There were relatively few new games released this year during the few weeks before christmas. Journalists don't want to write another piece about COVID, but at the same time, are filled with negative emotions because of it. So, CDPR was going to get flamed anyway, being as good as the only subject available for their negativity. Sure, Cyberpunk should've been in a much better state at release, but the games media, and frankly, many of the fans as well, are overreacting. There have been much worse releases in the past, but well, they usually had a bunch of other games to go along with them to take some of the flak.
-Duke Nukem Forever anyone? That game should've never been released at all. Media couldn't get away with not mentioning some of the negatives from that disaster, but kept trying to highlight some margin details that weren't as flawed as the rest and selling it as "good".
-Diablo III? Another game that should've never released, a bleak shadow from its predecessor (granted, the bar was set pretty high, especially after Diablo II's LoD expansion). Many players couldn't even log in during the first weeks, but journalists kept writing "that's just a detail, but when you get in, it's great, and all those features you hate are awesome and the direction that games should take moving forward". (Well, even Actiblizzion eventually admitted its mistake and removed the RMT tradehouse. They still believe the game is a worthy addition to the series though, so I wouldn't bother with Diablo IV. Or any Actiblizzion title, for that matter)
-Skyrim? At least Bethesda developers do have some humor, and take the piss on themselves, like references about taking a variety of projectiles to the knees and such.
-Ubisoft, oh, where to start on Ubisoft. It amazes me that company still exists in the first place, given all the crap they released. Technology has advanced over the years, their level design clearly did not, and still follows the exact same philosophy they used for Prince of Persia. And every year for the past two decades, they release new titles with new models, new graphics, more shit, but the exact same required playstyle at its core.