Cyberpunk 2077

My patience was rewarded. Seeing all the trailers and the premise of the game I was very excited for the release of the game. Then I heard about all the bugs in the game and how it severely impacted the playability of the game so I held off on getting it. A couple of weeks ago it went on sale for 50% and I had read that the game was alot more playable now. The story (so far) has been very interesting which is especially important since the game is single player only. The environment is very immersive and the characters are quite realistic. Even the "generic" NPCs are well done and you don't see the same NPC twice. (at least I haven't yet). I am still getting used to the game mechanics however, there's so much you CAN do so its difficult to learn everything. All in all I am glad that I waited because now its met my expectations.

My expectations had been set so low due to the messy launch and constant negative reviews that I was expecting something much, much worse (as some defined it, a janky GTA clone). Instead my experience with the game (which occurred about a year after release, a delay that possibly improved it by some margin) was definitely positive. After having completed the main story with 60 + hours in the game, I am left with a little bit of melancholy for having abandoned the world and its characters; character that to me felt very real, with their peculiar backstories and professional voice acting. Some more technical/gameplay aspects still feel half-finished/polished, but overall I'd say this is a must for anybody even vaguely interested in the cyberpunk genre and it themes. To add on the topic of immersion and "cyberpunk-ness", I recall an unkind tweet by one of the genre fathers (William Gibson), who stated that (in the trailers) the game looked too bright and action-oriented to actually be defined "cyberpunk"; after playing it I can say that thankfully this is not the case, as in my opinion the themes brought up in the author's Sprawl trilogy (although the mythology of the board game was not inspired by those books) are all present and strong. And on top we also got a Portal easter egg/cameo!

I like the game a lot. but some things mess up the mood/vibe while playing. many small bugs, glitches but absolutly playable

GOAT GAME

This game is amazing and I'm on an old computer build, and it's actually running smoothly with very few glitches so far (considering this is a day zero review). My only complaint is that keyboard bindings are partically working. I can't bind the up and down arrows for moving forward and backwards (I have a unique style of control that I like). Also, there is no binding for the 'F' key (which is the general 'use' key). I know all of this will be patched since the game just came out today as I'm reviewing it. Despite the minor annoyance, I'm really enjoying this game and now I'm inspired to save up for a new system build. Great work to the developers. Other than some patch fixes, I have to say you did a wonderful job. :)