I would give this game around a 4 star review on the gameplay as I find it quite fun, but with the serious bugs still in the game 8 months after release, I gotta give 2 stars. I once spent 45 mintues on a mission playing stealth, only to beat the boss before I was suppose to which resulted in a game breaking bug unless I started back on a save file at the beginning of the level. After update 1.3, I feel there are more bugs than ever. Try aiming at pedestrians with your gun, then turning around and looking back. They all disapear! Not to mention still no car/character customization that was promised. I'd recommend checking back in 6 more months.
I don't want to write a long review. I just Wang to say I was extremely disappointed with this game. Didn't live up to the hype, it performs poorly even on an ultra top end laptop. It's so buggy even a year on the game just isn't worth bothering with. I found the storyline just well storylineless. There was no substance the game felt boring especially when trying to level up. I didn't enjoy playing this and I've not even bothered to complete it. Go play the Whitcher 3 Wild Hunt from the same company outstanding quite possibly the best game ever made.
Game in it's current state is not worth the money. The vibrant world they advertised is flat and uninteresting, AI for enemies and pedestrians is almost nonexistent. It is still advertised as an "RPG" on the store page but the dialogue options are lacking and most of your choices dont really matter. The world design is amazing, but there's nothing to do in it. Street vendors, most of which you cant interact with. NPC's that will replay the same conversation over and over, never moving from their spot. CDPR promised the world and then slowly removed feature after feature once the preorders rolled in.
The game is functional (on a decent PC) and has a satisfying gameplay loop. The parts that are cinematic are well voiced and animated. The world design is top notch and there are many places you can climb up and walk around in. It fits the setting very well. The guns and armour/clothes are also very pretty and interesting to look at.
If it were not for the ridiculous advertising campaign that CDPR used to generate hype for preorders, I wouldn't rate the game so harshly. But this game is nowhere near what was advertised. Unfortunately this sort of behaviour has become the industry standard as of late. CDPR advertised to consumers a vibrant, living world and quests that change according to your lifepath and actions. But the reality falls short. The story is interesting, but not as interesting or fleshed out as a true RPG. The gunplay is fun, but not as well developed as an FPS. The driving is functional, but nowhere near the depth that a game like GTA has. The character design is interesting, but you almost never see yoursel;f so it doesnt matter that much.
To me, Cyberpunk 2077 is a game that tried to be several other games at once but ended up falling short of all of them. Coupled with the dodgy advertising and abysmal PS4/XboxOne reception, it serves as being more of a "eh" that will be fun to play, but won't be memorable.
All bad news and bugs aside. This game is simply not enjoyable.
- Horrid AI, vehicle physics, and combat -- worse than some PS1 games even.
- Boring story full of cliches and unecessary crassness.
- Nothing innovative with the game at all.
Performance isn't an issue for me, as I'm playing on 9900K @5ghz w/ RTX3090.
Worst experience in the game far was the death of a major character, who is then immediately afterwards shown clipping halfway through the car they died in like one of those flailing-arm-inflatable-tube-man-fans. Completely ruined what was clearly supposed to be a emotional scene.
Uninstalled immediately after that. Maybe I'll try it again in 5 years after modders have had time to right the many wrongs from the now joke of a game company. I have ZERO confidence CD Projekt Red will do much to improve the game aside from fixing some of the most glaring bugs. They'd basically have to remake the enitre game to fix all the fundamental issues it has.
They already made back all their money, so the chances of them spending any real resources to IMPROVE the game are slim to none.