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- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is an action-packed RPG expansion that brings refined mechanics and a gripping espionage storyline to the base game. Critics praise its richly detailed environments, engaging characters, and improved combat systems. The 2.0 update elevates the entire experience, adding significant gameplay enhancements.
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Sep 20, 2023 · After a legendarily fraught launch and three years of rebuilding, Cyberpunk 2077 is finally the RPG its world and characters deserved, and Phantom Liberty is a fine last hurrah for a game...
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Updated: Sep 25, 2023 4:20 pm
Posted: Sep 20, 2023 3:00 pm
Remember how many dildos were originally in Cyberpunk 2077? You couldn’t loot a corner in Night City without picking one up, to the point where CD Projekt Red actually had to patch a number of them out. Lootable dildos weren’t necessarily a problem on their own, but their abundance was a good example of how Cyberpunk’s grand story could occasionally clash with the cheap shock humor found around it. Phantom Liberty aims to right that dildo misalignment, and after some soul-searching, has seemingly found what kind of Cyberpunk story it wants to tell, and nails it. Balancing the punk-rock verve of Mike Pondsmith’s tabletop RPG with an exquisitely crafted spy story and best-in-class visuals, Phantom Liberty is Cyberpunk 2077 at its best.
A quick detour: the backstories of Dogtown, Night City, and the whole Cyberpunk tabletop universe are heavily referenced in Phantom Liberty, to the point I had to look up lore guides to figure out exactly what was happening. It’s not so complicated that it’s impenetrable for the uninitiated, though, and CDPR does a good job of laying out the stakes clearly. But I imagine this stuff will appeal directly to fans of the tabletop game than inspired Cyberpunk 2077.
Phantom Liberty begins with the President of the NUS crash landing in a self-governed district of Night City called Dogtown, and you’re hired by her Secret Service detail to rescue her. From there you will meet the two most important new characters in the expansion, Song So-Mi, an NUSA hacker excellently played by Christine Minji Chang, and Solomon Reed, a sleeper agent who is brought back into commission portrayed by the iconic Idris Elba.
Elba is again channeling his city-wise American accent from The Wire, only this time on the other side of the law. He’s definitely not phoning this role in either, delivering a thoroughly captivating performance as a secret agent who made me so desperately want to trust him even though he is Night City’s greatest spy, and therefore probably never t...
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Keanu Reeves also makes a return as Johnny Silverhand. Maybe it’s the years since I last played, but I feel Reeves is actually better this time around, performance-wise. Honestly, I think it’s that he has better material to work with in Phantom Liberty, which requires him to rattle off fewer diatribes about screwing over the system. Instead, the expanded story lets Reeves explore Silverhand’s mournful side, delving into his existence as a failed revolutionary imprisoned in someone else’s body. But more than that, between Elba, Reeves, and Chang, Phantom Liberty does a great job highlighting just how advanced its character animations are compared to some other big-budget RPGs. At the intersection of performance and technology, CDPR has found something in Cyberpunk 2077 that can genuinely move you. Just wait until you meet Reed’s spy associate, Alex.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners doesn’t overtake Cyberpunk 2077 so much as it expands upon it. But for the best version of Night City this side of the 21st century, consider diving into Studio Trigger’s madcap vision of the famous tabletop RPG. It’s a wild ride, but worth every blistering second, choom. – Matt Kim, September 13, 2022
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Elevated by Elba’s and Chang’s respective performances, Phantom Liberty hits all the things I love in a Cyberpunk story: it hones in on the hopelessness of hyper-capitalism and the dehumanizing effects of technology on our souls, all while using the spy motif to introduce some new themes to the world. How can we trust anyone when every element of the future has been so thoroughly taken over by automated forces of corporations and government? It has more to say than I expected going in, and more than I could have hoped for after my initial playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077.
CDPR has played a wicked trick by infusing side missions with complex moral dilemmas.
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Similarly, CDPR gets a ton of mileage out of its spy premise. There are exciting moments where you’re channeling your best Ethan Hunt from Mission: Impossible, complete with a new face to trick your targets, as well as an entire section that was very clearly inspired by Skyfall. I was curious to learn how an espionage plot could fit into Cyberpunk 2077’s story about varying levels of criminality – from the dingiest streets to the tallest executive corporate suite – but Phantom Liberty reminds us that the government, too, is part of our hyper-capitalist meat grinder, and not much separates a government agent from a streetwise fixer.
It’s serious business, but whenever the storyline begins to feel too heavy you can take on side jobs for Mr. Hands, a fixer whose clientele ranges from kidnapped arms dealers to a doting resident who just wants to rescue her dumb-as-bricks fiance and his even dumber friend. But make no mistake: CDPR has played a wicked trick by infusing these side missions with the same kind of complex moral dilemmas you’re forced to resolve during the main campaign.
To be clear, these are improvements that all Cyberpunk 2077 owners can experience even without buying Phantom Liberty. The expansion doesn’t include much in the way of exclusive abilities, but does feature some exclusive clothes and weapons. The weapons, in particular, are very much themed after the spy stories Phantom Liberty has taken inspiration...
Last year, I said in my review of Cyberpunk Edgerunners that CDPR now has a blueprint for where to go with Cyberpunk 2077, and Phantom Liberty shows the studio already had exactly that in mind. Between a more sophisticated level of storytelling with excellent performances, smarter insights on the cyberpunk genre and its dystopian themes, and landin...
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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty completes an immense turnaround for CD Projekt Red's future RPG kickstarted with the anime spinoff, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and its latest 2.0 Update.
Oct 10, 2023 · Phantom Liberty is an excellent expansion to Cyberpunk 2077 that delivers a rich, polished bonus act to the dystopian RPG.
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Sep 20, 2023 · Our review of Cyberpunk 2077 expansion Phantom Liberty will explain whether CD Projekt Red's much-maligned FPS-RPG has finally had the modifications it needs.
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Nov 30, 2023 · The Phantom Liberty update overhauled the skills, cyberware, and combat which turned it from a middling experience that lets you steamroll the opposition into a more calculated, well-paced, and amazing first-person RPG shooter.
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Sep 20, 2023 · Even as Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty expansion tells a new, mostly standalone story, there are multiple points throughout when V, the protagonist of CD Projekt Red’s long-troubled RPG ...
Sep 20, 2023 · Perhaps unsurprisingly given their overall quality in the base game, the characters of Phantom Liberty are superb. Idris Elba’s Solomon Reed takes some time to open up, but his penchant for...
