Cyberpunk 2077

Good: +Main story is compelling +Some narratively involving sidequests +Gunplay, guns and combat +Throwbacks to 2020 and RED tabletop game +Stunning graphics +City is interesting +Major character models look good (V, Jackie, Judy etc.) +Interesting philosophical pondering at times about humanity and technology Bad: -Character customization (needs more depth, feels shallow with only premade options) -Cars and traffic · You can buy cars but you have no way of customizing them · Traffic clogs up if you park at the middle of the road · Cars keep disappearing in the distance -Minimap makes navigating routes and planning turns really difficult -Glitches and bugs needs fixing (too many to list here) -Side activities · This games desperately needs some minigames and small, non-combat activities to do. The extra bad: - CLOTHING: "Style over substance"- is one of the core tenents of this universe. Before the release CDPR showed those different stylistic choices (entropism, kitsch, neomilitarism and neokitsch) but the clothes belonging to those styles aren't consistently found within the game world. You have stores around the city but there's no indication what store sells what and their inventory is really lackluster. See that cool jacket on the rack or that pair of shoes on the shelf? Too bad, they're just a prop. Same goes for NPC clothing as well. The NPC's are wearing so much cool stuff but you don't get to wear any of that. - ROMANCES: (WARNING, SPOILERS) After you've banged your romantic interest, there's no follow up. You get no meaningful opportunities to keep in touch or go on a date or even bang again. I couldn't even sleep at River's or Judy's house after the romance questline was over. Sure River texts that: "we should do it again, got a few new tricks to show you" but this doesn't lead to anything. -AI: See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IPRjzrHvak Cannot recommend this game in this state, even though it had some memorable moments.

This game truly has great potential and would be marvelous, BUT! - About ~80% of hype-shown content has been CUT OFF! Shame!!! - Has good atmosphear, but very lacking interactivity. - AI is dumb as in GTA 1! - Driving is nonsense, physics is terrible - Shooting is okay - Badly balanced, but bearable. - Character Customization is basic, can't even redo. No barber, No visible changes...etc. - Runs okay on 9700K + 980Ti High (30-40 FPS Avg.)

Its buggy, glitchy, doesnt run well, crashes. They lied about the game's feature that they showed in Nigh City Wires. The cops and other AI are pretty much broken. There is no Driver AI. Cops spawn right behind you and if you hide around a corner they vanish in 20sec (not even attempting to find you or chase after you) The world is not interactive other than "Go over there and kill those people" missions The 3 lifepaths do not matter. The in-game economy is broken There is no water physics or water animations There is no jumping out of car animations Your choices do not matter since there is hardly any conseqence to them. other than the last choice which give you the ending. NPC's literally vanish into the void if you turn around, they also randomly change their genders and looks. There is no living breathing city where every decision matters, that was a lie. A whole game is a lie. The only good thing about this game is graphics. The story feels rushed and too much focused on Johnny Silverhand, the role playing character of V is just a vassal of Keanu Reeves who seems to be the main protagonist. At the time of writing this review I have been waiting 6 days for a refund from GOG. I already refunded the game on my Ps4 since on that platform it was impossible to play.

Preface: I'm going to ignore the bugs and performance issues because that horse was beaten to death. Gameplay is a disappointment. And I had low expectations because I knew that it's going to be a narrative-first game. But I was still disappointed. World is a disappointment. Huge but empty / dead city. NPCs are annoying as all hell. Driving / shooting is an actual embarrassment. Take borderlands and remove all the fun = this game's shooting experience. Driving is as bad as you'd expect coming from a studio that has never done a driving game before. Why they thought they should try it I have no clue. Story & voice acting are both weaker than I expected. V is boring / unlikable. Keanu, bless his soul, is a flat actor and while he does have some funny quips every now and then, his performance isn't that great. The story is weaker than what we've come to expect from CDPR in the narrative department. The one amazing thing this game has is (facial) animations for named, important NPCs. Talking to some of these characters while on high+ settings is an absolute delight - they are ultra realistic.

This was supposed to be CDPRs "Crowning Achievement". That is how they put it after the original delay of the game. What we instead have gotten is a significantly watered down version of the game that is extremely buggy and with some major problems, such as save files getting corrupted after reaching a certain size which for a game of this size and scope and with it's crafting mechanics bloating the save file further by just using ingame mechanics that the game encourages you to use, inching you closer to that save file corruption. I keep running into bugs all the time such as randomly dying while running, jumping and climbing. During a mission my character spawned over and over into the drivers seat that was already occupied by another character. Loot not being able to be looted, strange/bad AI behaviour, certain side quests not being able to be completed, missing textures and being able to walk through walls including the AI. I could go on and on and on about the various bugs I have encountered so far and continue to encounter. All these problems are constantly just taking me out of the experience that is Cyberpunk, a game that at it's core is a very solid game with some good writing, incredibly detailed city to explore with some nice character design. This is one of the few cities in a game where I actually feel like I am in a real, lived in city if that makes sense. I have no doubt that in a year from now the game will have improved dramatically but you only get 1 first playthrough and sadly this is my experience. To sum it up, CD Project Red has not delivered on what they promised, not even close.