When CD Projekt Red decided to make Cyberpunk 2077 a first-person game, many fans who had been excited about customization were upset. “Who cares about customization in a first-person game?”, they asked. The answer: people who want to take awesome screenshots in Cyberpunk 2077‘s photo mode. A recent trailer showed off a robust photo mode that offers a huge variety of options and effects, including the ability to alter contrast and color, add stickers and framing, and even pose your character or change their expressions.
Praise it
At any moment during the action, you can jump into photo mode and capture the moment. There are five categories in which you can alter your screenshot in photo mode, ranging from basic camera settings to special effects. The features of Cyberpunk 2077‘s photo mode are:
Camera
Camera Type
Preset selection
Field of View
Rotation
Depth of Field
Depth of field enabled or disabled
Auto-focus
Aperture
Pose
Category
Pose
Muzzle flash
Expression
Rotation
Left/Right
Close/Far
Character visible
Effect
Exposure
Contract
Highlights
Vignette
Chromatic aberration
Grain
Effect
Stickers
Up to five different stickers
Frame
Background
Sometimes it’s nice to just sit back and take in all the nothing
All in all, this is a ridiculous amount of options for an in-game photo mode. While photo modes have become more common in recent years, usually this level of detail and functionality is reserved for photo-mode community mods. It feels like once again, CD Projekt Red are paying attention to what their players want; while not every player likes creating cool scenes for screenshots while they play, there is a Skyrim screenshot subreddit with over 50,000 subscribers.
Peace out Night City, I’m going back to the Badlands
Cyberpunk 2077‘s photo mode can create some impressive finished products, even if the scene isn’t action-packed. Will you spend any time snapping pics of your adventures? Let us know in the comments!
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DanielD
Unabashed FromSoftware fanboy still learning to take his time with games (and everything else, really). The time he doesn't spend on games is spent on music, books, or occasionally going outside.
I am still amazed that they chose to incorporate poses and facial expressions in this mode, plus the full control over the position of the camera and its lens. They took the best parts from those community mods for other games and put all of this amazing functionality into CP2077. Pure badassery.
I am still amazed that they chose to incorporate poses and facial expressions in this mode, plus the full control over the position of the camera and its lens. They took the best parts from those community mods for other games and put all of this amazing functionality into CP2077. Pure badassery.