Game has one gameplay. shooting things. Others mechanics are tedious. wanted a RPG. Got FPS.
The Sad part is that, even if they fix the bugs, Give some QoL. They'll never be able to give the game we were sold because the major problem it's in its core.
Cyberpunk 2077 is a lie. but Shooterbot 2077 is real
Between the bugs, performance, story, missing features, outright lies by management, treatment of employees, letting "corpos" drive when the game releases rather than when it's finished, etc... this is not a finished product. I know we're used to giving devs a pass with ironing out post-launch bugs with a patch or two, but this is a mess. CDPR knew exactly what they were doing with their review embargos. They lied about features, the state of the game, and how they treated devs to trick people into buying their game, then offered refunds, knowing that sony WILL NOT hand out refunds, and that most people won't bother jumping through hoops to get their money back.
To all of the devs that worked on this project, thank you. To management, you screwed up. Have fun drying your tears with all of the money you tricked customers into giving you.
This is not an RPG. This is not a shooter. This is not a game that should have been released or event put out as an alpha.
I avoided as many videos as I could before playing the game so as to not colour my opinoin of it when it released. I also tried to avoid becoming too hyped for it so as to not be disapointed if it didn't live up to expectations. Both of these considered I have become very jaded with the game in a very short timescale.
Cyberpunk 2020 pnp game was a mainstay of my mid teens and is something I loved. This does not even deserve to share the same name as that wonder of childhood imagination.
The list of what is wrong is quite a long one, off the top of my head as follows:
* Driving is abysmal. If they play tested this on M+K then I am shocked.
* Amazing introduction to the game that then abruptly ends and montages into a pale reflection of the first few hours
* Crafting is a bland inventory screen with no real customisation available
* Live path choice makes no difference, neither do choices in dialouge. "All roads lead to" as it were.
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* No real progressing your life path just a montage (mentioned above) and things abruptly change.
* AI is non existent. All NPC's do the very same thing
* FPS shooting is really bland, the enemies just do one of two things "cover and peek out at semi regular intervals" or "charge headlong into you while you hipfire and down them".
And some of the things that were meant to be in the game?
* NPC daily routines and AI? Nope none of that
* wanted system and corrupt cops?
* techies and controllable bots?
* vehicle customization?
* the subway? Literally the mainstay.
* customizable apartments? or moving?
* elemental weapons?
* clothing stats being based on augments and mods?
* weapons being upgradeable and customizable?
* customizable backstories?
* bringing people back to your apartment?
* the day and night cycle affecting the game and world?
* dynamic weather?
No where to be seen.
Aside from the messy state in wich the game was released - lot of bugs and glitches (wich can be fixed eventually), this game is not what We were promised.
From the very start, You can feel that a lot of content Was cut out, to the point that instead of getting to know the city and the characters gradually, You are thrown inside with a 1 min long (or something like this) cutscene, in wich You can see all the cool stuff and mission You could do if it only wasn't cut out.
The "choices" in most of the missions will usually give You the same result, and I really cant's see the V's past impact on the story (besides a special dialogue option that again - doesen't change anything). Maybe my expectations Were too high, but really - bugs and glitches can be fixed, but i guess the core gameplay, lack of the promised impact on the game world that We, as players would have - will stay with us forever.
The game looks ands sounds great, You can really see that a lot of effort Was put into creating the Night City, at a times You just want to admire Night City at night, flying AV's, neon lights and wonder what this game could be.