... so why the 3 stars you might ask yourself? Well, apart from horrible performance, glitches and bugs, Night City is beautifully designed, graphics, also characters and some quests are really good. But as what this game was actually advertised... a RPG (!) with a breathing, living world, it is just bordering on fraud or scam. I am only halfway through the story (40h in), but judging from other reviewers, the game will not offer more than what I already experienced in terms of gameplay mechanics. And here is were the game mainly falls short, seeing generously over bugs atm.: What are my issues: - Balancing problems: Even playing on hard as a netrunner/sniper build, after getting certain perks or weapons, you can almost one-shot or one-hack enemies and be done with it. Game is a breeze with it. And not end-game, but midgame like in my case - No Interactivity with the gameworld - sub-standard wanted system: the wanted system in the style of GTA is a joke: NPCs spawn randomly behind you and forget you if you run 100 meters - player choice and consequence: Also a heavy part of advertisement, it seems the initial different lifepaths have no consequence apart from a different 30 min intro. Also choices in main story missions maybe influence the occasional conversation or two and partly ending, but Id say 85 % of the game plays out the same no matter what you do. A big load of BS - Crafting and customization is very basic and horrible in terms of user experience and also makes no sense (why does a bandana give more armor than a full on helmet or bullet proof vest?) Quote: CDPR "The whole game is going to be a meme" Well, this certainly didn't age well It is an okay game all around but it could be amazing because it has SO MUCH POTENTIAL. This is what makes me really angry as it is apparent there were some corners to cut, things to drop, etc. Very disappointed in this company, feel sorry for the actual devs. Mod-Community to the rescue? Who knows...
