Yes, Cyberpunk 2077 Has a Reversible Cover for Male or Female V

more games should have reversible covers and i mean proper ones like Dragon Quest XI does so they still have all the back information on it

i see some that say "reversible cover" but they ain't like FFXV Royal Edition

Finally, some good news. I’ll have mine firmly set to FemV.

I'd like a female V version of the PS theme too.

Why most developers afraid to give interesting games a great cover? as a games, cyberpunk genre is as interesting as possible but the cover is as generic as possible, just like doom 2016 ps4/xbox1 cover. Horizon zero dawn sells great with interesting cover, same with the last of us and god of war.

Not really needed.

@wiiware totally agree, the last two gens have been plagued by these uninspired and bland boxart.
I for one don’t get why you should put the character on the cover of a game where you customize your own; Geralt is Geralt and makes sense, but our characters will be different from this V. The same goes for COD, Battlefield and the likes.
It’s especially a shame for CP77 to have a generic cover as it’s shaping up to be a generation-defining game. At least the bright yellow gives it some personality, I like that.

This male V they've been showing is so effing generic.

They messed up with the collectors edition statue also! That made me say no to the collectors edition. Don't matter its sold out the second day in the U.S..Think I will flip to the female version cover. But i will use the steel book case that Best Buy offered with preorder.

In the current climate, I'm expecting them to be pressured into an icosahedron cover to cater for everybody.

I really don't understand all the hate for this male protagonist, I think he looks cool. Don't hear nobody hating on Nathan Drake, who looks way more generic if you ask me 🤷

@clvr It's like cdp afraid that only the "bro"/15 year males/call of duty players that buy games, and if they marketing isn't catering to them the game's gonna fail. Just like bioshock infinite, interesting game with really bland game cover (booker holding a gun, yay).

The cover will be way interesting if it's like the art before and with keanu reeves as one of the face in the cover.

@Amusei Generally speaking, I don't think anyone really cares outside of the PC/SJW elements of the games media. You can create your own character, and both of the cover 'stars' are effectively merely placeholders. The faux outrage barely even warrants an eye-roll.

Just gimme a different colour other then that disgusting yellow... I don't care about anything else! 😅 (Though an alternate side with Fem V is nice)

It's boring either way, and neither interesting nor inspiring to look at. It doesn't get you excited for the game-world and the gameplay, it's just some generic man or woman holding a gun.

I don't care about it being a man on the cover, there's a tonne of great covers with "just a man" on the cover, like most of the Assassin's Creed games (Rogue, Black Flag, Origins ...), Uncharted, Halo, Deus Ex, ... and many, many more. It's all about making the artistic effort.

To be fair though, the only time I genuinly care about box art today is when I buy the limited edition versions, and not the regular plastic ones. For example, the Yakuza 6 limited edition version is beautifully designed.

I will be playing as the female, as usual.

who ever wrote this. Needs to be fired for the half azz job. Like wheres the pic. All i see is a bunch of male talk no action. No surprise here though.

Genuine question, who looks at game boxes once they've got the game? Mine go in a drawer and stay there till I trade them, even if people put them on a shelf you can only see the spine of the case. I couldn't tell you what the cover of some of my favourite games of all time look like.
I really think there isn't enough news to fill websites these days.

The cover should just be a cool cyberpunky gun, nobody cares. It'll end up on the shelf and I'll forget what the cover looks like shortly after, what lunatics actually care?

@Helladea There is no picture yet, CDPR has just said that it's happening.

Why is this even an issue? Mass effect 3 had bothe Male and Female shepherds on the box. This is nothing new. Maybe the next article can talk about the actual game, but then they would require real journalism..

@wiiware exactly, I totally agree!
I for one would be more interested in a shot of Night City for example.

@Chapelpluto Who said it was an issue?

And sorry, you'll find no "real journalism" here, just stuff about games that people are interested in.

why do people get worked up about such things? I'll enjoy playing the game regardless of what the box looks like or whether it's a male or female character on it stop me if I'm wrong but isn't the boxes job to look after the disk while it's not in the console? lol

@Bonbonetti Sorry but you really need to relax. It is a boxart, not a 10 million dollar artpiece. Personally I don't care for boxart if it's a guy with or a woman with a gun, if it looks cool that's great but if it looks bad I don't care, I'm still going to play the game regardless.

@taylorsparks294 exactly what l was saying as you were saying it

I keep seeing people complain that the box art is generic. I agree that it's not very exciting but it does a very effective job of conveying the game. Let's start with the character design. We see that V has an exposed cybernetic arm. Likely he doesn't have enough money for a more human looking arm so he has to settle for cheap hardware. The same sentiment can be reached by looking at his poorly groomed face, thuggish clothing, and facial scars (likely accrued due to cybernetic surgery). He's clearly someone who is hard up and probably does a lot of dirty work... I.e. not a good guy. He doesn't look like a hero, nor does he look like someone who commands any power. He looks like a lackey in a gang.

Then there's his posture. He seems to be ready for combat, but he's not prepared for a frontal assault. He appears to be looking around a corner for an opportunity to pass by or strike. This implies that he probably isn't very strong or that he's outnumbered and unable to take care of his enemies on his own. He's a man in the ground.

Then there's the backdrop and logo. The name of the genre and game is cyberpunk. Cybernetic punk. So it's supposed to evoke futurism and the punk aesthetic, which it does with it's jagged logo clad in neon yellow. The city is faded into the backdrop, always present even when you can't see it.

Could they have done a little more? Sure. But it's not just a dude holding a gun. It's a very intentionally designed cover that tells you exactly what the game is about.

Edit: I forgot to point out that the reason male V looks kind of like you've seen him before is likely specifically because this particular design for him is a stand in. He's supposed to look like every other brown haired white guy you've seen before. When you get your hands on the character creator you'll be tasked with doing better. Making your own version that's more unique, more you.

Don’t judge a book by its cover

@wiiware its just a cover so the cover effects your experience of this game smh.
Its not a big deal if its just and generic cover not the end of the world.

Y'all need to stop worrying about the cover and need to start waiting to play this. Then decide for yourself if it's good.

As an art lover the cover is incredibly dull, i'll be getting the game regardless and digital anyway!

@taylorsparks294 Relax? What the **** in my post implied this was a super important issue to me? Maybe read the whole post next time.

male v is cool as ice.word up son

I hope this game as depth in its relationships and I don't mean the sexual type but the Gerald and vesimir and dandelion type kinship relations

@Bonbonetti Watch the language please!

I think the city would suit the cover better. It could include both male and female characters as vague outlines, looking at the city or something. Not a big deal, will buy anyways.

@Bonbonetti Yikes, looks like someone slept on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Anyways the first part of your comment implied that it was quite important. "It's neither interesting or inspiring to look at" and "It doesn't get you excited for the game world."

Cool beans, hope it's more interesting than the first revealed cover.

They should be super bold. Picture this!!!...
All matte black with the yellow CP2077 logo. THATS IT! i think the matte black would look freakin SERIOUSLY WICKED!
Possibly with a solid (NON matte) black silluette of female V.
Oh S*** YES!

people complained too much about this. hopefully this shuts them up

Steelcase with male on one side and female on the other. But its cool that they made a reversable cover. I have a few steelcase in a plastic sleeve yeah a weird collector. 😆