Not to mention, there are only a handful of choices you actually get to make that have any impact on how things play out. It’s a lot of people just repeating the names of characters you saw once at the start of the game (and may very well never see ever again depending on your ending), repeating expositional mumbo jumbo, and so on.
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He’s always at full capacity, and arguably getting better given you unlock all these skills as you level up.Įven when you are progressing through the main story, it’s not terribly compelling. It selectively chooses when V is affected by his illness, rather than creating a weaker V over time and seeing the consequences of that. The threat isn’t “real”, you have all the time in the world because nothing’s going to happen to you until the game wants it to happen.
The game will frequently have V stumbling over and coughing but once you hear him say “I’m gonna puke” for the 15th time, you realize it’s artificial. The story isn’t anything that memorable unless you dive into some of the more relevant side quests. It’s a race against time, though you can take your sweet ass time and do every quest in the game for weeks without seeing any real consequences. The goal is to basically quickly gather all the info you possibly can and try to save your life by getting rid of Silverhand, who acts as a Tyler Durden-esque character. If the chip is removed on the spot, it will also kill V. After a long enough period, the chip will essentially merge V’s body with Silverhand’s memories and personality, giving him full control. The reason being is because it also has the construct of a long-dead rockstar turned terrorist named Johnny Silverhand (played by Keanu Reeves). You play as V, a player-created character who ends up getting shot in the head and resurrected thanks to a new chip in their head that will ironically also kill them very soon. All story, little plotĬyberpunk 2077 takes place in a fictionalized future version of Los Angeles called Night City.
I got some of that but not nearly enough for Cyberpunk 2077 to be considered a “good” game in my book. I just expected CD Projekt Red to deliver a great RPG with an even greater world. Some hoped it would be a GTA killer or be the greatest RPG ever created. My expectations were kept in check, though. I love CD Projekt Red, I love The Witcher 3, I love Gwent, I expected to love Cyberpunk 2077. Note: We will review Cyberpunk 2077 again once the native next-gen versions release in 2021.