CD Projekt Red has revealed what’s included in Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.1, sudden patch arriving on December 5 alongside the Ultimate Edition.
Revealed throughout a Twitch stream, Cyberpunk 2077 producer Monika Janowska and quest director Paweł Sasko, alongside senior neighborhood managers Amelia Kołat and Alicja Kozera, introduced that the patch will embrace the lengthy requested metro system.
The unique trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 featured the metro system, alongside the Phantom Liberty cinematic trailer, so CD Projekt Red determined to lastly add it, Sasko stated.
Players can journey between 19 metro stations which can be utilized as both a quick journey level or a correct metro trip expertise (that may be skipped at any time). There are 5 metro strains working in Night City which could be discovered on their very own map. The metro system will solely be accessible after the Konpeki Plaza sequence within the sport, when gamers will obtain a name from the metro director.
“Our route when what we needed to was be sure that gamers have a solution to actually be on this planet and have an immersive solution to journey by the world,” stated Sasko. “This is designed to be a role-playing function.”
The replace may also carry the power to hold a radio and subsequently take heed to Cyberpunk 2077’s varied radio stations even outdoors of a automobile. There are some limitations, in that gamers cannot take heed to it throughout dialogue or with scripted music, however in these situations the radio will click on as if to show off and never kill immersion.
CD Projekt Red additionally introduced boss combat enhancements coming to the bottom Cyberpunk 2077, together with of Adam Smasher. This baddie has been on the centre of fan complaints for years as gamers in contrast his talents within the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime with these within the sport. The combat, which is supposed to be among the many most intense within the sport, grew to become a meme, with gamers discovering methods to cheese Smasher and destroy him simply.
Car races may also quickly be replayable, that means the three accessible by Claire Russell’s quest line will not be the one races in Cyberpunk 2077. Players should full these three first, however afterwards will probably be contacted by the race organiser and may burn rubber as they see match. Winning races will grant participant reductions on the Auto Fixer web site, that means they’ll get new autos for cheaper.
CD Projekt Red is even including extra autos, together with 5 bikes and Johnny Silverhand’s unique Porsche 911. Though particulars are at the moment slim, Sasko instructed this new automobile will probably be unlocked by a model new quest. Also on the automobile entrance, CD Projekt Red is added impromptu automobile chases for when sure gangs search revenge for selections the participant has made, and enemies who detect the participant stealing a automobile for automobile theft missions may also pursue the participant.
Motorcycle mechanics are additionally being upgraded, with wheelies, flips, leans, and so forth all being added to Cyberpunk 2077. Players can even throw knives and axes from bikes as of Update 2.1. The a part of the freeway beforehand blocked off in Night City, that allowed gamers to move by however did not function any site visitors, has now been revamped to be a completely functioning and busy highway.
The developer has additionally revamped its accessibility choices, including a devoted menu in Cyberpunk 2077. All earlier accessibility settings have been moved right here, alongside new options like turning off the timer within the hacking minigame and extra. A full breakdown of the revamped accessibility choices will probably be launched quickly, CD Projekt Red stated.
The developer made clear this is not the whole lot arriving within the new patch, with full notes being launched someday forward of its launch. CD Projekt Red did tease another options, together with romantic accomplice hangouts and extra.
Update 2.0, which arrived alongside the Phantom Liberty enlargement in September, was anticipated to be the ultimate huge patch for Cyberpunk 2077 till CD Projekt Red introduced in November 2023 that the Ultimate Edition would additionally launch alongside a brand new replace, Update 2.1.
As for Update 2.0, it laid the muse for the brand new Cyberpunk 2077 expertise, utterly revamping the sport with options equivalent to a brand new perk system and improved AI. It additionally introduced closure to an Elon Musk fan idea, a reference to the late racing legend Ken Block, and weird additions to the sport’s greatest thriller.
Surprisingly CD Projekt even included a approach for gamers to show down the occasions of the paid enlargement altogether, with sure dialogue choices locking the missions away for good.
In our 9/10 assessment, IGN stated: “Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty completes an immense turnaround for CD Projekt Red’s future RPG kickstarted with the anime spin-off, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and its newest 2.0 Update.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
