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Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is an action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt RED. An expansion pack for Cyberpunk 2077 (2020), it introduces a new district and a new quest line. Set in a dystopian cyberpunk universe, the player assumes the role of "V", a mercenary who must rescue the President of the New United States whose aircraft has crashed in the lawless district of Dogtown. It was released for Windows PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S in September 2023. The game received critical acclaim, and it has sold more than 4.5 million copies since release.

Similar to the base game, Phantom Liberty is an action role-playing video game played from a first-person perspective. The story of the game is set in a new district named "Dogtown", which has its own unique characters, quests and gigs.Phantom Liberty introduces a new Relic skill tree with nine abilities. To unlock new Relic skills, players must progress the story of Phantom Liberty, or access restricted data terminals found in Dogtown.The DLC also raises the level cap to 60, and adds new weapons and vehicles into the game. New quickhacks are also added to the game, allowing players to perform actions such as air dashing, seeing through walls, or changing V's appearance on the fly.Vehicular combat is also added, allowing players to drive cars armed with missile launchers.Depending on player's decision, a new ending for the base game will be unlocked.

After concluding the Voodoo Boys business in Pacifica, V is contacted by Song "Songbird" So Mi (Minji Chang), the aide of NUSA President Rosalind Myers (Kay Bess). She explains that their transport, Space Force One, has been hacked over Night City and is about to crash in the lawless district of Dogtown. Songbird asks V to help rescue Myers in return for her assistance in preventing the Relic from destroying V's brain. Songbird also warns V that the warlord who rules Dogtown, Kurt Hansen (Eliah Mountjoy), will likely attempt to use the opportunity to kidnap Myers. V is able to extract Myers from the crash site and escort her to a safehouse, but they lose contact with Songbird on the way. At the safehouse, Johnny warns V that Songbird and Myers may be hiding secrets from them.

The next morning, Songbird is still missing in action. A concerned Myers asks V to make contact with Solomon Reed (Idris Elba), a NUSA sleeper agent stationed in Dogtown. Reed agrees to help, but V learns that Reed was abandoned by the NUSA in Night City after Reed narrowly survived an assassination attempt by Arasaka. They enlist the aid of a fellow agent named Alexa "Alex" Xenakis (Yvonne Senat Jones) and an underworld netrunner named Slider, who traces Songbird's trail. He is shocked to discover that Songbird penetrated the Blackwall, the firewall that protects the world from rogue AIs inhabiting the old Net, to make contact with V. Slider is able to reestablish contact with Songbird, who tells V she is in Hansen's custody, but Slider is killed when his connection short-circuits.

V regroups with Reed in his safehouse, where he reveals that the NUSA ordered Songbird to sell him out to Arasaka. He also discloses that Songbird has been probing the Blackwall under Myers' orders, which is prohibited by international law. Regardless, Reed wants to rescue Songbird, so he and V infiltrate Hansen's headquarters. They meet Songbird, who explains that her mind has been corrupted by the Blackwall, but Hansen possesses a device called the Neural Matrix that can cure both her and V's conditions. Songbird sets up a plan to steal the matrix from Hansen, while Reed and V realize that the plane crash was orchestrated by Songbird so that she could reach Hansen and acquire the matrix to save herself. V then has a choice: let Songbird complete her objective or betray her using an icebreaker given to them by Reed.

If V betrays Songbird, she will secure the matrix but succumb to cyberpsychosis after recognizing V's treachery. Songbird alerts Hansen, who then kills Alex. V kills Hansen in pursuit of Songbird, but cannot stop her from fleeing to Cynosure, an old Militech bunker facility meant to counter Soulkiller. By the time V catches up, Songbird is already succumbing to the Blackwall's effects. Depending on V's choices, they either euthanize Songbird to prevent her from falling into NUSA custody, or hand her over to Reed so he can help her.

If V goes along with Songbird, Alex kills Hansen while V and Songbird flee the area. Songbird then enlists V to help her escape from Night City's spaceport to the Moon. On the way there, Songbird admits to V that the matrix will disintegrate after being used once, so it can only save one of them. V is left with the decision to surrender Songbird into Reed's custody or assist Songbird's launch to the Moon, the latter of which leads to a standoff with Reed dying.

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