CD Projekt Red (CDPR) outlines the improvements it plans to make Cyberpunk 2077 in the upcoming 1.2 patch. The announcement, written as a news release across the universe, outlines the planned quality of life, including the police who do not appear immediately when you commit a crime, an improved driving experience and an institution you should avoid to accidentally dodge in traffic or away from a building.
While the game received a very of criticism because they are generally buggy – and in some respects incomplete – CDPR seems to be trying to address some of the most common complaints. In the section of the blog post about the improved police response, there is a funny anecdote in the universe that records an experience of many players:
‘My choice, Jake, was in a shootout with Tyger Claws the other day, when he missed a shot and hit a pedestrian on the other side of the street. In an instant, the NCPD incited him and put him down. It’s as if they appeared out of the sky right behind his back! It’s too cruel to react to a regular accidental murder if you ask me!”- Mike van Kabuki, 28.
The driving experience in the game is also not very good. CDPR hopes to make it better by improving the steering response (you can see a comparison video below) and making it so that your car can automatically get stuck when resting on a barrier or other object. While the improved steering should help, there are also many other issues with driving (such as collision detection) that need to be addressed before driving is fun.
The patch was originally scheduled to appear in February, but was delayed when the studio fell victim to a ransomware attack. CDPR now intends to release it in ‘the second half of March’.
It’s now been about three months since the game was removed from the PlayStation Store due to the sheer number of bugs (and the fact that it was almost unplayable on a basic PlayStation 4). So far, Sony and CDPR have not responded to requests to comment on when the game will return to the platform. It is therefore unclear whether this patch will be enough to return the game to the platform’s online store.