Cyberpunk 2077‘s one-and-done growth, Phantom Libertygotten here on September 26, 2023, bringing with it a brand-new story and a brand-new place to check out. Fans have actually discovered another distinct addition the growth presents: a subtle referral to another open-world video game likewise set in an imaginary take on California.
Phantom Liberty Is Undoing One Key Thing That Cyberpunk Got Right
Early on in Phantom LibertyV needs to make a telephone call to a specific character to get the plot moving. As some fans have actually mentioned, there’s a puzzling set of numbers scratched into the phone:
2 x 9
1 x 9 L
1 x 6
1 x 7
2 x 45
Cyberpunk sleuths have actually been fast to call out the resemblance to an especially impressive junk food order in 2004’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Early on in San AndreasCJ, Sweet, Ryder, and Big Smoke struck up a Cluckin’ Bell, among GTA‘s junk food parodies. While everybody else orders one meal, Big Smoke seizes the day to get in his day’s-worth of calories with the following order:
I’ll have 2 number nines, a number 9 big, a number 6 with additional dip, a number 7, 2 number 45s, one with cheese, and a big soda.
Cyberpunk 2077 is no complete stranger to computer game recommendations and easter eggs. Throughout the Delamain side mission, a specific bloodthirsty AI sounds a dreadful lot like another digital girl susceptible to eliminatingNaturally, there are numerous referrals to The Witcher 3 which, like Cyberpunkwas likewise established by CD Projekt Red. There are other San Andreas recommendations in Cyberpunk too, such as another circumstances of Big Smoke’s order at a Capitan Caliente dining establishment, and a leisure of Grove Streeta crucial San Andreas area, in the Santo Domingo district of Night City.
The very same phone in Phantom Liberty can likewise be utilized to call up other charming video game recommendations, such as The Witcher 3‘s style
It’s good to see subtle nods and recommendations to video gaming’s current past. I simply want they didn’t make me so damn starving.