A big draw in getting back into 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Cyberpunk 2077 was the clothes. I found the base game to only be okay at best; even with the bugs exterminated it’s mostly a beautiful but hollow world filled with interesting stories that the mechanics fail to support. However, across two playthroughs I had put in over 100 hours even before the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Phantom Liberty expansion, thanks to its excellent clothing options and photo mode. I took hundreds of pictures in Cyberpunk 2077, some of Night City and its citizens, but mostly styling V in fresh outfits and posing her in whatever way worked for the shot. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:I was Night City's Next Top Model.
I didn't care about which clothes had the best armour stats or how much they cost, all I wanted was to get the Night City look. I changed outfits each mission, travelled far and wide to all the hotspots and dive bars, searching for new locales, new inspiration, new ways to be fierce and bold. That was the plan with Phantom Liberty too. But man, I forgot how much the shoes suck in Cyberpunk 2077.
Maybe 'forgot' isn't quite the right word. I just hadn't noticed before. I had endless dresses, blazers, jumpsuits, trousers, blouses, and jackets that could all be paired to varying degrees of kitsch or cute. I had a wardrobe with enough looks to change it up every mission and every side quest, so that's exactly what I did. For shoes, I had heels, sneakers, heavy-duty boots, and thigh highs. A decent range, and one that was enough to get me through the base game. But in Dogtown, it's just not enough.
Halfway through the overlong introductory slew of shootouts required to enter the expansion proper, you get a breather as you visit a shady market. I skipped over the gun store, preferring to loot my best weapons from my victims, and headed straight to the boutique. It was a bunch of dirty railings covered in sheet metal, but a fit is a fit darling. I had already changed up my look when I booted the game back up, and even managed to change shoes from the red heels to the tougher boots that went more with my yellow jacket and patchwork vinyl trousers than screamed 'Burn Corpo Shit'. I was putting overtime into serving.
In the Dogtown market, I was in my element. There was a purple fur coat, a new dress in red with golden spikes across the shoulder🦩s, a loose blazer with the sleeves rolled up, a bla🐠ck catsuit, a blue anime leather jacket, and a silver t-shirt. With one dive into what Dogtown had to offer, I’d picked up two new outfits (the dress and the catsuit), along with four items that could combine into an outfit (the catsuit could be paired with a jacket or blazer, as could the t-shirt, and a combination of three could even be worn together). Alas, no shoes.
The only shoes the market sold were either ones I already had or colour swaps. Black heels instead of red, how daring. But at the time, I wasn't thinking about the shoes, so I didn't mind. The store also had no glasses, but who cares? I swapped into a new look, trying out the new wardrobe function, which apparently allows you to get naked in the middle of the store, and was on my way. I played through the mission and changed up once more, just because, and eventually the mission ended. I was free to explore Dogtown.
The first thing I did was head to another market downtown. Here, there was another range of stores, with another boutique. Again, a great selection of outfits, but no shoes. It was starting to annoy me now. I had never really liked the sneakers I had to begin with, my boots were too bulky, the heels didn't go with the casual outfit, and the thigh highs dominated the trousers - which often had art or slogans down the calves - and looked too techy for most of the looks. Maybe it was just a Dogtown thing, right? So I paid for my wares, changed, and fast travelled back to the base game.
I went to Pacifica - no shoes. I went to Heywood - no shoes. I tried the Badlands - still no shoes. Maybe we just didn't notice at launch because of all the dildos everywhere, but Cyberpunk 2077 has the best wardrobe I have ever seen in gaming, and only about five pairs of shoes to go with it. It's an odd oversight as, unlike the plentiful dresses, shoes are gender neutral and therefore more popular with the typical male V that the majority play as. I know it's a stereotype that women have too many shoes but some stores don't sell any, and yet I have 15 leather jackets - and that's with selling or avoiding the crappy ones. This game endorses retail therapy and with the amount of outfit changes I went through felt at times like a Monster High game. But it hates shoes.
I don't know why Cyberpunk 2077 hates shoes. It hates shoes 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:almost as much as it hates doors. Phantom Liberty has helped me add some new outfits to my wardrobe and offers some great shooting spots for my latest fashion snaps, but more and more I'm having to shoot from the ankle up.