The Live in Night City mod for Cyberpunk 2077 makes food and drink useful with the addition of survival mode elements. In fairness, Cyberpunk 2077's various consumables aren't completely useless, especially since most items offer temporary boosts of some kind. Food provides V with a 5 percent max health bonus, along with a very small regeneration buff when out of combat. On the other hand, drinks apply the Hydration status, which increases the character's max stamina by 10 percent. Other consumables like the Oxy Booster and RAM Jolt allow V to breathe underwater and access an additional two RAM slots.
Outside of the relatively minimal status effects, players often see no real reason to provide V with sustenance. After all, Cyberpunk 2077 does not feature hunger and thirst maintenance à la Red Dead Redemption 2's Core system. Fans of CD Projekt Red's sci-fi RPG have expressed an interest in seeing something along those lines implemented, however. While it seems unlikely the studio itself will get around to creating such changes, one PC modder took it upon themselves to produce a survival mode that provides Cyberpunk 2077's often overlooked consumables with purpose.
Cyberpunk 2077's Live in Night City mod on Nexus Mods (via PC Gamer) acts as a survival mode, allowing PC players to manage V's hunger, fatigue, and thirst levels with food, sleep, and drink, respectively. The penalties for properly failing to nourish V range based on the player's preferred Cyberpunk 2077 difficulty level. If the character becomes too thirsty on Normal, they'll lose total stamina and memory; on Hard difficulty, a lack of liquids could outright kill the protagonist. Live in Night City also features a "dynamic status notification" system, with future updates expected to include a reworked HUD, complex metabolism, and drug usage.
Without footage of the mod in action, it's difficult to determine whether or not Live in Night City works as claimed. On paper, at least, the mod sounds as though it could be worth a try, given that managing V's health, fatigue, and stamina would color the experience with a new layer of immersion not currently available in the base game.
For its part, CD Projekt Red continues working on ways to improve the title overall. Additional updates should go live in the coming months, in addition to the long-awaited PS5 and Xbox Series X|S upgrades that remain on track for a Q1 2022 release.
Cyberpunk 2077 is available to play across Google Stadia, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms.
Source: Nexus Mods via PC Gamer
