Cyberpunk 2077 quest mods are still relatively rare and the latest ones are aimed at people who don’t think they can play that gig with Samurai while the main story is sufficiently played out in front of a crowd. It will allow you and Keanu Reeves to visit various locations in Night City and offer the ability to add custom songs from your own playlist if you don’t mind looking down to see that your fingers are definitely not in the right place.
Guitar Concerts Across Night City is clearly built on many of that base game’s animations and interactions, but its creator insists there’s more to it than just getting on stage and pressing a button to scratch. Through six quests, a progression system allows you to unlock new locations, attract larger crowds and earn better rewards. Johnny Silverhand will perform with some of the most glitzy concerts.
There are custom cutscenes tied to the performance, like you and Johnny having a quick chat in the bathroom after leaving the stage. Judging from the preview clip below, these appear to rely on reused lines from the base game rather than AI-generated chatter. The lines on stage appear to be the same, based on V shouting the chorus of Samurai’s A Like Supreme halfway through the modder playing Metallica’s Master of Puppets.
Those who grab the mod may also have the option to add their own songs to the setlist by pasting certain MP3 files into a folder. Naturally, none of the game animations will be able to anticipate that you’ve chosen to play Dire Straits’ greatest hits, so there will be a bit of suspension of disbelief required to believe that V has suddenly transformed into Mark Knopfler. Once you’ve played your first gig at a venue, you can return to play there at any time. Think how many times you can treat the true metalheads at Totentanz to five minutes and 48 seconds of Sultans of Swing before the release of the Cyberpunk movie that’s currently in the works.
As with most script-heavy Cyberpunk mods, the list of requirements for Guitar Gigs is quite long, if made up of common frameworks that you may already have grasped if you’re modding the RPG properly. ArchiveXL, AudioXL, Code Software, RED4ext, Red scriptAnd TweakXL are all essentials, with Playable Guitar Weapon – Play Your Songs an optional extra if you want to strut your guitar off stage.
