Cyberpunk 2077 was a mess when it was first released, but as of 2024 almost everything has fixed with only minor bugs and glitches remaining.
The game looks great graphically and for the most part aesthetically as well. My only problem is that outside of a few fancy buildings, the environments are all very… dirty. Nobody in Cyberpunk knows how to clean or take out the garbage apparently, and there’s abandoned cars and landfills galore. It feels less like a futuristic cyberpunk city and more like a post apocalyptic wasteland with an infinite population trying to act like everything is normal.
Combat isn’t particularly hard, but is very fun with a variety of playstyles. With the right build you can cheese through just about anything.
The music is fantastic. And the radio has a great variety of genres to listen too. My only issue is that it’s hard to enjoy the radio, as combat constantly interrupts it, even when you’re just driving around minding your own business.
Minor NPCs all have the same personalities, they’re either rude, aggressive, psychotic killers, or all of the above. Major named NPCs aren’t much better. Most of them will be friendly or try to be friendly with you… until you just one small thing that they didn’t like, after which they’ll usually hate your guts for the rest of the game. I liked most of them, but I didn’t find myself too attached to them.
Then there’s Johnny Silverhand. As a player, it makes sense why people like him. He’s a mostly lovable asshole, and often offers his perspective on different quests whether you want it or not. But as the player character, the friendship between the two is really forced, as V has zero reason to want to be friends with him.
As for V, the player character, although you can customize them in any way you want, they still have a mostly set personality. You’re not playing as yourself inserted into this world, you’re playing an already built character with their own personality, you just decide how they look and their reactions to some dialogues. V also has four or five love interests, but these are restricted depending on V appearance. Which I think is a shame, since one of biggest draws of Cyberpunk is it’s progressiveness towards topics like self-expression, gender identity and sexuality, yet the romance options are severely limited…
The story is fine, after the opening sequences everything is just planning out the big mission at the end, you just need to decide on the who, what and how.
If you were put off by Cyberpunk’s original reception, or you were one of those people who abandoned after launch and never went back, I’d recommend giving Cyberpunk 2077 a second chance.
The game looks great graphically and for the most part aesthetically as well. My only problem is that outside of a few fancy buildings, the environments are all very… dirty. Nobody in Cyberpunk knows how to clean or take out the garbage apparently, and there’s abandoned cars and landfills galore. It feels less like a futuristic cyberpunk city and more like a post apocalyptic wasteland with an infinite population trying to act like everything is normal.
Combat isn’t particularly hard, but is very fun with a variety of playstyles. With the right build you can cheese through just about anything.
The music is fantastic. And the radio has a great variety of genres to listen too. My only issue is that it’s hard to enjoy the radio, as combat constantly interrupts it, even when you’re just driving around minding your own business.
Minor NPCs all have the same personalities, they’re either rude, aggressive, psychotic killers, or all of the above. Major named NPCs aren’t much better. Most of them will be friendly or try to be friendly with you… until you just one small thing that they didn’t like, after which they’ll usually hate your guts for the rest of the game. I liked most of them, but I didn’t find myself too attached to them.
Then there’s Johnny Silverhand. As a player, it makes sense why people like him. He’s a mostly lovable asshole, and often offers his perspective on different quests whether you want it or not. But as the player character, the friendship between the two is really forced, as V has zero reason to want to be friends with him.
As for V, the player character, although you can customize them in any way you want, they still have a mostly set personality. You’re not playing as yourself inserted into this world, you’re playing an already built character with their own personality, you just decide how they look and their reactions to some dialogues. V also has four or five love interests, but these are restricted depending on V appearance. Which I think is a shame, since one of biggest draws of Cyberpunk is it’s progressiveness towards topics like self-expression, gender identity and sexuality, yet the romance options are severely limited…
The story is fine, after the opening sequences everything is just planning out the big mission at the end, you just need to decide on the who, what and how.
If you were put off by Cyberpunk’s original reception, or you were one of those people who abandoned after launch and never went back, I’d recommend giving Cyberpunk 2077 a second chance.