I wanted to love this game but unfortunately, there are one too many flaws in it. Still, I don't actually hate it, I'm just disappointed. Pros: World: Intricately designed to fit the Cyberpunk 2020 world. Clearly a huge amount of work and dedication went into this. Hats off to the developers to have done so much with so few resources and time. Aesthetics: Beautiful if imperfectly rendered at times. A lot of work done here too, obviously. Themes: Very much in sync with our times. Delivers the warnings the Cyberpunk 2020 franchise was supposed to. Cons: Story: close to being a pro but the abuse of the Johnny character and the strong linearity kind of spoil any fun. The general hopelessness and cynicism shown are a personal downside. However, you might like it. Logic: Blatantly illogical (or immoral) choices are often presented as the right ones. This was a flaw in the Witcher games too (sometimes). Clearly someone (or many people) at CD projekt Red have some questionable grasps of logic (and/or morality). Open world aspects: very limited for a game of this scale. Side missions are basically all the same (I'm being a little unfair). I don't count optimisation as a flaw because I know the developers are not at fault here. We all know the release was rushed for many reasons. I just hope the people who worked impossible hours to make the release date have at least been payed accordingly. All in all, it's worth playing, if only to show support for the huge work done by the development team (and CD projekt Red for their DRM free platform) but also, I think, to experience the intricate world that is the setting of Cyberpunk 2077.
