Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty enlargement features a wild Easter egg that sees CD Projekt Crimson co-founders Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński ship a refined historical past lesson on the studio.
The pair are present in Dogtown, the realm on the centre of Phantom Liberty, promoting Braindances that characterize vital milestones in CD Projekt Crimson’s historical past. Gamers can learn the way to see it themselves in our Cyberpunk Easter eggs and references information.
The Braindances in the stores from Iwiński and Kiciński every parody a selected second in CD Projekt Crimson’s historical past, and are priced at a certain quantity of Eurodollars to characterize the 12 months. The Snitcher is out there for 2007 eddies, for instance, mimicking The Witcher’s launch in 2007.
The opposite Braindances embrace: Dance of Mind of Lech Kiełbasiewicz, which probably refers to Iwiński’s historical past promoting imported video games in Poland earlier than CD Projekt Crimson was fashioned; Farmer’s Mate, which refers back to the Polish localization of Baldur’s Gate CD Projekt launched in 1999; Lease, referencing the discharge of Gwent in open beta in 2017, Bonetweaker, referencing the Gwent role-playing sport Thronebreaker’s launch in 2018, and at last Retrotrunk, which after all refers to Cyberpunk 2077’s launch in 2020.
Every Braindance comes with a singular description too, generally parodying its supply materials however usually simply having fun. Farmer’s Mate is the “first ever try to localise a BD”, for instance, whereas The Snitcher lets individuals “expertise the fun of snitching in your comrades”.
Phantom Liberty launched September 26, only a few days after the game-changing Replace 2.0 fully revamped Cyberpunk 2077 with options resembling a brand new perk system and improved AI. It additionally introduced closure to an Elon Musk fan idea, a reference to the late racing legend Ken Block, and weird additions to the sport’s largest thriller.
All of this triggered a spike in Cyberpunk 2077’s recognition on Steam, a quantity that is all however assured to develop additional as gamers get their fingers on Phantom Liberty.
In our 9/10 overview of the enlargement, IGN stated: “Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty completes an immense turnaround for CD Projekt Crimson’s future RPG kickstarted with the anime spin-off, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and its newest 2.0 Replace.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.