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CD Projekt Red just released Cyberpunk 2077, more than eight years after it was first announced. The new open-world RPG from the creators of The Witcher sends us into a dystopian future where megacorporations are destroying our rights, decor is heavy in neon, fashion is big in faux fur, and Keanu Reeves’ digital ghost is caught. our head. While we don’t have a review yet because they didn’t give us a copy in time, we’ll have a lot to say soon. But hey, you can see for yourself now!
Cyberpunk 2077 is on Steam, GOG (watch out for key resellers!) And the Epic Games Store for £ 50 / € 60 / $ 60. It’s also available on Google Stadia. The game comes to Xbone and PS4 today too, but CDPR says It will be released region by region at midnight local time for consoles rather than simultaneously worldwide. The Xbox Xeriex X / S and PlayStation 5 versions will follow in 2021.
Steam and GOG wobbled quite a bit, pretty fast. A little popular, this game.
Both Nvidia and AMD have released new drivers for the game, by the way. Oh, and if you connect the game to GOG Galaxy, no matter where you buy it, you’ll get some bonus items like a Witcher shirt and jacket.
It’s amazing to remember that CDPR announced Cyberpunk before The Witcher 3, a game that came out in 2015. They first announced that they were making a game based on the tabletop RPG universe in May 2012, then in October they confirmed the name (and year). for Cyberpunk 2077. In 2013, we saw a small CGI trailer. And then … they mostly stayed quiet until 2018, when they came back with an E3 flash trailer. Several delays later, it is finally available. But CD Projekt Red broke its “no shrinkage” policy to get here.
Although I watched the 2013 pre-rendered trailer a lot during the quiet years, the recent megavidblast actually erased it from my memory. Hello, old friends!
CDPR plans to start releasing some free DLC packs in early 2021, and has plans for expansions as well. Some form of multiplayer is a long-term goal, but I wouldn’t expect to play it anytime soon. In January, they said it was unlikely to arrive before 2022, and that was before delaying the game multiple times.
As for the bugs the reviews are complaining about, I’m curious to see how much it got improved in the last minute frenzy. I had Twitch streams on my second screen all day (work prevents getting back in) and saw quite a few glitches, crazy physics, and visual glitches. If it still fails to boot into GOG, try this.
A word of warning: the flashing lights in the “mind dance” sections are so unexpectedly intense that one reviewer had a seizure. CDPR said they would first add an in-game warning as they looked to implement “a more permanent fix … as soon as possible.” For now, yes, be careful when it’s time to relive someone else’s memories.
