Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk was simply not ready for release. Not even close. I have had so many bugs, glitches, and bizarre things happen that I'm just going to walk away for 4 to 6 months while CD Project fixes this and gets it into a finished state. This was clearly released to hit a financial deadline, not because it was ready. Incredibly disappointing.

So I really wanted to love this game but in the end I can't. Just too many issues, too many bugs to really love it. So many things were promised when this was first introduced to the world and it hasn't really delivered on it outside of the wonderful story and immersive-ish dystopian city. Here's the good: * Story with the side missions are really good. * The city is awesome and go around it, especially a night. * The combat is pretty fun, even with the simplified "hacking". The bad, at least worst parts for me: * The city, while beautifully rendered, is lifeless with citizens and vehicles who behave like zombies running on sripts, taking me out of the immersiveness of the city. * The cops, appearing out of the ether when you commit a crime is rediculous. * The life path might as well not exist because after the prologue it's all the same path. * Just the sheer amount of bugs. From not being able to draw your weapon at times due it thinking you're in a safe zone in the middle of combat, to T poses, to cut scenes screwing up, or controls that just stop working, be ready for re-loads and restarts. There's just too much wrong with this game and what was promised but even with all the bad I'm still enjoying this game just not as much as I was expecting.

CDPR did not deliver on many of the features they promised. The AI is terrible, and the game is horribly buggy and poorly optimized. Choices made in the game don't really matter. Shallow RPG mechanics. However, the main story is very good (except for the endings). Avoid like the plague until the problems are fixed.

NPC's are just a filler to fill the empty beautiful city. Magical police spawn everywhere. Wrong keymapping's. Glitched out quests, will have to restart every time if you never manually saved your game. No interactions with the city or anything. No vehicle customization, no character customization in game, anything outside of quests are just fillers. There is really no meaning other than doing quests. Your character will look like someone that just took an insane amount of drugs, since most of the clothing in game do not make any sense with there stats. Buy it, if you just want to play the story line(that is if you bypass all the bugs) or just watch a YouTube gameplay walkthrough and save your money. I suggest wait until the devs finish game. This game should of not been released for another year.

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.