Summary
The recentCyberpunk 20772.0 update patch adds many features to CD Projekt Red’s futuristic first-person RPG, including the ability to punish one of the game’s most hated NPCs without consequence. Night City is home to many unsavory characters, but few have managed to get under the player’s skin quite like Finn “Fingers” Gerstatt, a ripperdoc V encounters during their search for Evelyn Parker. Parker helps V duringCyberpunk 2077’s early heiston Konpeki Plaza - only for Fingers to sell her off to a company that makes snuff braindances.
WARNING: This article has some SPOILERS for Cyberpunk 2077
Parker goes through horrific torture as a result of this, and the trauma ultimately leads her to take her own life. Fingers’s lack of remorse for his role in her fate and the fact that he regularly cons his patients into receiving faulty implants make him especially loathsome in the eyes ofCyberpunk 2077players, who are given the option to beat up or even outright kill him for his misdeeds. As tempting as this might be, Fingers also grants access tosome exclusive top-tier implantsshould players decide to let him live - or at least he did untilCyberpunk 2077’s latest update.
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Not too long afterCyberpunk 2077’s 2.0 update went live earlier this month, players like Reddit user HolyApplebutter noticed that all ripperdocs now provide the upgrades that were once exclusive to Fingers - thus eliminating the one reason most have for not giving him a brutal beating at the first opportunity. The comments section of HolyApplebutter’s post is filled withCyberpunk 2077fans relishing the chance to give Fingers his just desserts, including the story of one who killed him and presented his corpse to Wakako Okada (another person responsible for what happened to Evelyn Parker) as a warning of what happens to those who hurt V’s friends.
Being able to punish Fingers for his vile actions is just one of the perks ofCyberpunk 2077’s new 2.0 update, which added a plethora of significant adjustments to the game ahead ofPhantom Liberty’s launch earlier this week. This includes anoverhauled skill tree that offers up new abilities, improved enemy AI, and even the ability to fire weapons from the driver’s seat of a vehicle. Additionally, Night City police and MaxTac units now hunt players who build up a wanted level from attacking NPCs - even those who are as morally reprehensible as Fingers.
Judging from the comments to HolyApplebutter’s Reddit post, the threat of law enforcement won’t be much of a deterrent against punishing Fingers, especially since players no longer have to worry about losing access to his supply of rare cybernetic implants. As was the case withCyberpunk 2077villain Adam Smasherfollowing the success of theCyberpunk Edgerunnersanime, fans will likely jump at the chance to punch, maim, or even kill the cowardly and abusive ripperdoc after letting him off scot-free for the past three years.
Cyberpunk 2077is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
