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  1. Dec 12, 2020
    7
    My review after 1.04: expected The Witcher 3 RPG + GTA 5 crime vein + Kingdom Come Deliverance open world escaled (characters feel alive, story is engaging, no door is "unhackable"). This would've been perfect. CP'77 is worse in each of these aspects; that's why a 7 is fitting.

    --------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUSLY: 4/10 I don't appreciate beta testing for a
    My review after 1.04: expected The Witcher 3 RPG + GTA 5 crime vein + Kingdom Come Deliverance open world escaled (characters feel alive, story is engaging, no door is "unhackable"). This would've been perfect. CP'77 is worse in each of these aspects; that's why a 7 is fitting.

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    PREVIOUSLY: 4/10
    I don't appreciate beta testing for a game that was sold as ready! Right now the game is 75-80% finished, and the current state sums up to many bugs and glitches, clumsy mechanics to the point where it looks like a bad port to PC - driving is painful, but it goes much further. I love CDPR, but what happened? I wonder if it's some corpo decision to deliver this unfinished and not give the time developers needed to put all that magic we know they are capable of...
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  2. Dec 19, 2020
    6
    The game delivers an incredible atmosphere, I don't think anyone can disagree on that. The characters you're following, the city in which everything takes place is (by design) a masterpiece. However the beauty of the city is just a facade. Hidden behind that is a lifeless feeling that you wouldn't have expected from a studio like CDPR.

    Sure some scripted districts feel alive, but the
    The game delivers an incredible atmosphere, I don't think anyone can disagree on that. The characters you're following, the city in which everything takes place is (by design) a masterpiece. However the beauty of the city is just a facade. Hidden behind that is a lifeless feeling that you wouldn't have expected from a studio like CDPR.

    Sure some scripted districts feel alive, but the general open world experience does not. You can increase the population density as much as you like, but your game will never reach the desired "alive" feeling that a game like RDR2 has. The soundtrack is really impressive. It sets up the tone perfectly. The characters and their writing and voice acting is superb. Easily my favorite part of the game.

    This game lacks serious core gameplay mechanics. Everything from the Gear system, customization, the quickhacking, the character progress through skill trees etc. Everything is so incredibly lackluster. It feels as if they only put the bare minimum of work into these major factors.

    I finished the game at around level 27. I did the major side quests and a few things here and there. 70%, if not more of the skill tree is left unexplored for me because of how hard it is to level. You really have to grind side activities to get that skill tree going. A lot of the skill tree is uninteresting though.

    Same goes with the weapons. I mostly stuck to playing revolver with a silencer and a sniper or something as a main weapon. I wasn't a fan of the tech or smart technology.

    Quickhacks felt meaningless. Didn't see a point in them when I could just take out dozens of enemies in stealth with my revolver alone. Even watch dogs did this better and if Ubisoft did something better than you.. well sorry to say but you messed up.

    I could go on and talk about the atrocious AI and the non existent traffic/police system. But enough people have already done that.

    I don't know what went wrong with this game. It really shouldn't have been released for another year at least. Sorting out all the bugs and fleshing out the system more would have made this game so so much better.

    I'm sure I will revisit the game in the future. I hope that they fixed some of the issues by then. (probably not though)
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  3. Dec 11, 2020
    6
    This game is an okay action game but it is a terrible RPG. Your choices have no impact, there is no character customization, no NPC interaction, and all of the systems are half-baked. Hopefully in a year this is a better game.
  4. Dec 11, 2020
    6
    A good game lives under the plethora of bugs and underdone game mechanics here. Horrible optimization on PC abounds. I've encountered inconsistent framerates and performance on their "recommended" hardware for this title. I'm extremely disappointed by the way this game runs on my computer. To make matters worse: lots of bugs, both of visual and audio nature are regularly encountered.A good game lives under the plethora of bugs and underdone game mechanics here. Horrible optimization on PC abounds. I've encountered inconsistent framerates and performance on their "recommended" hardware for this title. I'm extremely disappointed by the way this game runs on my computer. To make matters worse: lots of bugs, both of visual and audio nature are regularly encountered.

    The story is great and the characters are very interesting. A lot of effort was clearly put into facial animation and realistic movement. The environments and aesthetics have clearly received a ton of work and careful thought. They are extremely impressive. The combat is passable but stealth and hacking leave a lot to be desired. There exists a great framework to build from, but it seems like this game needed another 6-7 months of further development and refinement. I've enjoyed my time so far, but have been left feeling a bit disappointed in many respects.

    The biggest letdown for me personally is the way the world reacts to the player character. NPC AI is incredibly shallow and doesn't really engage with the player character out in the world. This leaves the gameplay feeling much more hollow than was advertised. The AI drivers don't avoid the player or drive around. 95% of shops and kiosks have no interactivity and pedestrians may as well be not there.

    This game feels empty outside of the main quests, which to their credit, are really fun. Don't go into this game expecting a deep experience, I have found it to be the opposite overall. 6/10 -> a passable, satisfactory experience.
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  5. Dec 12, 2021
    7
    Переписываю спустя год релиза и меняю балл с 5 на 7.

    За год поляки так ничего и не исправили, фундаментально игра не поменялась и также убога, но учитывая какие релизы были в 2021 и общее положение, приходится накидывать баллы. Все их патчи фиксили какие-то баги в миссиях и не более, оптимизация тоже не появилась, у меня даже пару фпс съелось, однако как добротный шутер, пускай и с
    Переписываю спустя год релиза и меняю балл с 5 на 7.

    За год поляки так ничего и не исправили, фундаментально игра не поменялась и также убога, но учитывая какие релизы были в 2021 и общее положение, приходится накидывать баллы.
    Все их патчи фиксили какие-то баги в миссиях и не более, оптимизация тоже не появилась, у меня даже пару фпс съелось, однако как добротный шутер, пускай и с линейным сюжетом, вполне себе сойдет, покупать за фул прайс по-прежнему не рекомендую, в лучшем случае на скидках когда-нибудь за рублей 500 ГОТИ издание, если оно вообще будет.

    Судя по мапе, которую они сами и корректируют постоянно, верить им не надо точно, некст-ген версии и киберпанка, и ведьмака должны причалить в 2022 и для людей с консолей это должно стать глотком свежего воздуха, у кого есть конечно новые консоли. Сам не думаю, что даже новые патчи поменяют что-то, в принципе игру можно считать законченным продуктом.
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  6. xap
    Dec 12, 2020
    6
    Performance is crap, game is super buggy, basic open-world game features are missing. Empty shell of what was promised. I regret my purchase. My disappointment is immeasurable, and my weekend is ruined. Do not buy this game even when its on sale. Not worth it.
  7. Dec 11, 2020
    5
    These reviews are overrating this game, it's buggy and unfinished. It's just not acceptable.
  8. Dec 11, 2020
    6
    1. Ratings above 8 are a lie. They are most likely paid.

    2. Developers have to spend a lot of time to fix a lot of bugs and mechanics that work badly. 3. Stupid talk is when you defend the game at any cost. 4. They misjudged how much time they need to improve the quality of the game. 5. The game should be judged as it is. Large, medium, and small bugs make it difficult to
    1. Ratings above 8 are a lie. They are most likely paid.

    2. Developers have to spend a lot of time to fix a lot of bugs and mechanics that work badly.

    3. Stupid talk is when you defend the game at any cost.

    4. They misjudged how much time they need to improve the quality of the game.

    5. The game should be judged as it is. Large, medium, and small bugs make it difficult to enjoy.

    6. High grades make less aware people vulnerable to being deceived and misled about the quality of the game in its current state.
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  9. Dec 11, 2020
    5
    After 15 hours played, with love to my boys of CD Project team:

    -Ey Samurais! You have a game to patch!
  10. Dec 11, 2020
    6
    After so many years of waiting, we got an absolutely broken game, in which almost everything does not work in order to lure the player into the atmosphere of the city and setting, where the city looks absolutely artificial, and the activities on the map are as monotonous as possible.

    However, the production looks really revolutionary compared to other games in this genre. Also
    After so many years of waiting, we got an absolutely broken game, in which almost everything does not work in order to lure the player into the atmosphere of the city and setting, where the city looks absolutely artificial, and the activities on the map are as monotonous as possible.

    However, the production looks really revolutionary compared to other games in this genre. Also monotonous STORY tasks are diluted with interesting dialogues. In general, the game was not worth such expectations and it had to be postponed either for a longer period, or the concept should be redone, because 80% of the developers' promises were not fulfilled at all
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  11. Jan 10, 2021
    6
    This review comes after a single, completionist playthrough clocking in at over 100 hours. I’ve tried to be as objective as possible, and I’ve done almost all there is to do in Night City. The TL:DR is that I’m disappointed with Cyberpunk, but it’s still far superior to most of the shlock out there. That said, CDPR seems to be turning toward the “monetized EA shlockfest” model that killedThis review comes after a single, completionist playthrough clocking in at over 100 hours. I’ve tried to be as objective as possible, and I’ve done almost all there is to do in Night City. The TL:DR is that I’m disappointed with Cyberpunk, but it’s still far superior to most of the shlock out there. That said, CDPR seems to be turning toward the “monetized EA shlockfest” model that killed Bioware. Crying shame.

    I’m playing on a high end rig that can barely handle high settings at a passible frame rate. This is a poorly optimized, buggy game, which should be no surprise to anyone given the launch coverage. Don’t bother with it unless you are running high specs. However, I didn’t run into any game breaking bugs—just some wonky graphics and a couple quests that I needed to find work-arounds for. (That and I can’t unequip items because anything bound to the middle mouse is useless. Annoying, but could be worse.)

    Speaking of quests, I was super concerned when the devs announced that the main story would be “slightly shorter than Witcher 3 so that people would actually finish it.” That sounded like a euphemism for “streamlining for the mainstream.” My concern was well-founded. The main story isn’t slightly shorter…it’s maybe a third as long and a tenth as inspired. The side quests are plentiful—the world is littered with them. But unlike Witcher 3, the quests are not character or story driven—they are cookie-cutter smash and grabs.

    Character is what elevated Witcher 3 to greatness. Complicated, multifaceted, engaging characters, set in a brilliant world, matched with exceptional writing. But in contrast to Geralt of Rivia, Cyberpunk gives us…V. Just V, who is about as inspiring as her name. V’s friends are slightly more interesting, but not by much. The supporting cast are at best archetypes—at worst, try-hard caricatures. The voice acting is generally good, if a bit workman and not overly inspired. I found myself skipping most of the optional dialogue, which I never did in Witcher 3.

    Ah, Keanu Reeves. I like him. I’d have a drink with him. But I’m fairly certain that not even Keanu thinks of himself as a talented actor—and he’s definitely no voice actor. His take on Johnny Silverhand is one-note, dry, lifeless and monotone. It doesn’t help that the character is incredibly unlikeable.

    The game’s general aesthetic is summed up by the lyrics to one of its feature songs: “We are not the sheep, we were made to rule--we like to watch, we like to taste, we like to **** and we like pain.” If this sounds like a revelation, then go get yourself a high-end PC and enjoy the ride. But if you’re like me, it sounds a bit catchy, but mostly…puerile.

    What I’ve been hinting at, the biggest problem with the game, is difficult to put into words. It’s a spiritual problem. Despite the vast world and thousands of hours that went into the game’s development—the thing is just lacking a soul. Unlike Deus Ex or Shadowrun—games that ask tough questions and ooze with subtle design and intelligence—Cyberpunk can’t get beyond the generic. The writer’s don’t get past “Corps are bad,” and don’t even bother following up with a why or a because. Without the incredible source material of the Witcher, the writers fall back on mundane platitudes and trite melodrama.

    All that said, the hack and slash is fun. For all of its many failings, I kept playing in a dopamine-induced coma for over 100 hours. I will likely even play another run. There are some moments of brilliance (like the talking gun and the eerie-as-all-hell crucifixion.) It’s clear that blood, sweat and tears went into making this world huge, packed and pretty—but it’s empty, all the same.

    *EDIT after 159 hours of play and all achievements*
    Downgrading to a 6 because:

    1) The endings are dismal and essentially identical in terms of the consequences to your character. Full completion and your choices during the game make little difference. (You don’t really make any meaningful choices during the game, so that isn’t a surprise.) The endings are primarily distinguished by their degree of dismalness—ranging from mind-numbingly empty and depressing to depressing with a hint of bitter-sweet. (Think Knights of the Old Republic 2—but not quite that bad, since no one actually cares about V.)

    2) Hacking and crafting are both incredibly dull. Hacking consist of targeting, scrolling through a drop down menu (which frequently closes before you can input a hack,) and depending on your skill level, either watching everything die or watching someone get tickled. Hacking is the “caster” class in Cyberpunk…imagine a wizard throwing invisible fireballs that just cause people to fall down, and you’ll have a decent sense of Cyberpunk hacking.

    The main quest is half-finished. I'm clearly insane for playing so long. I'd rant more, but Metacritic is cutting me off.
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  12. Feb 5, 2021
    7
    It's a decent game but has a lot of really bad elements/mechanics that really should not be there after all the great games of the past including their own TW3. It's certainly way overhyped and that's the studios fault completely. Runs fine, at realistic settings for your system but not insane settings. The bugs for me were totally cosmetic 99.9% of the time, no game breaking bugs for me.It's a decent game but has a lot of really bad elements/mechanics that really should not be there after all the great games of the past including their own TW3. It's certainly way overhyped and that's the studios fault completely. Runs fine, at realistic settings for your system but not insane settings. The bugs for me were totally cosmetic 99.9% of the time, no game breaking bugs for me. Things like the driving mechanics are a total joke, the lack of switching to and from 3rd person other than driving is just not good for a modern open world game. All those clothes etc customization and you barely see it. Map is atrocious and ugly, constant nagging on the phone, terrible minimap, no real exploration for side missions it's all with a big ? etc all over the eye gouging map.

    The story is ok, nothing epic about it, most of the endings are not satisfying at all and are depressing. The holes in the story and game world are legion. There is no proper true after campaign playing. The world looks great but is empty a lot of the time or has terrible AI space filler bots. The long distance away moving cars are embarrassing, I mean did they play any GTA's since 4 at all? Where are any flying possibility for these cyborgs of the future? Why drive ground cars that look like fancified cars of the past? You can turn off a lot of offensive material but not the vulgar offensive language, the marxist social agenda in this is obvious and revolting. CPDR is staffed with occultist scum writers etc. Keaneu Reeves can take a hike, totally dirt bag and the off putting hollywhoring adds nothing to the game. Runs fine without RT, with RT it's a 20fps hit on a 2060, avg of 40fps 1080p med/high, without RT 60+. I think some quality DLC can help this game, even free would help to make up some good will for this disgraced studio. With doing all the major missions, two full endings, many side missions and skipping most of the police missions with a lot of exploration I had about 60hrs so it's a decent value for the money afa hours/dollars. It has no replay value for me at all, uninstalled it already.
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  13. Feb 13, 2021
    5
    Not sure if there is a major difference between the Steam/GoG versions, but I refunded my steam copy a day after launch and recently picked up the GoG version through a third party website that had it on a 55% off sale.
    (note, many things will be listed under good AND bad for different reasons)...
    GOOD: -Main story/side quest NPC's are well written. I found myself wanting to do more
    Not sure if there is a major difference between the Steam/GoG versions, but I refunded my steam copy a day after launch and recently picked up the GoG version through a third party website that had it on a 55% off sale.
    (note, many things will be listed under good AND bad for different reasons)...
    GOOD:
    -Main story/side quest NPC's are well written. I found myself wanting to do more quests with Panam, Judy, River, etc. I wanted to get to know them much more.
    -Night City is stunning and filled with potential, but on the surface only. Likewise with the badlands.

    Bad:
    -Main story. Not the actual writing, but length. I was floored when I hit the "point of no return" quest. It felt as if I was only 50% done the main story. While I'm happy it's not AS long as the Witcher 3 or many open world games, this was far, far too short.
    -Night City...Like I said, stunning world was crafted by CDPR, but only on the surface. After an hour or two or walking/running to missions you realize that's all this world actuall has to offer. Mission after mission, not fun side quests. No doors to buildings to open and explore (open-locked). It's a beautiful but hollow, empty city.
    -Police. Forget about killing random NPC's, police will just randomly turn on you. Helped them a few times for them to only attack and spawn more while I was looting the scene. I also jumped off a second floor balcony in front of police and they attacked. Worst police AI in gaming.
    -NPCs. When set to high they really add a lot of visual noise to Night City. But that's just it. Visual noise. They actually add nothing. They are far too alike, will often disappear if you look the other way, will run away or crouch in fear for no reason at all. Like the police, worst NPC ai in gaming.
    -Cut content/feeling unfinished. This game FEELS rushed. Every time I immerse myself in the world, around the corner is something that makes the game feel unfinished.
    -Life paths. This was my single and truly only major disappointment. The ONLY night city stream I watched was the life path one. It was made out to be a fairly significant thing that would provide you with a solid and good reason to re-play the game at least 3 times. In reality? The only major differences are the first 20-30 minutes. After that the only major thing comes in dialogue choices which for my nomad, never made a difference one bit.

    Bugs/Crashes:
    -For myself, I had no crashes at all. Bugs for me also amounted to t-poses, weapon display info staying on screen, items not lootable on the ground. Don't recall having any game breaking bugs. Having said that, everyone's experience with bugs will vary. Looking on youtube shows that bugs can be a serious issue in this game for many.

    Overall:
    Compared to when I played this game at launch, I did have fun with it. And there is fun that can be had with this game, but it does require overlooking many things.
    For myself, it reminds me of Fallout 4. A very mediocre game that doesn't excel in anything but one that I can still sink many hours into.

    I gave the game a 5 simply because there were moments that it felt like a solid 8, but other times a 2. In it's current state it's a very middle of the road game, at best.

    Should you buy it now? I'd say if you feel the itch to buy it, check out third party websites for sales, or simply wait for GoG/Steam to offer a 50%+ sale. Otherwise I'd hold off still.
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  14. Feb 21, 2021
    6
    Contrary to CDPR trying to say the game's only problems are with base consoles, I would argue that this game's biggest problems go well beyond bugs, crashes, and performance. In almost every respect, this game is a half-baked, unpolished mess with only some hints at what could have been a great game. It redeems itself somewhat by certain elements, but it's hard not to feel ripped off, evenContrary to CDPR trying to say the game's only problems are with base consoles, I would argue that this game's biggest problems go well beyond bugs, crashes, and performance. In almost every respect, this game is a half-baked, unpolished mess with only some hints at what could have been a great game. It redeems itself somewhat by certain elements, but it's hard not to feel ripped off, even on PC. My experience with Cyberpunk has been a wake-up call to 1) never pre-order games ever again, 2) never purchase a CDPR game again, unless several years have passed, it has been thoroughly-vetted, and is at a bargain bin price, and 3) be extremely skeptical of online review sites: unbelievable that so many reviewers immediately jumped to give this mess 9s and 10s.

    With bugs around every corner, clearly unfinished or cut content, mediocre shooter mechanics, a lifeless open world, and so on, it is hard to even know how to begin reviewing this game.

    I think what best encapsulates the problems with Cyberpunk is the example of witnessing an NPC playing guitar on the streets for the first time. It was incredible to see the level of detail: they are playing a song that corresponds to their individual finger movements and correct guitar chords. However, five minutes later you could accidentally run over an NPC due to the horrible driving mechanics, triggering a "police chase," which consists of police drones just appearing out of thin air; drive down a corner and suddenly you are no longer wanted. That's it. You also see how cars aren't even programmed to move around you or notice that if you look at cars in the distance they appear as weird JPEG cut-outs. The list goes on and on with some of the most primitive elements of game design either not functioning or wholly absent. It is as if the developers spent time on "nExT-gEN" features like NPCs playing accurate guitar chords but somehow left out so many simple features. This extends to lifeless NPCs, a horrible user interface, boring and shallow "RPG" mechanics, short main story, pointless origin choices, and so on.

    The game does have some strengths buried in there, and I would say that is with the core main storyline, character design, voice-acting, soundtrack, and potentially graphics. I say potentially because the game looks great only on high-end hardware. Any mid-range PC even seems to end up looking blurry and grainy. The scripted cutscenes and certain interiors look fantastic though and the visual atmosphere is overall really good.

    The core storyline with Johnny Silverhand was pretty good and kept me emotionally invested; however, it is nothing revolutionary. It relies on pretty much every previously made cyberpunk trope. I love the genre, so this wasn't necessarily a bad thing, just not very original. The voice-acting and characters were overall excellent, especially female V, Johnny Silverhand (Keanu), and Jackie Welles. I also really liked the soundtrack with a few stand-out tracks that I continue to listen to even after finishing the game. These elements were enough to keep me playing through to the end, but definitely don't save the game from ultimately being an overhyped, mediocre mess for the most part.
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  15. Aug 17, 2021
    7
    I expected that this game will be a revolution, but in the end we got a game full of bugs and stupid AI.
    Graphics and storyline are good, but gameplay needs some work.
  16. Dec 22, 2021
    6
    It’s hard to talk about Cyberpunk out of context. It was what felt like the most hyped game ever at the time of release and one of the hardest disappointments and PR disasters in the industry shortly after. But even if the bold and dishonest advertisements are ignored, the game doesn’t even leave up to the expectations it sets itself.

    Right from the start, the character creation menu
    It’s hard to talk about Cyberpunk out of context. It was what felt like the most hyped game ever at the time of release and one of the hardest disappointments and PR disasters in the industry shortly after. But even if the bold and dishonest advertisements are ignored, the game doesn’t even leave up to the expectations it sets itself.

    Right from the start, the character creation menu greets you confidently by presenting a lot of choices in your appearance and a choice of the background. Really enticing! But the former choices turn out to be quite slim, while the latter one doesn’t really contribute much throughout your playthrough. And the letdowns don’t end there. Everything, from the quality of quests to the progression systems, from the driving to how rich the city environment you drive through is, ultimately fails to deliver on the first impression it makes. Everything you engage with sooner or later turns out to be much shallower than expected, undercooked, or just broken.

    For me, the biggest disappointment was the equipment. In itself, it’s a system that inspires you to get into a certain look, follow a cool style direction, cherish your newfound awesome guns - up to the point when you realize it’s a looter shooter, so guns last for about an hour, while armor stat of your clothes makes no sense and if you play to win, you’ll soon look like a clown-hobo hybrid, flexing a Versace blazer on top of your grandmother’s boxers. And things don’t get better when the equipment comes in contact with other systems: I was the most excited in the game by quite a margin when I finally managed to buy the double-jump implant, but it turns out that there’s not much to do on the rooftops: they’re usually quite ugly and the game doesn’t consider them to be an important part of your exploration. A letdown again.

    And it’s like with the double-jump thing throughout the whole game: Cyberpunk invites you to make your own way, but it’s really only ready to support a narrow, expected playstyle. It wants you to do its missions, to go through locations within a certain path it nudges you into. A safe path. The one where Night City looks good, its citizens feel alive and things don’t break (as much). You can’t choose your own adventure, you have to play V’s. And V’s story together with Johnny Silverhand isn’t bad at all, it’s one of the strongest parts of the game, but I feel like letting you experience it in a more linear, controlled, and directed way, as the game clearly wants you to anyway, would be a better decision than to put up a flimsy facade of an uninspired, broken and dead open world.

    Music is cool, tho. And so is art direction, and some quality-of-life features. People clearly worked hard at the game and I don’t want to rob them of their due credit. They just lacked the time and, unfortunately, the vision. And even CDPR is still able to provide the former, I don’t see how they could redeem themselves for not having the latter.
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  17. Dec 14, 2020
    7
    I'm pretty happy with the game. No game breaking bugs and the graphics are awesome. The map is so big, in 5 days I visited only 20% of the game.
    CD project red is offering a refund if you are not happy with the game. They are pretty cool.
  18. Jan 7, 2021
    7
    Well i'll say what was already said: is buggy, feels a bit broken and the gameplay could have been sooo much better than what it is. The story and the visuals are the best thing about this game. What I want to say is that this game does not have the quality it should have had it feels rushed and unfinished. CDPR set the bar too damn high for open world RPGs and just for games in generalWell i'll say what was already said: is buggy, feels a bit broken and the gameplay could have been sooo much better than what it is. The story and the visuals are the best thing about this game. What I want to say is that this game does not have the quality it should have had it feels rushed and unfinished. CDPR set the bar too damn high for open world RPGs and just for games in general with Witcher 3 which i think is not just good is the best in this particular category and purely a masterpiece of a video game. The people are dissapointed because they had astronomical expectations on this game unfortunently, but overall the game is good, it's actually pretty good and surely is worth playing if not at the relese then after a few months when the game is patched up and i would recommend it especially for the story which i think is pretty good. Expand
  19. Jan 9, 2021
    7
    There is definitely a great game underneath all the issues and bugs. The story and main gameplay elements are great but it's kinda annoying when you have to load the previous save just because one enemy fell through the ground and thus the game thinks there is one alive and won't let you progress forward.

    If CD Project Red fixes all the bugs and improves things like AI (which is
    There is definitely a great game underneath all the issues and bugs. The story and main gameplay elements are great but it's kinda annoying when you have to load the previous save just because one enemy fell through the ground and thus the game thinks there is one alive and won't let you progress forward.

    If CD Project Red fixes all the bugs and improves things like AI (which is ridiculously horrible), this game can be a masterpiece.
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  20. Jan 11, 2021
    7
    The Game isn‘t really polished. Maybe a later Release would be better.
    To many small Bugs are annoying.

    But the setting and the story is great and I hope the bugs are fast solved.
  21. czg
    Dec 20, 2021
    7
    Started with (almost) no expectations.

    Pros: - Great atmosphere. I read the paper RPG and imagined many times how Night City would look like - the game's rendition of a dystopian future is detailed and superb. Some scenes are as if Blade Runner or Altered Carbon came to life. - Great art design. I'm a sucker for retro-futurism, and the neon-look of the game's environment, cars, etc.
    Started with (almost) no expectations.

    Pros:
    - Great atmosphere. I read the paper RPG and imagined many times how Night City would look like - the game's rendition of a dystopian future is detailed and superb. Some scenes are as if Blade Runner or Altered Carbon came to life.
    - Great art design. I'm a sucker for retro-futurism, and the neon-look of the game's environment, cars, etc. delivers.
    - Interesting and thoughtful story. IMPORTANT: if you power through only the main storyline you will miss 80-90% of the narrative content, as, indeed, many side jobs reveal much more than the main storyline. So PLAY THE SIDE MISSIONS. You will feel rewarded. Kudos to the writing team.
    - Keanu Reeves is yo wingman. While one can debate his dramatic acting chops he delivers the loudmouth, egoistic, unbearable-prick-yet-he-has-a-point rocker Johnny Silverhand perfectly. Also lets not forget about the rest of the cast, who all deliver memorable characters.
    - Great soundtrack. I'm a sucker for electronic and industrial music, too.
    - Interesting, I prefer this game to the Witcher. Dunno why, both are bleak in their own right.
    - CDPR at least gave some mod support and brought the modders on board which is a sane decision.

    Cons:
    - Bugs. They are really annoying, even on PC. They break the immersion which is a pity in a game building so much on the atmosphere.
    - Limited clothing customisation options. The generated NPCs through the city wear more interesting stuff than the player character.
    - Release: given the buggy state of the game, had I pre-ordered the game at full price I would have been pissed, too. If the game had been released a year later and without bugs, it would be considered as one of the great games of the decade. Such a shame.

    I bought the game for £40 and I consider it a good investment. Would give it 8 or 9 on the content, but the bugs and the release bring it down to a 7. If they iron out the glitches, build solid mod support, and add in DLCs in the future I would say this game still could be one that sets benchmarks in the future.
    Respect to Mike Pondsmith and R. Talsorian games for the original game! (All of us knows cyberpsychosis will be a thing, I mean people are already going insane from looking at social media on a screen - so what will happen when Twitter will be wired directly into your brain?....)
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  22. 4y4
    Sep 12, 2021
    7
    It's an ok game but compared to Witcher 3, this game just can't compete. Not worth 60 EUR.
  23. Jan 25, 2021
    7
    I enjoyed the game but, even playing on hard, after the first 20% of the game combat was just too easy. I appreciate they different ways you can spec a character, but after I found hand guns was too easy I switched to quick hacking and that was even worse. Replayability would have been better if more content was locked out based on your chosen skill tree.
  24. Feb 15, 2021
    5
    So much potential here, what a disappointment.
    Yes there is some nice eye candy: the lighting, cars, bikes, some buildings... all modeled very well. The character models are nice too. But the interface, and clunkiness of basic functions, such as looting, it's so broken.
    They truly did rush this out the door, and it should never have been promised on so many consoles at once. It's
    So much potential here, what a disappointment.
    Yes there is some nice eye candy: the lighting, cars, bikes, some buildings... all modeled very well. The character models are nice too. But the interface, and clunkiness of basic functions, such as looting, it's so broken.
    They truly did rush this out the door, and it should never have been promised on so many consoles at once. It's true the install base of PS5/xboxwhatever is not what it needs to be for profits but that can come later. But another sad fact that becomes obvious when you play on PC is that the PC version was not fully optimized for PC. It's close, but really should have stayed separate, if that's even possible.

    I finished the main story and half the side missions in about 55hrs. I'll go back and try a different role after another patch or two. Buy a cheap GoG key if you want to try it, Steam is overpriced right now.
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  25. Dec 14, 2021
    7
    A good game once you get past the glitches and issues, but there are just so many of them. There's a good game in here, maybe a great game even, but it's still to come. On decent hardware, you will at least have a fun experience in a rich and expansive world, sans a few issues here and there. On low end specs it ranges from unstable to unplayable.
  26. Sep 25, 2022
    5
    Bugs are not the real problem of this game. It's just plain boring. They can patch it all they want, but the core gameplay will remain unchanged. The fact, that only the very first story mission has any kind of branching choices will remain. The fact, that all side missions suck and are nothing more than glorified fetch/kill quests will remain. The fact that it's technically still 20 yearsBugs are not the real problem of this game. It's just plain boring. They can patch it all they want, but the core gameplay will remain unchanged. The fact, that only the very first story mission has any kind of branching choices will remain. The fact, that all side missions suck and are nothing more than glorified fetch/kill quests will remain. The fact that it's technically still 20 years away from the previews that were shown at E3 still remains.
    And the fact that they lied to everyone will still remain, too.

    This is and will always be a medicore game and it does not matter how much they patch out superficial problems. The core of this game is boring and uninspired.
    To fix this game, they would need to remake it from scratch.

    Graphics 9/10
    Gameplay 4/10
    Story 3/10

    Result: 5/10
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  27. Aug 21, 2021
    7
    The story is good and the art and graphics are nice, too. But the immersion is often weakened by stupid AI behaviour and also the world didn't feel that believable too me, not something that I really wanted to explore.
  28. Jan 8, 2021
    7
    Amazing main story campaing, boring side missions. Basically this game hold up because the main story,
    After that you're done.
  29. Feb 25, 2022
    7
    probably the most disappointing game launch I have seen the game at launch was an extremely horrendous buggy mess that didn't work and now a year later it works? disappointing that I had to wait a whole year just to play the working version of this game but at least my 80 dollars I spent on this game didn't go to waste gold star for cd projekt red
  30. Dec 11, 2020
    7
    Игра мне понравилась, за игру не нашёл ни одного бага. На 1060 6gb + 2700x 25-30 фпс на высоких, что соответствует RDR 2. НО! графика кибера далеко отличается от кровавого искупления 2 в худшую сторону( Графика похожа на Mafia: Definitive edition, но там выдавало мне где-то 50 фпс на ультрах. Ещё не впечатлила боёвка, эффекта "вау" не было. А атмосфера киберпанка есть, но npc - картонки,Игра мне понравилась, за игру не нашёл ни одного бага. На 1060 6gb + 2700x 25-30 фпс на высоких, что соответствует RDR 2. НО! графика кибера далеко отличается от кровавого искупления 2 в худшую сторону( Графика похожа на Mafia: Definitive edition, но там выдавало мне где-то 50 фпс на ультрах. Ещё не впечатлила боёвка, эффекта "вау" не было. А атмосфера киберпанка есть, но npc - картонки, если на них не акцентировать своё внимание, то Найт-сити впечатляет! Добавить в игру оптимизации и жизни - будет огонь!
    7/10
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  31. Dec 11, 2020
    7
    Ужасная графика, от слова нет совсем. Жуткое мыло. Мне кажется неусмотрительно и глупо выпускать такую сырую версию. Игра похожа на бета тест.
  32. Jan 12, 2021
    7
    é um jogo que frustrou muita gente mas não deixa de ser um bom game, muitas opções de personalização, e um ambiente muito imersivo.
  33. Jan 12, 2021
    7
    Très bon jeux malgré les bug et une très très bonne histoire. Malheureusement la qualité des graphisme sur ps4 n'est pas au top, comparé a d'autre jeux sortie au meme moment.
  34. Jan 12, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Мне понравился киберпанк и изначально я хотел поставить 8, но после концовки где сюжет немножко нелогичен, я ставлю 7. Expand
  35. Jan 16, 2021
    7
    Hi , this review will be in Russian .
    Всем привет , в этом отзыве хочу рассказать свое впечатление от Cyberpunk 2077 . Начнем с плюсов : красивый мир , годные персонажи, неплохая физика стрельбы.
    Теперь минусы : Ужасная физика машин , управление от первого лица в некоторых машинах неудобное , то-есть происходящее не является видимым . Отсутствие полицейских погонь , в этом моменте
    Hi , this review will be in Russian .
    Всем привет , в этом отзыве хочу рассказать свое впечатление от Cyberpunk 2077 . Начнем с плюсов : красивый мир , годные персонажи, неплохая физика стрельбы.
    Теперь минусы : Ужасная физика машин , управление от первого лица в некоторых машинах неудобное , то-есть происходящее не является видимым . Отсутствие полицейских погонь , в этом моменте берем пример с GTA и ее погони . А вот сейчас важно: ПОЛНОЕ ОТСУТСТВИЕ КАСТОМИЗАЦИИ ПЕРСОНАЖА . Невозможность изменить облик своего персонажа , что серьезно влияет на восприятие игры . Вы правильно понимаете : ВЫ НЕ СМОЖЕТЕ ИЗМЕНИТЬ ОБЛИК ПЕРСОНАЖА ВО ВРЕМЯ ПРОЦЕССА ИГРЫ .Никаких тату или изменение причёсок . Этого в Киберпанк Вы не сможете сделать после настройки персонажа в начале игры .
    Так же стоит упомянуть оптимизацию игры на пк . На видеокартах Nvidia 30 версии игра идет отлично , хотя баги присутствуют и тут.Они (баги) присутствуют во всей игре и в ненормальном количестве . На видеокартах 20 и 10 версии будет хуже . Имейте в виду(выделю специально ) : ВАМ ПОТРБУЕТСЯ ОЧЕНЬ ХОРОШАЯ СБОРКА ,ЧТО-БЫ ИГРА ШЛА ОТНОСИТЕЛЬНО НОРМАЛЬНО .
    В общем , игра мне нравится , но если на пк ее можно купить , при условии владении вами хорошего пк , то на ps 4 лучше подождать 1 -1,5 года .
    Всем добра и мира !
    Пока !
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  36. Mar 24, 2021
    7
    It's good but not as good as they showed us, this is why:
    First the story is good, good characters, but at the end it's not memorizable. Now let's begin with the worst parts. The bugs are something it's in every game, but this game has many of them, like it was developed by an indie studio. Maybe they fixed ones, but when i played on its release there were manyyyyy bugs. Now talking about
    It's good but not as good as they showed us, this is why:
    First the story is good, good characters, but at the end it's not memorizable. Now let's begin with the worst parts. The bugs are something it's in every game, but this game has many of them, like it was developed by an indie studio. Maybe they fixed ones, but when i played on its release there were manyyyyy bugs. Now talking about physics and AI, these things just terrible, compare to GTA 5, it's just shameful, 'cause CD Project told us their game was gonna be "the next generation of open world games". spoiler: it wasn´t. I mean, the AI it's poor, you cannot interact with any of the NPC's, their intellingece it's less than a NPC from GTA San Andrea's. The physics are horrible, to resume this, I recommend you to search a comparative from GTA 5 vs this game on YT. The enviroment it's cool, too much effort in that but at the end you can´t do too much with that. Because whe you finished al the game there´s no more reason to still playing. No online, no minigames, you cannot buy choppers, boats, etc. What does it mean? You unistall the game. Cyberpunk taught me not get hyped too soon.
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  37. Feb 23, 2022
    6
    So much good stuff here that was overshadowed by immersion breaking bugs. I have high hopes for where the game will end up after the devs clean it up and make night city feel more like it was promised. This game will probably be great someday but for now it just feels disappointing
  38. Aug 4, 2022
    7
    ALL 7 POINTS GO TO THE STORY.

    Play it like a visual novel. This software hase no gaming value.
  39. Aug 16, 2022
    5
    Could have been a passable game, a strong 7 out of 10, maybe even an 8, if it wasn't for the sheer mountain of absences in content. Over-promise, under-deliver is right: the promotional material actively and maliciously lied to customers about a number of gameplay features. The Player Origin is literally just a little bit of flavor text, the subway system doesn't exist, there's even textCould have been a passable game, a strong 7 out of 10, maybe even an 8, if it wasn't for the sheer mountain of absences in content. Over-promise, under-deliver is right: the promotional material actively and maliciously lied to customers about a number of gameplay features. The Player Origin is literally just a little bit of flavor text, the subway system doesn't exist, there's even text in the Gorilla Arms upgrade leftover from when it promised to give you the perk to manually force open doors at will, even though it doesn't do that in the game, you still need to independently invest perk points into a strengh skill to do it. When you look beyond the glossy polish of the game, it's just a cover shooter with a few extra gizmos. Everything that Deus Ex has been doing, except a little more of a let-down.

    The more time passes, the sadder I feel realizing that, after trudging through more than a hundred hours of gameplay, I don't even care about the narrative or want to see the end of the storyline. I dunno, man. I had such high hopes.
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  40. Mar 26, 2021
    5
    Here comes a brand new IP from a company that did so well with their work on the Witcher series. Witcher 3 (And its DLC) being one of my favorite and most memorable gaming enjoyments of recent years. Cyberpunk was inflated and over advertised to be this huge new game that was going to blow minds. Sadly it was nothing like it was hyped up to be and crashed very flat over all. I sat tryingHere comes a brand new IP from a company that did so well with their work on the Witcher series. Witcher 3 (And its DLC) being one of my favorite and most memorable gaming enjoyments of recent years. Cyberpunk was inflated and over advertised to be this huge new game that was going to blow minds. Sadly it was nothing like it was hyped up to be and crashed very flat over all. I sat trying to keep playing the game through hours and hours in respect of CD Red and the faith in their company but I reached a point I just stopped playing without finishing the game.
    Before even starting into the many issues with the game, the main reason for stopping was just not being interested in the main story at all. I give the game little credit for the story not being how I expected from the endless trailers we were shown. Playing a mercenary whose main goal was to make a name for yourself just felt boring and meaningless when the game lacked connection or an interest into the world around it. Nightcity was just a playground of adult/sexual billboards or nightclubs with violence and technology thrown into a blender. One day after mindlessly doing another side quest of killing person (X) because person (Y) was going to pay me; I turned off the game and turned on another game and automatically felt happier just caring about that world.
    Bugs. Glitches. MORE BUGS. MORE GLITCHES. The problems were endless. Lips not moving when characters were speaking. Character models clipping through stationary objects that would cause random things to fly around. Several points of audio just being absent. Looting radius for items being completely broken or away from the actual object laying on the ground. Quest givers (or Fixers in Cyberpunk) being lagged behind the quest you are working on, giving you dialogue from a previous quest you already did. I personally ran into a couple game breaking bugs that made the game impossible to play or advance in till a patch was released several days later. Skin textures clipping off character models during small cutscenes. The list could go on and on for the issues with this game.
    This game wasn't all bad and offered some neat skill trees for their minimal RPG element. Hacking gameplay was fun and thematic to the game while weapons were fun to play around with. But not much else stood out about this game and I doubt I'll ever pick it back up after many content patches are released. I don’t blame the whole company for this disaster that was shipped to us. I blame the financial/marketing team for pushing out a game that was not ready. I also blame the public for being so greedy nowadays and not wanting to wait for something to come out. You can tell this was a passion project by CD RED that if given the full time it needed could have been an interesting game but instead was forced to rush the game and cut so much content from the game.
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  41. Sep 5, 2021
    6
    Достаточно простенькая сюжетная линия, красивая графика, хорошая актёрская игра, неплохая боёвка (была бы для ммо) и разносторонняя, но абсолютно бессмысленная прокачка.

    Всё остальное в игре сделано очень паршиво. Диалоги ни на что не влияют, игра практически полностью является лутер шутером. Сюжетная линия сверх короткая, а сайд миссии очень скучные и их вообще очень трудно найти
    Достаточно простенькая сюжетная линия, красивая графика, хорошая актёрская игра, неплохая боёвка (была бы для ммо) и разносторонняя, но абсолютно бессмысленная прокачка.

    Всё остальное в игре сделано очень паршиво. Диалоги ни на что не влияют, игра практически полностью является лутер шутером.
    Сюжетная линия сверх короткая, а сайд миссии очень скучные и их вообще очень трудно найти среди кучи вышек.
    Открытый мир самый мёртвый в игровой индустрии, даже хуже чем в гта 3.
    Оптимизация на нуле, фпс и графика почти одинаковые на любых настройках. Багов просто море.
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  42. Nov 15, 2022
    6
    The game still needs a lot of bug fixing because some bugs are still happening obviously in the cutscene / main story. Character sometimes get stuck in the corner and nothing I can do, which force me to reload the game and replay the entire section. T-posing in the cutscene still happens in patch 1.61. The bugs ruin the atmosphere that the game tries to build up. It's too hard to beThe game still needs a lot of bug fixing because some bugs are still happening obviously in the cutscene / main story. Character sometimes get stuck in the corner and nothing I can do, which force me to reload the game and replay the entire section. T-posing in the cutscene still happens in patch 1.61. The bugs ruin the atmosphere that the game tries to build up. It's too hard to be serious in the story because of these bugs.

    Also, why the game doesn't allow me to continue to play the game after finishing the main story ? It's not even a new game plus. Witcher 3 has it, why doesn't this game have the same option as well ?
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  43. Oct 3, 2021
    6
    The game is really bugged, many functions and ideas were never released. Feels like if im playing alpha version of some good game, but its not good yet.
  44. Jan 27, 2021
    6
    I played a lot of games in my life, always saw people complaining about bugs but never care too much about it. I'm always focused on the gameplay and how much fun the game is, if there are some bugs that's ok I can live with that. But the case with Cyberpunk is different because there are so many bugs that have impacts on gameplay that it ruin your immersion in the game. For example,I played a lot of games in my life, always saw people complaining about bugs but never care too much about it. I'm always focused on the gameplay and how much fun the game is, if there are some bugs that's ok I can live with that. But the case with Cyberpunk is different because there are so many bugs that have impacts on gameplay that it ruin your immersion in the game. For example, yesterday I was playing it and part of the character's body appears in front of me. That is big trouble in an FPS game just so you know the bug was so bizarre that it messes up my aiming.

    For me, the only thing that is perfect in this game is the graphics if you play on a high-end PC. But the game is poorly optimized so if you don't have a really good PC you should wait for the devs to fix the game.

    I expected so much more from CDPR but is clear that they had big ambitions for this game and they lost themselves trying to deploy their ideas.
    For me, the only thing that is perfect in this game is the graphics if you play on a high-end PC. But the game is poor optimized so if you don't have a really good PC you should wait the devs fix the game.

    I expected so much more from CDPR but is clear that they had big ambitions for this game and they lost themselves traying to deplay their ideas.
    For me the only thing that is perfect in this game is the graphics if you play in a high end PC. But the game is really poor optimizaded
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  45. Sep 19, 2022
    7
    Cyberpunk 2077 is clearly a game with amazingly big heart and passion in it. Almost every corner of this game is filled with something interesting and I just simply can't ignore such hard work of CDPR. To be honest the best fun while playing this game I had by just doing side activities and enjoying the night city without bothering too much about anything. Absorbing the atmosphere, slowlyCyberpunk 2077 is clearly a game with amazingly big heart and passion in it. Almost every corner of this game is filled with something interesting and I just simply can't ignore such hard work of CDPR. To be honest the best fun while playing this game I had by just doing side activities and enjoying the night city without bothering too much about anything. Absorbing the atmosphere, slowly going from place to place, meeting interesting people, buying cars, clothing and houses - it's the best part of this game. But for me personally the main story was just bad... There were some awesome ideas and characters but only few. The story was short and felt shallow inside, the choices That we can make are 90% of time useless. Optimalization of this game is a total nonsense... It's crushing and slowing down fps all the time even on lowest settings I don't know why. Leveling system was unintelligible for me. Map of the town was unreadable. Crafting system ware useless. There were a ton of bugs even after patch 1.6. Cyberpunk 2077 is a game that is really worth trying but it could be frustrating, irritating and annoying in terms of bugs, story and all sort of little things. But this game can also show us a beauty of storytelling, some great interactions, beautiful locations and it can just bring lot of smile at our face. I think that cyberpunk had a lot of potential but it wasn't polished enough. I'm looking forward to see it's sequel or some new stories dlcs. Expand
  46. Mar 8, 2021
    6
    the optimization is (surprisingly) good on the rx 570 at an average of 50 fps. There is nothing more good here. The plot is short, there are no RPGs, there are several impalnts, in deus ex there are even more. There are a lot of lies from the developers, such people should be punished.
  47. Feb 25, 2022
    5
    Ele tem seus problemas, como todo jogo, mas de resto tudo nele é ótimo, uma história muito divertida uma gameplay bem envolvente, um jogo incrível.
  48. Dec 19, 2021
    7
    В этой игре я спалил к чертям свою видюху. И что? Починил и пошёл играть дальше.
    Сюжет классный, геймплей +- интересный, но управление хоть каким-либо транспортом это просто пи36ец, багов куча кучная даже сейчас. То, что они могли сделать с игрой за год - так это доделать её мать вашу, но не особо справились. Короче, бетку продают. Уже, правда, не за 60 баксов, свою нынешнюю цену игра
    В этой игре я спалил к чертям свою видюху. И что? Починил и пошёл играть дальше.
    Сюжет классный, геймплей +- интересный, но управление хоть каким-либо транспортом это просто пи36ец, багов куча кучная даже сейчас. То, что они могли сделать с игрой за год - так это доделать её мать вашу, но не особо справились. Короче, бетку продают. Уже, правда, не за 60 баксов, свою нынешнюю цену игра полностью оправдывает. Может быть разочарование. Но мне просто не хочется ставить игре низкую оценку, то что вышло позже неё это,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, да.
    Последняя надежда на дуинг луйт. Молю всех богов, не обосритесь хоть вы.
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  49. Feb 8, 2022
    7
    Its supposed to be an RPG GTA Futuristic Open World Cinematic First Person Extra Costumization Best Game Ever Made, so it needed much more time to be ready for release. Its ok. The shooting is good, the dialog optins does not change the story much, the open world is not so interactive. The story is not bad. The graphics are the best, but the optimization is not so good.
    I like it lol
  50. Mar 23, 2022
    5
    This Game is the definition of the Word average. Everything about this Game mediocre. So the only Score i can give is a 5. The Gameplay mechanics are ok Melee Combat is the best Part of it. The Characters and the Storytelling are ok but nothing special.
  51. Nov 7, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cyberpunk 2077... What can I say... Overall, the game is pretty good, and personally I like it. Although, before playing it, I watched a bunch of videos and thought I wouldn't like it at all. But let's be honest here in the game there are disadvantages and quite a lot of them. Pros - 1. Interesting plot. 2. Interesting characters. 3. Pretty good shooting mechanics, although it will be quite difficult to get used to it at first. 4. Good music in shootouts and dialogues. In general, good music. And that's probably where the minuses all begin. Cons - 1. Very few interesting side tasks. All random encounters for some unknown reason are called side tasks. These so-called "side tasks" will not take you more than 2-3 minutes. And there is NOTHING interesting about them. Personally, I have identified 2 quite interesting side tasks for myself - Dream On and Sinnerman. 2. There are very few different types of weapons. Let's say you found 4 types of shotguns, do you think you will find more? No. All that you will find next is exactly the same weapon with exactly the same textures (except maybe there are several parts (the handle may be a different color - LOL) that will differ only in damage numbers and several parameters. 3. Bugs. Playing the most recent patch, I quite often had characters stuck in textures. Objects were flying in the air and so on. 4. Pretty bad endings. And all of them are bad (What's the point of me going through the game if at the end my main character still dies? ). 5. Awful cars physics. And awful car destructions. 6 Almost zero encounter with the world. ( Why almost all shops are locked??? Why can't i order food standing right to food cart?? Why i need to go to the SPECIFIC FOOD CART THAT MARKED?? ) Cyberpunk could have been an incredible game at the level of The Witcher 3, but unfortunately it did not become it. If they had delayed the release for a year or two, I think everything would have been much better. But in general, I advise you to get acquainted with this game at least for the sake of the main plot. Cyberpunk is a good game, but it is very, very far from a masterpiece Expand
  52. Nov 22, 2022
    7
    I played this a year from release so alot of the glitches werent as bad, That being said i still experienced gamebreaking glitches, crashes and just general bugs. That aside i found the world to be immersive and the story was interesting. Sidequests were fun, combat was repetetive but fun, cyber enhancements were cool but it was sad they didnt alter appearance that much. I loved theI played this a year from release so alot of the glitches werent as bad, That being said i still experienced gamebreaking glitches, crashes and just general bugs. That aside i found the world to be immersive and the story was interesting. Sidequests were fun, combat was repetetive but fun, cyber enhancements were cool but it was sad they didnt alter appearance that much. I loved the characters, and the voice acting was top tier. Overall though, gameplay wise this game did nothing groundbreaking, just about everything in this game was good but nothing was great.

    I hope CDPR learn not the over promise and under deliver, most people will still have fun with this game though.
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  53. Dec 25, 2020
    6
    There might not be anything I can say about this game that hasn't already been said. I made an account to review it anyway, because I was just as excited as everyone else for its release. Maybe significantly moreso.

    Many people's expectations may have been too high. Personally, I expected a full finished product that would contain at least the majority of the systems and features
    There might not be anything I can say about this game that hasn't already been said. I made an account to review it anyway, because I was just as excited as everyone else for its release. Maybe significantly moreso.

    Many people's expectations may have been too high. Personally, I expected a full finished product that would contain at least the majority of the systems and features advertised. That is not what I got. I understand that many things will be cut out and reworked in the process of game development. This is inevitable. I was not blind to the "does not represent final product" warning labels in the teasers and trailers. However, most of the time this message is viewed positively. It implies the game will be more polished, more fleshed out, and more complete than what you're seeing.

    In cyberpunk's case, they cut out the game itself. That warning message acted as a shield against accountability rather than a promising reassurance that the game would get better. Intentional or not. This is not an RPG. Cyberpunk 2077 is a mediocre mess. A heartbreaking one. It absolutely shines in a few areas, is passable in many, and is absolutely embarrassing in some. The story, although good and even emotionally impactful at times, suffers from the poor choice made to cut out what was likely going to be an additional act to the game in favor of an odd and unsatisfying montage summarization. How much was actually cut from the story I'll never know, but there is something huge missing here especially and I felt it. Like losing an arm but constantly being treated as though I'd never had two in the first place. V is not your character. Most of your choices are meaningless. V will frequently say things with no input from you that destroys any vision of what or who your character is to you. Unless " douchey street kid" is what you envisioned. V is a vehicle for you to experience Johnny's story and the stories of the other characters around you. Who, admittedly, are mostly very good. The customization is just okay. A shadow of what it could have been. Then again, what is the point of customization when you almost never see your character in any meaningful way? Third person cutscenes are almost entirely nonexistent. You can look in mirrors, but why? It happens twice naturally in the story, and half the time pieces of clothing or hair won't load in properly. Mirrors would be a nice little addition if they didn't remind me that the character I spent my time creating may as well be imaginary unless I bend over a bathroom sink and stare at him doing nothing. The city is the most beautiful city ever made in a video game. It's also completely shallow and boring beyond being a set piece to do missions in. They sprinkled in a few secrets and scripted events, but not many and not enough to satisfy, it only makes me want more. The police and A.I. in npcs is extremely bad. This has been said many times by people more knowledgable and well spoken than me, but it absoltely cannot be overstated and should be yelled out from the rooftops at any opportunity. It is embarrassing and almost insulting. This can never be okay in a full priced game. Ridiculous. Unbelievable. This is a lopsided, gutted, abused 6/10 game that is treading water solely on the talent that surrounds it. The art, the music, the acting and writing (in most cases) prop up this husk of a shell of a game and allow it to be something I would consider worth playing. No amount of bug fixes will improve its score beyond a 7. What this game needs is meat. Features. Activities. Repair. Remodeling. So much about it feels incomplete and butchered that it screams out to anyone paying attention that it was meant to be something very different. There is a 9/10 experience somewhere in this mess. They have the foundation. Will updates and dlc transform this game over the years and turn it into a product that's not only flashy and cool but SATISFYING? I don't know enough about game development to understand what they can or can't do to fix this. Or if they'll even try or recognize what's broken. But I hope they do. My heart sank at the end of my playthrough when the honeymoon phase ended and it began to sink in just how much of this game was missing. For every bit of fun I had, there were 2 somber realizations that I couldn't do or see something that I wanted to or was told I could. Cyberpunk is a lot like the hurried montage it used to replace an entire act of the game. Flashy and full of good characters, but hollow and unsatisfying. No video game has ever let me down more than this one. I remain optimistic about its future, however, and hope both CDRED and the people who trusted them end up as happy with the outcome as possible.
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  54. Dec 14, 2020
    6
    Ignoring all of the technical issues and just rating the game I think I'd give it a 6/10. One of the key things I try to factor in when judging a game is when it came out and what it does to push gaming forward. This game brings absolutely nothing new, and doesn't even live up to other games that came before it.
  55. Dec 25, 2020
    6
    Amazing graphic Good main story and characters
    Quite terrible IA
    Unacceptable open world system, years behind Rockstar/bethesda games. Even worst then BioWare.
  56. Dec 27, 2020
    5
    Cyberpunk is guilty of the worst possible crimes for a game : it is repetitive and boring.
    After the initial excitment and novelty, you quickly get tired of the dialogues and the fights.
    The side quests offer no variety in kind and the main quest gets done pretty quickly AND easily even at higher level of difficulty. CDPR had to decide whether to do a RPG or an action game : they ended
    Cyberpunk is guilty of the worst possible crimes for a game : it is repetitive and boring.
    After the initial excitment and novelty, you quickly get tired of the dialogues and the fights.
    The side quests offer no variety in kind and the main quest gets done pretty quickly AND easily even at higher level of difficulty.
    CDPR had to decide whether to do a RPG or an action game : they ended up doing neither of them.
    It does not have the depth of a Witcher nor the playability and excitement of Dying Light or GTA.
    Crafting leaves a lot to be desired; so do the clothing and other customization options.
    All in all, a sincere disappoinment and more importantly, really not worth neither the hype nor the money.
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  57. Nov 29, 2022
    7
    I cancelled my preorder because of the buggy and unfinished mess that was released, but after finally getting to this game, I must say it's my favourite story-oriented RPG. This game is far from perfect in all aspects, from story to gameplay to the world in itself. But the characters and attention to detail show how much effort and love was poured into it, sadly most people will never getI cancelled my preorder because of the buggy and unfinished mess that was released, but after finally getting to this game, I must say it's my favourite story-oriented RPG. This game is far from perfect in all aspects, from story to gameplay to the world in itself. But the characters and attention to detail show how much effort and love was poured into it, sadly most people will never get to experience it or look at the game without a pair of cynical lenses, And even those people who will always look at this game with disdain, it's not the talented people's fault at cdpr, it was the company forcing out an unfinished project and the gamers who got swept up in a tsunami of hype, no matter what, the game would have never lived up to such expectations. I don't know what they will do with this IP or even if the new expansion will fully change my look at the game, but as of rn, I hope they can come back to this franchise in the not-so-distant future. (This game is not a 10 nor 0 there are other number's you know) Expand
  58. Jan 18, 2021
    6
    This game is a solid 6 at best, been running it on a good rig, performance was not an issue for me.
    - false advertising on content
    - most advertised choices are not important in any way, the biggest dissapointment was the nomad/street kid/corpo choice which did not matter - clearly non existent mechanics (we're not implemented or we're cut in the end) - there is nothin revolutionary in
    This game is a solid 6 at best, been running it on a good rig, performance was not an issue for me.
    - false advertising on content
    - most advertised choices are not important in any way, the biggest dissapointment was the nomad/street kid/corpo choice which did not matter
    - clearly non existent mechanics (we're not implemented or we're cut in the end)
    - there is nothin revolutionary in this game, there are games from 2004 that are still more fun to play than this
    - the animations are so horrible if they are not scripted cutscenes, it's tough to watch
    - no amount of patches/fixes will get it over a 7 unless they make a completely different story like Blood and Wine expansion
    - this game feels like an early access only the sad part is that I played lots of indie early access games that would not dare make their game public with completely missing AI features, they would at least do a best effort.
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  59. Dec 31, 2020
    5
    CDPR should have launched this game in Early Access first. This would have saved them a lot of well-deserved headaches.

    I will admit that there is a good game underneath all the crap, but it's so hard to find it sometimes, especially when you are constantly reminded by "development artifacts" about all the missing features, broken and unbalanced mechanics, untapped potential, and the
    CDPR should have launched this game in Early Access first. This would have saved them a lot of well-deserved headaches.

    I will admit that there is a good game underneath all the crap, but it's so hard to find it sometimes, especially when you are constantly reminded by "development artifacts" about all the missing features, broken and unbalanced mechanics, untapped potential, and the legion of bugs, that I feel I'm just beta testing the game.

    Lastly, even if the game was not in this rough of a state, I would have still given it a 7 or 8 (basically penalizing 2 or 3 points) because of the lies they sold us pre-launch, coupled with the fact that they knew what they were doing, but chose to not be forthright and "forced" reviewers (although they are partly to blame as well, especially the 10/10 ones...come on!! seriously? ) to not show their own footage and also withhold any info regarding the console versions.

    With that said, I do need to mention, that I have an unhealthy love/hate relationship with the game... I find myself playing it every day & I'm now at ~150h. And I hate myself and the game for it. :))

    I'm not sure what keeps bringing me back to it, but I surmise it's a combination of = too much longing for a Cyberpunk RPG + too much waiting for the game to come out + self-punishment tendencies + it's characters/story + some things that I've yet to become conscious of yet.

    I wish I never bought it in this state and I wish I would have only been made aware of it 6 months or 1 year from now...just like I did with Witcher 3
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  60. Dec 25, 2020
    5
    There's not a lot to do, the main story is predictable and bland. I had fun while playing it but I don't think I'll ever open it again.
  61. Feb 8, 2021
    5
    I love and hate this game.
    The Story is emmersive and the side missions are as much fun as the main story.
    BUT The game is empty. There is no AI (Police or otherwise). The worl is interesting but the graphics of ps4 are uninteresting. Many things were promised and none of them were delivered. I am really sad about it is beeing handelt. The bugs are sometimes funny and other times make
    I love and hate this game.
    The Story is emmersive and the side missions are as much fun as the main story.
    BUT
    The game is empty. There is no AI (Police or otherwise). The worl is interesting but the graphics of ps4 are uninteresting.
    Many things were promised and none of them were delivered. I am really sad about it is beeing handelt.
    The bugs are sometimes funny and other times make you very angry.
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  62. Dec 25, 2020
    6
    I must admit that I am disappointed with this game, having looked forward to it for quite some time. I don't think it's terrible, but I also don't think it's particularly good. On a fairly high-end PC it's a really nice looking game but even from a graphical standpoint it's got some problems. The draw distance is good, but there is some really significant pop-in, which is most noticeableI must admit that I am disappointed with this game, having looked forward to it for quite some time. I don't think it's terrible, but I also don't think it's particularly good. On a fairly high-end PC it's a really nice looking game but even from a graphical standpoint it's got some problems. The draw distance is good, but there is some really significant pop-in, which is most noticeable when travelling in a car or on a bike.

    The difference in how much time was spent on the main and side characters versus the NPCs is also very obvious and quite jarring. Main characters such as Jackie Welles, Judy Alvarez, etc are all very detailed and have clearly been given a lot of time and effort, but your average citizen of Night City is quite low detail and quite often I'd see exact replica NPCs standing next to each other in a crowd.

    Beyond the graphics I think there are some real problems with this game, and the worrying thing is that some of it is probably beyond fixing. There are a lot of bugs and minor issues, such as clipping, items floating in mid-air, cars sinking into the floor, etc, all of which will be fixed in updates. Beyond that there are problems with a lack of interaction with your average NPC, and a physics engine that is poor even when compared to the 7 year old GTAV. However, for me the biggest problem is that this game seems to only superficially be an RPG. Yes, the game features stats, character attributes that you can unlock and mods that can be applied to guns to change the damage output, but beyond the first 15-20 minutes none of the dialogue choices really seem to make a difference to the outcome of game events, which is a major issue for an RPG. At the start of the game you choose between playing as Nomad, Street Kid or Corpo. Sometimes in dialogue you'll get a different choice pop up depending on which character start you chose, but ultimately none of it seems to make a difference to the outcome of the conversation.

    I feel like CP2077 has a really cool setting, with a nicely designed if quite shallow city, and the graphics can be really impressive at times, but ultimately I think the game is really disappointing.
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  63. Jan 11, 2021
    7
    After a full play through, I have to adjust my rating.

    In the beginning I was amazed by the really nice graphics (Ray Tracing Ultra), the story and Night City, only to get disappointed later on. If you only play the main story and some of the important side missions, you will not notice the serious weaknesses of the game. The longer you explore the open world, the more
    After a full play through, I have to adjust my rating.

    In the beginning I was amazed by the really nice graphics (Ray Tracing Ultra), the story and Night City, only to get disappointed later on.

    If you only play the main story and some of the important side missions, you will not notice the serious weaknesses of the game.

    The longer you explore the open world, the more disappointed you become. CDPR has announced a next generation game with incredibly interesting features. Unfortunately, only a fraction of it has been implemented in the current version.

    At the moment, it feels more like an early access than a finished game.

    The main story was interesting but didn't really blow my mind, reminds you of Ghost in the Shell and Altered Carbon and maybe a bit of Blade Runner. But unfortunately nothing innovative and new.

    Pros:
    - Graphics
    - Night City as a scenery
    - Story
    - Sound (weapons, vehicles, world)
    - First person (relatively well executed, gunplay feels good)
    - German synchronization

    Cons:
    - Gameplay (RPG mechanics, inventory)
    - RPG downgraded to Action Adventure
    - Linearity (story)
    - AI (one of the worst)
    - Open World (Night City feels more like a scenery)
    - Police system
    - No real side activities
    - Lots of missing promised features

    Bottom line: if you play the main story and do a couple of side missions, cyberpunk feels fine, but once you step into the open world, you start to notice how incomplete the game is. It feels like an Early Access version at times. Most of all, it's disappointing that the promised RPG masterpiece just turned into an average action adventure.

    And then there are the moments when Cyberpunk 2077 reaches its full potential. If you simply drive through Night City with the relatively cool vehicles and forget all the game flaws for a moment, the real potential of this game opens up, which cannot be matched by any GTA. Because when it comes to atmosphere, scenery and just that Cyberpunk feeling, Cyberpunk 2077 is unsurpassed! Unfortunately then you become aware of the missed potential, which makes you even sadder.

    There is a masterpiece somewhere hidden in this game. Due to the release rush, you can see and feel how unfinished this game was released. I just hope now that CDPR is still delivering the game they promised us. Because with this release they have lost their reputation and, even worse, the trust of their community.
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  64. Jan 4, 2021
    7
    I really want to give it like a 5 because it is so buggy on release, the balancing is super weird (played it on very hard and one-hitted nearly every enemy), the boxing quest is a complete desaster and a lot of stuff is just not finished - but I also want to give it a 10 because i can't remember a game I played where the characters were so fleshed out, so realistic and I actually kindaI really want to give it like a 5 because it is so buggy on release, the balancing is super weird (played it on very hard and one-hitted nearly every enemy), the boxing quest is a complete desaster and a lot of stuff is just not finished - but I also want to give it a 10 because i can't remember a game I played where the characters were so fleshed out, so realistic and I actually kinda miss some of them, now that I finished the game with 100% and every ending. It was a wild 90 hour ride, with lots and lots of bugs but also with so memerable scenes that will stick with me for a while. Kerry on his boat, Campfire with Panam, going to his burial place with Johnny, diving with Judy and BBQ with River - games rarely go as deep and close as Cyberpunk does. I wished they would have released it later and in a better state - but this one will be remembered. Expand
  65. Jan 23, 2021
    5
    It feels like a huge slap in the face to most people who put their trust into them. Yes they will fix this and patch the game, yes it will probably become another one of those great game when it finally gets working. But it does not change the fact that they think it's fine to pull off a debacle like this and get away with it after that.

    So much for the "coming when it is ready" , if
    It feels like a huge slap in the face to most people who put their trust into them. Yes they will fix this and patch the game, yes it will probably become another one of those great game when it finally gets working. But it does not change the fact that they think it's fine to pull off a debacle like this and get away with it after that.

    So much for the "coming when it is ready" , if this teaches anybody a lesson, that would be never preorder anything.
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  66. Jan 10, 2021
    5
    This game has a fantastically designed city, the lighting is beautiful, and the music is fantastic. But once you check under the hood, things start to fall apart and it just feels like a facade for something it's not. It isn’t much of an RPG, as there are only 3 things in the entire game that effect the way the story plays out. The game world feels hollow and there is pretty much nothingThis game has a fantastically designed city, the lighting is beautiful, and the music is fantastic. But once you check under the hood, things start to fall apart and it just feels like a facade for something it's not. It isn’t much of an RPG, as there are only 3 things in the entire game that effect the way the story plays out. The game world feels hollow and there is pretty much nothing to do in the world aside from shooting gang members over and over. The AI is less advanced than some ps2 era games and is laughable at best. And the story is so haphazardly constructed that I don't even know what story they were trying to tell. The game as a whole just feels like it's caught in this awkward middle ground, where it tries to do many different things, but doesn't do any of them particularly well aside from the visuals. It also isn't a damn cyberpunk game, as traditional cyberpunk themes are absent and you spend half of the game helping the cops or corpos. Soooo "Punk" CDPR. However while it is a disappointing game, It's not a bad one. It's kinda just "Okay". There are some fun missions and the shooting is pretty solid so it's certainly not the worst way to spend your time. And if you're looking for a game to just go in a shoot some things, while staring at a beautiful environment, then this is a solid option. But for people who want more than that, this game most certainly falls flat. Expand
  67. Jan 12, 2021
    6
    Cyberpunk 2077 is a game that encompasses aspects of other games and media and struggles to find its own identity. CD Projekt Red’s vision and scope may have been far grander at one time, but the “finished” product, when not broken or buggy, is missing the magic of a Witcher game or a full RPG experience.

    It touches on a little of everything and fears going any further. It feels afraid
    Cyberpunk 2077 is a game that encompasses aspects of other games and media and struggles to find its own identity. CD Projekt Red’s vision and scope may have been far grander at one time, but the “finished” product, when not broken or buggy, is missing the magic of a Witcher game or a full RPG experience.

    It touches on a little of everything and fears going any further. It feels afraid of taking any stance, righting any wrongs, or (at times) giving the player the option for better outcomes. From the developers that brought you the “Family Matters” quest with the Botchling, it’s surprising that the game can’t decide what it wants to be. A fleeting momentary mention of a trans character, tons of death and suicide, love interests based solely on body choice, and an 80’s version of the corporate world compressed into one man. Like a list of topics to add a checkmark to, Cyberpunk 2077 is home to a thousand ideas, few of which ever truly follow a worthwhile path.

    When it works, it’s a beautiful open world with much to explore, but you won’t be introduced to any of it. If you simply want to enjoy the games true stories and experiences, you will find very little by following the main quests. Instead, you will need to explore the game, on your own, and partake in your own quest line. I would recommend following guides to help you finish major side quests which are so vital to the story and even the ending, that your entire view of the game will be based off of them far more than any single main quest.

    By the end of this review, I’ve reached 150+ hours on PC, and around 60+ on PS5. Throughout my time I found countless bugs, glitches, even game breaking instances. Right now, I can’t even finish a completionist run because a quest simply won’t work. I’ve taken hundreds of pictures, many of bugs, but also of beauty. I feel that Cyberpunk 2077 was a vision of the future that for whatever reasons simply couldn’t be fulfilled. Whether it was time, or tech, or management, the game launched as it did to deserved criticism.

    While update after update won’t fix the consumer confidence or previous experiences, I truly hope the game is fixed and expanded. Because whatever vison they did have in making it, I can see it in its “bones” everywhere in game. I’m excited by the future prospects of the game, just as I was for No Man’s Sky, and despite my fairly awful experiences I’m still optimistic. I wish them the best in their endeavor and hope to experience their full vision again someday, with a clear mind, and renewed excitement.
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  68. Jan 1, 2021
    6
    Although I haven't experienced many bugs or technical issues whilst playing like many others have the game is still a disappointment, I mean it was always going to be given the hype but I expected it to be better than it is. There is some interesting side quests and the main story is ok but the vast majority of the things you do in this game are very similar, all the areas start to lookAlthough I haven't experienced many bugs or technical issues whilst playing like many others have the game is still a disappointment, I mean it was always going to be given the hype but I expected it to be better than it is. There is some interesting side quests and the main story is ok but the vast majority of the things you do in this game are very similar, all the areas start to look the same and most of the missions feel the same as well.

    The City looks stunning from afar but the more time you spend in night city the less it impresses you, It doesn't feel real to me, the immersion just isn't there.

    This isn't a bad game though by any stretch of the imagination, I'm having a lot of fun playing it, customising my character, trying different weapons and attachments, choosing my cyberware and using hacks. I just wish it was more of an RPG.
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  69. Jul 14, 2021
    5
    Cyberpunk is by no means a bad game ,the game had its few great moments but its clear as crystal that the game is simply an unfinished mess and im completely ignoring the buggs here ,Cyberpunk tries to be many things but fails at pretty much all of them ,the world is stunningly beautiful but at the same time its lifeless that its even haunting ,gangs ,NCPD and Trauma team add nothing toCyberpunk is by no means a bad game ,the game had its few great moments but its clear as crystal that the game is simply an unfinished mess and im completely ignoring the buggs here ,Cyberpunk tries to be many things but fails at pretty much all of them ,the world is stunningly beautiful but at the same time its lifeless that its even haunting ,gangs ,NCPD and Trauma team add nothing to the game ,some of the character related side quests are GOAT tier but most of it are some Ubisoft tier fetch and kill quests that are no where near as good as the contracts from The Witcher 3 ,NPCs and police system are not just bad they are completely broken even after the patches ,the story had its great moments and the characters were phenomenal but the pacing is extremely fast it feels like its summarizing a story rather than experiencing and entire story ,it takes only 18-20 hours to beat it which is a far cry compared to the witcher 3 which had 50 hour main quest ,the gameplay is kinda meh ,its not bad but its not great and the RPG mechanics and choices are basically none existent and are just there ,its also quite jarring how much potential content is there but you cant interact with ,not even a single mini game.

    the problem with Cyberpunk is that it tries to be many things but fails at pretty much all of them.
    You want an open world with deep RPG mechanics where your choices mean something? Play Fallout NV
    You want to play an open world game with an amazing story and a lively open world? Play RDR 2
    You want to play a Cyberpunk game? Play the Deus ex series
    You want a great open world game with amazing side quests? Play The Witcher 3
    You want to play a smaller open world game that is filled with amazing mini games? Play Yakuza 0
    You want to play an open world game with a much better police system? Play GTA
    You want to play an open world RPG with meaningful choices ,character customization freedom that rewards you for it and a great faction system? Play Fallout New vegas
    again im not saying Cyberpunk is bad its just that there are much better games out there.
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  70. Mar 9, 2021
    6
    npcs and cars ai in this game is bad, police/wanted system just horrible, then we have bugs and glitches
    this game may take years to repair, if they will repair?
    story, character and the city are solid 9/10, but the game as a whole hardly 6/10
  71. Dec 24, 2020
    7
    Cyberbug 2076 is a good game but don't expect anything special, imo it's not an rpg considering the lack of rpg elements.
    Definitely not the "deep rpg" game of the decade the developers made it out to be.
  72. Jan 15, 2021
    5
    I have a good gaming pc, so no technical issues for me personally - and I'm still really glad I picked this game up with a sizeable discount. If Id bought it for 60 bucks, i would be pissed. This is nothing like the demo shown at 2018 E3. Some game mechanics like NPCs, stealth takedowns, driving AI, coliision and police system are so bad, they are 10 years late. Side activity isI have a good gaming pc, so no technical issues for me personally - and I'm still really glad I picked this game up with a sizeable discount. If Id bought it for 60 bucks, i would be pissed. This is nothing like the demo shown at 2018 E3. Some game mechanics like NPCs, stealth takedowns, driving AI, coliision and police system are so bad, they are 10 years late. Side activity is non-existent outside of "kill everyone in the building and take a shard", Far Cry 2 had more variety there. Everybody says "but the soundtrack was really good" which really puzzles me, because it feels like a random youtube mix, from rap to growl, of all things. Lifepaths dont mean anything after prologue, I remember maybe 3 quests where my lifepath gave me a separate meaningful choice, and not just another dialogue option that would have the same consequences as another one. Crafting is abysmal, it is so bad, I had to modify system files to make it at least look like a bearable activity. I have no idea, why there are so many consumables and especially alcohol, never used one. I started recorfing different bugs and glitches halfway through my playthough, and by the end of it I have 4 GBs of short videos and several dozen screenshots. And the promised "vibrant Night City" is just a bunch of completely useless icons like drop points and food stalls slapped on lifeless buildings that have nothing on them. Oh yeah, and I really tried to read all those shards that are supposed to contain lore and interesting facts, but got really bored real soon. I wonder why they put so much effort into that instead of, i don't know, side activities or police system?

    What i liked: perks system. Mostly irrelevant, because whatever you do, you can just pick up or craft a good gun and destroy everyone with headshots. But it is really noticeable how your choices make a difference as soon as you pick them up. Unfortunately, the perks progression system is a total garbage, I finished the main story and all side quests, and I only have my crafting maxed. I dont plan on running around the city hacking everything just to level up my breach or quickhacking or fighting thugs to level up melee, so Im missing out on something.

    Main story - its ok. Not the greatest story in the world, but not Fallout 4 or MEA either. Rather predictable, but execution is good. Voice acting is great, one of the best I've heard in videogames. Felt like Pixar level of effort. Romantic questlines are very interesting, the only reason for me personally to play this game again is to see through romantic storyline with Panam.

    Overall this is just a very mediocre looter-shooter that feels outdated on release. I dont know how they plan to fix it, this game has a core that is nowhere near promised and marketed "nextgen openworld experience", its just a "play once - delete - forget it" game like one of those yearly AC titles. The only good thing I got from playing it is that I remembered that I never finished playing GTA V, so I decided to do that and let me tell you - Im having a better time in that 7 years old game than in this "holy grail of modern gaming". A pity.
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  73. Feb 9, 2021
    5
    I did not expect the Cyberpunk 2077 game for 7 years like most players, so my expectations were not too much, but guinea bugs were too much, I did not like the gameplay, the feeling of hitting, the story was not bad, except for them, the game was beautiful.
  74. Dec 19, 2020
    6
    I wish I could give this game a 9 or a 10, but I can’t honestly do that. I am playing this game on one of the most powerful gaming computers available yet the game still constantly bugs out. The graphics are breathtaking and the story is equally so, but the bugs and glitches are so constant and so miserable that it completely breaks the immersion. One glitch causes the game to stutterI wish I could give this game a 9 or a 10, but I can’t honestly do that. I am playing this game on one of the most powerful gaming computers available yet the game still constantly bugs out. The graphics are breathtaking and the story is equally so, but the bugs and glitches are so constant and so miserable that it completely breaks the immersion. One glitch causes the game to stutter so violently that I invariably have to shut the game down and restart it every 15 minutes. Another glitch displays my character asserting the infamous dominant T-pose, also every 15 minutes. Yet another glitch causes bags of trash around me to spontaneously explode, (hilarious at first, but miserable the 50th time). The glitches listed above are just a small sampling of the shockingly awful situation on full display in this game. Mind you, this is on a $3,000 custom built gaming rig. It gets even worse if you are playing PS4 or Xbox. Don’t expect a AAA experience from this supposedly AAA game, because you won’t get one for this and other reasons.

    As far as gameplay, the story is fun and so are the characters. Or at least it would be, if the developers didn’t deliberately pack as much smut into it as they possibly could so they can jam it right down your throat at every possible moment. For example, there are salacious billboard adds that automatically play pretty much everywhere you go in the game. One has a woman moaning so loudly and so obnoxiously that I can’t take shooting bad guys even the least bit seriously. On a more ugly note, an entire mission is devoted to literally nailing a guy to a cross to crucify him as a public spectacle. There are more “WTF” inducing moments in this game, but that should give you some idea of what to expect. After an initial 5-10 hours of excellent storyline, everything begins to feel hollow and pointless, struggling to even care.

    CD Project Red, what in the hell were you thinking? You had almost 10 whole years of development and a golden opportunity here, and you blew it. Nobody wants to be bombarded with smut for a whole 40 hours of story-driven narrative and nobody wants to be your personal beta-testing guinea pigs so that you can lazily iron out all the bugs after you release the whole game to the public.

    I give this game a miserable and sadly well deserved 6/10. It could have been so much more. Buy this game only when it goes on a major discount or raise your pirate flag on this one.
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  75. Dec 14, 2020
    6
    Well, first of all, I loved CDPR after I played The Witcher 3 - it definitely was some special experience to me - and when I saw that CP2077 can be pre-ordered, I thought it's gonna be some nice game, probably a masterpiece. And it actually could be like that if there was no bugs, better optimization (which reminds me of Jedi: Fallen Order where you needed 32 GB of RAM to run it on UltraWell, first of all, I loved CDPR after I played The Witcher 3 - it definitely was some special experience to me - and when I saw that CP2077 can be pre-ordered, I thought it's gonna be some nice game, probably a masterpiece. And it actually could be like that if there was no bugs, better optimization (which reminds me of Jedi: Fallen Order where you needed 32 GB of RAM to run it on Ultra settings) and dumbass AI. And I'm not even talking about the times when you fall down under the world.

    And even though, I do have enthusiasm for this game, I still want to play it (even though it's a disappointment mostly on a technical level) but for now it's just nothing but a whole bunch of bugs of all kinds. But I feel like this game has something to prove and I'm still waiting for all the fixes because I'm actually interested. The atmosphere got me. Actually, if you close your eyes on all the bugs, you can see a decent product, but you can't close your eyes forever.

    6/10 - we know CDPR can do better but not now
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  76. Dec 17, 2020
    5
    Because Neil Druckmann presented us the worst story ever, you guys decided to present us the worst technical problems of 2020 to win him?
  77. Dec 15, 2020
    7
    Played 86h and finished story and here's what I disliked so far:

    -Main story is too short (When I though i was in middle of story, I was on "point of no return" mission lol); -AI is bugged/dumb, especially in stealth; -Very few good side quests that can be found on map (question marks),most of map quests are just "go there, kill everyone or kill cyberpsyho and bam u did it" ,after
    Played 86h and finished story and here's what I disliked so far:

    -Main story is too short (When I though i was in middle of story, I was on "point of no return" mission lol);
    -AI is bugged/dumb, especially in stealth;
    -Very few good side quests that can be found on map (question marks),most of map quests are just "go there, kill everyone or kill cyberpsyho and bam u did it" ,after Witcher 3 I'm really disappointed
    -Only 2 romances for main story is disappointment as well.
    -Completely useless V house which u can't even customize
    -Bugs, although it's not a big deal
    -Game is not challenging me at all (3rd diff level), boss fights are too easy
    -Main story is too linear, only in the end game will give us a real(illusion of) choice which can affect story
    -Endings killed any replayability for me because all my efforts doesn't matter at all
    -80% of skills are completely useless and don't make any difference at all
    -Crafting is no needed and takes too much recourses
    -No mini-games
    -Can't change hairstyle

    Game feels rushed and lacks a LOT of content, would not recommend to play without dlc or expansions.
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  78. Jan 16, 2021
    6
    It's a good game that could have been the best game ever made. Many areas aren't polished yet, that might come with an enhanced edition. The gameplay is ok, graphics are good, story is fine. I personally don't really like the main character.
  79. Feb 6, 2021
    6
    I came to Cyberpunk with a degree of suspicion. There was a huge amount of hype and a lot of promises that made me suspicious that we might be building ourselves up for another No Man's Sky... and I'm pretty certain that is where we have ended up. Massive expectations and a mediocre game.

    If you want the TL/DR, there is a good game in there under the bugs and other crap. I've enjoyed
    I came to Cyberpunk with a degree of suspicion. There was a huge amount of hype and a lot of promises that made me suspicious that we might be building ourselves up for another No Man's Sky... and I'm pretty certain that is where we have ended up. Massive expectations and a mediocre game.

    If you want the TL/DR, there is a good game in there under the bugs and other crap. I've enjoyed it well enough and will probably finish the game, but won't be coming back. For something that sets out to be immersive, Cyberpunk falls pretty damned short. Maybe get it when it comes on sale.

    Before I start it is worth pointing out that I'm coming at this game with a high-end PC so haven't experienced any of the performance issues that an awful lot of people have been having.

    The Good Bits
    * The story: It is entertaining and the characters are well written. Some people might disagree on that, these things are quite subjective, but I have, for the most part, quite enjoyed that aspect of the game.
    *The immersive aspects the story: Sitting down and drinking while talking to people is a nice touch and they do take time in the conversations to flesh out the characters.

    The Bad Bits
    * The Bugs: Holy mackerel Batman, are there a lot of these! Random T-posing NPCs/corpses, suddenly teleporting across the screen, turning bald when you look in the mirror, unlootable robot bodies, your health bar suddenly showing zero HP and never going up or down...
    Traffic/ NPC Spawning: Driving down the road and having a truck spawn 5 feet in front of your vehicle is pretty damned aggravating.
    * Vehicles: Driving is painful. I only just realised there was a handbrake. It doesn't appear to do anything.
    * Character choices: There are only one or two main missions where you can do anything that make an iota of difference to what happens in the world.

    The Bits that Could have been so much more...
    * The Graphics: Don't get me wrong, the ray tracing is very pretty, but the reflective surfaces don't reflect you or a large proportion on NPCs (I'm assuming because they pop out of existence when you turn away from them) and that really breaks immersion once you realise that you are a vampire. Interestingly a modder has discovered there is a line in one of the files that you can change from 'False' to 'True' to allow your reflection to show. Why is it off by default? Because your character doesn't actually have a head model most of the time. Once you realise this you can also see this in shadows - V's head looks like the reflection of a volley ball.
    * Character Customisation: What is the point? You literally only see V when you are driving a car/motorbike, on the menu screens or when you are looking into the bathroom mirror (you walk up to them and activate them and then it shows your face... as a bald person if you happen to have a hat/glasses on). You also can't change V's appearance after creation. Not that it matters that much.
    * Equipment Upgrades: In theory you can keep a piece of equipment you love and keep upgrading it as you level... but the cost goes up each time you do that to the point where it becomes impossible. So generally it's better to just forget about it altogether and use the best crap in your inventory. Yes, V will look like a clown, but it's not like you see V anyway.
    * The perks and body mods: Kinda feel like something that was tacked on and isn't that necessary. You could complete the game without bothering.
    * Non-lethal attacks: Is there any point to not straight up killing people apart from the very small number of missions where they say you should aim to take a boss down without killing them? There's a non-lethal takedown you can use on mooks in stealth mode, but I've yet to ever see a reason why you'd use that instead of killing someone.
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  80. Dec 17, 2020
    5
    One of the biggest gaming disappointments in recent years. Apart from the obvious technical issues, the game is plagued by bad design choices. The formula is vastly different to what was promised or heavily implied through the carefuly crafted teasers, trailers and interviews. All the features that made it to the game are very shallow.

    For a long time the game was presented as an actual
    One of the biggest gaming disappointments in recent years. Apart from the obvious technical issues, the game is plagued by bad design choices. The formula is vastly different to what was promised or heavily implied through the carefuly crafted teasers, trailers and interviews. All the features that made it to the game are very shallow.

    For a long time the game was presented as an actual RPG. This is not an RPG game. It's an action-adventure game with some RPG combat mechanics. You get to pick perks, put attribute points, loot items and craft gear. But that's it when it comes to "RPG". There is no "RPG" in terms of defining your character, who you are, no options to roleplay through the dialogue options (in general conversations are very limited). The life paths are a joke, clearly cut out from the game to simplify it.

    I was expecting a game where I can enter a club or random shop and talk with some NPCs just for the sake of... talking. No, nothing like that, the conversations are only there to push forward the story. No conversations like the ones in The Outer Worlds, Mass Effect, Dragon Age or even Fallout games.

    There's also a big disparity between following the main story and doing side activities. In the main story game is very cinematic and the story is quite good, serious. But once you start doing side "quests", it becomes a different game. Very shallow looter shooter with tons of random battles. Run in, kill enemies, loot tons of weapons and gear, move to the next point on the map. Similar to FarCry games.

    It's not an RPG, it's just a looter shooter with very basic RPG MECHANICS in terms of combat. The city feels dead, everything that was supposed to be interesting and exciting was cut out from game. This game is simply easy to forget. Very disappointing.

    FarCry 2077. I give it 5/10 rating. VERY average and forgetable game, and that is despite the technical issues.
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  81. Dec 17, 2020
    5
    I'm not sure where to start this comment. 2077 was supposed to be one of the greatest RPG games of all time. I think people have become disillusioned with the hype to such a degree that they cannot admit how bad the game truly is. Let's go over the facts game in front of us right now, shall we. CDPR has intentionally lied about not only the technical performance of this game, ,but I wouldI'm not sure where to start this comment. 2077 was supposed to be one of the greatest RPG games of all time. I think people have become disillusioned with the hype to such a degree that they cannot admit how bad the game truly is. Let's go over the facts game in front of us right now, shall we. CDPR has intentionally lied about not only the technical performance of this game, ,but I would even argue the entire game itself is one big lie. Their are three life paths and all three lead you to the same ending. Before someone tells me that's not true, yes I do know side quests will alter some of the main story, however, its still not what was promised and I have to go outside of the main story to change V's progrssion? And even at that its still very shallow. Most quests only change either minor things about the story or have cosmetic changes only. The AI are god awful and yes this falls under glitches/ bugs, but when the game is an open world RPG (In name alone not in implementation) it gets hard to ignore how lifeless the AI are. Games like GTA 5, Red Dead Redemption 2, and The Witcher 3 all have better AI than 2077. 2077 is a lifeless city. So much of the game has either been taken out, or is just sub par. You can't customize your apartment, the whole game is censored, lack luster customization compared to what was shown in 2018, lack luster shops, no transit system ( you can find where the sub way station should be in the game, but they never designed it past that), can't get haircuts, can't eat food, no wall running, failed police AI once again the police do not behave as promised, and I could go on, and on about this game. And even excusing all of the failed promises the game is just very bare bones. Why can't you do anything in this game besides missions that are all the same? Where are all the epic gang and corporate wars? Why do police not patrol the city? The game just is missing so many elements from previous RPGs. This part of my review is complete speculation as I don't have many facts to back it up, however, I speculate that 2077 the game never truly existed. All of the past footage was made up as a fake... much like Anthem was. I think they have only truly been working on this game for a few years and not the 8 years that was claimed. This game needs another two years in development to fix all the bugs, broken promises, and now our broken relationship with CDPR. Gaming officially has no good, trustworthy companies only money hungry corporations. Excuse my grammar in this review rant, but I figure if 2077 can be a little buggy then why can't my writing be for this review. I give 2077 a 5/10 one of the worst RPGs I've played ever, glitches or no glitches Expand
  82. Jan 27, 2021
    5
    Obviously CP77 suffered a horrendous launch on all platforms, and that should be admonished in its own right, but this review is happening after the late January 2021 update, and CD Projekt Red has made strides to improve stability, fix bugs, and so on.

    Graphically, the game is a mixed bag. On XBox One and PlayStation 4, the game looks like an XBox 360 and PlayStation 3 game. The
    Obviously CP77 suffered a horrendous launch on all platforms, and that should be admonished in its own right, but this review is happening after the late January 2021 update, and CD Projekt Red has made strides to improve stability, fix bugs, and so on.

    Graphically, the game is a mixed bag. On XBox One and PlayStation 4, the game looks like an XBox 360 and PlayStation 3 game. The developer very poorly optimized the game for launch on last generation's consoles, despite those consoles being the current generation for the vast majority of the game's development. On PC, the game looks good with up to date hardware, but not nearly as good as promised in trailers and promotional material. Night City does not feel as alive and detailed as it did in the high production value trailers and gameplay reveals. Draw and rendering distances ranged from average at best (top of the line PC hardware) to comically abysmal at worst (PS4).

    Crashing is abundant on PS4 and XB1, and only occasional on PC. On PS4 and XB1, you can pretty much set a two hour timer and wait for the game to crash. This issue was not fixed or improved upon in any of the patches.

    Combat on all three platforms feels floaty. On PC, I messed with my sensitivity settings a little, tweaking as I went until I found a sweet spot. On console, I messed with the sensitivity settings a lot, and course corrected a frustrating amount of times until I found a tolerable level of float that I could get used to.
    Stealth is fine, and probably more polished than the combat, which is unfortunate considering how infrequently it is a viable option. Taking out a base of goons in stealth can take so long, that I got bored more often than not and revealed myself on purpose to start a firefight.
    Quickhacking is interesting, but not very refined. You'll end up sticking to the same three or four quickhacks for every scenario. It's more gimmick than revolutionary feature.
    Melee combat is so janky, and overall bad. A lot of hits you thought landed, didn't. Some enemies have unexplainable resistances to melee combat, and it bugs out far more frequently than ranged.

    Crafting is so utterly terrible and not worth your investment even for a second. Collecting parts is a nightmarishly tedious task, and you have to commit a lot of skill points to crafting in order to create anything worthwhile. Even if you do make a great weapon, chances are you can find a better one in about 20 minutes while out on side missions. CD Projekt Red kept the same boring tedious mechanics for crafting from their Witcher series, and it did not age well at all.

    Driving is a non starter. There are very few cars that feel good to drive, and the physics of the game were not built in tandem with the geography of the map in a way to allow players to drive fast without flying around the streets wildly and launching themselves unexpectedly. Either Night City does not have standard Earth gravity, or the cars of 2077 only weigh 100 pounds. I can think of at least a dozen games off the top of my head that had more comfortable driving mechanics.

    Choicemaking and dialogue trees are pretty good. Choices feel like they have a lot of weight, and pay off in interesting ways. The writing of CP77 really saves this game. The plot is interesting, perfectly paced, and tense in all the right places.
    The romance options feel very dumbed down, and V's choices are horribly and disappointingly few, but the ones included in the game are written pretty well, and can all have satisfying endings.

    Keanu Reeves is average to slightly above average throughout most of the game, and downright brilliant in some spots. Overall pretty good performance for someone new to performance capture acting. Was he the perfect casting choice? Yes and no, somehow. You can't go wrong with Keanu, but maybe someone else could have done better.

    The music in CP77 is varied, well produced, and high quality overall. If you have an eclectic taste in music, you'll love the CP77 radio.

    Overall, Cyberpunk 2077 is just okay. The amazing story props up the dated and underwhelming gameplay and crashing issues. Bugs make the game annoying to play, but again, the meticulously detailed and thoughtful plot can keep you quitting to the main menu, and loading back in.

    I have finished four playthroughs of this game, on all available platforms, on updated hardware.
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  83. Dec 13, 2020
    6
    Numerous bugs and errors.
    A lot of obscene expressions, so many that it hurts my ears. This is especially felt in Russian voice acting
    The game is average. There's nothing supernatural about it. Just a good shooter. So the game gets 6 out of 10 from me
  84. Dec 16, 2020
    7
    In one word overhyped and there's nothing revolutionary except maybe graphics with rtx on.After 8 long years they gave people this buggy mess. They should have spent another 8 years on this game.You can not even cut your hair or shave in this game and cdpr talks about this game having deep customizations.Honestly really disapppointed with the side quests also except maybe some storyIn one word overhyped and there's nothing revolutionary except maybe graphics with rtx on.After 8 long years they gave people this buggy mess. They should have spent another 8 years on this game.You can not even cut your hair or shave in this game and cdpr talks about this game having deep customizations.Honestly really disapppointed with the side quests also except maybe some story related ones.I liked witcher 3 because of it's side story and witcher contracts which felt more like main stories rather than something you complete in order to grind for xp and those quests also dealt with human emotions and moral dilemmas but with cyberpunk 2077 every other side gigs which are not story related felt really straightforward it's either kill or retrieve or steal or rescue and so on and felt like I was just grinding and grinding which is unlike my experience on witcher 3 which made me want to play more side quests and witcher contracts.Main story is worth it but they should not have advertised it as an open world game when the open world is just plain empty.Cdpr lost my trust.They overpromised and under-delivered . Expand
  85. Dec 21, 2020
    6
    Lots of cut contents and bugs. Personally I haven't encountered any major game breaking bug, but the smaller one do add up over time and it will start getting annoying.
  86. Dec 11, 2020
    6
    What a year!! Full of disappointments. So first of all i kinda like the game, but its clearly unfinished.
    Playing it on pc and i can close my eyes on some bugs, but what i can't do is to ignore poor performance and these recommended specs are an outright lie by cd project.
    The game is clearly unoptimized mess. I would recommend pick it up only after they fix majority bugs, craches and
    What a year!! Full of disappointments. So first of all i kinda like the game, but its clearly unfinished.
    Playing it on pc and i can close my eyes on some bugs, but what i can't do is to ignore poor performance and these recommended specs are an outright lie by cd project.
    The game is clearly unoptimized mess. I would recommend pick it up only after they fix majority bugs, craches and performance issues. How does the games like days gone and kingdom come deliverance get so much hammered by critics and players because of bugs and performance issues, but cd project red get free pass? And not even free pass, but they were rewarded with high critic score 90 points overall?
    Don't get me wrong i love cd project, but i can't use double standards just because i like game company.
    I hope gamers will voice their critic so cd project could get cold shower that would wake them up before its too late.
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  87. Dec 20, 2020
    7
    Updated Review: After the 1.05 patch, Cyberpunk plays much better. I changed my rating to 7. This is not an open world game in the beginning. Most of the world is closed off and if you try to go off script, the game just kills you. Much of the game plays like a linear shooter. Also I am disappointed with the AI. I was really looking forward to an open world game that pushed AIUpdated Review: After the 1.05 patch, Cyberpunk plays much better. I changed my rating to 7. This is not an open world game in the beginning. Most of the world is closed off and if you try to go off script, the game just kills you. Much of the game plays like a linear shooter. Also I am disappointed with the AI. I was really looking forward to an open world game that pushed AI boundary's - but this is not it. Cyberpunk NPCs are really dumb. You would think that by now some game company would have figured out a scheme to assign generic NPCs a background story of some sort so you could talk with them.. Expand
  88. Dec 14, 2020
    6
    This game is utterly disappointing. After something like the Witcher 3, to make something like this is really sad. The only things that are actually good in CP2077 are the world design and story/narrative. Nothing else is good. I am so disappointed by the AI. The world feels so lifeless. **** GTA Vice City feels more alive, it may not look that good but at least when i point my gun at aThis game is utterly disappointing. After something like the Witcher 3, to make something like this is really sad. The only things that are actually good in CP2077 are the world design and story/narrative. Nothing else is good. I am so disappointed by the AI. The world feels so lifeless. **** GTA Vice City feels more alive, it may not look that good but at least when i point my gun at a civilian in a car they drive off. The enemy AI is borderline free mobile gaming tier garbage.

    The gunplay can be satisfying at times but that is like 10% of the combat. The enemies are just bullet sponges that do millions of damage (on hard difficulty) and the enemy variety is trash. But its an RPG game so ill let it slide.

    Driving feels wonky, it feels like Spintires except im not in a 3 ton truck going though 6 feet deep mud instead im a racecar on asphalt. It feels weird, like im lagging, its not responsive and snappy at all (as a racing game enthusiast this was an another disappointment, i know what good driving mechanics feel like and this is far from it).

    I thought this game would be RDR2 level of breaking into new grounds and setting an example but this is such an inferior game to RDR2 its not even funny.

    Im giving it a 6/10 cause i still want to give it a chance. I almost dropped it after being utterly frustrated with glitches **** up my gameplay and ways i wanted to do levels. I still didnt finish the game so thats why ill leave it at 6/10. For now my experience is 4/10
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  89. Dec 14, 2020
    6
    Played 50hrs+ game is not finished yet, but some points are already clear.

    Good : feel of impact of guns, the design of the city and locations, main story. Mixed : Side quests. ( I think that the problem here lies in lack of interaction in the city, some side quests are great) Bad: Combat AI is horrible for a ( almost) 2021 game, should learn from FEAR. No interaction with the town
    Played 50hrs+ game is not finished yet, but some points are already clear.

    Good : feel of impact of guns, the design of the city and locations, main story.
    Mixed : Side quests. ( I think that the problem here lies in lack of interaction in the city, some side quests are great)
    Bad: Combat AI is horrible for a ( almost) 2021 game, should learn from FEAR. No interaction with the town and NPC's, dead city if you open your eyes. I had no major crashes in the game so far. The general concept of 3 starting options is a bad decision , in the end you play the same game with minnimum dif.
    Can add , that this is a new experiance for the devs, for this I give extra 1 point. Learn from your mistakes for the future, and dont keep highlighting that ,,we leave greed to others , etc,, bcz greed consumed you aswell. I will not write about the console release , you can check the scores for them if you like, good luck and have fun.
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  90. Dec 16, 2020
    6
    This is a PC review, made by PC user and not a console user coming here to lower the score.
    All this is valid at the time I write it, it may change with time and I'll try to edit then.
    Runing 1080p at 50 fps average with medium RT on and lot of tweaks, with 3700X, 2070s, 32Go 3400mhz, Creative AE-5 plus, installed on 970 evo pro THE GREAT - The initial Universe of Talsorian Games is
    This is a PC review, made by PC user and not a console user coming here to lower the score.
    All this is valid at the time I write it, it may change with time and I'll try to edit then.
    Runing 1080p at 50 fps average with medium RT on and lot of tweaks, with 3700X, 2070s, 32Go 3400mhz, Creative AE-5 plus, installed on 970 evo pro

    THE GREAT
    - The initial Universe of Talsorian Games is awesomely rendered.
    - Visuals are most often from nice to gorgeous.
    - Main story is well written and involving
    - Side quests are most often well written and involving too
    - Dialogs are spot-on
    - Voice acting is great in English and pretty good in French too
    - Sound tracks are excellent and spot-on with the Universe
    - Perks and skills are great, character evolution is engaging
    (note that resetting skills is difficult, and resetting perks impossible. I'm a table top RPG player so to me being able to reset skills is already too complacent, but that may annoy you.)

    THE GOOD
    - It is mature content, it shouldn't have been otherwise
    - Shooter mechanics are enjoyable
    - Craft and weapon customization are interesting
    - Many graphic settings
    - Replayability is globally OK

    THE BAD
    - Main storyline is too short
    - Poor differences in class path and choice consequences makes replayablity way less fun than it could be.
    - Driving is very unsatisfying to handle
    - No vehicle customization, very weak car degradation
    - AI is dumb and dumber.
    - It is poorly optimized and if you want everything ultra, even with a monster PC, FPS wont be great, at best.
    - Some graphic settings are not properly working, like getting worse definition with G-synck on.

    THE UGLY
    - Promises of NPCs having daily routines has not been fulfilled.
    - Promises of dynamic and impacting weather system has not been fulfilled.
    - Promise of meaningful day and night cycle has not been fulfilled.
    - Promise of smart police tracking after a crime has not been fulfilled.
    - Promise of frequent flying AVS has not been fulfilled.
    - It could go on and on, the list of unfulfilled promises is overwhelming.
    - Worst of all, promise that it would be launched when ready has not been fulfilled.
    - There are a lot of bugs, last gen consoles version is a disgrace and PC is far from that disaster, but still it had been launched half baked. Bugs I encounter are toxic to immersion but not game breaking, except when the game mess with my sound card and randomly mix speakers in 5.1 configuration : when it happens the only solution I got is to restart my PC.
    - You end up with a very nice world, but interactions with it are so poor that with time it feels more and more dead.
    - Despite not having been promised (witch doesn't mean anything anyway as we see), some basic elements you would expect from any open world RPG are not there while it would make a lot of sense because of the Universe deeply into body modification : no esthetic surgery, no tattoo shop, no hair dresser, not even the possibility to change your make up. When your character is done, it is done. Also where is the key to holster weapon ? ...
    - CDPR communication is shamelessly deceiving in so many ways you can't believe whatever they tell. Also if you care for productions to be concerned about employee's well being, you wont be happy. Saying CDPR's behavior leaves a bittersweet taste is an understatement.
    - The ugly list is too damn long e_e

    All in all CP2077 qualities are very heterogeneous. It is a good game that could have been one of the best, and may become GOTY if CDPR fulfills its promises about patches, DLCs, and bring an awesome multiplayer. BUT CDPR had been so much into deceiving their promises that there's no way we can take for granted they'll deliver.

    If you are expecting the game they promised, if you are expecting a polished game, if you're expecting great additional content, don't buy, wait for CDPR to deliver. If you're Cyberpunk 2013/2020/Red fan, if you got a powerful PC with RTX GPU, and if you don't mind bugs and BS, go for it.
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  91. Dec 16, 2020
    5
    Let me preface this by saying that I didn't buy into the hype, I'm not one of those uber fanboys of the game, and I didn't really expose myself to too much media about the game before I bought it. Loved Witcher 3 and was excited to try something new from CDPR.

    The game is ludicrously beautiful in terms of graphics and art design. The city is incredibly dense, immensely detailed, and a
    Let me preface this by saying that I didn't buy into the hype, I'm not one of those uber fanboys of the game, and I didn't really expose myself to too much media about the game before I bought it. Loved Witcher 3 and was excited to try something new from CDPR.

    The game is ludicrously beautiful in terms of graphics and art design. The city is incredibly dense, immensely detailed, and a joy to explore. The graphical fidelity on PC is insane and I'm not running an RTX card - up close you can see clearly detailed individual threads on clothing and super fine textures. The designs of guns, clothing, and vehicles are pretty great throughout. I really can't stress enough how pretty the game is. Decent performance on my computer, too. Averaging around 45 FPS on nearly ultra at 1440p.

    The first 15 hours were magical. The feeling of being unleashed in this vast city with your own freedom to do what you want was awesome. Collecting new weapons, leveling up, trying out missions. The story was mostly decent, though the intro for your origin story was laughable at about 15 minutes long followed by a cinematic that skips months of your life in Night City... and you basically never touch that story again. But still, fairly engaging story missions. All of it was so cool at first.

    And then I hit this point where it dawned on me that I'd basically experienced everything the game had to offer in terms of gameplay in that brief amount of time. From that point on, you realize there's just not much variety here. Every smart weapon has the same effect, every tech weapon has the same effect, every NPC, regardless of what gang they're in, acts exactly the same, every side mission is the same - kill these guys, collect this thing, move on.

    The NPC AI is shockingly bad, like impressively lackluster. Citizens do nothing but walk aimlessly, say one canned line of like 20 possible voice lines, and loop an animation. Enemy NPCs are completely braindead. I put almost all my points into hacking, thinking it would be this cool opportunity for cyber espionage and clever, futuristic ways of outsmarting enemies. Nope. It's basically just "light guys on fire from a distance" while they stand around cluelessly shouting the same threat over and over. They have no way of finding you in stealth, no way of stopping your hacking, no way of even slowing you down. It is stupidly easy, even on hard difficulty.

    The cars handle like crap to the point that I don't even use them though motorcycles are a bit better. You see this cool scene when you get your first implant where it shows the ripperdoc changing your eye out, but from then on, getting now implants is just as basic as changing your character's pants. And speaking of characters, V has absolutely zero room for roleplaying options. You can't choose how you act in almost any situation because you're only presented with one scripted piece of dialogue, maybe two.

    There's just this enormous rift between the story missions and the open world that makes me feel like the game was rushed and left incomplete. The open world is so sterile in terms of gameplay. All there is to do is go from boring side mission to boring side mission doing the same thing repeatedly, selling junk at vendors, and looking at new things to buy. There's almost nothing to do in terms of cyberpunk themes. There's no crooked cops, there's no interesting things happening with gangs, there's not even an appearance of these huge megacorporations that dominate their world. It's just stunning how devoid of purpose the open world is.

    Now don't get me wrong, there's a certain amount of fun in the game. Like I said, I love exploring the city and the main story is decent. But otherwise, it ranges from an average to sub-average open world whack-a-mole kind of game where you blast enemies like you're in a shooting gallery and pick up a ton of crappy loot to disassemble or sell. That's the game in a nutshell.

    It's disappointing for sure. The game doesn't innovate or set any standards whatsoever beyond visuals. It's a run of the mill AAA shooter with poop grade AI, terrible driving, and little to do beyond the main story. I wouldn't recommend this game honestly, I regret buying it.
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  92. Feb 11, 2021
    6
    Story is passable, combat is mediocre, everything else is a disaster.
    Character development, blah. Side missions and choices, meh. Immersion, world, etc - bad, very bad.
    Let's not even get into the bugs and technical glitches which honestly, don't bother me too much, except as a reminder of how everything is quite badly done. Just really feels like an unfinished game that started with
    Story is passable, combat is mediocre, everything else is a disaster.
    Character development, blah. Side missions and choices, meh. Immersion, world, etc - bad, very bad.
    Let's not even get into the bugs and technical glitches which honestly, don't bother me too much, except as a reminder of how everything is quite badly done.

    Just really feels like an unfinished game that started with way too much ambition and then had to be transformed into a standard shooter. Keanu tries, but doesn't save it.
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  93. Dec 17, 2020
    6
    Cyberpunk is delvers impressively from a story and world perspective. The attention to detail in these regards is generally exceptional. There's a few spots where the specific events are rather confusing because the CDPR cut part of the quest out and they never went back to remove it. But those events are few and far between. the way they integrate Johnny silverhands was unique andCyberpunk is delvers impressively from a story and world perspective. The attention to detail in these regards is generally exceptional. There's a few spots where the specific events are rather confusing because the CDPR cut part of the quest out and they never went back to remove it. But those events are few and far between. the way they integrate Johnny silverhands was unique and well done.

    Voice Acting: There is SOoooo much voice acting and most of it is well done. I noticed the man behind Johnny Silverhands wasn't the best voice actor in the universe... but let's be honest here. Did ya expect anything different? I mean you've seen at least one of his movies right? The only thing that surprises me here is that people we're surprised by KR's voice acting.
    While the voice acting added to immersion it also removed some as well. Because you no longer have a running log of what was said and what you said on the screen... It can be difficult to fully appreciate the choices your making.

    Polish: This game just wasn't... at all. There's so many bugs in so many places I'm amazed it was released in this state. I understand games will have bugs... but this is extreme.

    Combat: This can be quite a bit of fun however some of the coolest stuff is locked behind leveling.
    Getting headshots, mid air, with enemies all around you with time slowed down is deeply satisfying.
    There's also various weapon modifications that can change how you approach various situations.

    Progression: hard felt like it was hard, partly because I didn't realize I was supposed to be questing in a different part of town. Anyhoo, You can feel you're character is getting better in the world in which they exist.

    non-linear story: They get some points deducted here because you generally have no idea if your choice actually made a difference. From what I've read it IS possible to change the outcome but it's not obvious to me, at all, while playing the game. Every time I've save scummed, ON MANY QUESTS, the outcome is almost always the same.

    AI: there is almost 0 intelligence to anything AI related. Some of the worst I've ever seen... ever.
    NPC's on the streets are clearly an after thought. Car AI behaves as if they were made by a college student in a last ditch effort to pass a class. CP gets an F here.

    Crafting: They didn't play test this enough. Who the hell thinks it's ok to click and hold the craft button, wait 1 second.. then rinse and repeat that literally 100's of times.. WTF. pure cancer. CP gets a C here because crafting is cool and it does add to the game... it just needs some QOL.

    Breaching: This is pretty cool, had a ton of fun with it. I wish you could do more with it but I'll take what I can get. CP gets an A- here.

    Balance: It's clearly not. The stats are multiplicative and no recalculated from the base... I'm not sure if I have a problem with this so I'm not going to grade it. TBH, It's fun thinking about the different types of characters you can build because of this.

    Economy: It's a static economy and I didn't expect anything more (I mean why is that need in an RPG?).

    Trading: They get an F here. Jesus guys, So many QOL's missing on this. I don't want to trade equipped items, so don't list em by default. there's no quick sell for the kajillion items you have. You might argue that QOLs aren't that important but lets be honest here. When it comes to trading, beyond making an integer move up or down, it's all QOL.

    Pace: the game tries to rush you due to the story, I don't think it actually makes good on that threat but it's still kinda annoying. Why didn't you guy's say thing X will cause extreme problems for you 1 year from now.. That was a pretty foolish imo.

    Weapons: so you get pistols, machine guns, snipers, and shotguns. there's alot of different types of those weapons mentioned. It'd be nice if there was some more imaginative weapons? like a bouncy bomb, how about a beam weapon? How about an acid soaker? a flame thrower? a taser? sure, you have weapon effects that will shock or start people on fire...but you don't have weapons that throw fire or emit electricity visually.

    If you're looking for the next GTA, keep looking.
    If you're looking for a great rpg, you should buy this game.
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  94. Dec 14, 2020
    5
    I did'nt see such a bad final story all my life open world is soo godd but story is a ****
  95. Dec 14, 2020
    5
    I cannot look past all the bugs and glitches that Cyberpunk 2077 has. Many of my missions i've had to restart multiple times, and for a game that has been in development for as long at Cyberpunk 2077 has it was a very disapointing experience. The reason for the 5/10 is that the game has some potential and i hope the Devs will come around next year and begin to fix some of the problems thatI cannot look past all the bugs and glitches that Cyberpunk 2077 has. Many of my missions i've had to restart multiple times, and for a game that has been in development for as long at Cyberpunk 2077 has it was a very disapointing experience. The reason for the 5/10 is that the game has some potential and i hope the Devs will come around next year and begin to fix some of the problems that Cyberpunks has. I would recommend people to buy this game sometime next year, when it probably will go on sale. The story overall was around a 5/10 but i overall enjoyed some of the dialogue and missions. Expand
  96. Dec 23, 2020
    7
    It's a good game, but not amazing in any area. Meaningful character choices are lacking, combat is what you would expect from a decent shooter, story is alright. I'm not as impressed with the graphics as everyone seems to be, but then again I can't use ray tracing.

    The bugs..well they go without saying. Silly visual glitches, crappy AI, texture popping. The game needed longer in
    It's a good game, but not amazing in any area. Meaningful character choices are lacking, combat is what you would expect from a decent shooter, story is alright. I'm not as impressed with the graphics as everyone seems to be, but then again I can't use ray tracing.

    The bugs..well they go without saying. Silly visual glitches, crappy AI, texture popping. The game needed longer in development just to get it PC ready, let alone for consoles.
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  97. Dec 17, 2020
    7
    I gotta preface this by saying I was hyped AF with this title since 2013.
    Writing this review after I played a ton of the game, here are my two cents:
    Good: - Story is good, better than most of the games on market these days, which is great. Cutscenes and are great, main characters are spot on. - Graphics is great, especially when using RTX, which makes frame rate dip far below 60 in
    I gotta preface this by saying I was hyped AF with this title since 2013.
    Writing this review after I played a ton of the game, here are my two cents:

    Good:
    - Story is good, better than most of the games on market these days, which is great. Cutscenes and are great, main characters are spot on.
    - Graphics is great, especially when using RTX, which makes frame rate dip far below 60 in many scenes even on RTX 3080 that you barely can get anywhere these days.

    Not so good/dissapointing:
    - My main disappointment is that the open world is blank, empty etc. in terms of mechanics. Nothing seems to have a substance or feel to it, everything is just there for you to look at, just mere appearance of a city.
    - Game lacks content and variety, there are almost zero mini-games, professions, factions etc. No car tuning, even no barber shop or tatoo shop, which is bizzare.
    -RPG systems are weak, because there is no real transmog and not many options to fine-tune your experience or equipment outside of some not so interesting mods.
    - Some minor things, like HUD has no tranparency option, map in uniformative and all secondary missions no matter the type has exactly the same question mark icon etc. You cannot unfollow any mission for just free-roam, a reminder always stays in the screens right corner, unless you switch of HUD in potions menu.
    - Lots of readable lore with no real interest to dive into it.
    - Outdated stealth, shooting, driving - gameplay in general.
    - No endgame or new game + , replayability also seems limited.

    Really not that good:
    - Tons of bugs that break immersion.

    After fixing performance and bugs, I might as well give this game a 8 - 8.5, but it needs more major changes to be done in order to deliver what was initially promised. More content and many more gameplay systems need to be flashed-out, then this may as well be a worthy GTA contender in world of Cyberpunk.
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  98. Dec 17, 2020
    6
    Jako wieloletniego fana i gracza - straciliście moje zaufanie. Ewidentnie napompowany balon PĘKŁ. Jestem po ukończeniu gry. NIC z tego co obiecywaliście - super oryginalność, znaczenie cybernetycznych wszczepów, pościgi, ta wyjątkowość- nic z tego tam nie ma. Gra jest niedorobiona, płytka - nawet jak na RPG, systemy tworzenia czy demontażu broni, wszczepów, system pożywienia - NIC z tychJako wieloletniego fana i gracza - straciliście moje zaufanie. Ewidentnie napompowany balon PĘKŁ. Jestem po ukończeniu gry. NIC z tego co obiecywaliście - super oryginalność, znaczenie cybernetycznych wszczepów, pościgi, ta wyjątkowość- nic z tego tam nie ma. Gra jest niedorobiona, płytka - nawet jak na RPG, systemy tworzenia czy demontażu broni, wszczepów, system pożywienia - NIC z tych rzeczy na normalnym poziomie trudności nie jest przydatne aby ukończyć grę albo chociaż mieć na nią jakikolwiek znaczący wpływ. Główny wątek też nie urywa dupy. Pomijam już glitche i wszechobecne bugi, takie jak zamknięcie mnie nagle w teksturze auta i niemoc ukończenia misji. Serio? po tylu latach pracy nad grą wypuszczacie coś takiego? Jako gracz - jestem zawiedziony. Bardzo zawiedziony. Expand
  99. Jan 3, 2021
    5
    Worst launch in the history.
    I've spend about 90 hours.
    Pro: Great design, characters development, great dialog. I spend hour exploring around the city and getting lost. Con: This is a incomplete game; glitch, crashing, missing BASIC features that was promised. Missing missions. Have huge chunk of map only utilized mainly in the city. Conclusion: this is a $60 alpha. CDPR will
    Worst launch in the history.
    I've spend about 90 hours.

    Pro: Great design, characters development, great dialog. I spend hour exploring around the city and getting lost.

    Con: This is a incomplete game; glitch, crashing, missing BASIC features that was promised. Missing missions. Have huge chunk of map only utilized mainly in the city.

    Conclusion: this is a $60 alpha. CDPR will likely release fixes or dlc for the missing features, but lying to consumers will likely cause them for the future. By that time the game is completed it will be too late.
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  100. Dec 12, 2020
    6
    I was very hyped for this game and played the moment it was released on Steam. I was worried about graphics as The Witcher was always quite hungry and this is definitely no exception. I have an i7-9700k, 32GB of RAM and a GTX 1080. I usually play games at 1440p @ 144 FPS but not this, down to 1080p. That's not even the problem though, the problem for me is this game is just mediocre. AII was very hyped for this game and played the moment it was released on Steam. I was worried about graphics as The Witcher was always quite hungry and this is definitely no exception. I have an i7-9700k, 32GB of RAM and a GTX 1080. I usually play games at 1440p @ 144 FPS but not this, down to 1080p. That's not even the problem though, the problem for me is this game is just mediocre. AI isn't good at all, the interface is a bit awkward. Had a few crashes too and a couple of bugs. Expand
Metascore
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.