This game is fun. I've used my imagination and Roleplaying to make it fun. I gave it a 1 because it is not even remotely what was promised when I became interested over 8 years ago. It's nowhere near the game I was promised when I pre-ordered almost 2 years ago. The issues have been beaten right to death already, so I will only highlight one glaring problem that comes direct from CD Projekt Red: Unfulfilled promises. I've been a CDPr fan a long time now, and what bothers me with this game is all the promises they made that were based on the Witcher 3. I LOVE THE WITCHER SERIES. I have over 5000 hours into the Witcher 3 (not a misprint, 5k hours). I use several mods, but I LOVE that game. And therein lies the issue with Cyberpunk 2077. The absolute cornucopia of times the devs referenced the Witcher 3 while selling Cyberpunk. Everything from the quest system to game mechanics, they talked about how much they learned from the development of the Witcher 3, but most importantly, they talked about how much BETTER Cyberpunk was going to be. MORE ADVANCED quest system, MORE DYNAMIC. Well, here is the problem: Cyberpunk's quest system is NOT more dynamic, advanced or anything else when compared to the witcher 3. I'd actually argue the witcher 3 is more advanced and they took a GIANT step back with CP2077. How is the quest system in any way more advanced or dynamic than in the Witcher 3? It's not. Cyberpunk 2077 is fun if you use imagination and RP, but it is a VERY basic game in terms to quests or branching story. EVERYTHING in this game is BASIC, and a LOT of it is UNFINISHED. For God's sake, there isn't even a criminal/policing system in the game and it's ALL ABOUT CRIME AND CRIMINALS. Police have NO AI, NONE. They don't chase after you. They don't drive cars. They literally spawn on top of your ass (literally right behind you). I still have fun playing this game. But this is NOT what I pre-ordered. This is a grim shadow of what was promised and sold.
I rated this a 5 star, not because it is perfect (no game is), but because of how incredibly under-rated it was at release, and still is to this day. Those who have not played this game have missed out. The combat can at times be a bit clunky, but that is NOT the reason to play this game. The biggest reasons to play: Cruising around listening to heavy metal music in a car right out of an iron maiden vinyl cover Lita Ford Ozzy Osbourne Jack Black is AWESOME in this game, it's disappointing he was never hired to voice more than he has, he is a great voice actor You have an axe guitar that is used as an axe weapon :) Did I mention Ozzy Osbourne? So many GREAT classic metal tracks in the soundtrack to ride around in and run down enemies to Sure, as a straight up rpg this game doesn't compete well with others out there. But that is not, and never has been what this game is about. My niece got me this game when she was 5 (obviously my sister hehe, but the thought counts) and I played the crap out of it. I've bought it again here just to replay it. If you play this game as a metal fan looking to be in a heavy metal fantasy, you will not be disappointed, just look past the slightly dated graphics and mechanics, and you'll see the heavy metal fantasy shining through. If you think this will be the new diablo or other rpg on that level, you will be painfully disappointed. 222
