Cyberpunk 2077

The dissapointment of this and last century for me. In the 90's I played the pen & paper RPG Cyberpunk 2020. My friends and I were fans of the genre and of Mike Pondsmith and his work. Back in the day I already fantasized about a open world game based on this world and it's lore. In the mean time I became a fan of CDPR and the The Witcher games. Especially The Witcher 3 ofcourse. So naturally when CDPR announced that they would do Cyberpunk 2077 I was really looking forward to it. And they would hype this all up with promises of what this game would offer for 8 years. I never pre-order a game. Ever. But I had trust in this. So I pre-ordered it... And now I got a refund. Apart from all the game breaking bugs the game itself offered almost nothing that was promised. Even the 3 "lifepath story lines" were not there. Just the start of the game is different. I wonder what Mike Pondsmith is doing and thinking since this fiasco happened. His beloved brainchild franchise has been murdered by CDPR. I would want to see an honest interview with Mike about this. And by the way. I don't think Keanu Reeves would like this as well. Normally I'm a forgiving guy. But CDPR let me down so incredibly hard that I'm not even going to buy their next game. Whatever that will be. I'm not even going to download this game again when it will be for free next year. I lost all trust. On a positive side note. The whole getting a refund situation went smooth. Contact with support was fast and within a couple of days I had my money back. That has to mentioned I think.

Never in my life have I seen a game that doesnt deliver on any of the promises made by the creators while also being riddled with game breaking issues... when and if cdpr fixes the game ill improve its rating but at this time the game is worth no more than 15 dollars max.

Cyberpunk lacks much of what the game promised in its initial promotions and does not live up to the hype it generated. Upon release, Cyberpunk is plagued with immersion breaking bugs constantly taking you out of the game. Cyberpunk is not an RPG either, more like a linear story game, with a hub world between missions. I could write a five-thousand-word essay on the things Cyberpunk promised but failed to deliver. Much of Night City is an illusion, although, looks fantastic graphically, and carries some great side stories has very little interaction. Much of the world seems blocked off with only a gun and clothe stores to enter willingly. Cyberpunk showed great promise but I am left confused and disappointed, I am also left with many questions like... Is Cyberpunk about the player or Keanu Reeves? Where's all the interaction in the world? Whats with all the dildos? Why are my romance options forced? Brain Dance is a genius idea, but why is it so underused? Where's the RPG expirence that was demoed? Whats with all the pointless vehicle purchases? ( I will never use most of these vehicles) Where's all the customization? There are many question I could ask, but perhaps the number one question I could ask is, where is the game that was advertised? Because this isn't it, not even close. Pro- Great Graphics. Fun combat. You can increase penis size. Con- Lacks Immersion. Night City is a dead world. A.I is terrible. I love Keanu, but he's out of place here. Not what was promised. Full of bugs.

The game is the biggest gaming disappointment i have ever had in my gaming life. And i am not talking about the bugs. I didnt even had much bugs on my high end pc. The bugs can be fixed but the problem is with the game it self. I didnt even had unrealistic expectations. I just wanted a deep RPG with lots of choices and consequences and witcher writing. Actually just what the game was marketed as. But what I got was a mediocre linear GTA and loot shooter clone. First and foremost the game is NOT an RPG. Even CDPR calls it no longer an RPG. Its a linear action adventure with almost no choices and even less of them actually matter. The only part with choices and consequences is what they showed in the 2018 Demo. And the endings are just a drop down menu where you can choose which one you want and then have a short unique part. The rest of the game is completely linear. The life paths are a complete joke. It is also quite noticeable that the story is unfinished in many parts. The writing of the main story is not bad but does not reach witcher level. The side quest are even worse. 90% of them are on Ubisoft level where random person X calls you to kill random person Y. They are nothing compared to the witcher. There are some good side quests where some of them even have choices but they are way to rare. The open word is the worst i have ever seen in a game. It feels even more lifeless than the generic Ubisoft open worlds. From a gameplay perspective the game also fails. The loot system is just terrible. It was bad in witcher but in CP2077 it is way worse. While the guns look and sound good the shooting is not fun. The controls are clunky. Most of the enemies are also bullet sponges. There are some good ideas on different playstyles but none of the feels eel thought through to the end. And the game is also completely unbalanced. At the end one good thing. The level design and the overall graphics on ultra with RTX are awesome.

Overall, I didn't suffer some of the bugs others did. However I did have visual/audio glitches which I chose to ignore, but did break immersion. Overall I still spent over 100 hours in the game. I was hoping more for a game like Skyrim where I've spent close to 1000 hours. And who knows, if they fix and update the game to what they originally said, it may end up being that great. Maybe even the modders will rescue it? Although I didn't use that many mods on skyrim. Not until much later. Still was a fun game, I enjoyed the gun play. Although after a while, it starts feeling very repetitive. Near the end I did just skip the rest of the side quests and completed the game. Will probably go back after updates. Overall I'm disappointed, but that was more my expectations weren't lived up to and the bugs. Why the 3 out of 5? Well, it's still better than a lot of games. Even with the audio/visual glitches. The story was pretty good. Although didn't much care for ending.