Let me say right away, I enjoyed the game. I have 100+ hours in it. But... And it's quite a huge and stinking butt. Developers have bitten of more than they could chew. I don't mind bugs, but there is just too much of everything in the game. Too many mechanics, too many missions, too many ways to play it, too many perks, too many weapons, too many cars, too many ways to play a game. All of them unfinished, unbalanced, cut off in the middle. There is so much of anything and none of it works. There are gangs and factions in the game which are not utilized in any way. Crafting which is rich, plentiful, boring and useless. Numbers in the stats which means absolutely nothing. Huge story which is ultimately unsatisfying and is lacking variability and consequences. All those cars I couldn't care less about, definitely not finished in any way imaginable - physics, damage, ai, whatever. Clothes, most unsatisfying clothes ever. Shiat, there are whole guides on how to reload game to get passable clothes in the shop. If the game had 1/10th of content and mechanics, mostly story, but finished, expanded, polished, with added variability - it would be ten times better. May be, 5 years later, with "director's cut", all the DLCs and shiat, I'll replay the game. May be not. Certainly not an even Witcher 3 was for me.
It's an excellent game. Great, developed world and story, good gameplay. Complex mechanics, not always completely balanced, but nice nevertheless. Clever story and quests, interesting although sometimes frustrating crafting. Multiple ways to get through the game, which means that if you don't like some mechanics, you may not use them. There are some negatives. Complex mechanics are not always explained fully (even thought tutorial section is pretty large as it is). You need some trials and errors to find what works and how exactly. There are some bugs! At the moment (1.0.6) there are still a number of bugs. They don't break the game, but they are annoying. Although developers are working on them and every patch cures some more bugs. Definitely recommend the game. It's an event in RPG/stealth/thief world, certainly not something that'll go away unnoticed.
