Personally I’d watch the anime first just so you know the world you’re getting into. As far as I know there’s no spoilers (I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong) but not having knowledge of the universe going in is a huge disadvantage to getting the most out of the story
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Caspar_Friedrich02
Choom, enjoy! Also watch Edgerunners, you’ll see the game through an entirely different lens after
Illustrious-Ant6998
Take some time to do quests and missions in Westbrook before taking the main plot too far. It will be good to build up some skills and XP before.
Driving in Night City is fun and necessary for long distances. But for quests and NCPD scanner side hustles, try walking between them. It will give you better appreciation for the city and the care that went into making it.
Angelexe123
Take your time. Don’t rush it. This game is quite frankly a journey to go through with how deep the world building can get.
Ngl the game play and system can be a bit intimidating at first but I promise you will understand how easy it is to break the game and become a nonstopable killing machine.
I will say be careful with the attribute and perk system, but really, it tells you what each does and belongs to.
But for a quick understanding.
Cyberdeck= wizard-ish; ram is like mana and quickhacks are like spells. Hack cameras and cars. That kind of thing.
Sandevistan= slowing down time and being like quicksilver for a short time or 1 minute (yes a full 60 secs).
Berserker= invincibility and extra damage for a short time.
Just have fun with the world.
Alt91f
There are no happy endings in Night City
Fro55t
Above all, do ALL the side quests. They’re just as good if not better than the main ones. I highly recommend you clear out as much as you can every few main quest, maybe after each one. You’ll get an amazing story and experience.
Garlic-Rough
Have fun 😌
You can either look up build guides or build your stats as you understand the game. I personally did the latter back in 2021, and looked up builds after finishing to explore other gameplay dynamics.
Zero_Zeta_
Have fun. Just go in as blind as possible. Try different things and find out what works best for you. You can do different playthroughs with different builds later.
Dumbass1171
Not really advice but I’m playing through eventually and you’ll realize you’re in act 2 and then I started the grinding with gigs and found a bunch of side jobs and starting phantom liberty before progressing the main story much. Working well for me so far
Lilrob0617
Put all your points into tech, there’s literally not a single build that doesn’t benefit from a chromed to high heaven V.
NobodyGL
Only one. Enjoy :3
Acrobatic_Rooster970
Enjoy everything, every single pixel. Because this game will change your perspective of life.
no-shells
Don’t let the city swallow you up, choom
SnooGrapes7950
go slow and enjoy the ride. don’t google the questions. roll with it. the story isn’t that long, so really, go slow.
Ok-Conversation4149
Really take your time. It’s going to seem like you have to move urgently and you can finish the game in like 35 hours. I’m on my second playthrough and I’m at 100 hours, a little more than 60% through. The deeper you go and explore, the more the story is enhanced. And also get the DLC if you haven’t!
No_Sail_6576
Prepare to cry. >!I did 😢!<
DarthMalec
It’s gonna feel overwhelming for a while but you’ll get the hang of it. Don’t be afraid to look up like an ign guide so you don’t forget to get important stuff or make some choices.
HufflepuffKid2000
Whatever you do, DO NOT stick iron in your mouth and pull the trigger.
DepressedPanadaFu
Don’t do the first mission.. lol
Perk2103
Some gangs deserve more wrath than others.
Krunply
If you havent found iconics for a while, you missed something. Look around, even when the game sais to run, look around a bit, i dont remember any timed missions other than races. Take your time, immerse yourself, collect as much as you can, and explore as well. Youll find amazing little stories all around the map in hidden corners. To this date, my fav game, have a good fee hundred hours.
Also: make a caracter and stick to it. You can branch out in the skills, but its better to keep a direction, you can always start a new campaign after
PepperoniPizzaPauly
Take your time and explore.
Neutronian5440
You can only respec attributes once. But you can move perk points around freely as long as you aren’t in conflict!
the_fire_fist
I wrote it for a new player a few days ago. I will write it again for you.
Welcome to night city, choom. Now let the Eddies roll and gonks blow as if it isn’t anyone’s biz. Take out your wheels, load your iron and get a taste of the city of dreams.
Remember this is not a story about saving the world. It’s a story about saving yourself.
And there’s no happy ending in the dark future.
And one last thing. Never fade away.
aclark210
Explore. Don’t feel the need to rush into the main story, where cyberpunk excels is in its world building side missions and environmental story telling. If u see random shit off in the distance that catches ur attention and ur able to reach it, then do so.
Oh, and don’t get hung up on morality. U will go nuts trying to apply our morality to this video game where they threw that concept out the window decades earlier.
pedobear6978
Take your time and explore the city. Don’t rush the story and try out the random quests & gigs around NC and the badlands. You get awesome loot, weapons and even free vehicles so you don’t have to waste your eddies.
panda2air
Try to choose the style that you like and stick with it until the end. If you are interested in another style, just wait to play it again. I did this for 5 times.
Bing_Bong_the_Archer
Side with Meredith, and search the hotel room that you meet her in later on
arest_42
Get dash abilities as soon as possible
Superfluous_Jam
Watch edgerunners as many have recommended and avoid looking at walkthroughs. Have a blind playthrough for the first time as an experience before grinding the perfect one.
Noob4Head
If you’ve watched Edgerunners don’t turn on Night FM on the radio or you’ll get depressed and cry. And if you haven’t watched Edgerunners yet… What are you doing, drop everything and go watch it NOW.
Disgustingfatass69
Yes, stop trying to spoil the game for yourself and just play blondi.
azhder
Don’t touch them embers until you are really ready to
designerdad
Before every option to kill someone pause and Google it because you may be missing out on a gun or something.
IvyTheRanger
Have fun
But if you get Meredith killed I will kick your butt
StoryOfTwatus
There’s no happy endings in night city
Floppyhoofd_
Get off Reddit and start playing, best advice.
Shivverton
As someone who has about 2700 hours in the game, I have a few recommendations.
Don’t look anything up the first time around. Also, try to read stuff as you find them because they are usually there to flesh out the visual storytelling around you.
Even random point distribution will make you way too powerful in endgame. So, don’t hesitate to experiment. I would read perks first and try as many of the combat options (weapons, bare hands, hacks, nades, etc.) first to see what is most enjoyable as, and I can’t stress that enough, every build is viable. Yes, I play in Very Hard.
That said, movement abilities and tech tree are good for any build. Since 2.0 never played a character who doesn’t have Tech 20 eventually.
Try to go slow. I know it’s a fast paced game which makes you want to go go go but main missions are spaced like that for a reason. There is a lot to take in both in the environment and in the dialogues.
When you happen upon people talking, especially main characters, wait until they are done.
Every time you load the game, you’ll have a news report based on where you are in the story. I would listen to them, they are neat.
If you happen to have enthusiasm for efficient builds like I do, you can save the attribute points you get at character creation as you are limited to an attribute at 6 max before the game starts. That said, 9 in all attributes would let you try different things and still have a maxed out build by endgame if you have Phantom Liberty.
Watching Edgerunners is a good recommendation as so many people said here.
Most importantly, enjoy. I wish I were in your shoes playing this game with no memory of it.
doogs9
Never meet Hanako at Embers
66watchingpeople66
Just remember there are no happy ending in Night City. Only legends.
johnbcook94
The song you’re looking for comes on body heat radio
Greatest-Comrade
Bang Meredith
Accurate-Pay9580
A happy ending? For folks like us? Wrong city, wrong people.
Gergestron
Skye is the girl.
EDGEMCFLUFFYph
Let Takenura and Hanako wait. They are really patient.
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Personally I’d watch the anime first just so you know the world you’re getting into. As far as I know there’s no spoilers (I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong) but not having knowledge of the universe going in is a huge disadvantage to getting the most out of the story
[deleted]
Choom, enjoy! Also watch Edgerunners, you’ll see the game through an entirely different lens after
Take some time to do quests and missions in Westbrook before taking the main plot too far. It will be good to build up some skills and XP before.
Driving in Night City is fun and necessary for long distances. But for quests and NCPD scanner side hustles, try walking between them. It will give you better appreciation for the city and the care that went into making it.
Take your time. Don’t rush it. This game is quite frankly a journey to go through with how deep the world building can get.
Ngl the game play and system can be a bit intimidating at first but I promise you will understand how easy it is to break the game and become a nonstopable killing machine.
I will say be careful with the attribute and perk system, but really, it tells you what each does and belongs to.
But for a quick understanding.
Cyberdeck= wizard-ish; ram is like mana and quickhacks are like spells. Hack cameras and cars. That kind of thing.
Sandevistan= slowing down time and being like quicksilver for a short time or 1 minute (yes a full 60 secs).
Berserker= invincibility and extra damage for a short time.
Just have fun with the world.
There are no happy endings in Night City
Above all, do ALL the side quests. They’re just as good if not better than the main ones. I highly recommend you clear out as much as you can every few main quest, maybe after each one. You’ll get an amazing story and experience.
Have fun 😌
You can either look up build guides or build your stats as you understand the game. I personally did the latter back in 2021, and looked up builds after finishing to explore other gameplay dynamics.
Have fun. Just go in as blind as possible. Try different things and find out what works best for you. You can do different playthroughs with different builds later.
Not really advice but I’m playing through eventually and you’ll realize you’re in act 2 and then I started the grinding with gigs and found a bunch of side jobs and starting phantom liberty before progressing the main story much. Working well for me so far
Put all your points into tech, there’s literally not a single build that doesn’t benefit from a chromed to high heaven V.
Only one. Enjoy :3
Enjoy everything, every single pixel. Because this game will change your perspective of life.
Don’t let the city swallow you up, choom
go slow and enjoy the ride. don’t google the questions. roll with it. the story isn’t that long, so really, go slow.
Really take your time. It’s going to seem like you have to move urgently and you can finish the game in like 35 hours. I’m on my second playthrough and I’m at 100 hours, a little more than 60% through. The deeper you go and explore, the more the story is enhanced. And also get the DLC if you haven’t!
Prepare to cry. >!I did 😢!<
It’s gonna feel overwhelming for a while but you’ll get the hang of it. Don’t be afraid to look up like an ign guide so you don’t forget to get important stuff or make some choices.
Whatever you do, DO NOT stick iron in your mouth and pull the trigger.
Don’t do the first mission.. lol
Some gangs deserve more wrath than others.
If you havent found iconics for a while, you missed something. Look around, even when the game sais to run, look around a bit, i dont remember any timed missions other than races. Take your time, immerse yourself, collect as much as you can, and explore as well. Youll find amazing little stories all around the map in hidden corners. To this date, my fav game, have a good fee hundred hours.
Also: make a caracter and stick to it. You can branch out in the skills, but its better to keep a direction, you can always start a new campaign after
Take your time and explore.
You can only respec attributes once. But you can move perk points around freely as long as you aren’t in conflict!
I wrote it for a new player a few days ago. I will write it again for you.
Welcome to night city, choom. Now let the Eddies roll and gonks blow as if it isn’t anyone’s biz. Take out your wheels, load your iron and get a taste of the city of dreams.
Remember this is not a story about saving the world. It’s a story about saving yourself.
And there’s no happy ending in the dark future.
And one last thing. Never fade away.
Explore. Don’t feel the need to rush into the main story, where cyberpunk excels is in its world building side missions and environmental story telling. If u see random shit off in the distance that catches ur attention and ur able to reach it, then do so.
Oh, and don’t get hung up on morality. U will go nuts trying to apply our morality to this video game where they threw that concept out the window decades earlier.
Take your time and explore the city. Don’t rush the story and try out the random quests & gigs around NC and the badlands. You get awesome loot, weapons and even free vehicles so you don’t have to waste your eddies.
Try to choose the style that you like and stick with it until the end. If you are interested in another style, just wait to play it again. I did this for 5 times.
Side with Meredith, and search the hotel room that you meet her in later on
Get dash abilities as soon as possible
Watch edgerunners as many have recommended and avoid looking at walkthroughs. Have a blind playthrough for the first time as an experience before grinding the perfect one.
If you’ve watched Edgerunners don’t turn on Night FM on the radio or you’ll get depressed and cry. And if you haven’t watched Edgerunners yet… What are you doing, drop everything and go watch it NOW.
Yes, stop trying to spoil the game for yourself and just play blondi.
Don’t touch them embers until you are really ready to
Before every option to kill someone pause and Google it because you may be missing out on a gun or something.
Have fun
But if you get Meredith killed I will kick your butt
There’s no happy endings in night city
Get off Reddit and start playing, best advice.
As someone who has about 2700 hours in the game, I have a few recommendations.
Don’t look anything up the first time around. Also, try to read stuff as you find them because they are usually there to flesh out the visual storytelling around you.
Even random point distribution will make you way too powerful in endgame. So, don’t hesitate to experiment. I would read perks first and try as many of the combat options (weapons, bare hands, hacks, nades, etc.) first to see what is most enjoyable as, and I can’t stress that enough, every build is viable. Yes, I play in Very Hard.
That said, movement abilities and tech tree are good for any build. Since 2.0 never played a character who doesn’t have Tech 20 eventually.
Try to go slow. I know it’s a fast paced game which makes you want to go go go but main missions are spaced like that for a reason. There is a lot to take in both in the environment and in the dialogues.
When you happen upon people talking, especially main characters, wait until they are done.
Every time you load the game, you’ll have a news report based on where you are in the story. I would listen to them, they are neat.
If you happen to have enthusiasm for efficient builds like I do, you can save the attribute points you get at character creation as you are limited to an attribute at 6 max before the game starts. That said, 9 in all attributes would let you try different things and still have a maxed out build by endgame if you have Phantom Liberty.
Watching Edgerunners is a good recommendation as so many people said here.
Most importantly, enjoy. I wish I were in your shoes playing this game with no memory of it.
Never meet Hanako at Embers
Just remember there are no happy ending in Night City. Only legends.
The song you’re looking for comes on body heat radio
Bang Meredith
A happy ending? For folks like us? Wrong city, wrong people.
Skye is the girl.
Let Takenura and Hanako wait. They are really patient.