Story: several times, the game left me frozen in my chair. Several times, I could not take my eyes off the screen. Interacting with in-game characters, I always tried to exhaust all the dialog options in most of the side quests, as the world and its inhabitants were just so captivating. A couple of times, I restarted the mission after realizing the consequences of my choices for the world and the characters I cared about. Like reading a good book, sometimes it was hard to stop. Late at night, tired, I plaid just a bit more to see how a mission would end. This is an engaging game. It gave me strong feelings. Some characters I hated, some I loved. For most, I felt sorry. But no one has left me feeling nothing or bored. Gameplay. Shooting was very fun. Guns look and sound fresh and exciting. The ability to carry several weapons made me want to experiment. I quickly settled on a long-range sniper path, but I peeked into other options every now and then. RPG elements were a bit too complicated for me and I feel like I did not use or even understand it much. It wasn't intuitive. However, I still engaged with the mechanics and I feel like in the next replay I will understand and enjoy it even more. Performance. I played on a 2019 laptop with an RTX2070, SSD, and Intel i7. Very high/Ultra settings everywhere but raytracing. Smooth and gorgeous. I wish I had a 4K monitor and better gear. There were some bugs and a couple of crashes, but none prevented me from enjoying the game. Final thoughts: I bought this game when it came out because I knew it would eventually be a great game. This is CDPR's reputation. I feel like I was right. This was a worthwhile experience that I will go through again sometime later. I enjoyed every minute of playing this game. The highlight for me was the story, characters, and worldbuilding. I just wish there were more games like this one.
