Do I need to complete the main game before buying DLC?

[Warhogy]

Hi,

To get the best experience for a new players, do I need to get DLC before I ever attempted the mail story?
Or complete the game and then get DLC?
Just not sure if DLC changes anything for the main story

[Xxcr4zy72xX]

The DLC becomes part of the main story that`s all i`ll say i wont spoil it on here.

[Mexicola9302]

You can play the maingame up to a certain point of no return, then you can finish the maingame with the regular ending. After you done that, you load the last savegame before the point of no return and then you can experience the other ending of the game in the DLC.

Or you play up to the point of no return, but then don't finish the mainstory and you then play the DLC and then finish that and after that you finish it the "normal" way. It's your choice. But i would first finish the maingame with the regular endings then reload the savegame and then start playing and finish the DLC.

But i can tell you the DLC is worth it believe me, just buy and enjoy it.

[Warhogy]

I don't mind buying it right now. Just not sure if the DLC going to override or hide some specific ending/path/scenarios that are worth playing first without DLC.

Because in other games DLC give you immediately in something new, and you are missing the main story

If DLC is an expansion and won't hinder the overall main storyline or I would know clearly when the game branches to DLC/non-DLC then it's a different story

So this mentioned "point of no return". How would I know that I start playing DLC and not the main story?

[Mexicola9302]

Originally posted by Warhogy:

I don't mind buying it right now. Just not sure if the DLC going to override or hide some specific ending/path/scenarios that are worth playing first without DLC.

Because in other games DLC give you immediately in something new, and you are missing the main story

If DLC is an expansion and won't hinder the overall main storyline or I would know clearly when the game branches to DLC/non-DLC then it's a different story

So this mentioned "point of no return". How would I know that I start playing DLC and not the main story?

The DLC is completely seperate of the maingame, it's a new district of the city. You CAN'T mix up regular story and DLC story without entering Dog Town first. So just don't go there and you experience the vanilla game only.

This explains it without spoilers.
https://twinfinite.net/guides/cyberpunk-2077s-point-of-no-return-explained/

[Tanikaze]

I'd say the best way to experience it is to actually do this as early in your playthrough as possible since the rest of the main game is perfection anyway

[Warhogy]

thanks all. will play a bit vanilla game and then get DLC

[captclaw]

Originally posted by Warhogy:

thanks all. will play a bit vanilla game and then get DLC

If this is your very first playthrough, play the whole game and then start a new with the DLC. I think that is the best way, you will enjoy your second playthrough more.

[3386792738]

its better to buy dlc before complete the main game

[mikemonger]

Complete? No. It's game over at that point.

You do need to get quite far into the main story line before unlocking it though. At which point it integrates into the main game.

So if you're currently mid-playthrough, you're good.