Cyberpunk 2077

This is a terrible game. It may be because I went in with ultra high expectations and was expecting a Rockstar quality game having played RDR2 and GTAV, but after 60 hours I can quite confidently say this game is trash, forgettable, and should've been worked on for double the amount of time it got. Bugs aside (something I can deal with), the fundamental mechanics of the game is flawed. The looter-shooter genre is a cheap gimmick that should've stayed behind in Borderlands but sadly it's infested modern games as a substitute for intuitive and engaging combat. Nothing like dumping more than 10 point blank shotgun rounds into someone's head to kill them amirite? (this should never be something that has to happen. ever.) The police system is redundant and useless; teleporting cops that one-hit you, are absolute bullet sponges, and don't even chase you in vehicles makes for an undesirable experience. You actually WANT to avoid the police in this game. Not to mention the convenience store flak cannons that one-shot you if you go anywhere in the city with more than 1 star. You guys remember the soldier shown in the 2013 teaser? That model is only used for the 4 star cop, I don't even know why you'd want 4 stars in the first place. So that cool concept is wasted. The city looks great at surface level; great scale, environments, and detail.. only it's quite repetitive and, aside from the front door of your apartment, there are ZERO memorable places that make you think "this spot is lovely, I could just chill here for a while". Advertised in the trailer were activities and pass-times to keep yourself occupied in between quests, yet the only activity I've managed to find was the.. embarrasingly boring rollercoaster ride... Your choices barely matter, and the ones that do aren't significant, some genuinely interesting quests end abruptly with no follow-up, and large portions of the map stay underutilised.. what a waste of potential. I could go on but word limit.

This is at best an early access right now & if you don't have high end hardware then forget enjoying this game right now. Even the recommended hardware specs can't acheive stable 60 fps with everything at low. Wait until game gets optimized for older hardwares & then buy. NPCs are lifeless & buggy as hell. There are quest breaking bugs & immersion breaking bugs. Game mechanics like weapon system feels like looter-shooter, no barbers incase you want to change your hairstyles, driving controls are a mess and don't give enough feedback.

(DEC 2021)BOTTOM LINE. The story is really all you can rate as a positive here and that's pushing it. If it's cheap... meh... still kind of recommend not grabbing it... just watch a playthrough. THE BREAKDOWN: I will keep it simple, - the voice acting is top notch -the story is suuuper edge-lord cringe -the world's concepts and character mind set is... weird.(everyone says they have to burn the world down including the hookers). -some strong character moments. -the gunplay is a bit above average due to the movement and melee combat... kind of -stealth is broken(either due to crap AI for or glitchy mechanics and animations) -the physics is still busted... -the visuals can be nice when something silly isn't happening... but its rare that your just not confused by AI pathing choices or lack-there-of. -cops still spawn behind you LMAOOO -driving still floaty There's a ton more... this game is broken(still, dec 2021). The story is cringe as hell with occasional strong character moments... but those can be totally ruined by graphical glitches(i.e. Jackie's death scene ruined because his gun was clipping through his face the whole moment). The graphics are gorgeous, when not in motion... and the optimized the performance allowing a stable 60fps on ultra finally. The point... The story was not my taste but it might be yours. I can say it's good, but I was not into it... but make no mistake... this game is still broken with no plan to fix it or restore it. On low its still visually nice so you can enjoy the visuals if you lack whatever...

The game does a few things well, but is plagged by systemic issues which are unlikely to be solved: + Main quests is interesting. + Character interactions + Night City looks great. - Lifepath has barely any impact in the game: feels like related quests and content where cut out of the game. - Barely functional AI makes night city feel soulless. - Most of the secondary quests are filler. - Random open world events are basic and uninteresting. - RPG mechanics barely impact gameplay and feel lackluster. - Itemization is horrendous: you are showered by huge ammounts of barely better loot.

I had enough faith in CD Projekt Red to pre-order a game, but it turns out that was a terrible decision. I'm disappointed by all their awful recent managerial decisions and my heart goes out all the developers who had to work overtime for so long to make this game. And that makes it even harder to say that the final product simply isn't good. At its best (or rather: at times) the game is a pretty looking first person shooter with a fun story. But as an RPG it's bad. Character customization is incredibly limited, with no options to change your appearance in any way after creation. Skill trees are expansive, but most skills on it are very uninteresting. All the story-telling happens in overly long cut scenes and conversations that the player has barely any influence on. On top of that there's the numerous, sometimes gamebreaking bugs; the NPC's terrible AI and an open world that is mostly void of things to do and feels surprisingly lifeless for a cyberpunk dystopia among other things. All of the above is disregarding all the features mentioned during development that haven't been realised. I understand that not all content can make it into the final game, but it's embarrassing to see how barebones it all is when so much had been promised. Cyberpunk shouldn't have been released like this. As it is, this game just makes me wish I had picked up E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy instead.