FIRST LOOK
It’s 2077, and the country is in a bit of a state. It’s everything you’d expect from a cyberpunk world: Megacorporations rule all aspects of people’s lives, and organized crime is rife on the streets. There’s extreme poverty and extreme decadence both. It’s like now, but more so, and with cyborgs.
You play as V, an ‘urban mercenary’ who… well, that’s up to you. Unlike The Witcher and its white-haired lead, Cyberpunk 2077 lets you define your character—their look, their tattoos, their gender, and even their backstory, which, depending on what you choose, will unlock different possibilities throughout the game. You can also assign stat points into a number of attributes—I spotted RPG regulars such as strength, constitution, and intelligence, but also reflexes and ‘cool’.
This latter attribute…
