If we put aside all of the bugs and all broken promises from CDPR, this game is still average at best. The Night City: The game looks great at night, but not so much during the day. But it's dead. NPCs don't do anything interesting, there are no interesting encounters like in other open world games. It's an average to below average game world. The Gameplay: This is not an RPG, it's an action game with two to three choices on how to approach the situation. Either shoot, in which case the AI is pretty bad an unchallenging, hack, or stealth your way through, but there are no tense situations here like in Metro. You don't have fun and interesting upgrades like in Deus Ex, and those that are there, feel like something is missing. No immune system upgrades, no legendary eye sets, no leg sets above "rare" items? It's a below average RPG and an average action game with pretty dull encounters. The Story: As impressive as it looks at the start, the end leaves a lot to be desired. And there are a TON of plot holes once you look back at the story. Side missions and characters barely have any influence on the game end (barely because there is one that does). There are no interesting choices here like in Mass Effect 2. The plot is centered around 2 characters and a corporation, there are no grand themes. Do not expect Blade Runner style of epic story. Conclusion: Witcher 3 is among the top 5 games of all time for me. But this game is nowhere near that level of quality. Bugs will get fixed, but will they change and deepen core mechanics? Maybe. But at that point, this will not be Cyberpunk 2077, it will be some other future game. Cyberpunk 2077 was followed by a huge marketing hype train, and in my opinion, that train crashed into a wall of mediocrity.
