved gaming. I am passionate about games as forms of art and ways of exploring narratives in interactive ways. I have been playing video games nearly all my life, on the internet for a few years now. I enjoy a great variety of games but generally lean towards games with a unique and engaging story (like Mass Effect, Disco Elysium, The Witcher, etc), strategy/tactical games (like XCOM, Panzercorps, Total War etc), and RPGs (like Baldur's Gate, Pathfinder etc). Of course, I am always looking for great indie games too!
COPYRIGHT
Game copyright: "Cyberpunk 2077©CD Project Red www.cdprojekt.com"
Music copyright: We play with copyrighted music disabled. Here and there we will peek shortly into what other music they offer (especially if there is sudden silence like in episode #4).
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