I decided to give this a shot after enjoying the Edgerunners anime. Despite my low score, I enjoyed it overall. The main story is fine and has nice set pieces, like the parade. But I never really felt like there was a primary antagonist in this game, like Yorinobu is whatever. You could say Adam Smasher is one but I feel Edgerunners is doing a lot of the heavy lifting there. The main story's strength is the relationship between you and Johnny Silverhand and how it develops throughout the game. The side quests are where the game truly shines, it's where I think the most interesting and fun stuff happens, and I say this having not done all of them. 

I am disappointed by the customization options in this game. For Cyberpunk it is sad that you can't make yourself metal from the jaw down. The most you can really do is make your hands slightly cybernetic. Also for all the clothing option this game has, it really should have been Third Person.

However it's biggest problem comes from that I played it on PS4. This game is a nightmare of performances, constantly the game would not load sections of the environment for lengths of time. Multiple times I have had to wait for over a minute for a quest character or shop dealer to load in. It is straight up unacceptable that it was allowed to release on the ps4 gen. 

This would probably be a 7 or an 8/10 if it ran better.

This is definitely something I would want to see CD Projekt Red have another go at because I think having a good base and learning from all the Ls they took when this first came out, they could make a really good Cyberpunk game.

Reviewed on Nov 14, 2022


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