I’ve been a Cyberpunk 2077 liker since launch. I never had to face the grim depravity of its last-gen console versions, and while not the best way to play, I enjoyed my time with it on a PC built in 2016. It was still an unwieldy, uneven game though, one that shined despite its flaws like a classic Black Isle or Troika offering. After my first playthrough, I eagerly awaited the expansion that I knew could really make it sing.
Two years post-launch, that expansion, , is still a ways off, though did get quests, gear, and QoL changes on the order of ’s celebrated free DLC. With the wave of goodwill for the game following the Edgerunners anime and its big 1.5 and 1.6 updates, now seemed like the perfect time to revisit the dark future and get a character ready for .
