a massive disappointment after the witcher 3, it's an ok game but barely a shell of what was expected and shown. the music and sidequests are the highlights but outside of that its the usual looks like a massive lake but its only an inch deep.
To begin with. A good game for me is a game where the story matters. I do not mind bugs, and I don't mind gameplay. Give me a walking simulator or basic gameplay with an overpowered character so I do not have to mind about gameplay too much and I am fine.
But there is so much opportunities missed storywise. There are so many nice storylines and characters, but everything seems to be just cut after 80%. No conclusing, nothing.
And finally, when do game developers finally learn, that it pisses of most players if you give the illusion of choice, when you then have a linear storyline with a sad ending. Nothing against bittersweet endings but the game all along is: You do missions, then everythings fails, everybody you do missions for leaves, dies, or the story simply ends abruptely. This game feels like a huge huge cliffhanger constisting of only cliffhanger stories.
And when I hear the management proudly claiming the players will need years to find everything they have hidden in the game????
I want to play a game and be able to experience ist. Not watch hundreds of youtube videos to find all the hidden endings, secrets, etc and then replay with a walkthrough to see what I would never ever find with playing mayself....
While not entirely terrible and having played through to completion once I will not be replaying. Unsatisfying is probably the best work used to describe my experience.
- Myriad of ways of attacking a solution to a mission however this is not actually impacted by your RPG character selection/development
- Does not feel like you can impact the world – Gangs as an example could be generic.
- Constantly feel disconnected with the world (which is the most disappointing part because it is wonderful) ie Do not like obtaining missions from your phone, characters are introduced willy nilly
- too easy
Reported bugs have not impacted me at all.
The game autosaves only before a bossfight. It does not let me save even 5 minutes after that bossfight because yOu ArE sTiLL iN cOmBat. Yeah well, screw you. Honestly, what is this? Now I have to do this annoying bossfight over again, yikes. Why not autosave directly after a bossfight or just let me save whenever the f... I want!?
Open world? It looks nice, but it's just a fassade. You can't interact with it most of the time. And don't forget the bugs. Jesus christ, it is so full of bugs.
They promised so much with this game. I am dissappointed. I will suffer through this mess just to see the end of the story. I don't know if I will ever touch it again after that. Bugs can and will be fixed. But the shallow game design will stay the same.
Same Open World again / Deja-V
The same city with the same look everywhere gets old fast and a small deserty area around it doesnt help.
1 romance option per gender preferance in a sexualized world
Dont like Pam or Judy ? Your problem ! The game outright lacks bi characters outside of a few short one-night stands.
Hassle of Hacking
The Hacking minigame is one of the worst minigames in history. Having to enter 3 (!) or more different codes is probably the most infuriating thing the game throws at you.
Why craft when you can loot ?
Im collecting tons of crafting components but why should I craft anything ? Loot drops are sufficient to play through the game and crafting blueprints are very hard to come by.
Cars ? Im walking !
Why should I use a car ? Often, enemy groups are found in side streets so you have to get in and out of your car constantly.
Very Rare Random Encounters
These are spawned around the map but they are often so far away from each other that it takes minutes to find the next group of enemies.
Killed 100 Thugs ... anyone trying to hunt me down ? Nope !
What is worse than having to search for random encounters is walking towards people that should know you killed their friends to remain peaceful.
Progression ? Just grind some more hours for 1 point ...
I have a 100 hours savegame but Im only at level 17. Odd thing is, my Street Credibility is almost 50. Enemies yield between 5 and 10 XP while needing 2000 XP and rising.
Broken Skill System
Leveling a Skill to max level shoud reward you with something good right ? Riiight ? Nope ! In Cyberpunk there are these 'ultimate' 20th Skill level Perks and they do ... nothing.
Choices ? Bad Ending anyway ...
Mass Effect 3 all over again. Why are such endings created ? Did Ron and Hermione die in HP7 ? Did Anna die in Frozen ? No, they stay with the MC because people grow accustomed to them.