After reading the reviews I launched the game not really knowing what to expect. Maaaan, I was in for a surprise. The setting is amazing, the clothing (tricornes!) is sooo aestethically pleasing. The story is quite interesting, Searching for a cure for a deadly plague while at the same time uncovering buried secrets regarding your country and your past for both of those plots to intertwine during the ending. NPCs are okay too, some of their personal quests do push forwards or influence the main plot. Fights? Taking a shot with a musket between melee attacks is strangely satisfying. Did I mention the tricornes yet? Runs flawlessly on Linux under Lutris/Proton, I had to edit the installation script to remove The Adventurer's Gear DLC as I don't own it. The bad? A bit clunky movement, be careful to lock your targets during fights because otherwise it gets random (to the point of shooting your musket into the air, hitting no one). Animations, especially speech, yikes. Overall? I had lots of fun with the game, certainly worth it.
I don't know where to start, I just fell in love with the game since day one. Yes, I decided to ignore the pre-launch buzz to try to stay unbiased by the hype created (ME:A has taught me well, it seems). Yes, there were (and still are) bugs and glitches but over my 400 hours spent ingame I had to reload once (one of the cyberpsychos didn't spawn, reload fixed it), the rest were/are mostly visual and I can live with that. Love the visuals, both the creation and the execution, from City Centre skyscrapers to shaby huts in the Badlands. Love the voice acting, Cherami Leigh simply owns everyone as FemV, all the different accents and dialects - VDB Kreole, Valentinos' spanglish, Takemura's coarse japanese accent and all the others make Keanu look a bit weak in comparison. I can just walk around Night City admiring the views and listening to NPCs talking. And look for Nibbles once I'm back home. Some of the quests are among the best I've ever encountered (Sinnerman, the Hunt to name but a few). Katana + Sandevistan? Big yes. Crouching, stealthy hacker? Why not, make your own way. Cons? I think the prologue is too short, there should be a few quests and a bit of a story between the prologue and Sandra Dorsett gig - I want to know Jackie better, not just be tossed into the friendship by the devs. Also, in a way (but it seems it's typical for CDPR - cue the Witcher 3) some of the quest (main storyline included) outcomes are defined by earlier dialogues (looking at you, Beast in Me). I should probably get used to it tho. Oh, and all the menus and loading screens are in 16:9 ratio, luckily the game itself runs well in 21:9. Overall, totally worth my time and money. Upgrading to 3070 Ti didn't hurt either, it's gorgeous with most of the eyecandy turned on. Can't stop diggin' Night City. Oh, last but not least - the quest names make a nice playlist ;)
