Cyberpunk 2077

Liked - Lighting and shading. - Environment design. - Most of the music. - Searching for treasure. - Distinct combat styles. - Plenty to read. - Smart-weapons. - Mocap acting for some of the characters. - Ran smoothly (3080 rtx). - The epilogue. Disliked - There's no grand adventure, no empire-building, no wrongs to right. - Denies player agency to force a linear story. Like holding up the whole game until you sit on a chair. - Limited replay value given the above. - The cheap & nasty advertising doesn't work. Clashes with the cyberpunk aesthetic. - V's character doesn't develop during the story (see Farcry3). - Story ends just as it gets interesting. - No way to switch sides at the end, roll-back all the damage you've done. - V's voice was over-acted, especially the male version. - The Silverhand character was a disgusting wet-rag... far worse than Geraldt. - Driving navigation lacked a visual overlay (outside of racing), this could've been an ocular mod. - Lifeless set-dressing NPCs. NPC AI was accomplished way back in Hardwar (1998). - Heavily scripted truman-show-style scenarios, just adds to the lifelessness. - Cringey juvenile design & acting of certain female characters. - Generally morbid associations with sex throughout the game. - Prudish sex scenes, prudish lack of nudity outside of inventory. - Lack of sandstorms/haze; clear blue sky should be rare. - Locked-doors everywhere; most buildings are just 'textured boxes', so to speak. - Heaps of cultural cringe, like chopsticks-in-hair cringe... I guess its an 80's themed game. - Player character physique doesn't change with playstyle; you can't go full animal or maelstrom. - Mako-style vehicle physics. - Weapon damage and armor makes no sense, - Plethora of glitches and omissions, game could use another year of refinement. - No console + commands to cope with the above (especially noclip or setstage).

After almost 40 hours in the game I must say I love it. The story so far is enticing, the characters are (at least for me) interresting enough, and it runs like a charm. Combat is not very balanced, as you can stack multipliers with damage, but in my mind that just makes it more fun :) I have not experienced any bugs or glitches. Would highly reccommend this game.

I had a great time with the game. Cool characters, awesome graphcs, great story. No complaints.

I didn't expect to love the story and the characters so much what a great surprise! I love the Cyberpunk atmosphere and how you're always reminded of the setting. The side quests are as interesting as the main story in my opinion. I actually really enjoy doing the side quests. The ability to mod the game is incredible, I could customize so much things I didn't like in the game that's really a nice addition. For example I didn't like how much weapons you could shoot at someone before he dies so I installed a "realism" mod and this is a whole new game to me. The only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars is because of its current state. I only encountered a small amount of minor bugs so that's not the issue for me. The issue is the missing features. It really feels like there could be so much more in the game. Simple example: 5 Maelstrom members are attacking a business owner so I'll kill them to help him, which is something rare in Night City! Then once it's done the NPC I just saved won't move, do anything or even say anything (he won't even say thank you). This is a simple interaction that gives so much importance to what you're doing. Overall it doesn't feel like you can leave your mark on the world. You could kill thousands of people in several gangs without having to fear being chased or not being able to come back to your home because of how much police is looking for you! I really hope the game will have some features added because it could be so much more with such simple features added. Hoping for the best.

Needs a lot of polishing, I think if the DLC is amazing it could shoot this game to the stars where it deserves to be. I still love CDPR games and i'm hopeful the patches and dlc will make this bad boy a GOTY!! My rtx 2070 super ran it well on release day so im not bitter about bugs or anything. The apartment was the most dissapointing part for me it just needs more to it, please add the visual back into the window and maybe a once in a while flying car passes by. The demo had me sold when i saw the apartment. Love the characters but life paths need a lot of add ons as i didnt feel anything was all that different from the three. Waiting patiently, thank you