How ONE Expansion Saved Cyberpunk 2077



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Cyberpunk 2077’s journey has been rough and to many seemed like a done deal from launch. But CD Projekt Red sunk their teeth into the game and were determined to fix it, making it into the game it is now. While also releasing one of their best DLC’s ever: Phantom Liberty. This is the journey of CD Projekt Red and Cyberpunk 2077.

///Chapters///
0:00 Introduction
0:34 History of CD Projekt Red
1:44 Start of The Witcher Era at CDPR
2:52 History of “Cyberpunk”
5:07 Road to Cyberpunk 2077
6:48 Cyberpunk 2077 Delays
7:17 The release and Controversies of Cyberpunk 2077
9:13 The Expansion that SAVED it all: Phantom Liberty
10:06 Blackwall
12:36 Phantom Liberty’s Main Quest
13:30 Phantom Liberty’s Side Quests
17:49 New Area: DogTown
18:39 The Characters of Phantom Liberty
24:43 The New “Happy” Ending
25:41 The End of: Johnny Silverhand
28:30 Continuing: The New “Happy” Ending
32:48 Video Closure

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///ABOUT THE GAME///
Cyberpunk 2077 is a Sci-Fi Action RPG game set in the future of 2077 where technology rules and rogue AI’s are a huge danger to humanity. In this game you play as a merc(enary) who finds him or herself in a pile of trouble after trying to pull a heist on one of the biggest, if not the biggest corporation in Night City. Now all he can do is try and survive by any means necessary before the construct in his head takes over. He takes on contracts from various fixers and makes diverse connections with all types of characters in the hope of finding himself a cure.

///Music in video///
//Cyberpunk 2077 & Phantom Liberty In-Game Tracks (OST)
//The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt In-Game Tracks (OST)
//Royalty Free 80s Synth Music – Amnesia by Moochi
“Moochi – Amnesia” is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license.
https://www.youtube.com/c/Moochimusique
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIBqsQUYRSI&t=0s
//Jazz Trio – ORNETTE ORNETTE by Justin Allan Arnold
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Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy7BEPFyB8o&t=0s

///SOURCES USED///
//CLIPS USED ARE FROM: Reddit & X (formerly known as Twitter).
//All trailers used in the video are from youtube, you can find the names and channels in the bottom left corner if you want to find that specific one.

//Android Netrunner Fangroup: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/15kxpjq/whats_going_on_with_android_netrunner/

//Information on Cyberpunk (pre-2077): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_(role-playing_game)#:~:text=The%20fourth%20edition%20of%20Cyberpunk,to%20be%20a%20separate%20timeline.

//Information on Devs: https://www.mobygames.com/

//Information on CDPR (Their history): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_Projekt

//The Arasaka Plot Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7VrsOyxxrA

//Article about CDPR Losing 51 Million: https://www.thegamer.com/cyberpunk-refunds-cdpr-report/

//Sony pulling back Cyberpunk: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55359568

//Mike Pondsmith interviews:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZZVj7OaymI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxmDCQw1Q8s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QjsSAuZRrQ

//Threads about game:
https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/xfxldc/the_game_isnt_anywhere_near_what_was_promised/
https://x.com/LegacyKillaHD/status/1631417059052597251
https://forums.cdprojektred.com/index.php?threads/can-we-please-stop-the-it-was-promised-nonsense.11081423/page-2
https://forums.cdprojektred.com/index.php?threads/is-cyberpunk-2077-the-most-dissapointing-game-of-2020-poll.11067893/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7JGQ3sCIl0

//Link to Clips:
https://x.com/RenFoxx_/status/1337883301688827905
https://x.com/ichiban_gg/status/1337876322509606919
https://x.com/June_BAAO/status/1337261774224191488
https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/kbtdig/how_to_establish_dominance_in_night_city/?context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/kblsk9/cyberpunk_2077_is_a_well_made_game/?context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/kbklw9/im_still_a_little_confused_though/?context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/kbrz7g/lul_breakdancing_corpse/?context=3

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10 thoughts on “How ONE Expansion Saved Cyberpunk 2077”

  1. Suggest retitle: The art of lowering expectations…
    Cyberpunk is a shell of what it was intended to be and because CDPR finally got it to a solid T0 state – everyone lost their minds in celebration. There should have been two more DLC's just like Phantom Liberty – to say nothing of the vast sections of incomplete cityscape. Cyberpunk was abandoned after only three years and we're cheering because in the end, they got us to set the bar so low that all they had to do was polish that turd, drop that mike – and they get to walk away heroes.

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  2. Ok – HALT! They made their game better, I can easily admit that, but: It still is not what they promised! A game with diverging story paths, with choices that matter, a city that reacts to the player and their deeds, a deep RPG etc. etc. – It's closer than it was to release (not that that is a high bar to clear!), but still not there yet and it never will be (you'd have to start from scratch to fulfill all their promises 🙁

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  3. somehow I ended up with an amazing digital copy because from the launch on my PS4 no less it ran amazing, no game breaking bugs, once in a while the frame rate would drop but never for long. I beat that game 5 times in the first year it was out. I couldn't believe everyone else was having issue and when Playstation took it off the ps4 i knew somehow I lucked out with this game. I'm so grateful I had a working copy and it is still the best game I have ever played.😁
    p.s. I only got my ps5 about 2 years ago so I eventually upgraded and everything but I loved my PS4. 🤣

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  4. I believe the expansion ending is a strong candidate for a canonical ending.
    After all, if CDPR decide to reinstate V as the main character of CP2, after this ending he's pretty much a blank slate yet again.
    And I've heard theories he wasn't in a coma for those 2 years and his current state is a part of turning him into a sleeper agent by NUSA. Great plot starter for the next game in my book.
    Tbh we might even get so see Johny again. A chip with a construct that can evolve it's mentality beyond the starting recording feels like a nice asset to have for any major player.

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