Cyberpunk 2077

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.

Cyberpunk 2077, with its Phantom Liberty DLC and post-launch overhauls, has undergone one of the greatest redemption arcs in gaming history. What was once a cautionary tale about hype and premature release is now a towering sci-fi epic, a game that delivers on nearly everything it once promised - just a few years late.

Set in the sprawling, grimy beauty of Night City, the game now thrives as an open-world RPG rich with narrative depth, mechanical polish, and unforgettable characters. The 2.0 update brings redesigned systems that make everything - from combat to perks to police - feel fluid and meaningful. It no longer plays like a game trying to find itself. It knows what it is now.

And Phantom Liberty It's phenomenal. A spy-thriller wrapped in moral ambiguity and espionage, with Idris Elba bringing raw gravitas as Solomon Reed. The story expands the universe while deepening the emotional stakes, offering new endings and questions that hit hard. V's journey becomes even more poignant, more complex - especially if you choose the slower paths, take in the city, and listen.

Keanu Reeves as Johnny Silverhand remains a highlight - abrasive, principled, and weirdly endearing. The dynamic between V and Johnny is one of the most compelling relationships in modern gaming.

But we can't forget where it started.

The bugs.

The crashes.

The empty promises.

For many, that launch will always linger like a scar.

Still, scars tell stories - and this one became a triumph.

If it had launched this way, we'd be calling it one of the greatest of all time.

Now?

We just might anyway.

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.

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.

Uh, man do I need to take back my words. After writing negative review a took time to play through again and noticed what made me loose track of the game story. After secind play I've noticed you need to follow certain "rules". For example - if you want one route you need to finish specific quests and stick with a certain path. If you jump from mission to mission things can become unlogical and detached in terms of story. Game is good, much much better than I first thought. No matter the ending (except the pistol one), all endings are interesting. You just stick with one storyline, don't jump here and there, and it will make sense. The game is both straight forward or chaotic since everything is there for you to play but if you for example stick with Panams track or Rouge, you get logical storyline.