Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077
Developer: CD Projekt RED Publisher: CD Projekt RED Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X Released internationally: December 10, 2020 (PS4/XB1/Stadia/Windows), February 15, 2022 (PS5/XBSX) This game has unused abilities. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has revisional differences. This game has a notes page

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Cyberpunk 2077 is a highly-ambitious open-world game that CDPR took its time developing, wanting to take as much time as needed in order to finish it... except not really. It was revealed by devs that worked on the game that upper management had enforced crunch periods since May 2019 to get the game made in a short timespan, with the developers initially learning of the delays on Twitter.

The end result was broken promises, a buggy experience on all platforms (especially PS4 and Xbox One, which were so bad Microsoft and Sony encouraged refunds, and the latter refused to sell digital versions of the game for five months after launch), a lot of overworked and underpaid developers, and one hell of an alienated audience. Talk about burning bridges at both ends.

In essence: This is a cautionary tale of what happens when corporate hubris and crunch periods collide.

It's not all doom and gloom, however, because after several patches and the highly-acclaimed Phantom Liberty DLC, the game finally lived up to the fans' standards and opinions shifted from negative to mostly positive. Truly goes to show that with enough time, anything can turn out great...mostly.

To do: More unused romance lines (likely just for recording convenience, similar to Mass Effect, but unused nonetheless). Inaccessible areas. Stuff from leaked source code. Debug console from PC version that was patched out in v1.05. Leaked pre-alpha footage "Cyber ElBuggado 2020". Content removed from the game after Patch 2.0. Unused Phantom Liberty content.

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Notes

Unused Shards Unused Text Shards that are usually found around the world.

Phantom Liberty Unused content from the game's spy-thriller expansion.

Unused Abilities

Pre-2.0 Patch

Optical Camo

A piece of cyberware meant to grant the player invisibility for 5-15 seconds depending on the rarity. If re-enabled in-game, it shows up properly in the cyberware screen, though it appears to be a gamble on whether or not it will actually function.

It's still mentioned by the Aldecaldos ripper doc and was eventually added with Patch 2.0 in all rarities.

Unused/Dummy Weapons

Johnny's Revolver

An unused item called "Johnny's Revolver" can be found in the files. If spawned in, it will take the stats and characteristics of the normal Malorian Arms 3516, however the menu icon shows...a gun barrel? Considering it's name, this could've been used as a prototype for the Malorian Arms 3516 as in the game its classified as Johnny Silverhand' Gun

Unused Brass Knuckles

Unused Brass Knuckles weapon that comes in 3 flavors: a basic, gold and sharp version. Considering this game already has blades coming out of your arms, it was probably unused cause the devs didn't see a point in adding them.

Basic Brass Knuckles	Gold Brass Knuckles	Sharp Brass Knuckles

Unused Areas

North Oak Club & Casino

An entire unused area that's still left in the game. It was (as the name implies) supposed to be a Club and a Casino merged into one. No reference to any gigs or missions being available in this area are found in the code. It was presumably scrapped due to the devs not having enough time to finish it.

Unused Audio

To do: Replace the video with rips and transcriptions of the voice lines.

Male V has voice lines that pertain to the Judy romance, which are normally exclusive to female V. According to CDPR, this is because all of V's dialogue, regardless of whether it was intended for male or female V, was recorded by both voice actors to "avoid missing something by mistake that would require future recordings."

It's theoretically possible to enable the Judy romance for male V, but only using a console command.