Way better than base game, story wise. To me at least.
I enjoyed dogtown and its the fastest way to gain experience through combat.
Enjoyed the side missions and drop events.
As for the characters, I understand all of their views and I somewhat hate all of them.
ShubinMoon
Classic CDPR expansion, lots of quality that pushes the base game even further. I enjoyed all that it has to offer, side jobs were fun, side gigs were way more than just a text message.
As for the endings all felt great in their own right, there’s no happily ever after and I’m ok with it that’s just the way it is.
TheRealestCapta1n
I think its great so far but I’m not sure if i like how nearly every single new gig is a moral dilemma. Its cooking my brain having to deal with back to back to back situations that are lose lose for everyone.
Hatarus547
the fact that this will be the last bit of consent for Cyberpunk 2077 and in the end they rather spend money on voice actors then adding in more cosmetic cyberwear options despite nearly every NPC in game having it on really annoys me even going all out my character is to clean, i feel like Adem Jenson has more Cyberwear on then my V half the time
samgungraven
I think of Cars 2 when I think of Phantom Liberty. Cyberpunk is supposed to be about the fight against the establishment. Adding an espionage type thing to it feels just wrong. It’s an RPG, and the story just doesn’t make sense for the character and world. I wish they had expanded the cyberpunk universe, instead of trying to modernise the genre by introducing a weak espionage-inspired formulaic quest line. However, dog town is amazing, I just wish I could do different choices, and not be railroaded into the stupid plot
MarkVZephyrus
The new ending was the most depressing one in the game. I did it just to see it, my actual ending that I got was >!sending So Mi to the moon.!<
>!That ending left me in an odd spot really. I did not know if I should feel like I was fooled and played along to the manipulator like a puppet or I did the true selfless act of sacrificing myself for someone who truly deserved a second life. My conclusion was that she truly did deserve the cure and in the face of betrayal, realizing the truth, the absolute hell she was in that she saw no other way but to betray everyone she knew, seeing that and acknowledging that to help a person in need despite all the wrongs she had to do, that sacrifice by V was the most beautiful thing ever.!<
>!I then did the Reed path just for the hell of it. I’m not a Reed fan but that path is way more “fun”. It mostly just confirmed with the flashbacks what I already had realized in the So Mi ending when I saw her collapsed in the Van dying. The new ending was very well written and well played, it made complete sense thematically and narratively. And it was sad as hell. After the credits started rolling I just sat there listening to the music for 10 minutes. It was perfect.!<
Drav_The_Dragon
Wish we got romance options for some of the characters- and maybe different endings. Like leaving NC with Alex would’ve been a good one
Chillmonger8
I was hoping for Reed to be a bit more autonomous and doing his own thing. He’s more of a loyal dog, almost to a fault.
y0ra
Very enjoyable, it was wort to come back
tysoncrosby21
So much more depth, in way less time than the base game. The character development was significantly more emphasized in PL.
I loved the entire play through, but wasn’t a big fan of the new ending. There was ways to do that style of ending that would have felt way better.
All in all, really really good. I however, prefer to finish PL in a way that keeps the base game open for the OG endings.
end_9214
I genuinely cried after this ending.
Bazingu420
very positive, makes me super hyped for what they will do with the sequel.
LeftAdhesiveness0
I‘m sad that it‘s over
SD_One
Great story and new area with new bugs and crashes to go with it. Needs another patch to fix what 2.01 broke.
Equivalent_Flan_5695
I love it, save from the fact that for some reason the vehicle contracts are not appearing for me. I hate that a rather large section of activities is locked behind a bug I can’t solve. Stuff like that is a big oof.
Other than that, been having tons of fun with it! Fat 8.5/10
Adorable_Affect_5882
The expansion was fantastic. The new ending on the other hand…
sapphicvalkyrja
It’s such a good expansion that it feels like Game of the Year material to me—easily the best new thing I played this year. Plus, it gave me an excuse to really think about how much I enjoy the base game (even pre-2.0), and I’ve come to appreciate it even more than I did before
slowclicker
So far so good. I keep avoiding the main story because I’m not ready to reach the ending.
Critical_Course_4528
Worth the money, but could be better.
Appollix
Absolutely loved it. Was a brilliant return to Night City. Loved the story; choices, missions, and the story twists. 10/10.
sal696969
1a
_Royalties_
it’s fine, it’s definitely good but the character assassination in the ending kinda kills it for me
outline01
I *really* expect to be in the minority here, especially on this sub of all places…
I personally think it was fine. It was good, did a genre pretty well.
It wasn’t *incredible*. I’ve seen people say ‘astonishing’ and I didn’t get that at all. It was some okay characters following an okay plot with some really good set pieces.
Dogtown is *pretty good* but I didn’t find it that much better than areas in the base game. You don’t actually spend long enough with the characters to grow any real attachment to them, you just sort of… latch onto this new group of people. A lot of the side gigs feel almost… over designed, if that’s a valid complaint?
Lots of the mechanic ‘improvements’ were 2.0 and still don’t elevate the game to being *incredible*, they’re just nice additions. The skill tree still isn’t perfect.
The set pieces are the thing that really landed for me, and will stick with me for a long long time. The conversation with the twins at the table? Oh buddy, more of that please.
Longjumping-Echo-744
I considered the base game story to have a very engaging and immersive story, but dam PL took that to a whole new level from the chaining, interactions, feeling you’re actually part of the story. I was shaky in pre-ordering at first but went for it, glad i didn’t regret it.
defbot3
Was incredible, 10/10. Easily the greatest expansion to a game that I’ve played, and one of the single most amazing experiences I’ve ever had with a video game. I truly felt lost after beating it, but in the best way possible.
>!I got the King of Wands ending (sending So Mi to the moon) as my first and only ending (by choice) as I simply couldn’t pull myself to do the other endings, I’ve watched them on Youtube which was more than enough emotional turmoil for me. I absolutely loved it and I vehemently believe that So Mi deserves a second chance at life, mistakes and all. !<
PF4ABG
Hearts of Stone, Blood and Wine, Phantom Liberty…
CDPR make Outrageously good DLC.
WalkerBuldog
It’s a fantastic dlc but feels like a shit end for a game I dearly loved because of the new ending.
dreamchained
Only issue I can think of off the top of my head is the 2.01 bug with passives. And making me want to spend money I don’t have on a 4090.
awesomedan24
My only complaint is I wish V had gotten a true happy ending akin to what Geralt got at the end of Blood & Wine.
Peanut-is-best-girl
I have on thoughts on it because i haven’t played it yet
DifferencePretend
Masterpiece for me. CDPR are back. The whole ending sequence with so mi was just incredible. And the credits song was breathtaking. Excuse the pun
NAPALM2614
I’m still recovering..
rubyW4ntsJDs
I’m glad it was an expansion. It didn’t make a whole lotta sense for V to be interested in obeying the law or standing for it. It was fun but very odd
PolskaFly
Fun, but ultimately main game story was better. Story was good but too short and felt rushed. Maybe not rushed, but not enough time to care about the characters.
BlearySteve
Awesome dlc shit ending.
Vadersfist505
Songbird deserves everything that happened to her
Nien-Year-Old
My thoughts on the expansion are:
>!WHY DID THEY HAVE TO KILL AURORE LIKE THAT !<
>!WHY!?!?!!<
>!MAN I WANTED TO ROMANCE HER !<
jakobcogdill
I felt it was lackluster, but that’s my own fault for setting my expectations so high for it. I expected it to be an entire second main story.
arek229
Loved the original game, and i think that story-wise it was better, but gameplay rework (although i miss “breach protocol”) is great (except gear being completely useless, it was an awful decision to make).
The only bad thing in this expansion, (except previously mentioned gear), is So Mi, i dislike her very fucking much, it’s borderline hatred (and maybe some dialogue options, that are similar to what CDPR did with Yorinobu in the original).
Oh, and Reed/Myers/new ending, are great.
EdgeLord556
I wish they added more regular gigs to the various fixer or added more types of randomized gigs other than just cleping cars for the captain
Caspar_Friedrich02
bandeng_asep
A lot of people thought that the Tower ending is really depressing, but is it really that bad compared to the Devil ending?
SPOILER
>!Think about it for a moment. In the Tower ending, V is totally cured from the Relic as promised, even if it took 2 years to do so. Sure, V can’t chrome-up anymore (which can be argued is equivalent to a death sentence in the Cyberpunk universe) but they get to live! Fully! The FIA (or Reed in this case) even extend an employment offer to them out of a mixture of guilt and gratitude. Oh, and the offer still stand even when V move back to NC as Reed himself confirm during the ending phone call.!<
>!Now compare this to how V ended up in the Devil ending. In that scenario, V was NOT cured, and became Arasaka’s guinea pig for a couple of months. Saburo came back and probably will instigate a fifth corpo war. And to add insult to injury, either Takemura or Hellman will offer V a contract to completely sell your OWN soul to Arasaka. Oh, and everyone still hate V on top of V still dying in 6 months to a year.!<
>!Personally, I don’t think the Tower ending left V in the worst state possible like some people claim. If anything, the Tower ending was the most bittersweet, grounded moment that CD Project could muster for V after all of the hijinks that they commit during the course of the game. V finally gets a chance to live a quiet life, and I believe there are still a lot of possibilites for our V to flourish even without cyberware in NC in the Tower Ending; just like how I believe V can bounce back after the Devil ending (if you choose to return to earth). Yeah it sucks that V doesn’t go out in a blaze of glory, but that’s life.!<
I dunno if other people feel this way but that’s just my take regarding the Tower Ending.!<
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Way better than base game, story wise. To me at least.
I enjoyed dogtown and its the fastest way to gain experience through combat.
Enjoyed the side missions and drop events.
As for the characters, I understand all of their views and I somewhat hate all of them.
Classic CDPR expansion, lots of quality that pushes the base game even further. I enjoyed all that it has to offer, side jobs were fun, side gigs were way more than just a text message.
As for the endings all felt great in their own right, there’s no happily ever after and I’m ok with it that’s just the way it is.
I think its great so far but I’m not sure if i like how nearly every single new gig is a moral dilemma. Its cooking my brain having to deal with back to back to back situations that are lose lose for everyone.
the fact that this will be the last bit of consent for Cyberpunk 2077 and in the end they rather spend money on voice actors then adding in more cosmetic cyberwear options despite nearly every NPC in game having it on really annoys me even going all out my character is to clean, i feel like Adem Jenson has more Cyberwear on then my V half the time
I think of Cars 2 when I think of Phantom Liberty. Cyberpunk is supposed to be about the fight against the establishment. Adding an espionage type thing to it feels just wrong. It’s an RPG, and the story just doesn’t make sense for the character and world. I wish they had expanded the cyberpunk universe, instead of trying to modernise the genre by introducing a weak espionage-inspired formulaic quest line. However, dog town is amazing, I just wish I could do different choices, and not be railroaded into the stupid plot
The new ending was the most depressing one in the game. I did it just to see it, my actual ending that I got was >!sending So Mi to the moon.!<
>!That ending left me in an odd spot really. I did not know if I should feel like I was fooled and played along to the manipulator like a puppet or I did the true selfless act of sacrificing myself for someone who truly deserved a second life. My conclusion was that she truly did deserve the cure and in the face of betrayal, realizing the truth, the absolute hell she was in that she saw no other way but to betray everyone she knew, seeing that and acknowledging that to help a person in need despite all the wrongs she had to do, that sacrifice by V was the most beautiful thing ever.!<
>!I then did the Reed path just for the hell of it. I’m not a Reed fan but that path is way more “fun”. It mostly just confirmed with the flashbacks what I already had realized in the So Mi ending when I saw her collapsed in the Van dying. The new ending was very well written and well played, it made complete sense thematically and narratively. And it was sad as hell. After the credits started rolling I just sat there listening to the music for 10 minutes. It was perfect.!<
Wish we got romance options for some of the characters- and maybe different endings. Like leaving NC with Alex would’ve been a good one
I was hoping for Reed to be a bit more autonomous and doing his own thing. He’s more of a loyal dog, almost to a fault.
Very enjoyable, it was wort to come back
So much more depth, in way less time than the base game. The character development was significantly more emphasized in PL.
I loved the entire play through, but wasn’t a big fan of the new ending. There was ways to do that style of ending that would have felt way better.
All in all, really really good. I however, prefer to finish PL in a way that keeps the base game open for the OG endings.
I genuinely cried after this ending.
very positive, makes me super hyped for what they will do with the sequel.
I‘m sad that it‘s over
Great story and new area with new bugs and crashes to go with it. Needs another patch to fix what 2.01 broke.
I love it, save from the fact that for some reason the vehicle contracts are not appearing for me. I hate that a rather large section of activities is locked behind a bug I can’t solve. Stuff like that is a big oof.
Other than that, been having tons of fun with it! Fat 8.5/10
The expansion was fantastic. The new ending on the other hand…
It’s such a good expansion that it feels like Game of the Year material to me—easily the best new thing I played this year. Plus, it gave me an excuse to really think about how much I enjoy the base game (even pre-2.0), and I’ve come to appreciate it even more than I did before
So far so good. I keep avoiding the main story because I’m not ready to reach the ending.
Worth the money, but could be better.
Absolutely loved it. Was a brilliant return to Night City. Loved the story; choices, missions, and the story twists. 10/10.
1a
it’s fine, it’s definitely good but the character assassination in the ending kinda kills it for me
I *really* expect to be in the minority here, especially on this sub of all places…
I personally think it was fine. It was good, did a genre pretty well.
It wasn’t *incredible*. I’ve seen people say ‘astonishing’ and I didn’t get that at all. It was some okay characters following an okay plot with some really good set pieces.
Dogtown is *pretty good* but I didn’t find it that much better than areas in the base game. You don’t actually spend long enough with the characters to grow any real attachment to them, you just sort of… latch onto this new group of people. A lot of the side gigs feel almost… over designed, if that’s a valid complaint?
Lots of the mechanic ‘improvements’ were 2.0 and still don’t elevate the game to being *incredible*, they’re just nice additions. The skill tree still isn’t perfect.
The set pieces are the thing that really landed for me, and will stick with me for a long long time. The conversation with the twins at the table? Oh buddy, more of that please.
I considered the base game story to have a very engaging and immersive story, but dam PL took that to a whole new level from the chaining, interactions, feeling you’re actually part of the story. I was shaky in pre-ordering at first but went for it, glad i didn’t regret it.
Was incredible, 10/10. Easily the greatest expansion to a game that I’ve played, and one of the single most amazing experiences I’ve ever had with a video game. I truly felt lost after beating it, but in the best way possible.
>!I got the King of Wands ending (sending So Mi to the moon) as my first and only ending (by choice) as I simply couldn’t pull myself to do the other endings, I’ve watched them on Youtube which was more than enough emotional turmoil for me. I absolutely loved it and I vehemently believe that So Mi deserves a second chance at life, mistakes and all. !<
Hearts of Stone, Blood and Wine, Phantom Liberty…
CDPR make Outrageously good DLC.
It’s a fantastic dlc but feels like a shit end for a game I dearly loved because of the new ending.
Only issue I can think of off the top of my head is the 2.01 bug with passives. And making me want to spend money I don’t have on a 4090.
My only complaint is I wish V had gotten a true happy ending akin to what Geralt got at the end of Blood & Wine.
I have on thoughts on it because i haven’t played it yet
Masterpiece for me. CDPR are back. The whole ending sequence with so mi was just incredible. And the credits song was breathtaking. Excuse the pun
I’m still recovering..
I’m glad it was an expansion. It didn’t make a whole lotta sense for V to be interested in obeying the law or standing for it. It was fun but very odd
Fun, but ultimately main game story was better. Story was good but too short and felt rushed. Maybe not rushed, but not enough time to care about the characters.
Awesome dlc shit ending.
Songbird deserves everything that happened to her
My thoughts on the expansion are:
>!WHY DID THEY HAVE TO KILL AURORE LIKE THAT !<
>!WHY!?!?!!<
>!MAN I WANTED TO ROMANCE HER !<
I felt it was lackluster, but that’s my own fault for setting my expectations so high for it. I expected it to be an entire second main story.
Loved the original game, and i think that story-wise it was better, but gameplay rework (although i miss “breach protocol”) is great (except gear being completely useless, it was an awful decision to make).
The only bad thing in this expansion, (except previously mentioned gear), is So Mi, i dislike her very fucking much, it’s borderline hatred (and maybe some dialogue options, that are similar to what CDPR did with Yorinobu in the original).
Oh, and Reed/Myers/new ending, are great.
I wish they added more regular gigs to the various fixer or added more types of randomized gigs other than just cleping cars for the captain
A lot of people thought that the Tower ending is really depressing, but is it really that bad compared to the Devil ending?
SPOILER
>!Think about it for a moment. In the Tower ending, V is totally cured from the Relic as promised, even if it took 2 years to do so. Sure, V can’t chrome-up anymore (which can be argued is equivalent to a death sentence in the Cyberpunk universe) but they get to live! Fully! The FIA (or Reed in this case) even extend an employment offer to them out of a mixture of guilt and gratitude. Oh, and the offer still stand even when V move back to NC as Reed himself confirm during the ending phone call.!<
>!Now compare this to how V ended up in the Devil ending. In that scenario, V was NOT cured, and became Arasaka’s guinea pig for a couple of months. Saburo came back and probably will instigate a fifth corpo war. And to add insult to injury, either Takemura or Hellman will offer V a contract to completely sell your OWN soul to Arasaka. Oh, and everyone still hate V on top of V still dying in 6 months to a year.!<
>!Personally, I don’t think the Tower ending left V in the worst state possible like some people claim. If anything, the Tower ending was the most bittersweet, grounded moment that CD Project could muster for V after all of the hijinks that they commit during the course of the game. V finally gets a chance to live a quiet life, and I believe there are still a lot of possibilites for our V to flourish even without cyberware in NC in the Tower Ending; just like how I believe V can bounce back after the Devil ending (if you choose to return to earth). Yeah it sucks that V doesn’t go out in a blaze of glory, but that’s life.!<
I dunno if other people feel this way but that’s just my take regarding the Tower Ending.!<