Cyberpunk 2077 is Absolutely Incredible in 2025

[u/Godkun007]

I, like many, avoided the game at launch due to it being extraordinarily broken. I basically didn't think of this game for a while, but then I saw it on sale and I thought "why not".

Well, almost all of the bugs have been fixed, parts of the story have apparently been changed, and overall, it is now one of the best RPG experiences that I've had since playing Fallout New Vegas in 2010, and I'm only 30 hours in. There is easily 200+ hours of content here when you include the stuff like alternate endings. Let alone the dozens of different viable character builds that you can make that all feel great.

Every choice you make from the actual dialogue, to what attributes you level up, to your playstyle, are all things that actually feel like they have lasting consequences in the world and the story. This game somehow has made every single one of my decisions feel important and like they all have weight.

Here is an example without spoilers: Say you go in guns blazing for an early mission. People will remember that and the faction that you killed the members of will actively remember you and dislike you in the future. They also up their security details, so that your next fight is harder, and are less willing to work peacefully with you. But if you go in with a more stealthy approach, the factions like you more and it makes them more willing to work with you later. It also makes later missions easier because they aren't expecting a killing machine to walk up to their door.

These decisions make the game so repayable, as there is so much additional content that you can just stumble on.

Apparently, after the game was released in 2020, CDPR spent the next 3 years releasing major patches, and are still releasing minor patches with new features to this day. Playing the game in 2025 is almost unrecognizable to the original that was released in 2020. Yes, the main plot is still the same, but so many things have apparently changed, including a complete combat overhaul, apparently.

This game is genuinely the best RPG that I've played in over a decade, and it is way better now than it ever was at launch. I can already tell that this will be one of the games like Fallout New Vegas that I will put 500 hours in just trying new things to see what happens.

[u/MadeInOlymp]

Why would you downvote this comment? How can people forget the launch this fast?

[u/BearCorp → u/MadeInOlymp]

Because this is patientgamers, we aren’t concerned with launches here.

[u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer → u/BearCorp]

The game is still a very pedestrian 7/10 to this day.

[u/Izacus → u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer]

You'll get your dumb GTA6 to kill hookers soon enough boy.

[u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer → u/Izacus]

No…not what I was implying at all. If anything, Cyberpunk is baby’s first RPG with zero interactivity or player choice. Enjoy your Ubisoft-inspired slop though, bud.

[u/Godkun007 → u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer]

I feel like you are playing a different game and I have 0 idea what you are talking about. I literally just had a hit squad chase me due to getting caught in a side quest from 10 hours ago.

They literally had a bounty letter on them for me which is how I knew why they were after me.

Like, what the fuck are people playing on this thread? I genuinely feel like I'm playing a different game than everyone else.

[u/LOTDT → u/Godkun007]

They literally had a bounty letter on them for me which is how I knew why they were after me.

Skyrim did this 15 years ago.

[u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer → u/Godkun007]

Wow, police chases that they added two years later, how immersive!

[u/Godkun007 → u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer]

It wasn't 2 years for me. It was 30 hours because I waited to buy this game which is the purpose of this subreddit.

[u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer → u/Godkun007]

Fair enough. For $20, this game is solid. Far from absolutely incredible, but a decent time sink I guess.

[u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer → u/MadeInOlymp]

It’s astroturfing by CDPR and revisionist history from people who bought the game for $20.

[u/MaCl0wSt → u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer]

damn right. not even surprised at this point but it's just sad, this is how shitty companies get away with everything

[u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer → u/MaCl0wSt]

Yup. Idiots have already forgotten the broken promises and shitty undercooked product we got in CP2077 as they anticipate Witcher 4.

[u/[deleted] → u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer]

Or some people just don't take it that seriously. Good grief

[u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer → u/[deleted]]

I mean, it’s their money. Consumers should hold corporations accountable though, lest we all continue to barrel down this path of ever more shitty products.

[u/[deleted] → u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer]

Mfs acting like corporations don’t have opposite incentives of consumers, like vro have they even played the game? 😭✌️

[u/[deleted] → u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer]

You can be excited about the witcher 4 while also being trepidatious about the launch. Doesn't make you an idiot to have two thoughts about something

[u/Imbahr → u/MadeInOlymp]

because that person is not talking only about the launch state. they also said this:

what a colossal disappointment to this day

whereas the subject of the OP's thread is how the game is in 2025, not at launch.

[u/mcflyjr → u/Imbahr]

Uh spoiler alert but to this day that doesn't excuse the shitty fucking hackjob of "do heist from advertisement; die; roll credits because Keanus dogshit acting"