Before 2.0 you had more choice how to build your character. Now it feels like not having a choice anymore. CP2077 is one of thousand shooters now. Nothing really special anymore. I don´t say, the skillsystem before was perfect, but it gave you more freedom. Now they removed ways of making builds. It feels like you are getting forced into combat. If you want to play the game in a more stealthier way, good luck. Netrunning got ruined. It is now more of an gimmick to use during a fight, but it feels clunky and it is quicker to focus on other weapons. There is just no reason to use quickhacks anymore, if you can go in there and shoot everything what moves. If you have fun with playing one of dozent shooters again, there you go. For everyone else, who enjoyed trying different builds or playing as netrunner, this isn´t the game for you anymore.
I really was looking forward to Phantom Liberty and 2.0. But after playing the last weekind I was really disappointed and sad in which direction the game went. It sounded interesting, the new features and the new skilltree. The features are fine, but the skilltree is just horrible. Everything is 90% Combat now. There are not really interesting things and stealth netrunning got completely destroyed. If you use an quickhack, you get tracked back. By another netrunner? Well, it seems like everyone is a netrunner now. And if the tracking finishes every enemy is going after you. It feels like you are being forced to do combat now. Stealth is just uninteresting now, active combat is the way to play. And personally I don´t like that. You could experiment with the old skills and make crazy builds. Now it feels like getting punished for experimenting. Pure Netrunner Builds are impossible now. Okay, so gunplay instead. But enemies are bullet sponges now and shooting a gun drains your stamina, which is... huh? Why? It just isn´t fun anymore. I don´t feel like I can play the game in my way anymore, it feels like the devs wanted you to play it in their way. Which is weird. I could understand the nerfs, if it was a multiplayer game. But it isn´t. Now it feels like being that you get punished, when you try things. Like you have no choice how to play the game anymore. Cyberpunk 2077 was one of my favorite games, with its story and the different playstyles. But now it is just like every other shooter out there. Skill something, then take a gun and kill people. That said, if you like playing a Lootshooter like borderlands, but with lesser weapons and none of the humour and like GTA, CP2077 2.0 is the right game for you. For others who liked netrunning, stealth and not using guns everytime, maybe you should dodge the game in its current state.
