Edgerunners’ Star Lucy This Month

Followers of the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime have been trying ahead to seeing Lucy lower it up in Responsible Gear Try as a DLC character for some time now. Throughout this weekend’s EVO match, Arc System Works lastly pulled again the curtain on how everybody’s favourite residing Edgerunner matches into its combating recreation.

Lucy’s look right here seems to be justified by her thoughts being hacked and transferred to the Responsible Gear universe. Nonetheless coping with the occasions of Edgerunners that left her outdated crew lifeless, she’s decided to determine why she’s right here and the right way to get again residence. Till she finds these solutions, she’s received some methods to carry her personal in opposition to Sol Badguy and the remainder of the Try roster. Gameplay-wise, her she’s received her wrist whips, and her hacking prowess lets her disable her enemy’s powers whereas boosting her personal, which is a neat strategy to adapt her fashion for combating recreation functions.

For the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners followers, enjoying as Lucy in aggressive or the story mode seems to characteristic some callbacks to the present. She’s the primary visitor character to grace Responsible Gear Try (and the collection total, seems like) and funnily sufficient, its second consecutive anime addition. Earlier than her, Arc System Works added Unika from the sport’s anime collection Dual Riders to the roster this previous Might.

Lucy enters Responsible Gear Try on August 21, and we’ll wait to see if she graces Cyberpunk: Edgerunners II along with her presence when that collection hits Netflix within the close to future.

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