T. M. Shannon

I don't know what I expected of this game. Gritty? Edgy? Sure, it has these elements, but a few times. They're done mostly okay, but outside the sheer menace of Maelstrom it wasn't exactly tried, just felt placed there because it had to be Depthy? Groundbreaking? Sure there's a couple of deep things in there, even in the main story, but i found skills meh, perks who gives a stuff. Want to play it your way? Stealth is rough, gunplay is overreliant on headshots, and I didn't feel drawn to hacking Cyberpunky? It's noir element are shined, but not made shiny. Augs (to borrow DX's terms) I found mild - and found plenty of mods for the Sandevistan aug, but no ripper had the actual aug. It borrows hackable humans from GITS, and rain from Blade Runner - which it tended to do in a number set scenes irrespective of it actually being sunny before entering And story and charactets? Sure it moves, but at times absolutely plods and drags, and there are characters to like, out of them all Jackie was the best, while Johhny was... Somewhat annoying and underacted. Plot wise there's a lot of background story that isn't addressed, making it feel full of holes. And structure? It's a piddly first act with a massive middle act, and an epilogue, leaving it feeling very unfinished Long story short, what did CDPR spend 8 years on? Making the city? It's kinda boring with no newness to it. Making it shiny? There's evidence of it. They did a better job with Witcher 3 - but that had a wealth of background material. Also the FPS feel messed with my mental health, the immersion may be way too much for you. The sex and romance subplots werent really necessary. And the main quest is shoved down the throat IMO, save your money and your sanity. I'm hoping I can get something decent on trade in