Giving Cyberpunk 2077 Another Chance
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0:00 Cyberpunk 2077 in 2023
3:14 V is immortal, and time doesn't exist
8:49 Side Quests are...
13:41 Where Cyberpunk Fails
16:01 Gigs: Filler, or something more?
23:17 Combat is shallow, but...
25:03 Everything else
32:03 goodbye goodbye
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My condolences may she rest in peace
Well said sir. Best wishes to you and your family!
My condolences as well
I wonder what she died of....
🙏🙏🙏
@@R0C4I sorry to hear that
Losing a relative is such a punch in the gut, super sorry to hear it.
This is probably the most reasonable assessment of the game I have seen. Cyberpunk is frequently janky, beautiful, repetitive and overambitious, but Night City is a work of art and I have to give credit to the developers for their acheivements. Sorry to hear about your sister. Keep up the good work.
Is it worth buying as of now?
@@chriscarelli4643 I like the game as it is, but if you haven't played it yet, waiting for the 1.7 patch and/or a sale price would be my recommendation.
@@chriscarelli4643 hell no
@@chriscarelli4643 each to their own opinion, but I played it for the first time just after 1.6 hit, and it was amazing. The most invested I've been in a game, story and characters in a long long time.
I played it the month of release and after beating it I haven't played it since. I thought the game was pretty mediocre and some stuff didn't make sense (like the clothing giving you stat increases). By the end of the game you look like a hobo wearing 4 different kinds of mismatched clothing. Good thing you got those jean shorts that give you big stat boosts lol
I have over 800 hours in this game, multiple builds for each of the storylines. I don't think I could have said it better myself. It's a great game with a lot of fundamental issues. Still super enjoyable if you are a Cyberpunk fan.
I lost my sister to suicide a few years ago, I know how it disrupts a person's life. It never quite goes away either.
Sorry for your loss
800 hours man, I couldn't.
I played for 120 hours and regretted it. I wish this was a real RPG Cyberpunk experience. The bugs turned the serious nature of the world into a circus attraction to be laughed at.
@@emceeunderdogrising I don't regret my 140 hours. Rebecca's shotgun "Guts" added in the Edgerunner's update made the game infinitely more fun for me and my shotgun build....purely because you can rocket jump with it!!! Like, REALLY fucking high too! it's so busted and hilarious to launch yourself into the air at enemies, before blasting them with another massive shotgun blast where every pellet is a crit. I think playing on the highest difficulty made the game much better, too
1,400 hours for me lol.
sorry to hear about your sister, hope you're doing okay.
Remember it's to talk about grief. My mom died when I was 21. I was deployed 2 months later on an open deployment. I didn't handle it well because if you seek counseling in the military you are on the "do not arm list." Focus on the good times you had together. Appreciate the time you have with the ones you love. Celebrate life.
Hope it's okay to say this considering the heartbreaking intro of the video but I started laughing my ass off when you started listing the bugs near the end. The deadpan way you delivered those lines was incredible. I always enjoy your videos very much and hope that you enjoy making them, despite the hardships in life. I wish you and your family all the best.
The Peralez quests are amazing, i felt so powerless to help them and i really felt for Jefferson.
On the first time, i thought that his wife was behind it all, but the ending was so sad, maybe even more so with how determined Jeff was to fight back.
The point of no return really felt like it came way too quickly. Even when I did most sidequests.
Hopefully the DLC will help with that.
love CDPR for what they did with the lore and story telling. Played all witcher games to cyberpunk. I too honestly feel like the game is too short in term of main quest.
@@suorsodavit7421 I never get when people complained about the length of Witcher 3. I wish Cyberpunk's main story was spread out as well and not so rushed.
I spent about 60hrs before I hit the point of no return
I understand it without the side missions,but not so much with the side missions
@@remyrotten Takemura still waiting for me at the diner after 80 hours 🤣
Her soul may rest in peace brother🖤
so sorry for your loss... Thanks for taking the time to make such a well done retrospective/review on the game. You voiced so many of the issues I've had. I keep picking up the game, playing it for a 5hrs and then moving on to something else only to come back to it a month later. I want to love it. The world, the aesthetic, its like one of my dream games and its just frustrating that it came out the way it did. Some of these issues just cant be resolved through patches. It's the fundamentals of the game design itself and thats disappointing... Heres to hoping they learn from their mistakes and make a better sequel
I'm so sorry to hear about your sister, I'm impressed that you actually came back to to it so quickly. This was such a great video thank you.
Sorry to hear about your sister, it must be tough going through that and the fact that you continue to make content despite all thats going on is pretty inspiring. Hope you are doing ok.
Really refreshing review with a surprisingly objective assessment of the current Cyberpunk 2077 situation. There was almost no discernible bias, no unnecessary embellishment or unwarranted downtalking. Hope to see more coverage on Cyberpunk 2077 in June with the next update and Phantom Liberty!
Is PL releasing in June?
@@StefanConstantinDumitrache marketing starts in June. No release date confirmed yet
@@guru5890 ah, I see. I thought I missed some announcement, but now I remember.
I feel like having to give this game multiple chances is bias in of itself, but oh well.
@@BlameItOnTheLagTTV is not. I LOVE it, but it has issues. Let's see what Phantom Liberty does for the core game. Only then it will be a complete experience.
This was maybe the best cyberpunk review imo. You gave a fair and balanced take and your commentary during the bug reel at the end made me laugh a couple times. Also you addressed the narrative problems of the game well, which i personally think were very important but a lot of the videos ive seen either missed or glossed over them.
First my condolences, losing someone is hard and happens far too often. May she rest in peace. Second I never saw a single trailer or the teasers before launch. I was informed the week of and bought the game on a whim. It’s my single favorite story based game I’ve ever played. I played the Witcher 3 later on but even then I never felt that same feeling of wonder that night City gave me. It was almost like the flaws made the game feel more humanized and such I cared about it more. (Long winded way to say coping hard)
I completely get you! I have the same feeling about Skyrim. The game is great... in 2011. And don't get me wrong, it holds up in some aspects, mostly to do with the world and immersion. But objectively speaking the game is a mess. The story is lackluster, the gameplay- simple and very meh without mods, and the bugs... I don't have anything to add about the bugs.
But even with all that, Skyrim is my favourite game of all time! There is just nothing that has come close to the experience that IS SKYRIM for me. Elden Ring almost came close, but it was just too good and polished of a game to have that certain charm.
I ahven't played cyberpunk yet, as I just don't have the hardware to run the damn thing, plus I wanted to wait until they polish it and release the DLC. But even while watching people bash the game, from the gameplay and story moments I have seen, I understand the peoples hate for the unfulfilled promise, but i don't share it. And this is coming from someone who pre-ordered the damn thing! (first and last time).
In short, I think I'll like cyberpunk 2077, when I'll get to play it. It is simply a ''human'' game, if that makes sense.
@@ColaDad Skyrim even was worse in a way because the community had to patch most of the big problems with mods lol I think they got away with it more because of the sandbox nature of the game so it was like “oh Skyrim being Skyrim again”
When you fell through the floor or the carriage doesn’t even make it to helgen at the beginning lol. Yeah just wait for phantom liberty and play on Ps5 at the bare minimum or else you’re really doing yourself a disservice imo.
@@jaxonadelgren7561 Exactly! Skyrim was and still is a mess. But it still stays as my favourite game of all time. Its like a dumbass friend who is just incredibly charismatic.
Also, Im planning to play it on PC, but stillhave to get one that can fight GOD!
Same. Zero hype, just found out about the game 2 months before release. I waited one year till its patched, and its my favorite single player game (played witcher 3, rdr2, skyrim). Just the characters, and feeling you get is unmatched.
I share exactly your thoughts. Cyberpunk has left an everlasting stain in my mind. I've never fallen in love with a game so hard
Love your channel/content bud 🤙
My condolences as well.
To be fair, if you score three headshots with the crossbow on a Drowner you deserve a reward.
my condolences for your sister. my own brother was lost by murder last christmas and i can't say i can even articulate how the loss has wreaked havoc on my life. I wouldn't wish this pain on anyone, and i'm impressed you pushed through this review while still trying to heal.
the fact that this is your first attempt at a review like this just makes it even more impressive. fantastic video, i really enjoyed it and ill definitely be watching out for more of your content in the future
This wasn't a mess at all and you had me laughing out loud several times! Keep up the good work! 😊
Also, may your sister rest in peace ... and your pain turn from anguish to serenity and loving memories in your heart!
I liked this video. There was a natural flow between each section and the sections individually were very coherent. It also helps that you have a nice voice so keep it up. :D
As someone who's been holding off buying this, this was exactly what i was looking for. Thanks for being one of very few people who actually address immersion and the ai
As someone who played it on launch, I always doubted the glaring issues were even fixable. The whole game just isn't so much fun.
as someone that played it like a year after launch I can tell you that it was one of the most captivating games I played through due to the supreme atmosphere both through music which I still listen to and the stories
the main story was a very emotional in many places, essentially a tale about how to deal with the unavoidable death
it sure doesn't hold up for several playthroughs if you expect some very different choices
There a lot of things you have to ignore head wise to play this game 😂. But man driving through nightcity is an experience to say the least. Turn off the hud and just enjoy the ride.
As someone who played Cyberpunk multiple times now, you'll never play the game CDPR promised, but you can still play a good game if you're able to forget what this could've been and take it by what it is. If you're able to have fun playing Deus Ex Human Revolution today, you're also able to play Cyberpunk, no problem. They're not that much different in therms of immersion.
@@brunobotelho4502 well I actually played both the new deus ex back to back and I gotta say CP is way better in terms of story, as in stuff that was set up gets actually resolved
DE HR didn't even really have a finally (think they had to cancel further levels due to development time)
I'm a dude who just binge watches reviews for things I've already played/watched and out of the probably 10 reviews I've seen on Cyberpunk, this is by far the most honest, and in-depth review I've seen. Instantly Subscribed! Keep it up my man!
I love people with honest opinions and who aren’t afraid to share them - this is the best review I’ve seen of this game, I look forward to some point down the line when I feel this game is worth investing in and really value the obvious amount of heartfelt hard work that went into this; I was literally stunned by what you said at the beginning and I still don’t know how to express myself about it so all I can say is thank you for the video and best wishes ❤
First of all my condolences.
Second, I really think CP2077 has some of the best written and most believable characters in any game. The gameplay is fun but I would trade like 50% of the gigs and lots of the scanner hustles for a few more missions with Jackie, Dexter, Judy, Panam, Kerry, Johnny etc.
The gigs and the ncpd scanners are so underrated because most people do not read the shards or the computer conversations in them. When you realize that so many of the characters mentioned in those shards and computer convos can be met in the game and that they're connected, the sense of reward is great because it adds a lot to the world building of the game and makes night city so much more alive. But I would have loved more missions with the main characters of course, although the ones we got, especially with panam were pretty long.
I don't agree with the characters, for example Jackie, his contents is really small and his personality one dimentional. You have a few scripted scenes and when it's in gameplay he is really a pain in the ass, blowing your cover, shouting like an idiot and not doing anything interesting.
We love him at first but after a while i was happy that he was dead and just a good memory. Same with Johnny, he quickly becomes annoying with his mind locked in an Arasaka hatred. And the worst V, they wanted to make V as neutral as possible so everybody can have his V but in this way he or she is just a nobody, no past, no future and a shitty life being a dirty mercenary in a pile of crap. Maybe it's why they want him dead so he cannot come back in the future!
Just compare with TW3 characters and it's just another world, it's hard to believe that the same people made the two games or maybe they were not the same, without the helps of The witcher books and background they just showed that they could not create a good working world.
@@kukipett imo Jackie is one of the best written characters in the game because, while he's not that complex he doesnt have to be and shouldnt be, he's just a regular dude just another merc and ex-gangbanger nothing special and that's what he's supposed to be and even if they wanted to make him super complex(which they shouldnt) they didnt havev the time. Despite this he's not one-note, he still feels like a full, developed person with all his own intricacies and his own personality and character he feels *real* like someone you could get to know irl and befriend despite his character not being super special or complex. And on top of all this the writers were able to get the players to *love* him in the short time we had with him and really feel V's connection and friendship and closeness to him, and they were able to make him dying feel like a fucking shot. We probably dont even have 30 full minutes of dialogue with him and i fucking *cried* at his ofrenda and felt his loss.
What we really need is this game treatment on Shadowrun. That way, you'd have fantasy races, a *real* feeling of being a techno-merc, and the whole matrix to play with.
The problem with cyberpunk is that its supposed to be future fantasy. But with locust-pepperoni, the rise of AI and how our government/corporations are acting, Cyberpunk feels more like '2 weeks from now' than 'in the future.'
@@Volyren i think you missed the entire point of cyberpunk as a genre if thats your complaint.
I lost my sister in 2014 so I feel the pain of your tragedy. My condolences to you and your family. Love your content.
I am sorry to hear about your sister's passing. I hope you and your family are as okay as one can be.
I know that this flies in the face of this video but I would absolutely watch any Cyberpunk content you put on the channel. I would happily see you dive into CP in the same in depth way you have with the Witcher: best quests, what would V(based on backstory) do, highlights et cetera.
All the best,
To the point of Cyberpunk's main quest putting the player on a tight schedule and immersion breaking as you take your time with the side content, I really felt that when playing the game as well. Contrast that to the Witcher III where Geralt searching every inch of the world makes perfect sense as his main objective is to find Ciri who could be anywhere. I've always thought that the found the golden goose in making the main quest of an open world game "search the entire world".
Another thing that bothered me a ton while playing cyberpunk was how you get to customize your character in any physical manner imaginable, even choose their backstory, but the game still forces V's personality/morality on the player. When walking around the map, I would often feel the only way to not commit at least quadrouple homicide at every street corner was to purposefully avoid engaging in the games marked content, in other words to not play the game. I wish I would have had the freedom to not play an almost indiscriminantly killing V given the game pretends to put the character of V in the players hands. It also doesn't seem right that there are seemingly no repercussions for killing anywhere from 30 to 70 gang members in a given in game day, but I guess the underworld bosses just can't be bothered.
Well you can commit suicide, and I would have chosen that ending but decided to go the Panam way
Also the questing makes sense because you are a merc, you need to live and the City doesn't care, you need to do the jobs
It didn't make much sense in Witcher 3 either, because you needed to do lots of activities rather than finding Ciri (not even talking Gwent) but that's the nature of a working life
The video overall was very well thought out, and presented coherently.
I would definitely love to see more of this type of content from you.
BTW: The bike seeking a future free from NC had me rolling!
First of all, my condolences. I'm sorry for your loss and I hope you're coping well.
This was such a refreshing review! It felt so honest and I thank you for your hard work in making such great content. I've myself shelved Cyberpunk for a while, hoping the bugs will be resolved before playing the game and I still haven't picked it back up. Maybe this is the kick in the pants I needed :)
very true, i completely agree with your criticisms and praises. The games redemption has been exaggerated a lot and still has issues. I was kinda hoping for another update that would get me to replay it again. (also trophies are glitched so i cant 100%)
may her soul rest in peace ❤
I hope you will make more videos about cyberpunk i love this game
Quite a fair review. I didn't play the game at release so i missed most of the most hilarious bugs but a year ago i had my share. I'm very forgiving in this matter, it doesn't break my immersion that much (well... one did), but the game still lacks soooooooooo many things we were promised. This will never be fixed, obviously and just because of all those missing aspects of the game i am and always will be upset about CP77. In a manner of speaking.
* The bug that pissed me off - remember the side quest when you, ehm.. crucify the guy? Game forget to render a hammer for me which made me really mad at the time:)
Well now the modders can take over for free and make it into what they promised. I bet they’re gearing to takeover once CDPR abandon the unfinished game.
The graveyard now has another dead project to bury.
@@johnathonmattingly9303 The mods are great, agree. But they won't bring to the game what was promised and not delivered. They only make me suffer less:)
@@Nienormalny Right. CDPR is delivering only one expansion and then the game will be handed off to the modding community & then next year we’ll get kotaku article “Meet the People Keeping Cyberpunk 2077 Alive After CDPR abandoned for Project Orion.”
@@johnathonmattingly9303 Mods don't help much if you're on console.
@@inthemiddleofsomecalibrations Indeed. Everyone always talks about mods as if everyone had access to the game on a PC.
Honestly I think one of my biggest problems with cyber punk is the way the story begins. You start off w an intro mission and then get shown a clips of your character and Jackie going around and completing jobs. It’s only after this that you get to start playing. I really don’t understand why they would make the most fun part of the game unplayable. It makes no sense. I 100% expected to come to night city and learn the ways of the people there, but all we got was an intro clip and a car. To add onto this, why does V not have any upgrades after all that time working with Jackie? It’s not like it’s a new technology…. Did Jackie never show V about upgrades until later on??? It’s very confusing that our character is apparently now familiar with the city, but we as a player still have no idea wtf is going on. When you play a game that is heavily story driven and played from your character perspective, I feel like I should be thinking the same things as my character. That intro video was so immersion breaking and disappointing. I remember first watching that cutscene and I just sat there dumbfounded. Like “why am I not playing, experiencing this with my character?” It’s one of the main reasons I can’t play the game. I feel like being able to play the very beginning of our journey in night city would be much better than delivering a guy with a faulty Dick implant (yes that’s a real mission)
Personally, I'm glad you mentioned the fact that it failed to keep its promises, including the lack of meaningful choices (at least to the extent we were meant to have them). Few reviewers, mostly the ones who are either positive or mixed, ever acknowledge that.
I hope you're doing well after the loss of your sister, by the way. I'm a latecomer here but, still, you have my condolances.
I'm so sorry about your sister.
I appreciate all your input and critique of this game and am very sorry to hear of your loss. I've never had a direct loved one pass away so I can't say I know what that feels like but I'm happy to see how successful your passion for The Witcher and your hard work has made your channel, and I'm sure she would be as well.
I too abandonned Night City shortly after the game released, later in the story tho. I also fully agree with your statement on the supposed "redemption ark". Hell no. They fixed some technical issues. Cool. FFXIV and No Man´s Sky, those game had redemption arks. Not this one, not in the slightest. However.. when I played through Cyberpunk last year with a bit different mindset, I actually had really good time. It was not the game we were promised, not at all but starting the game knowing that I am not playing the game I was waiting for, for 10 years, it allowed me to immerse myself into V much more. And in the end it actually gave me that satysfying, emotional conclusion that I hoped for. Combining Judy romance and Aldecaldos ending was.. bittersweet.
My sincere condolences, a late farewell to your sister.
"I read all of them because I can't help myself..." I must be afflicted too. It also explains the ridiculous amount of lore knowledge I amass in only a few days while others blast through the story completely oblivious for whatever is going on.
This was a really solid and honest cover of the revamped game! You said exactly how I felt after I played. Also keep up the Witcher content, I currently think you are the best at doing Witcher coverage.
Sorry about your loss man, hope all is good.
This has easily been the best cyberpunk 2077 video i've watched. You really should make these kinds of videos more you have TALENT!!
Just finished my first play-through, took me a bit to get into it, I agree with pretty much all you said, I finished dealing with Takemura on a quest and had him call me like 5 seconds later from across town. wtf? I had fewer visual bugs than you did. Only drove bikes because they handled halfway decent, cars were a gong-show. People in the city were boring, cops were dumb.
Overall though once I got sucked in, I got sucked in.
instead of three weeks they should have given V either a year or 6 months. That would have solved alot of issues with the pacing and immersion. Lmao it's not that immersive where I only have three weeks to live but I decide to go racing with Claire or eat with River and his family like everything is fine.
And they should have made a few side quests be main quests like the Rogue ones and maybe even Kerry's ones. Basically every side quest related to Johnny should have been in the main quest. If you choose to ignore the side quests you literally finish the game in a couple of hours which is so stupid.
I dont agree with the small side missions though, I think that having them in the map made more sense because sometimes I dont really wanna explore for hours to find these small quests or have to search on the internet to find them so while I agree that it sometimes make these small interactions less memorable its much better than not coming across them at all in your game just because you didnt visit this random store.
I do agree with most points in your video though. The way Witcher 3 made the contracts was much better than the way CP did the gigs even though they werent that terrible.
My condolences to your sister aswell.
I hope you're doing okay, and you're able to enjoy good memories of your sister.
We're always happy to see your content, whenever and on whatever you decide to make it.
My condolences, losing someone is never easy.
All the condolences in the world man. Though it threw your life off track for a while (as is expected), I'm glad to see you've still been making strides in your content and your life. All the love to you and your family, be good to yourself.
How do you play a game for hundreds of hours and not know if it's won you over or not. What the actual fuck.
Fantastic and fair coverage/review of the entire Cyberpunk fiasco, well done man. I'd love to see more Cyberpunk related content
This and Dying Light 2's point of no return were shocks to me. Both games felt like I would be about halfway through at most yet the end was right there. Felt like they should have had an extra 10-20 hours of story and even more side gameplay
I didn't do a lot of side content as I got bored of it, and mostly focused on the main story and the most important characters (like Panam). So I also want to replay it some time. But as one of my biggest disappointment was the driving and the police system, I'll wait until that is improved. The DLC looks to be very linear, more like an action shooter than an RPG, so not sure how interested I am in that. But as there are some amazing (hopefully) new RPGs coming out very soon, I'm in no rush to get back into Cyberpunk.
You're gonna have to attempt on replaying Cyberpunk again after Phantom Liberty releases, according to the ones that played the demo during the tour CDPR did - Cyberpunk 1.63 and Cyberpunk 2.0 are two completely different games.
I played cp2077 at launch and to date, it has left a bad taste in my mouth. Plus, there are a number of things promised pre-launch that never transpired.
I do enjoy it, but it's nowhere near Witcher 3 level.
In hindsight, I see alot of the same holes and corner cutting in Witcher 3 but it still seems like a mirror to this over polished turd.
I think they laid off too much of their talent.
Even Witcher 3 is buggy af, cant wait to see the bug levels of Cyberpunk 2077
Love this post. I waited to play this after the initial reviews were so bad. I picked this up on ps5 a couple months ago and am finding the game/world to be extremely enjoyable.
Great video. Pointed out somethings which I hadn't noticed. And also sorry for your loss
Thank you! Finally someone pointed this out, the time sensitive things broke the immersion for me as well.
Cyberpunk is one of my favorite games, I just wish we had more time to spend with Jackie.
Im sorry about your sister may she rest in peace
Prayers Up for you and your family 🙏🏾
I'm hopeful that the "reboot" that's coming with the Phantom Liberty expansion really brings the game at least considerably closer to that CDPR initially promised.
You've earned yourself a subscriber. This was a very well-put-together video, and as someone who loves the game and the world, and might even have it as one of my favorites at this point in time, I'd say you put words to the same feelings I have towards the game in a really great way, isolated from the current exaggerated takes from both sides of praise and criticism.
Very good video. I appreciate and agree with most of your analysis of the vanilla game here. I never played it much tbh, bc like I do with most games, I quickly saw the things I didn't like and modded them. There's a limit ofc but between scissors, djkovric, rmk, e3rok, and many others, most of the issues you have with gameplay at least are made much better through mods.
Game Time Tweaks for 1:1 timescale fixes the ticking clock aspect. Scissors Difficulty Options and Vehicle Combat mods make enemies and combat much more interesting. Daemon Netrunning, Better Netrunning, and No Scanner Time Dilation can make hacking builds much more challenging and fun. There are even some options to improve and expand romances with Judy, Panam, etc. that really add depth to that aspect.
IMHO modding is such standard practice these days that it's silly to ignore it, especially when it's intended and supported by the game devs.
I’m sorry to hear about your loss I’m a new subber and a little late here but still i hope you’ve been doing good in yourself it’s not easy losing people you love
Ah man, it's heartbreaking to hear that, hope you're doing better as time goes on mate, I'm glad you've got such a supportive community behind you as well
Thanks for the vid and a fair take on Cyberpunk! In my opinion, if you don't like Cyberpunk when it was release, you will probably not like it now. I've spent more than 400 hrs into this game but I have to admit that this game is no where near a masterpiece even at its current state. After 2 years, Cyberpunk as a nearly-good game with a lot of bugs has just turned into a good game with fewer bugs.
Not true bro. I gave up mid game on release o decent PC that could run RT. Then I finally finiahed it on console when PS5 patch dropped, but I rushed through the story to justify my purchase and put it down. I just got back to it and it clicked. I'm finiahing all side quests doing all gigs, playing slowly and going for plat probably i future. I'm 80h in and pobaly will put another 80 and that's for me is a lot for a game like this.
Imo it’s a really good game
Great video! Very sorry to hear about your sister. 😢
My heart goes out to you. I lost my brother 9 years ago, one thing i learned over time, the hurt is what helps remember him. Never forget her.
Excellent review. Very reasonable and unbiased. I fully agree on most of your points, and I'm happy to point out that several of the problems you mentioned will get fixed by CDPR. Not just police and vehicle, but there's gonna be things like a new melee system, more world interactivity, enemy netrunners, etc.
I love Cyberpunk much for the same reasons as you, but also because I recognize the incredible potential this game has. Whether it lives up to that potential with Patch 1.7 and Phantom Liberty remains to be seen.
I still love cyberpunk but your made some great points I hope they fix the issues your brought up in a 2nd game or any future game they make
I too did all the side content, gigs, hussles etc. Literally cleaned the map out....twice. I read every quest related shard I came across. To be honest i was pretty blown away how everything was interconnected. Even the shards you find during basic hussles provide context and put larger peices of the puzzle together ting to other jobs. Had CDPR decided to not put a lot of this stuff on the map w/ an icon it would have had that much more impact. When the DLC drops I'm going to do a 3rd playthrough w/ the last life path i haven't did yet (street kid) and turn all the side content icons off.
I’m sorry for your loss. Hope everything has somehow gotten better.
Our condolences! Thank you for the video!
You absolutely nailed this review. Especially the comparison to The Witcher’s amazing side quests. Great job brother. Really hope to see more videos from you.
I feel you man. It was a miracle that I was able to complete multiple endings (not playthroughs) on the PS4.
The experience was so much better when I upgraded to the PS5 version a few years later.
But, I plan to pick it up again with the upcoming 2.0 update.
Now, the only thing I disagree with is your comparison of Gerault to V. Gerault was an established character who would have thoughts about things you found in the world. V, on the other hand, was made to be more of a blank slate. Different players would have different thoughts about the same location in Night City. I don't know how this could've been reconciled.
Sorry for your loss, I am glad to see you have gotten past the toughest time. Everything is always okay, loss is part of this short life that we cannot process quickly, if ever at all. I really enjoyed the video and the structure, but with these skills, it would be cool to see a personal conclusion and maybe one for people who have yet to buy the game. I just subscribed.
I love the comparison of gigs and the witcher 3 contracts, it makes me really want to try witcher 3 since CDPR really won me over with the world of cyberpunk but I struggle with the fantasy setting. Liked your analysis a lot and its pretty in line with how I feel about the game.
Trust me you won't regret it, the game starts off slowly but once it sinks its teeth in, its really really fun.
I haven't played the game yet but I was looking forward to it. The issues you bring up about the narrative would likely really bother me. Is there any chance you think they might address it in the Phantom Liberty update? Apparently it's making some significant changes to the game as a whole.
Really awesome review! Love the content, please keep making more ❤
My sincere condolences. Hope you're doing well
This video is great and IS a good analysis.
Must’ve been a brilliantly put together non biased half hour video if I of all people enjoyed and absorbed the whole thing, I don’t think you’ve said a single thing that I disagree with so very well done sir!
I’m sorry for the loss of your sister I couldn’t imagine how hard that must be.. but I’m sure she wouldn’t want you to be hung up on it for too long, I think our lost loved ones would tell us to keep on living for them if they could 😊
I am so sorry to hear such terrible news. May she rest in peace. (Love your content. No matter the troubles that come in the way, stay positive.) ❤❤❤
Excellent points, solid re-review
Thanks for putting out an actually reasoned and worked out opinion. Even though I do not share it I still appreciate the fact that you took your time and analyzed for yourself. Great vid too!
Of all the languages possible you chose to speak facts.
This game is a rollercoaster that pulls you in and out of the immersion. The moments in this game are heavy, and memorable, with some of the best video game music i've heard in recent times. I could sit with Panam and the Aldecaldos at that campfire for hours, drinking with River while glaring at Night City, getting away from it all spending time with Judy, or laying back listening to Kerry's peaceful riffs.
But, as soon as it ends i get this familiar feeling of something akin to waking up from a dream. Im back in this world that just feels dead, a complete contrast to those moments. Everything feels like a checklist facilitated by a main plot that makes me feel guilty for even doing them.
great vid always love seeing your content
im so sorry man i just hope u had the best memories with her, stay safe
the game is so boring to be honest. the world feels hollow. My condolences by the way man.
I'm really sorry about your sister, man.
The fast travel system drives me absolutely nuts, I get they want you to explore the city but after 50 or 60 hours just trying to finish up it makes the job tedious having to search out fast travel points when you just wanna zip around the map
I remember the quest from Jingugi... Well... The event triggered there on my second visit, but there was no quest marker there.
Later I realized it was linked to Cyberpsycho sightings, there is one "but" to it... I guess there were bugreports and even real bugs about the missing marker and impossibility to complete the questline.
I don't know if i give it a second chance like you. I played it 2 or 3 months after launch and i was hugely disappointed. You know, it's not a bad game but i had so much hope because of witcher 3 and Cd project. I heard about the improvements with updates but i don't know if i should give it a second chance or not.
It's not really worth it.
It's still the same mess with marginal improvements.
its literally the witcher but cyber punk ....if you don't enjoy the story then I get it but its design is exactly the same pretty much to a fault because they really didn't improve upon anything in all that time and instead just changed the theme
@@garrettlogue4249 it's not. But ok.
I recently started playing the game too after two years. Your review is on point. Fortunately on PC I also have the benefit of an active modding community which allows me to customize the game to my preferences.
I'm so sorry for your loss. The video was fantastic as usual! I never managed to finish Cyberpunk, so I'm glad to get such a fine review.
2:45 That also suprised me, the point of no return comes too quick. Of course I could get some bad endings but to get the good ones I had to do some more side missions. And after every side mission the " Meet Hanako at Embers" popped up again teasing me to " finsh" the story...
Thank you for the fine review!
I enjoyed CP very much on my two playthroughs and rate it among my favorite games. A lot of the characters and writing is simply amazing.
I rarely had bugs playing on PC (only picked it up a year after launch though), nothing serious. All games have some clipping issues of course. It was never designed for last gen consoles obviously, that's why it failed so hard there.
To your video:
Yeah, the pacing and the awful "meet Hanako at Embers" you can't get rid off without a mod. Spot on. You get funneled into the worst ending first and discover the better ones later after doing the side quest lines. Aldecaldo ending (usually regarded as best) feels fake though, V is still dying and I'm not buying the "family will find a solution" thing.
I have no issues with the fixer system. Imagine you get the call a day later after having done 10 other gigs - wouldn't work either.
Quest markers vs discovery: most casual players won't spend time to explore every corner in a huge game like this, so I rather have a ! on the map than miss out on content.
Of course many quests feel unfinished. One of the worst is when Rogue orders you to kill an arms dealer. I discovered a shard that she was being blackmailed with a family member of her held hostage. Reloaded and searched for a way to interact with and help her but - nope. You can't expect a game of that size to get really finished.
Not all of the scanner hustles are that empty. There is one where the thugs had spread invitations to a party and robbed and murdered all the teenagers showing up, found that pretty depressing.
You enjoyed the platonic relationship with Judy (one of the finest characters in any game, yeah!), I was pretty annoyed when I found out I couldn't romance Panam as Valerie. And used a mod for the next playthrough. Anyway it is sad that you can't repeat love scenes or even have any interactions after the quest.
What you didn't mention - too many character creation options. I'm not a good character designer and my V fell flat compared to all the awesome NPCs. I'd rather have a fixed great char (female option of course) with just hair style, makeup, clothing etc. And you can style and dress her (transmog came way too late) but almost never see her because of silly first person view. Even in cutscenes - how hard could it have been to zoom out when you are sitting and talking so you can see yourself too?
Now I'd like to start a new playthrough. 😀
Agree with most but not on first person, that makes the moments so much more believable and intimate
Thanks for the video. I was always sceptical about Cyberpunk supposedly being the "best game ever" before it released, but still decided to give it a try shortly after launch. One of the things I hated the most about Cyberpunk (when it worked) was how little your choices ever mattered. The way it was advertised and based on CDPR's previous titles, I expected to be able to roleplay in at least some fashion and make meaningful decisions. Playing that quest near the beginning of the game with the military contractor (Meredith? idr her name) showed me how shallow the choices were and that stuck with me as I kept playing and, time and time again, was shown that nothing I did mattered all that much. The fact that they had the "life paths" that did nothing but change a couple of starting quests and some dialogue options also immensely disappointed me. There were a lot of equally shallow mechanics in the game - some of which you talked about in the video - that just made me feel like the game was significantly worse than not only games that released up to 7 years prior but even CPDR's own previous releases.
I technically finished the game - getting the quickest ending after meeting with Hanako - and by that point I was just sort of done. I didn't come across the side quests you said were the best content in the game, so maybe that would have slightly improved my opinion of the game. At the same time, I didn't have to seek out side quests to get a huge amount of enjoyment out of the Witcher 3 and the side quests I did complete in the Witcher 3 were all really good to amazing. Cyberpunk's side content wasn't nearly as good nor as consistent, in my opinion.
You do have choices that matter though. In smallers ways sure but it also goes with the whole Cyberpunk theme of your choices ultimately don't matter. At least in the grand scheme of things. In the Witcher you have the ability to replace kings cause that's who you are in the fantasy setting. Who are you in the Cyberpunk setting ? A nobody with no say for anything, maybe not even your self. Thats the point. It makes the little changes you do make stand out. Not to mention one of the endings has you topple a megacorp so there is your big choice consequence right there. And I find it super odd you did not do any of the side jobs in a rpg...but wanna talk about shallow rpg mechanics...huh ..anyway. This game is no different than Skyrim. If you love Skyrim but wanna act like this is the biggest disappointment ever then I question a few things about you
@@paz1514 I didn't say I didn't do any of the side quests, I said I didn't specifically do the couple he listed as being the best the game had to offer. I often play through the main story of a game first and do side content that I naturally stumble upon. In Cyberpunk's case, the game ran so terribly and was so lacklustre that I never bothered to play it a second time to delve deeper into the side content. A lot of the side content I did do was apparently the "bad stuff", like the races and the "bad gigs".
When I say "your choices don't matter", I don't necessarily mean you need to be able to "topple kings". And I don't personally count different endings - ones that come about because of some choice at the very end of a game - to count, either. It doesn't make me feel like my choices mattered if the only choice that matters is the final one. You simply go to Hanako and if you did meet some criteria you can select an option and get a different ending. In The Witcher 3, your choices were affecting the game in the background. The little decisions you made along the way - especially about Ciri - decided her and other's fate. It wasn't just a dialogue option at the end of the game. The other kind of choices I care about are branching quests. In The Witcher 3, there were often many branching ways to complete a quest. In Cyberpunk, I tried doing things differently, and at most I got slightly different combat and quest rewards. The first Meredith quest and the questline in Pacifica are prime examples of this.
I'm not sure why you suggest I would have to do plenty of side content to experience RPG mechanics. Those mechanics should be baked into the game and present in everything I do, not stuffed away in some specific side quests. I'm also not really sure why you bring up Skyrim or think I'd love Skyrim. Skyrim is another great example of a bad RPG. It is a decent exploration game and is fun to just run around the world in, unlike Cyberpunk, but it ultimately suffers from a lot of what Cyberpunk does. Witcher 3 set the bar high, but surely you can agree Cyberpunk did not even come close to it.
@@echo.1209 The Witcher 3 is so overrated.
@@echo.1209 i'm confused, you say that "choices don't matter" doesn't necessarily refer to multiple endings, but you cite ciri's relationship as a contrary example.
...when ciri's relationship only really manifests in...the ending. i encourage you to treat her nicely and like an asshole and directly compare her interactions before the ending. the actual dialogue is identical.
but similar to cyberpunk, the choices are 'meaningful' because we care about the characters and how our decisions impact them.
@@echo.1209 I mostly agree with you, I have about the same ~600-ish hours in both games and it's clear that TW3 has more story content and a bit more agency. Pawel Sasko talked about why there is less branching in Cyberpunk and the main reason is the decision to use FPP instead of cutscenes. They couldn't make highly varied outcomes and change the scenes drastically (like end up somewhere else physically in the quest) because everything is real time and you can move in the scene. In the Witcher 3 they could get away with cheap tricks which allowed them to produce much more content, like teleporting characters, not rendering their legs when they stand behind an object, which means they don't have to rig animations for the NPC, changing time and weather, etc. In Cyberpunk they needed to spend much more time developing a single scene or set because you can walk in it.
However I don't understand why you are bringing up The Pickup (Meredith quest) as an example for shallow outcomes because that's literally one of, if not the most varied quests in the game. Your task is to get the Flathead. You can achieve this by so many ways:
Without contacting meredith:
1) You buy it with your own money: Maelstrom remains neutral (in their own way I guess :D ), path of least resistance.
2) You kill Royce: you fight against the Maelstromers, no Militech at the end
Both options will result in Meredith failing her job and getting herself killed, Gilchrist promoted
With contacting meredith:
3) You buy it with your own money after you take the cred chip from Meredith: Meredith tracks you, Militech tracks meredith, you fight together against Militech, Meredith is killed offscreen and Gilchrist is promoted, you talk to Gilchrist in the end.
4) You pay with Meredith's chip: Royce notices the chip being infected, but too late because Meredith gets the data she needed. You fight against the Maelstrom. Bossfight against Royce, Meredith will be waiting at the exit and romance option will be unlocked. However if you told Royce that the chip is infected, 3) will play out instead
5) You remove the virus from the chip and pay with it: 3) will play out. Since Meredith didn't get the data she needed again, she will be killed offscreen and Gilchrist will be waiting for you.
6) You shoot Royce: Almost the same as 2). If you cracked the chip it's the same, but if you didn't, Meredith will be waiting in the end because she tracked you and considers the job done. The romance option will be unlocked.
- If you take the credship and crack it but not use it, you will be able to claim the 10k from your inventory
- If you save brick in any of these endings, he'll be the leader (endgame quest)
- If you don't save Brick and kill Royce (or let him get killed by militech) in any of these endings, Patricia will become the new leader (endgame quest)
- this quest I'm talking about will also play out differently based on who's the leader (Second Conflict)
There are several items that you can achieve based on some conditions:
- if you romance meredith you get Sir John Phallustiff (melee dildo)
- if Dum Dum survives this quest, you can get Doom Doom (revolver) later
- If you kill Royce you can loot Chaos (handgun) from him
- If you take a whiff of Dum Dum's drug, or you are on the streetkid path and remain peaceful towards the maelstrom he'll give it to you (it's black lace)
I think that this insane wall of text itself proves my point.
9:20 San Elliot😂😂😂😂 I cant unsee that now
great review, great analysis of the state of cyberpunk from my impression atleast.
coming from one that only had very slight bugs on launch.
love to hear more reviews from you.
2:20 finally I'm not alone with this feeling. People all over the internet are praising the character writing in this game and yet when I played it for the very first time the story and relations between V and other characters felt awkward at least, and I was doing the side quests as well. For example the relationship with Panam, lore wise you literally know her for 3 days and suddenly the relationship seems like V and Panam have known each other for years. I played through the most important side quests (Kerry, River, Panam, Judy) and upon seeing the point of no return I thought 'this cant be it' and when I realized that I just beat the game in about 20-25 hours I uninstalled without even going through the ending. The characters are just empty for me, and their relationships forced and rushed, which os quite unfortunate as the world itself has huge potential and amazing lore
The only way V and Panam have chemistry is when V comes from the Nomad lifepath, but everyone seems to prefer making disturbing self insert ships with Panam.
I agree, had you not been aware of the attack on the store it would have been more fun. As I recently bought the game and now have had that ruined for me, maybe you should include spoiler warnings. I am really enjoying the game.
Also, sorry about your loss. Sincerely.