I waited until the latest patch to buy and play the game and, besides a few minor graphical glitches, did not encounter any bugs. The story is very engaging, the NPCs are well written and have interesting backgrounds, the adoptation of the Cyberpunk lore and atmosphere is, in my view, very well done. The game really makes you feel like you live in a dystopic future. It is a pity that the game launched, just like two of my favorite games: Kotor 2 and Fallout New Vegas, in an extremely buggy state. Those other two games are now, after several patches and with the help of the modding community, true masterpieces in gaming and storytelling. I believe Cyberpunk 2077 will take its place among them once the dust settles... Besides the bugs, common criticisisms of the game that kept me from buying it was the supposedly very shallow open world. Never been a fan of open world games; I play games mostly for their story and the deeper interaction with the main NPCs. Thus, I do not care if you can talk to a randomly generated passerby on the street, enter and look around any procedurally generated room in a random building etc. etc. Nevertheless, in Cyberpunk 2077 on several occasions a mission popped up just by listening to a seemingly random conversation on the streets. So there is some depth to the world, and also while playing, I always had the feeling of traversing in a mega-city with lots of diverse inhabitants. So I cannot relate to those who say the world feels shallow... The combat and the driving are probably not the best, if those things matter to you. The hacking could have been implemented a bit better perhaps... Inventory management is a chore, diversity of weapons and clothing feels superficial... But other than these, this is a great game with an interesting story that made me think about it long after I was finished....
I am not really into detective/adventure type of games, but I was immediately spellbound by the Return of the Obra Dinn. The visuals, the music (absolutely amazing), how characters that you never see in motion can become real people where you care about their fates. An absolute piece of art. Also a lot of fun to play.
First of, I waited until a month after the release of the game to avoid any major bugs and indeed did not experience any gamebreaking issues. The game is still being patched, but the current state is perfectly playable. Second, I found the gameplay to be marginally improved over the first Kingmaker game (which I liked a lot). The addition of the turn-based mode will please a lot of players. The story is totally different, much more epic and grand and kind of less personal, for me still very engaging. The writing is mostly good, the NPCs are mostly good, same as in the previous game. The reviews here are mostly negative. I believe this is mostly due to the amount of bugs the game had at launch. So I would suggest that you focus on the more recent reviews to find out about the current state of the game. Overall, one of the best CRPGs I ever played (over the last 25 years). It was very intensive, included some very cool moments, made me think hard about a lot of the choices I needed to make, and included some crazy difficult fights on an epic scale. These are for me the defining characteristics of a great RPG.
Well, I can say that a lot of effort and creativity went into this game. The artwork is beautiful, the music is good, the voice-acting is professional. The story tries to interact with the player, such that occasionally you get the feeling that your decisions affect the gameworld... But that's about it for me with the positives. The game consists basically two parts. In the first one, you explore the map while collecting resources and engaging with the world in a limited fashion. I found this part to be very tedious. The pathfinding is really poor, so that you have to click click click until your finger is sore. The second part makes up the battles in the form of a card game. I liked Gwent ok in Witcher 3, but here after my n'th card battle this has also become very repetitive. The puzzles with their unique solutions are sometimes interesting but oftentimes tiresome. The game is also pretty long (given its merits). After the second map I just wanted it to be over. The story didn't really strike a chord with me. I found the NPC's that travel with you very one-dimensional and uninteresting. The enemies are of cardboard quality villains. Still, after many "against-all-odds" victories I found myself rooting for the Nilfgaardians (they are the enemy). I think this should have been a game designed for and aimed at moble devices and mobile gaming. It looks nice, but has very limited features and is extremely repetitive. It sells itself (partly) as a role-playing game, but all the decisions I made have consequences which felt extremely arbitrary. At none of my choices was I really able to contemplate future consequences, because what happens next often made me say What?!.
