Reviewed on an RTX 3080 + Ryzen 5 3600, builds 1.06 and 1.10 Playtime was about 36 hours. THE GOOD: - Graphics often look really great, especially with RTX on. - Guns sound powerful and are fun to use, making the generic combat pretty enjoyable most of the time - Some very sweet story moments with likeable characters such as Panam, Jackie, Goro, River and Johnny. - Driving from Point A to B in Night City is always visually striking, even if the world itself is incredibly hollow. - Interesting lore, even if the script does an awful job at teaching it to you. - Some creative side missions that successfully flesh out the main cast. - The last few hours of the game, and all of its different endings, are a blast. - Good soundtrack that always puts you in the right mood for the game's story beats. Most of it is pretty forgettable, but it gets the job done. THE BAD: - Pointless character leveling. Your skill tree basically consists of stat multipliers and percentage bonuses. - Main plot is fairly straightforward and boring. - A lot of the story feels messy and badly told. Large chunks are obviously missing. - Awful handling for cars. - Loot scavenging is tedious and tacked on, just like the crafting. THE UGLY: - The majority of side characters are horribly bland and interchangeable. - Brain-dead quest design. Follow waypoint, talk to character, scan something, shoot people, talk to character, collect XP. A mindless gameplay loop, no matter how much you dress it up. - Bugs, bugs, bugs and more bugs. The more I played, the worse it got. - None of your dialogue choices particularly matter, and often V says the exact opposite of what most players would want him/her to. - The unbelievable scam CDPR pulled on console players - The hollow, taped-together feeling of the open world. - Copy-pasted quests are dumped in your lap via CONSTANT phone-calls. - Police that spawn out of thin air when you commit a crime. - Can't change your appearance beyond clothes, at all.
Despite what many say this game is actually pretty good. The graphics and music are fantastic and the gameplay can be very entertaining. But the very easy difficulty, boss fights that sometimes rely on fast button pressing and repetition keep it from being a classic like Sands of Time. But at 10 bucks its totally worth it
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