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Cyberpunk 2077 released in December 2020. Almost 4 years later, what is your opinion on it? (lemmy.cafe)

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[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My opinion is... so and so?

I gave up on it initially, annoyed by it's deluge of bugs coupled with the overall tepid and empty-feeling design.

I gave it a serious go a year ago after also getting the expansion. I wanted to not use any mods but ended up having to use one anyways, as CDPR still couldn't be arsed to fix some keys being hardcoded so changing your keyboard layout is annoying as stuff gets in the way. Luckily, fans fixed that issue and made all keys rebindable. <3

I will say... I enjoyed it. It's nothing superb to me, but it was a thoroughly enjoyable romp. It's big upside were the visual design, in particular during the expansion and its high points like the top floor of the tower or the sequence at the space port, the great voicework and Songbird and when you meet her really is a standout in both visual and scene design. I also liked the expansion and the tutorial stories a lot.
It's weak points to me were the open world itself which feels pointless and a thin, lifeless, facade plus the main story itself. Character progression was also super broken back in the days but by the time I played felt a lot better, so I'm not really holding it against the game. That being said, there were still quite a lot of bugs and glitches. Nothing major a reload here or there could not fix, but still annoying, considering how long the game has been out.

So yeah, solid 7/10 for me. The expansion is fantastic, wish the whole game were like that!