I bought Cyberpunk 2077 on day one, with all the hype surrounding it, thinking that CD Projekt was going to deliver a masterpiece. The result? A slap in the face, but not in a good way: bugs everywhere, crashes, quests that freeze, NPCs that freeze... in short, a half-finished game. Five years later, I thought to myself: “Well, they've had time, I'll give it another chance.” I even bought the game again on Steam with the DLC to start a new game. And then, a big shock: despite all the updates, the same problems persist. Main and side quests that become impossible to complete, scripts that don't trigger, blocked objectives... How can you enjoy a story that's supposed to be immersive if you have to pray for every mission to work? On PC, luckily you can tinker with commands or hacks to force progress. But I can't even imagine what it's like for console players: they're just stuck, with no solution. And that's unacceptable after all this time. So yes, Night City is beautiful, the atmosphere is there, but that doesn't change anything: the game is still broken, five years after its release. It's a monumental admission of failure for a studio that sold us the moon and the stars. Frankly, having to fight bugs just to advance the story is anything but normal.
It's an underrated game, one of the few to use flashlights with pre-calculated 2D. What's more, it's clear that Resident Evil 4 beta 3.5 was inspired by Alone in the Dark The New Nightmare. In short, it's a good Survival Horror.
