In my 65 hours of gameplay, i only encountered 2 - 3 mins of glitches/bugs and easily got rid of it by saving my progress and restarting the game.
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Surprisingly, I had a smooth experience. The combat, the open world design, side quests/stories, art/graffiti , photography mode, the characters, Delman AI , Johnny's story about the existence of sentient rogue AIs, that vending machine AI ! , the outfits , the slangs, the songs and the weapons (mantis blade <3) had me hooked.
I enjoyed the game. 7 out of 10 for me.
For me, the only downsides were -
1.Lack of a 3rd person mode
2. Immersive metro rail experience/ actually sitting on the train and looking out of the window and watching the city as the train took me from 1 fast travel point to the other
3. No Car customisation shop
4. I couldn't get rid of my tattoos or change my facial structure later on in the game
5. Underworked NPC AI / car AI , you tend to notice it more when you drive and accidentally get on the pavement. They don't get around the car or just disappeared into the car or overreact if my car just touches them.. as if i ran over them -_-
6. A short main story line. But the game wont feel short if you indulge in the Gigs and the secondary quests. (Took me 65 hours as a corpo)
7. Inability to hide clothing
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You know what ? Most of these problems can be FIXED USING MODS. I finished the game 2 days ago. I started Farcry 6 .... but I can't really get over the Cyberpunk Vibe. Watched a few cyberpunk related Combat videos and you know what ? I am gonna uninstall Far Cry 6 and play cyberpunk 2077 again with the mods installed this time and have an epic time.
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When the game was launched I was doing a full time job. So I couldn't really care much about it and on top of that the reviews made me feel sceptical. I did not even think of trying the game.
Quit my job in May 2022. A friend vehemently suggested that i should give it a try. I had heard that the game was being fixed through patches and mods. So, i said what the hell and tried it. I am glad that I got to play this game. A very different experience.