Cyberpunk 2077

I'm aware that I'm playing it on the Xbox One and my processing power is not up to where it should be for that seamless experience. This game is meant for Next Gen consoles, which is a struggle since not everyone can afford or even get a new system with them selling out like crazy. Gameplay wise the exploration and depth is fantastic and the blurriness of an Xbox One vs the new systems, is distracting but not a deal breaker. What is frustrating is how many times I've crashed and have had to redo missions but that also gives a fun change to approach the same mission in a new way. It's a complete, polished, and super detailed game but I wish it would run better on Xbox One and PS4.

Alright we all know what happened in 2020 when this game first launched and i myself laughed and made fun of it as it was a technical disaster and wondered why did people overhype it because i was for some reason not part of this game's hype cycle since the day CDPR announced they were working on it and now looking back at all those trailers years ago i am blown away by how excited people were for this and rightly so but enough of that lets move on ahead. Fast forward time to 2025 it took me years to come back after hearing so many good reviews i decided to finally play it and man am i blown away by how well they resuscitated this game back to life.

Graphics:gorgeous especially with raytracing.

Characters and voice acting: deep and emotionally impressive dialogue with great compelling characters.

Story/plot: Oh boy are you in for a treat; dark, layered, consequential etc.

Music and SFX: simply slaps music is fire you will have a blast Gameplay: is phenomenal and incredibly satisfying you can choose to make different builds for your character (ranging from Net-runing i.e be a hacker and manipulate your surroundings to being a Bladerunner if you like upclose and personal confrontations with knives and swords or even a combination of both etc.) as you have various skill trees to develop and on top of that you have cyberware to pretty much turn yourself into a killing machine Along with Phantom Liberty this game is an easy masterpiece, the dlc alone has it's separate plot but connected to the main story quite nicely and is in my opinion one of the greatest dlcs i have ever played in gaming. CDPR casually throwing out dlcs (goes for Witcher 3 too) that have better story-telling than many base games that i have played in my life it's impressive! So like me if you have had doubts all this time it's time to dispel them and take this for a spin because my dear choomba trust me you will have a great time. Also if you are on PC you must play this with mods, mods are a game changer they take the immersion to a whole different level and this is my first game ever that got me into mods i don't think i can ever go back to vanilla.

This game is not just a game to me. The world feels alive and so does every character in the story and side stories. Truly alive and fantastic. I've played countless games in my life but this experience changed my life. I changed my life path in real life due to this game. I know it's just a stupid video game how can it be so amazing?! Yeah I have no idea. I can't put it into words but this is such an immersive and mature game. It is funny and emotional and real, raw and deep. I love being in the world of this game. I love replaying this game which I never do usually. This game makes me feel things and that is quite an accomplishment trust me :). Every inch of this game and its world is interesting to me and playing through the story doesn't feel like you're doing missions like in most games but it feels like a natural progression and unfolding of a complex and unprecedentely deep narrative. There is also such an incredible feeling of evolution in the story; once you think you know what the stakes and direction are going to be the game throws something completely unexpected at you which changes your adventure and investment in this new adventure. In short: this is my favorite game out of all of the games I've ever played.

Its a crying shame that the release of this game was faced with so many bugs, problems, issues and mess ups that detract from the sheer brilliance of this game. I've been blown away by Cyberpunk 2077. I was fortunate not to experience many of the issues that other users have had, only minor, comical on occasion, mishaps, but despite this I was enthralled by its virtues throughout. I didn't get too bogged damn in the usually monogamy of the filler content standard in games such as this, delving instead into the storyline and was hooked immediately. Got to say, this was written like nothing I've seen on TV, games or many of the movies that get so much hype today - exceeding them all, truly masterful. Acting by the cast is spot on. I'm not exaggerating at all, the story, characters and script of the main story line (and associated side quests) are phenomenal. What a reward to see the less bleak storyline finales play out because the bad, twisted and quite frankly horrifying epilogues chilled me to the bone. I'm gutted that the developers (and co) were pushed for completion so recklessly, resulting in commitments that didn't allow for the end user experience promised. Gutted mainly because the subsequent reception generally ignore or detract from the amazing wonders Cyberpunk has achieved. I was fortunate; my experience was epic. The gameplay, sound, the pace superb, the depth of character development, the investment of the numerous people that cohabitate the rich world of night city really left me moved and satisfied with the experience. The things they did get right are incredible. I spent hours marvelling at the intricacy and sheer ambition of the cityscape, the raunchy ads that give a disturbing possibility of the status quo to come, the dystopian savagery of one very possible future the next generation may experience. I'm blown away by this title. What an experience. I truly hope all the hardship the development team has faced eases and is replaced with the respect and credit they deserve.

For me, this game has completely redeemed itself.

From playing it at launch I was thoroughly disappointed. With all the glitches and bugs I just kept forcing myself to enjoy it, but I've given it another go on Xbox Series S and it is like a brand new game. I feel like this is what the game was supposed to be like when it first got released. The graphics are smooth, no bugs/glitches; you get the odd visual glitch where something won't render in but for me that is very rare. I'm loving this game at the moment and I'm starting a brand new save for the third time now. Give this game the hype it deserves.