Originally Posted by Pandemonica
Yeah, I was right there with you. I had 2 full playthroughs of CP2077, and yeah it had its issues but it was a great game. I mean I know it wouldn't run on consoles but the PC version was pretty stable, though it did have some crashes, a couple framerate issues. I think it got to the point, that it just became cool to hate on it, and people jumped on the bandwagon.

So hating on Cyberpunk was just the popular thing to do for no reason at all? This kind of garbage sentiment vindicates rushed releases and broken promises and contributes to perpetuate a serious industry problem. One of the main reasons I support Larian by pre-ordering BG3, is their track record of being the antithesis of this (ironically also why I originally supported CDPR/CP77 with a pre-order having been told the company was customer-centric).

All my Cyberpunk playthrough attempts were wrecked by what I consider game-breaking bugs on PC; from corrupted saves (which CDPR had the gall to shift blame back on players allegedly using duping exploits), to not getting quick hacks (a known, fairly common bug CDPR has failed to fix in 6 months since release), to not getting weapons with any critical stats. The game was extremely buggy and unfinished beyond that; ie loads of perks and cyberware had no effect, to the balancing being atrocious (worst ever in my 25 years experience of gaming), to crudely implemented or missing features. Countless hours met with frustration and anger. This is not people jumping on the bandwagon, this is CDPR throwing them in it.

Of course, if you're the kind of gamer who just like to point and shoot, follow the basic hand cuddling script, and not scratch the surface, then the game has some admirable qualities that will make up for the obtrusive bugs and instabilities even the willfully blind must have noticed.