It was Frank Capra with robot arms and samurai swords, and Iateitup.

V doesn’t go to Washington in Phantom Liberty, but Washington comes to her.

Long before you’re gonna wanna think about that, you’ll meet Songbird.

Idris Elba looking sad in shiny clothes in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

The bait for players is that Dogtown is perhaps the most dense Cyberpunk district yet.

Dogtown’s market does the same thing, but to 2023 standards.

Whatever choices you make with your do-over, it seems much easier to craft a coherent character build.

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Is it fair to judge this free update in a review of the paid expansion?

I’m not sure.

Does that mean that Update 2.0 and/or Phantom Liberty make Cyberpunk 2077 perfect, or even bug free?

Sharing beers with the President in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

What’s changed, in my view, is that these issues now exist within acceptable bounds.

I no longer feel like I have to caveat all my praise for the things the game gets right.

And it gets a lot right.

Dogtown in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

I needn’t have worried.

The result is an expansion that reflects, refracts and enriches the game around it.

This review is based on a review build of the game provided by developers CD Projekt Red.

Dogtown’s pyramid houses a nightclub and looks great at all times of day in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

Keanu Reeves returns as Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

Songbird, occasionally a hologram, in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

A vendor in Dogtown’s market in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

A close-up of a lady’s face in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.