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I am obsessed with V’s manicure in the Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox footageNailed it

Nailed it

In themost recent Night City Wire(which to my eyes seemed a pretty obvious attempt to reassure everyone thatthe current gen console builds work totally fine, pls don’t cancel your Xbox preorders) showed large chunks of a mission called Automatic Love. It’s the most recent peek at the game in action that we’ve seen, ahead of thedelayed launch on December 10thand another Night City Wire tonight.

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In a few bits of the combat you can see V’s nails. Here’s one of their left hand when the are reloading their shotgun during a firefight:

A screenshot of V reloading a shotgun in Cyberpunk 2077, showing their left hand thumbnail painted in a green and black check design

Here’s a much clearer one from earlier in the footage, where they are also in the middle of the fight but have just brutally stabbed someone and are carrying their sword in readiness for another stabbin':

V’s hand, holding a sword - possibly a katana - showing off several of the fingernails on their right hand, in the same green and black check design.

(I specially ruined both of those images to make them brighter, so the nails are more visible.)

As you can see, this version of V has black and green - possibly evenneongreen checked nails. According to a post on a German Facebook page, character customisation will let uschange V’s teeth and even the length of their nails. It seems clear that we’ll be able to get manicures as well, though, because those nails are not default nails. Those nails are a definitechoice.

But now I’m like, do we have to go to a salon to get our nails done? Or will there be weird vending machines that you stick your hands in to get a new set of gels? How many different options are there actually going to be for your nail colour? Can you change the shape as well? Could I get the strange and slightly upsettingduck nailsif I wanted to? Are nail options alone worth the longer development timeand crunch??

Also, that’s quite a high-end look for all the intense combat situations V ends up in, so, like, are the nails going to chip and break over time? Because if not, 0/10 for realism, I’m afraid. Are fingernails toCyberpunk 2077as a horse’s ballsack was toRed Dead Redemption 2? Is that where we are? What even is my life any more?

V approaches a building in a grimy back alley. Three men stand in front of the door. On the wall is a neon pink sign reading Fingers MD

Like I said, V’s nails are occupying me more than any other thing in that footage, even though there are actually a lot of things in there that are interesting and/or hilarious. For example, a shady backstreet cybernetic surgeon advertising with a big neon sign saying ‘Fingers MD’. That is amazing. It’s the opposite of “Please, call me Fingers.DrFingers was my father.” Naw, Fingers went through seven years of medical school, and dammit, people should know that! (I do not think Fingers has been to medical school).

Plus, at one point you had an optional mission objective to call someone, which suggests you might get a phone like in GTA. Actually, the whole thing sort of had a GTA vibe.

I think Cyberpunk might actually just be futuristic GTA.

But with manicures.