This may account for some of the different opinions on it actually. If the game only had the main missions and you couldn't just ignore them like you can in a Bethesda game, I'd probably hate it.
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CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.0 + Phantom Liberty Expansion Thread
- Thread starter Sam Ecorners
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MasPingon
Arcane
Just started second playthrough and Holy shit, this game is hard on very hard difficulty. Last time I played on hard, it was mostly very entertaining run and gun with slo mo. Now I need to use stealth and hacks, because simple mobs can fuck me up in 3 seconds. So far I like it(doing gigs after meeting with Takemura), I don't have a feeling of being raped in the ass, it seems balanced and game mechanics are working fine even when there is no space for an error.
You'll start steamrolling soon enough, don't worry. It does provide a fairly satisfying zero to hero arc though, it would just be nice if it was a bit more gradual.
So far, every 2.0 character I've had had gotten godlike before even starting Phantom Liberty.
MasPingon
Arcane
Yeah, I'm afraid I will reach 60th level to soon, doing all gigs this time. Thinking about experience points scaling mod to lower the values, saw it somewhere on Nexus while I was lurking there couple of days ago.
Lord_Potato
Arcane
What are you on about again?
I feel crazy op around level 25ish....
For anyone who gives a shit...
Ray Construction mode for Nvidia is p. incredible.
You do get a massive framerate boost from using Frame Generation, but, once you figure out how to actually get it enabled in CP2077, Ray Construction Mode goes even a step further.
With my 4090 in 1440p, I've got every single option in the game possible set to the highest quality there is, including Psycho mode for ray tracing itself, etc., and I'm capping out at 138fps, often maintaining that (138fps is an expected and normal cap for 144Hz users if you use Nvidia Reflex which is automatically enabled when using Frame Generation -- Nvidia feels that going above that is approaching too closely to your monitor's actual refresh rate and avoids that).
Say what you want to about the game itself, but with features like this and a nice, tailored ReShade or whatever to get the sharpness, tint, and other aesthetic aspects of the graphics tuned the way you like it, it's even more gorgeous now. Still a little grainy for my tastes, but I'm willing to put up with that.
Ray Construction mode for Nvidia is p. incredible.
You do get a massive framerate boost from using Frame Generation, but, once you figure out how to actually get it enabled in CP2077, Ray Construction Mode goes even a step further.
With my 4090 in 1440p, I've got every single option in the game possible set to the highest quality there is, including Psycho mode for ray tracing itself, etc., and I'm capping out at 138fps, often maintaining that (138fps is an expected and normal cap for 144Hz users if you use Nvidia Reflex which is automatically enabled when using Frame Generation -- Nvidia feels that going above that is approaching too closely to your monitor's actual refresh rate and avoids that).
Say what you want to about the game itself, but with features like this and a nice, tailored ReShade or whatever to get the sharpness, tint, and other aesthetic aspects of the graphics tuned the way you like it, it's even more gorgeous now. Still a little grainy for my tastes, but I'm willing to put up with that.
PorkyThePaladin
Arcane
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Crispy, post some pics instead of the verbal diarrhea. CP2077 is pretty gorgeous in general, but I've yet to see any real benefits from ray tracing, path tracing, etc. All I can see from that stuff is the developers now tend to make all the surfaces metallic so they reflect light better, and so now even NPC's skin and wood and everything glares with reflections.
Yosharian
Arcane
Too bad the graphics are still buggy as hell, flashing reflections, glitches all kinds of messy shit
Yeah, I do still see inexplicable flashes and odd texture glitches here and there. You'd think they would have cleaned all that up by now.
Still, overall, it can be impressive. I think its graphical excellence has already been shown in still images plenty, so no need for me to do that. I'm talking about the liquid smoothness in gameplay in any situation that goes along with the graphical fidelity, which can't really be appreciated other than in-person.
No, I'm not inviting Porky over to my house.
Still, overall, it can be impressive. I think its graphical excellence has already been shown in still images plenty, so no need for me to do that. I'm talking about the liquid smoothness in gameplay in any situation that goes along with the graphical fidelity, which can't really be appreciated other than in-person.
No, I'm not inviting Porky over to my house.
Jason Liang
Arcane
Male V or female V? What's your build
I've seen mixed opinions on the Ray Reconstruction feature, in terms of it being a bit of a toss up, re. visual artifacts, between that and standard DLSS 3.5. They both produce occasionally nasty visual artifacts, just different kinds, so it's partly a matter of taste. RR probably does edge out a bit in terms of speed, but it's not quite as revolutionary of a feature as advertised.
It's probably true that CDPR have lucked out with PL at a time when lots of people have gotten powerful new systems all dressed up with nowhere to go. Well, ofc BG3 looks tremendous, but Starfield is disappointing; this game looks absolutely breathtaking in places if you have a full enchilada modern system ( *sigh* ).
It's interesting that CDPR built Witcher 3 with a bit if future-proofing (I remember struggling with it when I played part of it through the first time round with an older system, and then playing it all the way through a second time a few years later when I had a better system, and being thoroughly impressed), and then this game the same.
Yeah that mod is pretty essential IMHO. The cinematic part of the game is fun the first time round, but the replayability of the game is in the gigging and open world wandering, in which case, if you do a lot of that, you really do need xp reduction, otherwise you're stupidly out-levelled for the story bits when they come up.
I agree that that the difficulty is nicely balanced now. When I first started playing I loaded up on extra difficulty mods, based on past experience, but I soon found out that they were overkill. Very Hard is definitely in the sweet spot all by itself now, especially when you have several 3-bar skull enemies in a group, they're no joke.
worth a try i've been arrested for less. shame it involves talking to women though9/10 chance you get arrested, 1/10 chance of getting your soul sucked out through your dick.YOU LOOK LIKE A CUT OF FUCKABLE MEAT!
Pro-tip: This isn't as good of a pickup line IRL as you might think.
It's a matter of opinion but I don't think it does. It looks OK at best. CP can look amazing under the right conditions (rain + night + city reflections in puddles + settins on max) but that's a party trick; when it's not in effect you see janky artifacting and pop-in everywhere.
Both are good games, but not worth buying new hardware for.
RDR2 looks consistently better than anything released since, even if it's a console-first game for previous-gen toasters. Runs much better too.
moon knight
Matt7895's alt
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/10181
Economy overhaul. Can be coupled with these two mods
Rogue's Fee
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/8096
Eddies Received Multiplier
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/4647
The last two don't have settings but both can be modified by opening the files with either Notepad++ or VS Code.
That's good, you can also use PED Damage Overhaul for less spongy enemies and fairer fights
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/5066
and Damage Scaling to increase the damage the enemies do to V
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/1712
Economy overhaul. Can be coupled with these two mods
Rogue's Fee
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/8096
Eddies Received Multiplier
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/4647
The last two don't have settings but both can be modified by opening the files with either Notepad++ or VS Code.
That's good, you can also use PED Damage Overhaul for less spongy enemies and fairer fights
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/5066
and Damage Scaling to increase the damage the enemies do to V
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/1712
abija
Prophet
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You get to play at 140 fps with 60ms latency and artefacts instead of 15ms on same hardware. Also doesn't work on AMD.
You can sleep better at night knowing the scene is correctly illuminated (whatever that means) instead of faked out to look good.
Aarwolf
Learned
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I ended up with about ~10 mln €$, 560 HP, max level and max street cred by doing all available gigs and side jobs before PL. I maxed three stats (int, tech, body) - boy, this game sure needs economy and XP mods.
My overall impression is that main story is quite meh - I would prefer it to be much more story about rising in the ranks (from total newbie to full pro), with the heist being the job you're doing for fame and retirement. That way I could fuck how long I want in the city doing gigs and side jobs for fixers without this stupid feeling that I should run for cure and stop dicking around doing bullshit things.
Also - I don't care too much about graphics and all, but playing it back to back with Starfield makes you think what the hell Todd and all other apes from Bethesda were doing all this time. Night City looks simply gorgeous at times and it's crowded with different looking, often very pretty and colourful people, while Starfield looks bland, empty and devoid of any artistical direction. Just bland corporate shit.
My overall impression is that main story is quite meh - I would prefer it to be much more story about rising in the ranks (from total newbie to full pro), with the heist being the job you're doing for fame and retirement. That way I could fuck how long I want in the city doing gigs and side jobs for fixers without this stupid feeling that I should run for cure and stop dicking around doing bullshit things.
Also - I don't care too much about graphics and all, but playing it back to back with Starfield makes you think what the hell Todd and all other apes from Bethesda were doing all this time. Night City looks simply gorgeous at times and it's crowded with different looking, often very pretty and colourful people, while Starfield looks bland, empty and devoid of any artistical direction. Just bland corporate shit.
jackofshadows
Arcane
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Wait, you're implying Crispy isn't a virgin?Because he already has a key.
No, though I could see where you could draw that inference.Wait, you're implying Crispy isn't a virgin?Because he already has a key.
They're two totally hetero roommates who just happen to share a bed and like to share some manly snugs and spoon on cold nights, okay?
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moon knight
Matt7895's alt
Uhm...I'm doing my second run and I've just finished All Foods, and I'm already level 5. I'm using the mod to reduce XP and I put it at 0.7. Is it still to fast? Should I put it at 0.5?
I've just started the DLC, which means a full re-spec, at level 41. Once I reconfigured everything, I'm woefully short of some of the top-end skills which I can see I'm going to want. Not to mention the separate Relic skills, although those are earned differently.
Does this game even use level-scaling? I honestly don't know, but I'm guessing if anything you might be underleveled once you make your way towards Dogtown. I'm really glad I decided to continue on with my existing character.
That's what a lot of the early info had said, but in practice with the overhauled systems, it definitely doesn't feel like it does. There's certainly a power curve that you ride out as you upgrade your skills, perks, cyberware, and gear.
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