This game is not rated bad because it is a bad game, but because people had way too high expectations. It´s like CP2077 is a snowman and almost everyone wanted to have a nice wellness day in the sauna with it. Never able to get close to the expectations. Other companies release games and people are like "I am so proud to pay 60€ for buggy bullshit to be a beta tester for this unprofessional, on customers spitting company!". Here they get a pretty stable game (for me at least) with some not gamebreaking bugs from a caring company and this is not exceptable!?!? I will hold back but you can ask Johnny Silverhand what I would like to say here. ;) Right now the strongest points of the game are the atmosphere and the story, but those are exceptional imo. The characters are so good. I instantly bonded with all the important and even less important ones. In many games I forget the names of chars while playing because I don´t care. Not here! I will remember the chars and story for a long time! I felt angry, sad, happy, excited... The storytelling is so well done. I like the ego-perspective and that everything is told in-game, almost without cut-scenes. Very immersive experience, feeling more "in character". The game plays and feels like a hybrid between Fallout, Borderlands and GTA. The RPG part is ok for now. Choices matter and alter the story. All skills are useful. There is hacking, stealth, melee fighting, shooting of course... You can play as you like. The open-world aspect could be better but I´m sure it will get better over time. No more space to explain here... So my point? Already amazing but give it some time. Let updates and DLC´s come! It has great potential and could become the "Defender Of The Crown" for the best RPG after The Witcher 3. I´m not disappointed and I´m glad that I payed full price to support CDPR. For me it is the best game I played in 2020. Get it if you like a dark and rough cyberpunk atmosphere with a well told story. See you in Night City!
This is my first review ever. I normally don´t judge games, because it´s mostly a matter of personal taste, but i really owe this one a review. First let me say: don´t take the bad ratings too seriously! It´s just flaming about unsatisfied expectations. I never played Genesis and i don´t care if this game is just a remake. It´s a great game! It mixes all kinds of fantasy TBS games to a bowl of fun. It´s the best i´ve ever played and i know plenty of ´em. If you like fantasy TBS, get this game. You won´t be disappointed. Another thing is: there WAS a problem with saved games, because the GOG version was missing two essential files. I wrote to Snowbird support and they reacted almost instantly. After a few hours we located the problem and now the game works without any flaws. Snowbird told GOG about this problem and they fixed it almost instantly, too. So thank you Snowbird and thank you GOG for this fantastic game and the very good support. Again: this is the best fantasy TBS i know of, but as i stated in the beginning, it´s a matter of personal taste of course. If you want hundreds of heros roaming around the map, this is not your game. If you like focusing on a few heros and level them to great leaders, this will be your game to play.
