After years of hearing that Cyberpunk 2077 was ass I didn't want to touch it with a stick, but watching the anime and hearing that the 2.0 patch was fixing most of its problems I decided to check it out and let me tell you, I wasn't disappointed.
Let's get what sucks out of the way first. Yes, that gameplay trailer from five years ago looked more complete and fun than the game we got. As is said in my country, comparisons are bad, but it's kind of unavoidable to see that trailer and wonder where did those graphics, amazing customization and wallrunning go. Second stinker, the main story is really, really short... kinda. It took me around 20 hours to play the entire main story, which sounds like a lot, but really barely anything happens after the first act, the second act mostly consisting on meandering about to locate certain people or artifacts and the third act is just deciding who to go to Arasaka Tower with and the ending, so yeah if you didn't play any side jobs this game feels like it's missing something. And then there's the gameplay. It's definitely not bad, you have a lot of options for defeating enemies, but the hand-to-hand and weapons combat feels generic and uninteresting.
Ok so going to the good stuff, the world is amazing. Cyberpunk is definitely one of my favorite sci-fi subgenres, and this is a great depiction of that. Corporations control everything, street violence is at an all-time high, there's porn in every corner and some people are walking rejects of Tetsuo the Iron Man. Night City is basically another character with its own personality, a dark steaming shithole that represents the worst of this society. I do wish it went a bit crazier with the body modifications of NPCs like in Edgerunners, but there are still some awesome designs like Lizzy Wizzy or the Maelstroms. The side jobs are also really fun. While the story focuses only in Arasaka and Johnny's story, side jobs expand the lore and some secondary characters, and they're so well done that some of them are story mission-worthy. Speaking of characters, I love the cast of this game. From awesome badasses like Kerry and Panam to loveable buddies like Jackie and Judy, the characters in this game are really well fleshed out and some even feel like real people. But the true star of the show is Johnny Silverhand, whose charisma and character evolution always steal any scene that he's in, and the way he affects the main story is really creative and fun.
All in all, Cyberpunk 2077 is a really good game that, despite having some flaws, I'd say is now an unmissable RPG. I just hope that the eventual sequel is more like the game we were promised and reaches the full potential that this world offers.
Let's get what sucks out of the way first. Yes, that gameplay trailer from five years ago looked more complete and fun than the game we got. As is said in my country, comparisons are bad, but it's kind of unavoidable to see that trailer and wonder where did those graphics, amazing customization and wallrunning go. Second stinker, the main story is really, really short... kinda. It took me around 20 hours to play the entire main story, which sounds like a lot, but really barely anything happens after the first act, the second act mostly consisting on meandering about to locate certain people or artifacts and the third act is just deciding who to go to Arasaka Tower with and the ending, so yeah if you didn't play any side jobs this game feels like it's missing something. And then there's the gameplay. It's definitely not bad, you have a lot of options for defeating enemies, but the hand-to-hand and weapons combat feels generic and uninteresting.
Ok so going to the good stuff, the world is amazing. Cyberpunk is definitely one of my favorite sci-fi subgenres, and this is a great depiction of that. Corporations control everything, street violence is at an all-time high, there's porn in every corner and some people are walking rejects of Tetsuo the Iron Man. Night City is basically another character with its own personality, a dark steaming shithole that represents the worst of this society. I do wish it went a bit crazier with the body modifications of NPCs like in Edgerunners, but there are still some awesome designs like Lizzy Wizzy or the Maelstroms. The side jobs are also really fun. While the story focuses only in Arasaka and Johnny's story, side jobs expand the lore and some secondary characters, and they're so well done that some of them are story mission-worthy. Speaking of characters, I love the cast of this game. From awesome badasses like Kerry and Panam to loveable buddies like Jackie and Judy, the characters in this game are really well fleshed out and some even feel like real people. But the true star of the show is Johnny Silverhand, whose charisma and character evolution always steal any scene that he's in, and the way he affects the main story is really creative and fun.
All in all, Cyberpunk 2077 is a really good game that, despite having some flaws, I'd say is now an unmissable RPG. I just hope that the eventual sequel is more like the game we were promised and reaches the full potential that this world offers.