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29.12.2023 - 13:41 / screenrant.com / Johnny Silverhand
's 2.1 update launched on December 5, 2023 — the same day as the release of the Ultimate Edition bundle — and included a wealth of new, highly requested features. These included the highly requested metro system seen in trailers and other promotional material prior to the game's 2020 release, enhanced gameplay mechanics, improved boss battles, and more. It also included «hangouts» where V could interact with their romantic partners further outside the game's main missions.
The announcement of 's 2.1 update came as a surprise after earlier reports suggested that the massive 2.0 update that accompanied the game's expansion would be the last. This was further indicated as many developers at CD Projekt Red moved on to other titles such as the upcoming game, and 's sequel, currently codenamed "". While 2.0 did add several features players had been requesting since the game's launch, such as car combat and better police AI, 2.1 has taken this further to finally give players the experience originally promised by the studio in its earlier promotional footage.
Aside from hooking up with Meredith Stout, Joytoys, or letting Johnny Silverhand have a long overdue date with Rogue, V has four main potential romantic partners in. For a male V, these options are Panam Palmer, a Nomad from the Aldecado family and Johnny Silverhand's former bandmate Kerry Eurodyne. For a female V, the hacker Judy Alvarez, and former NCPD detective River Ward are romancable.
When originally launched, these characters could only be interacted with in their own storylines, and via the occasional messages on V's in-game phone, and after players did the last mission with their love interest, that was the last time they saw them in person until the very last mission, and even then they had to make the decision to involve their love interest in the finale to see them again. This fit with 's main campaign, as it feels like there's a ticking clock as V is constantly reminded of their failing health as a result of the Relic with Johnny Silverhand's construct degrading.
Because of this aspect to the plot, V does often seem in a rush to complete missions to find some kind of cure. Therefore, it could have felt out of place for V to spend too much time relaxing with them with this urgency looming over them, so the option to limit encounters with these partners to messages outside the missions didn't seem too out of place when initially playing through the main story. However, CD Projekt Red has worked on developing these relationships further through 's "" in the 1.5 update, and the new "" in the 2.1 update.
With the scale of, and players sinking hundreds of hours into the title, many did hope CD Projekt Red would add more opportunities to further
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is one of the biggest Xbox exclusives of this generation, but there's a major reason why playing it on console just can't stack up against the PC experience. The current console generation has made some big strides to catch up with technological advancements available on high-end PCs, with support for features like ray-tracing and increased options for higher framerates and resolutions. That doesn't mean that the playing field is always completely even, however, and graphics aren't the only area where the PC release of a game might be able to outstrip its console counterpart.
Update 2.0 for fundamentally changed a lot of the hacking mechanics, making the cyberdecks in the game have even more distinct effects. Though this makes it harder to rank them, as what is best is often determined by individual playstyles, each model of cyberdeck offers unique strengths. V has a wide variety of choices, but some of the decks still stand out as being superior to others regardless.
There aren't many animals around in , but there's a perfectly good reason for that. Compared to the average open-world RPG, there's relatively little wildlife in and around Night City. 's urban environment is partially to blame, but even then, there's almost none of the animal life that's commonly seen in American cities. There are no pigeons perched on buildings, rats digging through trash, or squirrels climbing up trees. Outside the city, in the wide open space of the Badlands, there aren't really any animals to be seen, either.
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A Easter egg has revealed a creepy obsession with the ex-soldier and Rockerboy, Johnny Silverhand. Despite dying in 2023, 54 years prior to the events of V's story in the game, Silverhand and his band, Samurai still have some die-hard fans in Night City, even if some of the younger generation seem to show little interest.
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's Night City is the home to many gangs, each with its own rich history and lore. While gangs such as Maelstrom were formed out of the remains of a former gang, the Metal Warriors, and the Tyger Claws employed methods of Asian crime syndicates such as the Yakuza or the Triads, one of the coolest gangs in the city, the Mox, has an origin steeped in tragedy.
For many players, is best when there is a focus on roleplaying to fully let the immersion of becoming V take over and get lost in the world of Night City and its surrounding areas. The intricate details in the game, as well as the beautiful, yet dark, graphics help to make this possibility a reality. Just walking down the street and listening in on NPC conversations or having a seat at a bar and ordering a drink can all help not only make the game come more alive but also allow players a chance to escape from the real world for a bit and enjoy a different environment in the dystopian future.
has many minigames, but only one of them is deserving of a full release. From the delightfully buggy auto-scroller platforming of to the run-and-gun action of, Night City is full of arcade treasures for V to get sucked into. Of course, by 2077, most interactive entertainment has been replaced by Braindances, or BDs, neural recreations of all the thoughts, emotions, and feelings a real individual experienced while doing something thrilling. But arcade cabinets still line the back walls of shops, restaurants, and bars, and the denizens of Night City frequently compete for high scores in some of the day's biggest releases.