We’ve already reported on the cool issues Cyberpunk 2077 gamers are doing with Patch 2.2’s new and improved picture mode, but it surely seems the replace additionally added a secret quest to the sport.
The search in query is definitely a crossover with LocalThunk’s smash hit poker-inspired roguelike deckbuilder Balatro, which itself acquired Cyberpunk 2077 card packs again in October.
Warning! Cyberpunk 2077 spoilers forward!
The Balatro quest sees ‘Jim B’ message V to ask them to trace down rogue Jokers scattered round Evening Metropolis. Jim B helps V out on this treasure hunt by offering photographs that time gamers in the precise route, full with card-based puns. You may know you are in the precise spot by the joker picture sprayed on a floor. It’s principally a enjoyable collectathon / exploration facet quest themed after Balatro.
As for quest rewards (spoiler warnings finish right here!), the hunt ends with the Joker of Evening Metropolis package deal, which features a new joker shirt and a Balatro trophy displayed in your condominium.
CD Projekt World PR Director Radek Grabowski tweeted so as to add some context, saying the crossover took place after he requested the hunt design group about the opportunity of placing Balatro playing cards in Cyberpunk 2077. Quest designer Maria Mazur then created the Balatro quest for Patch 2.2.
Mazur advised IGN:
“Once I heard we had been wanting into leaving a little bit tribute to Balatro in Evening Metropolis, I knew I used to be the proper particular person for the job. It is a sport particularly near my coronary heart — it’s a one-man operation that has changed into such an inspiring success story — and although it would all be in my head, I really feel a form of kindred-spirit vibe with Balatro’s creator, LocalThunk.
“There’s one thing deeply rewarding about pulling all of your sources collectively in order that your gamers can get ‘another cool factor’ to search out in your sport, in order that inventive course of actually resonates with me. I am very proud that I used to be in a position to introduce Jim B to Cyberpunk 2077, and I hope all of the hawk-eyed Evening Metropolis dwellers will benefit from the little journey I’ve arrange for them.”
A while in the past, I requested the Quest Design group at CDPR: “You favored the Cyberpunk playing cards in Balatro? What if we had Balatro playing cards in Cyberpunk 2077?” Because of the gifted Quest Designer Maria Mazur, we now have the Balatro quest in Replace 2.2. 🃏 Wonderful work, Maria! 👏 https://t.co/unjw4XzYyT
— Radek (@gamebowski) December 11, 2024
That is considered one of a variety of secrets and techniques sport director Paweł Sasko teased had been added by Patch 2.2, and that’s on prime of secrets and techniques from the bottom sport that also stay undiscovered even now, 4 years after Cyberpunk 2077’s launch. Players are documenting unlisted Patch 2.2 updates, which thus far embrace a road race and extra shade variants on weapons.
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