You definitely need to make more game reviews for the games you enjoy! It's nice to see that you don't feel that multiplayer is needed in every game. I also enjoy a very good single player game with a detailed and in-depth story. Deux Ex: Human Revolution was the last game I really enjoyed the story in although I am slowly working my way through WatchDogs Legion.
It's almost hard to believe this was her first ever game review. The overall quality and level of thought applied here outshines many of the so called "professional gaming" channel reviews I've seen. Very impressed!
The game deserves the hate it's getting. This trending development is caused by it's own merit, not to appeal to the lynching crowd. In short, discounting every bug, the game falls short on a number of issues: ~ LITTLE TO NO RPG ELEMENTS (decisions don't really matter) ~ GENERIC COMBAT / LOOTSYSTEM / SKILLTREE (Nothing innovative and other games do it better) ~ VERY POOR A.I. (From the cops to enemy behavior and pedestrians/vehicles) ~ The 3 starting CLASSES matter little (There is no class immersion) ~ TRANSMOG ingame is attrocious. You wear what's better and look stupid in doing so) ~ NON-ORGANIC WORLD (When you ride it's awesome. When you look closer it's empty) ~ THE LIES. Where are the promised jawdropping and revolutionary mechanics? Not a review I'd recommend since it lacks a critical eye and emphasised detractions to appraise it properly.
Just discovered your channel through some of your hardware videos and hope you continue to pick up subs. Based on what I've seen of your videos, you're content is criminally underrated. You consolidated the very mixed opinion of everything that I thought as I played the game myself. I ended up doing like you mentioned and decided to wait to play it for patches, even though I bought it on preorder on release date. For me, someone who has a coding background, I can't help but feel the game's bones feel like a rickety scaffold and all of the pretty scenery just covers up how little there is under the hood. The cops appearing in random places rather than moving to your location, the disappearing NPCs and items. Those are usually deep-seeded elements in the codebase that can't be fixed by simple patching. They specifically built a non-persistent game world that is largely empty but for a handful of predefined story and side-quest centric elements. It's a foundational coding issue that I don't think they can fix. For me, GTA5 in the cyberpunk world with the RPG elements of Deus Ex was and still is my dream for this game series. I really hope they can do better with a sequel, but I feel much of the current game's foundation isn't something you can build such a game on. GTA5 provided the perfect 'bones' to build GTA online with and even that had a rocky start. I hope they cut their losses and just move onto a sequel rather than trying to repair what's there as I don't think they can recover their reputation with the existing game.
Of all the reviewers I've seen before, you're the closest to my point of view about that game. Thanks for that. It's just sad that CDPR lied about the fact that previous gen consoles could manage to run that game at an enjoyable level and they are gonna pay dearly for that...
she's just being nice and sugarcoating the negative points she made about the game tho. which is still a lot considering she went into it with little expectations and a powerful pc. for example: 8:01 she said "driving in the game is...OK?" frankly that's the most disingenuous "ok" i've heard in ages, simply because she didn't want to say "complete crap" or "poorly executed at best". certainly better than expected? are your expectations that low after dropping full price on a AAA title? i've played driving games from 1998 that had better handling.
@Erocknrolla - The driving isn't going to win any awards but doesn't get any large complaints from me either. It's just sufficient. It does the job. If this was Forza then that would be a damning statement, but in a story driven CDPR game having just "...okay..." driving isn't as much of a problem.
@J Fz ~ I agree completely that the driving isn't good enough for a GTA Online style multiplayer experience, but then neither is the combat tbh. These factors carry different weight in a story driven single player game than they would in a multi-player game though.
Yea, totally agree about the "relationship" side of it. My male character hooked up with Panam, and then when I was doing the River missions it was clear that the developers had made him a relationship character. And with my character being male, and straight, and already with Panam, it was kind of awkward and annoying having to go through the rigmarole that a potentially gay character would have to go through only to finally get shot down by River. The relationship characters felt kind of "forced".
Lauren, That was one of the best game reviews I've seen in a long time. I've been kinda on the fence with this game since it's launch and mixed reviews on the performance and Buggy Issues! I love how you got into telling us your experience with the Character's and the Ups and downs within the story of the game! That is something that, at least IMO, that I very rarely see in a Game review! My personal opinion about spoilers is that I would rather know what the basic story plot line is and is there continuity throughout the game. Thank You for sharing your experience's of the the game with us! Great Job! If there are more games out there that catch your fancy, Please share it with us! Cheers! 👍🤩😎
Solid fleshed out review, Lauren. If you're branching out from hardware content this surely is the way forwards. Considering your comment on not many new games captivating you, it might even be worth doing reviews on old favourites, like a retrospective on what made them stand out or what keeps you coming back to them.
Maybe it's just because the opinions expressed in this video match up more or less perfectly with my own but this felt like one of the best reviews I've seen / heard. No salt, just an objective review. Refreshing tbh. TO HABOOBS!
This is the most well articulated, accurate and pleasant review of this game to ever exists. Agree with everything you said. Its this level of analysis game companies need to have before games are released need thought the development process.
Loved this review. I'm on my second playthrough and I adore this game. The bugs are alright as long as it's not game breaking, especially for me with 3 years of QC game testing on the background. The story carried this game and the looks of it can simply dethrone the "can it run Crysis" quote.
This is legit one of the best reviews of Cyberpunk i've seen out there. Don't go rushing out more game reviews just because lots of people enjoyed this one, but definitely keep in mind you're actually pretty damn good at it! If another game crops up that you feel is worthy of review, definitely don't hesitate.
I still haven't bought the game and am waiting for 6 months so the majority of the bugs are gonna be fixed(been waiting for the game for years now). Great job on the review since I was not sure if the game was worth it even with the bugs fixed and possible DLC content added. You changed my mind and I will check it out in a few months in it's matured state...
great review and I hope to see you do more game reviews as this is the most thorough one I have seen. As a side note, you really know how to pick a great thumbnail for your videos.
Wow, what a surprise! I had no idea you had gone back to making review videos. I used to watch your videos many years ago because I enjoyed how calming your voice was. Glad to see you've been uploading for a while now.
Oh man I'm sad that I only found this review now. I have basically the same perspective as you do. I didn't hop on to the over-hype bandwagon nor the hate band-wagon. And I honestly enjoyed the game a lot. A lot of the hate and sh*t-talking about the game can sound so unreasonable and stupid to me a lot of the time. The few ultimate things I won't argue with was that the company shot themselves in the foot with the advertising. It wouldn't have been "over-promising" if they actually finished it. Because the game feels very much chopped in half a lot of times. One prime example I can think of is the Fixer icons on the map. If they were only for story elements, they could have easily stayed as objective waypoints. But the fact that they are icons on the map makes it feel like they planned on doing more with it. Like maybe the Fixers would have dialogue options that change when you are at different points in the game and opens up different paths or gigs when you talk to them at these certain points. Or maybe even just a general source of information for active quests and side-quests alike, giving different perspectives on how things are to help you to figure out which choices you want to make in the future. But yeah, great review. Nothing revolutionary in terms of story but I loved the characters. They're what brought more layers into the stories. And I fell in love. And I was also a bit uncomfortable with the romance things not having the option to make it clear from the beginning that you already have someone in mind. If I had to describe the game in a few words, it'd be "a beautiful world full of potential." P.S. Also, that thing about getting that Cyberpunk itch I definitely agree with. I found that CP2077 is the one that can scratch it but it doesn't scratch it well enough yet as of now. The visuals and music is definitely there tho. I still sometimes listen to the OSTs while I work.
Lauren, you can be proud of the fact that you never fail to deliver an original, insightful, and relevant viewpoint on something, be it a clever PC build, a hardware-, or game review. Please keep doing this.
You should definitely make more game reviews! This was a great video. I'm addicted to this game and even after seeing all the endings I'm still playing it cause I love it so much. Even with all the bugs that range from funny to VERY frustrating, if I want to have a little fun I turn it on and do some NCPD assault quests. I do agree that I REALLY wish there was more story for the side characters and that the world was truly driven by your decisions. My only hope is that CDPR does a sequel to this some years into the future or at least continues to release DLC content to flush this world out more.
For me, the most grating thing was sitting in a vehicle along with the NPCs while NPCs drive and speak. The problem is that they will drive over people EVERY SINGLE TIME and not even pay attention at all, while you can see and feel the car jerking up as it traverses the body and the bones breaking under your wheels. Lovely! I mean they should have probably made the NPC car path a keepout zone which will be temporarily avoided by pedestrians. In general pedestrians need to have a different self preservation mode than just duck and shiver in place with no recovery. Maybe if they could just dive out of the way of the traffic like they do in Crazy Taxi and Midtown Madness, that would already be a significant improvement. Also you have cyberwear. And yet this is the only recent urban open-world game where your path isn't displayed in-world, but only on the tiniest of map overlays in the corner. The zoom level is completely useless for city driving too! As for driving model, i don't have Legion, but i'm actually quite happy with the one in WD2, it's not sim-grade, but it does what it needs to, while CP is needlessly weird. Still, i don't even mind too much, and it's moddable. I could nitpick it for hours actually. It's just insanely unfinished in every possible regard. But there is a good game hiding in there somewhere. I'm right between liking it a lot and being quite annoyed by it. I decided not to seek a refund, but i'm also not finishing it for now. I got a great deal on it (on GOG) and i still want to finish it eventually. Had i paid full price, i would have likely refunded it within a handful hours. Load times are generally dominated not by disk transfer speed, but by deserialisation speed for the new data and cleanup speed for the purged data limited generally by single CPU thread, when you have something this complex. I don't think they just made elevators arbitrarily long, it probably actually takes most of that time to do the thing. Funny thing you should say there is too much choice in the character creator, because the game apparently agrees. When clothed, your boob size choice is ignored by the game, probably for technical reasons. Other bits can get ignored too. As to games that really held my attention? Yakuza Zero! If you haven't played it, it's probably nothing like you expect, in about a million different regards.
I've been wondering if the cars driving over people thing is somehow hardware specific because I've seen it happen to people in TH-cam videos but in my 100 hour playthrough it didn't happen a single time. So maybe if you have weaker hardware the game cuts some processes out in order to optimise things and this inadvertently allows for pedestrians to be where they're not supposed to be during these driving scenes. I have no idea if that's possible because I'm not a developer. I am curious though.. what hardware did you play on and with what settings?
@@TastyPC Dumpster PC! i5-3570 that someone literally threw away and a GTX970. 16GB RAM, game installed on a hybrid disk. Windows 10 20h2. I'm taking good care of the machine, it's super reliable. I'd say although minspec, the components are about as usual as it gets. I noticed after a while, that i really should have reduced crowd density that is inexplicably in gameplay settings, it made the physics and NPC behaviours... if not amazing, there doesn't seem to be a lot of smarts implemented, at least significantly more stable, with less just... insane breakage. The game does indeed start obviously stealing AI planning cycles when overloaded. Maybe the bulk of companions driving over pedestrians was before i found the setting. Other settings... pretty much don't work or only have an effect on GPU load, seems like. I think i set the shadow range to minimum. LOD setting plain didn't work, most other settings are vaguely around medium.
What an excellent review! Going forward about making reviews in the future what about going backwards first and covering some of your all-time favourites? I've not seen anyone else review a game as you have with Cyberpunk2077 so it would still come across 'fresh' even if the game has been out a while.
You hit allot of the same points that I experienced. I'm an exclusive PC gamer so I only played this on the PC. Even on day one, I had a great experience on my low end system (I need a new PC build). The patch updates fixed a ton of stuff but even before then, I didn't experience game breaking bugs, just a few mission bugs. I wished they delayed the console ports till everything was fixed because that is what hurt the launch. I'm excited for the upcoming DLC but I also want to see this become a franchise. You are spot on when it comes to character choices. I came in expecting that any choice I made would have repercussions but sadly turns out not to be the case. Anyways, I love this review. Thanks for sharing. :)
I also enjoyed your review as it’s the first overall positive review of the game I’ve seen. I have had a lot of laughs watching the bug videos. I would love to see your reviews of other games don’t be afraid to review really old ones I guarantee you will get a lot of views.
Great review Lauren. Got about 130 hours into the first play through (not rushing to complete the main story). I have got things / quests that I want to do differently on the next play through (Barry), which IMO is the sign of a good story / characters which pull you in.
Awesome review that I am sure could not be duplicated by anyone else. You are a unique voice in the PC world. One that I enjoy and can hardly believe isn't much more popular. I like they way you deliberate over things, although I know, that can be a curse. However, you do things well, better than most can or could. Keep it up Lauren! I am always happiest when I see you have posted!
I agree entirely, what's multiplayer going to give us, team death match or GTA style heists, should definitely leave that to COD or GTA/Red Dead and concentrate on some good single player expansions like they did with Witchers Blood and Wine.
I'll echo that you should make more game reviews for only the games that intrigue you. I enjoy hearing what most people have to say about a subject when they truly enjoy it.
lol, kinda glad you're back, I somehow stumbled upon your channel again and the voice seemed familiar. I remember watching your channel back YEARS ago lol. Cheers.
This came up on my feed for obvious reasons, but I really liked they way you considered all elements of the game and weighed them evenly. I personally love the game and it’s world, while agreeing that there is some work to be done tidying things up.I’m betting on that higher score being given if all comes to pass as we hope. 🤞
Yeah I mean. If you subtract the over-hyping and console disaster, you're left with a solid 8.5 PC game with maybe a little more bugs on release than typical. Nothing world-shattering though.
Loved this review of the game. I'm in the same boat as you... Been waiting so long for this game and was so excited, but then got bombarded with negative reviews focusing on the bugs and was discouraged from getting it right away. But your review has changed my mind.... Not in the sense that the game doesn't have some major issues, but rather that the game is still a lot of fun despite those issues. Thank you for taking the time to do the review, very fair and well done. Hope you do more of these!
Hey, it looks like you are really good at game reviews too, lol. It was really interesting to get a female perspective on this title and you made some great points. And just like your top notch hardware reviews you've covered areas that nobody else has even touched upon, so I'd really like to see more of your thoughts on other games, but yeh there's not many other games I'm interested in either unless you feel like covering some medieval RPGs or The Last of Us or something. I'm definitely buying this now, but we are all just waiting on availability of GPUs now, from your comments I'm thinking that it will have to be a Nivida card just to get DLSS. And it's totally OK to crush on NPC's, honest :D
I feel like the side storylines were meant to be played simultaneously. But I can definitely see the issues with continuity there. I did them at the same time so I never noticed this flaw.
I don't follow. You can't play two missions at the same time. You have to do one followed by the other and then which ever one you do second won't be aware of your choices in the one you do first.
@@TastyPC Oh I was more referring to the storylines of Panam, Judy, and other side characters. I kinda went through them before I made any permanent relationship decisions. Having seen the full video now, I didn't know about the detective (might have missed that mission). Pretty interesting. I really liked cyberpunk for the same reasons and I think I get your critique now.
I pretty much agree with everything you said Lauren, I went into this game blind too I didn't pay attention to any of the marketing leading up to it's release on purpose and took the game for what it is rather than what it was promised to be. I loved everything about this game from start to finish and I look forward to what will be added with patches, adding in free content (and what should of been there day one) as well as paid dlc.
As with most single player AAA game releases these days, I usually wait about a year after it releases to actually play them, given the state of AAA development in the last decade or so. I've been hyped for Cyberpunk 2077 since it was first teased back in like 2013 or however long ago it was, but I'm just going to keep being patient and by the time I get my hands on it, hopefully the game has ironed out any imperfections, has released some (if not all) DLC, and is at a discounted price. I find doing this with these massive single player games to really help at experiencing them the way the devs had originally envisioned but were bogged down by time restraints and other factors to really deliver on by release. As for your review, I didn't watch all of it as I don't wish to completely spoil myself, but the first few minutes sounds like it was well thought out and scripted, I'll watch it properly whenever I get around to playing and finishing 2077.
This is an honest review, it's been a really long time since I've seen such a review that is well-done with details that offer both negative and positive. But makes it unique. Keep on making content.
Great review! I agree with everything you said and have enjoyed about 200 hours in this game on PC (1440p High on an old 1080 Ti). Some things I'd like to add: - You really should be able to change more about your character within the story. Why not let me customize my face/hair at some ripperdocs? Why not let me change how any clothing looks and still keep their stats? See how AC: Odyssey did it. - It's a singleplayer RPG so why not let me reskill ALL of it at any time? I know you can buy a shard to reskill the yellow point but you can't do it with the main blue tree. Also why does it cost so much? - The crafting system is interesting but badly balanced and you have to put a lot of skillpoints in it to afford. - Yes, the romance stuff has some great storys but once you agree to a romance it just stops. For Judy you get her apartment but there is nothing to do, she just stands there and can be asked the same 2 questions over and over. The game seems filled with things like this that feels unfinished. more
I definitely agree with your take. I play a different way, which is I like to fully complete all side missions, gigs, etc., before I finish the main story line. So quickly after getting the open world, I have gone through finishing all of the spots on the map (aside from the racing and boxing, which the fight mechanics on how the camera moves around still make me hate it as much as I did for the Witcher 3). CDPR said the reason they increased the side missions was because they noticed in the Witcher 3, people would do more of those than finish the game. Unfortunately, they do not understand people like me and *why* we game like this. We want the credits to roll when we are done with the game. The finale. We want that final payoff, but we want it when we are done doing everything else. Meanwhile, they want this to be closer to a Final Fantasy scenario, where you do more in world after you beat the game. In FF, I also try to do everything I can before beating the game. It also develops and tanks the character for the main story line, so the later battles (unless opponents scale to character level, which can have its own issues: see FFVIII) are done relatively easily so that you can focus on the story without getting stuck at some fight, etc. (side note: I'm playing on the very hard difficulty, which hard was a bit too easy, but getting used to the shooting mechanics required me to do 2 missions on hard before I could switch to very hard, and even then, I leaned heavily on my grenades to start before I moved to sniper, then to cowboy once my health and armor were up). So them packing in all the side missions just created more filler rather than giving a meaty story line. That is where the Witcher 3 was way better. The content here felt almost closer to the story line of DLC for the witcher 3, which I enjoyed, but was not as robust as the main game. I wholly agree with you that the dialogue decisions should open or cut off other avenues in dialogue and they must work on that. Overall, awesome review!!!
This was a well-thought out and well executed review Lauren. You did a great job presenting this game from a "both sides of the story" approach and were very fair about its strengths and weaknesses. This kind of review reminded me of how Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb used to review games on X-Play back in the day. You should do more game reviews going forward. Thanks and until next time I am out!
Yes more game reviews! I think we are on the same page what we want in a single player experience. Good story, relationship building etc :) I will play cyberpunk 2077 but for now I still will wait till they polish it. The world looks amazing!
Cyberpunk 2077 is a 9 out of 10 for me! I just unlocked my forty-fourth and final achievement in CP2077 today making CP2077 the fifth game on my Steam library for me to get 100% achievements on! A lot of the last few achievements I worked towards getting I looked up on TH-cam runs on ways to unlock the achievements one in which I copied the streamer's way on unlocking while listening him talking on how to do so while doing it! A lot of them were frustrating for me to get but I got them! I love the story, diverseness of characters, and the gameplay with it's variety of ways how to deal with combat and other things! This is a great video and please definitely make more video game review videos! Glad to see that I'm not alone in loving CP2077 for what it is and loving it as a game!
Agree with what's said in this review completely, especially the part about how the decisions regarding relationships were handled, poor River deserved better indeed as I, just like so many others, went for Judy, playing as female V. It felt bad, the quests-chains themselves for these characters are very well done, loved them all but clearly some parts of this game lack that well known Polish polish :P Still had fun with it overall, and I have no doubts that in time it will become a much better experience for everyone and not just us PC gamers with somewhat decent rigs, or next gen console owners.
I think that describes the game the best. “Everything is decent but nothing pushes the gaming industry to new heights individually.” That’s exactly how I feel. With the lifeless npcs I found myself not feeling this is the new era of open world games like described or hyped up to be. Overall I found it ok but not worth the hours I have sunk into other series and games. I would have liked to see a deeper rpg element to it.
Yeah, i fully agree with how captivating the game is...i too have been utter consumed by it the past 3 weeks. And this is coming someone whom had a hard time adapting to new games in general, im surprised how addicted i am to it, never felt anything like it before. The well written characters, excellent voice acting, sheer volume of unique dialog just pulls you in until you see it till the end. The game world although amazing at 1st glance doesn't hold up to scrutiny as mentioned, but is good enough given the sheer size and variety it had. Every area is visibly different and more importantly feels distinct from each other and that's not easy to pull off. 8/10 is fair score, like you said, with some polish and more development cycles, it'll easily be a 11/10. The feeling of lost is that it had all the potential to be, but isn't and that left a lot to be desired. Pro tip for a better Cyberpunk experience, do all the side quest till the end. Its a lot of fun and each have unique dialog and Johnny appears in most of it. Gigs and Police scanner, ongoing crime stuff can be done minimally unless you want to grind for some level or unique gear.
CDPR needs to see this, your review on explaining how the relationship buildup and the timing of some of these missions was bit out of place which I totally agree on. I have over 200 hours in this game and yes with faults and all I am still having fun in it even if I am playing it on lowest settings and a frame rate of less than 25 😅 .. But all in all I really do hope they make some adjustments/improvements too and not just fixing bugs because this game has just so much potential.
That was a very good review for this game. Most of the reviews were talking about nothing but bugs and feature cuts. That is part of a review true. But the other part should have been how the game under all that is. Even the ones that recommend it beyond those issues did not actually talk about the game as much as you. Thank you. I think I will get it a bit later, once the bugs get fixed.
lol, yea as male V the biggest dilemma was having to reject Kerry due to already being in a relationship with Panam. They should have introduced River and Kerry a bit earlier I think. Overall though I was really impressed with the game. On high end hardware, in it's current state it is a solid 8/10. Though, considering CDPR's history with the Blood and Wine expansion for the Witcher 3, I'm optimistic that they will fix the issues and build onto Cyberpunk, bringing it closer to 10/10 in the next couple years. As for the multiplayer, I heard it will be outsourced to another studio. So I'm hoping it doesn't interfere with single player content creation. I dunno, I usually don't like multiplayer either, but you have to admit, the thought of forming a parkour gang in Night City does sound kinda amusing.
Solid Review! - I'm holding off on purchasing this, not because of the bugs, primarily because I have a terribly large catalog of SP games going back to 2013 x_x! Keep the awesome content coming!
The real question is, what was your reaction to Adam Smasher’s first line of dialogue in the game? Very well done. Objective review without needless bashing, and with attention paid to the nuances and overall quality of the game.
Just like you I got sucked in. There are bugs, it's not the most amazing game, but they nailed a lot of core aspects and hopefully can clean it up. Im with you, I wish the romance stuff was way more thought out, and the characters really get under your skin. You think Jackie as annoying at first but then you end up so sad. Same for other characters in the game.
the elevator comment made me laugh was one of the first things I pointed out when talking about the game with friends who also have it, I've been on faster (but not fast) elevators in the present, I thought it to be ridiculous that in the future they could be so slow like you said though probably to mask loading for non SSD users
I definitely agree with you on the multi-player thing. I was super excited to see DLC happen for GTA V, but they scrapped any DLC or additional single player content to solely focus on GTA Online. I really hope Cyberpunk doesn't end up getting the same treatment because I'm tired of multi-player being essentially forced on me.
Great video, and I also think very fair. I bought the game day one, but am waiting for a few months to give it a go. Hopefully by then there will be some bug fixes, and I will be able to upgrade my video card. You should definitely make more game reviews!
I've been searching for a review of this game just like this one... I'm really glad i watched. I love story based games and i think my ideal game is story based AND open world... I believed that no matter how buggy this game was it would still be decent game as long as it was playable. I've argued with my brother over it multiple times, he is of the opinion that it's pointless to buy because of the negative reviews he's seen related to the bugs alone... As you said everyone loves to hate this game lately. After watching this I'm definitely going to buy it today, I've been holding off for the past few months in the hopes that some of the major problems I've been told about would get fleshed out... Side note, I'm glad I found your channel today. And i agree with others that game reviews could definitely be a thing for you. ;)
Would you consider doing a 'Best PC Games' retrospective with reviews of games like 'Horizon Zero Dawn' and 'A Plague Tale: Innocence' or 'Control?' I enjoyed your Cyperpunk review. Insightful observations on character relationships and the way the game was constructed in isolated chapters that leads to relationship discontinuities. Overall a balanced review. Thanks.
state of the nation ..."it's really important that everyone is allowed to talk about their experiences regardless of positive or negative ~ if only one side is allowed to speak that could potentially make it more difficult to get the the bottom of why something isn't working as intended"
So I too played the game fresh avoiding all the marketing, but the game has so many glaring issues that are beyond bugs and glitches like how lifeless the city feels, how the NPCs are part of the scene rather than living characters, countless inaccessible buildings and shops, gang members and police that start shooting at you just for standing in front of them, characters from certain gangs ignoring that you've been slaughtering their own people and continue to treat you normal, crafting and inventory being slow and painful to use beyond simple use...etc However I still believe this game is worth playing especially in a year or so, and like you said all these criticism comes because the game was good enough to make me care.
Seriously good there sweetie, you touched hard on things I haven't seen anyone else even think of. I completely agree on the storyline issues too, albeit it still completely sucks you in! The next game I'm excited about is FarCry6 and I plan to use your "completely block out everything about this game before I play it" approach. CP was good, but I can't wait for FC6, thanks for the video!!
This review echos a lot of my feelings about the game. I wish it was longer and allowed me to focus and simmer on more obvious content rich side mission stories. How did you feel about crafting and the weapon variety?
Its a shame! it really is! This game had all the elements to be a masterpeice but for whatever reason outside influencers made them shorten the story because non gamers said the witcher 3 was too long! I also wish they had more time to fill out Night city, Night city is awesome but its not complete! the most disappointing thing they did was not make your own V influence Night city which was advertized! Great video!
I found the endings were somewhat shallow with every one of them resulting in V only having 6 months to live ( providing you didn't commit suicide or hand the body to Silverhand. This results in any DLC needing to take part either before V completes the main story or during her last 6 months on the planet in which I reckon she wouldn't really give a crap about anyone elses problems. At least one ending should have been available to achieve where V survived without the clock ticking down the last 6 months, maybe transferring her psyche to a pre-grown clone, where V could have a mission for herself to steal one for example. Apart from that I have enjoyed multiple play throughs and look forward to the DLC's. I should say that I played on ultra graphics with ray tracing and dlss maxed with no problems along the way with a 2070 super and a 9900k with 32 Gb ram so your system should have breezed through everything the game had to offer.
I like your review for this game, and think you should do more of them. I happen to like the game as well. Unfortunately, I'm playing on console (ps4 pro). But bugs aside, it's a great game. As a person who has played the Mass Effect trilogy, I find it sad that the game does not take into account decisions you've made and offer dialog choices that reflect that.
I’m a rare person in that I agree with you that this game was incredible. But I cannot agree that Keanu Reeves played Johnny “brilliantly”, he is not a very good VA at all lol.
You're too kind. I praised this game a lot when I first started playing. Telling everyone I know they need to play the game. Now, after 50 hrs - even on the latest patch. I'm over it. The bugs are a disgrace. It's just not fun to play and I find myself wanting to play pretty much anything else now.
Totally agree with everything you said! They should make a trilogy and focus on the story and characters instead of building new cities and making it bigger and more breathtaking.
Game reviews from this channel should be a thing. It's always interesting to hear from the POV of a hardware enthusiast.
You definitely need to make more game reviews for the games you enjoy! It's nice to see that you don't feel that multiplayer is needed in every game. I also enjoy a very good single player game with a detailed and in-depth story. Deux Ex: Human Revolution was the last game I really enjoyed the story in although I am slowly working my way through WatchDogs Legion.
I like this review, especially because you tried to look at it from different perspectives.
It's almost hard to believe this was her first ever game review. The overall quality and level of thought applied here outshines many of the so called "professional gaming" channel reviews I've seen. Very impressed!
The game deserves the hate it's getting. This trending development is caused by it's own merit, not to appeal to the lynching crowd. In short, discounting every bug, the game falls short on a number of issues:
~ LITTLE TO NO RPG ELEMENTS (decisions don't really matter)
~ GENERIC COMBAT / LOOTSYSTEM / SKILLTREE (Nothing innovative and other games do it better)
~ VERY POOR A.I. (From the cops to enemy behavior and pedestrians/vehicles)
~ The 3 starting CLASSES matter little (There is no class immersion)
~ TRANSMOG ingame is attrocious. You wear what's better and look stupid in doing so)
~ NON-ORGANIC WORLD (When you ride it's awesome. When you look closer it's empty)
~ THE LIES. Where are the promised jawdropping and revolutionary mechanics?
Not a review I'd recommend since it lacks a critical eye and emphasised detractions to appraise it properly.
Just discovered your channel through some of your hardware videos and hope you continue to pick up subs. Based on what I've seen of your videos, you're content is criminally underrated.
You consolidated the very mixed opinion of everything that I thought as I played the game myself. I ended up doing like you mentioned and decided to wait to play it for patches, even though I bought it on preorder on release date.
For me, someone who has a coding background, I can't help but feel the game's bones feel like a rickety scaffold and all of the pretty scenery just covers up how little there is under the hood. The cops appearing in random places rather than moving to your location, the disappearing NPCs and items. Those are usually deep-seeded elements in the codebase that can't be fixed by simple patching. They specifically built a non-persistent game world that is largely empty but for a handful of predefined story and side-quest centric elements. It's a foundational coding issue that I don't think they can fix.
For me, GTA5 in the cyberpunk world with the RPG elements of Deus Ex was and still is my dream for this game series. I really hope they can do better with a sequel, but I feel much of the current game's foundation isn't something you can build such a game on. GTA5 provided the perfect 'bones' to build GTA online with and even that had a rocky start. I hope they cut their losses and just move onto a sequel rather than trying to repair what's there as I don't think they can recover their reputation with the existing game.
Best review I've seen for this game, particularly the role playing vs storytelling conflict! I think I will wait 6 months for this one.
Of all the reviewers I've seen before, you're the closest to my point of view about that game. Thanks for that. It's just sad that CDPR lied about the fact that previous gen consoles could manage to run that game at an enjoyable level and they are gonna pay dearly for that...
Just started the video but seen as this is done so far with the same thoroughness as your other reviews, I'm sure it'll be great!
Holy moly, a genuine review without just endlessly shitting on CDPR, who’da thunk it!
They said it couldn't be done!
she's just being nice and sugarcoating the negative points she made about the game tho. which is still a lot considering she went into it with little expectations and a powerful pc.
for example: 8:01 she said "driving in the game is...OK?" frankly that's the most disingenuous "ok" i've heard in ages, simply because she didn't want to say "complete crap" or "poorly executed at best". certainly better than expected? are your expectations that low after dropping full price on a AAA title? i've played driving games from 1998 that had better handling.
@@storm0fnova Yeah, I'll take her word for it. I don't need you to 'read between the lines' for me
@Erocknrolla - The driving isn't going to win any awards but doesn't get any large complaints from me either. It's just sufficient. It does the job. If this was Forza then that would be a damning statement, but in a story driven CDPR game having just "...okay..." driving isn't as much of a problem.
@J Fz ~ I agree completely that the driving isn't good enough for a GTA Online style multiplayer experience, but then neither is the combat tbh. These factors carry different weight in a story driven single player game than they would in a multi-player game though.
Yea, totally agree about the "relationship" side of it. My male character hooked up with Panam, and then when I was doing the River missions it was clear that the developers had made him a relationship character. And with my character being male, and straight, and already with Panam, it was kind of awkward and annoying having to go through the rigmarole that a potentially gay character would have to go through only to finally get shot down by River.
The relationship characters felt kind of "forced".
Lauren, That was one of the best game reviews I've seen in a long time. I've been kinda on the fence with this game since it's launch and mixed reviews on the performance and Buggy Issues!
I love how you got into telling us your experience with the Character's and the Ups and downs within the story of the game! That is something that, at least IMO, that I very rarely see in a Game review!
My personal opinion about spoilers is that I would rather know what the basic story plot line is and is there continuity throughout the game. Thank You for sharing your experience's of the the game with us! Great Job! If there are more games out there that catch your fancy, Please share it with us! Cheers! 👍🤩😎
I legit felt asleep while watching this at 1AM, your voice is so calm.
I know. I could listen to her read a telephone book.
@@cee128d Exactly
Definitely do more game reviews. It's a good change in pace to your build/hardware reviews!
Wohoo! First! :D
Thx for the review Lauren! Well done, as always.
Thanks TastyPC for a calm and detailed review! :)
I would love to see more reviews from you. This was one of the best reviews I've seen in a long time.
By far the most honest review I've seen for Cyberpuck 2077.
Solid fleshed out review, Lauren. If you're branching out from hardware content this surely is the way forwards. Considering your comment on not many new games captivating you, it might even be worth doing reviews on old favourites, like a retrospective on what made them stand out or what keeps you coming back to them.
I'm waiting for the day that our AI assistants get a voice as soothing as Tasty's 😁
A very honest, balanced review. More please!
Maybe it's just because the opinions expressed in this video match up more or less perfectly with my own but this felt like one of the best reviews I've seen / heard. No salt, just an objective review. Refreshing tbh.
TO HABOOBS!
This is the most well articulated, accurate and pleasant review of this game to ever exists. Agree with everything you said. Its this level of analysis game companies need to have before games are released need thought the development process.
Someones got an NPC girl crush....
Loved this review. I'm on my second playthrough and I adore this game. The bugs are alright as long as it's not game breaking, especially for me with 3 years of QC game testing on the background.
The story carried this game and the looks of it can simply dethrone the "can it run Crysis" quote.
this is the best Cyberpunk 2077 review on youtube, CDPR should take notes because this is the opinion of a true gamer, well done!
This is legit one of the best reviews of Cyberpunk i've seen out there. Don't go rushing out more game reviews just because lots of people enjoyed this one, but definitely keep in mind you're actually pretty damn good at it! If another game crops up that you feel is worthy of review, definitely don't hesitate.
I still haven't bought the game and am waiting for 6 months so the majority of the bugs are gonna be fixed(been waiting for the game for years now). Great job on the review since I was not sure if the game was worth it even with the bugs fixed and possible DLC content added. You changed my mind and I will check it out in a few months in it's matured state...
Excellent, a very thorough and honest review! I do hope you review more of the games you enjoy, even if they are very few and far between! :D
great review and I hope to see you do more game reviews as this is the most thorough one I have seen. As a side note, you really know how to pick a great thumbnail for your videos.
Wow, what a surprise! I had no idea you had gone back to making review videos. I used to watch your videos many years ago because I enjoyed how calming your voice was. Glad to see you've been uploading for a while now.
Oh man I'm sad that I only found this review now. I have basically the same perspective as you do. I didn't hop on to the over-hype bandwagon nor the hate band-wagon. And I honestly enjoyed the game a lot. A lot of the hate and sh*t-talking about the game can sound so unreasonable and stupid to me a lot of the time. The few ultimate things I won't argue with was that the company shot themselves in the foot with the advertising. It wouldn't have been "over-promising" if they actually finished it. Because the game feels very much chopped in half a lot of times.
One prime example I can think of is the Fixer icons on the map. If they were only for story elements, they could have easily stayed as objective waypoints. But the fact that they are icons on the map makes it feel like they planned on doing more with it. Like maybe the Fixers would have dialogue options that change when you are at different points in the game and opens up different paths or gigs when you talk to them at these certain points. Or maybe even just a general source of information for active quests and side-quests alike, giving different perspectives on how things are to help you to figure out which choices you want to make in the future.
But yeah, great review. Nothing revolutionary in terms of story but I loved the characters. They're what brought more layers into the stories. And I fell in love. And I was also a bit uncomfortable with the romance things not having the option to make it clear from the beginning that you already have someone in mind.
If I had to describe the game in a few words, it'd be "a beautiful world full of potential."
P.S. Also, that thing about getting that Cyberpunk itch I definitely agree with. I found that CP2077 is the one that can scratch it but it doesn't scratch it well enough yet as of now. The visuals and music is definitely there tho. I still sometimes listen to the OSTs while I work.
Lauren, you can be proud of the fact that you never fail to deliver an original, insightful, and relevant viewpoint on something, be it a clever PC build, a hardware-, or game review. Please keep doing this.
You should definitely make more game reviews! This was a great video. I'm addicted to this game and even after seeing all the endings I'm still playing it cause I love it so much. Even with all the bugs that range from funny to VERY frustrating, if I want to have a little fun I turn it on and do some NCPD assault quests. I do agree that I REALLY wish there was more story for the side characters and that the world was truly driven by your decisions. My only hope is that CDPR does a sequel to this some years into the future or at least continues to release DLC content to flush this world out more.
For me, the most grating thing was sitting in a vehicle along with the NPCs while NPCs drive and speak. The problem is that they will drive over people EVERY SINGLE TIME and not even pay attention at all, while you can see and feel the car jerking up as it traverses the body and the bones breaking under your wheels. Lovely! I mean they should have probably made the NPC car path a keepout zone which will be temporarily avoided by pedestrians. In general pedestrians need to have a different self preservation mode than just duck and shiver in place with no recovery. Maybe if they could just dive out of the way of the traffic like they do in Crazy Taxi and Midtown Madness, that would already be a significant improvement.
Also you have cyberwear. And yet this is the only recent urban open-world game where your path isn't displayed in-world, but only on the tiniest of map overlays in the corner. The zoom level is completely useless for city driving too! As for driving model, i don't have Legion, but i'm actually quite happy with the one in WD2, it's not sim-grade, but it does what it needs to, while CP is needlessly weird. Still, i don't even mind too much, and it's moddable.
I could nitpick it for hours actually. It's just insanely unfinished in every possible regard. But there is a good game hiding in there somewhere. I'm right between liking it a lot and being quite annoyed by it. I decided not to seek a refund, but i'm also not finishing it for now. I got a great deal on it (on GOG) and i still want to finish it eventually. Had i paid full price, i would have likely refunded it within a handful hours.
Load times are generally dominated not by disk transfer speed, but by deserialisation speed for the new data and cleanup speed for the purged data limited generally by single CPU thread, when you have something this complex. I don't think they just made elevators arbitrarily long, it probably actually takes most of that time to do the thing.
Funny thing you should say there is too much choice in the character creator, because the game apparently agrees. When clothed, your boob size choice is ignored by the game, probably for technical reasons. Other bits can get ignored too.
As to games that really held my attention? Yakuza Zero! If you haven't played it, it's probably nothing like you expect, in about a million different regards.
I've been wondering if the cars driving over people thing is somehow hardware specific because I've seen it happen to people in TH-cam videos but in my 100 hour playthrough it didn't happen a single time. So maybe if you have weaker hardware the game cuts some processes out in order to optimise things and this inadvertently allows for pedestrians to be where they're not supposed to be during these driving scenes. I have no idea if that's possible because I'm not a developer. I am curious though.. what hardware did you play on and with what settings?
@@TastyPC Dumpster PC! i5-3570 that someone literally threw away and a GTX970. 16GB RAM, game installed on a hybrid disk. Windows 10 20h2. I'm taking good care of the machine, it's super reliable. I'd say although minspec, the components are about as usual as it gets. I noticed after a while, that i really should have reduced crowd density that is inexplicably in gameplay settings, it made the physics and NPC behaviours... if not amazing, there doesn't seem to be a lot of smarts implemented, at least significantly more stable, with less just... insane breakage. The game does indeed start obviously stealing AI planning cycles when overloaded. Maybe the bulk of companions driving over pedestrians was before i found the setting.
Other settings... pretty much don't work or only have an effect on GPU load, seems like. I think i set the shadow range to minimum. LOD setting plain didn't work, most other settings are vaguely around medium.
What an excellent review! Going forward about making reviews in the future what about going backwards first and covering some of your all-time favourites? I've not seen anyone else review a game as you have with Cyberpunk2077 so it would still come across 'fresh' even if the game has been out a while.
You hit allot of the same points that I experienced. I'm an exclusive PC gamer so I only played this on the PC. Even on day one, I had a great experience on my low end system (I need a new PC build). The patch updates fixed a ton of stuff but even before then, I didn't experience game breaking bugs, just a few mission bugs. I wished they delayed the console ports till everything was fixed because that is what hurt the launch. I'm excited for the upcoming DLC but I also want to see this become a franchise. You are spot on when it comes to character choices. I came in expecting that any choice I made would have repercussions but sadly turns out not to be the case. Anyways, I love this review. Thanks for sharing. :)
First review and you knocked it out of the park Lauren!
I also enjoyed your review as it’s the first overall positive review of the game I’ve seen. I have had a lot of laughs watching the bug videos.
I would love to see your reviews of other games don’t be afraid to review really old ones I guarantee you will get a lot of views.
I'm so glad you have a new sponsor ! Hope it'll allow you to make more videos :) Cheers Lauren !
Great review Lauren. Got about 130 hours into the first play through (not rushing to complete the main story).
I have got things / quests that I want to do differently on the next play through (Barry), which IMO is the sign of a good story / characters which pull you in.
thank you for your honest and unbiased review. for me it's exactly as you told, a great game but many missed
opportunities
Awesome review that I am sure could not be duplicated by anyone else. You are a unique voice in the PC world. One that I enjoy and can hardly believe isn't much more popular. I like they way you deliberate over things, although I know, that can be a curse. However, you do things well, better than most can or could. Keep it up Lauren! I am always happiest when I see you have posted!
I agree entirely, what's multiplayer going to give us, team death match or GTA style heists, should definitely leave that to COD or GTA/Red Dead and concentrate on some good single player expansions like they did with Witchers Blood and Wine.
I'll echo that you should make more game reviews for only the games that intrigue you. I enjoy hearing what most people have to say about a subject when they truly enjoy it.
I pretty much felt the same. I miss the world. I'm gonna do a second play in the summer
lol, kinda glad you're back, I somehow stumbled upon your channel again and the voice seemed familiar. I remember watching your channel back YEARS ago lol. Cheers.
This came up on my feed for obvious reasons, but I really liked they way you considered all elements of the game and weighed them evenly. I personally love the game and it’s world, while agreeing that there is some work to be done tidying things up.I’m betting on that higher score being given if all comes to pass as we hope. 🤞
Yeah I mean. If you subtract the over-hyping and console disaster, you're left with a solid 8.5 PC game with maybe a little more bugs on release than typical. Nothing world-shattering though.
Loved this review of the game. I'm in the same boat as you... Been waiting so long for this game and was so excited, but then got bombarded with negative reviews focusing on the bugs and was discouraged from getting it right away. But your review has changed my mind.... Not in the sense that the game doesn't have some major issues, but rather that the game is still a lot of fun despite those issues. Thank you for taking the time to do the review, very fair and well done. Hope you do more of these!
Cyberpunk is one of best games played recently. It's so intense with dialogues and emotions of the characters.
For the worst one is Saints Row Reboot.
Hey, it looks like you are really good at game reviews too, lol. It was really interesting to get a female perspective on this title and you made some great points. And just like your top notch hardware reviews you've covered areas that nobody else has even touched upon, so I'd really like to see more of your thoughts on other games, but yeh there's not many other games I'm interested in either unless you feel like covering some medieval RPGs or The Last of Us or something.
I'm definitely buying this now, but we are all just waiting on availability of GPUs now, from your comments I'm thinking that it will have to be a Nivida card just to get DLSS.
And it's totally OK to crush on NPC's, honest :D
I feel like the side storylines were meant to be played simultaneously. But I can definitely see the issues with continuity there. I did them at the same time so I never noticed this flaw.
I don't follow. You can't play two missions at the same time. You have to do one followed by the other and then which ever one you do second won't be aware of your choices in the one you do first.
@@TastyPC Oh I was more referring to the storylines of Panam, Judy, and other side characters. I kinda went through them before I made any permanent relationship decisions. Having seen the full video now, I didn't know about the detective (might have missed that mission). Pretty interesting. I really liked cyberpunk for the same reasons and I think I get your critique now.
I pretty much agree with everything you said Lauren, I went into this game blind too I didn't pay attention to any of the marketing leading up to it's release on purpose and took the game for what it is rather than what it was promised to be.
I loved everything about this game from start to finish and I look forward to what will be added with patches, adding in free content (and what should of been there day one) as well as paid dlc.
As with most single player AAA game releases these days, I usually wait about a year after it releases to actually play them, given the state of AAA development in the last decade or so. I've been hyped for Cyberpunk 2077 since it was first teased back in like 2013 or however long ago it was, but I'm just going to keep being patient and by the time I get my hands on it, hopefully the game has ironed out any imperfections, has released some (if not all) DLC, and is at a discounted price. I find doing this with these massive single player games to really help at experiencing them the way the devs had originally envisioned but were bogged down by time restraints and other factors to really deliver on by release.
As for your review, I didn't watch all of it as I don't wish to completely spoil myself, but the first few minutes sounds like it was well thought out and scripted, I'll watch it properly whenever I get around to playing and finishing 2077.
This is an honest review, it's been a really long time since I've seen such a review that is well-done with details that offer both negative and positive. But makes it unique. Keep on making content.
Great review! I agree with everything you said and have enjoyed about 200 hours in this game on PC (1440p High on an old 1080 Ti). Some things I'd like to add:
- You really should be able to change more about your character within the story. Why not let me customize my face/hair at some ripperdocs? Why not let me change how any clothing looks and still keep their stats? See how AC: Odyssey did it.
- It's a singleplayer RPG so why not let me reskill ALL of it at any time? I know you can buy a shard to reskill the yellow point but you can't do it with the main blue tree. Also why does it cost so much?
- The crafting system is interesting but badly balanced and you have to put a lot of skillpoints in it to afford.
- Yes, the romance stuff has some great storys but once you agree to a romance it just stops. For Judy you get her apartment but there is nothing to do, she just stands there and can be asked the same 2 questions over and over. The game seems filled with things like this that feels unfinished. more
This is probably the best review I have seen of the game. So yeah plz make more game reviews when you think it would be fun I value your opinion.
I definitely agree with your take. I play a different way, which is I like to fully complete all side missions, gigs, etc., before I finish the main story line. So quickly after getting the open world, I have gone through finishing all of the spots on the map (aside from the racing and boxing, which the fight mechanics on how the camera moves around still make me hate it as much as I did for the Witcher 3). CDPR said the reason they increased the side missions was because they noticed in the Witcher 3, people would do more of those than finish the game. Unfortunately, they do not understand people like me and *why* we game like this. We want the credits to roll when we are done with the game. The finale. We want that final payoff, but we want it when we are done doing everything else. Meanwhile, they want this to be closer to a Final Fantasy scenario, where you do more in world after you beat the game. In FF, I also try to do everything I can before beating the game. It also develops and tanks the character for the main story line, so the later battles (unless opponents scale to character level, which can have its own issues: see FFVIII) are done relatively easily so that you can focus on the story without getting stuck at some fight, etc. (side note: I'm playing on the very hard difficulty, which hard was a bit too easy, but getting used to the shooting mechanics required me to do 2 missions on hard before I could switch to very hard, and even then, I leaned heavily on my grenades to start before I moved to sniper, then to cowboy once my health and armor were up). So them packing in all the side missions just created more filler rather than giving a meaty story line. That is where the Witcher 3 was way better. The content here felt almost closer to the story line of DLC for the witcher 3, which I enjoyed, but was not as robust as the main game.
I wholly agree with you that the dialogue decisions should open or cut off other avenues in dialogue and they must work on that.
Overall, awesome review!!!
This was a well-thought out and well executed review Lauren. You did a great job presenting this game from a "both sides of the story" approach and were very fair about its strengths and weaknesses. This kind of review reminded me of how Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb used to review games on X-Play back in the day. You should do more game reviews going forward. Thanks and until next time I am out!
That was probably the best Cyberpunk 2077 review I've ever watched; you nailed my complaints and went over the game perfectly. Wow.
Thanks for your great review...your channel helped me build my first pc 8 years ago...great channel!
Yes more game reviews!
I think we are on the same page what we want in a single player experience. Good story, relationship building etc :)
I will play cyberpunk 2077 but for now I still will wait till they polish it. The world looks amazing!
Really liking the by PR untainted view of the game. I hope to see you review more games you are passionate about in the future =)
Cyberpunk 2077 is a 9 out of 10 for me! I just unlocked my forty-fourth and final achievement in CP2077 today making CP2077 the fifth game on my Steam library for me to get 100% achievements on! A lot of the last few achievements I worked towards getting I looked up on TH-cam runs on ways to unlock the achievements one in which I copied the streamer's way on unlocking while listening him talking on how to do so while doing it! A lot of them were frustrating for me to get but I got them! I love the story, diverseness of characters, and the gameplay with it's variety of ways how to deal with combat and other things! This is a great video and please definitely make more video game review videos! Glad to see that I'm not alone in loving CP2077 for what it is and loving it as a game!
Agree with what's said in this review completely, especially the part about how the decisions regarding relationships were handled, poor River deserved better indeed as I, just like so many others, went for Judy, playing as female V. It felt bad, the quests-chains themselves for these characters are very well done, loved them all but clearly some parts of this game lack that well known Polish polish :P
Still had fun with it overall, and I have no doubts that in time it will become a much better experience for everyone and not just us PC gamers with somewhat decent rigs, or next gen console owners.
I think that describes the game the best. “Everything is decent but nothing pushes the gaming industry to new heights individually.” That’s exactly how I feel. With the lifeless npcs I found myself not feeling this is the new era of open world games like described or hyped up to be. Overall I found it ok but not worth the hours I have sunk into other series and games. I would have liked to see a deeper rpg element to it.
Yeah, i fully agree with how captivating the game is...i too have been utter consumed by it the past 3 weeks. And this is coming someone whom had a hard time adapting to new games in general, im surprised how addicted i am to it, never felt anything like it before.
The well written characters, excellent voice acting, sheer volume of unique dialog just pulls you in until you see it till the end. The game world although amazing at 1st glance doesn't hold up to scrutiny as mentioned, but is good enough given the sheer size and variety it had. Every area is visibly different and more importantly feels distinct from each other and that's not easy to pull off.
8/10 is fair score, like you said, with some polish and more development cycles, it'll easily be a 11/10. The feeling of lost is that it had all the potential to be, but isn't and that left a lot to be desired.
Pro tip for a better Cyberpunk experience, do all the side quest till the end. Its a lot of fun and each have unique dialog and Johnny appears in most of it. Gigs and Police scanner, ongoing crime stuff can be done minimally unless you want to grind for some level or unique gear.
BEST game review i ever heard,you should do more game reviews also next to hardware review.
Really great review. I agree with all the points raised. Definitely do more with future games that capture your time & attention. Well done 👍🏼
More game reviews would be tasty indeed.
CDPR needs to see this, your review on explaining how the relationship buildup and the timing of some of these missions was bit out of place which I totally agree on. I have over 200 hours in this game and yes with faults and all I am still having fun in it even if I am playing it on lowest settings and a frame rate of less than 25 😅 .. But all in all I really do hope they make some adjustments/improvements too and not just fixing bugs because this game has just so much potential.
Fantastic review! Honest and easy to watch all the way through. Keep up the great work!
That was a very good review for this game. Most of the reviews were talking about nothing but bugs and feature cuts. That is part of a review true. But the other part should have been how the game under all that is. Even the ones that recommend it beyond those issues did not actually talk about the game as much as you. Thank you. I think I will get it a bit later, once the bugs get fixed.
lol, yea as male V the biggest dilemma was having to reject Kerry due to already being in a relationship with Panam. They should have introduced River and Kerry a bit earlier I think. Overall though I was really impressed with the game. On high end hardware, in it's current state it is a solid 8/10. Though, considering CDPR's history with the Blood and Wine expansion for the Witcher 3, I'm optimistic that they will fix the issues and build onto Cyberpunk, bringing it closer to 10/10 in the next couple years. As for the multiplayer, I heard it will be outsourced to another studio. So I'm hoping it doesn't interfere with single player content creation. I dunno, I usually don't like multiplayer either, but you have to admit, the thought of forming a parkour gang in Night City does sound kinda amusing.
A really great review. I really hope you can do more of them in the future. thank you
Amazing, thoughtful review! Thank you :)
Solid Review! - I'm holding off on purchasing this, not because of the bugs, primarily because I have a terribly large catalog of SP games going back to 2013 x_x! Keep the awesome content coming!
The real question is, what was your reaction to Adam Smasher’s first line of dialogue in the game?
Very well done. Objective review without needless bashing, and with attention paid to the nuances and overall quality of the game.
Just like you I got sucked in. There are bugs, it's not the most amazing game, but they nailed a lot of core aspects and hopefully can clean it up. Im with you, I wish the romance stuff was way more thought out, and the characters really get under your skin. You think Jackie as annoying at first but then you end up so sad. Same for other characters in the game.
i think i would be cool to have a video of you talking about what you like, your hobbies, food, favorite video games etc... cheers.
the elevator comment made me laugh was one of the first things I pointed out when talking about the game with friends who also have it, I've been on faster (but not fast) elevators in the present, I thought it to be ridiculous that in the future they could be so slow like you said though probably to mask loading for non SSD users
A good, balanced take, choom. Very few "reviewers" are looking at Cyberpunk 2077 for what it is so they chase outrage clicks.
I definitely agree with you on the multi-player thing. I was super excited to see DLC happen for GTA V, but they scrapped any DLC or additional single player content to solely focus on GTA Online.
I really hope Cyberpunk doesn't end up getting the same treatment because I'm tired of multi-player being essentially forced on me.
Great video, and I also think very fair. I bought the game day one, but am waiting for a few months to give it a go. Hopefully by then there will be some bug fixes, and I will be able to upgrade my video card. You should definitely make more game reviews!
Love the detail you put into your reviews.
I've been searching for a review of this game just like this one... I'm really glad i watched. I love story based games and i think my ideal game is story based AND open world... I believed that no matter how buggy this game was it would still be decent game as long as it was playable. I've argued with my brother over it multiple times, he is of the opinion that it's pointless to buy because of the negative reviews he's seen related to the bugs alone... As you said everyone loves to hate this game lately. After watching this I'm definitely going to buy it today, I've been holding off for the past few months in the hopes that some of the major problems I've been told about would get fleshed out...
Side note, I'm glad I found your channel today. And i agree with others that game reviews could definitely be a thing for you. ;)
Would you consider doing a 'Best PC Games' retrospective with reviews of games like 'Horizon Zero Dawn' and 'A Plague Tale: Innocence' or 'Control?' I enjoyed your Cyperpunk review. Insightful observations on character relationships and the way the game was constructed in isolated chapters that leads to relationship discontinuities. Overall a balanced review. Thanks.
state of the nation ..."it's really important that everyone is allowed to talk about their experiences regardless of positive or negative ~ if only one side is allowed to speak that could potentially make it more difficult to get the the bottom of why something isn't working as intended"
So I too played the game fresh avoiding all the marketing, but the game has so many glaring issues that are beyond bugs and glitches like how lifeless the city feels, how the NPCs are part of the scene rather than living characters, countless inaccessible buildings and shops, gang members and police that start shooting at you just for standing in front of them, characters from certain gangs ignoring that you've been slaughtering their own people and continue to treat you normal, crafting and inventory being slow and painful to use beyond simple use...etc
However I still believe this game is worth playing especially in a year or so, and like you said all these criticism comes because the game was good enough to make me care.
Seriously good there sweetie, you touched hard on things I haven't seen anyone else even think of. I completely agree on the storyline issues too, albeit it still completely sucks you in! The next game I'm excited about is FarCry6 and I plan to use your "completely block out everything about this game before I play it" approach. CP was good, but I can't wait for FC6, thanks for the video!!
This review echos a lot of my feelings about the game. I wish it was longer and allowed me to focus and simmer on more obvious content rich side mission stories. How did you feel about crafting and the weapon variety?
Its a shame! it really is! This game had all the elements to be a masterpeice but for whatever reason outside influencers made them shorten the story because non gamers said the witcher 3 was too long! I also wish they had more time to fill out Night city, Night city is awesome but its not complete! the most disappointing thing they did was not make your own V influence Night city which was advertized! Great video!
Defo do more reviews, your voice would calm the most indignant of PS4/CP 2077 owners ;)
I found the endings were somewhat shallow with every one of them resulting in V only having 6 months to live ( providing you didn't commit suicide or hand the body to Silverhand. This results in any DLC needing to take part either before V completes the main story or during her last 6 months on the planet in which I reckon she wouldn't really give a crap about anyone elses problems. At least one ending should have been available to achieve where V survived without the clock ticking down the last 6 months, maybe transferring her psyche to a pre-grown clone, where V could have a mission for herself to steal one for example. Apart from that I have enjoyed multiple play throughs and look forward to the DLC's. I should say that I played on ultra graphics with ray tracing and dlss maxed with no problems along the way with a 2070 super and a 9900k with 32 Gb ram so your system should have breezed through everything the game had to offer.
I like your review for this game, and think you should do more of them. I happen to like the game as well. Unfortunately, I'm playing on console (ps4 pro). But bugs aside, it's a great game. As a person who has played the Mass Effect trilogy, I find it sad that the game does not take into account decisions you've made and offer dialog choices that reflect that.
I’m a rare person in that I agree with you that this game was incredible. But I cannot agree that Keanu Reeves played Johnny “brilliantly”, he is not a very good VA at all lol.
i think you should do more reviews...your quite good at it...even picking a game that isnt new would be enjoyable to watch
Nice review. I have played for about 80 hours now and pretty much share your experience. I played on a RTX 3080.
Great review as always keep it up😀😀😀😀
You're too kind. I praised this game a lot when I first started playing. Telling everyone I know they need to play the game.
Now, after 50 hrs - even on the latest patch. I'm over it. The bugs are a disgrace. It's just not fun to play and I find myself wanting to play pretty much anything else now.
Totally agree with everything you said! They should make a trilogy and focus on the story and characters instead of building new cities and making it bigger and more breathtaking.