That’s why the RPG is worth a look now

For someone like me who couldn’t do much with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and rather sinks into Skyrim or Mass Effect, Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the few games that can satisfy exactly that longing for life in a strange world. With a price of currently 29.99 euros and 50 to 150 hours of play (depending on the game type), it should be worth a serious look for like-minded souls right now.

Cyberpunk 2077 with a 50 percent discount in the CD Projekt Red Sale

Buy Cyberpunk 2077 for 29.99 euros from GOG

The big patch 1.5 has been online for a while, most bugs have been eliminated and it’s available in the CD Projekt Red sale on GOG Cyberpunk 2077 now with a 50 percent discount for 29.99 euros.

Of course, you shouldn’t spend 29.99 euros on a game if it still doesn’t give you what you want to experience. But what exactly is it that Cyberpunk 2077 really offers? Is it a hair-raisingly good story, is it a GTA 5 feeling only in the future, is it a gameplay-wise revelation? Is that what CD Projekt Red presented with over-the-top trailers and promises?

It’s basically none of that, at least if you ask me. Which doesn’t mean that a certain longing is fulfilled quite well in Cyberpunk 2077 – and gave me over 80 hours of gameplay.

Would you like a second opinion? Cyberpunk 2077 is a popular topic of discussion between colleague Michael and myself:

Cyberpunk 2077 after patch 1.5: between wonder and disappointment

What Cyberpunk 2077 is good at and for whom it is really suitable

I don’t think there will ever be the game that CD Projekt Red created in the fans’ minds before it was released. Too much was promised and almost every idea of ​​the community was approved. Such a Cyberpunk 2077 would have been the near perfect game. If you furious you have every right to do so and I fully support the notion of not buying Cyberpunk 2077 for this reason.

The thing is, I got what I wanted from Cyberpunk 2077 at launch. Because one thing was good then and it’s even better now: In giving the player individual freedom and giving them the feeling of really living in a cyberpunk city. You have your own apartment and since patch 1.5 you can even buy more. You drive your own car, form relationships with NPCs and make decisions not only in dialogues but also in how you approach missions.

The world of Cyberpunk 2077 is open to the player: In addition to the main story and the many side missions, some of which are very good, you can drive or walk through the city, explore it freely, accept missions along the way, go shopping for clothes, get (few) tattoos and have tech installed, sleep with prostitutes go and go to sleep after your work is done.

Sleep doesn’t offer you much more than a day and night change, but just as some players (including me) do without fast travel in open worlds, you can use sleep immersively: by going to sleep every night, like it would be in real life too. What results is a kind Cyberpunk life simulationwhich works beautifully in Night City.

Beside that too intimate, friendly (or amorous) relationships with NPCs built up, which are reminiscent of the companions of games like Mass Effect or Dragon Age.

But admittedly: Cyberpunk 2077 is not as free as Skyrim and not as focused on companions as Mass Effect. The mix in the game makes it something else, like Cyberpunk 2077, that wonderfully implements individual role-playing of a character – and with an interesting story that takes you to the end. Those are the good things I appreciate about Cyberpunk 2077.

And who might be unhappy with Cyberpunk 2077?

cyberpunk fans. Fans of good RPG mechanics. Players who want redemption (rightly so) and still hope that CD Projekt Red’s promises will be fulfilled.

Cyberpunk 2077 has a solid, entertaining, and at times really crazy story, but it answers no philosophical questions about cyberpunk, as promised. A big drawback is and remains the gameplay: sometimes too easy, sometimes too difficult and for some players just not good enough. Opinions differ on how much fun the fights are, though Gameplay connoisseurs should generally keep their distance. If you’re used to deep RPG mechanics that are beautifully tuned, CD Projekt Red can’t help you here.

By the way, Cyberpunk 2077 now also runs well on the PS4but you will still have to do without crowds: unlike all other versions, there are far fewer NPCs and cars on the streets of Night Cities on the PS4.