Everyone in gaming circles is familiar with the disappointing launch of Cyberpunk. The game was bathing in hype and anticipation, and for reasons we can only speculate at, was released in an unfinished, unpolished and frankly embarrassing state.
The developers spent far too much time and resources trying to make this ambitious game function on last gen consoles, which frankly lack the power.
It would have been easy to walk away from the game and move on to a new project – instead CDPR spent years and over 100 million dollars on adjusting, fixing and polishing the game.
Finally, with this release, players can enjoy the game as it was intended to be. This is a deeply entertaining, content filled sci-fi RPG built around a core of great gameplay and environmental immersion. The voice acting and motion capture work on characters is significantly better than in any of it’s contemporaries – even Baldurs Gate 3 can’t compare to cyberpunk when it comes to immersive character interaction, even if there is less such content in totality.
When the game launched, even if your experience was bug free, the core gameplay lacked balance and agency. It was easy to break the game using combinations of item mods and abilities. This has been addressed – the skill trees, abilities, perks and weapons have all been adjusted. It’s a much more engaging experience throughout.
The world is also more immersive – there are car chases, apartments and cars to purchase, arcade games to play, trains to ride and side quests to enjoy.
The Expansion – Phantom Liberty – is frankly brilliant. An entire new main quest, dozens of added side missions, a new area to explore and a dozens of weapon and vehicle additions. It is included with this release as a code – this is disappointing, and a solution would have been to make this a double disk set, but it isn’t a significant issue.
Should you play this game? Absolutely yes. We shouldn’t forget the state it launched in, but we also can’t ignore the strides that have been made.
This is a polished, thrilling and massive game. I have sunk over 130 hours into my playthrough, and have not yet completed it.
This is one of the best games I have ever played, and I have been gaming since .dos and the 8-bit Nes. CDPR thoroughly redeemed themselves and more and I am happy to support the devs by buying this game again so I have a physical copy for the PS5. Finally.
The developers spent far too much time and resources trying to make this ambitious game function on last gen consoles, which frankly lack the power.
It would have been easy to walk away from the game and move on to a new project – instead CDPR spent years and over 100 million dollars on adjusting, fixing and polishing the game.
Finally, with this release, players can enjoy the game as it was intended to be. This is a deeply entertaining, content filled sci-fi RPG built around a core of great gameplay and environmental immersion. The voice acting and motion capture work on characters is significantly better than in any of it’s contemporaries – even Baldurs Gate 3 can’t compare to cyberpunk when it comes to immersive character interaction, even if there is less such content in totality.
When the game launched, even if your experience was bug free, the core gameplay lacked balance and agency. It was easy to break the game using combinations of item mods and abilities. This has been addressed – the skill trees, abilities, perks and weapons have all been adjusted. It’s a much more engaging experience throughout.
The world is also more immersive – there are car chases, apartments and cars to purchase, arcade games to play, trains to ride and side quests to enjoy.
The Expansion – Phantom Liberty – is frankly brilliant. An entire new main quest, dozens of added side missions, a new area to explore and a dozens of weapon and vehicle additions. It is included with this release as a code – this is disappointing, and a solution would have been to make this a double disk set, but it isn’t a significant issue.
Should you play this game? Absolutely yes. We shouldn’t forget the state it launched in, but we also can’t ignore the strides that have been made.
This is a polished, thrilling and massive game. I have sunk over 130 hours into my playthrough, and have not yet completed it.
I don’t understand all the Germans leaving a negative reviews because the game is not in German???? I mean you’re buying it from amazon UK!!!!