As an old fart from the 80s, I can tell this game only has good puns referring to the 80s (among others, I liked the buzzers listing various movie characters names from the 80s, indeed), but in my opinion, there's not much more to it. The game does not guide you through its branching, so the chances of getting a rather "uneventful" ending are significantly high. Conceptually speaking I might even like this approach, but the very game mechanics (consisting of seeeeeveral mouse clicks) makes replaying it very unlikely. As pointed out by other fellow reviewers: this is NOT a cop simulator. It's a clicker with some witty puns/nonsense here and there. I give it a 3/5 because I could tell it's a work of love, and a (sadly) missed opportunity.
1-Story: Not gonna spoil, but a certain turn of events clears the air about what "it's about saving yourself" means, and pretty quickly. Maybe too quickly. As quickly as the game throws a 2 minutes montage at us and expects us to care about certain npcs. The whole plot feel rather lackluster. No stars here. 2-Gameplay: If you are a controller type of gamer like me, just unplug it and use keyboard + mouse. "Aim Assist" does not help with aiming, which remains a torture. Most of the cars felt like old muscle cars with 0 handling and poor braking power: at some point I've decided to simply fast travel to destinations. Hacking and other mechanics don't bring anything new to the table, while stealth is possibly the most frustrating: your companion typically screws them all by following you like a drunk hobo trying to walk a straight line, while you're trying to surgically sneak past enemies. Speaking of drunk hobos: Melee combat. Seriously, I'm well past my 40s, but I was yet to see anything as terrible as this. Not even 4D Sports Boxing on the Amiga 500 felt as terrible (and it's a game from 1991). Enemies benefit from some sort of perks that I wish to have, as they manage to deal damage through your "blocks", and somehow even get to hit you even while swinging in an entirely different direction. Gameplay is so bad it brought me memories of what gaming felt like in the 80s/90s: so I'm giving it 1 Nostalgia Star. 3-Graphics: I'd say the only 2 things that shine are Night City and npcs Mo-Cap. The city actually has the cyberpunk vibe, even tho it just remains a "vibe". The so much anticipated (sexy) private shows are mere cosmetics *coff* baits *coff*: too bad, for an heavily sexualized city as a cyberpunk city should be. Not to mention food kiosks, where you can't order anything (anti-covid restrictions?) 4-Audio: 1 star for the music (they've been "chippin in" on music so much, so it was to be expected); Conclusions: At least wait for a patch (and/or a discount).
Immersive story, awesome art, places to go, choices to make, funny "puzzle" Gwent battles and all. But now the funny Witcher games are over, CDPR: Time for CYBERPUNK 2077! lol
