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  1. Dec 15, 2020
    3
    Wow, just wow.

    We have waited 8 years, 4 delays and a massive hype build-up for this? Honestly just from technical perspective, this game is still in alpha and I can't go 10 meters without encountering 10 bugs. This game got delayed 4 TIMES and what we got is a showcase of how many bugs one can fit into a single game. This may change over time, but it's still unacceptable for a
    Wow, just wow.

    We have waited 8 years, 4 delays and a massive hype build-up for this?

    Honestly just from technical perspective, this game is still in alpha and I can't go 10 meters without encountering 10 bugs. This game got delayed 4 TIMES and what we got is a showcase of how many bugs one can fit into a single game.

    This may change over time, but it's still unacceptable for a game delayed that many times and promises of a relativly smooth launch.

    But the main problem is the core gameplay and not the bugs!

    Let me clarify:

    -The story is linear with no decisions or consequences to your actions whatsoever (they even removed the RPG tag from the description in the library), meaning you CANNOT be the V you wanted to be like they promised.

    -The ending of the prologue was spoiled by the trailer, giving it no meaning and making it unimportant and forgetable, while the mid is well made and the ending is the best and most interesting part of the story.

    -The character creation lacks any depth and is what you would expect from a game from 8 years ago, options are very similar, no real cybernetics (like NPCs have), options for hair is decent I guess but it's still very shallow and again not what they promised us.

    -There is no things as barber shops, nail studios, etc. in the game meaning you can't change your appearance in the game in any way. This is a feature so many games have nowadays and they still are inept to implement it.

    -They promised us clothes wouldn't have any stats but I have never seen the 'Shoot n' Loot' principle this big in any other game. Basically you do your generic missions you've seen a thousand times in a thousand games, get x item with y better stat and comb through the maps side mission like a combine harvester.

    -Regarding the heavy reliance on stats leads to -again, what they promised us- no actual style or 'fashion of the future', this is because you always look like u fell into the basement of a painter and you just loot the stuff with the best stats and wear that and not what you would like to wear (and btw there is not a single good looking headgear in this game, change my mind).

    -Remember when they said they didn't want to overwhelm us with a map full of markers with side missions? Yeah guess what, they lied. Again. When I first opened the map i got bombarded with yellow little piss stains on my map of 'innovative' missions to play (more to that later)

    -The side missions -more so the gigs- are boring and repetitive. Go to point x, kill y amount of z people and go to the next one, do this for 2 days straight and you maybe have half of them done. We've seen this kinda stuff a hundred times in a hundres games, and most of them still did it better than Cyberpunk 2077.

    -The AI is a joke and basically non-existant. Traffic is buggy, non-responsive and they often block themselves, because guess what? The traffic AI sucks! No overtaking, no avoiding obstacles, no nothing, just cars that drive their given route and nothing more.

    -The enemy AI just charges you with no self preservation at all (Leeroy Jenkins would be proud). The AI is just plain dumb and has no reaction to enviroment, movement of you, your last seen position, anything really.

    -The police is the worst in any game I have ever seen in my entire life. If you do something they spawn 2 meters behind you, don't chase you and loose you after like 10 seconds, thats it. No bounty like NPCs have on them, no chase and no getting caught. It's a rushed, unfinished and irrelevant feature, that games did better 10 years ago.

    -Which lifepath you choose affects the first 10 minutes of the game and a few dialog options that's it. It's forgettable, unimportant and does not bring any replayability. Your character basically always turns out to be the same. They praised this feature and I had high expectations for it but was immensly dissapointed.

    -The minimap is zoomed in too close, meaning it is really easy to miss a turn at every intersection. When driving from point A to point B your eyes are pinned to the minimap and not on the world they designed.

    -The length of the game is a joke. The story can be done in 1-2 days without trying and most of the playtime comes from mindless farming of InNoVaTiVe sidequests.

    The only good things in this game are the story, graphics and the sound (while it is important to mention the copyright sound setting does not work properly).

    I am just impressed, that a game with so many promises and hype build-up turns out to be this repetitive, mediocre piece of garbage. It got delayed FOUR TIMES and it plays like a alpha version of an game from 5 years ago.

    My point is: The game is a huge step back in gaming. If you just look at gameplay and not the story it is truly an awful game. I was hoping they would deliver us a great game with many details and depth to it but what we got is a bad GTA
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  2. Dec 15, 2020
    3
    I can look past some bugs but what really killed the game for me was the performance issues with the game. If you dont have a beast pc you will not run this game on a stable 60fps

    The story is good but the game is a buggy mess and runs like ****
  3. Dec 15, 2020
    3
    What happened CDPR?

    The only things that keep me playing are the characters and setting. This makes it fine, but when you go from an awesomely developed game such as the Witcher 3 to this, it just seems like such as a lackluster cash grab. You mentioned and marketed that our decisions would influence so much more in the game. How you could interact with the people of Night City in
    What happened CDPR?

    The only things that keep me playing are the characters and setting. This makes it fine, but when you go from an awesomely developed game such as the Witcher 3 to this, it just seems like such as a lackluster cash grab.

    You mentioned and marketed that our decisions would influence so much more in the game. How you could interact with the people of Night City in interesting ways thanks to an new crowd and city system. The false sense of choice in this game is what I'd expect out of something Telltale would put out with the life paths being a solid 15 minutes each. Not even mentioning the other "decisions." Heck, I even re-loaded to check almost all of the dialogue options, and the NPCs sometimes repeat the same reply to what I had my V say the first time.

    I'm playing the PC version of the game and it is still buggy. I have to save every ten minutes because I'm scared of the crashing, being stuck, or constant enemy health bar/ item on my screen. Can't even imagine what it's like for anyone on current or last-gen consoles. Why'd you have to lie when people actually trusted you to make a finished game? Now you're just like the another developer and/or publisher. Making the people that spent money test your game, waiting for updates. Didn't even pre-order this ****.
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  4. Dec 15, 2020
    3
    Compared to the hype the game is really bland. Not the rpg I was hoping for. I don't "like" my main character which makes it hard to get into. The character creation is sub par compared to other rpg's, things seem lifeless and boring. It's really a big disappointment. I play on an xbox one and the graphics look like games from 7 years ago. Other xbox one games of equal size and in the sameCompared to the hype the game is really bland. Not the rpg I was hoping for. I don't "like" my main character which makes it hard to get into. The character creation is sub par compared to other rpg's, things seem lifeless and boring. It's really a big disappointment. I play on an xbox one and the graphics look like games from 7 years ago. Other xbox one games of equal size and in the same genre look far better. After being excited for so long for this game it's just a massive disappointment. I really wanted to love it. Way to over-promise and under-deliver CDPR. :( Expand
  5. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    Very average game with tons of bugs. They should put more money on the production instead of marketing.
  6. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    Im trying to give as accurate score as I can putting all frustration aside. Without zero bugs and glitches I would give this game a 6 maybe at best, but just because I loved few scenes within story, because oh boy gameplay is total garbage. Have anyone been under water? Water is like from 90s, it just shows how crappy this red engine really is, no way this game will ever meet todaysIm trying to give as accurate score as I can putting all frustration aside. Without zero bugs and glitches I would give this game a 6 maybe at best, but just because I loved few scenes within story, because oh boy gameplay is total garbage. Have anyone been under water? Water is like from 90s, it just shows how crappy this red engine really is, no way this game will ever meet todays standards. I was unable to complete games because of glitches, one time my main missions were just gone, another time phone call was bugged and I was unable to progress further. So 3 is a bit too much I think, but I see the effort of developers. This game is unplayable, everyone that considers buying it wait for developers to patch it. Expand
  7. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    Besides the bugs and crashes, the game is just boring. Buy something else with your money that will actually work and entertain!
  8. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    The only reason I put a 3 is because I enjoyed the story, the voice acting, the music, and the characters. As an RPG, it is average, and as a game(at its current, incredibly buggy state), an absolute **** up.
  9. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    The video game is broken on PC, it is a very good video game, but it is not very badly optimized, playing with those bugs, crashes ... they break the gaming experience, and above all it makes the game mediocre, a shame, and that I have a very powerful PC, but the game is broken
  10. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    CDPR lies go well beyond playability on old consoles and bugs, the game itself is a ghost of what promised: no meaningful interactions with the world, no meaningful decisions, AI non-existing, no character customisation, no police AI, no trauma team AI, V is flat and uninspired and won’t evolve based on our choices....where is the RPG? This game is a good FPS at best.
  11. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    Aside from the bugs which there are many, CDPR promised and hyped but unfortunately failed to deliver.

    The AI is poor, the quests are repetitive and boring, the world feels shallow and empty. This game is no longer (if it ever was) what it was advertised to be, a rich dystopian RPG in a living world. The content just doesn't exist. CDPR have removed so much content that its barely
    Aside from the bugs which there are many, CDPR promised and hyped but unfortunately failed to deliver.

    The AI is poor, the quests are repetitive and boring, the world feels shallow and empty. This game is no longer (if it ever was) what it was advertised to be, a rich dystopian RPG in a living world. The content just doesn't exist.

    CDPR have removed so much content that its barely comparable to their early access promotional videos. [link omitted per site rules]
    As a game its "fine", its "ok" but I probably wont ever pick it back up again and it wont win any awards.
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  12. Dec 17, 2020
    3
    Biggest overhyped fail of all time? I think so. No game has been hyped up as some kind of miracle of gaming that will be ahead of time and whatnot. But the reality is that it's one of the most generic and boring "open-world" games I have ever played.
  13. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    This game is completely overhyped.

    The main storyline is engaging with a nice pace but only for about 40 hours in-game. And then there is barely anything to do. The potential of the megacity is completely not used. Hacking in a cyberpunk-style game should be one of the main skills but here it's complete crap. Upskilling the character is useless as the skills barely change the game
    This game is completely overhyped.

    The main storyline is engaging with a nice pace but only for about 40 hours in-game. And then there is barely anything to do. The potential of the megacity is completely not used. Hacking in a cyberpunk-style game should be one of the main skills but here it's complete crap. Upskilling the character is useless as the skills barely change the game experience. I would see if anyone was so determined to go through the game with stealth and hacking only. Most of the engagements end in a bloody mess with really poor implementation of the combats.

    The company promised it will fix issues by February but I bet there will be not many payers still waiting for that.

    Content packs announcement could solve that issue but with all the resources assigned to bug fixing, I doubt we will get anything valuable in H1 2021.

    So wait for the "gold" edition with 70% discounts to enjoy the solo main story quest chain.

    I feel the company has cheated on me with promises not delivered and I bought a product that is not what it was promised. As CD Projekt Red acted like a regular peddler I will be extremely cautious with their games in the future.
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  14. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    The game was great in the first 10 or so hours of playing. After I started noticing a lot of things that just didn't feel great. It's like the game has features but just as checkboxes. like for example is their romance in the game yes "check the box" is the romance meaningful and engaging once you finish the romance quest line no. The immersion of Night City falls away when you realizedThe game was great in the first 10 or so hours of playing. After I started noticing a lot of things that just didn't feel great. It's like the game has features but just as checkboxes. like for example is their romance in the game yes "check the box" is the romance meaningful and engaging once you finish the romance quest line no. The immersion of Night City falls away when you realized the npcs are less advanced than grand theft auto 3 npc ai. I could list everything that the reddit furoms and other reviews say but why bother in the end red is just another corp looking for income and making sure the shareholders are happy. How the Mighty have fallen. I think what hurts me the most is all the promises they said about the game. So much missing content. I have never written a review before but I felt I had to write something to express how I feel about the release. I will add more to the score as they add the missing content back to the game. Expand
  15. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    یه بازی پر از مشکلات واقعا زشته بعد از ۸ سال
  16. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    I feel completely betrayed by their marketing. I fully regret getting this game.
  17. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    10 /Багов/ из 10! Сырая бетка чего то что должно было стать шедевром но в итоге - провал всех ожиданий и обман всех надежд! CDPR за что вы так с нами ((
  18. Dec 16, 2020
    3
    Not really what I was expecting but I’m playing it anyways. Layout and all are really just thrown together. It’s a mix of Batman Arkham knight and Saints row and that’s not really a good thing.
  19. Dec 17, 2020
    3
    This game has become the very thing it was supposed to destroy - a generic action-shooter.

    Bugs: I think I don't have to say much about this, because everybody knows at this point. This game is straight up not finished to the point were I had to start fresh on an early save because the game would always crash at a boss fight. To be fair, I'm playing on Linux, but there are a lot of
    This game has become the very thing it was supposed to destroy - a generic action-shooter.

    Bugs:
    I think I don't have to say much about this, because everybody knows at this point. This game is straight up not finished to the point were I had to start fresh on an early save because the game would always crash at a boss fight. To be fair, I'm playing on Linux, but there are a lot of other bugs.

    Graphics:
    Yes, the graphics are amazing if your PC is capable of running the game. But that's it, good graphics don't make a good game.

    Story:
    Haven't played it through yet, but the beginning of the story is a mess. The different background you could choose are relatively irrelevant for the rest of the game and the montage was clearly meant to be playable and would've actually explained a lot about recurring characters. After playing the prologue I felt like I was thrown into a story I have no clue about, meeting people I don't know that are supposed to be my friends just to make them irrelevant in the next moment. I'm interested what's yet to come but after 6 hours of gameplay I still don't get my own motivations except for survival.

    Mechanics:
    This game is by no means a role-playing game. Yes, you have stats and perks that you can level, but you absolutely don't have to. You're just fine shooting your way through the levels. Other RPG-elements are straight up missing. Different classes you could choose or factions to join - nope. At least something like heavy and light armor - nothing.
    The stealth mechanics are obligatory and simply what we've seen in games before. And even that is not thought out well. The sneaky takedown can only be done when you're precisely behind an enemy and the maneuver is the same animation over and over again.
    The hacking mechanics are straight up copied from Watch Dogs and besides that a repetitive button-click or unchallenging puzzle. GTA Online has better hacking minigames to be honest.
    That leaves me with three approaches to the game: shooting, stealth and hacking, all of which are just an implementation of well-tried but obligatory game mechanics without doing anything or in some cases doing the simplest things not even right. This also doesn't make the game more of a RPG, because you could just skill all three approaches more or less evenly and combine them all in combat without a particular up- or downside to it.

    Technically:
    Not much to say either, other than that the game is poorly optimized, the last-gen console versions barely run at all with next-gen console versions not even existing. On PC the community is trying to optimize the game's performance on it's one, but that was supposed to be the developers job in the first place.

    Open world:
    The open world looks great and appears vivid on first glance but upon exploring I couldn't find that many things of interest. The most buildings are not accessible, there are next to no stores or the stores you find are just decoration. NPC just wander around aimlessly and the randomly occurring fights are always the same, therefore repetitive and quickly boring. I really don't know what to do in Night City except for the main story missions or also repetitive side quests. How are there no "dungeons" or some paces you could enter, fight through, loot and whatnot? The open worlds unfortunately reminds me of Watch Dogs and not a bit of The Elder Scrolls or Fallout.

    Press:
    I know it's common, but the game was over hyped from the press even before launch, but also after the disastrous launch the press keeps praising the game like it's some kind of a masterpiece. This game is not only buggy to it's core but even beyond fixing all bugs and optimizing the game it's mechanics are still mediocre and average at best.

    Development:
    I guess all core developers of The Witcher 3 left after the Blood & Wine DLC so they hired new people, mismanaged and had to do the good ol' crunch. Well, what possibly started as the fault of management has now to be paid by the players, that bought the unfinished game for full price. I doubt that the game can be fixed, patched and updated to live up to it's first expectations, but we'll see.

    Conclusion:
    The game started with huge promises and a big hype and actually launched to become a meme. Everything I was hoping for isn't in the final game! It's not a fleshed out RPG like Bethesda games, where you can skill your character to a very specific build combined with specific weapons, armor and gadgets, there's no exploring, looting and fighting through endless but always different dungeons. And it's not a huge open worlds as a Rockstar game, as I'd hoped for to walk, run or fly through. With this elements missing or being below average all that's left is a more or less linear story and an first-person action-shooter like we've seen a thousand time but this time in a different setting.
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  20. Dec 17, 2020
    3
    Everybody talks about bugs and glitches. But deep down we could ignore all that if the core gameplay was good.

    -This game is empty in so many ways. -There is no RPG element in this game. -Mechanics like shooting and driving are so bad. - AI is on the same level like GTA Vice City. Only good part is linear story, characters and graphics on high end PC. I wish this company had more RPG
    Everybody talks about bugs and glitches. But deep down we could ignore all that if the core gameplay was good.

    -This game is empty in so many ways.
    -There is no RPG element in this game.
    -Mechanics like shooting and driving are so bad.
    - AI is on the same level like GTA Vice City.

    Only good part is linear story, characters and graphics on high end PC.

    I wish this company had more RPG programmers and less visual designers. Because it is closer to a movie than an actual game.

    Shame CDPR! So much money from Witcher 3 + 8 years of development = Wasted opportunity.
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  21. Dec 17, 2020
    3
    I really want to love it but it's just not what we were promised...

    Lifepath: So much emphasis was put on the importance of your "lifepath" choice Nomad, Corpo, or Streetkid. But it becomes painfully obvious within the first 30 minutes of gameplay that the lifepath simply does not matter as you are all working on the same main story. Besides a few additional "special" dialog options
    I really want to love it but it's just not what we were promised...

    Lifepath:
    So much emphasis was put on the importance of your "lifepath" choice Nomad, Corpo, or Streetkid. But it becomes painfully obvious within the first 30 minutes of gameplay that the lifepath simply does not matter as you are all working on the same main story. Besides a few additional "special" dialog options your "lifepath" has ZERO impact on the gameplay. This "feature" seems more like an afterthought than a primary selling point...

    Quests:
    The quests are good. I feel like there is enough content to keep most people occupied for at least 60 hours. The Lore is detailed, you can read many little "shards" in game to find out more about the world. There are also plenty of Eastereggs which give you a nice chuckle from time to time.

    World:
    The world is large and detailed. The layout of Night City mostly makes sense and it's an overall beautiful environment to "play" in. (more on that later...)

    Gameplay:
    Ohhhh boy... Here we go... The AI in this game is a complete and utter joke. The NPCs don't have "daily routines" unless it means pacing back and forth sitting down on a bench from time to time. The Cops show up out of NOWHERE and there is no "wanted system" besides wanted and not wanted. (Think GTA "Star System", yea it DEFINITELY doesn't have THAT) If you kill someone you'll be notified that the police have been alerted and then seconds later they spawn randomly outside your field of view. If you simply run away your "wanted status" just disappears. There are no long lasting repercussions to your actions in the world. (Other than your quest dialog options) Cops don't even drive cars, so there are also no police chases. The AIs do not care if you steal from them. (Even in The Witcher 3 this was a "feature"). You can't really customize anything beyond adding some "mods" which are not even visible on your weapon or armor and simply add some arbitrary stats to your item. (Besides a scope and a silencer...) Vehicles cannot be customized so it's a "you can have it any color you like as long as it's black" situation. Day and Night cycle has no impact on game-play, neither does weather. (There are no environmental hazards)

    Overall:
    The game has no content outside of the questing system. There are no meaningful player - NPC interactions and you never fully build a "relationship" with an NPC. The game feels as "Wide as an ocean and deep as a puddle". As soon as you leave the narrow path that CDPR sends you on you realize the game is just empty.

    If you are expecting a beautiful futuristic GTA V made by the creators of Witcher 3 then STAY AWAY!!! FAR FAR AWAY!!! Because it's not that... I am having serious buyers remorse with this game... Which is sad because it had SO MUCH POTENTIAL.
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  22. Dec 17, 2020
    3
    I have placed this game down to await the patches or for a ps5. I has the potential to be a great there is gem somewhere I can feel it but at the moment as PS4 pro user awaiting to get a ps5 when the scalpers stop I don’t want to ruin it any further with the bugs.
  23. Dec 17, 2020
    3
    Unfinished, AI is terrible. story, combat and graphics are meh. the bugs ruin the experience. It should have been delayed again.
  24. Dec 17, 2020
    3
    Many errors in the game mechanics and many bugs. the mechanics between the primary and secondary missions are very confusing.
    weather effects need to improve as well as some aspects of the game's physics.
  25. Dec 17, 2020
    3
    Que un juego salga como has salido este es de vergüenza. Llega ser otra empresa y seguro que es imperdonable y se hubiera hundido... Lo cortés no quita lo valiente... Lo cual por buen juego que es o fuese the Witcher 3, no quita que junto al crunch que han sufrido haya salido este bodrio.... Historia muy bien y traducción e interpretación de 10 pero hay tanto bug y la IA es tan mala queQue un juego salga como has salido este es de vergüenza. Llega ser otra empresa y seguro que es imperdonable y se hubiera hundido... Lo cortés no quita lo valiente... Lo cual por buen juego que es o fuese the Witcher 3, no quita que junto al crunch que han sufrido haya salido este bodrio.... Historia muy bien y traducción e interpretación de 10 pero hay tanto bug y la IA es tan mala que hace queda escinectes del juego Expand
  26. Dec 18, 2020
    3
    There was so much anticipation for this game and even after delays it came out like a AAA title from the early 2000s. Outdated AI, too many bugs to count, and not to mention the release on xbox and PS4. If this isn't some expensive scam to get your hard earned $60 I don't know what is. Only thing positive i can say about the PC version is that it looks pretty but its nothing more than aThere was so much anticipation for this game and even after delays it came out like a AAA title from the early 2000s. Outdated AI, too many bugs to count, and not to mention the release on xbox and PS4. If this isn't some expensive scam to get your hard earned $60 I don't know what is. Only thing positive i can say about the PC version is that it looks pretty but its nothing more than a futuristic GTA3.
    Shame on you CDPR
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  27. Dec 18, 2020
    3
    OMG this game is not worth it's money. Nice city project with beautiful style, but...
    - bugs, bugs, bugs,
    - bad plot, player's decisions are not important - bad RPG system, most of skill are not useful even on the 'hard gameplay' - bad physics - riding a car or motorcycle is a nightmare - bad dialogues options - 3 options mostly to choose: nice, rude or from the past (corp, punk,
    OMG this game is not worth it's money. Nice city project with beautiful style, but...
    - bugs, bugs, bugs,
    - bad plot, player's decisions are not important
    - bad RPG system, most of skill are not useful even on the 'hard gameplay'
    - bad physics - riding a car or motorcycle is a nightmare
    - bad dialogues options - 3 options mostly to choose: nice, rude or from the past (corp, punk, nomad)
    - AI **** as hell - enemies dumb and don't know what to do
    - dubbing is not to good either

    Summary - it could be a good action game, but it's a buggy, unplayable semi RPG game with more cons than pos.. I was expecting more from CDP Red
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  28. Dec 18, 2020
    3
    Artistic aspects of the game are really great (night city, models, music!), story is ok, yeah it has many many bugs, which eventually can be fixed (altough it matters, I spent 60$ to have a working game now, not in 3 months... anyway...), but the things they advertised that are now missing, the lack of any AI whatsoever... it's just unforgivable
  29. Dec 18, 2020
    3
    Story average and insanely short.
    Choices matter? No they dont or almost not at all. I had no interest in any of the character development including my own. Its still pretty buggy not EA, or Ubisoft buggy, but very poor from CDPR. I was promised a game that never happened the game fails to deliver everything but graphics assuming you have a setup to take advantage of them (which I have
    Story average and insanely short.
    Choices matter? No they dont or almost not at all. I had no interest in any of the character development including my own. Its still pretty buggy not EA, or Ubisoft buggy, but very poor from CDPR. I was promised a game that never happened the game fails to deliver everything but graphics assuming you have a setup to take advantage of them (which I have fortunately)
    [3090 on 9900K Maxed everything psycho ray traced looks amazing sorry all console users not gloating honest sympathy].
    It looks like CDPR are going for Rockstars market and that is insane as the reason most people back them is that they are not like other completely money driven companies. Actually they now appear to be because old style CDPR would never release a game that is so far from what they promised in a very broken state.
    If you just want a nice game to look at on a extremely high end PC then this is a good choice. I felt like I was playing GTA 6 not because of the cars but because of the commercialized way they flung this poorly finished effort out.
    The ending's verge on the disaster that made Mass Effect rewrite its own appalling endings. If you are going to play a game like this you expect a ending reward that befits your efforts and there are none that are worth your effort. It actually may have started as a project of love but ended as a cash grab. CDPR made its money being a oasis in a sea of filth but has slowly put on its wellington boot and waded into the filth. This is no more than an average game and CDPR never made average
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  30. Dec 18, 2020
    3
    It's a buggy mess. I really did want to like this game, and it shows that it could have been a really good game. The constant bugs and lack of any decent AI, like with the police ruined the experience. This doesn't even seem like an RPG. Nothing matters, I can't even change my characters looks. You lied to us CDPR.
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86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 92 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 92
  2. Negative: 1 out of 92
  1. CD-Action
    Jun 9, 2021
    90
    The best metaphor for Cyberpunk 2077 is Johnny Silverhand himself. A messiah, a mix of Kurt Cobain and Che Guevara, a talented singer who loves to shape his own legend and has a charming personality but loses the struggle with his own demons. The same goes for the game. It tells a great story and forced me to ask myself difficult questions, but many of its gameplay mechanics do not evolve and its technical state upon release was abysmal. Cyberpunk’s true hero is not a person, but Night City – a vibrant, living creature of great diversity. The beauty of the metropolis is striking. [01/2021, p.22]
  2. May 28, 2021
    90
    Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most disturbing and mind-blowing RPGs in history, where every decision has a deep impact on our trail. CD Projekt RED tosses us to the center of a city filled with disgusting delights where every character deserves our attention in an immersive experience and overall, very rewarding. From the sarcastic and shadowy tone imposed by the countless scenes in the game, to the flexibility we have on the choices to face every situation that is presented, Night City is truly memorable. It’s a shame that the countless bugs spoil or diminish the impact of some resounding moments, but we are without a question, in the presence of one of the best games in 2020.
  3. Mar 3, 2021
    88
    Measured against the extreme expectations, Cyberpunk 2077 can't fulfill any of them. But all in all, despite the countless small weaknesses and inconsistences, with interesting characters, great story and dialogues or the freedom concerning gameplay, CD Projekt delivers a unique and great RPG that every fan of the genre needs to play.