Cyberpunk 2077

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  1. HaloFever
    Apr 29, 2022
    7
    Cyberpunk 2077 is a living example of failure in project management. This native PS5 version with the 1.5 patch is not unplayable and riddled with bugs like the PS4 version at launch. The game is still buggy and I recommend closing out the game every day you play. That's the good news.

    The bad news is that Cyberpunk 2077 is not the RPG game that anyone hoped it would be. At best, it is    Cyberpunk 2077 is a living example of failure in project management. This native PS5 version with the 1.5 patch is not unplayable and riddled with bugs like the PS4 version at launch. The game is still buggy and I recommend closing out the game every day you play. That's the good news.

    The bad news is that Cyberpunk 2077 is not the RPG game that anyone hoped it would be. At best, it is an adventure game with RPG elements. The game plays like shotgun wedding between Grand Theft Auto and Deus Ex. You have almost total access to a giant open world city and cyborg gadgets and hacking skills. The open world is not as lively and interactive as GTA and the stealth and hacking are a pale comparison to Deus Ex. The gameplay can be fun, but so often you run into poorly designed encounters and see the limits of the game engine.

    The story itself is a dud. I spent about 70 hours running side missions and avoid the story altogether. Some the side missions only unlock with story progression and other require a higher level. This kind of gating of content is never fun, and the true openness of games like GTA and Skyrim (and now Elden Ring) is the reason those games are so successful and other games are not. The issues with the story start with pacing. You have to follow and talk to a lot of slow walking, slow talking NPCs. Dialogue hardly matters except for a few ending options, and even then, the ramifications of dialogue choices are opaque. Some of the characters are likeable but the interactions with those characters almost always occurs outside of gameplay and I kept hitting the circle button to skip dialogue and get back into the action. This isn't Skyrim where you can have a companion to hang out with during missions. You also have zero interaction with rank and file NPCs. You can hit square to talk to them and they will give you one of 5 canned responses like "I need a nap." The star of this game is Johnny Silverhand, voiced by Keanu Reaves. I do not believe that any major actor has every recorded so much dialogue for a video game. The voice acting is fine but the Johnny Silverhand character is a toxic douchebag who does not in anyway enhance the gameplay experience.

    For a game set in a world filled with cyborgs and 2077 technology, gear options are not fun. All of the gear is gated by level. You cannot be enterprising and save your money to buy awesome cyborg parts early in the game. You will need "street cred", the right level, and the right attributes. The clothing and weapon options are also extremely limited for the protagonist. You cannot wear everything the NPCs wear like in Skyrim. Instead you find that the protagonist wears whatever gear has the most armor, making personal style meaningless. Weapons choice is the standard stuff you see in every game: pistol, SMG, assault rifle, sniper rifle, shotgun, and machine gun. You could be playing DOOM 2077. Actually, this game reminds me of DOOM conversions in the 1990s like Rise of the Triads. Just take your standard open world shooter, change a few character models, and then call it Cyberpunk.

    The game play is fun when the story does not get in the way of gameplay. I focused on hacking and could take out waves of enemies from a safe distance with only the touch of a button. (Or two buttons, L1 and square.) After about level 20, the game play is too easy. The game will warn you about the police and their MaxTac unit but I never saw them. Some of the enemies are boss level characters that cannot be taken down with high level hacks, but even they are just dumb a.i. driven NPCs. My protagonist had the level "Body" and managed to win every boxing match in the game. In some ways this is the true RPG experience: start out weak, level up, become a living god, and tear through your enemies like they were made of paper. All of this overpowered gameplay feels good until the game gives you another scripted story sequence to burst your bubble. CD Projekt Red has already announced expansions for this game, and my advice to them is to get out of the way of players.

    All in all, Cyberpunk 2077 is not a bad game. If you avoid the bugs, Cyberpunk is actually a good game. With the right management, it could have been a great game. Maybe it still can be.    … Expand
  2. anfil18
    May 8, 2022
    7
    Sigue teniendo craseos, bugs, objetos que levitan etc etc. La IA esta mejorada pero la veo como un juego de hace 20 años por las cosas que hacen o el atontamiento que tienen los enemigos de vez en cuando. La historia es muy buena y acaba enganchandote aunque te pasen esos errores que mencione. Es un dibujo repasado por encima y va a tener bugs siempre, menos que el dia 1 de lanzamientoSigue teniendo craseos, bugs, objetos que levitan etc etc. La IA esta mejorada pero la veo como un juego de hace 20 años por las cosas que hacen o el atontamiento que tienen los enemigos de vez en cuando. La historia es muy buena y acaba enganchandote aunque te pasen esos errores que mencione. Es un dibujo repasado por encima y va a tener bugs siempre, menos que el dia 1 de lanzamiento pero es lo que hay. Aun asi me ha entretenido y enganchado a jugarlo horas. Silverhand es el puto amo XD.… Expand
  3. cptfrancisco
    Sep 4, 2022
    7
    It's a pretty good game, although as of September 2022 it's still very buggy it's definitely playable. The story is short but very good. The variety of items is pretty nuts too.

    I wish they didn't have side missions blocked until you get a call, this can be super frustrating as sometimes you just won't get calls and there's no way to trigger them right now, side missions impact the main    It's a pretty good game, although as of September 2022 it's still very buggy it's definitely playable. The story is short but very good. The variety of items is pretty nuts too.

    I wish they didn't have side missions blocked until you get a call, this can be super frustrating as sometimes you just won't get calls and there's no way to trigger them right now, side missions impact the main story so on my first playthrough I got the worst ending imo.

    I hope they continue doing QoL updates as the game really needs it but overall a very solid gaming experience.    … Expand
  4. Zski
    Jun 11, 2022
    7
    As of the way the game stands today, it’s a great experience that is totally worth checking out, but still feels a bit shallow. The biggest selling point is the atmosphere and presentation. It captures the cyber punk aesthetic better than any other media to date. The retro futuristic cars, clothing, and setting are extremely well designed and really add to the immersion. The amount ofAs of the way the game stands today, it’s a great experience that is totally worth checking out, but still feels a bit shallow. The biggest selling point is the atmosphere and presentation. It captures the cyber punk aesthetic better than any other media to date. The retro futuristic cars, clothing, and setting are extremely well designed and really add to the immersion. The amount of billboards and advertisements thrown in your face, the constant noise of commercials everywhere you go, the neon lights coming from every angle, even down to the graffiti all throughout the city that feels like each individual piece of graffiti was carefully placed rather than randomly added as an afterthought, and it creates a very immersive world. I also appreciate the depth to the explorable world - the carefully placed buildings that you can enter, the alleys, the underground areas, the stairwells, everything is designed in such a way that the city really feels like a city, rather than a series of blocks. Is it all that it was advertised to be? Absolutely not. The game sometimes feels like most of the resources was spent on the world design, but not as much in making it feel like a complete experience.

    The overall story is pretty good and the voice acting is exceptional all across the board. However, the story is incredibly short. It feels like once the story begins to pick up steam, you’re actually beginning to slide into the finish line. The main story is very short, and feels more like a DLC.

    Gameplay has been tremendously improved since launch. The gunplay is solid but unfortunately it does feel like a bit of a generic shooter. That’s not to say it’s bad, because it’s not, it just adds nothing new to the crowded market of shooters. The driving is the weakest part of the gameplay, I still don’t understand why the driving physics are the way they are - very loose and difficult to steer with precision - I find myself crashing into things when I would never do that in any other game. The character development has been greatly refined and it actually makes sense now, however it’s sort of useless, you can go through the entire game without using a single skill point. All in all, the gameplay does nothing really wrong, but it doesn’t stand out from most other shooters and open world games. There are still glitches all throughout the game, but it’s on par for the likes of a Bethesda open world game - you notice them, but the rest of the game makes up for it so you don’t care. They really aren’t that bad anymore.

    I think you have to go into this game with a free mind. Ignore the disastrous launch, ignore the terrible press, ignore the promises made prior to release, and most importantly ignore the whiny and entitled gamers that will not stop complaining about everything. I hope Cyberpunk will eventually become a comeback story, similar to No Man’s Sky. It’s clear that this game had a ton of passion, thought, and effort put into it, and that they do not want to allow years of development go to waste. It’s fun and playable, but it still feels like a shell of what they wanted the game to be. You don’t notice it as much in the first 5 or so hours, but when the game opens up, the flaws become more and more apparent.    … Expand
  5. Anasbln
    Aug 10, 2022
    7
    Story is very good but the world could offer more as an open world game. Some things has to be improved that the game become very good.
  6. Holly_Marie
    Mar 2, 2022
    7
    As a person who bought Cyberpunk for £19.99 on the day the actual PS5 version came out, I would score it 6.5. But it’s more of a low 7 than a high 6.

    I enjoyed the start a lot and was playing through the story and it was fun. I didn’t have a lot of the pre expectations others did, I was expecting it to be quite bad actually. And honestly it’s good. However a few things. I had some    As a person who bought Cyberpunk for £19.99 on the day the actual PS5 version came out, I would score it 6.5. But it’s more of a low 7 than a high 6.

    I enjoyed the start a lot and was playing through the story and it was fun. I didn’t have a lot of the pre expectations others did, I was expecting it to be quite bad actually. And honestly it’s good.

    However a few things. I had some bugs still, mostly where npcs walk through windows and things but I have a nasty sound bug when the game is paused or on menus, it plays some static noise through headphones, it’s horrid. But generally the game moves smoothly and combat is pretty fun. I find the city rather soulless though, and the lore and things just doesn’t work for me, I find myself skipping them, and a lot of the scenery and things just isn’t for me.

    Elden Ring was released and after 30 minutes of playing that game I was hooked and dropped CP2077 very easily and have forgotten where I was even up to. I will likely go back to it, but yeah... good game not a great game. Buy it on sale and don’t expect the world and you’ll probably like it.    … Expand
  7. granovsp
    Feb 21, 2022
    6
    My recommendations for the developer and for the publisher to play more this game.
    In case they didn't play video games. They should look for the gamer with some normal/relevant experience in playing video games and ask him/she to give them feedback about their game.
    And they should just write down all the points he/she will provide. And then these issues need to be fixed. Maybe after    My recommendations for the developer and for the publisher to play more this game.
    In case they didn't play video games. They should look for the gamer with some normal/relevant experience in playing video games and ask him/she to give them feedback about their game.
    And they should just write down all the points he/she will provide.
    And then these issues need to be fixed. Maybe after that big fix : patch 2.0; patch 3.0;
    that can be a good game. Nowadys (feb 22. ) Cyberpunk feels raw despite on 1.5 patch
    It was made a lot to build this world, but it has to be done more to complete the project.
    wish CDPR all the best with that!    … Expand
  8. Lucasgpeto
    Mar 7, 2022
    7
    To be honest it's pretty much a decent game, the problem might be that's a very ambitious project to nowadays. I'm pretty sure that it would suits better with an improved engine that might come up in the next few decades... but anyway i almost didn't see any bug through gameplay, the storyline seems to be pretty good but i feel it has too much sex appeal sometimes. it's an alright gameTo be honest it's pretty much a decent game, the problem might be that's a very ambitious project to nowadays. I'm pretty sure that it would suits better with an improved engine that might come up in the next few decades... but anyway i almost didn't see any bug through gameplay, the storyline seems to be pretty good but i feel it has too much sex appeal sometimes. it's an alright game since it's easy to have fun through main quests.… Expand
  9. Jason5by5
    Mar 5, 2022
    7
    I may come back and raise this Still some minor bugs and glitches This is a good game that could've (and might be in the future ) a great game The foundation is there only question is will CD projekt red invest the time and money to add the content and expand the game and its systems to greatness
  10. RFelan
    Feb 16, 2022
    7
    Game is awesome, however I’m not a fan of the PS5 controller. They definitely took advantage of the controller in this game and for most people that’s a plus, but for me, not so much. Also the textures and resolution seems to be lower on PS than on Xbox.
  11. Pitipat
    Feb 17, 2022
    7
    This is good for ps5 but I have a problen when I close the game it error about save game but it can save
  12. Taulf
    Feb 24, 2022
    7
    Essa versão de ps5 está muito boa , a cd está atualizando o jogo bastante e ficando cada dia melhor!!
  13. Reza4216
    Jun 13, 2022
    5
    I pre ordered the game and played it on ps4 pro on lunch day, it was a technical disaster but i was so hyped and i still played it till the plat but never enjoyed it as i should’ve. When ps5 version became available i played it on my ps5 and honestly it didn’t get that much better.
    So many bugs fixed but the additional content and improvement on this game as a next-gen version is    I pre ordered the game and played it on ps4 pro on lunch day, it was a technical disaster but i was so hyped and i still played it till the plat but never enjoyed it as i should’ve. When ps5 version became available i played it on my ps5 and honestly it didn’t get that much better.
    So many bugs fixed but the additional content and improvement on this game as a next-gen version is ridiculously low.
    It looks like a patched version of the game that we should’ve played on ps4.
    As much as it hurts me to say after all that hype
    And hopes i had for this game THIS IS JUST ANOTHER FORGETTABLE GAME.    … Expand
  14. DD-778899
    Feb 18, 2022
    5
    Didn't touch the game as I waited for the 'Next-Gen' update and ... to my dismay discovered that this is not a very good game is it? I mean forget the bugs - I deleted the demo 10 minutes into the first mission. The aiming is possibly the worst I've experienced in a controller - it's actually an achievement. The stealth feels like it was (unsuccessfully) ripped from games that do it betterDidn't touch the game as I waited for the 'Next-Gen' update and ... to my dismay discovered that this is not a very good game is it? I mean forget the bugs - I deleted the demo 10 minutes into the first mission. The aiming is possibly the worst I've experienced in a controller - it's actually an achievement. The stealth feels like it was (unsuccessfully) ripped from games that do it better (e.g. Crysis) and melee ... it feels like the only thing I'm fighting is the controller itself! I don't understand guys? Did nobody notice that the game's controls are broken? Or that gameplay itself is bad?

    I suspect the PC may be worlds better in terms of controls, but I doubt it fixes the overall design. I wish it were different, but I'm afraid that Cyberpunk 2077 simply doesn't convince me its worth any more of my time.    … Expand
  15. FusionBreeze
    Feb 22, 2022
    5
    I really want to believe in this game. The city is amazing, the story is well written and the atmosphere is great. But still, after so many updates and the next gen upgrade the game is still close to unplayable. I see much more many bugs on the PS5 version. I actually suffer from a lot more bugs, and ones that heavily impact my experience, than I did from previous versions. The only thingI really want to believe in this game. The city is amazing, the story is well written and the atmosphere is great. But still, after so many updates and the next gen upgrade the game is still close to unplayable. I see much more many bugs on the PS5 version. I actually suffer from a lot more bugs, and ones that heavily impact my experience, than I did from previous versions. The only thing that does not happen anymore is the hard crashes. Here are some of the problems I encountered:
    -The AI feels exactly the same.
    -There are still no traffic rules, and cars spawn in the middle of the road randomly.
    -First of all I had a hell of a hard time to get my free ps5 upgrade. I even had to create a new user.
    -T-poses
    -The ability to tag enemies works less than half the times I try.
    -Occasionally I wasn't allowed to save my game even though I was on free roam.
    -Reflections are sometimes so strong and badly placed that I can't read computer screens.
    -The 30fps mode feels slow and laggy. For me it is unplayable.
    -Pedestrians don't seem to be aware of my car and the moment they touch it even if I go at 0.0001km/h they get injured or die and I get wanted by the police.
    -Summoning your vehicle, it spawns at unreachable places or inside graphics and sometimes blow up
    -The prompt to grab enemies from stealth doesn't always show up and I can't grab them.
    -Not being able to fully unclothe your character isn't obviously anything serious but I include it because it makes no sense as a programming choice since you can see your V naked on the menus. Plus I like to play the game as a sim and it drives me crazy to shower with underwear on, even though I can't even see it.
    -Npcs move awkwardly and fly off bounds.
    -V makes random stuff like climbing stairs that aren't there.
    -Enemies go on alert mode because they find bodies that aren't even there.
    -The enemy alert icons stop showing at random (the yellow and red eye icons).
    -The center dot suddenly shows up even thow it is turned off in the settings and won't go away until I restart the game.
    Those are some problems that came to mind right now. And they all happened at a game time of less than 10 hours.
    I decided to resume my fresh save and finish the game because I don't think, after more than a year of waiting that any substantial fixes are coming. I sure hope I am wrong though. Hopefully the nice story will keep me from hating the game but I sure won't love it. And I really wanted to. If you find the game on a good sale, you like a good story and don't mind all the bugs I totally reccomend it.    … Expand
  16. ReubenIsAGod
    Aug 2, 2022
    6
    Not terrible by any means nessasary, just very flawed and really rushed. I like the idea, world building and overall setting of cyberpunk. But God, I really **** hate V and the weird Keanu Reeves **** Open world design here is very NY the numbers.. really hope they make a sequel to this game and have it just be a gritty blade runner story instead of chip in my brain imma die narritive.Not terrible by any means nessasary, just very flawed and really rushed. I like the idea, world building and overall setting of cyberpunk. But God, I really **** hate V and the weird Keanu Reeves **** Open world design here is very NY the numbers.. really hope they make a sequel to this game and have it just be a gritty blade runner story instead of chip in my brain imma die narritive. Keep it simple and existential. Not big and edgy.… Expand
  17. thefikry
    Feb 2, 2023
    6
    the game is ok, nothing special tbh and disappointing as it doesn't matchup to the far superior GTA 5 or the witcher 3.
  18. Arcik
    Jun 27, 2023
    6
    It would be much better as interactive movie. Story is awesome but gameplay is just crap
  19. behnam207
    Feb 16, 2023
    6
    game play was good story was so so bad i can't believe all ending are trash in trash.. still after 3 years game have many bugs. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME
  20. Kanati7
    Mar 5, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mini Rant below

    To hash out one common misconception
    Contrary to popular belief. No 2077 wasn't developed for 8 years, back when that teaser was made was
    When the witcher 2 was already out the door and the wild hunt was being developed. The most work that was done to 2077 at the time was a small team doing some draft work on art and characters and didn't go into full development till the E3 announcement (or rather when the wild hunt dlcs dropped).

    And since they couldn't re-use most of the assets they had for the witcher to save some time along with them creating an entirely new game engine and making new models from the ground up, the game was a recipe for disaster unless CDPR we're to give the devs the time and money they need to make the game functional (specifically the fact that the devs said they needed 6 years for it to be functionally sound).

    So with all of that in mind, I'm not gonna take the sides of 10/10 masterpiece or this game is one of the cardinal sins amongst the gaming industry since one can be misconstrued as ass-patting and the other just outright juvenile (not every negative review mind you, you know who you are) and show a bit of compassion for the poor devs who I imagine went through a similar development process like the anthem or a more relevant example halo infinite and kicking down the dev would just be disheartening and I imagine frustrating to hear that their efforts became meaningless in the end and can be real demotivating.
    And yes, obviously this kind of rush n crunch development must end, but quit demanding more from the devs just because your ignorance causes you to not dissociate developers and executives along with the game is out and assuming there's perceived breathing room and pump out updates akin to the average COD game cause that just defeats the purpose in seeming like you care for this industry and want to hold those responsible accountable since all this is doing is just painting the gaming community as continuously unsatisfied brainwashed screeching infants who always bluff about letting their wallets speak and then continue to finance said companies that are ruining the industry.

    Anyway, enough fluff words you probably glazed over and get to my thrown-out opinion this game, also spoilers.

    Story- It's serviceable and open-ended to self insert yourself in the game, personally I just ran with the nomad run which to me is probably the best intro to the game in terms of showing not everything goes to plan, which all of them could be a bit of foreshadowing as to what happens at kompeki plaza, it's nice.
    The main issue I have was the intro montage where I feel can deliver that you grew with Jackie and his folks but it would be nice to experience it, sure it would add a few hours but I feel like it would have made sense but it is what it is and I guess cramming in silverhand's story, granted it's a sequel to cyberpunk red, a tabletop game but let's be real, not many people in the gaming community is gonna try out tabletop RPGs even though it's responsible for even making turn-based RPGs a thing, to begin within the RPG sphere of gaming.
    The development with some of the characters feels slightly rushed, the big offender, being Jackie and to a degree Silverhand (knowing his lore), while the rest I can't comment much on since most of them like Judy, Panam, Evelyn, Deshawn, etc. Those two certainly stand out and unlike any of Kojima's work, it's not filled to the brim with just irrelevant walls of exposition that can be mistaken for dialogue between characters with quirky moments on a screen for the main plot.

    Gameplay- Despite its "Next-gen of open-world games" it doesn't innovate much with the formula, which isn't an inherently bad thing but it's no doubt disingenuous. Shootings fine, driving can range from decent handles to ice skating blindfolded with one foot but that could just be me.
    That's about it and although the bugs that are game-breaking are annoying (pre 1.5 updates) my playthrough in terms of game-breaking hasn't been consistent to my knowledge. Massive props for the design and audio to aid in the immersion along with the handmade side quests.

    Audio & Soundtrack-Great, no complaints about it at all. The guns sound solid and the unique ones are nice (the malorian arms 3156 comes to mind) and the music is also great.

    Conclusion-Although 1.5 doesn't offer much, it's at the very least mostly sound for those that don't use mods, a sign that the devs are at least hunkering down and trying and fix a game that is barely keeping itself together.
    Its flaws and bugs that due to limited character I can't properly explain are what's holding the game back from being fully realized, all people can hope for (if said hope is still present) is that CDPR can be able to fix the game.
    But only their next game and time will show if they learned anything from all of this and if they're worth your time or just another one of them.    … Expand
  21. Rippy3
    Mar 22, 2022
    6
    This game had so much potential, however unfortunately it fell flat. The story was mediocre at best and as was the gameplay. First 2 bosses glitched for me they didn't even fight back. Menus were clunky.

    Driving was awful. Never even bothered with cyberwear to be honest completely forgot it existed I didn't hate the game but I just didn't enjoy it the way I thought I would. I hope cdpr    This game had so much potential, however unfortunately it fell flat. The story was mediocre at best and as was the gameplay. First 2 bosses glitched for me they didn't even fight back. Menus were clunky.

    Driving was awful.

    Never even bothered with cyberwear to be honest completely forgot it existed I didn't hate the game but I just didn't enjoy it the way I thought I would.

    I hope cdpr do a better job of the next witcher game.    … Expand
  22. Jt0429
    Feb 19, 2022
    6
    Good-
    The game looks so much better visually than it did on PS4. The new gameplay tweaks like vehicles and AI behavior help improve the game somewhat. The story is really well done and written.
    Bad- It is still a deeply flawed game. The update does not bring much to change what was promised before launch and it still needs work to make it the game we wanted it to be. Thoughts-    Good-
    The game looks so much better visually than it did on PS4. The new gameplay tweaks like vehicles and AI behavior help improve the game somewhat. The story is really well done and written.

    Bad-
    It is still a deeply flawed game. The update does not bring much to change what was promised before launch and it still needs work to make it the game we wanted it to be.

    Thoughts-
    Given the state the game launched in, it’s going to take many significant updates over a long period of time to get it at least somewhat close to the level that many had hoped it would be at over a year ago- and even that might not be enough. As things stand right now though, Cyberpunk 2077 still has a lot of glaring issues that need to be fixed. For now, all I can say is that it’s gone from being a mediocre game to one that’s slightly better than mediocre. If you have been waiting to take your first steps into Night City until meaningful improvements are made to the game, my advice would be to wait a little bit longer.    … Expand
  23. RedDragon1240
    Nov 7, 2022
    7
    I played this game until the PS5 version was released cause of all the bugs and performance issues the game had at launch. I have to say this game could've been a masterpiece but falls short.
    Graphically is top notch. Top 3 best games in terms of graphics to date, however, AI is just stupid even on hard difficulty. It's overwhelming cause of the insane amount of quests you have to do and    I played this game until the PS5 version was released cause of all the bugs and performance issues the game had at launch. I have to say this game could've been a masterpiece but falls short.
    Graphically is top notch. Top 3 best games in terms of graphics to date, however, AI is just stupid even on hard difficulty. It's overwhelming cause of the insane amount of quests you have to do and most of them are just repetitive as they can get.
    The main story is super interesting and the main secondary quests are pretty good too, however, there are a lot of sideline quests that make the game just really tedious. Also driving is terrible.
    CD Project Red could've done much better with this game.    … Expand
  24. Lewwildy
    Jul 3, 2022
    6
    Still can’t justify paying full price for this game if i’m honest. Expected a lot more from the story it was too predictable and bland. Apparently cdpr have more or less finished with the fixing now and are focusing on dlc, for me the game’s still trash.
  25. Maverick02
    Jan 29, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Playing on patch 1.61

    Minor spoilers about the plot. If you do not wish for any spoilers just skip the story segment in this review.

    Cyberpunk 2077 is a game that has great potential to be an amazing game but fails do to its shortcomings. I had a good time roaming around Night City completing various gigs and side quests but the game still feels far from what was promised from CDPR. I’ll be going over the story and what it’s about without going into spoilers as well as the positives and the negatives of this game in this review. Note I will be referring to the main protagonist V as He/Him since I chose the male option.

    The Story:
    The story although not the best is still a great tale to experience. The tale follows the main protagonist named V who is a mercenary following a job gets stuck with a chip which holds the consciousness of a rockerboy from the 2020’s named Johnny Silverhand (played by the legendary Keanu Reeves) the chip is slowly rewriting V’s mind to that of Johnny which will give Johnny control over V’s body actively killing V so V and Johnny work together to find a way to remove the chip without killing him to save V’s life

    Positives:
    The story while no where near the best is still a pretty rock solid tale to experience. The city you explore is highly dense and feels like a real city. Side quests are some of the best I’ve seen in any videogame and hardly any of them feel like filler. Combat and gameplay as a whole is absolutely fantastic allowing multiple options for players to how they want to approach an encounter, whether be guns blazing, sneaking around and taking people out silently, or even hacking your way through which is even expanded more with cyberwear you can buy from a ripperdoc using the in game currency. The lore of Cyberpunk 2077 is vastly rich and intriguing which lore junkies such as myself absolutely enjoy. The Characters in this game feel like real people whether it’s from major characters like Johnny Silverhand (played by the legendary Keanu Reeves) or smaller characters that you meet briefly which is all complemented more by the wonderful performances all the voice actors give. Player choice actually feels like it matter in this game cause you can suffer some serious consequences like characters dying do to your choices to smaller stuff like whether you are straight, bi, or gay. You can even make your character trans when you first create them. I won’t go into any further detail cause it truly is something you will have experience for yourself and note some of these choices are difficult. Upgrading is highly important in Cyberpunk allowing you to choose what your strengths and weaknesses are. You can’t unlock all skills and attributes forcing the player to carefully choose what upgrades fits their play style most. Negatives:
    Even after 2 years of huge patches the game is extremely buggy ranging from gameplay like cyber wear not working causing me to die in combat as it affects my play style to visual bugs like low poly textures and pop in and pop out as well as weird shimmering and bad lighting making it hard to see while driving in the badlands in first person. The game is so buggy still that I experienced multiple crashes throughout my play through. Even tho it is far more playable it still needs more years of work to fix this game. Another downside to this game is the police system which is hardly a thing since all you have to do is drive off or just simply run away and you’ll lose them which feels extremely lack luster since the police are supposed to be depicted as aggressive and relentless. Continuing relationships you make is another big problem as when you explore the and come across various side quests you make friendships and even romantic relationships that kind of just hit a brick wall after completing various storylines. The most you can do with them is call them or visit them and exchange the same dialogue over and over again. They can easily expand on this simply by asking if they want to hang out and you could have a buddy with you as you explore the world or even with romantic relationships you can them explore with you or even invite them to bed.

    Take Away:
    Even those Cyberpunk is a incredible game and I absolutely had a blast playing it there are still major problems with the game that still need to be fixed leaving me no choice but to give it a 6/10.    … Expand
  26. Rivenverse
    Jul 12, 2022
    6
    Giving it 6/10 by many reasons. Technically, this is a very bad game, lots of issues, glitches, bugs, broken shadows and animations...I can talk for hours about how this is bad. I can talk for hours about bad UI experience too, it's bad even on PC, not even mentioning console experience, where you use mouse instead of L1/R1 and arrows, nonsense.

    But this game gave me a lot of emotions    Giving it 6/10 by many reasons. Technically, this is a very bad game, lots of issues, glitches, bugs, broken shadows and animations...I can talk for hours about how this is bad. I can talk for hours about bad UI experience too, it's bad even on PC, not even mentioning console experience, where you use mouse instead of L1/R1 and arrows, nonsense.

    But this game gave me a lot of emotions and nearly killed me in the end, I was very depressed. I went a long way and left with nothing, there is no choices which can lead to different endings, the end is one, you can't change it entirely, only some details, so no matter what you do, your choices means nothing. This is a huge mistake, like a mistake with Jackie's story, which is totally crap. Where is roleplay CDPR? Where to find it? Why I can't change everything or at least the ending? Why you lie? Why you release so bad quality product?

    I still can't get what is wrong with romances...I think they are simply not working, at all. Look for yourself, you romance someone, then you don't see him/her for the rest of the game, you have several conversations but you can't get it to work, you can't meet the character and can't spend time together, you know...it's a bit stupid, what the point of it then? There is no point in real romance, right now I prefer to have nothing serious with them, thanks to you CDPR, romances are dead part of the game.

    Forget about re-play it again, there is no NG+, and probably after you finish the game, you will never back in it, because of the ending.

    Well...I won't lie, like you CDPR, I really love the story. I can't agree with every decision CDPR made, especially with Corpo beginning, it's very bad and won't tell the full story, Street Kid much better. Still, the characters and side-quests are great, CDPR did great job creating quests, and today with patch 1.52 it even playable so I can even forget about CDPR promises and lies, but I will not. I want to give it 10 out of 10, but I can't and won't.    … Expand
  27. davidthesloth
    Apr 18, 2023
    7
    I know this game was half cooked at best when it first launched but happy to say that my experience with this game was surprisingly pretty good. Great story, fun gameplay and performs pretty well. The few things that bogged it down was the somewhat frequent frame drops and glitches, specifically when loot/weapons would clip through the floor making it unobtainable which is infuriating.I know this game was half cooked at best when it first launched but happy to say that my experience with this game was surprisingly pretty good. Great story, fun gameplay and performs pretty well. The few things that bogged it down was the somewhat frequent frame drops and glitches, specifically when loot/weapons would clip through the floor making it unobtainable which is infuriating.

    There's plenty to do in Night City with many quests and sides gigs to do to keep you occupied. The side gigs are quite repetitive and monotonous and offer nothing expect a means to level up your character. However, level design, voice acting and just general vibe of the game is its saving grace for me. Truly unique, fun to play just the odd spanner in the works that sets it back to be something more rememberable.    … Expand
  28. Exlex
    Apr 23, 2022
    6
    Got this while it was on sale. Wouldn't pay the whole price anyways due to the state of the game when it released. I don't like the gameplay, at all, the UI isn't my cup of tea either. Graphically speaking the game is nowhere near rdr2 which should be what any developer should aim at, if they are making a a tier new gen game.

    Wouldn't recommend unless you are really into the genre and    Got this while it was on sale. Wouldn't pay the whole price anyways due to the state of the game when it released. I don't like the gameplay, at all, the UI isn't my cup of tea either. Graphically speaking the game is nowhere near rdr2 which should be what any developer should aim at, if they are making a a tier new gen game.

    Wouldn't recommend unless you are really into the genre and don't mind bad gameplay.    … Expand
  29. fabgo
    Mar 22, 2022
    5
    I bought it on sale once the 1.5 patch came out, just to see what all the fuss was all about.

    The game is still buggy - probably the buggiest game I have ever played. NPCs have numerous glitches - they clip through furniture, sink into the ground, float in the air, smoke cigarettes hovering in the air, go invisible, etc. My motorcycle exploded and disappeared in the middle of a main    I bought it on sale once the 1.5 patch came out, just to see what all the fuss was all about.

    The game is still buggy - probably the buggiest game I have ever played. NPCs have numerous glitches - they clip through furniture, sink into the ground, float in the air, smoke cigarettes hovering in the air, go invisible, etc. My motorcycle exploded and disappeared in the middle of a main quest, forcing me to walk the rest of the way. Dialog options go invisible, making it hard to continue a quest. NPCs lose their voice. Etc. I also had the game crash on me a couple of times.

    I don't know why they put so many pedestrian NPCs in the public areas. They just wander around aimlessly like ants. Or bunch up in long lines due to the glitchy AI. There are few interesting conversations. They don't have much behavior. They don't react if you stare at them, block their way or interfere with their meaningless business. And since they crowd the place, they tend to bump into each other, showcasing their poor AI and behavior. Bump into any one of them with your car, and they run away in droves. It's the kind of behavior you would expect from a flock of pigeons. I don't quite see the point. Might as well reduce all the clutter and free up GPU cycles for more meaningful things.

    The art direction in my opinion is poor. Rather than building a glorious futuristic city, they built a stale concrete jungle filled with literally heaps and heaps of trash, clutter, ugly graffiti and badly dressed rag dolls. Who wants to spend time in a place like that? Even the real world doesn't look as ugly as Night City. If you are going to spend all this effort creating a fantasy world - why not make it a cool one? The city is also 95% empty. There is very little reason to explore Night City.

    Light sources tend to be glaring primary colors - red, blue, green, purple - which color everything around them, leading to monochrome scenes where everything is red or purple, etc. It all looks very fake, which breaks immersion - just like the sloppily animated NPCs mentioned earlier. HDR is also badly handled, and very hard to configure. Blown out light sources and white-outs are frequent.

    On PS5 at least there are a lot of low-res textures. Every display, neon screen, etc. is noticeably low-res. As are the 2D stand-ins for remote objects. There is 16 GB of RAM to play with, so not sure why this is. I am thinking the game is still poorly optimized. There are these in-game computers you can access and interact with, and they sometimes offer such low resolution that you can't read the screen. It's a shame because many other parts have very high graphics quality, and it creates this weird contrast that mars the visual effects. Hopefully this will be improved this in future patches.

    NPC hair is another issue. It just looks terrible. Many NPCs look like they had a severe bad hair day, with pixelated and aliasing hair. I am guessing anti-aliasing is not turned on the PS5. Again, it seems like the game is poorly optimized.

    So why even play this game? The main and side quests are well done, with interesting characters and stories. Even though the story can be confusing at times. After finishing the main story, I think I only understood about 60% of what was going on.

    The longer I played, the more I enjoyed it. I admit it was rough going at first. The game has many, many flaws. It's this weird mix of a bad and unfinished GTA clone and a strong story-driven video game. It's frustrating, too, because this could have been a great game, rather than a pretty good one. It's clearly a very ambitious undertaking, ultimately too big for CDPR to handle, but I have to admire their effort.

    It took me less than 30 hours to finish the game at a leisurely pace. I completed a number of the side quest arcs, gigs and stupid shoot-outs in addition to the main story. That is quite short given the size and scope of the city world they built. Kind of makes me wonder what was the point of building such a big world.

    If the game wasn't so buggy or short on content I would probably have rated it 7/10, but in its current state 5/10 seems about right.

    I may pick up Cyberpunk 2077 again for another playthrough if they release additional patches and content. But for now this one goes back on the shelf.    … Expand
  30. CnPx98
    Mar 1, 2022
    5
    I can't get my head around this. This game is dead. Get it up to a state where it's not filled with bugs so those who pay for it get a working product and then release Cyberpunk 2078 or something that actually has a story worth playing. Either that a huge expansion story to 2077.
    Even if you look past the bugs (Which at the moment there isn't too many obvious ones but some still appear)    I can't get my head around this. This game is dead. Get it up to a state where it's not filled with bugs so those who pay for it get a working product and then release Cyberpunk 2078 or something that actually has a story worth playing. Either that a huge expansion story to 2077.
    Even if you look past the bugs (Which at the moment there isn't too many obvious ones but some still appear) this game is still basic. The devs have spent so long fixing this mess that they haven't had time to add any real content to the game. After completing the game there is virtually nothing to do. The story isn't all that great anyways. You can't really get attached to any of the characters. I am confused as well cos its like they want you to get attached to the player character but at the same time you never leave the 1st person view? If my character is going to have a long conversation then do it in a cutscene so I feel more engaged as a player. If my character doesn't have much dialog then stick with the 1st person view. Also at times the game will give the choice between 2 decisions. Don't worry about which choice you make as they make no difference at all. I am guessing they wanted to have different choices affect the game but then cos they wanted to rush it out they just made all choices do the same exact thing. There is a couple of side missions in this game. I am guessing they just stuck them in just so when they released the game there was something other than the story. If you see this game for anything less than £20 it mite be worth buying to mess around on. If you are patient it mite be worth playing in a few years when they finally finished developing it. In the mean time CDPR will likely be over promoting this with sales and advertising in order to try and make some of the money back they spent on this so it wont ever be worth paying full price when it will go on sale all the time.
    I wish i could blame publishers for forcing CDPR to meet deadlines and stuff but "oh yh, they publish their own games". There was really no excuse for the mess this game launched as.
    I know games release with bugs these days but this was a complete joke. I am glad that this company is suffering with law suits from share holders and so on because it sets an example that developers can't keep releasing unfinished products and then fixing it with updates. It's not fair that players have to suffer due to a companies greed. Is it really so much to ask that you play test your games and launch them in a full working state. Remember the days when we would get pre release demons that allowed players to test the games for bugs and then give the developers feedback on what to fix?
    These days you only get to see what the developers want you to see. If the game is full of bugs you don't get a refund you just have to hope that its gonna get fixed in an update.
    Take the GTA trilogy as an example. Full of bugs and likely never gonna get fixed. Untested and Unfished products should NOT be allowed to be sold to consumers. If a game contains obvious bugs you should be entitled to a full refund which gets charged back to the publishers.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Digital Chumps
    Mar 15, 2022
    86
    Off the top of my head I can’t think of another game with a backstory like Cyberpunk 2077. It’s fortunate that CDPR were able to spend the last year-plus continuing development of the game, listening to feedback, adding content, and fixing tons and tons of issues. Many games would simply not have gotten the extra time and money spent that Cyberpunk got, but this time CDPR got it right. Now is the right time to play this game; I’m not saying it’s flawless and perfect, but it’s nearly so, for such an elaborate, massive game. This is the game we were hoping for back in December 2020, but I’m reminded of the adage ‘better late than never.’ And that certainly applies here.
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  2. PLAY
    Mar 7, 2022
    60
    Despite significant technical and in-play improvements for this PS5 version, much of the game’s core remains unchanged. Quest design and storytelling, though not without their moments on the critical path, too often feel rife with unrealised potential. Cyberpunk 2077’s abrasive personality is still clear as day too, inescapable in its script and blaring out from Night City’s many questionable billboards. If you choose to venture into Night City, we hope you find what you’re looking for. [Issue#12, p.72]
  3. RPG Fan
    Mar 7, 2022
    87
    Despite its mismanaged launch, Cyberpunk is a success story. What began in December 2020 as an incomplete, often-unplayable sore spot for CD Projekt has become one of the most immersive RPGs I’ve ever played – one whose visuals, soundtrack, and narrative can go toe to toe with the strongest in the genre. Despite Cyberpunk’s technical headaches, I’ve enjoyed more than 40 hours in it and don’t see myself losing interest in its rich world or side content anytime soon. Cyberpunk’s botched beginnings warranted the scorn players treated it with, but if patch 1.5 is any indication, Night City’s future looks bright.
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