For half off definitely give it a try. It's long been patched and when i played it early this year my only problems were two times the game randomly closed.

Gun play is extremely satisfying, sound design included.

Driving is... better than in watch_dogs, worse than in GTA. But traveling through the world is a bit disappointing. Rich map with little life.

Side missions are fun and fill up the time nicely. The missions are creative and not necessarily "go from point A to point B while killing waves of enemies", but those are there as well.

Adding a post here to encourage people who haven't played it yet to wait until Phantom Liberty drops. It looks like it's going to massively improve a lot of the base game. That's what I am going to do.

Always has been 👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

(On PC).

it ran like absolute shit on PS4 and Xbox One, but on current gen and PC the game has always been great. The backlash was overblown and was mostly from people who didn't play it.

Was there bugs? Yes. People clipped into walls and cars flipped suddenly, but no worse than your average Bethesda game. I didn't have a single game breaking bug my entire playthrough. Just some funny ones.

I don't think its a No Man's Sky situation. Cyberpunk 2077 suffered the most from high expectations and lies told while advertising the game. The game is decent, I personally enjoyed it a lot when I bought it for 20€ a year after release. But they did not go back and add things they promised but didn't deliver on.

I think it depends on your opinion of what was "wrong" with Cyberpunk to begin with. If your issue was the bugs, it's a lot more stable now. If your issue was that the story was unengaging and player actions lacked weight and consequence, adding more of the same isn't going to do much good.

Much like your No Man's Sky example - if you thought the core gameplay loop was lacking before, you probably haven't changed your mind no matter how many little goodies the devs have added since launch.

I bought it later and haven't had any issues and have been enjoying the story. And in September, the DLC, which is more like a complete overhaul, is coming.

I played long after release after a big patch. I knew the launch was a disaster but I hadn’t followed the game closely so I didn’t have huge expectations. I absolutely loved that game when I finally played.

I’m one of those game tourists who hardly ever finishes anything. I don’t have enough time to game so I’ll just drop a game if I’m not really into. Cyberpunk was one of the few games I’ve finished in recent years.

The gameplay was really satisfying, I enjoyed the story, and I loved the characters. There are a few you get to spend a lot of time with and I found myself actually caring about them. For me, it was reminiscent of how I felt playing Mass Effect. It’s one of my all time favorites for sure.

It’s definitely worth a play if it sounds like something you’d be interested in.

I've been very curious about the state of Cyberpunk since it's launch. I didn't get super on the hype train as I've learned over the years you never know what a game is like until it's out and you can play it for yourself.

It's been interesting to observe all the post-launch changes from a distance in No Man's Sky fashion. I found it pretty hilarious to read CDPRR went from multiplayer and multiple DLCs to one DLC 3 years later, but it does seem as if that DLC will include exhaustive gameplay system changes.

I guess when you rush out a big budget project and pressure your staff massively to get it out on a deadline, they get burned out to they point want nothing to do with it once it's out the door. That's definitely the sense I get. It's a shame considering how massively hyped it was in the lead-up only for it to be generally seen as a rushed disappointment, but I guess it's a lesson for CDPR to learn for the future alongside other AAA developers.

Anyway, Cyberpunk fans - how would you describe the state of the game at present? Outside of the performance issues, what is it in Cyberpunk's marketing that was missing from the released game? What are it's pros and cons? Have the gazillion patches "fixed" the missing expected features yet? Does it seem as if the DLC features are wrapping up the final missing features?

It's an incredible game imho! I've got around 250 hours in it by now.

Snatch the base game when you see it on sale (I think there's one now) and get the DLC when it arrives! Not sure if you should play it right away or wait for the DLC though.

Then again, I've already played it a few times and going to start a new playthrough when the DLC drops!

Cyberpunk's honestly a really good game (although a lot of it does come down to if you click with Keanu's character or not), but since you've waited for so long already then you should wait till the expansion comes out with all the new overhauled features before diving in.

100% buy it and the upcoming DLC as well. You can get it on the GOG Summer Sale for around 60 bucks for the base game and upcoming Phantom Liberty DLC.

It's an awesome game and they've did tons of work to get it to where it needs to be. The upcoming DLC is supposed to bring even more overhauls to the base game along with the expanded content.

I bought it when it first came out and enjoyed it thoroughly!

If you're playing on a PC or console powerful enough, it's now just mostly Skyrim level visual bugs and stuff; nothing catastrophic. But they did not add in everything they promised, like for example the police system is as crappy as ever(but they said they are fixing that for 1.7). IMO, when the game is good, it's really good, but when it's not, it just feels disappointing since it could have been so much better. Mods can alleviate some of this though.

If you like story driven RPGs with insanely op hacking, and beautiful grafics you should buy it. The game is still very buggy, but nowhere near as it was when it came out. To make sure that you won't lose your progress save frequently and don't do the diving sidequest with Judy.

It's rough around the edges, but totally worth playing.

I played it months ago and it totally turned into one of my favourite games of all time. Will play it again once the.. DLC? Expansion? is released. Give it a chance, yeah. Or wait for that release.

For me it was good since the beginning, but it had its issues. Now it is a much better experience, that is true too. There is also a pretty good modding scene, so many parts that are still not ok can be modded out. Personally, I will probably play it again when the DLC releases in September.

I played the game in version 1.0, on release, on a barely capable 1070 graphics card, and It's still to this day my favorite RPG ever made. The gameplay was janky and it was full of bug, but the world building, story telling, characters and quest design was on a league of its own, nothing even comes close. Buy the game, and play it only when you're ready to immerse yourself for hours at a time. It's a fantastic game.

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).

I’m in the minority it seems. I bought the PS4/PS5 upgrade version and barely made it 30mins before shelving it. I don’t think I made it past the opening bc I had no idea wtf was happening.

Considering that the DLC will overhaul many systems of the game, you could wait until that's out for the 'definitive experience'.

If you're still unsure, do what I used to do when I did PC gaming. Pirate it, and if you like it after say 2 hours, then buy it! I do wish more game companies did free 10 or 5 hours trials like EA do.

They fixed a lot of the technical issues but the original things they promised like multiple quest line paths in their old trailers didn’t make it. Understandably so I think.

Wait with playing until after september. They are coming out with a DLC then that changes ALOT of gameplay.