Cyberpunk 2077

Honestly, I have a huge tolerance for bugs as they can be fixed. Some of the best and my favourite RPGs out there were so buggy during the release and they were polished afterwards. What cannot be fixed is that the game is not an RPG and all the broken promises and lies we were fed. The city is sterile and shallow, it is a light show with a little substance. You create a character, but you are not really that character. You share "V" with Silverhand and you have no real say in how he/she will behave. You do not really make decisions, aside from what jobs to take and means on how to kill or not kill NPCs. You are just a mindless driver of "V's" body. There are basically zero consequences or decisions (aside from the endings, which, although different flavour-vice, do not bring any difference for your character or the world). Dialogues frequently offer only one option, or just some flavour text to pass the time. The story is extremely railroaded and if you do not like it (like me), bad for you, because you cannot really express yourself in the game or change anything (huge difference from The Witcher 3, where you can influence so many things and you can see the consequences later). It is extremely shameful to see something like this and I have a hard time to watch everybody talk just about the console issues and bugs, while not seeing that the whole game is a lie and a pile of broken promises. The only reason I give two stars instead of one, is because I like Panam... eventhough a little time she had in the game, with little possibilities to affect anything or to express - to roleplay my character, I found her presence and character pleasant and strangely calming. Shame on you CD Project, I hope it was worth it, to lie and cheat your customers and fans like this. You are sellouts. The Witcher 3 was masterpiece (and I wish there was even more content to it, or a game that was a proper RP successor). Cyberpunk is just an empty shell.

Proof that money is more important than quality - good job CDPR execs.

Beautiful huge city which gets boring very fast. So-many-bugs and glitches that makes the game feel like a very early alpha that the developers can share and joke about. This is my first time I preordered a game and really really wanted to like it and cd projekt red just blew it and released the game in this state. What a sad mess, what a joke of a management.

Let's get the Pink Elephant in the room out of the way first: The game is marred by technical issues and didn't deliver what was promised on many fronts. And I'm not excusing any of those. If you come in expecting the game they've advertised, you'll be sorely disappointed. This feels like a game that wasn't what they initially intended to make. With that said, they did deliver a nice game. When it works, that is. Personally, I haven't had as many issues as people have reported, so I can say my experience with it has been good. The visuals are gorgeous. Soundtrack is full of bangers. Plot goes to some interesting places and, Like Witcher 3, the meat of it lies in the sidequests. GTA this is not. Night City was never intended to be a sandbox playground you can get lost in and lead a second virtual life or go nuts and blow everything up. This place was built to tell a story, and you have to pay attention to fully appreciate it. And above all, the game is subtle. Your choices DO impact your journey. But don't expect a dialogue wheel with obvious branching choices or a little pop up saying "X person will remember that". Instead, finding a hidden clue in a unassuming place can be the difference between solving a serial murder case or it ending in tragedy. combat is serviceable. Nothing mindblowing. But I did have fun breaking the difficulty in several ways and does its job well enough in carrying you through conflicts. It has a lot of room for improvements, so I hope they make use of it with the expansions and DLC. Aaaand fix the things that aren't currently working. Ironically enough, it is the parts it tried to take from Witcher 3 that ended up hurting it for me in the end. To name a few: Inventory and loot system: It was already the weakest part of Witcher 3, undermining immersion and RPG mechanics, and Cyberpunk 2077 only exarcebates it. And summoning your vehicle like Roach sounds good on paper, but it was often the source of (sometimes hilarious) glitches.

I recently replayed Cyberpunk and it is still full of bugs and crashes randomly. The game world is complete lifeless and I stopped playing after a few hours as I honesty found the game boring as I had already played the full story. There is no complexity in story line and it just becomes rinse and repeat. Such a waste of a potentially amazing game world. Do not buy.