Cyberpunk 2077 has a lot going for it: - A beautiful, masterly-crafted open-world with TON of details, lore and stories - A story that captivates you until the very end - Side missions that vary in tonality - some are even better than the main mission - Well written characters you'll end up actually care for - Many possibilites to build your own character - gameplay wise - The sound-design -score, soundtrack and enviromental- is just flawless. Period. The score varies from dark, gritty "Blade Runner"-esque tracks to beautiful ambient tracks. The soundtrack, written by various artists, contributes a lot to the world's diversity. I love it. - The gunplay feels a lot better than I expected. There are ton of interessting weapons that actually feel very good while shooting and every single one is so damn well animated But where there is light there is also shadow - and, as it turns out, Cyberpunk has alot of that aswell: - The open world just feels static. The world just doesn't react as oganically to the player as one would expect - Choices in the narrative are often just an illusion - The main character feels like a pre-defined character - by lacking dialog options that really differs from one-another - The crafting system is just useless. I stopped care for it in the middle of the game. Doesn't feel rewarding. - Much open-world activities that feel like busy-work. They are shadowing the fun side missions you can discover. - The loot system is annoying as hell. Every encounter will drop you a ton of new weapons - making it less rewarding finding a special weapon - Aswell as the outfit system. My character looked like a clown the entire game. - The driving varies from "ok" to really hacking bad. All of those systems feel unfinished. If they were actually thought through, you'd end up with a really good game. Combine those with the aspects the game already does well, you'd get one of the best ever made. There is so much potential but they cleary ran out of time.
