Cyberpunk 2077

As someone that was there from the original teaser trailer to having played through the game more than once, we were initially promised the world in terms of features but with each delay, my hype was tempered and died down to expect something....more realistic given the size of the studio behind it. That said, my first playthrough of the game had me hook until I finished it. The music, the characters and the way the story and endings are handled are great and were more than enough to carry me through the first playthrough and be initially satisfied by it. However, on a second playthrough, you come to realize just how much the "game" itself is pretty lackluster. The "life paths" are actually just a short 10-to-15 minute intro before you come to the same starting point as the other life paths. All the freedom and customization that was promised initially is baically paper-thin and doesn't actually matter at all. The gunplay is bland at best and really interacting with the main cast of characters is the only thing worth going back for; although I have to admit that the game's "true ending" was also a very strong point and made the other endings look weak by comparison.

When I play the game first time, not long ago after the release, I had a lot of expectation. After a full playthrough (child of the street), I had a strange feeling. Get a great time, but... But?! Hard to tell exactly what I feel, english is not my native language, still i'll try. I go into Cyberpunk, with the ambition to play a "gta like" rpg, mixed with some Deus Ex, and because it was not enough, thinking about Witcher's series and his powerfull characters. With all that in mind, I rushed the game, go straight for the win, wanted to see everything, but fast, wanted to be surprised at every corner. And I finished the game. The story was great, the outcome was great, I loved the characters especially, but still get the feeling to have missed something. So I wait, almost one year, and start again, another run (badland raider). But this time, I was prepared. I know this game was not a gta like, not Deus Ex, and not the Witcher either. The first personn view, the choice to make your own character, I get it. I played an immersive simulation rpg. So I build my character, his story, and stick to it. Make choices in accordance with him, fights, talks, everything. And everything was better. The story go into a total another dimention, other characters and possible love story too, and at the end of the game, the end of the story of my character was perfect. The feeling! I played 188 hours, probably more in the futur (want to make a corpo run one day), and regret nothing. Yes, some bugs (not a lot for me, luckily, and only one huge for the story), yes some background about the company (but today, one of the few to work on it), but for me, little gamer, a real, freeking good feeling experience, so thanks!

I got the game about a month and half ago and up to now there is no killer bugs that keeps me from enjoying the game, just little glitch here and there and it crashed only once in more than 127 hours of game play. The only thing is that sometimes the quick save does not seem to work but I just save manually. My specs amd 3700x, rtx 2060 6GB, at high and it runs very smooth at 1080p 60FPS no overclocking. P.S. Take your time, go explore, take it easy, don't do the main stories too fast, I think I must be between 30-40% of the main story done and there is still a lot more side mission to be done.

...and that reason is accountability. Accountability here, however, refers to many things: 1.) The accountability from me, as a fan, for overhyping this game and jumping to conclusions. That's on me. 2.) The accountability from CD Projekt RED, the developers, for releasing the game before it was ready. 3.) The accountability from individual employees expressing their own disappointments in the game. Separate from its rocky launch and overhype, Cyberpunk 2077 is an amazing game that does everything its description says it does, and then some. Not just in terms of graphics, either; there are some encounters with NPC's (or other instances) where the dialogue will change depending on your clothing, cyberware, or attribute levels. There's a nightclub in the game that, when closed, will be cleaned and prepared by worker NPC's, who then go home to sleep after their shifts. Little details like these build Cyberpunk 2077 up to be a great game. Compare it to Red Dead Redemption 2, and you will be disappointed. Compare it to The Witcher 3, CDPR's last title, and you will find many improvements and enhancements in their Red Engine. But it's trendy to hate on the game currently, so unless those previously-established and extremely high expectations are somehow met, unfortunately this game will forever be tainted.

Going into this game expecting it to be GTA V, and an excellent RPG is ridiculous. What you get is a game that plays about as well as VTM: Bloodlines, which is easily one of most well-regarded RPGs. And on top of that the gameplay is better, the graphics are better. The voice-acting and characters are immaculate. Almost never straying into Uncanny Valley. Yes, there are bugs, but anyone who pretends to be a grizzled old "RPG Veteran" will testify that these games tend to be buggy. Hell, everyone's favorite drooling, beloved step-child Bethesda RPGs are riddled with bugs. If the community didn't patch them out, there'd be bug all through those games. That said, do you know how many bugs I've experienced in 300 hours of gameplay? Three. I experienced a couple of floating characters on day one, and some floating debris. All in the same location. And there's a window I kept trying to enter that warped me across the map. That's it. I'm sure there are a couple more, so I said three, just to give benefit of the doubt. To the guy complaining about vehicle handling, he's right. The cars drive like shit. Guess what? I still beat the racing quests, prior to the patch that addressing driving, and without any mods. And now, driving's been addressed, and there's mod support. You know what other vaunted RPG requires mods to be enjoyable? VTM: Bloodlines. Oh, and is that you Elder Scrolls? Nobody bats an eye that those games are a really rough experience unmodded. And those clipping and mesh issues? Patched. Much of the rough spots have been patched. I'm just going to say it. If you hate the game in this state, admit you hate it on principle. But don't pretend it's a bad game. CDPR lied about console performance. So I get it. 1984 is one of those books I'm convinced that only a handful have read, but everyone loves to wield like a broadsword. But participating in a smear campaign for Cyberpunk 2077 is merely the latest display of our very own Two Minutes' hate.