Ehhh, where do I start? So far, despite the technical issues, I have enjoyed the game. It is a good game, it's oozing potential and charm but, in good conscience, I can't recommend this game. At the very least, not yet. Lets start with the most obvious problem - technical state. For some lucky people like me, it is playable and stable with some minor bugs that are more annoying than gamebreaking, for some less lucky like my friend, it's an absolute nightmare of unplayability and 3 dead save files due to bugged out quest conflicts. This is an issue of being released too early, and I have faith that CDPR will fix this in time. Buy it then! It is also not an RPG. This is one of the post-Origin Assassin Creed games. It's almost funny how similar these games are with randomized numbers loot, perk trees that don't majorly affect your game, and a beautifully made map full of side content to bulk up play time. In other words, gameplay wise this is your run of the mill open world blockbuster. Sad part is - all around I can see evidence of all the ideas CDPR tried to make before they were forced to cut it out due to time constraints and replaced with rudimentary systems to have a game to release. This includes the simplicity of perks, trivial nature of skills, basic crafting system with broken resource economy, lack of basic QoL stuff, bad balancing, etc. Now, the story and writing is actually excellent, and it's what keeps me playing (that and the amazing Night City). But herein also lies a problem. The game is advertised as an RPG but the story is a giant on the rails set piece. That means that your skills, perks and starting backstory only amounts to as much as flavour text during dialogue. On a first playtrough it's fun and helps be immersed, but on a second playtrough the illusion is broken. The story may differ, but it's the same V who plays it. The saddest part is - bugs and gameplay can be fixed but the story will never be a true RPG. Promises were broken.
