Cyberpunk 2077 Review — The City Is Alive And It Hates You

Cyberpunk 2077 's crafting system also leaves something to be desired. It's uninventive, the menus for crafting are a mess, and at least as far as I can remember, it's never properly explained. At some point, I just noticed that there was a crafting tab in menus and went over to it. That being said, my experience in the game would largely be the same if I totally ignored crafting. It's not necessary considering how many guns, consumables, and bullets are vomited out from the game's containers and straight into V's ha


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Around every corner though, there's something ready to rip you out of the city. A busker playing an invisible guitar or an NPC sitting in mid-air. There are no perfect moments that happen while you're exploring Night City, the game does away with that. Which is kind of ironic, considering the parasitic relationship so many characters in the game actually seem to have with the city. It sucks them dry, bleeds their wallets, and eventually kills them, building taller buildings on their corpses. The city does the same to players, enticing them with its bright lights and promises of an experience unlike any other. Once you fall for it, the trap is sprung, and you're experiencing something completely differ


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However, there's an issue when those main quests are presented next to the game's side quests. A number of these side jobs and gigs, although fun distractions, detract somewhat from the main story. I won't spoil anything, but there's a clock ticking somewhere for those following the game's main path. If you were to only follow those, Cyberpunk 2077 becomes a game of urgency. Instead, I played how I play any open-world RPG— one main mission sprinkled in between side missions and exploration. I took my time as V only to then be reminded of the massive clock that had, for some reason, paused and suddenly resumed. It's slightly jarring storytelling, but it didn't take away from my overall appreciation of what was being offe