I am flabbergasted by Cyberpunk 2077. I was expecting an awesome open world I could role-play in (you know, because it's a role playing game) and instead I found myself faced with limited customization, a lack of meaningful dialogue, and a character named "V" that I'm positive is just like everyone else's character named "V." I played all three "origin stories" and they had no impact on anything. V is as bland as oatmeal made with water. It's almost like I'm playing Fallout 4 again except the menus are worse and the combat is weird. The one positive difference from Fallout 4 is that V will say what you pressed. I am always waiting for the next game to let me create my own character. It's my favorite part of gaming. I thought I would be able to pretend to be a character I wanted to be, but instead my choices made no difference. What's going on with having to pick up all the random junk lying around? It's hard to even line V up to pick up all the useless garbage that goes into the poorly designed inventory. There's no feedback in combat. Did that guy take damage? Did I take damage? Better look at the HP bar that blends in with the whole screen--yep I'm almost dead. Never would have known I even took damage otherwise. The controls feel uncomfortable and combat is just not fun for me. The glitches can be funny, but are mostly just annoying. V became naked in the apartment mirror and in the ripperdoc's chair, and V has the weirdest sleep animations I have ever seen. NPCs pop out of thin air, characters walk through closed elevators, no one has anything important to say, and I haven't seen anywhere I could explore for fun. It's a lifeless environment. It's like they spent all the money on creating a sweet vibe and forgot they had to make a game to play too. Anyway, this game needs like ten updates, and it's annoying that they advertised this game as a finished groundbreaking masterpiece when it is clearly just an average game with an interesting setting.
