Free Cyberpunk 2077 2.1 update spices up romance and bosses
If you remember CDPR saying they have no Cyberpunk 2077 updates planned after 2.0, no you don’t. The plan has apparently changed. The studio outlined what’s new in the free Cyberpunk 2077 2.1 update during a recent livestream, and it includes new romance activities and better bosses in the action game.
The update, which applies to the base game and Phantom Liberty, goes live on Dec. 5, 2023, for all platforms, and it’s also making good on an old promise CDPR made back in the original trailer: a subway system.
“Our direction when we wanted was to make sure players have a way to really be in the world and have an immersive way to travel through the world,” quest director Pawel Sasko said during the stream. “This is designed to be a role-playing feature.”
The update introduces 19 subway station points that you can use for fast travel.
It revamps several boss fights, including the Adam Smasher fight, where Smasher should behave more like his Edgerunners anime counterpart, and it adds new hangout options for V and their chosen partner. That last feature was a sticking point for many fans after 2.0 launched. For all of Phantom Liberty’s improvements, it added nothing in the romance department.
V also gets a portable radio, so you can listen to the sounds of Night City anywhere – except during scenes with scripted music – and you can replay the race missions for more rewards, including new cars. There are more cars in the update as well, more motorcycle tricks and combat options, and Johnny Silverhand’s Porsche 911.
CDPR said Cyberpunk 2077 2.1 adds even more new features they haven’t even touched on yet. Whether this is actually the last, last update or the studio has more up its sleeves, the team didn’t say.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF