Cyberpunk 2077 (PC) is a single-player, first-person perspective action-RPG developed by CD Projekt Red, the developer of The Witcher series. Based on a tabletop game developed by Michael Pondsmith back in the 1980s, CP2077 is steeped in the themes and aesthetics of the cyberpunk genre.
Gameplay—Become a cyberpunk
Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay allows you to mix and match your approaches to suit your playstyle. You can go in guns blazing, or sneak around your enemies and eliminate them with your melee weapons or hacking vulnerable devices. Either way, combat is violent and satisfying.
As a story-rich adventure, CP2077 lets you carve your own position among the shakers and movers of Night City, arrange your own alliances, and find your own motivations. V is a potentially a deadly combatant, or a dangerously smart hacker, but there’s only so far one could reach without allies. It’s up to you to secure a few of your own!
Setting—Live in the city of the Future
Night City of the year 2077 exemplifies the untapped potential of humanity. Built in the middle of nowhere, California, Night City grew to be a sprawling metropolis where people from all walks of life can ply their trade, seek (and sometimes even find) fame and fortune, or die trying.
Body modifications can be seen everywhere on the street, and Psycho Squads keep an eye on those who suffer from cyberpsychosis after going one augmentation too far. Trauma Teams offer paramedics able to extract you even from intensive shoot-outs, provided you can pay what they charge. Gangs run rampant in the streets, while megacorporations find new ways to find profits. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more cyberpunk game.
Do you think you’re tough and smart enough to navigate the streets and the factional politics of Night City? You’re fresh meat, don’t get your hopes out, hotshot.
The open-world of Night City
If you want to travel a lot in your playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077 car rides are your best option. The city is huge, and there are some districts where you’d prefer to stay in your car unless you have weapons at hand.
There are several districts you get to visit in CP2077. There’s the City Center where corporations have the strongest presence, for example, or Pacifica, where gangs have more say than anyone else and you’d better be on good terms with them. Whether you go on foot or in a car, the only time you’ll ever see a loading screen after booting up the game is during fast travel. There are no seams to prevent you from immersing yourself in the world.
Reception
Ever since the first trailers, Cyberpunk 2077’s reception has been incredibly positive, with glowing praises from industry journalists and the community in general. The impressive sense of scale, the feeling of being in a living city of the future, and player freedom made Cyberpunk 2077 an easy and quick hit, especially with the stalwart fans of The Witcher 3.
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