In my opinion, it was good from day one. That always gets a lot of flak, but check it out:

• Most of the game-breaking bugs just weren't in the PC build. I'd argue that most of the complaints on launch were from folks playing on console, especially last gen. They had every right to be upset -- the game should never have been released for last gen -- but it's important to separate issues on console from issues in the core game design.

• The game was comically overhyped. Had you never heard anything at all about it, and you played on PC, you'd have spent the $60 and gotten a quirky, pretty action game posing as an RPG, with an engrossing story and very decent combat. I've played far worse games at the price point, and I had a lot of fun. I even completed my playthrough, which I frankly don't often do.

• There are design decisions that are strange and other things which point to clearly cut corners. Again, what was in the original package was still sufficient, imho. Was it what was promised? No. Was it an unplayable mess like many claimed? Again, on PC: no.

I don't really know the current state of things on console (except that last gen is still a mess and isn't supported for PL). But I've always wholeheartedly recommended 2077 as, tbh, a pretty solid title. Leave the hype at the door, enjoy it for what it is, and then enjoy it again when PL comes out and fixes some of the weird choices with mechanics (PL itself not required for those fixes -- only the extended content, but the mechanics changes come as a general update).