After playing it more,
There are a lot of issues not related to bugs and glitches of which they are still plentiful as of patch 1.06. (This game has been far buggier and glitchier than Fallout 4, Fallout New Vegas, or Witcher 3 for me) on PC. ON PATCH 1.06. Keep in mind all of those versions were on PC.
The performance is fine on my 2080 Ti, I get a pretty constant 60 FPS with Raytracing and it looks beautiful!
1) The AI is absmyal. Particularly when you have guest part members.
2) Initially I felt (or maybe hoped) it was advertised as a grand theft auto sized immersive sim. It is a substantial tier below Dishonored, Prey, and Deus Ex in how it handles the immersive sim qualities.
3) It is greater than a substantial tier below in how it handles open world qualities compared to Rockstar Games with AI, cops, driving, not having garages, not having haircuts. Hell, I would say it's significantly below Sleeping Dogs as well.
4) It seems unnecessarily overtly sexual in unmeaningful shallow ways, like every advertisement is some naked ass up thing, with dildo's everywhere. It's entertaining (milfguard :P), but it sort of makes it feel like a parody and less "real" to me instead of a more cohesive a Blade Runner/Ghost in the Shell/Deus Ex/Watchmen style atmosphere... Yet, a lot of the cutscenes like showering makes your character take showers in clothes? It feels sort of contradictory. I am not offended by it as it's often funny, but I feel it makes the game worse.
With all the negativity said. Some of the characters and quest structures are still tremendous, and this game has probably my favorite set of characters from any game this generation (not counting remakes :P). Some of the powers are really fun, but they sort of get held back by issues with the basic gameplay loop. I would still recommend it, as I am having quite a bit of fun with it.
However, for me personally it is not even close to what was advertised or the quality of the Witcher 3, GTAV or the Good immersive sims this generation. Even when the bugs/glitches get fixed.
Last edited by ishiki - on 30 December 2020
