GAME · 2023
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty IS WOKE
Return as cyber-enhanced mercenary V and embark on a high-stakes mission of espionage and intrigue to save the NUS President.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty plunges mercenary V into a high-stakes espionage thriller set within Dogtown, a dangerous, lawless walled sub-district of Night City controlled by a brutal militia leader named Kurt Hansen. The story begins when the orbital shuttle carrying Rosalind Myers, the President of the New United States of America (NUSA), is shot down over the district. V is contacted by a mysterious and highly skilled netrunner named Songbird, who promises a cure for the ticking relic in V's head in exchange for keeping the President safe. This desperate bargain pulls V into a web of government conspiracies, proxy wars, and deep-seated political betrayals.
To navigate this treacherous landscape, V enlists the help of Solomon Reed, a dormant NUSA sleeper agent portrayed by Idris Elba, who has spent years hiding in the shadows. Alongside Johnny Silverhand's cynical commentary, V must infiltrate underground casinos, decode corporate intelligence, and make agonizing moral choices where loyalty is rare and survival is never guaranteed. As the mission nears its climax, the fracturing bond between Reed and Songbird forces V to choose a side, ultimately unlocking shifting narrative paths that lead to multiple distinct endings, including a brand-new conclusion for V’s base game journey.
WHAT CRITERIA MAKES IT WOKE?
WOKE EVIDENCE:
- While exploring the lawless district of Dogtown, the campaign's optional dialogue paths expand upon preexisting LGBTQ+ romance systems and background profiles. Given the small pool of central narrative players steering the spy operation, establishing prominent same-sex attraction layers among its immediate networks
- The expansion relies heavily on a targeted, modern demographic checklist within its immediate political and espionage ranks. The story purposefully introduces highly specialized, diverse leadership figures driving the national spy agency framework (FIA), such as the ruthless President Rosalind Myers and the elite cyber-netrunner Songbird (Song So-mi), positioning identity-conscious representation directly into the core narrative loop.
- The expansion constructs its setting, Dogtown, and its primary faction as an intense macrosocial critique of corporate and military capitalism. The script positions the New United States of America (NUSA) and its elite Militech-backed governing administration as a fundamentally corrupt, self-serving apparatus that treats lower-class citizens and asset operatives as completely disposable corporate property to safeguard deep political secrets.
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