Cyberpunk 2077

Story was enjoyable and main characters were good. Soundtrack good. The world was pretty but felt empty/lifeless due to terrible AI and lack of interactivity. Speaking of AI, it really is terrible, genuinely reminds me of GTA 3. Side quests for the most part are boring and NCPD scanner side missions felt like work in the end. It's buggy but not unplayable. Game totally lacks many things marketed such as branching storylines, there is some minor branching but not to the level they sold. Key binding is annoying, driving not fun. Would have given a 3 if not for missing content/bugs/lies. Nothing groundbreaking or "next-gen" just a bog standard open world map clearing simulator with a good sountrack/setting/story. Wait for a fix/additional content & a sale.

Let's get this out of the way - bugs. Way too many and it's pitiful, but for me merely annoying. Can be easly fixed too. My real gripe with the game is the story. Tu put it blantly - it's WAY TOO SHORT AND SIMPLE. There are quite a few interesting characters, but we do not get nearly enough time to get to know them, to connect with them. Make us give a f%$#. Pacing is too fast, and the fact that the story is based around (possible spoiler): another unconvincing race against time (end of possible spoiler) makes things feel cheap. The game needs more characterisation, more depth and nuance. This setting and these characters beg for more sophisticated story. And that cannot be solved with few simple patches.

There's a lot to love about the game and a fricking ton of potential, if CDPR keeps supporting the game and adding stuff. I, for one, love the atmosphere, I spent a good while walking from quest to quest just because I was enjoying the scenery, the variety in the in-world ads and all that. The city does, at least at first, feel like it's bustling with life. The game doesn't do anything new or interesting mechanics-wise; it's just a pretty typical FPSRPG aside from the world the game is set in and won't cause anyone to go "wow, why doesn't any other game do this?!" Still, it doesn't matter that much, as what's there is competent-enough. I would recommend the game, even with the huge number of bugs and all, except keyboard+mouse - users are getting shafted again, with broken keybindings, broken UI, everything having been designed for console-gamers first-and-foremost and kb+m being barely an afterthought. Heck, CDPR themselves say that even PC-gamers should use a gamepad to play the game! (Though, conveniently, the store-page omits any such notions!)

Open world design from 2005, boring story and some of the worst FPS combat I've ever experienced. Combat AI is brain dead, weapons aren't fun. Oh, and also it's a technical mess, which may all be fixed after a few patches, but the issues with game design will remain. Massive disappointment.

Man i really wanted to love this game fck. but the upper managment completly screwed the development team out two more years easily so many missing features. Night city it self is beyond dead the ai just do circles. The best hope we have is this turns into the next no mans sky and is eventually good like they promised. Watch Crowbcats video!!!!