The experience of playing this game falls very short of what was promised in the promotional material leading up to its release. It is clear that much content was cut out. The bugs, the AI (or lack thereof), the lack of meaningful interactions or choices, all of these things have already been pointed out in lots of other reviews. I am glad that I have the hardware to play the game on maximum graphics quality though, because at least the city is amazingly detailed and hauntingly beautiful, even in its dystopian ugliness. I am a huge fan of Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell, and also vaporwave music. I love walking around Night City (with a controller, because using a keyboard I cannot *not* run (the awkward keyboard controls are another example of the lack of polish) with some vaporwave music in the background. I really have to give the world designers credit for their work in this game, because it absolutely nails the atmosphere present in the aforementioned movies and music style. Perhaps it is only fitting that there is no interaction to be had with any people in the city (other than one of the few standard lines of dialogue that they repeat over and over): loneliness and alienation is a defining characteristic of the cyberpunk and vaporwave genre. This game is style over substance: A beautifully crafted world that is squandered by bog standard gameplay.
