Cyberpunk 2077 is one the best RPG's I've personally played and one of my current favorite games of all time.
Without making this entire "review" an essay of 50 pages that every college would love to see from a student, here's my general thoughts on the game:
Cyberpunk's story and characters are one of the biggest attractions in the game, the story itself is quite good and does have a few twists that I personally liked when it comes to the endings and the arc of certain characters. Panam being my favorite because she feels quite realistic to me & has the most spice out of everyone yet is also the softest. Every character is unique in their own way and have their own personality, rarely do you ever think one character is somewhat similar to another & they're all quite likeable.
Gameplay wise I think the game has improved a lot of the years with all the updates and patches and I can confidently say that I really enjoyed it a lot and am genuinely surprised they managed to create a pretty good gunplay mechanic eventhough it's their first time trying it out.
Driving feels pretty good which might sound weird to mention but since you have to navigate to a lot of places, lot of times by way of vehicle, driving is something that I want to feel good and work well and it does that pretty well.
CP offers a lot of possible builds that can cater to your favorite style, whether that be a hacker or "netrunner" to sort of stay away from conflict as much as possible or being more of a stealthy dude, maybe you're a bit more gung-ho on using normal weaponry like assault rifles or submachines, snipers or if you really feel stylish, might as well pick up some blades and slash your way through the game.
There are so many possibilities for builds, it's really fun to start new playthroughs and try to complete the game in different ways.
Side activities are a good mix or good and meh. Before the latest patch of 2.1, there wasn't much to do in the world outside contracts or with your romantic partners. Now you can invite them to your appartment, take the metro, sit down at a bar and have a chat, etc. That was definitely an improvement.
The other side content are mainly side missions or contracts which aren't really that bad but sometimes the same type of mission returns a couple of times which seems like there are too many gigs to make each one unique. There is still a great variety but a few lesser gigs might've been good to keep it new every time.
One big criticism is probably that the lifepaths are barely included in the overall game as an important decision when creating your character, it barely has any impact outside of some dialogue choices, hopefully that will change in the sequel.
Overall I think the game is awesome, the world is beautiful and intruiging, gameplay loop is great, story and characters are great (Panam on top forever) and I cannot wait for the sequel of this game. Also, the DLC was amazing and I urge everyone to try it out ASAP
Without making this entire "review" an essay of 50 pages that every college would love to see from a student, here's my general thoughts on the game:
Cyberpunk's story and characters are one of the biggest attractions in the game, the story itself is quite good and does have a few twists that I personally liked when it comes to the endings and the arc of certain characters. Panam being my favorite because she feels quite realistic to me & has the most spice out of everyone yet is also the softest. Every character is unique in their own way and have their own personality, rarely do you ever think one character is somewhat similar to another & they're all quite likeable.
Gameplay wise I think the game has improved a lot of the years with all the updates and patches and I can confidently say that I really enjoyed it a lot and am genuinely surprised they managed to create a pretty good gunplay mechanic eventhough it's their first time trying it out.
Driving feels pretty good which might sound weird to mention but since you have to navigate to a lot of places, lot of times by way of vehicle, driving is something that I want to feel good and work well and it does that pretty well.
CP offers a lot of possible builds that can cater to your favorite style, whether that be a hacker or "netrunner" to sort of stay away from conflict as much as possible or being more of a stealthy dude, maybe you're a bit more gung-ho on using normal weaponry like assault rifles or submachines, snipers or if you really feel stylish, might as well pick up some blades and slash your way through the game.
There are so many possibilities for builds, it's really fun to start new playthroughs and try to complete the game in different ways.
Side activities are a good mix or good and meh. Before the latest patch of 2.1, there wasn't much to do in the world outside contracts or with your romantic partners. Now you can invite them to your appartment, take the metro, sit down at a bar and have a chat, etc. That was definitely an improvement.
The other side content are mainly side missions or contracts which aren't really that bad but sometimes the same type of mission returns a couple of times which seems like there are too many gigs to make each one unique. There is still a great variety but a few lesser gigs might've been good to keep it new every time.
One big criticism is probably that the lifepaths are barely included in the overall game as an important decision when creating your character, it barely has any impact outside of some dialogue choices, hopefully that will change in the sequel.
Overall I think the game is awesome, the world is beautiful and intruiging, gameplay loop is great, story and characters are great (Panam on top forever) and I cannot wait for the sequel of this game. Also, the DLC was amazing and I urge everyone to try it out ASAP