Cyberpunk 2077

Main quest and companion quests are good, but comparing the game to witcher 3 it lacks even in the side quest department. Most of your non-companion quests you get on mobile do it and are done with it.... It seriously lacks any interaction. There is basically no depth to the game, looking at npcs, police, ai, factions, mini-games... nothing is making you want to play the game once you are finished with the main quests. Graphics and main story are nice, Radio needs way more variety and stations almost every song sounds the same crappy rap.

A 1080ti should run the game at "high" settings and 1440p. It can, but at 30-40 fps. Such a shame.

Even without all the bugs: it's just not very good.

What to say that hasn't already been said? Let's dispense with arguments of "hype" and promises broken, because although you can make valid points on both of these, they also seem to detract from the real reason I am so disapointed; the game itself is bad. Let's also dispense with talking about console experience because I feel it's almost used as a smoke screen for real criticism of the game. Menus, gunplay, driving, customisation, NPCs, navigation, items. They are all a far cry from what we should *expect* from a £50, AAA title from an award winning game studio. It beggars belief how people are giving this game a 5/5 (really, 5 stars? A perfect score?!) and then saying the negativity is down to our expectations? Forget the expectations then; forget the trailers and the lore and the A-lister celebrities and all of that stuff. Another reviewer summed this game up perfectly "A shallow ocean of bugs". Emphasis on shallow, this game feels about as immersive as a sandbox action game of 20 years ago, like GTA III. This is not a "flawed gem" it's a Zircon. Plenty of games have come out in the last 20 years that sucked at release, and after many, many years of work turned out to be great products (Diablo 3 comes to mind). Honestly though, I'm probably never coming back to it.

Tl;dr-There are moments in the game that were quite solid and good and this is one of few open world games I actually finished, but around every corner there was disappointment and something to shatter any immersion. Wait for a deep sale and see if the issues are fixed. Some spoilers below: Characters: For me this was the strongest aspect of the game. The main story and side story characters were exceptionally well written, and it was the one thing that made me wanting to keep going on. The voice acting for them all is also quite solid. Stories/quests: Main story is ok but nothing too special, I had what I suspect was the "good" ending (as a Nomad, with Panam leaving together on the basilisk. Many side quests were meh, but there were still many interesting (enough) side stories that kept me going. Gigs became boring fairly fast, but I still did complete them all. Avoided most of the NCPD side missions, mostly because I saw now reason to want to help them out. Lifepaths: Easily the most disappointing aspect of the game. A short intro for each lifepath, then you are thrust into the same cut scene. With the exception of some dialogue options and maybe one or two missions, they really don't bring much reason to play the game 3 times. So much potential for lifepathes too. AI/NPCs. Easily the worst AI I've seen in gaming. Police, even if you don't kill random NPC's will sometimes randomly start attacking you. NPCs walking are just lifeless, visual noise that add nothing. Performance/bugs: Ok-ish? I have an i76700 and 1060 6GB, meeting the recommended specs. I played on medium and got between 40-50fps, at times when driving in the city dropping to the low 20s. I thankfully did not have a single crash in my 87 hours, and bugs were mostly limited to annoying, but not game breaking bugs. Final thoughts: Overlooking all the issues, I did still have fun most the time. But as of right now I'm glad it's over. Maybe I'll play it again later this year, maybe.