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CD Projekt recommends starting a new game when Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.0 drops: 'starting fresh will enhance your overall gameplay experience' (www.pcgamer.com)
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Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a mammoth-sized update, titled Update 2.0, tomorrow, September 21, and it promises to be a bit of a game changer. A police revamp, a progression overhaul, a new cybernetics system, vehicular combat, DLSS 3.5—it's vast, and thankfully separate from the Phantom Liberty expansion due next week, so you'll get all of this for free. With so many changes, the developer is naturally recommending that you experience it all on a fresh save, starting a new game rather than continuing an existing one.

It's entirely possible to just carry on with an old save, but making a new character will ease you into all of the big changes, most notably the skill system, which might be a bit jarring if you have to rebuild an existing character. "Due to the number of changes, starting fresh will enhance your overall gameplay experience," reads the tweet from CD Projekt Red.

Hey, chooms! While you'll be able to continue the game with your current character on an existing save, we recommend starting a new game after @CyberpunkGame
Update 2.0. Due to the number of changes, starting fresh will enhance your overall gameplay experience!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nah - I think I'll enjoy it on my old character, if that's all right with them.

Crazy to think I'd just spend another 100 hours redoing missions and revisiting old content for new progression systems.

I'm happy the game is finally finished, but it's kind of insulting to tell us to go back and "play it all again, it's finally ready".

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I fail to see the insult, it's not like they're going to call you names if you don't do what they recommend.

[–] Cethin 5 points 1 year ago

I think you're taking this wrong. They're saying you can play it all again and the experience will be somewhat different with the new systems. They are saying you're a loser if you don't or whatever. Basically, they're saying the update effects the existing game too, not just the DLC.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe it's because they view playing the game differently than you do. Personally I see it as a game you can 'run', sort of like a rogue-like. There's different ways to execute missions, a few different ways to interact and varied builds for a character. I've played the game twice now, once as a corpo gun slinger and once as a street kid hacker. For this update I'm doing a nomad ninja.