if you weren't on the hype train thinking it was going to be gta and skyrim combined, it's not a bad game at all. It feels very much like a Deus Ex style of game to me.
Actually, games like GTA don't appeal to me at all, and I did not care for Skyrim. But I loved TW3, and the only reason I didn't buy CP2077 right away is that I tend to like only RPGs in fantasy settings and generally have a hard time with immersion in other settings, especially ones involving guns/directed energy weapons because the consequences of getting hit by those kinds of weapons don't seem to be realistically represented. Any thoughts (from anyone) on how to get past this?
You don't like GTA and you expect it to be like TW3? LOL You're in for a big surprise then because this is GTA minus many GTA features. The story is totally on rails like in GTA, nothing you say matters in any dialogue, it's just fluff, could have been substituted by non-interactive cut scenes. Chase scenes are fake: you can relax, close your eyes, no point to shoot at enemies because it doesn't matter... you win. No choices and consequences system, you can choose only the first 20 min beginning that doesn't matter and the ending you like. And your favorite bullet sponges are everywhere. Have fun.
Yes I already said the fundamentally different type of setting for CP2077 is exactly why I have been hesitant thus far to get the game. I've watched a lot of Youtube gameplay of CP2077 and yes, I do not like the driving mini-game (which makes zero sense to me) or the gunplay aspects of it. But I don't at all agree with your characterizations about the game's story, dialogue, choices, etc. Heck many of the combat encounters in that game can actually successfully be circumvented through noncombat means, with results and rewards comparable to what you'd get from combat. So in all those ways it's a fantastic game. I just need to figure out whether I can live with the parts that I don't like in order to enjoy the parts that I like, which is exactly what I will have to face with BG3 too.
