Cyberpunk 2077

I have to say, I'm quite unhappy with the launch of this game. I'm sure in 6 months, 12 months, the game will be in great shape, sure. But why the hell release it now then? The game clearly, clearly wasn't ready. I've been about 5 hours in but have already seen: - Endless numbers of glitches and graphical issues (too numerous to count) - NPCs are stupid as hell - they wander in straight lines, back and forth, spawn everywhere for no reason, walk through me like i'm not there. It's a joke - Driving is terrible, I lose control on keyboard and mouse constantly. - The minimap has no controls and is far to zoomed in making navigating quite difficult. - The world is unusually quiet, it reminds me of Anthem's main hub, it's strange and breaks emersion for sure. - The environments don't feel as unique as I was hoping for, I'm seeing recycled assets like buildings, signs, books, etc. just everywhere. I honestly wish, wish they had waited and delayed another 6 months. These bugs and broken experiences have limited my excitement to play it becuase it's a busted - Beta version. This definitely feels like a pre-release game. I can't imagine how it feels to be a developer on this game, knowing it wasn't ready, but having it launched early. What a betrayal to them and their hard work to allow this out "before it's ready". I feel horrible for the devs. Some highlights - Braindance is great, I'm definitely enjoying that - Voiceacting, when not glitching out, is awesome - Character models (of the ones with speaking parts are great. Do not buy it right now. Buy it in a year.

For now, I´ll let the game rest. Here´s why: The game has so much potential, its looks stunningly great, but benath the surface, there is not much to be found. To me it feels like another year of development time would have been good for CP2077. I didn´t encounter many bugs and the few graphical issues I had went away after getting the latest graphics drivers. As long as you follow along the main storyline, everything is fine, the game just of rushes you through it up to a point, where you feel kind of guilty if you break away from it for just doing side quests. Good storytelling at first hand, but bad for the side content at the other side. Why not giving the main character a break from time to time in which he can do...well...stuff? Immersion is another big issue to me. It seems like a lot of things have been cut out. Braindances, eating animations, almost all kinds of "XXX-activity", gambling in a casino, modding cars, doing stuff to my apartment, terrible KI regarding traffic an people behaviour: Immersive stuff like that is missing big time! I mean, come on: What is the sense in being able to define very, ehm...private parts of the character, if they are not being used in the game? Thinking of the witcher games and about how CP2077 was advertised, I expected something else...(and for sure not just XXX stuff. Hell, I had a blast during the braindance tutorial (Investigations!), but soon found out how much potential was wasted there) Another thing is the weapon / armor exchange rate. After literaly every mission, i have to change a weapon or a piece of clothing. The character looks like a clown within the first minutes of playtime And finally...the endings. Sorry, didn´t like them at all. Why the heck can´t the character just survive? The game is meant to give me a good time, not even more depressive thoughts! (6 Month is not "survive"!) 3 stars just because of the great potential this game shows so far. Lets wait until February...

The state of the Game is unaacceptable. If I wouldnt have so much fun with it I would have refunded it. Dont buy this if you have a weaker PC. I didnt have as many bugs and glitches as others. This is still the moist unfinished game I have ever played. Wait for a year and get it. Tbh this isnt even an Early Access standard. Still the core of the game is awesome. Has lots of potential. Unless you want to be kind of a beta tester, do not get this game yet. The Bad: Bad Performance, Glitches/Bugs everywhere, Animations from the pre 360-era, Bad AI. The Good: The designed game world. Would be totally immersed if it wasnt for the state the game is in. Awesome story and characters. Quests are really fun but bad animations take you yet again out of the immersion. You can have a different experience depending on your skills/playstyle and maybe the answers you give (I am not entirely sure on this one, but it seems like it would have impact).

It is very clear they rushed this unfinished mess out for the holiday season. Most of my time spent with this game have been trying to fix the visual, audio, and control bugs and glitches. I'd like to say that in a year or two this will be a great game, but right now the issues completely outweigh the enjoyment.

The game is great w/ beautiful graphics, interesting story/characters/quests. The bugs are out of control though at times. The AI is really really bad. And even with a 1070 I get stutters and low framerates. You might want to wait a year or so until things improve.