The mission “Somewhat Damaged” in Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty currently terrifies thousands of players. What should actually be a relatively self-explanatory escape quest quickly turns into an absolute horror trip inspired by some of the best horror films of all time.
Warning: Spoilers: Below you will read spoilers about the story of Phantom Liberty, the expansion for Cyberpunk 2077.
What is “Somewhat Damaged” about? The mission follows “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos”, if you sided with Solomon Reed in “Firestarter”. Your new task is to prevent Songbird from escaping and hand her over alive to the NUSA.
However, Songbird has no interest in going with you and escapes with a stolen MaxTac transporter through the wall. You follow her with your V and examine the area.
What the choice in “Firestarter” entails can be read here:
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty offers many new endings – Here’s how to unlock them
What makes the mission so traumatic? While you follow Songbird’s trails, you have your own pursuer on your heels: a spider-like Cerberus robot. So you try to complete your tasks in dim twilight but must always be prepared for an unexpected and deadly visit from the cyborg.
The combination of oppressive and narrow environments, coupled with the time pressure and the ever-present, but unpredictable danger from the cyborg, turns a simple chase mission into an absolute horror trip.
Although Songbird helps you here and there, you are otherwise left with only your instincts to survive. The robot makes its presence known through scurrying steps and a glitch in your interface. However, if you try to hide, that can end badly for you: The mission level includes many apparent hiding places and dead ends that the robot patrols.
In the video, Idris Elba, who plays Solomon Reed in Phantom Liberty, has a few tips for your playthrough:
Reddit users on the new Cyberpunk 2077 mission: “I shit my pants”
The community celebrates the mission, although or precisely because it genuinely scares them. Several Reddit users draw direct comparisons to the video game Alien Isolation. Another compares the mission to the 1994 horror film Death Machine.
Most users, however, are glad to have finished the mission. Many write that they wouldn’t have done it if they had known they had to work through a horror level. Others report headaches and a strong need for a break.
Have you completed the mission “Somewhat Damaged”? If so, how did it go? Or did you choose Songbird in “Firestarter”? We look forward to your feedback.
CD Projekt Red has now announced how they will proceed with the Cyberpunk universe:
Cyberpunk 2077 ends after Phantom Liberty – studio reveals how it continues after that
