Cyberpunk 2077

As stated above, the Deus EX series (especially Humankind, available in the GOG store) is the better Cyberpunk. It's not an "open World game" as CP2077 and you can't drive any vehicles but the lack of said features is benefical to the gameplay and even more to the immersion. And you get the feeling that your dialogue choices really matter and are not a mere thing you have to go through to continue the storyline. The story or thriving idea is, in broader context, the same as in all cyberpunk genre games ("What defines a human beeing?" "What society we want to live in?") but the storytelling in cp2077 is good and enyoable if you squint your eyes, overlooking all the (fixable) glitches. 40hs in the game I currently enjoy more the side quest and the stories and characters presented in it than the main quest. But this is more a compliment to CDRP for their storytelling and character presentation then a complaint about the main quest. All in al I would wait to buy the game until the main patches are implemented or a "enhanced" edition is released.

This game has a lot of potential but almost all the core mechanics are just broken or just wrong by design. - Melee combat - Light attack do next to nothing even with powerful weapon where heavy attacks can one shot enemy. Also there are no combos there. Dodging is just bad on both keyboard and gamepad. Who thought that it will be good idea to put crouch and dodge on the same button? There are a lot of options that can be used to dodge that will work much better even without double tap. - Shooting - incredibly wonky. There is no difference in aim assist on and off. Guns feel weak and headshot damage is a joke. You're better off with using melee weapon with heavy attacks most of the game. - Driving - Designers and developers of the driving mechanics should visit a driving school and try sitting in car. In some cars I can't see the road or other cars properly. The cars feel like balloon and slow balloon at that. Driving for 500m take too much time given the speed I'm driving. - AI - incredibly dumb I can seriously walk to an enemy while he is in cover stand before him, charge my attack before AI decides that it would be a good idea to attack me. AI doesn't react to player outside of combat. It doesn't care about bumping or standing in the middle of the road. - Hacking - it was never properly introduced and explained(talking about the puzzle here). UI is incredibly buggy. Weapons detail popups are constantly stuck on my screen until I restart game. In some dialogs conversation UI ignores my input meaning I can't progress. Also who though it will be a good idea to slow character to a crawl while talking on the phone disabling all the other actions in the game? Also who though that the only way to end conversation is to walk away from the character to the other part of the city? Just press escape or B button to end conversation would be nice. The game is not worth the price. Maybe it will be fixed down the line but for now stay away from it.

Broken Promises, Bugs & Performance

Can't remap the keyboard, can't play the game...

The game is an unfinished mess in it's current state. Not just because of the enormous amount of bugs, many of which softlock the progression, but also because of all the missing features that were promised. The game feels like an early prototype at best. The AI is terrible, the physics glitchy, basic features are missing and the interactivity with the world is almost as basic as it gets. One of the few positives the game has, are its great and charming characters and the beatiful cityscape. But that alone is not enough to carry this hollow, broken mess of a game. If you are interested in the game, wait a year or so and see if the developers have fixed the glitches and more importantly added the missing features that were promised.