Yeah. It's one of those things where the game as it exists can't be fixed. It's so utterly broken that it should have never been released, or it should have been released for free alongside them open sourcing their engine.
I wouldn't say it is unfixable, but it definitely should have been held back for at least another YEAR of development. The setting and environment have a LOT of potential to develop a really deep and rich canon. Wholesome 100 Keanu Reeves aside, the plot reaches a new level of darkness I haven't seen much in pop media aside from Black Mirror.
The problem is, there is not much more than the plot. You run through the plot, and there is little rewarding gameplay left. It's not like GTA5 where you can do all sorts of heists and races and whatnot. The environment is far less interactive, the police don't even chase you in vehicles, driving off road is like trying to drive an RC car on a trampoline with a bunch of kids jumping up and down. Worst of all though, is after building up such a rich world with 80 years of intriguing alternate history, there is very little offered in the way of exploring that history. It is like if you did J.R.R. Tolkien level world building only to write a short story.
Cyberpunk is cool, and I think that Pondsmith really poured his heart into the world. They just didn't deliver the goods. My main reasoning for it being unfixable is that there are just so many fundamentally game breaking bugs that they basically need to rebuild the entire game to get it working.
Yeah. It's one of those things where the game as it exists can't be fixed. It's so utterly broken that it should have never been released, or it should have been released for free alongside them open sourcing their engine.
I wouldn't say it is unfixable, but it definitely should have been held back for at least another YEAR of development. The setting and environment have a LOT of potential to develop a really deep and rich canon. Wholesome 100 Keanu Reeves aside, the plot reaches a new level of darkness I haven't seen much in pop media aside from Black Mirror.
The problem is, there is not much more than the plot. You run through the plot, and there is little rewarding gameplay left. It's not like GTA5 where you can do all sorts of heists and races and whatnot. The environment is far less interactive, the police don't even chase you in vehicles, driving off road is like trying to drive an RC car on a trampoline with a bunch of kids jumping up and down. Worst of all though, is after building up such a rich world with 80 years of intriguing alternate history, there is very little offered in the way of exploring that history. It is like if you did J.R.R. Tolkien level world building only to write a short story.
Cyberpunk is cool, and I think that Pondsmith really poured his heart into the world. They just didn't deliver the goods. My main reasoning for it being unfixable is that there are just so many fundamentally game breaking bugs that they basically need to rebuild the entire game to get it working.