Posted on: March 13, 2024

BentSlightly
Verified ownerGames: 890 Reviews: 3
This Game Cured my Video Game Anhedonia
I wasn't enjoying games anymore. At the urging of friends, some who were quite passionate and eager to discuss the story without spoiling things... This expansion and the base game cured my video game anhedonia. On the surface, it is 'just' the best Far Cry inspired title I've ever played. It's the BEST Far Cry-like, better than ANY Far Cry I've played. In this alone, Cyberpunk 2077 stands supreme as of this review era. It may not be the dynamic free-form game you were expecting; you are on more of a theme park narrative RPG ride than a traditional freeform one. During a period when I needed something deep, personal, and affecting to remind me of the importance of fighting for what you dream of and care for, resolving the disparate parts of the core of your psyche and so on... You really can't go wrong. It might not hit as hard my next time around but I can't wait to play out more builds and try different decisions, and... Well... I never thought a 'linear experience' game would make my choices so hard... but, this game played and roped me in every turn, and I'm a jaded stubborn cynic. If only I had trusted certain people more... and others less. It is an ode to transformation and consequence and how we adapt, or don't. It may not ever be the game you wanted it to be, but the game it is is... one of the few times the industry has produced literary quality material. It is one of the few times that I feel the industry has achieved genuine art in the past decade.
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