Taking place in Night City, an open world set in the Cyberpunk universe, players assume the role of a customisable mercenary known as V, who can acquire skills in hacking and machinery with options for melee and ranged combat. The game was developed by a team of around 500 people using the REDengine 4 game engine. CD Projekt launched a new division in Wroc?aw, Poland, and partnered with Digital Scapes, Nvidia, QLOC, and Jali Research to aid the production. Sony removed it from the PlayStation Store from December 2020 to June 2021 while CD Projekt rectified some of the problems. A sequel was announced.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an action role-playing game played in a first-person perspective as V, a mercenary whose voice, face, hairstyles, body type and modifications, background, and clothing are customisable. There are three types of ranged weapons, all of which can be customised and modified—Power , Tech , and Smart . The game can be completed without killing anyone, with non-lethal options for weapons and cyberware.
The open world metropolis of Night City consists of six regions; the corporate City Centre, immigrant-inhabited Watson, luxurious Westbrook, suburban Heywood, gang-infested Pacifica, and industrial Santo Domingo. The player's in-game choices can lead to different endings.
Night City is an American megacity in the Free State of North California, controlled by corporations and unassailed by the laws of both country and state. Because of the constant threat of physical harm, all citizens are allowed to carry firearms in public openly.
The game begins with the selection of one of three lifepaths for the player character V : Nomad, Streetkid, or Corpo. All three lifepaths involve V starting a new life in Night City with local thug Jackie Welles and having various adventures with a netrunner, T-Bug.
In 2077, local fixer Dexter "Dex" DeShawn hires V and Jackie to steal a biochip known as "the Relic" from Arasaka Corporation.
