Cyberpunk 2077 Review: RPG Augmentation
Developer CD Projekt Red has something fun in Cyberpunk 2077, which feels like a love letter to many of the qualities and innovations of last-gen.
Cyberpunk 2077
Based on the 1988 tabletop game, Cyberpunk 2077 is a first-person action RPG game set in a dystopian cyber future developed by CD Projekt Red. Players will tackle the streets of Night City as customizable protagonist V, who struggles to keep their memories intact after receiving a strange cybernetic implant that slowly overrides their memories by a deceased celebrity known as Johnny Silverhand, played by Keanu Reeves.
Cyberpunk 2077
- Franchise
- Cyberpunk
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows
- Released
- December 10, 2020
- Developer(s)
- CD Projekt Red
- Publisher(s)
- CD Projekt
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG, First-Person Shooter
- Engine
- REDengine 4
- ESRB
- M
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows, Google Stadia
- Publishers
- CD Projekt RED, CD Projekt
- Expansion Packs
- Phantom Liberty
- Release Date
- 10 December 2020
- Mode
- Single-player
Summary
Cyberpunk 2077 is an action RPG/FPS game set in the universe created by Mike Pondsmith in 1988. Players play as V, a customizable main character who is given an augment that slowly attempts to re-write his memories with those of a dead celebrity played by Keanu Reeves. The two need to work together to keep the protagonist alive. Players will immerse themselves into the neon-lit, crime-ridden environment of Night City as they complete tasks, augment themselves for improved mobility, and customize their weapons to face the foes that inhabit the open city. An expansion pack for the base game, Phantom Liberty, will be released sometime in 2023.
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