Cyberpunk 2077

There are some flaws in this game, and I am not talking about bugs. Everything in this game looks like it has been drafted and developed without any iteration. The UI is wrong. It is hard to use, hard to understand, and more important, most of the things you have in there are useless. A good design leaves out things that are not adding anything to the experience. Here we have a perk to remove/disassemble useless stuff from the inventory. Without it, the inventory is quickly filled with useless stuff, called JUNK. The result: The player learns not to pick up junk from the world way before enabling the auto disassemble perk. Who in the world decided to include this mechanic in the game? What is this adding to my gameplay? The player is learning not to collect stuff, not to "collect materials for the crafting system". The entire UI has been created with only one objective in mind: being hard to use and to understand. And it succeeds. From icons to interactions, everything is frustrating to use. I really try to not open the menu or the inventory unless it is really necessary. This is just... underdeveloped, underdesigned, undertested. The story is... a story. I found it boring, but that's me. I think the best part of the game is the photomode, and it is mediocre at best. The idea of the drone is neat, but the limitations imposed to its movements are pointless. I don't remember ever being so disappointed by 60€. Ah, driving and shooting, two minor mechanics in the game, feel bad. Really.

i can't seem to play it in anything other than <10 minute chunks because it just keeps crashing, and i lose on average 2 minutes of progress. i want to love it, it's beautiful and i love the setting. but i need to be able to RUN it in order to be able to enjoy it. please fix.

At this point in time, most of the biggest bugs are fixed, but the game is still lacking. A lot of the features promised before release are still not present and will probably never be implemented. There is barely any consequential roleplaying in the game, which is the biggest flaw for me, and the NPC AI is absurdly horrible to the point it's laughable. Night City, while certainly pretty, never really feels alive because of this, which really breaks the immersion. There is fun to be had, but the more you play, the more the cracks start to show.

The Good Visually.. wow. Soundtrack - fantastic. Story - interesting and engaging (though i really didn't connect with any of the characters) Main quests & some side quests, unique and typically rewarding The Bad (aka everything else) Gameplay - often repetitive and bland (maybe 4 or 5 archetypes of missions.. if you've played Far Cry, you've played this game) Progression - largely pointless (why bother with a 3% increase to blah - when i can just walk into a room, shoot enemies in the face and heal, get a slightly better gun, rinse and repeat - because the enemies are too dumb to bother with any of the progression items) Environment - shallow and lifeless. sure, looks beautiful, but after 5 minutes, you release everything in the world is cosmetic. Almost nothing is interactive, charcaters models and objects repeated over and over (and it seems 2 sex workers service the entire city... no thanks, i'll take Judy). The world seems to promise so much verticality.. though almost never leverages it. AI - oh god. iditotic. NPCs, enemies, police, bosses, friendlies. just look it up on youtube if you don't believe me. Bugs - everywhere. Sometimes hilarious, in my case, sometimes game breaking (had to reload and repeat a good couple of hours work in one instance) Despite my long list of negatives, there are certainly moments where the systems click - and fun can be had. But those moments are few and far between. I really hope they double-down on this game, the way that the No Man's Sky team did. It is salvagable.

I was wondering how CD Project Red would deliver their take on a Cyberpunk Scenario. I followed the hype more from a distance, nevertheless followed it since the inital Trailer. After release, i was first overwhelmed then disappointed and at last a little hopeful. Did they deliver what was promised? No they didnt. Did they deliver a good piece of Software? No they didnt. Instead of a expected "Roleplaying Game" like Baldurs Gate or at least in the sense of The Witcher we habe a Shooter with Roleplaying Elements. Also the game screems unfinished whenever i play it. But i must confess I like to play it, if you take it for what it is, it is quite entertaining. The Story as i have seen it so far is nothing special and the Missions are well a "little" repetitive, but if you are reading all the text in the mission shards, they give quite some flair to the city even if not played out in the game itself. The Bugs that are in the Game can , if they happen, can be from annoying to gamebreaking, but such things can be fixed. The occurances seem to be diffrent for different computer setup. The Missing Features could be added as Free or Buyable DLCs. The Lack of mayor diffences in you choices is lackluster as it prevents to give someone the motivation to replay. But with the upcoming DLCs lets see what will be there. Overall for me this is a rushed Game which had the basics implemented. In my opinion it has alot of potential if the Developer adds depth to the Game but as it is i can only give 3 Stars. Maybe i will revise it in the future if CDPR delivers Contant which does the created world justice. All