5 Best Features of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty’s Dogtown – An Immersive Explorer’s Guide

For those who appreciate a realm in which every side street, every shift in the air, and every neon sign screams adventure like I do—Dogtown is a revelation. Phantom Liberty’s dystopian district is not a mere setting; it is an ever-decaying and ever-evolving chaos that offers more than meets the eye.

If you are like me and are fascinated by worlds crafted with precision down to the last detail, which etched every flickering hologram and abandoned vehicle with purpose, then here are all the features that you should know before venturing out.

1. A Vertical Playground of Grit and Grandeur

In Dogtown, you will observe its districts not silently sprawled but rather energetically racing up. The Relics-infested megastructures stand with their hollowed-out interiors hosting black markets and gang hideouts, enhanced with secrets that are waiting to be exhumed from Dogtown’s rot. And just as with Night City’s more polished, if still corrupt districts, this part has its own dose of Lived In aesthetic that captures the eye.

• A scan-infested environment makes for an exemplary setting rife with abandoned data shards, bloodied hideouts, and echoes of war waiting to be discovered.
• The district houses multi-level gunfights and rooftop chases. Not only do they serve as an amazing dynamic combat sandbox, but they also ensure that elevation serves utmost strength rather than being just an aesthetic feature.
• If you have ever wished to see a cross between Cyberpunk Havana and Kowloon Walled City, Dogtown delivers.

2. No Two Side Gigs Feel the Same

Let’s not kid ourselves: All open-world games are filled with monotonous fetch quests. That is not the case here. Because of the espionage-thriller aspect of Phantom Liberty, available in the Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, even the side content is filled with tension.

• Covert operations where getting made equals frantic escape.
• Help a fixer, and you may find their body in a dumpster later on.
• Dynamic encounters like stumbling across a smuggling deal gone wrong, where your intervention influences the district’s underbelly or indifference shapes it.
• This doesn’t “Go here, kill that.” It’s navigating a web of betrayal—and picking the right side.

3. The Atmosphere Is Thick Enough To Cut With a Monowire

Dogtown doesn’t just look different. It feels different, too. Fried street food blending with cordite, ads malfunctioning and spewing their static. Every puddle now turns into a pool of glass reflecting the neon lights. Dust storms whip through, giving the illusion of ghosts while they fly through the ruins.

Beyond the borders of your presence, the world has unscripted, random moments: scavengers picking through dead bodies and traitors getting executed by Barghest soldiers, making the setting feel truly alive.

• The audio environment is brilliant: far-off gunfire, warped propaganda broadcasts, the rumble of an AV aircraft—it’s a symphony of ruin.
• Such a space, a region in and of itself, is an expression of attitude or a feeling that persists long after departure. Localized in the northern region of the game, Phantom Liberty has its narrative tied to Cyberpunk 2077.

4. The New Relic Abilities Make Stealth (and Chaos) Even More Enjoyable

It isn’t just an added skill. Phantom Liberty’s Relic skill tree is an added burst of power, but it also fundamentally changes how you interact with the world.

• With Air Dash, performing parkour becomes a literal combat ballet as you can dash between rooftops or gunfire as you duke it out with your foes.
• Your arm can be turned into a crude grenade launcher (with the right skills)—Projectile Launch System. Subtly is overrated at times.
• Stealth runs take on a new feel of high-tech heists with Optical Camo, as you can now seamlessly slip past foes like a ghost.

These "new moves" in Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition (Phantom Liberty, to be more exact) differ because they are, in fact, new ways to play. And unlike most open-world games with no coherent rules, Phantom Liberty encourages a box of unlimited improv.

5. The Story is a Spy Thriller With Teeth

Forget the tiring; Phantom Liberty is a paranoia dive that narrates a tightly-led system of wires and promises on both sides; a grasping personal betrayal is lurking in every alley. Your ally isn't at all guaranteed to not reveal as a cross-nation traitor, and every safehouse is begging you to breach the walls.

• Elba gave a massive touch to the character of Solomon Reed. A spellbinding performance of a spy character who is explained to have more layers than a military firewall.
• Betrayal inflicts wounds not because it is jarring but because the craftsmanship evokes empathy as it leads you into the betrayal.
• Cutscenes that don’t simply alter the end but create shifts in how one perceives the DLC.

This is more than an expansion, and if you buy PS5 games, you may think it is Blood and Wine for Cyberpunk. It is a stand-alone work of art that enhances the base game.

Final Verdict: A World Without Boundaries.

Dogtown is not another region on the map filled with open-world puzzles. It is a region that illustrates what Cyberpunk 2077 could have turned into if the developers had more time to polish the game: rich in trust, dense, and unpredictable. This is the DLC that will entice players who spend time watching the world go by through the window.

Now, grab your hardware, jack in, and get ready to embrace the turmoil that surrounds you. But remember to look out because Dogtown bites.