The poster child for the game of missed potential. Admittedly, I played it after a number of the glitches were fixed and the performance is actually pretty good on PS5 but those problems shouldn't be ignored. Night City is gorgeous and I appreciate the vertical design and entering interiors without loading, the city does come off feeling a bit empty. Empty because there isn't a lot of interesting and varied things to do there and also because it's literally empty. Hardly any cars or pedestrians populating the streets. I did enjoy the role playing aspects of the game and the writing can be decent although it strays into being overly edgy at times. It's an OK game but undoubtedly a mess.
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Returning to this game with the native PS5 version and a bunch of new patches, I am definitely left with a stronger impression and want to give it a higher score. There's definitely still some problems but with less glitches and crashes (although I still experienced some), it's easier to see the good in the game. Night City is no longer Ghost City although is still probably fairly unpopulated looking for how bust a city it's supposed to be. Playing a very different build from my first playthrough, the role playing aspect is very fun. I'm not sure the game is really deep or challenging enough for you to really dig into different builds but I still enjoyed working through the skill tree to make my knife throwing and gorilla arm punching character more powerful. It is still is very much a game of missed potential but it is not unsalvageable. They could absolutely do more with the city if the series is continued.
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Returning to this game with the native PS5 version and a bunch of new patches, I am definitely left with a stronger impression and want to give it a higher score. There's definitely still some problems but with less glitches and crashes (although I still experienced some), it's easier to see the good in the game. Night City is no longer Ghost City although is still probably fairly unpopulated looking for how bust a city it's supposed to be. Playing a very different build from my first playthrough, the role playing aspect is very fun. I'm not sure the game is really deep or challenging enough for you to really dig into different builds but I still enjoyed working through the skill tree to make my knife throwing and gorilla arm punching character more powerful. It is still is very much a game of missed potential but it is not unsalvageable. They could absolutely do more with the city if the series is continued.