Detective Pikachu Returns is more punk than Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Despite its cutesy exterior, the mystery adventure game Detective Pikachu Returns is one of the most punk games of the year. While Cyberpunk 2077’s 2.0 update has improved the sci-fi RPG’s own punk credentials enormously, the Phantom Liberty expansion offers few chances for players to stick it to the man.   Talk to a punk, and you’ll find out that the ideology is about more than looking cool and being anti-authoritarian. It’s about direct action, community-building, mutual aid, personal freedom

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