First of all: "Your review should focus on your in-game experience only. Let the game stand entirely on its own merits." I believe the game's merits are also strongly reflected in the merits of the developer and publisher. To disassociate these into disparate entities would make for a dishonest review, and though it will not affect my star rating, I'll address this one thing first: CDPR did an extremely shady thing disallowing private gameplay footage for early reviews of this game, as has become apparent from the performance issues on consoles. This is not okay, especially in the wake of the crunch excuses. If crunch was effective, this game would be in a better condition by now. It is not. Don't go back on your word & then deliver a product in this condition. Anyway: I LOVE this game! I love everything about the story, I love the setting, I love the concept and the RPG systems. The story is compelling, the characters are very likeable and V is such a real person, with excellent voice actors and surprisingly complexity. The choices you make in the game do seem to actually matter, and near every mission I've done so far has consistently allowed me to pick my own approach. PC performance is fine, even on my mid-end machine & I can maintain a consistent playable framerate on relatively high settings, which is great! On PC, CP2077 seems to perform decently across the board. The bad: BUGS Bugs bugs...! I'm experiencing nothing gamebreaking, but you cannot play for 5 minutes without encountering bugs. Physics bugs, NPC pops, NPCs despawning instantly if you shoot the air, UI hiccups that require reloading to fix (you can lose crucial info in the hotel, or get stuck with the HUD saying you have 0 HP). Jumpy doodads, clipping thru vehicles, Jackie completely upended a whole room by WALKING thru it in the first mission you did with him. Visual bugs. They're charming, but still bugs. Funny, but they do detract from the experience. I'd wait a few months before buying.
