The amount of backlash this game received made me feel guilty to say that I loved it. My 1st playthrough were in the first 2 months after launch and I recently started a new one and I’m still loving it. STORY: 10/10 The game tells a human, gritty and personal story and it was the best part of the game to me. Other RPGs usually offer more choices, but lack in terms of presentation. Here it is the opposite: the actor performances, lighting and overall mood is incredible, it looks like a well-directed movie in first-person with a few moments for you to make a choice. I highly recommend playing the side quests because some of the best moments are in those and it will greatly improve your choices towards the end. GRAPHICS & SOUND: 9,5 There were many jaw-dropping scenes and places I've visited. Most textures look incredible, the light is spectacular (even without ray-tracing), the soundtrack is excellent and sound design is good. The city is a mixture of different cultures, technologies in a dichotomy of prosperity and poverty. It's a great interpretation of the dystopian vision from the pen & paper series. I recommend playing (if you can) with crowd density set to High, because the sheer number of NPCs will enhance the metropolis atmosphere and will make you forget for a while they are "dead" inside. GAMEPLAY: 8,5 Combat is a lot of fun, varied and the fluid class system is quite good. But the AI can be dumb and the police system is still bad even after some patches. I don’t usually mess around with open-world mechanics outside of quests, so your mileage may vary. Also, I actually enjoyed the driving (mostly used a gamepad for this though). PERFORMANCE: It depends Yeah, unfortunately, this game is best enjoyable with a beefy system. If you can install it on an SSD and have the hardware to run it above 50 FPS on low to medium settings you will have a great time, and the game will still look good. And now I rarely see bugs or glitches (compared to when it launched).
