Roundup: Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Cyberpunk 2077

GameSpot always rates low.

@Jarobusa
You mean 8spot. As for the game, it just might not be breathtaking. I'll still play it and see for myself.

My copies just been sent (£44.85 from base.com). That's £5 cheaper than Amazon. Looking forward to it on Xbox.

8post, thats describes them perfectly. I have it pre-ordered and not waiting for 'enhancements'.

Gamespot is a joke..

With every single review mentioning bugs I think I’ll push this till there’s a next gen patch and hopefully they’ll be fixed by then

Thanks for the roundup. A couple other reviews I've read are less complimentary. Bugs seem to be the main issue. Some hoped for less repetition of NPC models, though I bet that becomes more noticeable the more immersive a setting.

In every case, the reviewers aren't playing slow and focused on exploration like I will play it. They rushed through the main storyline to get a review out as quickly as possible. Imagine being tasked to review Skyrim or The Witcher 3 in only a week. Early reviews are useful, even so.

If it was anyone but gamespot I would say fair enough... But this is just cliche typical gamespot.. They go out there way to put there scores away from the majority... They will no doubt give some average game that's getting 7 everywhere a 10 next week

They are so hip and trendy rollseyes

Yeah I don't really trust most critics and gaming sites these days, sites like Purexbox is one of the rare good ones. I usually go off Steam reviews and the Xbox store reviews as the best indicator of quality. As for me I already got the game pre-ordered and I'll be my own judge. I know politics heavily influences a lot of gaming critics these days and they lost their credibility with me for that.

I expected it to be buggy and I wish people would stop letting hype make them deny the fact that CD Projekt Red is not showing the base Xbox One performance. We slam Ubisoft for doing it, just cause CDPR makes better games doesn't give them a pass for the same tactic. I still might buy this day 1 but I have my expectations lower than the hype train. It's still good I'm sure, but Gamespot had good reasons to be less enthusiastic and they're not the only ones. In my opinion they should have delayed this till the next gen console patch was ready. Better for the devs who crunched, better for the players. Of course CDPR wanted that holiday money, but with COVID I'm not sure it would be as big a knock on their income.

I’m still not interested. I’m never excited about futuristic stuff

I’ve never been that hyped for Cyberpunk, if it was made by anyone but CD Project id probably have zero interest in it. I’m sure I’ll pick it up and some point and give it a go, after a good few patches that it needs.

I do question, how any game as buggy as this seems to be can score 10/10.

@Fenbops Honestly I just see that as a fault with the traditional approach to reviews in this day and age. We live in an era where games get heavily patched all the time, the experience of playing a game a month or two after launch can be completely different from playing it when it launched, and holding it to the way it was when it launched is irrelevant as nobody can play it in that state anymore.

The whole concept of being heavily critical over bugs and issues harks back to the old pre-online era when games couldn't be patched and the game you got on disc/cartridge was the only state you would ever play the game in. We really need to rethink how we score games in this day and age and be more open to how the experience will be when it's inevitably patched. Just make sure the problems aren't serious design issues really.

@JayJ the polygon review was very very political.

@BrilliantBill I'm sure it was, that whole site is oddly political for what is supposedly a gaming site. It generally comes off as the type of place I try to avoid that has got no credibility with me.

Oh and just a heads up Cyberpunk fans! The day one patch is apparently out now! I am downloading it right now, weighs in at 15.4 GB but it apparently doesn't change the file size.

@BrilliantBill This is why I tend to avoid Polygon. They are always political. The same goes for GameSpot, although some of their reviewers are more grounded and appreciate gaming for what it actually is. That said - although the reviewer made valid points and criticisms regarding Cyberpunk - she also stated in one of her cons that she was offended by some things in the game. This isn't the first time she put her political views (or life views, in general) to make a negative about a game. With that said, it's her opinion and her experience, so I can't necessarily fault her for being impacted in the way that she was. Nevertheless, I've always considered GameSpot "hipsters" who enjoy indies more than anything, while Polygon is the political bunch.

I think the fact all reviews have been the pc build are telling. Maybe the day one patch will make the console versions more playable than they currently are. The really slow driving on the One X footage was especially telling of the state the game appears to be in currently. Could still be a great game though, it just seems like there are lots of issues still, despite the delays.

@JayJ you’re so right about politics influencing gaming critics. Sites like polygon and eurogamer have lost all credibility to me after reading some of the reviews they’ve put out. I tend to stick to just a couple of youtubers now, ACG and Skill Up in particular who leave that stuff at the door and just talk about the graphics, gameplay and how fun it is.

You’re also correct the way games are scored needs to change. Is a game where it’s probably best waiting 6 - 12 months to play at its best after multiple patches really a 10/10, i don’t think so.

Thankfully, I'm not getting the game until Christmas.
Hopefully by that point, the game has been patched a few more times.
Very damning when reviewers are only provided with PC code, and even then, they can't show that footage, as apparently it's very buggy.
I'll be playing on Series X, but I pity anyone going to play this on Xbox One S or PS4 base consoles. Got a feeling it will run like crap on those.

@Nerdfather1 These days often you go to read a review and instead it is just social commentary on various topics that are vaguely related to one side quest in the game.