After years of development, a year of marketing hype, and half a dozen delays, Cyberpunk 2077 is out. And while many reviews for the PC version are positive, most of the chatter one will find in the news and on social media is of the game’s abundance of bugs. While large games like this are often rife with technical hiccups, CD Projekt Red’s futuristic open-world game has proven to be a special case, especially for copies running on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
There’s a lot to consider about the company’s handling of Cyberpunk 2077’s marketing, their transparency regarding the game’s development, and their policies on review embargoes. But putting the discourse aside, there are also dozens of entertaining bugs that are being shared by players.
10 Exploding Cars
Clipping is a bug most have come to expect from a dense, sprawling game like Cyberpunk 2077, but it never stops being funny — even alarming, depending on how the environment takes it. For this player, it happened with two cars.
The game seemed to spawn two vehicles in relatively the same space, resulting in a momentary clipping of the two, then an explosive realization of the paradox. Thankfully, no one was hurt, and neither car was the coveted Rayfield Caliburn.
9 I'm Walkin', Here
V's companion in the first act of Cyberpunk 2077's story, Jackie Welles, shows moments of sincerity and compassion. But make no mistake: he is a hulk of a mercenary. He works out, runs heists, and — according to this post — he can delete cars just by walking into them.
Jokes aside, it seems many people are experiencing asset pop-ins like whole cars and NPCs disappearing, and it usually makes for a dissonant experience. But when paired with Jackie's greenhorn I-own-this-city swagger, it can be hilarious.
8 Don't Lose Your Head
In a metropolis like Night City, it's easy to lose your shit now and again. Just follow some of the NPCs around for a few minutes, and you'll find them exhibiting some bizarre behaviors. (Whether or not their actions are the results of buggy AI is unknown.) But this player's character takes the cake with their headless horsemen bit.
The image posted by this Twitter user makes it difficult to tell whether this was a quick instance or a prolonged visual bug, but it looks as though their V is having trouble literally keeping their head on their shoulders.
7 That's Not A Shard...
SPOILERS. Jackie's death does little to set the game's story in motion, but it's still a sad moment. To work alongside him, watch him as he climbs the ladder of Night City's underground, then witness his downfall is tragic. Even more unfortunate is how a bug undercuts Jackie's final moments.
The shard he gives you — which houses the digitized mind of Johnny Silverhand — takes the form of a pistol. Out of context, it's a funny bug to see, but it's a real shame what it does to this otherwise powerful scene.
6 Pillow Talk
One of the many joys of Night City is going back to V's apartment after a long day of street races, heists, and routine questioning of the nature of humanity in a time of cybernetics. Unfortunately for this player, among V's futuristic furniture is a disembodied head resting amongst some throw pillows.
No word from the player that posted this about whether or not the head is sentient, but again: in the world of Cyberpunk, life and sentience aren't binary concepts. Best not to think too deeply about it and enjoy the décor.
5 Cedarpunk
Before its release, Cyberpunk 2077 fans (yes, fans for an as-yet-unreleased game) were so eager for the game to come out and so frustrated with its many delays, it became common to share memes about the game's extensive time in development. But complaints aside, it's a good thing it took this long for the game to come out. Otherwise, this player may have missed top foliage season for all these trees that keep appearing in the game.
(That said, there are plenty of memes available unrelated to the delays.)
4 SUPERPUNK
The 2016 game SUPERHOT is an incredible puzzle-like FPS that sports a minimalistic polygonal style. Characters appear as glass-like red mannequins that shatter on impact. It's a striking style that looks great for the game.
That style sticks out a bit in Cyberpunk 2077's world of otherwise highly detailed characters. That's probably why this player took notice of this horrifying NPC they found walking around Night City. (No word on where to find this NPC, but we wouldn't recommend looking throughout Night City's 3k map for them.)
3 Spawn Kill
There are some that would argue that many modern games are just about mindlessly shooting enemies as they appear. This bug seems to be the most literal embodiment of that prejudice, and it serves to show that Cyberpunk 2077 — as well as many modern shooters — are far more than just mindless skeet ranges…when they work correctly.
Besides having a wide variety of weapons, Cyberpunk 2077 has impressive interior designs, boss fights, and other combat elements. But when bugs like this appear, it's easy to see how it can be dismissed as a game of shooting fish in a barrel.
2 Driving Pantless
T-poses are a common bug to find in video games. This is when a character model is standing erect with their arms stretched out like a T — a position used as a placeholder before characters are animated. Cyberpunk 2077 is full of NPCs randomly assuming the T-pose position. Arguably the most comical instance is while V is driving through Night City, randomly going full T with no pants on.
Nothing looks quite as IDGAF as going eighty miles per hour, standing on your bike, and stretching out your arms as your bare bottom greets the breeze.
1 NSFW: Let Loose
Before the onslaught of online complaints and console refund requests, folks playing Cyberpunk 2077 on PC obsessed over the game's character creator, which offered several options for male genitalia (female genitalia inexplicably gets only one option). While this option may provide immersion and individuality to some, it mostly gave folks a laugh — especially once they saw their character's shaft dangling just beyond the threshold of their futuristic tactical denim.
Just as the game launched, Cyberpunk 2077 players started posting videos of their characters, fully clothed, with their customized parts clipping through their clothes. While the game's glut of bugs has caused much heartache for expectant players, this one gave everyone a laugh.