This game has some very good points, the atmosphere is great and the gun play is great, sadly there's not enough gunplay and the city is only skin deep, this game is 90% cutscenes, its more like an interactive movie where you have to press the f key all the time to keep advancing
if you want to have long cutscenes then have proper cutscenes, not this illusion you try to portray that the player is in control, i'd rather watch a good proper cutscene and then carry on with gameplay then have 90% just an interactive "press F" all the damn time to continue cutscene
Deus ex human revolution is a great example of a game where gameplay is prioritized and cutscenes are there to support the story, cyberpunk just railroads you and is literally an interactive movie
Cyberpunk, by itself, is a average open world game with decent gun play. Memorable characters, and with a plot thats nothing to write home about.
BUT. if you take into account all the promise they made about the game (Corrupt cops, mercenary's, trains, life paths having more meaning then just "where you want to start", in-depth character creation, being able to go into any building you want, etc.) and ultimately LIED about. The current state of the game, being broken and unpolished (even worse on consoles). The fact the this game is NOT a RPG by anymeans, other than perks; which are just basic stat upgrades and lite additions, nothing major. and the world lacks any depth at all that doesn't involve gunfights. And the AI is laughable at best.
Then the game is TERRIBLE in that department. Shame on you CDPR for advertising something that was never going to be, at least from its release date. And using your goodwill from the witcher 3 to essentially boost pre-order numbers and sales for the holidays.
I'm glad CDPR's reputation has burned to the ground at this point. Hope they think twice before over-hyping a something that isn't. And ill think twice before I buy anything from CDPR ever again
I do not often pre-order games, but for Cyberpunk I thought, "it's CDPR of course it will be a good game." And long story short, I learned that pre-ordering is still a bad idea.
The game itself is beautiful, but the world feels empty. There is little interaction that you can have with the world and you do not have to go far before cracks begin to appear. The NPC behaviour in this game is laughable at best, worse than games which came out over 10 years ago. The police have become an absolute meme where they spawn behind the player after you commit a crime, and can be easily escaped because they cannot drive, so you simply run around the corner and the chase is over.
The story is okay, but if you were expecting your choices to actually matter, you will be disappointed. The game feels like you are just put on a rollercoaster which carries you through an entertaining but predetermined set of loops and turns, where occasionally you will get to pick between 2 paths.
The game feels like it needed another couple of years to cook.
Its not an Ubisoft game or anything, but it does not feel like it was made by the same studio that brought us the Witcher games.
The game itself I guess is not so bad but not worth it considering all the bugs and linear gameplay. The world felt as if it could have been significantly better. I wished it had more rpg elements to make me feel like a part of the world and not just an observer. As in my title I bought the game early so naturally there were several bugs and glitches. Although these were subsequently ironed out, I do not feel the need to replay this game. It is difficult to explain but it is not something I would want to replay because it felt linear to me despite the illusion of freedom. Anyways I would only recommend playing if it went on sale for no less than half price.
First off, I really believe if you just played shooters and GTA-like Games so far you will be very happy with CP2077.
If you are coming von a RPG or or CRPG perspective, or really liked the Witcher Series I would not recommend.
A lot of people complained about bugs, but honestly, on PC at the end of December 2020 I did not discover any bugs that would cause me to downvote the game. (I can live with some, all RPGs have them)
The game to me has a much more serious problem with its general design.
To also mention the positiv things. The Graphics and the world design, as well a the setting is just beyond every other game I've ever played. The world makes me want to discover all the parts of it, every building, every street, seems to be designed with care, and thats great. And it is a very big game world, in which you could easily have more the one game unfolding it's story, without designing a new game world and in which I could spend 200+ hours more.
BUT
they are terrible from a role playing perspective, beyond act 1. Act 1 was honestly great, and excatly what I expect of the game after seeing the trailers, trying to make your way to the top in a flashy cyberpunk world with its bright and dark sides. The problem of the story is that is that it basicly has its final in act 1 and goes down after and ends terrible. Works for a Indie game as a "experience" but its a bad expirience, so no replayability and not matching expectations. Also there is no freedom of choice and many parts (tarot cards, priests you meet) just mean nothing in the and - which fits the general theme of the story, but also - isnt a enjoyable experience to me.
This results in little freedom of choice. Also the whole "romance" part (which they talked about in the trailers) had little freedom of choice and game of thrones like "you thought this character is important-but no".
It seems to be a general idea to "tease and not deliver" in the game, which is interesting but in the and not enjoyable. 2/5
