Cyberpunk 2077 User Reviews & Impressions

[8u88l3gum]

I recommend people to play Tex murphy's Mean streets [again]. It is the same game, but made in 1991 or something. Will help put things into perspective. Both games are epic. Hands down, side gigs ARE generic, procedural no doubt about it. This isn't reality, it's a game. Let's just hope in 2077, they don't look back at this and say omg, this is exactly how things are. Although when it comes to NUSA, I wouldn't be THAT surprised. ,)

Correction: it was 1989 apparently, wow. 10/10 game though. That and Neuromancer. 1 byte graphics and 1 byte audio. The true precursors to this game. The graphics has improved....

 

[psyi0Nick]

Bravo to the crew over at CDPR! Cyberpunk is truly ambitious and I applaud you for your hard work and vision. My time in Night City has exceeded my expectations thus far. The story line is well thought out and able to incorporate interesting mechanics that flow well with the experience. Customization of your character is extensive and innovative. Gunplay is on point, and I like the addition of smart weapons. The environment is detailed, gritty, and really brings out the apathetic side of life. The visuals are to die for on PC. So much eye candy! THANK YOU CDPR!!!

 

[huggy321]

If the game is taken in isolation, stripped of all its marketing, knowledge of budget and the reputation of the studio that made it .. then yes I would say the game is enjoyable , assuming you have a relatively bug free experience. I did enjoy my time in Cyberpunk, it is a decent linear story.

The problem is when you put in context of all the marketing and dev interviews. The game is a shadow of what it was made out to be. People with more tech knowledge than me have delved into the code and discovered a very large number of cut quests. Used dev console and trainer they found a many fully fleshed out rooms that are not accessible in game. Someone took coordinates of areas where the endings took place then used trainers to explore around them and discovered several fleshed areas that were just not used . Included amongst those were braindance areas.

I think initial idea was for lifepath playthroughs to be completely different. Remember when they pitched the choices you would have to make at the beginning of the game ... Childhood Hero ... Reason for coming to Night City ... Memorable Life event. That would have given 27 different combinations of choices that could have factored into the game. Wow , imagine the replayability of that game.

Instead of a complex RPG with branching narrative and consequences reaching deep into the game we got a poor GTA clone mixed in with some mindless Ubisft type clutter. The AI and tech glitches are a whole other problem also. The actual Night City infrastructure they created is stunning but the stories it contains are sadly lacking. . I thought this city was going to be packed with interesting and intriguing quests to discover just like the Witcher but it just wasn't. The cityscape provided a perfect canvas on which to layer an outstanding RPG. Sadly we didn't get that. Who knows exactly what went on behind the scenes at cd projekt red but it seems things have taken a turn since it's Witcher days. Cyberpunk is not the game I was so looking forward to and it makes me sad to see what we actually got. I speculate cd projekt red want to go down the multiplayer route like GTA online and so took there eye off creating an actual RPG.

I know things naturally get cut form games during development cycle , but ... damn ... Cyberpunk got gutted to the point it was a hollow shell of the deep experience it could have been. The project was obviousy mismanaged and eventually rushed out in a panic.

Many people like the game and that is great. What is most important is what each persons individual experience of the game is, irrespective of what other people thought of it.

For me I can’t help but imagine the game this could have been, the game the devs first envisaged, the game I was so looking forward to playing. No amount of bug fixes or tweaks to the game system are ever going to resurrect it. The game needs a complete overhaul of the writing and narrative structure. That would be so expensive in terms of money and resources it aint gonna happen. Such a wasted opportunity to create something really special.

For me it is such a shame and the reason why I am so disappointed with Cyberpunk 2077.

 

[Viniliel]

Dear developers, big thx for this wonderful game. I`ve played above 80 hrs and finished 1st storyline only. This game have some problems, but you have created the City, where I want to return again, even just for walking on these streets or meditating in the roof of skycraper, watching on adevertizing light in fog and glow. I have some appointment, questions and ideas about the game and I`d be glad to discuss with you about it.

1. Perfomance. I have weak comp - i3 + 32GB DDR4 + PCIE SSD + GTX1050 2 GB RAM and I haven`t seen LETHAL slowdowns or glitches. More - in 1.03 was NO BUGS AT ALL, and some got only in 1.04. I have nice GP on my low-mid preferences and it`s great.

2. Mechanics.

Poison. Good, but not enough. How can robots be poisoned BY SCRIPT? It`s illegal.=) Knives and grenades - ok, but where are pneumatic needlers w poisonous shell or cristallized poison as bullet? And some enemies - as MLSTRM or high-tier corpo soldiers w deep augmentation and\or protective gas masks have to have MUCH less vulnerability to this.

Sneak and silence. Heavy-armored personalities and\or heavy shoes\clothes nave to produce MORE noise, than light-weighted netrunner or sniper. More weight - more protection, but less stamina and invisibility.

Spectral vision. In very old game "AVP 1999" Alien and Predator can choose 3-5 different vision mods - radio, gamma, ultrasound ect, in our game we have no EVEN thermo and night (but have NIGHT VISION DEVICES). And bright laser on AP-mines - it`s nonsence, there`s no such illumination IRL. And - optical camouflage?

Smell. Cyberdogs?

Iron. Heavy-armored-augmented - are targets for magnetic detectors and mines.

3. Hack. Too easy, too imba. No normal countermeasure, no hardware-software lvls comparsion, even no biological ("clear") people.

4. Weapon. Need rebalancing, esp imba silenced-revolvers. And where are muzzle-breakers? Monowire - where is instakill in jig-saw style? LMG w rifle shells have to be more stable (high mass), or be more damaging w such huge recoil (high power shots).

5. Transport. Need drive tuning for PC, need taxi system for lazy passengers like me, and aerodynes. For eddies, ofc.

6. System of reputation. I`m killing ALL seeing "claws" (don`t like these gangsters), but other "claws", who haven`t seen me yet, fixer Wakako and "Arasaka" men glad to see me, but they are tentacles of the same octopus. Srsly?

7. Not enough gear for nornal curve-of-upgrading. Just single imp for legs - wut? Especially "lynx paws" - 85k for early-stealther are unliftable, for late game - useless.

8. In CP-universe were marine spec-ops, weapon and transport systems for them. May we believe? Pacifica-Bay is calling.=)

To be continued...

 

[Alt+Del+Ct]

Hi everyone! I'm new here. Just end the main story of Cyberpunk 2077. I would like to say my opinion about this game and my thoughts. I like the style of CDPR, when they communicate with the community. All people had loved them before Cyberpunk launched. Obviously, CDPR has problems now. Hope they will go through these troubles and correct all issues with the game.

About Cyberpunk 2077:

1. Visual. Special and huge thanks to concept artist, 3d artists, VFX artists (etc). Night City looks awesome. Vehicles (!) - 10/10, Buildings - 10/10, Details - 10/10, Textures, Lights, Fog, Weather - 10/10. Sometimes I felt like I'm playing Bladerunner.

2. Sound. A couple of themes is very nice (main menu, credits, fights). I was looking for a New Retro Wave (or some equal) radio. There are some songs, but I thought there will be more. 9 / 10

3. Gameplay.
Nice but it's interrupted by bugs and issues. I know that many gameplay things were deleted to release the game. It is my personal pain, but I wonder what pain feel devs when they delete parts of the game. 8 / 10. But if we consider bugs, low fps in some scenes - 6 / 10

5.Quests and story. Main story - ok (I thought it would be bigger, but ok with that). Additional quests from secondary characters - ok. 9/10 But if we consider other "tower quests" aka "Ubisoft quests" - 7/10

6. Optimisation and bugs. 4 / 10. Unfortunately on release game was ready on 80%. The game has tons of problems with that. Unfortunately for me.

7. Game positioning and marketing. I don't like ads but guys and girls from market development did their job very well - 10/10. Teasers, trailers, stars, Keanu Reeves, breathtaking, etc.

8. Management. In my humble opinion, the main problem of this game is management. It concerns not only the highest management but technical too.
If staff working in a crunch - it is the problem of people who decide how long a dev of something does it take.
If the game has technical issues - it is the problem of people, who make a technical task AND are responsible of QA.
If the company has financial issues, has issues with partners (hello, Sony) - it is the problem of higher management.

Anyway, they are not the seat of the trouble, I wonder they wanted a perfect game too. Like we all. And of course, thanks to them, we have a reason to discuss all this, they actually organized the development. Not perfect, but still.

Anyway, thanks CDPR. You did very well, but not perfect like all expected. I hope Cyberpunk will be better with time.

Best regards.

 

[GGstradamus]

I'm really enjoying the game so far, technically impressive (as usual), npcs and stories are top notch. I'm a day one fan of cyberpunk RPG and you really did an impressive job - Cyberpunk is a piece of art !

A few things that would have made the game better though:

1. Eyes. Not sure it's related to SSS but eyes are glowing white in cars for example. I'm also annoyed by most interiors overall darkness. I get the whole dramatic lighting but since we're basically using eye cybernetics, why don't we have night and thermal vision (and a toggle) ? Eye options are quite poor so far and such additions would make much sense.

2. Original content such as netrunner fights or car tuning are definitely missing. I'm pretty sure this things are getting developped, at least for multiplayer gameplay, but not being able to fight another netrunner (or spellcaster since you basically implemented hardware piracy as magic) is hurting a lot. I'll be honest, i'm not a huge fan of that and perhaps adding another layer of gameplay to use virus and softwares to fight specific enemies during a fight could be nice.

3. Too much GTA, sure Cyberpunk brings tons of additional gameplay but apart from the main story other quests lack of purpose, or should be linked to area boss more seriously. Perhaps creating conflicts with other gangs or whatever. Your quests are really well done and interesting but the whole scheme isn't really there.

4. Two things my wife was complaining about : Goro shouldn't share the same animations than Jackie. Seeing both important npcs walking the same way was really disturbing. The other thing, well... You really did a great job with clothes design but my wife is still looking for golden panties and can't find some. How can it be ?!

NB. Where's the north !? I was trying to forget the minimap to find my way myself but north isn't even indicated - Do i need a cybercompass too ?! ^ ^

 

[Rascott]

So... finally, here it is! What do you think about Cyberpunk?

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Quote of the day:
In a world where you can be anyone and meet many, many other characters why would you only be able to pick between TWO romance options for either gender ( one heterosexual and one homosexual) You could literally have a romantic relationship with aliens and cat people (Mass Effect and Skyrim again) but I can only choose between two people in a futuristic, sifi RPG were you can literally make a transgender character! How? Why?

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As for myself, I have decided to let this game age in the cellar for 1-2 years to become a true masterpiece. If you played The Witcher Wild Hunt long enough, you know the difference between version 1.01 and 1.32. If you didn't, trust me - it was very noticeable. I enjoyed the game so much more when the bugs and rough edges were refined, so I am going to do this with Cyberpunk.

I am 43 years old and have played video games since I was little. It is without a doubt the best video game that has been made so far. Go ahead CDPROJEKT we want to see how far you can elevate this jewel. It is an experience that no one should miss. The great benefits will come again when the game shows its full potential. It is an incredible and mature game.

 

[aaronshadow577]

i love Cyberpunk 2077 its like a future gta in first person view but better get to create your own character, bounty hunting (which i like the most) tbh there's alot of things that make it better then gta and i can't list them all lol
and while it has problems; glitches bugs etc. ik you guys are working hard at making updates to fix them and I like that but im more worried about your company then getting a corrupted save from a dup glitch for items
you guy's have alot of problems but you're still nice to the fans and people who weren't willing to wait for updates to help fix the game instead they wanted refunds anyway that you're willing to give but thats not enough now they want to sue you guys....guess they don't know how to act so the resort to extremes like suing you guys..i kinda hate haters and you guys dont care much about money your still making updates cuz you care more about the people buying the game...you guys are probably the nicest people in a game company iv ever heard about..tbh i don't see why people arnt giving sony this treatment
how are you guys handling the law suit anyways? cuz im worried

 

[PrincessAmanda]

Stop listening to youtubers guys. They just jumped into bandwagon of hate to gain clicks.

Hyberbole effect arround this game is simply pathetic.

 

[larsyxa]

Well to CPR, just wanna say that CP2077 is awesome.
Though W3 was a good game i did not think it was fun.
Thought before you were overhyped. Now i am fan.

(btw im playing on mid tier+ PC 1080p/60FPS /High+ settings/ and i can get
mindblowing people density in the city, higher than my
home town of Stockholm! i just love it)

One other thing, the level of voice acting/script in any side job, story mission
is just scary. How did you pull that off.

Regards
Mattias
#respect Takamura

 

[DrIggyC]

I'm more than 60 hours in and still far from done with the main story - spent a lot of time on side-gigs
I'm enjoying the game very much, but then I never expected the second coming of Jesus in the form of a video game.

Having said that, the fact is that the game needs bugfixing and performance optimization. Playing on the PC, I've run into one T pose, a couple floating NPCs and one bug where attack and use consumable commands become partially unresponsive (which is solved by saving and loading that save). The game runs decently somewhere between 30 and 40fps at 1080p for me. I'd love to see it at 60fps, but that will require patches from devs.

So based on my experience and experiences of some other people I've talked to, while there are bugs that need to be addressed, it's not as awful as some people are making it out to be, at least for us regular gamers on the PC - and the game is actually very fun!

Streamers, who seem to be the loudest with raging and complaints, seem to forget that playing the game in ridiculous resolutions like 4k while also streaming the game in at least 1080p will put additional strain on your hardware, PC or console. Your GPU, CPU and HDD will have more work to do at the same time, so it's no surprise that you'll experience problems with the game more egregious than the rest of us. More polished games have had problems while being streamed.
It's fine to call these out, but let's all be reasonable about it and not make it out like it was the worst thing ever released.

On that nore, let's also not forget that in the past two months alone there have been several popular games that were released in equally bad, or worse states and those devs/publishers didn't bat an eyelash or guarantee refunds (looking at you Mafia Definitive Edition, AC: Valhalla and Watch Dogs Legion).

So yes, the game needs bugfixing, but the bugs are mostly visual and for most regular people they aren't that frequent - and the game is very fun!

 

[larsyxa]

Btw i got the game at GOG 1.04. I've experienced 2 visual bugs only. (after 30h)
Jackie W phasing through elevator doors and Judy sitting abit (into)
H8 elevator backend. No game fatal bugs what so ever...

Clickbaiting PS4 playing yt:s.
(Maybe that was a mistake though, promising xb1 and ps4 support)
Nevertheless the things i see on YT is so so far away from my experince.
Actually some are not bugs just player stupitity. Infuencers.
Previous fav action RPG was Skyrim/Kingdoms of Amalur. Its not anymore.

Again
Regards
Mattias

PS Merry Christmas CPR ,you deserve it after 8years.

 

[OldWorldRadio]

Last gen console sales held this game back from it's true potential on PC. We can all tell that's why it was gutted before release. The lack of interesting day-night cycle npcs with their own individual routines, the terrible teleporting cops with no real wanted system or chases, the lack of driving ai, the lack of the monorail system and much more that was cut/reworked so it would run on last gen consoles. It's a real shame. I just hope that content returns for PC versions in the coming months. I stopped playing it in hopes this will happen. I won't hold my breath though. Still a pretty game if you can look past all the pop-ins and bugs.

 

[Viktor_Wsc_Kuzmin]

I'm simple russian man and I bought this game on ps4 and playing since release (i have good pc but use it only for job). Yes i saw bugs and bad graphics. But continued to play and still glad to fun! 1.05 made graphics much more better, thanks! CDR! DO NOT GIVE UP because of your situation, please! Still want to see addons for Cyberpunk (and fixes) and new witcher

 

[Starchs]

 

[bullrathe]

Been playing this game on pc since it came out and I'm quite happy with it. Just want the team to know that there are some people out there that understand it may take some time to fix the bugs that have been plaguing the console versions and that every game is released needing a few tweaks. (Personally I have only had to deal with 1 glitch and it was fixed in the first hotfixes.)
People who were expecting a massive drawn out storyline citing the Witcher franchise for their complaints need to remember it took 3 games to develop that amount of character and world detail.
Hoping that gamers will have a little patience while all the kinks get ironed out.
To me this is an example of the development team trying to release a game that is so cutting edge that it doesn't fall behind like DNF did during its years under development. In the process the marketing people may have forced a early release for the holidays hoping that it would pass inspection.
Look forward to seeing upcoming dlc content. Hopefully reviewers don't complain too much if you guys need to push back the dlc releases to deal with fixing any bugs.

 

[aaronshadow577]

well another update for cp2077 just dropped on my Xbox one..really it works fine on it and mine is the base Xbox one...it's not the only game that has bugs and im sure it wont be the last "skyrim" for example sometimes i have to fast travel to the same imperal camp a second time just to get my next mission but im not complaining..just proves not all bugs can be fixed but you can work around them like that sometimes so far im enjoying the game

 

[Frenzy9000]

It's fun and I'm really liking it just because I enjoy crafting. I'm level 20 there, so that's interesting.

As for the open worldness, it lacks in the "more" category. Comparing this with GTA, which has basically mastered this style of game, CP2077 lacks in how the world interacts with you. They failed to follow through here, and the flaw glows. Why are the NPCs just SO bad? You had all of this time, and you get people always crouching over the second you bump them or shoot? Like c'mon, I just wanna sit any where in a restaurant and order food and eat it.

It's certainly inviting, but hopefully this improves as the game works through the list of issues.

 

[carlosazevedo89]

Despite all the problems, it is amazing.

 

[Starchs]

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