Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world action-adventure RPG that takes place in Night City. The game is being developed by CD Projekt Red using the REDengine 4.
It's time to assume the role of V, a mercenary that is trying to survive and earn as much cash as he/she can in Night City. Players are able to customize the face, body type, body modifications, background, and clothes of V. There are many different stat categories in the game like Reflex, Cool, Tech, Strength, Intelligence, and Constitution, and unique character classes as well like Solo, NetRunner, and Techie.
Players can consult a ripperdoc that can help them upgrade and purchase all kinds of cyberware implants as well that give you all kinds of special abilities like double jumping, giving you access to arm blades, and so on.
Steam User 19049
DOWNLOAD THE NVIDIA GAME READY DRIVERS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
I crashed like twice but didn't have a problem after I got the new game ready drivers. I'm literally making this review as a reminder. Had a blast so far but jesus guys, update your nvidia drivers.
ULTRA EDIT:
A Flawed but Fun Experience
I might as well actually review this game in its current state considering the attention this got, while I have not finished it I feel I have experienced enough of the core mechanics to formulate an accurate opinion at least on the gameplay.
It is a Witcher 3 reskin with a cyberpunk setting, considering that Witcher 3 was amazing (and I still have yet to get through it entirely) it does translate. Narratively this game excels, the dialogue is well written and acted and the characters are hard to not fall in love with. Walking around the world is exhilarating although unengaging, it is lacking interactivity. That being said the gameplay itself is a lot of fun. The guns pack a huge punch, very satisfying to use. The melee with katanas specifically is fun but broken, I did a body and reflex melee build and was able to behead TONS of foes before they even had time to react. The game is unfortunately plagued with bugs, less severe bugs especially after the recent hotfix but there are a myriad of small immersion raping bugs that pop up here and there Bethesda style.
Ultimately I invest in player agency/good writing and fun gameplay at the end of the day, the graphics are important but less so. The decision-making of Witcher is here and that's really what I like the most HOWEVER this game was clearly not ready and considering recent events with the dev I will be hard pressed to trust them again. This is an incredibly bad launch.
All of that being said, if you're the type that is a fan of Deus Ex, Dishonored, or Fallout: New Vegas you will love this game warts and all just for the godlike quest design those and this game offer. Plenty of skill check dialogue to be found. Suffice to say that I have had a good amount of "That actually worked?!?" moments so far which is a really hard feeling to nail down with games like this, you usually only get that out of CRPGs like Age of Decadence or Divinity, etc. At the same time I do not judge anyone that refunds this game or waits for a more stable version to come out because CD PROJEKT RED really dropped the ball and should not have released the game in this state.
In conclusion, this game is mostly what I expected it to be and it is a shame that people expected this game to be the second coming of Jesus. I was banking on the decision making and quest design and this game delivers on those fronts. Everything else though, it does fail here and there but, in my opinion, not enough to make the game genuinely bad. If I had to give it a score out of ten it would be a solid 8/10. Hopefully CD PROJEKT RED can iron out all of these problems in a timely manner and elevate its standing.
Also driving anything is just plain awful, it depends on what you're driving but in my opinion it should just be the same for whatever you're driving but I'm just talking out of my ass at this point.
Steam User 6580
Although its buggy and feels poorly optimized, I still sunk 40 hours into the game just doing side missions without even trying. The game has its issues sure, but the game itself certainly is something special worth at the bare minimum open mindedness that CDPR will address the issues in a timely manner, as they did for The Witcher 3 on release as well. Remember Roach the roof horse?
Steam User 2674
if you have an RTX card turn on DLSS. helps out performance a lot :)
EDIT: also turn Cascaded Shadows Resolution down to either medium or low for a nice boost.
Steam User 4699
I love this game but games needs to be optimized and fix glitches
Steam User 3477
Great game but it needs polishing.
As the one who was sceptical about this game, for everyone who are still willing to buy it I will definitely advise to wait a bit. Trust me, I am not the one who scares everyone away, on the contrary, the game is great and worth buying it! BUT everyone who knows the situation will agree that it needs polishing. It's sad, that thanks to some people, developers had to publish this game earlier. I wouldn't be offended if they took more time, like VALVE did with Half-life Alyx.
Steam User 4580
Best Early Access game ever... can't wait for the final build!
Steam User 1458
EDIT: Completed the game after 65 hours, not nearly as packed as Witcher 3 but every minute just as enjoyable. The main quest gave me the point of no return pretty quickly, so I avoided that and completed just about everything else on offer first, aside from boxing, collectables, out of the way gigs, and police shootouts, which felt like filler. Most of the main content is very well done and found only a few instances of medium-strength bugs that lessened the experience. Some of it is nearly brilliant.
I don't pay much attention to marketing, so I can't tell if some of the anger over this game came from broken promises, but this is exactly the game I hoped it would be and it exceeded my expectations. Played on a modest system at lower settings to keep a decent framerate and the graphics are incredible, world is amazing, city is layered and complex, and detail shows in every dark corner. It doesn't have the interactivity of a GTA title; you can't take your fake girlfriend bowling or get a haircut, but I never cared for that stuff anyway. The mission design, setting, and writing matter to me, and Cyberpunk delivers through nearly the whole running time.
I could easily play another 60 hours of new main/side missions. Hopefully the messy launch doesn't prevent expansion packs or a sequel, and that it gets fixed up quickly for anyone unable to give this a try. I can easily see that the game isn't for everyone but you if you ever liked a Deus Ex then give this a shot.
ORIGINAL:
Playing on a Ryzen 3600 and 1070ti. In terms of performance I have most graphics settings on low aside from volumetic fog and near shadows, which are medium. Even with these low settings the graphic quality is really good and keeps framerate ranges in 50-60, with a few drops in some outdoors sections. This is very playable. No crashes or game-breaking glitches for me so far, though there have been oddities that required a game restart.
I'd say the gameplay falls more into an immersive sim in the style of Deus Ex than anything else, and hits exactly what I was hoping for. The shooting is well above average, car handling not so good (hopefully these get some changes), RPG systems seem plenty deep enough, and the conversation tree's are mostly great. Don't feel like I'm far enough in yet to judge the story but it starts out slow and awkward but has picked up and is pretty cool.
There are many frustrating bits, like having to manually alter config files to rebind some keys that the in-game menu can't, and to turn off double tap to dodge (which really messed with me). The stealth systems are too rough to be reliable but are almost there. Some visual oddities pop up on occasion and the simulated citizens do some wonky things. In comparison to many other complex open-world games on launch I'd call this launch way above average, but it could definitely use some more work.
Very happy with the game and looking forward to exploring a lot more of it. Someday I will do a replay with a much beefier system and see all those fancy graphics I'm missing out on, but in the meantime the low settings still look great and the game is excellent.