Cyberpunk 2077: First impressions promise a lot and criticize mistakes

Cyberpunk 2077 is traded as the most important game of the year and a potential milestone in gaming history. Advance praise comes from advance material and the goodness of its predecessor: The Witcher 3 was an outstanding project. First impressions of its “successor” gently warn of excessive expectations at the start.

Cyberpunk 2077 doesn’t quite live up to the hype. But that’s not so much because the game didn’t work out. On the contrary: only GameSpot accuses Cyberpunk 2077 of not having a common thread and of being too aimless a collection of activities in which the story does not fit. The representation of cultural groups is also criticized as inconsistent.

For PC Gamer the bugs ruin the game; The Witcher 3, according to the testers, is also “funnier, smarter and more subversive“Even if CD Projekt delivered a genre-based cyberpunk implementation. Polygon calls the game “inconsistent” and criticizes the lack of courage for radical presentations. The role play is always found to be fascinating because it forces you to question yourself.

Positive looks predominate

The Witcher 3 level can be maintained in almost every way, judges the other hand Washington Post, while at the same time the concept of open worlds is being further developed and the atmosphere is repeating what Red Dead Redemption 2 has achieved. Currently, warns the newspaper, more and more program errors become noticeable in the course of the game, which a day-one patch could hardly fix all.

The bugs also noted down Eurogamer. In the eyes of the site, not all of the elements fit together perfectly after 40 hours of gaming. Too many skills are locked in the skill tree, the combat system is still too simple. Immersion, bombast and freedom of choice are clearly named as strengths; Cyberpunk 2077 is therefore called “very promising“Judged – measured against the high expectations. The Metacritic average of currently 91 out of 100 possible points shows that these are largely met. Due to the always present reference to errors, the conclusion of appears PC Gamer currently advisable: “Play it in a few months“.

The editors would like to thank the ComputerBase reader “hahaqp” for pointing this out to us!