Does Cyberpunk have optimal progression guide?

[annomite]

I'm about to play Cyberpunk and dlc for first time. I liked to play Witcher 3 through by following a guide that had all missions and achievements in order so you wouldn't miss much. Does Cyberpunk have any guides like that? I've been looking but haven't found any good one.

[Silverbane7]

the closest you may come to this, (afaik at least) is a times list for specific story quests from a reddit post.
it's lowSodium reddit, so shouldn't be too bad.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LowSodiumCyberpunk/comments/kx8rle/cyberpunk_2077_timesensitive_roleplaying_guide/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

while most of them aren't trully 'time sensitive' as such, the guide just gives the time the quest should start at, and finish at, plus the name of the quest, and which NPC its with.
(some of the questnames might be spoilers if you are intuitive, but the list does not actually give any info than time start/time end, and recomend how soon or how late, to get there)

i personally did a copy/paste to notepad on my desktop for quests that i sometimes forget to do every playthru (i have 9 different versions of V XD, so it can get a bit hectic, depending on which playstyle i want to play today)
so i can remember what time i should set off for which quest.
don't know about the expansion quests times tho, only done a few bits

[Tokenn]

Originally posted by annomite:

I'm about to play Cyberpunk and dlc for first time. I liked to play Witcher 3 through by following a guide that had all missions and achievements in order so you wouldn't miss much. Does Cyberpunk have any guides like that? I've been looking but haven't found any good one.

In game, there's a journal where various missions, side jobs and gigs will pop up as you play through the game, also a map that lays out all the minor (but still fun) encounters...and they overlap.

Pay attention to various messages and hints that pop up on your screen...keep in mind that some story elements don't appear until you've progressed in the game, or done other jobs first. Check message shards you find as you play...most of them are just lore or background, but occasionally they'll unlock the second part of a mission. Don't ignore 'optional' parts of quests...they will occasionally give you a lot.

The main thing is to _pay attention_ to what's happening around you. If a seemingly random NPC initiates a conversation with you, it probably has significance. There are very few story elements that will time out on you, none of them are important.

[MrSoul]

This game is not quite the tour de force that W3 is in regards to sheer amount of content. Ie, a lot easier to not miss things with CP I’ve found, and with no NG+ not like any end game armour recipes etc don’t wanna miss on playthrough 1 kind of stuff.

[SadPlatty©]

If you really want to do it all in your first run, I would recommend confirming what missions are time sensitive first and foremost. There are not many, but they will get you as there are numerous side-quests and it can be easy to accidentally miss a deadline due to fulfilling another request.

Secondly - if your into the whole "VG Romance" thing, might be worth looking up the options and what paths take you to them. Each nets you some stuff/extra scenes.

Lastly - don't fall for "Meet me there in an hour" for the main quests - I don't think time on those moves unless you do one. Hence - do side stuff first; maybe try and accomplish all side-missions in an area before the main quest, and then anything you miss/that comes up later can be done as you choose.


Basically - just meander about town, hitting all the stores, finding the tarrot, helping NCPD, fighting Psychos, do races, help fixers, and then when your ready to take another bite of content/story, hit the current main quest.

Edit : Oh - and keep your ears open; some quests are basically "word of mouth" and you need to overhear something or someone will yell at you, and you then need to find the person and chat em up.

[Birdii]

Cyberpunk isn't as content filled as The Witcher 3.
As far as time sensitive stuff, I only really know of one "time sensitive" quest. Even that will still be marked as "complete" if you fail to do it properly.

Since you're using a guide:
The thing you really want to watch for is the quest "Chippin' In." If you don't select the correct dialog choices in that quest, you can lock yourself out of the "secret" ending, which is really just a slightly modified variant of another ending. (The secret ending is a bit more fitting for the game, in my opinion.)

It's painful to have played an additional 20+ hours or so to find out you've messed up a few, seemingly inconsequential, dialog options. And the quest itself can bug out and not unlock even if you selected the correct options.

[Lungbutter]

Originally posted by Birdii:

Cyberpunk isn't as content filled as The Witcher 3..

Holy crap, really? Maybe I should give that game another chance. I just can't stand Geralt's voice.

[RPG Gamer Man]

It had a physical game guide when it first came out. When i pre-ordered it at gamestop, they also sold the physical game guide with it too. Not sure if they still have it on sale, but i suggest looking maybe for a E-guide online to help you out.

If you do not want to pay, try Gamefaqs. People post free game guides there to help others. I even used to put game guides on it under another alias.

[Silverbane7]

Yeah, outside of phantom liberty, I only know of two time sensitive quests.
'Happy together' and 'riders of the storm' at their names.... Although there is a quest that can pop up in Pacifica connected with the roller coaster there, that will dissapear after another quest has finished.
(But you can still complete the rollercoaster quest after that point, it just does not show up on the map as a quest after that point.)

Just managed to do that myself for the first time, I usually wait till much nearer the end to do that quest lol. Looking forward to seeing the follow up conversation after in my own game