Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Update Bug Looks Like a Horror Movie…

Summary

Cyberpunk 2077's update 2.0 introduces smarter enemy AI, making enemies more likely to use cover and evade explosives.
However, the AI is not perfect, as a player encountered a bug where an enemy sprinted towards them at a ridiculous speed to avoid a grenade explosion.
CD Projekt Red is likely to fix the bug in future updates, as it has a history of addressing issues that slip through during development.

One Cyberpunk 2077 player came across a peculiar bug that looks like a horror movie moment. The circumstances leading up to their experience suggest that the issue was caused by the Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.0, which rolled out on September 21.

The 2.0 version of Cyberpunk 2077 introduces smarter and harder enemy AI, among many other changes. The most obvious effect of that addition is a greater sense of self-preservation among pretty much any mob that V will come across; enemies are now much more likely to use cover, fall back when critically injured, and even attempt to evade any explosives thrown their way.

On that note, Reddit user DragonSych recently stumbled upon a bug that can apparently make some enemies much better at avoiding getting blown up than others. They did so by throwing a grenade at trio of Scavengers, only to see one of them sprint right into their face at a ridiculous speed, thus avoiding the explosion completely. And though the player's dramatic style of editing made the footage of the incident seem like something straight out of a horror movie, the experience itself was apparently pretty scary as is.

While some players chiming in on this incident postulated that the swift Scavenger simply used one of Cyberpunk 2077's Sandevistans to slow down time, which is something that hostile NPCs are capable of doing in 2.0 version of the game, not everyone agreed with that assessment. Namely, the way that the enemy went from crouching in one frame to being at full sprint speed the next made some fans suspect that this particular reaction to a grenade throw might not have been intended by the developers.

Assuming that's indeed the case, CD Projekt Red is likely to fix the problematic behavior moving forward. Although the 2.0 update is likely the last major free patch for Cyberpunk 2077, CDPR has historically followed up on such releases with multiple hotfixes addressing issues that slipped through the cracks during development. Moreover, the fact that the Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.0 even fixed one minor art oversight in the game shows that no issue is necessarily considered too small for the developer to tackle.

In the meantime, players who find the latest version of Cyberpunk 2077 too challenging might want to consider lowering the game's difficulty or starting a new playthrough. The latter option should be particularly useful for slowly getting accustomed to the new perks and the overall improved speed of combat.