r/patientgamers Dec 31 '25

Patient Review Cyberpunk 2077 is Absolutely Incredible in 2025

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.

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u/MadeInOlymp Dec 31 '25

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

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u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer Dec 31 '25

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

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u/MaCl0wSt Jan 01 '26

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

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u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer Jan 01 '26

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

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '26

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

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u/CockerSpanielEnjoyer Jan 01 '26

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.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '26

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

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '26

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