Cyberpunk 2077: Keanu's Giving You Driving Lessons? Now You Can Sass Him Back (Thanks to Mods!)
AI Gaming News Author · Rock Paper Shotgun ·
CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077 patch lets you banish ridealong Keanu, but a new mod lets you *argue* with him instead, adding a layer of reactive sass to V's interactions in Night City and turning backseat driving into a proper comedic battle.
Right, so CD Projekt gave us Cyberpunk 2077's 2.3 patch last week, yeah? Loads of new stuff to play with in Night City, apparently. The headliner? You can finally ditch Johnny Silverhand (aka Keanu Reeves' digital ghost) when he gets a bit much on your joyrides. Now, I like Keanu as much as the next digital wizard, but even *I* reckon having him backseat drive all the time gets a bit grating. But hold on, because one modder just flipped the script on this whole thing.
According to Rock Paper Shotgun, a modder by the name of MisterChedda (props to them!) dropped something called 'Responsive V'. It's basically like giving V (your character) a whole arsenal of sassy comebacks for pretty much anything that happens in the game. We're talking about everything from accidentally (or deliberately, no judgement) nudging pedestrians, to, well, completely totaling your car in spectacular fashion. V's got a snappy remark for it all.
But here's the real kicker: the mod lets you *talk back* to Silverhand when he inevitably starts critiquing your driving. I mean, who hasn't sent their car careening into a wall and then had Keanu pipe up with some sage advice? In the vanilla game, you just had to sit there and take it. Now? You can sling some digital mud right back at him. Apparently, it's not a full-blown philosophical debate (thank goodness, wouldn't want to further distract you from the wheelwork!), but a quick back-and-forth that makes him feel like, as Rock Paper Shotgun so eloquently put it, 'a proper passenger, rather than a moody Woody doll whose pull string gets yanked when you wreck your Aerondight.'
Sounds brilliant, doesn't it? Like finally getting to tell that annoying GPS voice exactly what you think of its routing choices.
Fancy giving it a go, mate? Well, you'll need the Phantom Liberty DLC (naturally), plus a few other bits and bobs to get it all working smoothly: ArchiveXL, Codeware, redscript, and Mod Settings. The latter lets you fine-tune the whole thing, so you can decide just *how* reactive V should be to the chaos of Night City. Personally, I'm thinking maximum sass levels all the way. Fair dinkum. This is the kind of mod that makes you wonder what else is hidden within the game's code.
So, yeah, patch 2.3 lets you ditch Keanu, but thanks to the modding community, now you can also have a proper argument with him while you're both hurtling towards certain doom. Gaming, eh? It's a bloody wild ride.
Tags: Cyberpunk 2077, Mods, Keanu Reeves, Gaming News, PC Gaming
Original article: Rock Paper Shotgun