Cyberpunk - CD Project Red

Just completed this. I'd waited until the next gen update before playing it, as I never really got caught up in the hype originally so I wasn't too bothered about waiting.

Really enjoyed it overall. I specialised in hacking and stealth, at first that involved a lot of sneaking around and picking people off but as I levelled up and improved my skills a bit I ended up ridiculously overpowered wiping out entire buildings full of enemies with my hacks without even needing to set foot inside. I almost never used a gun in the entire game, which is fine as I generally don't like FPSs.

A lot of missions did feel a bit formulaic when playing like that though. It was almost always a matter of killing a whole area full of enemies then once there was nobody left running in and getting the thing or rescuing the person or whatever. It'd be nice if my hacking skills could be used for more than just frying people, like remote accessing terminals to acquire evidence silently, locking enemies in rooms so I don't need to engage them, that kinda thing.

But it did make me feel powerful and felt like it fit in with my character's traits, and it was plenty good enough to keep me going as the story was what I really cared about. Lots of great characters and well written dialog. Many interesting side quests, though the quality varied a bit and you'd never quite know what you were going to get when starting something. Not as many choices to make as I'd have liked, some missions give you a couple of ways to complete them but the majority of it was quite linear. Every major side quest chain relating to the various characters you befriend along the way was engaging and satisfying though, the game really made me want to see everything through before moving on to the next step in the main quest.

I think I ultimately made a bad choice near the end and got myself an unsatisfactory ending. The fact I agonised over it so much before making the choice says a lot about the quality of the writing though.

Definitely enjoyed it overall. The gameplay was unbalanced and flawed at times, but never critically so and the characters, the story, the atmosphere were all top drawer. Night City must be one of the most well realised video game locations out there and it was always fun diving in. I'll look forward to the expansion.

I was just thinking "will i play this where i stand around waiting for a phone call or play something else. I grudgingly decided to put this on and as soon as it loaded, Rogue calls me to continue chippin in woohoo. Now if I can just get Judy to call.

I have been using a lot of fast travel so will stick to driving around for a while, see if i can pick up gigs that way, thanks.

Game definitely had fallen asleep on me, i have a ton of stuff quests now and Judy finally messaged me to say "I'll call you in a few days" sigh, just give me the quest cdpr. All this should have been offered way before a point of no return main quest.

I'm also not sure of my build. I'm averaging 8-10 across all attribs with 4 points to spend but I'm not sure where. I like to sneak as much as possible and take out enemies quietly. I'm choosing non lethal but don't know why as i have know problem mowing them down with an lmg if I'm found. I like hacking but no idea how ye are clearing out a building from yer car, maybe I need more attrib points in that area to find out. As for the money, i actually have 60k but realised i haven't been getting any cyber parts added. They're expensive but i want to try those mantis arms. Lastly, the vignette that appears when you crouch needs to **** off entirely. If I'm in a dark area, i shouldn't have to stand to brighten up the room.

With those complaints out of the way, I'm still really enjoying it. Loving the missions and interactions with different characters. I don't get the love for Panam though, both writing and acting not a patch on Judy. Warmed up to Johnny big time, great having all his gear except his gun packed way more of a lunch in the flashbacks.

The boxing match with Arroyo is one of the most frustrating parts of the game for me. I wasn't expecting much of a challenge at first, I thought it was going to be like the boxing in the Witcher 3 game where a lot of it would fight would be blocking and dodging while getting a few good jabs in here and there. But the guy completely floored me in the first few seconds. I had to save and reload many times because I kept losing to him and didn't want to lose too much money in the fight, and just when I finally beat him, he refuses to accept the loss and attacks me with his whole gang. I was so p*ssed off I made it a point to upgrade to Gorilla Arms so I would never have to go through that again.

That being said, the Gorilla Arms also make the boxing a little too easy as well so I was kind've guilty using them in the fights. I only use them against Arroyo because I see it as fair game. If he's going to get his whole gang to beat me up then the arms at least give me an advantage.

I was using a katana build but it was annoying how the was a complete lack of blood and gore, just sparks coming off human enemies. Mantis blades on the other hand are savage, slicing arms legs and heads off.

For lack of anything else to play I started this again. Well, it's better this time around, but nothing says living and breathing city more than everyone in sight walking with the exact same limp and perfectly in sync. But when it clicks, it really does.

I forgot what goes to use the 3 sea shells or was it ever confirmed? I feel if I start googling it, I'll go down a 3 hour reddit rabbit hole.

Ok .... Ok.... ......... Ok :D

Now, i really want to watch Demolition Man again.