You know what? This is on me, truly. Trusting a game company to deliver an actual product they advertised. Crazy, right? I bought into the hype. I bought the POP figures, I bought the t-shirts. I watched Night City Wire play episode after episode, claiming to be the coolest thing I've encountered since sliced bread. It was an absolute flop. I can't even imagine being a PS4 or XB1 player. I'd have refunded immediately if I would know I'd be crashing literally every 5 minutes. I bought the 3070. I bought the 3600. Folks, playing with the RECOMMENDED SPECS AS PER THE DEVELOPER still leaves me hanging on, just barely. I can't turn RTX on. Ray tracing makes this game absolutely implode on itself. The stuff you saw in the trailers? Cut, removed, or a one-off scenario in a story mission. No spectacle, no polish, no content to be experienced. CRPR, you've outdone yourselves. Really. Bravo. I can proudly say I learned my lesson. I should be thanking CDPR. They've saved me hundreds on future purchases. Cyberpunk 2077 was the most disappointing thing to happen in my life, and I am amidst a global pandemic. CDPR, you really disappointed me.
I don't usually buy games full price, so I slept on this one for a while. For $12 base game+Mooncrash DLC, my god. I feel like I robbed the developers in a way. I would pay full price for this if I had known what I was going to be in for. What a ride. The mechanics, the narrative, the environmental storytelling, and the level design come together so beautifully. I truthfully had some great moments with this game. The jump scares, the moments my jaw literally dropped in awe at what I had either witnessed or achieved, and the overall bone-chilling first-time encounters with some of the enemies aboard Talos I I had, were worth every penny. Then I started the Mooncrash DLC. Just when I thought my palms couldn't get any sweatier, this game up and turns the notch up to 11 once again. The new and fresh randomly generated encounters, the risk-of-rain diffifulty scaling, and the additional narrative-driven story objectives for all the surivors really delivered another 5 star experience that I have never experienced in a DLC. Arkane, you guys have truly outdone yourselves. Those of you reading this, if you're anything like me and want the absolute most bang-for-your-buck experience from a AAA title, look no further. You will not be disappointed. 5/5 stars. Even one this sale ends and this goes back up in price, it is AGAIN still worth every damn penny. ~fin
