Cyberpunk 2077

[Darren S]

i am enjoying it so much more than the first time i played it, with all the updates they have made it plays so much better, and is so much smoother, you still get the odd little glitch but overall it's a brilliant game.

The only downside for me is the Cyberware upgrades, i find them hard work, so many different options, i much prefer the fallout method, level up and choose a perk, just makes things much simpler.

It's probably one of the weakest points of the game. Likewise with the inventory management - there's obvious colour codings for the tier that the item is on, but without checking the value and the individual stats within the description - it's not always obvious which is better.

One problem that leads me to pick up loads of unnecessary s**t as well is when looting dead enemies. Scroll through the three items there and pick the one you want. Works fine. Move the next dead body - another three items. I only want the bottom one - scroll to the bottom and select - it takes the top one. Try again with the items left 'I just want the bottom one, FFS'. Highlight that and click again. Takes the top item once again.

Just does that completely at random with seemingly no obvious reason to it.

 

[Willo40]

It's probably one of the weakest points of the game. Likewise with the inventory management - there's obvious colour codings for the tier that the item is on, but without checking the value and the individual stats within the description - it's not always obvious which is better.

One problem that leads me to pick up loads of unnecessary s**t as well is when looting dead enemies. Scroll through the three items there and pick the one you want. Works fine. Move the next dead body - another three items. I only want the bottom one - scroll to the bottom and select - it takes the top one. Try again with the items left 'I just want the bottom one, FFS'. Highlight that and click again. Takes the top item once again.

Just does that completely at random with seemingly no obvious reason to it.

Ohhh i don't mess about with that selecting s**t, i just grab everything i can..

 

[Darren S]

Ohhh i don't mess about with that selecting s**t, i just grab everything i can..

Bloody annoying when you hoover up Tier-1 crap from some goon you've just taken out though!

Still finding the quick-hacks of suicide, pulling the pin on a grenade and the cyberpsychosis to be funnier to inflict on the enemies than they should.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

It's probably one of the weakest points of the game. Likewise with the inventory management - there's obvious colour codings for the tier that the item is on, but without checking the value and the individual stats within the description - it's not always obvious which is better.

One problem that leads me to pick up loads of unnecessary s**t as well is when looting dead enemies. Scroll through the three items there and pick the one you want. Works fine. Move the next dead body - another three items. I only want the bottom one - scroll to the bottom and select - it takes the top one. Try again with the items left 'I just want the bottom one, FFS'. Highlight that and click again. Takes the top item once again.

Just does that completely at random with seemingly no obvious reason to it.

I loot everything, sell guns early doors to make a quick Eurodollar and then I scrap them along with all the clothes and junk. You then gain crafting items. White is the lowest tier, then Green, Blue, Purple and Gold which is EPIC. You need them to upgrade cyberwear and you can convert each one into the next tier so long as you have enough.

 

[Darren S]

I loot everything, sell guns early doors to make a quick Eurodollar and then I scrap them along with all the clothes and junk. You then gain crafting items. White is the lowest tier, then Green, Blue, Purple and Gold which is EPIC. You need them to upgrade cyberwear and you can convert each one into the next tier so long as you have enough.

Yeah, I tend to get to about 400k or similar and then splurge on cyberwear and upgrades.

A good way of making money and resources is to steal cars for that El Capitan, I've found. Got an achievement for helping him earlier too.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Yeah, I tend to get to about 400k or similar and then splurge on cyberwear and upgrades.

A good way of making money and resources is to steal cars for that El Capitan, I've found. Got an achievement for helping him earlier too.

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Let's not compare trophies 😅

One of the few games I've blitzed. Though I'm still finding new things.

 

[Darren S]

Let's not compare trophies 😅

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One of the few games I've blitzed. Though I'm still finding new things.

Nice!

 

[Darren S]

So Mi being all creepy s**t...

 

[Darren S]

Obviously, I took it....

 

[BIFCAIDS]

So, this is my first playthrough using Sandi and OMG, why have I waiting till my fith playthrough to make a Sandi build.

I've waited a particular long time before getting it installed, but it was worth the wait. I'm clearing rooms out in seconds.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Just incase anybody is interested, this is my build currently. However it is already out of date, as I've removed perk points from Intelligence.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Meeting Takemura at that dodgy underpass at the waterfront, I noticed something I'd never noticed before... the "Bakeneko" cat while you speak to Oda. 5 years and 800hrs and I've never noticed.

 

[Darren S]

I'll have to get some of my own stats up. I maxed out Cool early on to get the critical hit bonuses, but other than that, it's a bit of a passive skill tree I find.

I do wish Cyberpunk would rail-road you more down more focused paths. Its easy to fall into the 'skilled in many - master of none' category and if it was more specific, I think the replay value would be higher than it is. For as much fun and enjoyment I've had with 2077, I doubt I'll replay it through again fully.

Spotted that bakeneko cat when I was speaking to Takemura on one of the roof-tops. Is that scene above when that other bloke turns up in his car?

Some of the missions have been great - really have had fun with them. Have you got Ozob's nose grenade yet?

 

[BIFCAIDS]

I'll have to get some of my own stats up. I maxed out Cool early on to get the critical hit bonuses, but other than that, it's a bit of a passive skill tree I find.

I do wish Cyberpunk would rail-road you more down more focused paths. Its easy to fall into the 'skilled in many - master of none' category and if it was more specific, I think the replay value would be higher than it is. For as much fun and enjoyment I've had with 2077, I doubt I'll replay it through again fully.

Spotted that bakeneko cat when I was speaking to Takemura on one of the roof-tops. Is that scene above when that other bloke turns up in his car?

Some of the missions have been great - really have had fun with them. Have you got Ozob's nose grenade yet?

I know what you mean, the skill tree is way more in depth than say Fallout. There are perks that relate to other perks or weapon types and until you have it explained to you it's almost an overload of information. I'm mostly played this as a stealth edgerunner and I thought this time round I'd try a Sandevistan build with shotguns and quite frankly, I can't believe I've never done it before. It's so much fun, jumping and dashing into a group of enemy's and firing them across a room full of shotgun shite whilst I'm moving around the room in the blink of an eye.

Yeah, that's that scene. When you've done it a few times you get chance to notice the details.

Yeah, I've beat him by hitting his nose in Beat the Brat and also by hitting him low down (so I don't blow his head off). Great how they've thought of so many different ways of defeating him or not.

 

[Darren S]

Here's mine at the minute...

What a tool.....

 

[Darren S]

I don't really 'get' the clothing and outfits?

So you can create different outfits to change into - but like in my image above - the item in the head slot doesn't match what he's currently wearing. Seems odd.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

I don't really 'get' the clothing and outfits?

So you can create different outfits to change into - but like in my image above - the item in the head slot doesn't match what he's currently wearing. Seems odd.

So, originally clothing mattered. However, there was a lot of kickback regarding not being able to dress you're character however you liked, due to certain clothes having features you couldn't normally get.

They made massive changes to the game and made it so you could dress however you liked, but certain items would still have benefits like armour or quicker upload times etc. So, it meant you could still dress your character like a f**king bad ass but still get the benefits of wearing a Pink headscarf, because it gave you a +20 boost to armour.

It was a change for the better, because your character would look like they'd raided the lost and found at a school PE lesson.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Here's mine at the minute...

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What a tool.....

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Very similar to my first playthrough lol

 

[Darren S]

I wouldn't normally be fussed on aesthetics of in-game items, but I wish I could revert the guns to be plain dark grey/black or something?

I've actively not used certain weapons because of the silly bright red and luminous yellow striping effects on them!

 

[BIFCAIDS]

I wouldn't normally be fussed on aesthetics of in-game items, but I wish I could revert the guns to be plain dark grey/black or something?

I've actively not used certain weapons because of the silly bright red and luminous yellow striping effects on them!

I think the clothing thing was down to some people being heavily into the cyberpunk genre and it didn't allow their creative role playing dreams flow because you were wearing an Orange beanie hat, biker googles, Pink crop top, Arasaka brute body armour, Suit pants and some Blue heavy bother boots. You looked a tw@ but your character had amazing amour figures, ability to run silently and talk your way out of situations because you've got suit pants on.

I do agree with the guns, I wish some of the Barghest guns were black/grey. You build/dress a character a very specific way to look stealthy but they have a bright green gun.

 

[Willo40]

Totally agree with the above, the skill tree is way to complicated, i have never really been too bothered about what my character looks like, i would always take a bonus or better stats over looks...lol.

I am trying to bend towards Netrunner build, i always tend to go stealth and sniper so want to try something different, but it just seems like such a waste and let down not shooting people, so i am trying to go netrunner/sniper ish, currently trying to get more RAM as i can't Cyberdeck harder enemies at the moment.

 

[Darren S]

Patch 2.31 for Cyberpunk 2077 is now live!


This update includes an AutoDrive upgrade and Photo Mode adjustments. It also addresses common issues encountered by players. For details, check the full list of changes below:

Vehicles​

• Updated AutoDrive. When driving to a selected point, the vehicle now drives smoothly, overtakes blocking vehicles and no longer stops at traffic lights. Free Roam mode has also been upgraded to follow traffic rules and navigate the city more reliably.
• Fixed an issue where Johnny always spawned in the passenger seat when using the Delamain Cab service.
• Fixed an issue where applying CrystalCoat to the Yaiba ARV-Q340 Semimaru caused its wheels to flash in different colors.

Photo Mode​

• Most of the new poses introduced in Update 2.3 now work with any gender.
• Disabled NPC collision, which will make it easier to position NPCs on top of other objects with collision (e.g. on car hoods).
• Fixed an issue where some of the poses didn't work for Royce.

Quests & Open World​

• Freedom - Fixed the journal entry that appears when the player chooses not to steal the Rayfield Caliburn "Mordred."
• Motorbreath - Fixed an issue where, after V fails to pursue and stop Semimaru and receives a text from River saying he'll contact V soon, the follow-up message never arrives.
• Motorbreath - Fixed an issue where the Yaiba Semimaru could flip over during the chase, preventing the player from entering it.
• Motorbreath - It's no longer possible to trigger the quest if River died during The Hunt.
• Motorbreath - Players can now acquire the Yaiba ARV-Q340 Semimaru through AUTOFIXER even if they failed The Hunt, which normally unlocks the side quest where the vehicle is obtained.
• Nitro (Youth Energy) - Fixed a game crash that could occur in certain circumstances after leaving the Yaiba showroom event.
• Nitro (Youth Energy) - Fixed an issue where the proxy interface UI in the Yaiba showroom is cut off when the "Larger HUD Elements" setting is enabled.

Miscellaneous​

• Fixed several localization and lipsync issues in various languages.
• Added a toggle to disable vignette. It can be found in Settings → Graphics → Basic.
• Fixed an issue on PC and Mac where Ray-Traced Reflections might not display correctly when enabled under certain conditions.
• Fixed several issues with displaying text messages from Delamain.
• Various fixes for fluff vendors.

PC-specific​

• Fixed an issue where NVIDIA Reflex could be disabled while DLSS Frame Generation was enabled, causing the screen to turn pink.
• Fixed an issue where Path Tracing didn't activate properly in certain scenarios.

Mac-specific​

• Fixed an issue where changing graphics presets on Mac set Screen Space Reflections to a higher setting compared to the equivalent presets on PC.
• Fixed an issue causing a permanent white screen when Frame Generation is enabled while entering the braindance in The Information.
• Selecting "Defaults" in Video Settings no longer turns HDR Mode off.
• Fixed an issue where setting the MetalFX DRS Maximum Resolution above the value applied by the “For this Mac” preset could cause visual artifacts.
• Fixed the inverted behavior of the "Mute Game in Background" toggle in Settings.
• Removed the outdated "(Requires Game Restart)" disclaimer from the mouseover description of the "Disable Spatial Audio" setting.
• Fixed an issue on the App Store version that caused the game to become stuck on the “Press Space to continue” breaching screen.
• Various stability and performance optimizations.

 

[Willo40]

What kind of gun load outs do you guys carry? i tend to go with Shotgun, pistol and sniperish type rifle, but i have been reading about some pretty decent early sub machine guns like the Fenrir which gives good additional damage, i have never really used Sub Machine guns.

 

[Darren S]

What kind of gun load outs do you guys carry? i tend to go with Shotgun, pistol and sniperish type rifle, but i have been reading about some pretty decent early sub machine guns like the Fenrir which gives good additional damage, i have never really used Sub Machine guns.

Stuck with the same pistol and sniper rifle ('ol 50) for quite a while now. The latter takes an age to reload, only has 3 rounds to a clip and its impossible to run with it. But with the high crit rating from the maxed out Cool skill-tree, it can take on most things pretty easily.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

What kind of gun load outs do you guys carry? i tend to go with Shotgun, pistol and sniperish type rifle, but i have been reading about some pretty decent early sub machine guns like the Fenrir which gives good additional damage, i have never really used Sub Machine guns.

Most are dead before they get chance to retaliate.

And I have a pet.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Stuck with the same pistol and sniper rifle ('ol 50) for quite a while now. The latter takes an age to reload, only has 3 rounds to a clip and its impossible to run with it. But with the high crit rating from the maxed out Cool skill-tree, it can take on most things pretty easily.

Wus

 

[BIFCAIDS]

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If my maths is correct (which I doubt), that's 7,977 damage per shot? It pops up "OBLITERATED" every shot.

 

[Darren S]

What kind of gun load outs do you guys carry? i tend to go with Shotgun, pistol and sniperish type rifle, but i have been reading about some pretty decent early sub machine guns like the Fenrir which gives good additional damage, i have never really used Sub Machine guns.

The three I'm using at the minute.

 

[Willo40]

I was so relieved yesterday, i went to my game an realised i didn't have the Fenrir, which i really wanted to give a try, i have already done the Monk mission a good few hours ago and thought s**t i must have sold it without realising what it was, so toying with the idea of cracking on without it, or basically restarting the game so i could get it, then i though on the very tiny off chance i will go back the warehouse and check, low and f**king behold i had not picked it up when i did the mission.. . still sat there on the table.

@Darren S , not sure if you have used the Fenrir? it's pretty f**king awesome to be honest, first machine gun i have really used, and i will most likely keep it all game now, even Tier 1 its very good, @BIFCAIDS at Tier 5 it must be f**king amazing?

I have a free day and night today after work, so i am planning on drinking quite a lot and putting a good few more hours into this.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

I was so relieved yesterday, i went to my game an realised i didn't have the Fenrir, which i really wanted to give a try, i have already done the Monk mission a good few hours ago and thought s**t i must have sold it without realising what it was, so toying with the idea of cracking on without it, or basically restarting the game so i could get it, then i though on the very tiny off chance i will go back the warehouse and check, low and f**king behold i had not picked it up when i did the mission.. . still sat there on the table.

@Darren S , not sure if you have used the Fenrir? it's pretty f**king awesome to be honest, first machine gun i have really used, and i will most likely keep it all game now, even Tier 1 its very good, @BIFCAIDS at Tier 5 it must be f**king amazing?

I have a free day and night today after work, so i am planning on drinking quite a lot and putting a good few more hours into this.

It's pretty bloody good, most of the time I just spray into the crowd and let the effects kill them. It reloads in just over a second.

 

[Darren S]

Photo mode is still impressing me in this.

 

[Matt Cup]

How does this play on PS5? Any issues?

 

[BIFCAIDS]

How does this play on PS5? Any issues?

No issues, even on release I didn't have half the issues people had.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Gonna start a fresh play tonight. Third time lucky.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Gonna start a fresh play tonight. Third time lucky.

There's a video 2 pages back on a great way to start the game.

More Importantly, Corpo, Streetkid or Nomad?

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

There's a video 2 pages back on a great way to start the game.

More Importantly, Corpo, Streetkid or Nomad?

Nomad. Only just at the first mission really where I’m with Jackie meeting at All Foods.

 

[Willo40]

Gonna start a fresh play tonight. Third time lucky.

Don't want to spoil anything for you, and not sure what your play style is, But their is an iconic pistol and sub machine gun pretty early on the game that are very good.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

I picked up a decent (I think) pistol on the first mission when escaping with the flathead.
Might have missed it if it's not this one?

Currently meeting with Evelyn.

 

[Willo40]

I picked up a decent (I think) pistol on the first mission when escaping with the flathead.
Might have missed it if it's not this one?
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Currently meeting with Evelyn.

i think that is an iconic weapon, but i don't find it very good, i hardly used it, it's up to you if you want to read further :-

Spoiler

Chaos dropped by Royce after if you kill him in the pickup mission, and when you complete the Monk Mission for Regina Jones, you get the Fenrir, SMG which is so good, well worth picking up, on the table next to the monk, i also picked the Kong up at on the heist mission, whilst not brilliant, it's silent so lets you off people with no fuss.

 

[Flat Eric]

Gonna start a fresh play tonight. Third time lucky.

I still need to pick it back up. I keep flying around on my broom on hogwarts legacy instead 🤣🤣🤣