Cyberpunk - CD Project Red

Started this, finally. I love the aesthetic of the world and characters. The driving (with my first car) is weighty and feels good. The little combat I've tried so far feels decent.

But the menus and inventories, some serious visual vomit. I hate navigating them.

There's a few of them but I thought they were reasonably spread out for the most part.

They can get fierce annoying though if your just stuck looking for one clue.

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I've finally gone back to this for a fresh playthrough in the hopes that i enjoy it enough to get Phantom Liberty next time it drops in price. I went with male nomad and about to do the heist mission so still very early on. The problem is I'm finding female V such a better voice actor that i feel like starting over again as her. I already cleared the game once as female v streetkid romancing Judy so i wanted to try it different this time but I'm not feeling it.

Also trying to decide on a build and i keep coming back to Samurai on a motorbike.... same as my female v build, I'm so bad at trying new things.

Saying that, the 2.0 and greater update has been brilliant so far, lot of little and big improvements.

The synergy % is a different thing, it doesn't relate to being friends with Johnny which is what you need for the secret ending. Synergy is how far along you brain is whatever'd with the chip. A lot of sites even now push the 70% but it's not true.

Also doing Phantom Liberty after you've become friends with him give a lot of significantly different dialogue.

You become his friends in on mission chippin in, and then at the end you've to not choose between the 2 options before he offers another option.

Ah so i could still get it, interesting!

Can't remember if it was that mission but i remember specifically Johnny asking for full control and i was like no chance. Took ages thinking about it and then decided to give it a go and I'm so glad i did. I feel like people who shut him out at every opportunity miss out on some golden scenes and moments.

I had done everything for Johnny, every side bit, played the gig, found all his stuff and i was tram Johnny by the end of it, such a great journey with him. I only completed the game once but i can't remember what i chose. I ended up leaving the city with Judy anyway so good ending i think.

Yeah, did that mission alright. I actually started a new playthrough with female v again and instantly enjoying it more than male v. Also, my 1st playthrough was tainted with a bug where i didn't get any side quests or gigs. I thought the game was just a bit empty and i got to embers point of no return and was like WHAT!? Where was the side stuff like Johnny's quests, romance quests, the gigs i had read about etc. turns out it was a rare bug where all side content got bottle necked and forums said to just keep sleeping, fast travelling and driving around to unlock them. I spent 3 nights in a row trying this and nothing so i was done with the game, didn't even want to complete the last mission. Decided to move onto something new but said i works try one more last time. Booted up the game, slept, fast travelled and boom, the floodgates opened and i was getting continuous calls and messages about stuff. I went off and did most of them and really enjoyed the content but still felt off.

Hoping a new playthrough where i can do all these things organically in between main missions will help the game flow better this time.

Now, I might be slightly biased because of how great a character Judy is and I wasn't pushed on Panam at all. If Judy swung both ways, I might have given Male V more of a shot :)

I don't think my pc is capable of running Cyberpunk at an acceptable level to, ahem, appreciate the mods. XD

Re: Judy or Panam, I thought they were both very well written and depending on the character you're playing either would be more suitable. But I'm an equal opportunities lover. Neither Judy or Panam are though.

They're not restricted - https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/2782?tab=description

Just to be clear I'm not pushing that all characters should have to swing all ways. At the end of the day they're just pixels and writing so to me this is about the genders not locking you out of some of the story content or RP you want to follow (even minor).

Your right they're not all banned.

The Judy is banned, so are a few for some other games like the Bioware games.

Nexusmods Mods apparently just have a problem with making a gay character straight/bi.

Yeah, at the moment, I'm mostly using Katana and either pistol or shotgun. Surprisingly, my pistol is wrecking people where as my AR's and smg's sure useless. I wasn't planning on pistol being my main long range but it's working out. Definitely having a ton of fun with the game again. Not only punching Fingers this time but slicing him up as well was hugely satisfying.

I have Jackies bike as my main transport, definitely gonna stick to bikes, will acquire something as slicker eventually. Thanks for the tip about Bayako, will definitely keep an eye out for it.

It's absolutely worth 24 euros

Decided to get Phantom Liberty. I thought i wouldn't get to it until near end game but I've read a few places that an ideal place to start is after the voodoo boys story mission which I'm just about to complete so it's great timing. However, a few people said to do all the main and side quests up until meeting Hanako at Embers so not sure when to start it. I was thinking of doing the Judy quest and romance to finish and then staying PL.