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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:28 - Character creation
10:41 - Gameplay starts
31:08 - Tutorial on shooting and hacking
38:07 - Rescue Sandra Dorsett
42:42 - Going home
49:46 - Neurosurgery and cybernetic implants
57:27 - Meeting with Dexter
1:03:06 - Picking up the robot dog
1:07:21 - Closing thoughts

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Alright, welcome to Game Time with Grandpa Lex.

I'm not sure if it's of use to anyone, but this is a record of my brief travels to the year 2077 in the cyberpunk universe.

I sadly don't have time to play games these days, but they've been a source of a lot of pleasure throughout my life, so life's too short.

Might as well enjoy it every once in a while.

I'll try to do this once or twice a month, but if we're being honest, 2021 is looking quite insane.

The next 1 I want to try is Stanley Parable, which is the opposite of Cyberpunk.

It's only like a 15 minute game that you play through several times.

I think Cyberpunk 2077 is supposed to be a game you can play if you do all the side quests.

You should be able to play for at least 100 hours.

So I'm only gonna do about 2, 3, maybe 4 hours today and that's it.

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New game, Cyberpunk 2077, released just like a couple hours ago.

For me, normal is probably the equivalent of what very hard is for most gamers.

I really haven't played video games in a long, long time.

All right, normal is enemies will have all the tools at their disposal to take V on, V is the name of the character I suppose, but primarily only enemies at a higher level would prove a challenge.

Easy as the right choice for players who just want to sit back and enjoy the story, combat will not pose a challenge.

Ooh, as you get older you learn to appreciate the story not the combat.

David Goggins probably go very hard and lose within 5 minutes and then go run.

Some events and dialogue options in the game will be different depending on your choice.

Nomad is roaming the badlands, looting scrap yards, roiding fuel depots, life on the road wasn't easy.

But growing up in Nomad clan has its perks.

Honesty, integrity, and a love of freedom.

Qualities that few in Night City possess and no amount of money can buy.

Street kids, they say if you want to understand the streets you gotta live em.

Gangs, fixtures, dolls, small time pushers, you were raised by them all.

Down here, the law of the jungle dictates, the weak serve the strong.

The only law in Night City you have yet to break.

Think we're gonna need a couple hours to think about that 1.

Few leave the corporate world with their lives.

You've been there, you've bent the rules, exploited secrets and weaponized information.

I'm pretty sure Nomad is basically where it's at.

I wish you could wear a suit and tie as a nomad.

V's appearance may sometimes affect the behavior of other characters.

I feel very uncomfortable with the selection.

So there's this guy with a short cut and some red hair.

Scars are always good, means you've lived.

Alright let's just keep generating random ones until we get close to what we're looking for.

I think the random generation is really off.

I think this is actually pretty close to what I'm looking for.

You can define so much about the characters hairstyles.

I'm a big fan of eyes, so I think eyes truly are the window to the soul.

It's more like the entirety of the structure of the, okay, cool.

I like the intensity of the original guy.

It's kind of old school with this, yeah, a little subtlety.

We like cyber, but let's keep it off the face not the face facial scars yeah you gotta have facial scars each 1 of them has a whoa that's a that's intense that's like a tire been driven over him I like I like I like this 1 it's got hit in the head with something facial tattoos nah piercings nah teeth yes please Oh yeah I'll go with the white ones.

Eye makeup color, lip makeup, cheek makeup, blemishes nails short nipples on or off you can turn off the nipples let's keep the nipples body tattoos bodies no tattoos scars yes let's go with the Bruce Lee the 3 the 3 scratch marks That's either a cat or overly friendly girlfriend.

Genitals, I'll probably edit that part out, but you can actually select the genitals so like penis or vagina and then you can select the penis size and Pubic hair style it's kind of fascinating.

It's an interesting design choice But since I'm thinking of uploading this video I'll keep it family-friendly But in case you're wondering This character is packing some heat customize attributes Choose the core attributes you want to begin with.

Both attributes and skills provide different bonuses depending on your style of play.

Skill levels increase as you perform activities associated with them.

The maximum level of a skill is limited by the level of the attribute that it belongs to.

Intelligence determines your net running proficiency.

Every level of intelligence will increase cyberdeck ram capacity, increase quick hack damage, so basically a hacking ability.

Computer Skills, like Napoleon Dynamite, non-check skills.

Technical ability represents your technical know-how.

It allows you to unlock doors and use tech weapons.

Cool determines your resilience, composure, and effectiveness in operating from stealth.

So intelligence is like the, that's the mage, the wizard.

And then cool is like stealth, like lurking in the shadow.

Probably, I'd probably go body and intelligence, probably emphasizing intelligence.

So I gotta be honest with you, I'm not into lock picking or sneaking around.

I'm slow, hit hard, but also have reasonably okay programming ability so probably gonna put everything into body and intelligence.

Well IRL and since it looks like I can't spend everything on body and intelligence ain't that the truth I'll go 1 in reflexes so begins your story in Night City alias V backstory Nomad attributes, we know what the attributes are.

There's the scan code for the biometric data.

Move with WSAD and look around with the mouse.

Maybe I should look in the mirror so how do I actually engage with him you can cycle through dialogue choices I guess with the mouse wheel or up and down, calm down brother okay so now in square brackets it says check engine and I can tell the step aside I'll handle it at or I'm going to pay you what we agreed I'm gonna pay you what we agreed

gonna pay you what we agree not 1 anymore

but I think I'm part of my tools and fix yourself

I'm gonna bypass the coupling and rig a hotwire compress will run on and on it could seize up

I know what I'm doing Did anyone ask your opinion?

So the exclamation point is get in the car.

Those are the things, those are like quests or instructions.

Don't you know you owe the sheriff a word when you pay his town a visit to tell him what's brought you here

no need to worry I won't be staying long didn't ask my question now did you

there is no clan there is no camp I'm here alone

closed door I don't want any trouble I don't think I want any trouble not afraid of it just don't want trouble with this guy.

Vehicle steering, A and D, accelerate with W, brake with S, cool.

Go to the telecom tower okay gotcha such a poor...

Active job objectives are marked with the exclamation on the HUD ok go to the telecom tower yeah, video games are so fun you drunk let's go home so bad at this sorry I'm I'm paying attention to a million things.

You see like David Goggins running along those mountains look how beautiful that is that's when you know you're getting old you don't want to shoot anything you just want to enjoy walking around looking at the beautiful scenery alright F enter what do you want from me kick it in you gotta kick it in climb the telecom tower and locate the control box hopefully this is not nauseating to to watch I see how do you call cool very rusty with this whole video game thing open oh that's not the button I'm also using a kinesis keyboard which is really hard to press stuff with connect to radio this is ground control to major Tom

Willie McCoy, it's good to hear your voice.

the client with my payload, but I don't know where he

Actually left a message He's waiting on a farm Flicking you the geoloc data

This is the Keanu Reeves character I think.

That sounds like every time I talk to my parents.

I'm terrified of heights even in a video game so...

How old are you that you're driving like this?

Any illegal activity such as theft or attacking civilians will result in the NCPD placing a bounty on you.

The police will send a patrol to the crime scene and the strength of the response will be proportionate to the size of the bounty.

To lose the police move away from the crime scene and lay low for a while.

So it's kind of like GTA Grand Theft Auto.

I'm really sorry I was just driving sir they're shooting at me I should've gone with the easy level.

In meat space, I'm used to the car not being so sensitive to my keyboard.

I don't know any of the keyboard shortcuts.

I'll probably like look behind me Get out of the car This is very stressful F.

I'm getting out of the car you told me the car and car all you have to hold that school me jackie wells I can let's go

okay I guess this is not the the canon reviews character.

Good man Let's do a podcast good manners, you know Let's start with you then

NC native right here got Haywood in my blood.

I've never been to NC that doesn't mean much to me so Let's start with you then.

It's like the futuristic version of Godfather.

questioning it what's inside don't ask questions let's just let it

Follow Jackie How much you think this guy can bench?

No swear please open the trunk I should have asked what's in there.

I'm just going to go the speed limit this time.

I'm getting made fun of so much for this driving Back in my day we used to play Prince of Persia you had to just exist in a two-dimensional world, scrolling from left to right.

take document him in the fed manifest only to see

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