The game was unfinished at launch and needs bug fixing and work. The review is based on 140 hours of gameplay on very hard, on a high end pc. The good: 1: Fun gameplay, if you go with a hacking stealth build or guns blazing. 2: Beautiful looking game with raytracing, my jaw dropped multiple times during my playthrough. 3: Great characters to interact with during the main story and side quests. 4: Good and interesting story. 5: Level design is good in very many locations and missions, where exploring and choosing a different path can be rewarding. 6: The bigger side quests are great. The okay-ish: 1: Crafting is serviceable but feels unbalanced in regard to how much materials are needed to keep your favorite gun viable through the game. (maybe just on higher difficulties?) 2: Driving feels okay for most of the cars and bikes, while the lower qualities can feel like tanks. 3: Some implants like double jump change the gameplay, but others feel a little underwhelming. 4: Cyberpsychos quests can be fun fights, but setup should be more like Witcher 3 contracts with investigations and talking to NPCs beforehand. The bad: 1: Main story is too short, I wish this was longer and more fleshed out, I enjoyed the length of the Wicher 3 and this is not even a third of that. 2: Perk system, has too many do X percentage more damage, or reload faster skills, and some perks are completely useless. 3: Pedestrian and cop AI is horrendous. 4: Melee combat is not as satisfying to use as guns and hacking, needs more attacks and animations. 5: Gangs are a very underused aspect of the game, I wish this was more like Fallout New Vegas. 6: No gwent type mini game or any side actives like gambling. 7: Only one visible implant operation, rest are shop menus. 8: The game was unfinished at launch, where you could find bits and pieces of cut content I hope I can update my score in the future, so please CDPR keep working on the game and inject more life into Night City.
