That looks like a fun game, however you approach it, and you can still break through materials in the environment, which I was dubious would stay in from last year's demo (I assume it's only certain surfaces, as it's glass that breaks apart in this demo). Samuel: I didn't think much of the CG trailer that was released last week-but this demo is legit. Phil: Keanu saying 'Really think they give a rat's dick about how you look?' was definitely a moment. I liked that ludicrously busy upgrades screen, and the lack of forced classes. I like how V gets in a bathtub of ice at the end of the demo to access cyberspace.

I like how the different factions in Cyberpunk feel like they have their own agendas, with you caught in the middle of them. I also liked the contrast of Pacifica with the area of Night City we saw last year: a skybox of half-completed high-rises with idyllic tourism billboards gave this a real sense of place. Keanu is everywhere in this demo, which follows up on the promise of his arrival on-stage at the Xbox briefing. As with last year, I was incredibly impressed by the presentation of story-excellent voice actors, fantastic facial animations. I definitely didn't miss that detail because I was tired as hell. Stealthy players were free to sneak on through, which suggests CDPR aren't going to be precious about you fighting powerful enemies.Īs a Deus Ex fan, Cyberpunk 2077 feels like the most exciting thing on the horizon And, more importantly, that fight was entirely optional. Certainly the worst moments of Eidos Montreal's Deus Exes were when they tried to fight against the systemic design in favour of scripted setpiece moments. If that is the case (and it might just have been specifically for the demo), then yeah, I have some concerns. I can't say for sure, but it felt like a scripted moment. Phil: Yeah, there was a bit where the boss started to hack V, which effectively put the fight on a timer.

I don't think I've ever seen those done well in this kind of first-person game. Samuel: What did you think of the idea that there will be these sort of 'boss' encounters in Cyberpunk 2077? There's one at the end of this demo, Sasquatch, an enemy with a hammer. Make no mistake, I am pro-nanowire as a position, it just needs tightening up. It kinda flopped out and then a second later the limbs started tumbling. Tim: The weird thing with the nanowire for me is it didn't seemed to connect correctly. I liked that V could rip the gun out of the enemy turret-that's the shit I live for. When it comes to guns, it's maybe telling that it didn't make as much of an impression as the stealth gameplay did to me (which, to be fair, is the way I'd want to play), but I'm loathe to get too down on shooting that I haven't even tried yet. That was a neat-looking novelty weapon that fits the world extremely well.

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