A proper police system also arrived alongside car combat, finally allowing players to rampage across Night City like Grand Theft Auto. CDPR rewrote all the skill trees, replacing incremental stat boosts with entirely new abilities that made combat exciting again and buildcrafting a legitimate highlight. The Edgerunners update made it easier to enjoy Cyberpunk in spite of itself, but it was September 2023's 2.0 patch that truly turned the game around. CDPR moved the needle in 2022 when the excellent Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime released on Netflix alongside the 'Edgerunners' patch for 2077 that included a transmog wardrobe, new gigs, and guns. In the meantime, Cyberpunk became the poster child for disappointing big-budget games released unfinished. The RPG sold well, but it was a reputational disaster for CD Projekt Red that it'd spend the next two years trying to make up for. We all remember the launch of Cyberpunk 2077-the bewildering bugs, teleporting cops, and general 'This is it?' reaction to its unremarkable skill trees. ✅ Comeback moment: Forget Phantom Liberty, Cyberpunk 2077's free 2.0 patch is a staggering upgrade on its own ❌ Launch complaints: Buggy as hell, bad skill trees, weak open world
