Cyberpunk 2077

I'll keep it short and sweet. PROS: * it looks and sounds good; * the main story is really nice for what I've seen; * character customization is honestly pretty great. CONS: * Bugs, bugs, bugs everywhere... not "Mass Effect: Andromeda bad", but too close to that for comfort; * it is clear that lots of content has been cut from the game, starting from the railway/metro system we've seen in the gameplay trailers; * driving cars feels absolutely horrible, there is no feeling of control; * the loot system is like from a looter-shooter like Borderlands, not a proper RPG. There is also no item owning system so you're rewarded by stealing everything from everyone, in every place you visit... exactly like a looter-shooter. * Police pop-in/pop-out on the streets, out of and into nowhere, as soon as you start being "mischievous" and regardless of how much stealthy you've tried to be. * The game was advertised with many complex romance chances... but as it stands we have four possible long-term relationships in the entire game. FOUR. Two for each gender, one straight and one gay. They basically don't give you a choice as to which NPC you should romance -- but hey, you can choose your pp on the character creation screen! Eight years after the first announcement, this feels like a punch in my stomach. I would have expected this from other developers but not CD Projekt Red.

Thanks for this early access game Santa :P

When seeing advertizements, there was the message that this game would be like no other. Features packed into massive gaming world full of life. Anything goes, forge your own destiny. I am only 25 hours or so in, and I have been largely unimpressed and, to be honest, saddened. The world is large, but feels so empty at the same time. The world is filled wih brainless civilians that will always, always cower and never fight back. Try to snipe an enemy and a civilian will walk in front of your rifle, stare at the wall and act like it's talking to the wall. They're just a nuisance that get in the way. Driving is atrocious. Just run from one place to the next. Variety of weapons is.... eh. While there is a variety of sorts, you'll see a good 99& of them over and over, only with different strengths and perks. Character creation was lacking. A few preset face, hair and body (sort of) presets. Not that I was hoping for 50+ options, but you only get the option of small, medium, large or none for the males. After all the publicity and bragging, somehow I was expecting more of a personalized touch for all of the body options. Give me some tweaking of the face, for crying out loud you could do that in other games that are much older than this one. So the game advertisements were on vehicles, buildings, billboards and all over the internet. There is absolutely, 100% nothing new that this game offers, which it touted (while maintaining enough of a vague description to leave your own interpretations). This is clever, but highly deceitful. I would expect this from Bethesda, Rockstar, EA and others, but CDProjekt Red, why? This game was going to be the one saving grace. The one reason for me to feel there was hope on the horizing for games, once again. Something that developers could strive to emulate in quality. After this, I'm losing hope for games and game developers altogether. Life is too short to waste falling for ploys like this, year after year. I'm moving on.

Why should I write more. I wish it was better.

Technical issues aside, this is the biggest dissappointment of my 30 years of gaming. A promise so absolutely unfulfilled that is borderline heartbreaking. A beautiful but completely dead empty shell.. with an ok story and great characters. 100% wasted potential.