I really wanted to give this 5 stars but with the state it was released in, the bugs and the performance issues I just can't. That being said, I'm playing this game on a pretty high end machine so I suffered less from these performance issues than other people have. Looking past the bugs, this game has many things for me to love - first of all the city, which is probably the greatest city in any open world game I ever played. Not only it looks beautiful, but it feels like every corner has some story to tell. The world design itself manages to tell us about its history, culture and people. The side quests - I feel like every side quest, even the most generic "gigs" adds something to the story and to this world. All of them have some little twist in them, making each one memorable, something that a lot of open world games fail at. The characters and story - when I bought this game I just wanted a good open world RPG set in a cyberpunk setting. What I didn't expect is to be so invested in the story and the characters. I think the main plot here is really interesting, and made much more emotional by the exceptional cast of characters, their great writing and voice work. The soundtrack is also incredible. The original score has some real bangers, but also all the radio stations have some really, really good tracks. About the gameplay - I don't really enjoy the looter-shooter stuff, but I actually like the huge skill tree. It feels like there are many ways to approach the gameplay, and generally the game accomodates whichever style you choose. The gunplay here is really nice, and I also have to say I enjoy the stealth - hacking my way around to get to my objective. It's as close as it can get to an open world Deus Ex game. About this being an RPG - sure, it doesn't has as much depth as other RPGs, but it still feels like the player has a lot of choice here. I wish they gave this game more time, because then it could be perfect.
