Without going into a long rant about Cyberpunk and what it could have been, I'll just focus on what it actually came out to be. It is a very average game with ok story (nothing of epic / emotional Witcher level), standard shooting mechanics, nice looking but dead empty open world, short main quest line and little else to do. Bugs are far worse than Witcher at launch although not game breaking for most part, if you have decent hardware. Not sure about state of game now as I finished the game on the original version of 1.03. No desire to replay the game a second time as the game plot has close to zero variability - so once you played it once, you have seen 90% of what there is to see story wise. Don't see how this game can ever become epic - don't think it can. Just one of those things. Hope CDPR can learn from this and amend their ways. Going further in CP2077 direction will mean the end of this studio's potential for me - and I truly rate Witcher series as some of the best RPG storytelling, with Witcher 3 being an absolute star. Should you buy this? I think not unless it is on 50-80% sale and going in with a biiiig pinch of salt, but it's up to you.
I see that a lot of reviews are advising to play Witcher series games in a certain order which is different from how the games were released. Witcher has an amazing story and is a great series to play if you are an RPG or action RPG fan. I strongly advise you to play Witcher 1, then Witcher 2 and then finally progress to Witcher 3. Yes, Witcher 1 and 2 WILL feel dated, but they are not THAT dated. You will appreciate the main character, understand his development / predicaments, and also enjoy the evolution of graphics, story-telling and gameplay mechanics. You will also enjoy Witcher 3 more once you compare it to its predecessors - you will see how far the developers have come. Having said this, Witcher 2 is the weakest instalment in the series in my view as it is closer to an adventure game with rather linear storytelling and locations. Not a lot (if any) of travelling back and forth between towns and villages. However I would still play it because it introduces you to a great number of characters you then meet again in Witcher 3 - you will simply miss on many nuances and innuendoes if you skip through this game. I envy you if you have not touched this series - it is a treat of note.
