I pre-ordered this game few hours before it's release, although I've been following the game for like a year ago. The wait is finally over. So, how's it going to be? To explain this game in terms of other games (and as short as possible): It's open world like GTA (but unlike GTA), with first-person only perspective, a little bit of Watch Dogs: Legion style of hacking (DISCLAIMER: I haven't play WD:L yet), RPG system like that of Fallout (except their dialogue system, Fallout 4 dialogue system is terrible), and a dystopian future of... well, cyberpunk (like many other stories in that genre). For my personal experience, I wasn't disappointed that much, since I didn't have high expectation for this game. But I actually enjoyed this game. Maybe I didn't have that sky-high standards for video games. As of writing, this review, I've spent 50 hours into this game, and that's all that matters. The game's pretty amazing, if you ignored all the bugs and criticisms out there. And what disappoints me are not the software bugs. Rather, it's the gameplay design that let me down. Sure, the crafting system is quite broken. You gain more from salvaging a certain item than to craft it. Crafting somehow permanently bloats your save file up to the point your save gets corrupted (8MB size limit). And crafting requires you to hold down the craft button for a full second (just to craft ONE item), so bulk crafting takes ages to complete. But in the end, I'm still able to drive around the map in a car, I'm still able to quickhack my enemies to death, I'm still able to grind for levels through NCPD's auto-generated requests, and I'm still able to hoard items as much as I want! Yay! If you're interested in this game, just look some of video playthroughs in the Internet. See it for yourself on how will you like the game. ...Maybe they'll fix those bugs real soon. Hopefully. But for me, the game's still enjoyable as is right now.
I bought this game from hearing people talking about this absolutely incredible, legendary masterpiece that is Crysis! (and the jokes, too) Now, I've played and beaten this game on hard difficulty. Challenging, if you ask me. I took note of things in-game that amazes me. One section of the gameplay involves, as you can see in the description above, moving in a zero gravity environment. It was actually disorienting. Add to that your GPS is offline, sometimes I got confused where to go! I'm currently replaying this game in Delta difficulty (the hardest one where enemies talk Korean language (I don't understand Korean language (I wish I could))), and it's even more challenging! Enemies are capable of killing you in a few shots, even if your suit is in armor mode. And no crosshair, so aim with iron sights. But I improvised. By driving a car, engaging the cloak, and switched to the mounted gun seat whenever I'm close to enemies. All they see is an empty car and they're no wiser than that. I could talk all day about the minor experiences in this game, but I'm not going to waste my time here. All I could say is that I'm amazed on how they made a game that stays good until the time this game takes place on, August 14th, 2020! It's as if they predicted the future, minus the nanosuits and the aliens. And now they're making the remastered edition. I have never seen and will not see any more games that can keep up with the standards... to 13 years ahead since release!
