Very minor spoilers for things in Cyberpunk 2077
Butch:
I got nothing. Hockey night. Today doesn't look good until the evening as it is CRUSHING SNOWSTORM DAY and this isn't one I can really do with Meatball running around. You just never know! I finished up a date with Judy the last time I played and, after waking up, the game forgot to put my clothes back on. Imagine my surprise at buying a new apartment, looking in the mirror and being three sheets to the wind.
That person at the reception desk was pretty cool about it, I guess. Naked woman strolls in, wants a place, I guess you just ask if she's got the eddies.
Loothound:
Just life in the Night City, man. Have you seen the way some people are dressed on the street (or on billboards)?
Feminina:
I thought 'three sheets to the wind' meant drunk, not naked. Maybe both, I suppose.
I played some. Went into a gig where someone specifically said "try not to kill everyone." I did try! But people started shooting at me, and, perhaps inevitably, I wound up killing everyone.
Feel kind of bad about it. I was all stealthy and stuff for a while, but then I got spotted and what can you do?
Butch:
This game does escalate quickly. I had a similar experience. Was all sneaky, missed ONE CAMERA and all of a sudden it's fight everyone or die. It was kind of funny. I got spotted as I was downloading whatever and the waves of Kevin came in just as Johnny appeared. He's over there being all eloquent (I think) and I'm all "Yeah...kind of busy."
Have you started the actual Phantom Liberty stuff yet?
Feminina:
Oh yes. I didn't really have anything else to do, other than talk to Brendan and look at a Tarot card. It was head for Dogtown or just wander around looking for crimes in progress.
Butch:
Oh, so there are gigs there, too?
And is it a "once you start, you can't stop" deal or can I pop out of Dogtown from time to time?
Feminina:
Once you start you have to stick with it until you get to a certain point in the story, but then you're free to wander in and out of Dogtown, pick up gigs there, etc. It turns into basically just another part of the city.
Butch:
Gigs!
So, it's large? It must be large.
As long as I can get out and see Judy. She slipped and told her grandma about me. Now I have to meet the family or something.
Loothound:
Yeah, driving in and out of Dogtown is pretty funny. The security is ridiculously tight, with a scanner and everything. Fast traveling is pretty normal, though. I broke into a gang headquarters the other day, and I'd forgotten how much fun that can be. But, again, stealth stealth stealth BLOW THE FUCK OUT OF EVERYTHING!!!
Butch:
I sort of picture all the Kevins standing around one computer monitor just waiting, WAITING for that camera to show something so they can run like hell and shoot.
Loothound:
Butch, when you reach the market in Dogtown make sure to visit all of the vendors. A bunch of them sell unique items that give you permanent boosts to things like health and RAM recovery!
Feminina:
Yes...I did not do this, thinking "yawn, a bunch of vendors selling the same old stuff," so now I have to go back.
Which I can easily do, but it's a task now.
Butch:
Ooo! Good to know! I could use that. One of the reasons I've been putzing around is that I am not at max level. I did manage to get three more levels, but I'm still a meager 42.
Feminina:
Dude, I'm only level 41, and we're playing on hard. You're fine.
Butch:
You're playing on hard?
Hardcore. To the mega.
Much respect. I'm sticking to normal. Video games are the one part of my life I can say that.
Feminina:
It's not that hard. It was only one fight that was annoying me to the point that I decided to turn it down, and then I found that it had been on hard. So I turned it down to normal, everything was great, then put it back on hard since apparently that was working fine before.
Loothound biffed around a lot more after the end of the main game than I did, and we suspect he moved it up to hard at some point because the challenge had worn off. I didn't even notice until that one fight turned up.
Loothound:
50 isn't the max anymore. I'm not sure what the new ceiling is, but I'm up to 53. New gigs are just as funny as the old gigs, too. Had one where I had to help out THE dumbest cops in Night City.
Butch:
I have noticed I only died once, and that was a surprise. I was trying to steal data from this Russian dude. All sneaky, then "Oh, a bad guy," and the bad guy was this crazy Asian lady with mantis blades who could teleport and shit. Just on a gig! The fuck did that come from?
Luckily, after reloading, learned that she, too, would be distracted by a malfunctioning air conditioner and was grabable.
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