This game have so many bugs that I loose all my interest to play in it. Cortroles on PC are terrible and ill-considered. So now I'll wait for repair for this bugcity. If You want to buy this game please wait.
I plan to complete it, enjoy it for what it is, and then likely never play it again, There is no player choice, no reason to replay, no build variety, nothing. The dialogue options are boring and give you no agency. Its literally Fallout 4 all over again in that regard (yes, no, but actually yes, sarcastic yes). Lots of features that seem like they should have been in the game but were cut. The world itself is extremely static and boring.
If you don't think about it as an RPG at all and focus on it as soley a Ubisoft-tier action adventure FPS then its pretty enjoyable and has a well done city as a backdrop. Bugs and other issues aside, the core story/gameplay seems okay and shooting actually feels good. The hacking elements seem under-developed but the core idea isn't bad. Driving is pretty weak, AI is some of the worst I've ever seen. The looter shooter feel the game has is also cheap and personally not my thing. I haven't spent enough time playing but I'm also worried the quests are going to be extremely boring and end up the same (go here, shoot). Hopefully not, but so far I'm not impressed.
The truth is, buying any AAA game on or near launch is usually a gamble and one that seldom pays off. This game is no different. People who pick up the inevetable GOTY editions with all the expansions and patches in place at a discount in a couple years will be in for a much better experience. Unfortunately, the full potential of this game will likely never be realized.
If you want to play as a edgy, over-the-top street samurai who things with his temper and iron piece, you are in luck. If not, you are in a sea of trouble.
However, up to date, there hardly is a better love-letter game to Cyberpunk genere.
I just completed the main story, having also done quite a lot of of side content.
Positives:
- The city looks gorgeous. I would call it a massive achievement, but only if performance can be improved.
- I didn't much enjoy the driving in this game, but at least it can be done in 3rd person (just about everything else is in 1st person, and I'd prefer 3rd).
- Storytelling approaches excellence at times; tense and/or thought-provoking beats.
- You can have a good amount fun with the gameplay too, if you end up with a build you like.
- I see not everyone is so fortunate, but the game crashed or froze fewer than a handful of times for me. If just judging by my own experience, it seems accetably stable.
UNFORTUNATELY...
While the game is not quite "half-baked", it also isn't "fully baked". Its mechanics and systems are buggy and not always well explained.
I could not get used to driving cars or motorcycles; even after dozens of hours it still felt awkward, even with a gamepad.
And romances... Guess I've seen worse attempts in a game? Main thing that was awkward for me was how the quests where you get to know the characters sort of arrived at the same time in the game, and I felt too busy. There are very few romance options, and it STILL felt like too much was happping at once! As for sex outside romances... while the city is plenty perverted, 'V' is not. Witcher 2 was naughtier than this game.
As cool as the city looks, a festival of jank is likely to make it feel like stage dressing rather than a place unfortunate souls actually live in.
This game was to be released "when it's ready". It wasn't ready. At best it is, in time of writing, months away from being ready.
The disapointing VERDICT:
Wait for a sale.