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Cyberpunk 2077 in 2023, Whose in Love? :)

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Just wrapped up my 3rd play though of Cyberpunk 2077. In a nutshell, I have been assimilated. :) Despite it’s flaws and limitations, I describe this as a significant achievement in gaming. Obviously, a lot depends on if you are hooked or not, if you can accept the environment as it exists with its limits, while enjoying what the story offers.

I’ve found that since Fallout 4, not sure if it is me or the improved characteristics of the games in general, technical advances in what games can offer today as compared to 30 years ago, but I’ve found myself immersed into some stories, where it kind of becomes an escape to a temporary alternate reality.

Here are my opinions about the game:
  • My impression is that they short changed the starting paths at least Nomad, which is just window dressing. There should have been a legitimate quest chain, not a single mission. Yeah you are a Nomad who drives straight to the city, how distinctive and unique. ;)However, Nomad actually has imo, the best path and actually a quest to get you into the city.

  • The Main Quest and Companion Side Quest are the best a I’ve ever seen. One critique leveled at the game is that there are no real choices. I agree and disagree. Most of the main story plot offers little choice other than what you decide to do, or not do. There is no real branching of the story, but there are companions that can be romanced. And at the end there is a huge choice of how you want your character to end the game.
    For those who want to know there is the good ending, the best ending and the worst ending, all subject to opinion and preference. :) And if you want to know in advance, you’ll have to research it, ask me about it, and/or make sure to make and keep saves at pivotal points near the end.

  • Best, most fun build, Katana/pistol stealth. I am just an average Joe player, no lightning reflexes, not super twitchy, and the buffs you get in this game, some might describe them as over the top, but remember, you are a cyber enhanced humsn being. I call them wonderful. :grin: If anyone wants to know, I can describe it in more detail, can tell you exactly where to put all of your experience points to become a practically unstoppable, lightning fast, killing machine wielding a blade, with a pistol to help softer the objective up, ie whittle down the numbers of NMEs from a distance before launching in with your whirling blade. First playthough was on normal, second and third on hard with the only caveat is that on hard, a little planning is required. You just can’t jump in the middle of 7 bad guys with your blade and expect to survive, at least not until closer to the end. ;)

  • The ”Gigs” and Police Notices of illegal activity, compared to the main and companion quests may seem like filler, but what they represent are tactical combat encounters for you to home your skills and scoop up lots of XP.

  • My primary crItique about the game is that when not totall immersed in the main and companions quests, it feels like you have no life, no need to sleep or eat, or even visit your apartment.. Night City is the most impressive city simulation I’ve ever seen. It is so good, you almost expect you can walk up to a pedestrians on the street and have a conversation. Sadly you can’t. This is where you realize just how good, but how shallow the simulation is.

  • Finally my tip fior the game is do some gigs and side quests to get your feet wet, while following the Main Quest though the significant event that happens during and right after “The Heist“. Then go very slow on the Man Quest patrolling the city doing every companion, gig and side quest you can, until they are exhausted before you start moving ahead with Takemura. Sure meet with him, and let him pitch his idea, but there will come point when you approach a restaurant for a meeting, and you’ll be warned by the game that proceeding in this particular quest there is not turning back, my suggestion is to stop, turn around and finish cleaning up the city, unless you are sick of the gig and police scanner routine. Then by all means continue with the Main Quest for at least one epic ending, that is if you picked the good one. :grin:

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Night City- An incredible although shallow city simulation :)​
 
There's no denying how good the dystopian environment in Cyberpunk 2077 looked. They got that one very correct.
 
Played through it twice. Stuck to the main storyline which had the least amount of bugs so I loved the story but even that had many bugs. Second time I did all of the side quests and played through most of the endings while experimenting with different builds. Was an entirely different experience.
Few things I didn't like.....The game devs are absolute weebs for american and japenese culture. I didn't see any polish cultural influence. The world also feels like a parody of what people think late stage capitalism will look like. It's like the devs took their idea of what the US is like from reddit and turned it up to an 11. There's also no 'normal' looking people. Definitely went overboard on the cyberpunk looking people.
The game has one amazing mission at the start, where you get the bot from the maelstrom gang which can be approached in like 6 different ways which is amazing but it's never again seen in the rest of the game except the final mission. There is lost potential wherever you see because of the bad development.
 
Burnsy said:
Played through it twice. Stuck to the main storyline which had the least amount of bugs so I loved the story but even that had many bugs. Second time I did all of the side quests and played through most of the endings while experimenting with different builds. Was an entirely different experience.
Few things I didn't like.....The game devs are absolute weebs for american and japenese culture. I didn't see any polish cultural influence. The world also feels like a parody of what people think late stage capitalism will look like. It's like the devs took their idea of what the US is like from reddit and turned it up to an 11. There's also no 'normal' looking people. Definitely went overboard on the cyberpunk looking people.
The game has one amazing mission at the start, where you get the bot from the maelstrom gang which can be approached in like 6 different ways which is amazing but it's never again seen in the rest of the game except the final mission. There is lost potential wherever you see because of the bad development.
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Yes, from what I’ve read CD Projekt Red had big plans, with the platform variations, but failed to deliver everything that was promised, and got in over their heads and lacked the time to fix what needed fixing Before release. It cost them a lot, but they made more. However, I think that being a parody is ok for a game like this.

I would not be surprised if the starter paths were cut short. They seemed VERY abbreviated. I expected quest chains, and of the 3, Nomad has the best quest imo, a single quest to get you from the desert into Night City.

For myself the City simulation was so good, I expected more, just to discover when away from a quest, no one wanted to talk to me, which indicates just how good the city simulation is, but I still experienced some disappointment there was not more. :)
 
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Huntn said:
Yes, from what I’ve read CD Projekt Red had big plans, with the platform variations, but failed to deliver everything that was promised, and got in over their heads and lacked the time to fix what needed fixing Before release. It cost them a lot, but they made more. However, I think that being a parody is ok for a game like this.

I would not be surprised if the starter paths were cut short. They seemed VERY abbreviated. I expected quest chains, and of the 3, Nomad has the best quest imo, a single quest to get you from the desert into Night City.

For myself the City simulation was so good, I expected more, just to discover when away from a quest, no one wanted to talk to me, which indicates just how good the city simulation is, but I still experienced some disappointment there was not more. :)
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They were too eager to get into the gamers wallet and have their money which was why they rushed the game and released in a way it was almost unplayable. I believe they have learnt their lessons.
 
Huntn said:
Yes, from what I’ve read CD Projekt Red had big plans, with the platform variations, but failed to deliver everything that was promised, and got in over their heads and lacked the time to fix what needed fixing Before release. It cost them a lot, but they made more. However, I think that being a parody is ok for a game like this.

I would not be surprised if the starter paths were cut short. They seemed VERY abbreviated. I expected quest chains, and of the 3, Nomad has the best quest imo, a single quest to get you from the desert into Night City.

For myself the City simulation was so good, I expected more, just to discover when away from a quest, no one wanted to talk to me, which indicates just how good the city simulation is, but I still experienced some disappointment there was not more. :)
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Nah it would be better if it was realistic or had set it even further in the future. It is a little too cartoonish and the world is way to over the top. I would like it much more if it was more realistic.
I'm a fan of corpo myself just for the dialogue options.
 
Burnsy said:
Nah it would be better if it was realistic or had set it even further in the future. It is a little too cartoonish and the world is way to over the top. I would like it much more if it was more realistic.
I'm a fan of corpo myself just for the dialogue options.
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If they're ever going to work on a next game, I'm very sure that they will put all of that into consideration.
 
Heatman said:
If they're ever going to work on a next game, I'm very sure that they will put all of that into consideration.
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They are going to make a sequel. If they are afraid to change a few things for the better it's gonna get hammered by critics again. The world has a lot of potential for multiple sequels and other pieces of media.
 
Burnsy said:
They are going to make a sequel. If they are afraid to change a few things for the better it's gonna get hammered by critics again. The world has a lot of potential for multiple sequels and other pieces of media.
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Yeah, I expected that too. It's all in their court to get it better or risk the wrath of fans all over again.
 
Burnsy said:
They are going to make a sequel. If they are afraid to change a few things for the better it's gonna get hammered by critics again. The world has a lot of potential for multiple sequels and other pieces of media.
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My impression is that.the sequel it is well underway. Arrival date est 2023

www.polygon.com

Cyberpunk 2077 sequel Project Orion confirmed by CD Projekt Red

Sequel will ‘take the Cyberpunk franchise further and continue harnessing the potential of this dark future universe’
www.polygon.com www.polygon.com
 
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