This review contains spoilers
"i just want the world to know i was here, that i mattered."
it's imperfect. it's messy. the game doesn't run very well, the gameplay can feel hollow for the first few hours, crashes and bugs are frequent, the 8th generation versions can feel barebones in some places, and the crunch culture behind the scenes at CDPR is nothing short of unacceptable.
but i just can't find it in my heart to care about all that. cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most beautiful games i've ever played, maybe not graphically, but certainly in its soul. every character feels so realized and alive, every storybeat feels so creative and fascinating, every music track, bit of worldbuilding, visual design, just oozes with this insane creative vision that some very talented and tragically underpaid people put all of their love into.
2077 is a story about a lot of things, it's about anger, it's about fear, it's about being shoveled shit by the whole world and lashing out against it in fiery anguish. but that anguish exists as love, a passionate burning love, so hot it scorches the earth around it. more importantly than all of that, cyberpunk 2077 is about life itself. it's about life being preserved at all costs.
it's a story that tells you that in a world where everything and everyone is so devoid of soul and purpose, the greatest act of rebellion, the truest act of defiance, is to live. not just to fight to survive, but to pursue your dreams, to give everything you have for the ones you love, to put away petty selfish desires and focus on what's right, what's been right all along. live, god, in spite of everything, just fucking live. no matter what it costs, be a person, be a soul, be a life.
V's journey is so resonant to me, it's so beautiful and personal, and cherami leigh brings her to life in this beautiful and heartbreaking way. so much pain behind every word, so much hurt behind her voice, but she pushes all of that down to be what her jackie wanted for her and himself. to become a legend. to leave your mark on a city of heroes and villains. she ensures that he lives in her actions, and even though she can barely drag herself out of bed in the morning, she lives on. because if she doesn't, then he won't either.
here's to dreams. to love. to those lost along the way, and those who lost themselves. here's to life. here's to you, night city. may you burn in a love like fire.
"goodbye, V. and never stop fightin'."
it's imperfect. it's messy. the game doesn't run very well, the gameplay can feel hollow for the first few hours, crashes and bugs are frequent, the 8th generation versions can feel barebones in some places, and the crunch culture behind the scenes at CDPR is nothing short of unacceptable.
but i just can't find it in my heart to care about all that. cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most beautiful games i've ever played, maybe not graphically, but certainly in its soul. every character feels so realized and alive, every storybeat feels so creative and fascinating, every music track, bit of worldbuilding, visual design, just oozes with this insane creative vision that some very talented and tragically underpaid people put all of their love into.
2077 is a story about a lot of things, it's about anger, it's about fear, it's about being shoveled shit by the whole world and lashing out against it in fiery anguish. but that anguish exists as love, a passionate burning love, so hot it scorches the earth around it. more importantly than all of that, cyberpunk 2077 is about life itself. it's about life being preserved at all costs.
it's a story that tells you that in a world where everything and everyone is so devoid of soul and purpose, the greatest act of rebellion, the truest act of defiance, is to live. not just to fight to survive, but to pursue your dreams, to give everything you have for the ones you love, to put away petty selfish desires and focus on what's right, what's been right all along. live, god, in spite of everything, just fucking live. no matter what it costs, be a person, be a soul, be a life.
V's journey is so resonant to me, it's so beautiful and personal, and cherami leigh brings her to life in this beautiful and heartbreaking way. so much pain behind every word, so much hurt behind her voice, but she pushes all of that down to be what her jackie wanted for her and himself. to become a legend. to leave your mark on a city of heroes and villains. she ensures that he lives in her actions, and even though she can barely drag herself out of bed in the morning, she lives on. because if she doesn't, then he won't either.
here's to dreams. to love. to those lost along the way, and those who lost themselves. here's to life. here's to you, night city. may you burn in a love like fire.
"goodbye, V. and never stop fightin'."