Returning To Cynosure After Phantom Liberty | Cyberpunk 2077

[@ALaz502]

The fact that there is so little "scrap" content to explore in this thing tells me that the development of this was very tight and organized.

[@SirMZK]

Absolutely I think it’s really obvious that phantom liberty was precise in its development

[@moonknightish]

@@SirMZK I hope this will continue in the future for CDPR. Cut content always breaks my hearth, expecially the scrapped quests in The Witcher 3

[@eTiMaGo]

the missions being quite linear also certainly helps! this whole section reminded me of the original Half-Life, similar creepy underground vibe...

[@c0hink176]

@@moonknightish This seems like a good sign that they've learned from their mistake

[@raphaelfranzen9623]

@@c0hink176 I wouldn't call it a mistake though. It's more like the team was trying to put in as much as possible , when they realized that the deadline is closing.

[@PatGunn]

Our shared PTSD from the robot dog pursuit is the other thing you're navigating.

[@LoFoSho]

Had to do it with my headphones off to do it without folding under pressure 😂

[@pengun251]

dont think theres been a mission in cbp2077 that had me as scared as trying to avoid getting hunted by a robo-dog

[@c0hink176]

I'm usually a huge pussy with horror but the ai was so bad and the small little hidey holes that the bot would easily see you in just took me out of it, I couldn't take it seriously

[@WarNymph1171]

First time I played it I screamed a couple times lol

[@Cold_Cactus]

Bro i felt the panic in that "let me out please!" As the door was slowly closing 😅 man they did such a good job with this part, i hate it so much lol the smallest detail like the doors moving slower than normal made that whole sequence feel like a living nightmare

[@npz1838]

It's rly cool how this entire facility is legit deep under the ground beneath NC. I legit felt that in game that it was deep on the earth, which added to that atmosphere!

[@erw4r8y7o]

Exploring Cyosure is the definition of PTSD

[@chrispekel5709]

The area with the cars is likely the car park. It's the staff entrance and it's been collapsed in, as you can see rubble and steel girders. Essentially the front door to Cynosure was knocked out.

[@PGrayOfficial]

It’s crazy how this place and mission was done so well that it’s still scary to walk around in even after it’s all said and done

[@still_guns]

Fun fact, You can use the Appearance Manager Mod to spawn the Cerberus everywhere, but Cynosure is the only place where it actually makes any sound.

[@fringe394]

If you side with Songbird the hole in the wall and the Millitech soldiers won’t be there. Appearance menu mod teleports you to the end of the facility but if you want to enter from the beginning, the small rectangular building behind the shop is the cynosure entrance so you want to try to access the buildings around it and reach it from there. There are cabinets above and a scav bunker but first I tried the large building to the left of the clothing shop (when you face it) and it worked first try without me dying. It’s the round tower on the map and it has 3 double doors. Despawn one of the doors and fall down, then you should see a burning car below, try to get there as it’s near the entrance but if you remember what it looks like you can go there directly. Of course you’ll need AMM and a mod that enables you to fly or jump infinitely. I also have “disable boundary teleport” in CET settings enabled but no idea if it’s necessary. Try not to fall down too much or touch surfaces in the tower building because it’s not a game location and you might die. I stood on a ledge and looked around and it was fine.

[@ascxri]

this ending was so unexpected lmao i was flabbergasted the entire time

[@Arek_R.]

Props to CDPR for making a pro game clipper that got the game spoiled to himself, shit himself even after the quest is over.

[@SirMZK]

Yes but I did play through this game organically :)

[@askyw69]

3:24 For those unaware you can in fact jump this gap fairly easily if you hop on the railing and do a sprinting double jump to the other side. If you climb up the stairs on the other end there is even a loot box hidden there.

[@shaboingboing6787]

I made the jump but didnt look for the box lol

[@RePeLSTeeLTJe--]

As soon as i saw those vents, i my Alien isolation flashbacks kicked, i knew i was fucked before the robot came out

[@Gforcez]

The large rooms (where the storage crates are located), are so big so there's space for the black shadow/background. That gives the illusion that the room is even bigger than it actually is, this is all done to make the facility look massive as it's suppose to be a massive operation

[@Astroblade5]

Forcing myself to do it again, missed the blackwall quick hand... Remember I first came to this mission at midnight n I thought be an "easy n fun final mission". (Aged well) Yh as soon as lift went down, Alien Isolation vibes started and long story short, I decided to play the next morning once I saw the robot 😂

[@Cyromantik]

The diagonal lift and core scene really reminded me of Akira. Between that and the Ghost in the Shell spidertank fight, this DLC is such an homage to science fiction anime. Thank you for exploring Cynosure and discussing CDPR's tricks!

[@WarNymph1171]

It also reallyyy reminds me of the inside of the Magi system in Evangelion, the one Naoko Akagi(sp?) is in. That’s what I thought of as soon as I walked into it in cyberpunk.

[@burton7767]

the truck in wich Songbird was transported is the same where David put on the exoskeleton

[@bigbywolf5031]

Its not. This one is MaxTac, the one where david klepped cyberskeleton is Arasaka

[@Localtoast05]

@@bigbywolf5031Though, it WAS the same truck brand and model. Different corp owning it, though.

[@JVlapleBook]

IIRC, at the 3:50 timestamp, inside the silo, if you walk up the stairs, there should be a shard and some loot over there. The dev's left that for us to eventually find.

[@Ghost_Services]

Its pretty cool to seeing this part. Especially since the rest of the map has alot of cut content or shortcuts. Just goes to show how much the dev team matured and were able to create such an optimized area.

[@d4rklotus]

first time i played this mission i was very high so i was so lost and stressed out, i would enter a room to forget the entire layout of the room i was just in... took me forever to complete the mission lol

[@SirMZK]

I had this stone cold sober gg

[@thundereagle4130]

13:26 there is actually a shortcut in this room that will bring you past the locked door so you don't have to hack the other 2 terminals to proceed. You have to climb the ladders, be on the highest balcony and than you can slip into the vents, there is a little scripted event with the robot passing you, but that one is pretty easy to hide for. If you proceed you will enter the area where you have to run for your life.

[@GrantErickson_IT]

a LOT of people missed this and it's a shame, because it's arguably the most terrifying part.

[@durkpaul300]

i literally jus found this for the first time while getting erebus

[@TheCrimsonLupus]

It is nice to walk around this area and see the detail - as my eyes were closed the whole time during my playthrough ;)

[@Hollywood1127]

This was one of the most suspenseful parts in the game. This game needed a few more missions like this.

[@WhatzUpGaming]

I liked the Akira'ish entrance into the vault and the core.

[@Alpha_Digamma]

I still find it insane this area is completely optional depending on the path you choose. Now that's quite the player choice.

[@EqualKinks]

I love these videos!! thank you so much for doing these!!

[@EnsignGeneric]

When I first got to the airlock bit I thought the door panel was a key code lock that I'd have to hack. There wasn't time for that, so instead I decided to hide behind the scissor lift next to the big blast door and wait for the Cerberus to go away. Well after a minute or so it did. And based on what happened next, I think it went through the airlock, looped around to the blast door, and opened it behind me. Just about shat myself. Also just about shat myself when those boxes fell over at 14:45, right there with you man.

[@Ixarus6713]

Watching people play this, they were so terrified of this place, and I'll admit I outright refuse to play Alien Isolation because I think I'd be awful at it; but I think it looked relatively easy as a cover-to-cover hiding system and was really interested in people exploring this, so when people ran through it I kinda just lolled. Fair enough though I guess, that's why noclip exists. Alsoz it might just be because I've done this sort of boundry breaking before and understand how devs build these spaces, but once you know there's nothing behind the curtain it's pretty hard to get scared. So I just thought the Cerberus was really cool, like a Flathead all grown up. 😂 Also, having the rooms be much bigger than they need to be (the crate kinda storage room) is to create a feeling of more space. See, if the room was only as big as the crates needed it to be in order for them to fit; the light would bounce off the back wall, revealing the lack of textures and room, but the lights can't reach the back wall if you move it further back, giving it the illusion that it's larger than it actually is. Neat developer trick.

[@gluttonousghost]

I really can't believe how many incredible set pieces they put in Phantom Liberty, from the intro to Dogtown to the Space Port and Cynosure. It felt like diving under Neo Tokyo and discovering the remains of Akira for the first time.

[@trout7115]

Thanks for taking the time to make this 🙏 really enjoying your videos. Not all the way through yet lol

[@keyboardwarrior111]

Holy shit, its 5.22 am and this mission still gives me PTSD after completing it more than 2 months ago. Was really waiting for this video, thank you so much for making me paranoid again, I hope we will see the Dogtown first entry route review from you

[@kevinr7216]

The blackwall is actually just an image in the actual quest too. At a certain point some of the panels break when you shut something down and you see it’s just essentially a screen *showing* the atmosphere beyond the blackwall

[@dylangorski3100]

This is the most hilarious videos but I felt for you! Thank you!

[@seeinred]

11:44 The extra space is to propagate the feeling of "it goes god knows how far" when you look at it. The distance/size of the cube makes the impact while combined with existing decoration, light and fog effects.

[@camm2k1]

Goat video the people have been begging for this one(im people)😭

[@DogOnAShip]

Oh...it took me a solid week to finish that mission, as soon as I died to the Hell Spawn robot, I would Nope out of the game.

[@enigmaronin2498]

Thanks so much for covering this since i requested it on a couple of other videos, i know you disliked the mission but it made my day to see an area in game i wish i could go back to.

[@usagichiba6178]

Thank you! I was looking for revisit footage 😊

[@shinsource]

The Arasaka Tower Arcade level is one of the few underground places that de-spawn if you don't interact with the arcade machine. Maybe you can try some modding or memory editing so it doesn't then make a video exploring it. Might even find a new secret who knows lol

[@staycold547]

Did he just fly into Somi memory house and fly away? DUDE IT WAS THE ONE SINGLE MOST INTRESTING THING HERE AND YOU SKIP IT! 22:00

[@SLAP1FACE]

ur not missing anything. its like barely one block that looks like Brooklyn, NY

[@SirMZK]

I made a whole vid exploring this area but yeah it’s tiny, not a lot to see

[@SpliffedITandLifted]

If you have double jump or charge jump and air dash, you can make it to the other side of the bridge and if you do you can parkour up to the other level and grab some tier components and i think a skill shard of some kind from drop lockers, i can't remember if the shard is there or not.

[@Anon0nline]

02:22 - It's an outline of a person upside down, but done in circuitry. Never noticed that before.

[@Cyclops-kj5od]

17:20 I froze in terror when I heard ambient sounds of cerberus walking

[@SirMZK]

don't say that man

[@ph33lix]

At 18:10 in the mission, V is supposed to make their way down to the door way and in the red chamber area, V would momentarily black out then come to inside the sphere next to Songbird. So I think CDPR just made the decision of saving that few man-hours (minutes) of world building time to completely model out that bridge.

[@TrumpforPrimeminister2024]

“Cynosure testicle itself”😂 so god damn funny hahahah

[@ph33lix]

That diagonal platform lift at 9:07 is soooooo OG Half-Life!

[@mummifiedgamer]

Funny thing is that the way the robot works is a carbon copy of the Alien from Alien Isolation. I'm not even sure if it is not plagiarism.

[@SirMZK]

I haven’t played isolation but I hear the ai is much much better than what we have in cynosure. This robot is pretty dumb

[@mummifiedgamer]

@@SirMZK The robot seems completely on rails and scripted. The alien on the other hand is unpredictable, it sometimes backtracks, patrols random routes, and can even check in hiding holes. I've had literal nightmares while playing that game, and had to restrict myself to only play it in the mornings.

[@MaseraSteve]

​@@mummifiedgamerYou're playing a horror game in the morning? Hope it's not as my version of morning around 5-8am. If so, well.. that's sounds uncomfortable while still being groggy

[@skrunklyOwO]

@@mummifiedgamer fun fact, the alien in alien isolation actually learns and adapts to players patterns and behaviors. One of the best horror games ever

[@Altered_Carbon_Future]

if you continue flying behind the big core and then below cynosure, mikoschi or soulkiller is right next to it under pacifica and is much bigger than you think

[@seeinred]

You know, the fact that you have such a ptsd after cerberus, makes me wonder - if there's by any chance a stream or recording of you going through Somewhat Damaged? Because that sounds like a lot of fun.

[@FelixUmbra]

6:30 The section of the collapsed tunnel is a security checkpoint for entering cargo and logistics. 11:45 My best guess to the large warehouses beside the lore reason is because it lets the ambient fog hide the back wall of the cube without you being able to see it first. Making the room seem significantly larger even with its size.

[@dmitrypuchkov2699]

It's good to feel you're not all-mighty sometimes, but in case of Cerberus it's somewhat odd. V takes down it's big brother ten times Cerberus size a few quests earlier, wipes the floor with Max Tac, casually mows down gangers, cyberpsychos, corpos, police, mercs and even Adam Smashed can't be safe in V's presence. And if V is in a particularly bad mood the entire garrison of Arasaka tower goes down. What do you mean I can't squish a small spider?

[@musashden]

Glad to hear that I wasn't the only person scared shitless by this mission. Needlessly scary in this otherwise not scary game... except that one mission with River. I had no idea you could damage the Cerberus - it grabs you so fast I never even tried. Did it ever catch you from behind and just stab you through the chest?

[@nothingelse1520]

3:30 if you actually jump over here during the mission it gives you some kind of reward for making the jump and an achievement i think

[@pnd3655]

"I have turned off music but I don't know if it still remains" how does that work

[@SirMZK]

I think the Blackwall ost comes under sound effects rather than music

[@miiasutherland852]

Sorry @SirMZK, I really thought I was subscribed, Made sure of it today. Love your your stuff choom, keep it preem.

[@pouetpouet2065]

I love your channel !

[@SirMZK]

It loves you too

[@honeylishiss]

this was so fun, thank you!

[@callumsmith4773]

Was hold move having the final boss fight of a huge dlc not even be fight lmao but I loved it was creeped out the whole way through

[@jakubjarosz2582]

We all got PTSD after that mission

[@Nix-17-l2l]

i played this mission about 9 times and know every location where i have to go to, but still that robot scares me to shit every damn time!!!

[@WarNymph1171]

“Where there’s absolutely piss and poo in your pants” Should be the slogan for Cynosure. Real.

[@zerotodona1495]

Everyone has PTSD about a big ass robot… clearly never did Zero hour in D2. Tr3-vor is true terror.

[@90lancaster]

Grand Moth Tarkin shouldn't over feed Princesses to the Death Star Interrogation droids.. see what happens when he does !

[@parlamedia]

Where did the scenes with Songbird's youth take place? Can't remember if the player was teleported to those places or if it required loading a whole new place.

[@nanamihousewife]

the folders falling gave me the irks

[@markymarkthemag]

"Cynosure testicle" 🤣

[@benjipaname846]

I was so scared in this 😂😂

[@TrumpforPrimeminister2024]

I played with mods to hide from the robot. Almost on purpose so I could learn the area, and so I could play it a second time with no mods so I could properly soil myself hahah

[@Jimmer93]

Hands down one of the creepiest missions I've ever done! Hated it, won't ever be doing it again, and it gives you a really shitty new ending. Surprised Cerberus wasn't still spawned in the control room as that's where it "Dies" at the end of the mission. Maybe Militech had already removed it...

[@SirMZK]

Yeah I was fully expecting it to be waiting down there. Praise the lord it wasn’t otherwise this would have been a very quick video

[@SLAP1FACE]

this part of the game did not spook me nearly as much as i thought it would. it really was only slightly scary when the bot chased me. and im not one to play horror games at all.

[@SirMZK]

Yeah it’s kinda like the first impression and chase sequence was horrendous, until you realise the robot is dumb and had repetitive behaviours. Just becomes a chore

[@miiasutherland852]

"Maybe you where supposed to be able to free roam in the testicle? " 😂😂😂

[@madithevampirequeen9316]

it was making me laugh so much how you kept scaring yourself by mentioning the robot 😂😂

[@02lucy666]

be thankful the elevator platform event doesnt work. Because I'm fairly certain, this also triggers that damn robot

[@SirMZK]

Jesus don’t say that

[@LordUdedenkz]

Robot was bad design. Insta kill monster outside of a horror game.

[@perrottadivino]

i need to ask...without dlc, this place its something? who this building looks without dlc?

[@SirMZK]

Ooh very good question. Having a guess it’s just not spawned in like most of dogtown, but it would make for a cool exploration.

[@R3LAXMUSIC888]

there was abit at the end where it looked like where yo were with so mi in that apartment

[@lucciadelmoira1487]

It's a shame I can't finish this video till I side with Reed on my next playthrough

[@monkeylachflash5296]

I never reales Play scary games, and I genuinely was shitting my pants the whole mission

[@Kasiencja85]

1st time im in Cynosure and im not scared of that metal f... :D

[@patykarol]

KZbin providing the top 360p gonk quality lol

[@SirMZK]

Too early evidently ;)

[@Nybis]

Can you enter Militech Cynosure facility after siding with So-Mi

[@0O0OO0]

Bro do the Victor ending

[@SirMZK]

Sooooon

[@90lancaster]

Reminds me of the ending of Half Life 2 Chapter 1

[@wxlarviyax9899]

I literally shit my pants here 12:35

[@No-vq1iv]

Is it this dark during the mission? Looks like a pain to walk through.

[@laszlopapp5323]

360p gang

[@SirMZK]

cheers youtube

[@haron521]

Bravest English man

[@kornelparoczai1763]

I only played the So Mi route wtf is all this

[@ivanromashko6511]

Same shit but, also i`ve gave So Mi to Reed and got the most depressing ending. Wtf is all this

[@linkaut]

i hated that mission so much omg xD

[@DEViL_X1612]

what mod you using to roam like that in air

[@SirMZK]

Free fly from nexus mods

[@DEViL_X1612]

@@SirMZK thankz

[@verbalthinker2466]

9:37

[@Wasper216]

Get to the point, too much talk.

[@SirMZK]

Maybe the point was the friends we made along the way