I loved the witcher games (and the books when they first come out) so much so that I themed my wedding around witcher 3, so I was super excited for a cyberpunk game from the studio that gave us the witcher, after getting the game I have to say I'm disapointed, the game is barely playable, countless graphics and physics issues and a handful of engine/gamplay issues make me just about able to enjoy the story, I'm really sorry I pre-ordered it as it shouldn't have made it's money back. As a rule I don't preorder games anymore but I really thought the CD project would deliver, guess no such thing as a trustworthy companies anymore
biggest disappointment ever. except for featuring keanu reeves, this game has nothing, neither good story, worst control, poor world design, poor rpg, the game has no base at all. & not to mentions tons of bugs.
Saddened and disappointed by this. Going back and looking at the 2018 "gameplay" reveal after playing this was truly breaking my heart... The game can be fun at times but the bugs, glitches, lacking features, non-existent AI, dead open world and broken physics constantly remind you that you will never get to play the game that was promised back in 2018. I don't blame the devs, I blame the management at CDPR. They truly did an EA/Ubisoft, and CDPR used to be my most beloved game studio of all time. I even pre-ordered this which I never does usually.
You will need to work on this like the devs did on No Man's Sky if you hope to regain some of your lost reputation... :*(
The Pluses.
1. Excellent visuals and soundtrack.
2. No class system, build the character you want.
3. Interesting main NPC's
4. Actually decide what your own penis looks like (though it seems unfair that female characters only get one option). Or, if that's of zero interest to you, you can always have a pair of generic underwear and never see your genitalia.
5. Shop dealers will give you 3 eddies for an empty air hypo, so there is no such thing as bad loot.
The Minuses
1. Bugs (these will hopefully get fixed).
2. So far, except for a few minor dialogue choices, it seems whatever origin story you pick makes little if any difference in progression of any part of the game.
3. Grand questitis. Just like with Skyrim and Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 and The Outer Worlds (etc. ad nauseum) there is a big flowing quest that you can abandon at any time to do other more interesting stuff (yeah, I have the avatar of a big rock God in my head, but first I need to pop over here to beat up some hoodlums so I can steal some random guns for cash).
4. Remember the penis discussion from above? Yeah well some of the clothing models let your schlong hang out (sort of like the hairdo issues in Skyrim with helmets and ponytails sticking out the back, but more...well dongy).
5. Lots of people but it's sort of like that scene in the matrix, where you see the same model avatars walking past you. I've counted roughly 20 models, but you will see the same ones over and over again after awhile.
Is it worth it? Well its not the Witcher 3, but I'm not totally disappointed. Project Red is also handling people who weren't satisfied with anything less than perfection out of the gate with and I'm sorry and here is your money, so it's not like steam and play for 2 hours and get stuck. I'm going to stay with it. If people could put up with No Man's Sky launch, they can put up with a shaky start to what looks like a promising game. Happy Gaming!
-shitty graphics
-shitty optimisation
-bugs, lags...
-grindy af
-i don't have a high end pc(rx 590, i5-9400f, 16gb ram), but it's pathetic that the game that looks this awful can't be played on 60+ fps on low graphical settings(with resolution scale on 100%, 1080p), system requirements are fake.
-NPCs are bad
-good story
-decent shooting mechanics
-instead of spending the money Keanu Reeves you could have spent it on game optimization
