Recent reviews by monke

7/10

Tl:dr
Gameplay is nothing groundbreaking, if not repetitive even. Story is well written, and style/atmosphere is unmatched in any other game. I truly got to caring for some of the characters and enjoyed taking in the sights in and out of Night City.

Jumbled thoughts with minimal organization below:

Overall pretty good. I waited a bit after release to get the game so glitch-wise, I didn't get many.

Atmosphere is unmatched. No other game has the same style or hits the cyberpunk nerve quite like Cyberpunk 2077.

(Warning: I use mediocre a bunch of times, but truly, many aspects of this game meet the definition of that word)

Gunplay: Mediocre. Fallout 4 feels just as good if not better than this game and that game is old news now.
Melee: Janky and mediocre. Basic quick attack, strong attack, block. Dodging is honestly kinda useless.
Driving: Mediocre. Cars feel very slippery, bikes are slightly better. There's also 0 customization, performance or vanity, for vehicles which kinda sucks because I'm just a big fan of customization.
Upgrades/skill tree: Mediocre. Fairly basic, each tree does it's own thing. Tier system where the higher level said tree is, the better the upgrades you have access to are. Nothing groundbreaking or spectacular.
Writing/world building: Great! I enjoyed it a lot, got quite into the story. Many characters are likeable and each have their own distinct personality. The voice actors did an overall great job. Side quests definitely flesh out characters you meet along the way and make them more human.

other thoughts:
I've only had 1 playthrough so far and plan on doing multiple others, but AFAIK, incapacitating people doesn't make a difference compared to killing people. Not like Deus Ex where tranquilzing or choking someone out has different outcomes compared to shooting people or snapping necks.

Sex scenes are pointless. I honestly don't see the point in wasting time and money on creating them. The animation is not really good enough to induce arousal, nor is there really any showing of the sex itself. Plus AFAIK the scenes aren't even skippable so I'm just awkwardly sitting there wondering why I need to watch it. Your fans will make much better and more explicit sex scenes on their own.

WHY is vehicle customization not in the game >:((((((

Are there no flashlights or headlights? Maybe I'm stupid and didn't find the keybind but sometimes it got too dark to really tell where I was going and had no headlights (I always drive in first-person).

Theres probably some other stuff I missed but whatever.

Thanks for reading this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of a review. Just wanted to put my thoughts down somewhere.

Only reason i dont play more of it is because i dont like being depressed

worth it