If I was a member of the CP2077 dev team I would be pissed at the CDPR marketing team. They overhyped and oversold this game so much, vastly overselling what was in it with one of the largest and most expensive marketing campaigns in video game history However, despite not being anything near what they advertised it as, it's still a solid game. The story is good, graphics are some of the best I've ever seen, combat is okay. The real gem of this game is the sidequests. Almost all of them are fantastic, some of which I'd even consider to be among the best sidequests I've ever seen in a game (Especially the Sinnerman quest chain and Dream On). Only complaints I have are: 1. The game is too short. I finished the entire main story + almost every sidequest + about a quarter of the gigs in about 30 hours. The main story especially is so short (maybe about 10 hours or less of content). you reach the point of no return very quickly. It's not bad, but it's far from the 100-200 hour long epic that Witcher 3 was. I wish CDPR just ignored the people that couldn't handle W3's length. It's crazy that people will spend thousands of hours playing games like League or WoW, but can't handle a 100 hour long single player game 2. The game is still very buggy. I've had to reload so many times because things would break, or get stuck, or wouldn't load. You'd think that things would be fine after multiple patches + all those delays. But overall it's a good game. Just don't go in expecting the GTA+Deus Ex+FNV hybrid they promised. Don't go in expecting anything groundbreaking or revolutionary. Just go in expecting a solid futuristic RPG that won't be as good as CDPRs last game.
Game has a lot of good to it, and it has me excited for future riot forge projects since the art, music and worldbuilding were all top tier. However the game itself has some major downsides that kind of hinder the experience Pros: -Great art direction, music and lore -Interesting story and characters -Unique JRPG style turn based combat, with gimmicks and mechanics to keep things fresh -Lots of content, given the price of the game -Doesn't require any prior LoL knowledge to enjoy Mixed: -Game is too easy. Even on hard mode, the only tough boss is the final one, and that's only because he has an unavoidable one-shot mechanic Cons: -Combat drags out waaaay too long, even on x2 animation speed. Despite loving the combat system, I was sick of fighting things about halfway through because everything takes so long to kill -Character movement speed is way too slow. Even with sprint on -No minimap, despite half the game taking place in a maze-like city -Lots of weird bugs. For example, saving and reloading will put you at the start of a zone/the last rest point instead of just dropping you where you saved. Or every time you load it will offer to show you a tutorial on every single menu. -Story feels very rushed and unfocused in the second half Overall it's an okay game. Not the greatest most groundbreaking thing ever made, but it's a fun time that's worth the price
First off, please play Trails in the Sky FC first. It's a duology and SC continues exactly where the first game went off. This is one of the best JRPGs available on GOG. Takes everything that made the first game good and massively improves upon it. Pair that with fantastic music, amazing villians and storytelling and tactical turn based combat. It reminds me a lot of the classic Final Fantasy games in terms of it's quality and scale.
