Cyberpunk 2077 is the pinnacle of modern game industry philosophy. Release now. Patch later.
- The game looks amazing on PC.
- The world is breathtaking but, shallow. Many doors are forever locked to the player.
- Controls are clunky with keyboard and mouse. It feels like the game is designed for a console controller.
- Features like Barber Shops or Tattoo Parlors are missing. Once you create your character as the beginning of the game, you are locked into those choices forever.
- The game is riddled with bugs. Not just visual bugs but, physics bugs and bugged quests.
- Cyberpunk 2077 was release too early and needed at least another 6 months to a year of development time. There is a good foundation here for CDPR to build on and turn the game into a true next gen experience, if they make the effort.
I recommend checking back in 6 months to see if the game is worth buying or wait for a 50% off or more sale.
It will take a lot of patches to fix this mess and it'll take a lot more to regain my trust. I've supported CDPR since Witcher 1, but they've just proved they don't deserve any support. They're no better than EAs and Ubisofts and Bethesdas of the world.
TL;DR: At the moment - 3/5 game at most. (patch 1.04) 17/12/2020
I gave it 1/5 because I was lied to by the marketing team. I don't like liars.
Hypothetically, yes, it might become a 5 star game in a few months or a year.
It is defenitly not 'a perfect game' or the 'best game ever' as some people claim.
Buy the game if you trust CDPR to fix everything, add the content they promised and if want to support them during this difficult time.
Wait if you are a patient consumer who would prefer a more polished and complete experience.
5/5 Map - The map is wonderful, it's the main reason I still have hope for this title.
4/5 Storytelling and soundtrack - Railroad story, no true choices but well presented with interesting characters. Good music, tho sometimes used to force emotion.
3/5 Artificial Intelligence - Enemies are not too bright. The city is populated by a few archtypes of NPCs with a few limited behaviors. It is noticeable and annoying after a while.
3/5 Physics, combat and loot - Combat is nothing special. Some world Items might blow up just by walking next to them or opening a nearby container, which are usually filled with useless loot.
2/5 Graphics - As a next gen RTX game I expected the main character to cast a shadow. Why do we need to press 'Use' on mirror to activate a reflection? (I play on max RTX PC settings).
Light from a bilboard can just go through cars and reflect on a puddle.
1/5 open world fidelity and UI - Key mapping for PC is redicules. Cause a traffic jam and make a 180 turn, see everyone reset and disappear. UI is just bad. Hold to craft 30 frag grenades? one at a time?
No hairdresser. No restaurants to sit and eat with other characters. No animations for buying new upgrades. A thin open world.
0/5 Police - A placeholder system. They will appear outside your vision cone even in a closed basement. Don't worry, if you move to the next room they won't see you anymore. You can leave the door open, they still won't see you.
The game could use some major bug fixing and performance improvement. The game when working perfictly looks beautiful, but after 30 minutes of playing, the fps would drop to 15 for some reason and would not improve even if I change the graphics settings... I have a rtx 3070.
In terms of gameplay, beyond the bugs, the gear system needs alot of work, Who ever thought it was a good idea to have a looter shooter type gear system for a fps/rpg?
The armor system is also broken, resulting in you looking like a tacky clown with mishmashed pieces of gear that provides the best armor value.
Driving is fine if you tweak the sensitivity a bit, but the cars are too expensive and there are not enough ways of making money. The way of buying cars is also stupid as you don't see the car's stats and they are not all in one place, why can't you test drive before you pay? As of now, you have to track down the car in the game and steal one from a npc and drive it, then go all the way across the map to where it is being sold.
