Today we are going to talk about the 50 minute Private Gameplay demo shown for Cyberpunk 2077 at E3 2019 during the E3 2019 on floor event.

Getting to the Demo we first customize out character briefly and pick a background of either street kid, nomad or corporate.

The demo takes place in the middle of the game, and we play as obviously V in the decrepid and battered coastal region of Pacifica. In this screenshot we see that it is in-fact the combat zone. Against V’s will he has been implanted with a protype biochip which is the key to immortality. Johnny silverhand who is a digitized hologram ghost also accompanies V in visiting a The Voodooboys for some help in understanding it’s properties. The voodooboys are a netrunning gang in Cyberpunk 2077 which contrasts slightly with the Voodooboys from 2020 who were violent frat boys. The voodooboys are of haitain descent and V believes their leader Brigitte can help her understand and unlock the biochip.

Male V is tasked with meeting with the Voodboys in a chapel during a sermon and it’s in this sequence we walk up to a poor man to engage in dialogue. Based on the choice we made at presumably the character creation screen, our backstory is named “Street Kid” and opens up an additional dialogue option with the poor man. This ties in perfectly with the narrative, as a street kid background would give you and the man the comfort of communicating. He ends up telling V that his best bet is to approach the Voodooboys is to head to a specific butcher shop and ask for Placide.

V heads to the back after he finds out Placide is hanging out back there, but they end up going to the Grand Imperial Mall, which is a hideout for a rival gang to the Voodooboys, The Animals. On the way V stops at a black market vendor where he picks up a Daemon program which unlocks some new netrunning capabilities, and a samurai jacket and some other clothes are also on sale.

When V reaches Placides office he tells V that he will take him to the leader of the Voodooboys Brigitte if he kills off their rivals The Animals. He also want’s V to jack into Placides hardware, which will allow him to see through V as he kills off the animal members.

V gets on a YAIBI KUZANAKI motorcycle and turns on the radio. This confirms different radio stations to listen to, and the motorbike is chockfull of popculture references. V approaches the Animals lair in a stealth and netrunning approach.

The animals are big brutes who have heavy mods. They likely have Big Knucks and Gorilla Arms like Dexter’s Bodyguard has in the trailer. They use a steroid “juice” for explosive muscle growth. Some of the Animal guards have an 18 over their heads which denotes their level.

There is a door we must go through and V can’t get through because he lacks points in strength, so V is forced to utilize a hack mini game where you have to align cameras to progress. V progresses to hack a training robot to knock out an animal member brushing up on his boxing skills and also a heavy weight set to crush an animal member during his gym sesh. We use a laser monowire.

At this point CD PROJEKT RED showed a different build approach to the demo, a strength oriented solo female V. V makes it to the van and scans the area before knocking out an Animal member and waking up other members in bunks. She proceeds to use a knife and a broken bottle on them in an all out brawl. She finds a revolver and we see a skill tree where Handgun skills are upgraded.

Back to Male V and his netrunner build. He gets into the van and learns it belongs to NetWatch an agency dedicated to fighting cybercrime and illegal online activites. NetCops and NetWatch are a part of the 2020 lore. They are spying on the voodooboys who are a threat to NetWatch.

V use the Daemon program to hack into Animal members protecting a NetWatch agent before holding him up.

CD PROJEKT RED again swaps to the tankier female build and shows off where it left off. Sasquatch the animal leader who sports a huge hammer, and a weak point in her back.

She proceeds through a Cinema up to a NetWatch agent called Bryce Mosely. Mosley suggest Placide has double crossed her and that they want to get rid of V. The player has the choice to believe him or not, and decides to stay loyal to the Voodooboys and jacks into Bryce.

Something goes a miss and Silverhand tells V the voodooboys has used her, and Placide freed Brigitte from the Net where she was taken hostage by NetWatch and fried Netwatch and V but her immoratlity chip likely saved her.

V takes now dead Mosleys money and V goes out and Placides goons lead her back to the Hideout. Placide and Brigitte are there, she and decks him in the face. Brigitte wants to talk to V and PLacide leaves before things get too heated. Brigitte knows about her Biochip and wants to make sure it still works. In exchange she promises V a word with Alt Cunningham, the first Netrunner to upload her consciousness to the net.