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pinkyjulien · 11 months

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━━ Breakdown Video: Tidbits 🤏

▶ Hansen

Hansen full name is Kurt Hansen.

Hansen is the current ruler of Dogtown and leader of the Barghest

He is a mix between a Tyrant, a Protector, but first and foremost a Businessman.

▶ Barghest

The Barghest are part gang, part military unit.

Initially formed by veterans of the Unification War, different gangers and marauders joined later.

They all respect Kurt (Hansen) as their Boss

▶ DogTown

The inspiration for DogTown and its characters comes from South American's drug lords.

Dogtown was known as the "Combat Zone" before Hansen renamed it.

Just like Pacifica, Dogtown was supposed to be a paradise of entertainment before the war interrupted all development.

Being free of Corpo and Taxes, Dogtown act as a big black market and free trade zone.

Trauma Team doesn't come to DogTown and certain areas of the district are extremly dangerous.

▶ Myers

Ex-CEO of Militech, President Myers is a former Marine and Soldier.

Despite being a badass and smart politician, she's also Human and will let her emotions show, making her a complex and interesting character.

▶ Militech Chimera

The big mechanical beast that we see waking up is a Militech Chimera.

Just like the Basilisk, it is part of old Militech equipment that was left behind after the Unification War.

Hinted as a big boss during the expansion!

▶ Solomon Reed

One of the most important character in the story.

A Master Spy working for the NUSA for many years.

Became a sleeper agent around seven years ago.

Just like Myers, Reed is a complex character; his different loyalties will clash during the course of Phantom Liberty.

▶ Songbird

The third most important character after V and Reed.

Really similar to V, so similar even that they could've switched roles in another universe.

She's complex and layered, making her a Divisive character; players will love her or hate her.

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elvenbeard · 7 months

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AAHHH!!! I *finally* got to play a little more Phantom Liberty today öahjsdföasklfasfhdfs

First I wanted to riot slightly cause GoG didn't find my install anymore (but rescanning folders did the trick).

Man OH MAN. I'm really just rambling about how fucking cool this game is below the cut, but beware of spoilers!!

"How the fuck do I keep ending up in these situations..."

I played all the way up to meeting Reed and agreeing to work with him back in the President's hideout. This was also the point up until I'd seen the gameplay at Phantom Liberty Tour back in August, but I also saw a loooot of new stuff o.o The demo back then started at entering the Stadium (when V walks through that area with cyberarms hanging from the ceiling) - stopped at meeting Myers in the crashed plane - continued at arriving at the hideout with her and then ended, as I said, with shaking hands with Reed.

SO. The whole "how do we get the president to the hideout" sequence was completely new to me AND MAAAN. That Chimera fight was so good like?? The whole setup and everything, I didn't expect such a big and epic boss fight so early on in the expansion at all, really sets the tone I guess xD First V gets his face bashed in by the President, then gets his ribs broken by this thing, things can only get better from here on. That whole section gave me such Bioshock vibes actually like... the Art Deco architecture the "amazing city that turned out so awful" vibes, it's impeccable, and I love it so so much. Really gotta take some time to properly explore everything (and now I gotta wait for Reed to call me back so, best opportunity).

I saw that thing under the tarp and was like "oh yeah, later on in the story this is gonna come back to bite me in the ass" - only that in this case "later" was "five minutes later" not "10 story missions later" as I anticipated XD

Also, I gotta say, I really don't trust Myers or Songbird much at this point with their intentions. I mentioned this previously... how convenient for Songbird to know to contact V via the Relic, but how the hell did she know about it in the first place, that he had it, where he was at, etc.? And then, in the Space Force One Wreck there was the shard with the answer! They knew about the Konpeki heist and two involved mercs through an informant potentially working at Arasaka. Yet, when I then deliberately chose a dialogue later on where V was like "yeah, I got Arasaka's Relic stuck in my head" Myers was all "oh, what really! how peculiar!". And maybe she really didn't know and I'm reading too much into it, but I'm really not liking her vibes atm at all XD (as a character though she's so cool, not at all how I'd picture a typical NUSA president, and I get the impression she doesn't really like the role all that much - I wanna read up on her background lore as soon as I'm done playing XD). AND. The shard on the plane specifically mentions Johnny on the Relic AND I'M CALLING IT NOW like I called it before, I BET they're really after Johnny's engram to do some experimenting with it for some fucked up Militech scheme. And in return V gets to live or some crap. URGH. I hope I'm wrong but I said it before "Phantom Liberty" (if you read it as in "a ghost that was freed" or "no real freedom") screams to me that this all boils down to something happening to Johnny in a messed up way in the end in exchange for V's life. Analogue to the Devil ending, but instead of Arasaka you have Militech/NUSA (if I'm wrong, please don't spoiler it to me, and if I'm right or close, please don't spoiler it either XD I wanna see just how far off I am myself XDD)

Songbird being MIA is hmmm... Not quite suspicious, but I'm wondering if she is still alive or maybe also doomed to be a construct now, but I'm really not sure. It would be kinda disappointing, I'd like to meet her in person still and am excited to see what she is gaining in all of this. I like the tragic "gifted criminal kid turned government asset" trope a lot and I'm curious to see how her story develops.

I'm also loving all the lifepath specific dialogues so much, I'm actually learning something new now and then about what Vince's Arasaka job was actually truly like at the core!

Also Myers roasting him for not having had a high enough security clearance to know about Reed xDD So rude! But I'm so so so curious how Ex-Arasaka agent with occasional homesickness to the corporate world and FIA-Sleeper agent with a big Arasaka-grudge are gonna work together o.o

I feel like, they're either really gonna see eye-to-eye very much or will continue to clash over and over and V is gonna come out as the loser at the end of this xD But currently, me as the player I'm trusting no one, and Vince as being caught up in all of this tries to play nice and be on everyone's good side but behind the scenes does not trust any of them one bit either xD It's really more a one hand washes the other kinda deal for him with no long-term obligations.

I'm also LOVING Johnny in all of this so far like... Vince and he don't get along that well most of the time for a variety of reasons. And so far, even though I got the Sun ending as my canon (as of right now), I feel like Vince acted more out of desperation than real trust or anything in going down that path and not any other. So I think Phantom Liberty *might* be the storyline that has been missing for me personally so far to really legitimize to myself that Vince would trust Johnny enough to let him take over his body for that last mission or go on a suicide run through Arasaka Tower with him. They are really seeing eye to eye on a lot of the stuff that's going on, both paranoid and suspicious, both not liking to swear any oaths or work for the FIA or anything like that. Bonding over their shared dislike for all the secrecy and scheming xD

Speaking of timelines, I found an ingame date for the 16th of June about an meeting Myers was to attend and another meeting scheduled for June 18th - sounding like the 16th is already passed at this point and the plane crash probably happening on the 16th or 17th or something like this... which completely throws my previously established timeline overboard :D But also stretches the canonical timeline a bit, if my assumptions are right, which would be nice and a lot more realistic than "like, a month, for all of that to happen". (For reference, in my timeline for Vince without PL I put the last quest on June 9th).

But that's only speculation ofc!

Then I also had my first vehicle gig for Muamar and omggg I loved this little convo with him so fucking much?? Like, this really built up his character so nicely, and the whole car stealing scheme would also be super down Vince's alley XD

And this exchange I LOVED sm:

Vince, car nerd surpreme, offering to fix the Cap's car, and Muamar's response: certain things I don't do halfway -> my clothes, my cut, my cars. Vince 100% seconds that sentiment XDD Like, so far I have to admit Muamar never really grabbed me that much as a character and I felt like he and Vince probably didn't have much in common. I was wrong XD

I also wanted to pay Mr. Hands a visit in his funky pyramid, but he wouldn't let me in yet. I'm so looking foward to finally playing his gigs now :D And seeing what else Dogtown has to offer in terms of stories and side jobs :o

Others mentioned it already, but I'm loving this place's design so so much... it feels like a different city altogether, the style of the buildings and everything is so unique and it's such a biiiig sprawling place o.o

And a random little thing I noticed, there's a lot of little cinematic moments now (the contextual removal of the HUD for conversations for example is such a good new feature). And occasionally the camera will automatically pan to interesting events or V's optics zoom in automatically - it was a bit weird the first time it happened but I really like it in a way? I noticed it during the part of rescuing Myers where you had to sneak past the huge Barghest drone (also such a good good moment, I'm loving all the stealth, parkour, and whatnot, the level design is *so good* hhhhh).

And finally, when I decided "okay, I'm gonna go to bed now" and was just about to close the game... I got a text message from Kerry I didn't know yet :DDD

(the fucking emojis with noses, Kerry pls, your age is really showing)

Like... I did not expect new texts from the LIs, and yeah, this got me really excited xD (and yeh I obviously had to read all the different outcomes and there *are* some differences depending on what you text back. I love it sm). AND. Then I called him. And there's new conversations about the events of PL too??? Hello?

Man I wish there was something like that for the other missions but obviously, with how late-game Kerry's romance is that sadly doesn't make much sense. So this is also something that made me tremendously happy (and also adds some new depth and bits and pieces to Kerry's character, which I'm always so here for XD). Exicted to see if there's more to talk about with him as the expansion progresses - I doubt it, but I'm ready to be surprised, maybe also by the other main NPCs that you're not in a relationship with.

That one V will definitely bear in mind for whatever is to come. Hhhhh I'm so excited!!

#cyberpunk 2077 #phantom liberty #phantom liberty spoilers #pl spoilers #cyberpunk 2077 spoilers #elven plays cyberpunk 2077 #spoilers #öjkasdjhfafjaköslf I should be sleeping but I CANT my brain is going BRRR

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heartofarasaka · 21 days

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06/04/2024 The Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty Secret Agent Gear Collection has safely arrived to Singapore and your official So Mi lovebot has owned it, it concludes of the main star of the show.. “Songbird and Reed” statue in its highest details possible , NUSA Challenge Coin that Myers gifts to you , “Ten of Swords” Comic Book , Militech Chimera blueprint lithograph - printed on metallic paper and an Magnetic Closure Box. 🥰❤️

#hanako arasaka #cp 2077 #cyberpunk hanako #evelyn parker #judy alvarez #meredith stout #misty olszewski #rogue amendiares #cp2077 screenshots #netrunner #songbird cyberpunk #song so mi #figurine #unboxing #showcase #editing #tiktok #capcut

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alecbicheno · 4 months

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Cyberpunk official 3D model appreciation

While browsing ArtStation I came across this work by Csaba Szilagyi. He is the lead 3D hard surface artist at Reikon Games and created an asset for the recently released Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (2023), with said asset being a boss enemy for the recent expansion.

There are a few things to take away from this, the first being about the design. As a fan of this futuristic and tech heavy style, I can definitely take away some design inspirations, particularly about the finer details.

This is also a great example of how to showcase work on a portfolio. It is neatly laid out with clear and high-quality renders, some of which are in scenes that show how it would look in the game environments. It shows off the topography of the different parts well and even highlights which areas are destructible, showing off the game mechanics.

He has also given me a small insight into the workflow of the industry by describing what he did during the creative process and how he worked with other teams.

Bibliography

CD PROJEKT RED. (2023) Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. [DISC] Xbox Series X. Warsaw: CD Projekt

Szilagyi, C., 2023. Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Militech Chimera. [Online] Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Xg95ew [Accessed 9 January 2024].

#Developing skills

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merge-conflict · 4 months

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I send you this second ask as an opportunity to talk about whatever WIPs you haven't been asked about yet :)) This includes any that only exist in your head

Thank you!! :3 <3

I'm going to talk about supersedence, which is a rosalind myers/valentine fic, but instead of any of the smutty parts I'm going to post the intro which was a lot of fun to write (under the cut because I think I've probably hit my long post limit for the day lol):

Everything ran on time, but time was malleable. Time ran on heartbeats. Time crashed and thundered and slipped and sparked and time was V– the clock ticking on her rhythm. The slick sizzling flashfire of another shot of chems from her injector was the flourish of a grace note; a little something extra slipped into the measure. It let her hang in the air, burning clean, right until the sole of her boot hit the armored metal carapace of the Chimera. The impact rattled her, the force hitting her knees so hard she had to scramble to hold on before she went sliding off down into one of the legs and got crushed. Before Songbird had gotten zapped she’d managed to hit the emergency failsafe, which was supposed to eject the power core for the main control unit. Exactly the sort of function meant to prevent the sort of haywire shitshow that was threatening to bring down the entire section of building the damn thing had broken through. But Militech being Militech meant the failsafe was fucking busted– some shoddy workmanship designed by some asshole who decided to cut corners on safeguards. Who cared if some of their own grunts got wasted by their own shitty soft, so long as the investors were overawed by the allure of a shiny killing machine? There was a reason it had never made it past prototype, and that reason was the armored shell covering the core, still hanging on by one metal clip that had never fully released. It was a big drone, but it was still just a drone. Which meant it was running the same underlying operating system that all drones used; which meant it was currently analyzing the surroundings– and in about two seconds it was going to decide on the best course of action to turn her and the president of the NUSA into a finely ground paste. Or perhaps a flambé.

It was incredibly fun to write this action scene, focusing on that way that time goes weird when you're in the middle of a chaotic life-threatening adrenaline rush, and also including some tangential rants, because: ADHD. Writing this also made me laugh because it's dangerously close to an anti-corp rant except obviously the problem is just Militech because Militech sucks (oh, Arasaka propaganda...).

Sadly this WIP is on hold until I've finished modding my game and also replaying the PL intro with a more decent build, but... I'm excited to work on it again and get some more adrenaline action scenes in between Ros bullying V.

#supersedence is that thing that bugs do when they kill a queen who's no longer doing her job. btw #<- this has been a valentine's bug fact fun corner announcement #hmm.. could the destruction of a large berserk tank they both refer to as a mother because it has baby drones...#have anything to do with this theme? I'm going to be honest that was unintentional #but now it's funny to think ros shoots some little drones and valentine compromises the rest to make them friendly #ANYWAY #wip game

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