Cyberpunk 2077's Most Broken Quests Fixed On Consoles In Latest Patch
Several common, game-breaking glitches affecting quests in the console versions of Cyberpunk 2077 have been addressed in the latest patch, making Hotfix 1.05 perhaps the most important to come to the troubled game yet. Between CD Projekt Red frustrating its developers and dramatic, $1+ billion stock drops, the hectic launch of Cyberpunk 2077 has had a lot of making up to do in the past week and a long way to go until any semblance of industry-wide trust can be restored for the Polish developer.
Even after the game's day one patch went live, many players on both PC and console (both current-gen and last-gen) were still experiencing a laundry list of bugs that disrupt Cyberpunk 2077's gameplay, visuals, and performance. Earlier this week, publisher CD Projekt called an emergency board meeting, during which CEO Adam Kiciński said that the development team would be working to release patches from now until February to remedy the many issues plaguing the game, and the team has since released a few so-called Hotfixes to pave the way for the more major updates.
As Kiciński promised, another patch for consoles has now been released. Last night, the official Cyberpunk 2077 website posted the full list of changes included in Hotfix 1.05, the most substantial of which have to do with quest-related bugs. The list of quest fixes is quite extensive, but some of the most significant promise that "Jackie will no longer disappear in The Pickup or The Heist" and that the developer has fixed issues "preventing players from landing the helicopter in Love like Fire" and one involving "Takemura not calling in Play it Safe." This patch is specifically for the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game, but CD Projekt Red reassures PC players that their version of Hotfix 1.05 "will follow soon."
There are many more fixes related to other dialogue glitches, cutscenes not triggering, NPCs not entering/exiting vehicles properly, and many more. While the bulk of Hotfix 1.05 deals with quests, there were several fixes for visual and UI issues, such as weapon crosshairs staying onscreen without a weapon equipped, inventory menus automatically closing after exiting a vehicle, and NPCs randomly T-posing.
While the loss of T-posing NPCs might actually be a net loss, the rest of the issues should be some relief to console players, who have suffered the brunt of Cyberpunk 2077's launch woes. Reception to the state of the console versions of Cyberpunk 2077 have been so negative that CD Projekt has begun offering full refunds for both digital and physical editions of the game. This put Sony in an awkward spot, as it has a certain set of criteria for refunds, and many of Cyberpunk 2077's players on PlayStation 4 and 5 did not meet those criteria. Sony has ultimately acquiesced, but not without removing Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation store altogether in an apparent bid to get ahead of any perceived wrongdoing to customers.
CD Projekt has apologized for the status of the game and asked for players' patience while it tries to smooth out the game, but the long-term commitment of the publisher will have to speak for itself as the situation continues to unfold. For now, Hotfix 1.05 could hopefully be the biggest step in the right direction. Perhaps CD Projekt Red eventually will be able to deliver on the promise of what Cyberpunk 2077 was originally intended to be.
Cyberpunk 2077 is available now for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia, and it will launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X in 2021.
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