After lots of interaction on others topic, i will put here my "review", and that, after 220 hours in the game.
The City / Badlands / Environment
Most places in the city looks amazing, others not so much, not talking about if the place is nice or not, talking about details.
When you start the exploring/sandbox play, you see how dead the city is, i remember when CDPR said you could kill everyone, but soon you would see consequences, sorry i don´t see nothing besides the OP police teleport behind me, don´t see random encounters, even W3 have the guys that travel in the roads, CP have nothing...
I compare this to GTA, because they are the reference, you honk, you shoot, everything you do, the world respond to you in many ways, sorry, i don´t see this in CP...
Driving
The driving is terrible... the car cannot make a curve, the minimap is terrible, you always lost the entrance, i don´t recall something this terrible... I download a mod to improve the driving, it really improve, but i could see how terrible the programming of the cars are, they have those amazing interior details, but looks like the game see it as a horse.
And there is no bikes in the street!!! Only gang members use bikes???
Gunplay
That is where i think the game shines, i really like the guns and how they feel, it really gives a good impression, each gun looks unique, really, congrats on this.
Crafting
Comparing to Witcher3, crafting is a joke, you have 2 materials with 4 tiers, nothing more, i can make a sniper rifle with cans or old vinyls, and i can craft it before entering the mission, this makes no sense... dismantle the gun ok, i believe that, but the system itself needs a reset, put more materials, oil, powder, i don´t know, elaborate, this crafting system is good for a teletubbies game.
Leveling system
I will not talk about the perks that don´t work or should not be there because the function was cutout, but the leveling need a good second look, there is no way to get max on something without grinding, and this is not good for a game.
Customization
I think there is none... You cannot choose your clothing, because armor/stats, you make your character and you see it on the inventory or on a bike, not even reflections, just give a third person view for exploring the city or something, CDPR make a good market telling about how you can customize your dick, but that´s it, i know you could make a system to make the character fat or skinny, muscular or not, but we get nothing, you can change the breast size, but when you put clothes this goes away, so why pretend there is a customization??? You see a bunch of clothing, but looking closely you see the player have 20 meshes or less to choose from and texture variations on these, you start to look the world and ask yourself, why i cannot wear this or that?
History
The main story is cool, don´t like the fact that you are dying, the game feels rushed, the act1 is perfect, act2 not so much, i start to understand the world and the character only on my second play, act1 should be much bigger.
But i like the history, is sad ok, W3 is like this too, i think this is CDPR signature.
What i see for the future.
The work that needs to be made on this game is far too big, don´t think you can reach the next gen level, being realistic here.
Many are talking about a NMS move from CDPR, don´t think this can be done, NMS have lacking content, CP2077 have lacking content and wrong content, the changes require would be massive, and i don´t think they have the will to make it, NMS is a small studio, CDPR is big with investors and all that.
But the game plays nice, should not be a full price game, but is fun.
