The Life of a Nomad | Cyberpunk 2077 - Blind Playthrough [Part 2]
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*I have seen trailers of this game (2014 Announcement, E3 2018, E3 2019, gameplay trailers) I also played about 1 hour of the game upon release but dont remember the experience as I shelved the game for a future playthrough
but apart from that I have no knowledge of the world, story, characters and the majority of the game itself. Semi-blind in that context but for all intents and purposes a Blind Playthrough of Cyberpunk is finally here!
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In Europe almost all countries drive on the right side
Left-sided driving is mostly a Commonwealth thing. From what I remember, the only ones in Europe who stick to it are the Brits and the Irish. Got my head turned around every time I visited the UK.
Also Malta and Cyprus, which, unsurprisingly, are both former British dominions :) If you need to summarise on a global scale, it is Commonwealth (or former Commonwealth) countries, Oceania (except the Philippines and US territories) and Japan who drive on the left.
Whereas, as a Brit, when I first started playing this game, it took me ages after getting into the car to not to drive on the left. Especially early on after release when there weren't that many cars being spawned.
@@zhivik Can confirm that, being from Malta myself, driving in cyberpunk feels weird on american side lol
We drive on the proper side of the road in Canada.
@@Assdafflabaff your opinion is invalid when youve still got the queen on your money. Also Trudeau sucks.
Corpo is definitely my favourite, it has the most unique dialogue options out of the 3 and I just love how you can turn v into a real mean piece of shlt
yeah and Corpo path with the secret ending fits perfectly
Female, Corpo V is my favourite. No disrepect to the male voice actor, he does a very good job, but female V voice actress is just next level.
@@TehIdiotOne Plus: Judy!!
@@TehIdiotOne I have a nomad male V and a corpo female V as my only 2 saves and I think those are the perfect combos for me, streetkid doesnt appeal to me because no matter what beginning you choose you BECOME a streetkid so jus being a streetkid the whole time is jus boring to me, other paths have more character growth is kinda how I see it. But ye I think corpo female V my favorite as well, and I think male nomad V romancing Panam makes so much sense and vice versa w female corpo V n judy...
Nomad is my favorite. I've played every lifepath but I prefer Nomad. And I mainly use female V.
I agree that Nomad start feels very fitting for first-time playthrough. Curious about which start you will like more overall, looking forward for Corpo episode.
I picked Nomad the first time I played and never looked back. Sure it doesn't have a lot of unique dialogue options, or at least it didn't back when I played at launch, but it just felt right. I never even tried the other two origins until after I beat the game and got curious. Started a Corpo playthrough and quit after a few hours. I finally started another playthrough now years later and the game has changed so much. Took me a while to get a grip on the new talent trees.
@@Assdafflabaff Nomad has the only way to let a certain nice character survive. Also gives you some extra options with the objectively best romance
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Man the voice actor for Jackie did an amazing job. Love his voice.
Don't worry, there is nothing else similar to that montage that can really bother you narratively. Everything is well paced, well written and well done from now on. Take it all in and enjoy!
It's no secret the devs crunched hard before the release date. This, plus what CDPR have previously said about wanting to make the story more "compact" and more approachable to general public (according to their statistics the amount of players who finished The Witcher 3 was significantly lower than of those who started it; and overall people complained about it being "too long") leads me to think they initially intended to make the "6 months later" sequence playable, but chose not to. But who knows.
No they didn't. The 6 months montage was pretty much always there.
This was pretty much confirmed by Pawel Sasko himself, one the lead quest designers.
It's actually amazing how so many myths about this game still persist after they get debunked repeatedly.
People simply just want to believe anything they want even when devs themselves say otherwise.
@@ilias856 yeah, sadly community echo-chamber rumors and theories are still going strong
@@ilias856She just either heard this or assumed it might have been the case with some of the crunch and release flop and crunch. Chill.
Female Nomad V was my choice of first playthrough, and I really enjoyed it. I think Corpo is fun too, and Streetkid is definitely a cool vibe and my second favorite, but Nomad really feels like a great way to say, “Welcome to Night City.”
Obviously V can be whomever you want, but I've always felt like female Corpo V was the one that felt the most like it was the canon choice. Something about the way she explores the world and the situations in it feel the most like they circle back to each other in a well rounded way
that's funny, corpo V always felt like the LEAST canon choice to me -- streetkid V has way more lore about Night City and Nomad V seems more aligned with the spirit of the books
@@-TriP- thats funny, im going to touch you
@@-TriP- jk, but my thing w streetkid start is that no matter which one you choose, in the story you BECOME a streetkid basically so I feel like both the other ones would make more sense and have more character growth overall... corpo V losing everything and then starting anew on the bottom and then over time becoming an insanely OP merc is BADASS imo, way more than jus being a streetkid the whole time...
Nomad and Corpo are my favorite lifepaths, and Female V is my favorite voice
Yeah, actor for male V has a great voice but his delivery is terrible most of the time.
The iguana might be a Blade Runner homage. Not as central to the movie but very front and center in the PKD novel upon which it is based, real animals are one of the most valuable assets to possess.
My first thought when I saw it as well
There's also a fun callback to it that a lot of players miss. During the Big Heist, you can look around the penthouse a bit more and find an Iguana sitting on a branch there. Nomad V can comment on it and wonder if it's the same one :P.
Well, the whole game is Blade Runner homage, including eating Chinese noodles in the rain.
@@maksphoto78 very true. I’m fairly new to the game and just started because it was going to be on the channel. Absolutely love it. But that iguana was the first thing where I thought yep that’s in the there because of blade runner.
Also probably appeared in the Fallout in a similar way
Nomad is my favourite, mostly because I relate to the rural lifestyle. I also like Corpo, but have never been able to get Into streetkid.
Female Corpo V will always be my 'canon' V.
YES!
validity
I have 2, female corpo V w Judy, and male nomad V w Panam, but I think I do overall lean more to female corpo V, but I havent gotten super far on my male nomad V so idk...
Nomad is my favorite lifepath. Without spoilers, I feel it fits the general main plot arc the best.
I don't know, it has the least dialogue choices, that's why I don't like it.
@@VORASTRA Does it really? Im playing a nomad rn ;(
@@GHOST5800000 i watched some streams after that, there are more choices than I remember, but still they feel lame-ish for me. It felt like V just wants to insert in the dialogues sudden "i was a nomad" like grandpas nowadays "back in my days we walked 20 miles to school"
Only 3 of 50+ countries in Europe have left-hand traffic. And outside Europe it is mostly UK ex-colonies.
Bro there is like 1000 reading shards in game, Mapo is about to do 50h+ only reading
I like that your character appears in the "history montage", and it's not just a generic thing that doesn't show your character at all. Nice touch. My character is a nomad, but I haven't played much past the ice tub mission lol
love that you are giving all three intros a try, I feel like this will be a very long and thorough series. two non-spoiler tips that might save you some headaches in the future though, you can change the setting so WASD tapping doesn't dodge, that's why your character does that sometimes. It's got me killed once or twice before I changed it to a specific button only. the other tip is you can scroll dialog options with your mouse instead of moving, again with the WASD keys being used for so much
As a Texan, it’s kinda awesome we have our own country in this story 😂🤠
Texas stand up!!!
Nomad makes the most sense with canon to me as you learn about the city along with the character.
also fem V forever
Honestly, the lifepaths don't matter too much on core gameplay and I'd be happy to watch any, but I do think female V is a much better voice actor, and is much more important to the story being a dialogue-heavy game. That's my opinion having played a full play through with both.
I know you film these well in advance so I can pray you opt for female in the end but regardless I'm loving the play through so far and have been so excited for this one!
I think Cyberpunk has to be my favourite story in a video game to date. Prior to that it was the Mass Effect trilogy as a whole, but Cyberpunk tops it for me as it's a little more human-centric of a story; a little more grounded and relatable.
Lady V most definitely has the better voice actor out of the two options.
@@stobe187 No it doesn't "definitely" has better voice acting, It's a preference.
And the fact that the majority of people played as male V maybe says otherwise.
@@ilias856 Nah, it definitely is better. Male V voice actor sounds like he's trying too hard to sound edgy and gruff, the female V actor is more natural and thus more believable.
The majority of players will choose a male char regardless (because demographics), that's no surprise - and it really isn't proof of anything voice acting related.
@@ilias856 Well, I think assuming that this is because of VA preference is misguided. Across most, if not all, RPGs the male option gets selected by the majority of players. This is because most players are male and for some reason I cannot for the life of me understand, many gamers don't like to roleplay in their RPGs so much as self insert. Also, since romance options are based on the pronoun/VA choice, lots of people pick male V for his romance selection.
That said, while I always hesitate to label any value judgement based on art as objective or definite, Cherami Leigh is a prolific voicing acting legend with decades of experience. Gavin Drea is, by no means, a bad actor or the wrong choice for this game, but he is a relative newcomer to voice acting with only a handful of roles and I think that the difference in experience is pretty clear in their performance. It's a similar situation to Mass Effect. Male Shepard is totally fine, but almosty anyone would pale in comparison to Jennifer Hale.
@@stobe187 >Nah, it definitely is better.
no, it is definitely not, your turn
we can continue to pretend to speak “objectively” or just accept that to each their own, which is the more grown-up way of doing things.
20:15 I remember that hot drama, and heard a good arguement pro-1st person... Witcher 3 was open fantasy world, wide open spaces. But Cyberpunk has a lot of indoor, tight spaces action. So 1st person more immersive, but also better for the camera.
Omg I'm so glad I came across your channel. I really wanted to watch someone who plays a bit more "serious" and I'm loving it so far!!! Also, nice to see another Australian too hahah
I went full Corpo, gives you bonuses to your tech knowledge. The fall from Power to the streets was enough to convince me it was the best path(for me).
agreed, female corpo V and male nomad V are my fav combos :)
Streetkid - try and steal a car from Arasaka. Nomad - try and smuggle Arasaka goods. Corpo. Hmm. I wonder which corp you'll be working for?
I personally think the street kid path is the canon one in terms of the dialogue after the intros all seem like it’s by a street kid rather than what a nomad or corpo would say
Will say that there's a section in that training Shard with T-bug that teaches some helpful stuff. You skipped cause of the stealth section, but after completing that one you get an advanced combat section. Mainly Melee stuff. Worth finishing the tutorial for that.
Corpo felt the most "natural" for me, for the friendship between V and Jackie. Nomad comes second, and Streetkid last concerning their friendship / bonding the player to Jackie. Excited for your thoughts on the corpo start!
Bro Fem V is just so superior
Subjective
Counterpoint: *SPOILERS*
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Controls -> Steering Sensitivity and drop it from 100 to like 10... it will make driving on keyboard much smoother
Just use a controller for the driving bits. Only deeply weird people enjoy using M&KB while controlling vehicles in games.
I'm glad you went male again for this one. Corpo female is my main V. Regardless of which background you choose i'm glad you will get to play her even if its just for 1 video. Really happy you're playing Cyberpunk Mapo. This is the series I needed from you right now and I hope you have a great time playing it!
If the performance issues stay, I'd recommend trying to fiddle with DLSS or FSR settings, or just turn off Raytracing altogether. Raytracing does make the game look better but it is marginal during gameplay, it's only really effective when you're specifically looking for it
I turn ray tracing off later, solves the issues
@@Mapocolops Yeah, I had to do the same thing, as beautiful as ray tracing in cyberpunk looks, I was just struggling way too much in actual combat with the frame losses
Stuttering like that usually happens if you run out of VRAM. If you have Chrome or Discord open, you should close it during recording. Or reduce the Texture Resolution in the game settings, raytracing is also a VRAM hog.
I think only a handful of countries drive on the left side. I can only think of Japan, Ireland, England, and now that you mentioned it, Australia. XD
I'm from Brazil btw, and all of South America drive on the right side 100%
As an American, I can tell you, Texas is doing EVERYTHING but "chillin'".
Probably my least favourite beginning, but I'm glad you got a lot out of it. Just reminded me too much of the worst parts of travel, you know the part of international travel when the cops come after you, even though you declared that extra 2kg brick of diet coke.
About 77% of countries drive on the right side of the road. Most of those that drive on the wrong side are former British Empire, or share multiple borders with other left-hand drive countries.
Left side* there is no wrong side. Also, just parroting most of the comments here already which has zero relevance to the rest of the episode lol
they completely redid the skill systems be interesting what skills and paths you take for me I loved the netrunning with a one hand shooter and a bit of cool stealth 😄
also added that cosmetics system so you didn't look so dam random with the better clothing stats haha
Don't get rid of iconic weapons as they're what go in those empty slots in your weapon stash.
The cutscene isn't even street kid specific its the same for all three life starts your unique origin is up to the point that cutscene starts.
Personally, all 3 backgrounds are fun, but as 1st time playing nomad back at release days, it will always be headcanon for me. It also the most representative of the 1st time player who knows nothing about NC, or history of this "world" or legendary characters.
What Americans (and apparently Australians) mean when they say Europe: the UK
What Europeans (including the UK) mean when they say Europe: not the UK
Funny how it is :)
yep, here in the UK we just refer to it as "mainland Europe", especially since Brexit
"Europe, they also drive on the left side" Actually, 99% of Europe drives on the right side :P
Only UK and Ireland (and any British colonies) drive on the left side in Europe
There's very few countries in the world where left hand driving is the standard ^^;
73 countries drive on the left, to be precise.
@@lisettepolias1142 That's worldwide, not Europe..
@@stobe187The OP comment literally mentions the world. Try improving your reading comprehension.
@@Xeno_Solarus I was responding to @lisettepolias1142, not the OP. To me the main gist of the OP was Europe, so I was just clarifying that.
Thanks for that incredibly passive-aggressive feedback, tho.
I still prefer Corpo. It fits the themes of CP better imo
I will say, I played all three intros (so to speak). Nomad was nice but felt off for V. Street Kid felt right as it fits Vs personality more. However, playing as Corpo (even though none of this matters sadly) felt cool. It's not often you get a game where you can start at the top of the chain.
Tbh game looks awesome without raytracing (atleast i like it more without raytracing + stable 3 digit fps)
Eh, the game isn't responsive enough to the point double digit FPS would matter. I'd go with RT if your GPU can handle it, this game looks incredible with it.
You'll want to max tech ability eventually. Not a spoiler, just a bad design where your whole armor e capacity for cybernetics depends on it.
Nobody in Europe drives on the left side besides the UK
Malta, Cyprus, Republic of Ireland
@@nickrubin7312 uk and ex territories
Loved the hair
might be good idea to CPU encode if your GPU is maxing out with the ray tracing 🤓
I have a hard time with Cyberpunk on a keyboard so I hooked up my XBox controller and play it that way.
Welp you just gotta upgrade your cyberdeck for this!
Synthetic meat
You're in for a treat
One thing I'd recommend strongly is to switch to controller while driving and the rest play on m&k, driving feels a lot better on gamepads
sorry mate, but when it comes to driving on the left side australia belongs to the outliers and not the US... most of the world drives on the right side, including most parts of europe ;) to be exact about two thirds of the world population drives on the right.. about 160 countries vs. about 70 countries which drive left ;)
but hey only half as bad as 99% of the world using metric and 3 countries don't ;)
46:25: I guess it`s called "immersion", if like they are trying to make the NPC`s act like real people, maybe. Dude, if you got a 50/50 choice for a convo, how hard is it to make a decision on a short notice, and is it necessary to flip 20 times up and down till you are done ?
Oooh, I like this V. I played as a female Corps way back when but I like this down to earth boy. Looking forward to the last life path.
There are 165 countries that drive on the right side of the road, and only 73 that drive on the left. (Theres overlap because some countries do both)
Legally or just bad drivers?
@@Senkoau legally. If we go illegal who knows haha.
@@ZeallustImmortal Really, how on earth do they manage that without crashing into other vehicles?
@@Senkoau Different roads use different sides. For example, cities/towns/villages could be left, and high speed roads are right or the other way around
Greetings from Europe, just wanted to let you know that only the UK drives left. The rest of us does the right thing ;)
I play games like this (and GTA for example) with mouse and keyboard. But as soon as I have to drive a car or something like that I grab the controller. I cannot drive at all with wsad
Cool way of presentation :)
Only thing: Please get a shielding on your cables. The hum is pretty unnerving. ;)
the hum is in the game itself
@@Mapocolops Not the background music - if it's the game, then it just was added in, because I never heard it on other lets plays. 🤔😦
Being a former stage hand it just sends chills down my spine, and none of the good kind 😅I'll keep an ear out for it.
Either way, while it's driving me mad, your videos are good enough to endure that 😁
are you only hearing it when I am in the menu? because it's a menu related sound effect hum that has been in the game since launch, I later on install a mod to remove that sound
@@Mapocolops I'll check and then 'll come back to you with details/timestamps :)
@@Mapocolops First time I could hear it on a quick check is 7:20 roundabout, no music in the background, you're reading "The Unification War". It's relatively quiet. Same with roundabout 34:05, "The Wall". Fixed frequency of sorts, just volume seems to vary depending on yours.
The hum in the menu seems to be a lot more quiet and, well melodic of sorts. That's fine :)
Corpo next let's goooo
Bothers me how je wont pick up everything in sight
Streetkid🔥🔥
Just so you know, it's not just you "not being good at driving games on keyboard and mouse"... Cyberpunk has been criticized since day 1 about how terrible driving feels with any vehicle. They've made updates and all, but it still doesn't feel right to me and it's still not even close to other open worlds. There are mods to improve that aspect of the game specifically, which I haven't tried personally, but I've read they're among the most essential mods out there. If you're planning to hit the road a lot it might be interesting to try them (even on your first run), although now that they've included the subway system driving seems slightly less relevant (not to mention you can teleport to any waypoint across the city). It's still needed in a few missions though!
Yeah, this start was never balanced. So it's overtuned. I've done it on very hard, but it took me many many tries. Raytracing on this game is very taxing. And some of it isn't good. Turn off the RT Lighting. It actually makes the game look worse. RT Shadows is fine and RT Reflections look great, but it's one of the most taxing settings out of all of them. RT Sun Shadows turn off as well.
So in short, leave RT shadows on, Turn off RT Sun Shadows, Lighting, and Reflections if it's taxing the system to hard.
Female nomad op
Theres a third person mod, but like you said, the animations dont work right. It looks super goofy using the games default animations
I need to check that out. I remember trying out a mod for witcher 3 where you could swap Geralt's model for Ciri's and play as her. It worked great for general exploration, but some combat animations are dependent on the length of Geralt's arms, so Ciri's sword would suddenly float out of her reach and swing in mid air. Also, a lot of the dialogue animations where Geralt would lean up against a wall and cross his arms or squat on his haunches would force Ciri's model to grow and stretch to fit the broad shouldered muscley form of Geralt. It was hilarious
I myself absolutely loathe driving with a keyboard so I use a controller whenever I use a vehicle in this game even though otherwise I use M&KB. Highly recommended. Otherwise you'll be mowing people down in the city (and thus getting into trouble with the 5-0) _all the time_. Not having analog control while controlling a car/bike in a game? Only lunatics enjoy that shit.
Corpo V is the best, no matter bro or sis
@mapocolops when you decide on your character, please read talent trees, because it's really easy to water down build and make it really shit and there is only ONE respec item in game - yeah fucking stupid but you can make new save before respecing or save scum
Nobody in europe drives on the left side, only the brits.
Cyberpunk 2077 is like The Last of Us, it is an ok game with a by the numbers gameplay. What misleads people into thinking that it is a great game is the dialogue, the characters and the story. When a video game has a serviceable gameplay, it is really entertaining to go from one story bit to the next, without feeling exhausted or dreading having to engage with the gameplay just to see what happens next. They are not great games, they are very entertaining stories accompanied by some gameplay.
This is true about Witcher 3, here I'd rather play for the gameplay because the story and side missions are hot garbage 80% of the time.
@@anitaremenarova6662 interesting take. Cyberpunk 2077 has one of my favourite stories.
Who said you europeans drive on the left? Almost every european country has right way driving.
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Americans drives on opposite side? Europe drives on left side? What are you talking man?? 😆
The whole world drives on the right side!
The only major countries that drive on left side are England, Australia (which is a former colony of England) and Japan (since it was heavily inspired by England in the past) lol.
and maybe couple other third world small countries also have left side, most of which also ex England colonies
There are 73 countries which drive on the left side of the road. Admittedly that's less than drive on the right side, but its not an insubstantial amount.
when in the seires does he stop pronouncing california as carolina
this comment makes no sense? timestamp needed
@@Mapocolops I don't remember exactly, but I'm pretty sure in the first episode and this one you say Carolina instead of California
What the f do you talking about? 😂😂 Only 3 or 4 countries in EU drive on left side... EU have 27 countries. 75% of the world drive on the right side and 90% uses metric system... The only ones who have everything wrong is British, top joke in EU 😂😂
again...turn off ray tracing...
It's just England and you guys, who drive on the wrong side of the road, the rest of the world drives on the right.
Google is free, there is a a lot more than that that drive on the left* hand side of the road. There is no "wrong side"
There is No wrong side bro
just like the right and wrong way to correct somebody and you chose the wrong way.
There are 73 countries which drive on the left side of the road. Admittedly that's less than drive on the right side, but its not an insubstantial amount.
remember that country whos leader suddenly after a dream decided everyone should drive on the other side of the road so people where getting out of buses into the middle of the road that might be the wrong side haha