Cyberpunk 2077

i finally got around to playing this on steam deck and god damn is it fun and incredibly well written

this is eventually gonna be 3.8-3.9

really feels like a spiritual successor to the deus ex franchise

All of the potential swag this game could have gets slurped up by Keanu leaving everyone else completely swag less

For the longest time I didn't buy it because a lot of people were saying on launch that the game's problems went way beyond just bugs, that no amount of fixing could help the dead world, lack of roleplaying etc. But after finally trying it (25+ hours so far) I feel like, somehow, this is exactly what happened. The world is immersive, interesting and detailed, the gameplay mechanics are fun enough, and of course, as always with CDPR, the plot, characters and dialogue are the best in the AAA market.

It's not a perfect game: there are still some minor bugs, the open world is structured around visiting marked locations rather than natural exploration, the loot system is boring, the FPP driving is awful, and when it comes to pure presentation, it somehow combines the perfectionism of Red Dead Redemption 2 with the clunkiness of Kingdom Come: Deliverance. But these are very small flaws compared to how much the game does right.

Played this for the first time in 2024 and this deserves a lot more love tbh.