Even though the story is gripping and the world design is jaw dropping, I just cannot recommend this game in it's current state. The game is so buggy on a fundamental level that I honestly feel like they never bothered to test the game before shipping it out. There are so many game breaking bugs (currently I am stuck because Mitch's car during the "I'll Fly Away" quest is bolted to the ground. That is on top of the numerous visual and gameplay bugs plaguing the game. A lot of items cannot be picked up from the ground, shards would be unreachable, cars appearing and disappearing, getting thrown hundreds of meters away while climbing, random clipping into things and becoming stuck, having your gun become invisible after switching, the list goes on and on. And even if you can overlook the bugs, there are basic game design issues at play. The police and enemy AI is more A than I. Prompts to pick up items are finicky at best and will be hidden by dialogue cues if a charater is close. Tech sniper rifles makes the fights way too easy. Gun types, mods and comsummables could have use much more variety and polish. I can go on for much longer, but I think you all get the point now. There is a good game burried somewhere underneath this technical mess. The story is great, the characters are interesting, and the setting is one of my favorite I've ever played, but it is really hard to recommend the game in its current state. There is no doubt that this game was rushed out of the door in order to make investors happy and we are witnessing the consequences of it. I am sure the devs are working hard ini order to fix all these issues, but until they are fixed, people should probably avoid this title.
