Jonee02

The Citadel theme is a certified banger. Unbelievably epic, what a game. A joy from start to finish.

Cyberpunk doesn’t bring anything new to the table as far as the RPG genre goes, it plays as a mix between Fallout and Borderlands. Since Cyberpunk is an FPS at heart, its needs solid gunplay, which it has. Guns feel good and combat is somewhat smooth, though subpar AI and the lack of a true cover system means fights generally delve quickly into brawls rather than tactical combat. Quickhacks add something to combat, though in the early game, not a lot – and probably not a lot without investment. Fallout elements come in the form dialogue trees and picking up EVERYTHING you see, and Borderlands elements from the many guns that drop. With no access to quick menus, you’ll be doing a lot of game pausing to check for stats and minor 1% upgrades. Oh, and with no glamour system, you’re going to be wearing ugly gear just because of the raw stats. As for the RPG elements, Cyberpunk seems to follow most RPG dialogue choices – except you get the strange feeling of being on rails. There’s a lot of expanded dialogue which gives more exposition but only one choice which progresses the story. During missions there are a few optional objectives, though how much they change the way missions unfold remains to be seen. Now on to the negatives. There’s a lot. The first negative you’ll come across is the character creator. It’s woeful. People are so focused on CDPR's genital obsession they’re overlooking how poor the character creation is. First of all, there’s a green tint lighting which means your V will inevitably look different in-game. Secondly, options rather than sliders. Every character creator needs sliders in 2020. Nobody is expecting BDO levels of customization but Cyberpunk's is as basic as it gets – and there’s no altering your character after creation which is a cardinal sin. Second negative is the driving. You’ll be doing a lot of it. It’s bad. Feels terrible. Thirdly, manual saves in games is so outdated, I shouldn’t need to open my pause menu everytime I want to do something. It should quick save on literally everything you do, pick up a rare weapon? Should quicksave. Start a mission? Should quicksave. Quite frankly the checkpoint system is atrocious. And finally the bugs. Oh dear god the bugs. In 8 ours of gameplay I’ve had 3 hard crashes, 2 soft crashes which required restarts, 6 video recorded bugs I’ve sent to friends, unresponsive AI, menus not working and so on. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.