Story- Any work of narrative fiction should set out to draw you in the world and its characters, If you treat cyberpunk as the RPG it is and allow yourself to be emotionally invested there is a well written deep story to explore. The main story is involved and side missions felt well written and relevant to the narrative. After the Witcher games I expected nothing less from CDPR and in this regard they didn't disappoint. Gameplay- Beyond quality of life issues which can be patched I see a lot of reviewers saying the gun play/melee system was poor. Respectfully I think they are missing the point of an RPG. Imagine playing COD, you start the game with the assumption you are a professional soldier, the process of developing those skills isn't why you are playing so it is disregarded. With an RPG that development is part of the experience, yes the melee and guns are bad at the start....because you are bad at using them. Over time and use these improve greatly and I found it very satisfying to see that improvement. The world- Many open world games are either big empty spaces or feel like every location was only designed because we are being sent there in the story. I didn't get that impression with Cyberpunk. Every allyway, street, building and shop felt part of the city and after 90+ hrs I am still finding new areas just existing because they are part of the world not to serve some story purpose. In this sense Cyberpunk sets a VERY high bar for all future open world games. Final points- Despite its flaws CDPR should be proud of what they have achieved here, as open world RPGs go nothing comes close. Personally I am most excited for future DLCs, post bug fixes and optimisation.The mammoth 8 year task of world building has been done now, the city feels alive and characters fleshed out. CDPR can now get down to what they are great at, storytelling and I for one can't wait to explore more of Night City and V's story. 2000 characters isnt enough to do this justice...
