shikamaru317 said:
Yikes. How does meta still accept their reviews? Almost every review I've ever seen from them was way below the average for a game, it's clear that they give low scores just for clickbait. |
Then write a 10 page essay going into what Cyberpunk stands for, with numerous examples from literature and movies, to explain where the game fails at being Cyberpunk. And explore the contradictions and failings in the story. Seems like a lot of effort for click bait, and there aren't even ads on the page. He does admit he's overly critical in taking the game mechanics under a loop.
Maybe it’s unfair to raise these objections to Cyberpunk 2077. CD Projekt is just doing the same things everyone else is doing. It’s not their job to fix the medium. So in that regard, Cyberpunk 2077 is fine as yet another example of RPGs and open worlds. If you don’t mind these conventions, if you can look past CD Projekt’s lack of ambition, if you’re willing to accept a AAA release with D-level quality assurance, if you can accept the state of these unimaginative game designs, you’ll get your solid forty to fifty hours of open-worlding in a beautiful setting.
However with all that has come to light recently after all the promises of a next-gen open world RPG, 2 out of 5 stars hardly feels like trolling. Ever consider all the other reviews are way above average with the 50 to 100 scale. Plus if he always score low, nothing out of the ordinary?
It's easy to blame CDPR now for the mess, yet the general cheerleader gaming press have just as much fault in this release. Gushing previews and accepting all the conditions set by CDPR for reviewing the game without any investigative journalism. Acknowledging the bugs assuming they will be fixed day one. And now we get, maybe the base consoles are simply too old for the game...
