Cyberpunk 2077 finally arrives on December 10. It is one of the most anticipated games of recent times and here below we will tell you everything you need to know before starting your adventures in Night City with Keanu Reeves in his role as Johnny Silverhand.
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What is Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is an RPG created by CD Projekt RED, developers of The Witcher video games. It is based on the Cyberpunk role-playing manual by Mike Pondsmith created at the end of the 80s. In this role-playing video game, we will play a mercenary who has to survive, follow orders and enter the urban tribes of Night City.
Cyberpunk 2077 has Keanu Reeves as a guest star in the role of Johnny Silverhand, a companion that we will have during the adventure. It will be released next December 10 on Xbox One, with an improved version for Xbox One X, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X, PC, Google Stadia, GeForce Now, PlayStation 4 with an improved version of PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 Pro.
Where does Cyberpunk 2077 come from
The origin of Cyberpunk 2077 comes from a Dungeons and Dragons style pencil and paper role-playing game, created by Mike Pondsmith. The original role-playing game Cyberpunk was published in 1988 for the first time and its reissue in 1990 became known as Cyberpunk 2020 and the first became known as Cyberpunk 2013. They were releasing reissues and the modern edition that is used in the games Today's role-playing games are known as Cyberpunk Red.
That pencil and paper role-playing game that would give rise to Cyberpunk 2077, already featured key elements that we will see in the video game. The different ways of dealing with a situation will be present in Cyberpunk 2077, such as the distinction between the Mercenary style based on direct combat, and the Netrunner that allows hacking enemies and systems to infiltrate.
Why Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most anticipated games in history
Cyberpunk 2077 is a game that has been waiting for almost a whole decade. In January 2013, at a CD Projekt RED conference, the announcement trailer you see below was shown and announced that it would be watched by its creator Mike Pondsmith to make sure his world was captured well. By then, CD Projekt RED had just released The Witcher II: Assassin of Kings based on the books by Andrzej Sapkowski.
The first The Witcher was not especially loved as it was then a demanding PC exclusive game developed by an unknown studio and based on some books that were niche at best. It wasn't until its sequel also came out on Xbox 360 that it would enjoy a more dedicated following and CD Projekt Red was recognized.
Being an ambitious game made by a company beloved by Western RPG fans gave Cyberpunk 2077 an unprecedented initial buzz. But CD Projekt RED didn't talk about Cyberpunk 2077 for years because first they had to finish The Witcher III: Wild Hunt and its DLC. It wasn't until Microsoft's E3 2018 conference that it was shown again, five and a half years from the first trailer. The following year it was revealed that actor Keanu Reeves, who had resurfaced culturally thanks to the John Wick films; would play the character Johnny Silverhand from Cyberpunk 2077.
Being a game long awaited for years, the first game from the studio of the creators of The Witcher that is not based on those fantasy books, and having actor Keanu Reeves, has made Cyberpunk 2077 one of the most anticipated games of the world. year. Without a doubt it is an event that will leave few people indifferent.
How big is Night City, the map of Cyberpunk 2077
The map of Night City, the city in which we will move in Cyberpunk 2077 will be somewhat smaller than the world of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. That map had a total of 136 square km.
But CD Projekt Red insists that the world of Cyberpunk 2077 will be much denser in content than The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. For example, we will have the possibility to visit the Watson, Westbrook, Santo Domingo, Heywood, City Center and Pacifica neighborhoods.
All these Night City neighborhoods will have their own inhabitants, and some with names, hours, and more; and characteristic urban tribes with which we can get along or generate some enmity depending on our decisions and progress in history. We can visit them all by car or on foot in a first person to make the game more immersive.
How long is Cyberpunk 2077
It's a question that depends a lot on how you play. According to statements made by CD Projekt RED, the main story will last "somewhat less" than that of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. This means that, according to the website Howlongtobeat, 54 hours is the length of the third installment of The Witcher, so it could last approximately 40 hours.
This shorter duration of the main story is due to the fact that according to data from CD Projekt RED, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt had a very long story for the audience it attracted. They want more people to finish the story and have a lower churn rate.
It will be in the secondary missions where the real duration of Cyberpunk 2077 will lie. A tester commented that he had played about 147 hours of the game to complete all the missions. Of course, this is an approximation, but it indicates that Cyberpunk 2077 will have so many additional missions that they will last longer than the main campaign. And that's not counting the different ways of playing or our decisions.
Ways to play Cyberpunk 2077
Having seen a demo of the game, there will be two key ways to play. The first way to play is as a mercenary. With this option we will be prepared for hand-to-hand combat and with firearms. We will enter hostile areas prepared for combat and while we can play as a Rambo, we will not have many options if we see that we need stealth or hacking.
The other way to play is by being a netrunner. We will have special abilities to hack devices from the stage and from enemies. For example, we can enter a room without being discovered if we hack into the security cameras. If we face enemies with implants, we can deactivate them. The turrets that we find in rival territories can be deactivated and even be used in our favor.
There will very likely be more game options to play Cyberpunk 2077 as you are watched by the creator of the original role-playing game, Mike Pondsmith. The original roles were rocker, mercenary, netrunner, technician, techno-doctor, journalist, policeman, executive, fixer, and nomad. Several of these playstyles may appear within the game and we can mix them up.
Customization of our character in Cyberpunk 2077
Although the game will be mostly controlled in the first person, the game will have a strong customization component. The elements that we can customize for our character will be so wide that we can customize even the nails and teeth.
Why customize a character so much that we will not see while we play? Because there will be times when we can see it as representations of our avatar, reflections in mirrors or shiny surfaces if we activate the RayTracing options available in Cyberpunk 2077.
The last of the reasons is Photo Mode. With this mode we can take screenshots of our adventures in Night City, so that there we will see how our character fits the world of Cyberpunk 2077.
Another point is that personal pronouns and voice can be used regardless of the type of body our character has. For example, we can put a high-pitched voice in a male body and refer to it in female if we see it well for our character.
[irp posts=”58290″]Keanu Reeves' presence in Cyberpunk 2077
At the E3 2019 conference, one of the biggest surprises was that they were going to have Keanu Reeves as a guest star in Cyberpunk 2077. Keanu Reeves is the one who gave life to Neo in The Matrix, John Wick in the homonymous movies and Johnny Utah in They call him Bodhi. Actor Keanu Reeves will play Johnny Silverhand, a character in the form of a hologram that only we can see throughout the adventure.
Johnny Silverhand will play an important role in Cyberpunk 2077, as it is related to the events of the story and Night City. For now little is known and we will not say much for spoilers. But it is known that we will have about a third of the game, although we will not be able to have a romantic relationship with him.
Cyberpunk 2077 release date
Cyberpunk 2077's release date has been on the move a lot. In the first place, it was going to be released on April 16, 2020, but a few months before its launch it was delayed until September 17. In summer it was delayed to November 19, but a few weeks before that day they saw that they had problems with the optimization in the versions of PlayStaion 4 and Xbox One.
Cyberpunk's final release date is December 10, 2020. That day it will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Google Stadia, and GeForce Now. Several PC digital stores will have Cyberpunk 2077, such as Steam, Epic Games Store, and GoG.com, the latter with a DRM-free version and digital add-ons.
Cyberpunk 2077 photo mode
Cyberpunk 2077 will be one of many games that will have a photo mode. This addition will allow us to take photos in native resolution of our adventures and our character. In that mode we can choose all the lighting, color and contrast options to take photos in the highest quality of our character in Night City.
The game will stop the moment we go to Photo Mode and there we will be able to handle the camera, the expressions of our character, their poses and more elements to take the best photo. One of the ways to take advantage of this Photo Mode is to allow us to save high-quality images in order to have free, high-quality and personalized Cyberpunk 2077 wallpapers or mobile backgrounds.
Play Cyberpunk 2077 on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, or PlayStation 5
Cyberpunk 2077 will be compatible with Xbox Series X, Xbox series S and PlayStation 5 from the same launch day. If the game detects that you are on one of these consoles, it will download a high-quality texture and optimization pack to enjoy the game in the best possible quality.
The game will be put into an image quality profile for these consoles, so we will be playing a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series version of Cyberpunk 2077. All of this will be totally free. It will also take advantage of console SSDs and RayTracing capabilities to make the game look much better and take less time to load.
Minimum and recommended requirements to play Cyberpunk 2077 on PC
Cyberpunk 2077 has different options to play and different graphic options, from minimum and recommended to Ultra. It also has another series of requirements if we want to play Cyberpunk 2077 with RayTracing. Below you have the different graphic options to play Cyberpunk 2077, with or without RayTracing.
Minimum requirements to play 1080p
- Operating System: Windows 7 or Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310
- 8GB of RAM
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 780 or AMD Radeon RX 470
- 3GB of VRAM
- 70 GB of space on the Hard Drive, although they recommend using an SSD
Recommended requirements for playing 1080p
- Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
- 12GB of RAM
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB, NVIDIA GTX 1060 Super or AMD Radeon RX 590
- 6GB of VRAM
- 70 GB of space on an SSD
Requirements to play in 1440p
- Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
- 12GB of RAM
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
- 6GB of VRAM
- 70 GB of space on an SSD
Requirements to play in 2160p
- Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- 16GB of RAM
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA RTX 2060, NVIDIA RTX 3070 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- 8GB of VRAM
- 70 GB of space on an SSD
Minimum requirements to play 1080p with Ray Tracing
- Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 5 3200
- 16GB of RAM
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA RTX 2060
- 6GB of VRAM
- 70 GB of space on an SSD
Minimum requirements to play 1440p with Ray Tracing
- Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- 16GB of RAM
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA RTX 3070
- 8GB of VRAM
- 70 GB of space on an SSD
Minimum requirements to play 20160p with Ray Tracing
- Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- 16GB of RAM
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA RTX 3080
- 10GB of VRAM
- 70 GB of space on an SSD
Cyberpunk 2077 Merchandising
With Cyberpunk 2077 being one of the biggest releases of this year or the last decade, that there is going to be a lot of merch is inevitable. Below we list various types of merchandise that the game will have.
Cyberpunk 2077 Figures and Funk Pop
In terms of figures, it is not short. First we have Johnny Silverhand's Totaku, a character played by actor Keanu Reeves in the game. They are a series of small figures of characters from different video games that came out of the Amiibo. But they have in their favor that they are agnostic to brands and they are not just Sony or Microsoft.
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If we want to go much further because of our love for Keanu Reeves or Johnny Silverhand, there will be this Dark Horse figure. It's more expensive, but bigger and more intended for collectors who don't trust the Cyberpunk 2077 collector's edition figure to do them justice.
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And if we are already collectors of Funko Pop, there will be no shortage of Johnny Silverhand. Alongside this, there are Funko Pops of the two types of Cyberpunk 2077 default avatars.
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Cyberpunk 2077 consoles and peripherals
A few days ago we echoed a wireless gaming mouse by Razer, belonging to its Viper Ultimate series and decorated with the aesthetics of Cyberpunk 2077. There will also be another series of accessories by Razer such as mouse pads. You can check information in your official website.
[irp id=»87191″]If we want to go a little further, we have the limited edition Xbox One X Cyberpunk 2077 decorated with motifs from the game and a digital copy. In case we are in a hurry to have an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S, this option will allow us to decorate our play area.
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Another Cyberpunk 2077 merch
We move away from the consoles and figures and go to something more practical. A set of coasters with the logos of Night City, the Samurai and more. A small accessible piece that we will most certainly not want to use as coasters since we do not want them to get wet or stained.
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Last but not least, a jacket like the one used by the protagonists of Cyberpunk 2077. It is full of details and we will most certainly not wear it on a day-to-day basis. But it can be a great item to have in a collection and a cosplay base with which to go to future anime, comic book or video game conventions.
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