I HATE first Person... !!!😢

Personally I liked trees gameplay.

i sent Songbird to the moon and left Nightcity with Panam and Judy. To me, its the best ending possible.

The Atreus segments didn't bother me on the first go around, but subsequent playthroughs drag because I know the story. Except for Ironwood. Ironwood can take a long spacewalk out of a short airlock.

Still my favorite game, a pure escapist fantasy. I genuinely felt like i was in this world at times.

I wasn't even surprised that Cyberpunk tanked on release. People who learned from it are either new to gaming or very young. I was even fan of CD projekt trough Witcher but understanding capitalism and corporations I could not trust them.

Even back in 2020, it was a fantastic game.... Sure it had some bugs, but it was still great....

shame one of the best game a masterpiece Ghost of Tsushima will be shit on like the last of us part 2

Phantom Liberty proved CDPR can pull things off from the beginning, but I still don't trust them not to CDPR future games. I'll never have faith in them up front.

i preordert the game and was 1 of the lucky ppl that had next to no bugs of any sort from day 1. i loved this game even in its launch-state so much. Seeing all the effort CDPR put in over time to make up, amend and improve this game, saw it inch closer to what ppl pre-launch wanted it to be, the quality ppl wanted from them, i was glad that of all companies it was CDPR´s game as most other devs would have dropped it very fast and called it a day. And with the release of the 2.0 version and the DLC, i can say that they after all this time managed to improve the game so much that its now worth all the hype it got back then. Its went from a undercooked game with the promise of becoming a masterpiece to an actual masterpiece

Still outrageously bugged game

😘I like her already. She kind of reminds of Mizu from "Blue Eye Samurai." I wouldn't be surprised if she travels to Yōtei to hunt down a couple of men who are responsible for murdering her family and leaving her for death. Fun fact, a vengeful female ghost in Japan is called an Onryō... 👻

I just wish it was more of a sandbox.

What is this? Listing things that were added to the game 2 yrs ago? Give me a break. Vids from 2 yrs ago are doing it better

Why dafuq there are so many bots praising this DEI-filled game? Those who praised are name ended with 4 digits and just blatantly mock people for having different opinions. Going to be second Ubi?

I love that one level with the ball that shows you that fire doesn’t hurt you in ball form by launching you past fire, love that design

Already one year?!?!

Well done video, you got a follow from me. PL is one of the best expansions since Blood & Wine. It's deep, masterfully written/acted and more importantly thought provoking. Which IMO is the highest praise you can give to PC game.

Jin is the goat. I was done with Tsushima but not with jin. Would have loved to see him go explore. After a second game it would have been more fitting to do ghost of Yhotei

The wolf thing seems kind of the mirror to Jin’s foxes

good video

I think it’s great they decided to make a new character for the next game. Jin’s story is done, he, and we, explored all of Tsushima, unlocked all armors and sword kits. People are mad that Jin’s story won’t continue but what else could they do? We wouldn’t get anything new, we’d just be on Tsushima again. Btw I like to think of the gender change as a anima and animus of the gameplay or like a yin and yang. Jin’s character could be calm but emotional and this new character could be violent yet calculated in a sense, for example.

The dlc story starts after the main story's vodooboys missions, which is very early on. It's an interlude. That means v's clock ticks unchanged. If it seems different, it's cause u either ignore it or worse, u don't at all understand the dlc story's placement within the main story. The world, at least the campaign, also doesn't change that. Ur task isn't rescuing myers or song. It is getting the reward that song offered - a cure u badly need, BECAUSE U R DYING. The decision to do sidequests early where it doesn't furthers or even hinders v from his actual task is fully on ur lack of discipline, not the world. They could perhaps include randome black outs of v, to create a reminder but u also don't have those in the main game outside of skripted parts or cutscenes. If we wanna criticize that, than as general fact not as a change in pl. By extension that makes me at least doubtful of ur pick, actually being the bad ending. The best ending from ur likely judgement, prolly is the one that saves v's life for more than 6 months. In order for it u pay a price that contains: v deciding over johnny's fate knowing for certain that he'll b erased. No going into the old net, no giving him the body, not eve the possible restorement by arasaka, but also not allowing him to decide for ending it. It's the worst of all options in any old and new ending for him. U also deny song to end her even as she begs u 4 it n give her over into the clutches of myers, who is one of, if not the absolute villain within the game as well as this era of cyberpunk, even beyond the videogame. That, despite u learn about song's history n understand what it means for her if u do that. U won't help reed, who upon succeeding his mission, remains plagued by guilt for bringing song into it n loses any access or contact as soon he departs. He not even can keep at least his false hope to have helped her or byeing there as support, he even gets more fear on top to have caused the worst case scenario for her,but also just in an uncertain form, so it keeps nagging n he won't ever get closure, not even the bad kind. V in a meanwhile, loses all his friends, who's support would b more important than ever. The reason is that he also loses the possibility to use most cybeware n therefore any reasonable chance to keep on living as a solo. That ending is very much another example for a deal with the devil, giving u what u want the most, but in a way that makes it beyond worthless for v n prolly with sideeffects of the bad to worst kind for many others effected by it n knowing what an evil war criminal myers is, prolly sacrificing thousands to come who r not at all related to v's life or with any say in the matter. The second biggest signal that this end can no way b right (not even as an optional canon ending), it redcons parts of the main game if u have played the main game before, which no other ending does n if u play it at the right place, it prematurely ends the story n replaces the most part of the main game ,turning all obsolete that comes after the vodooboys missions, where pl sets in. If u mistook it for a sequel, u r show instantly that u indeed r wrong by the biggest hint, either johnny o v impossibly could b in it while the other is to, so u have to purosefully ignore all the listed above facts, to keep believing it to b a sequel or it would b the next redcon instead n again - the franchises lore is constructed in a way that besides optional events that cause n effect each other, a larger chain of events exists which is excluded n remains canon from begin to end, which is confimed by the guy who created it all. If u get ur end causing redcons then it is as if the game screams u in the face that it neither is canon nor the "good" outcome and indeed, as the only one that gives v an unshortened lifespan, it also is by far the one that feels the least satisfying n leaves v in the most miserable state, having sacrificeeveryone n everything that made v's life worth living. Of course he's not only lost of true friends n his own strengths that enabled his successes, but on top v's just as out of everything materialisticly so his life makes it necessary for him to get ahead still- this end has skipped the part that saw him get into a situation which allows him to relax n enjoy however much time ge has left of his life or it will b johnny's n v starts a new life entirely in which time stops to b a concern. Exept for the suicide option, no ending leads to a certain death for both of 'em even in the worst case of those options. Give how it hurts friends, suicide is the worst case but even that sees both protagonists at peace with the decision n each other cuz it was a mutually made one that actually reflected, if not who they were, than at least the ideal they thought n wanted to b/represent.Also is it the least compromising way to defeat arasaka,since it takes any bit of power to b had over the two. As i see it the "good" endings in pl are all that don't give so mi to myers. Of those the one that has u kill her in the bunker, being the better one since we don't know for sure who we hand her to on the moon or for what purpose, plus that not just posing a huge risk, perhaps even for the entire humanity in the future but also would it cause mass casualties to break her out of the stadium n get her to the rocket, leading only to sending her to a potential rogue ai, as being almost fully consumed herself by a definitly evil ai that will become a rogue one that way too. The other option from there is leading to the worst result only that it was reached by the worst way, so handing her over at the spaceport seems the absolute worst way i guess, to end the dlc. Any of the acceptable endings that r at all optionally canon compatible, leave v in pretty much the same situation that he started the dlc in, no matter how he gets their. All those ends ar right cuz all not getting there r wrong. So much so that good or bad doesn't apply cuz they r just a "what if" n impossible outcomes.

stop using IGN as reference!

To me 2.0 and Phantom Liberty is CDPR doing what they were supposed to. I don't consider it redemption, I will not get hyped for their future games and I will not preorder.

I just completed Phantom Liberty and the whole game. The main story doesn't hold a candle to the story of Phantom Liberty which is one of the best stories in gaming I've experienced. It's really really good. Maybe it's because Songbird kind of replaced Johnny as the voice in ones head which was refreshing.

Y’all just like to complain,ragnarok is way better than 2018

This went from been the biggest disappointment and the only game I ever demanded a refund for to one of those games in their own dimension as landmark masterpieces Goldeneye,Ocrina of Time , Half life 2,metal gear,Bioshock, ,last of us etc etc... I've literally just finished playing with Phantom just as part of the whole story and every gig etc etc ...I'm kinda gutted I've lived in Night city for 600 hours of my recent life !

I didn’t play the game on release, I actually played the game for the first time this year and man I was not expecting to love it that much, what a game! It’s also the first game I learned how to download Mods. Wish I could play again for the first time 🦾😔

I will always trust CD Projekt Red because they always make sure the writing in their games is always at the very top of what’s most important. That’s what gives life to these characters. That’s what keeps people engaged. The rest of the stuff is easy to do when the story has been meticulously crafted and tied together.

My whole issue with the game boils down to 1: Atreus sections aren't the best and 2: Atreus sections are necessary. Honestly I think i would find this game to be a 10/10 in my mind if the ironwood section was reduced to about 30 mins at most, the midgard/early part of the Asgard intro mission was cut or reduced and the cool af flying sword we get wasn't relegated to being a terrible companion character but an actual fun melee/ranged hybrid proper weapon with it's own skill tree akin to the Leviathan Axe, i'm just thinking of the different ways they could have gone with it. Put the hour or so from the Ironwood section into the end of the game instead. That's really the only upgrade he needs

Great take! I mostly agree. As a casual gamer who didn't pay much attention to the glitches, I felt what they where trying to achieve with it and was super relieved that they decided to fix everything. It's one of my favorite games now.

Hey Man, very very good video! I have watched a tone of video essays about Cyberpunk 2077. I am terminally nostalgic about my time with this game (I actually had an amazing launch via Geforce Now and not even being aware of what was happening online ;P). It is such a difficult feeling to convey what Cyberpunk does. The connection with characters and how believable they feel (the sand storm cabin moment with Saul and Panam <3). All that to say, I think your video is one of the best I have watched in terms of articulating how I feel about the game, especially your points about story, writing, and animation. Great work! And thx for the nice trip to memory lane. Almost every year since release, I have done 1 playthrough per year. I can feel next one is coming soon ^^.

I just put 700 hours into a full playthrough. WOW that game is incredible. Depressing, but incredible. The deeper you look into the lore and secrets, the more you realize that the rabbit hole goes deeeep. There are mysteries that I still don't believe have been completely solved. A true open-world masterpiece. If you can find the whole thing for $30, you'll be getting one of the greatest deals in all of gaming. Seriously, three weeks later and I still remember the whole Phantom Liberty plot. Play this game. If you gave up on it, dive back in. I'm such a sucker for Cyberpunk now that I got all the pen-and-paper books and PDFs, AND I just crowdfunded the boardgame for $150. Oh man, the minis for that are worth it alone. The Johnny Silverhand mini that looks like it's glitching, Trauma Team, Brendan the vending machine... *Chef's Kiss.*

shoulda been 3 games .. I would’ve waited

Phantom Liberty had me on the edge of my seat. I liked it more than the main campaign and that's saying something. Dogtown is small but more vertical, with more attention to detail and very distinct locations. The story is extremely engaging while still easy to understand, the dialogue and voice acting is amazing and don't even get me started on Myers, Reed, Alex and Songbird. Peak character writing for all of them. I also missed Songbird and Reed, even more than I missed other characters in Cyberpunk with the exception of Johnny. Phantom Liberty is CDPR at it's best.

I liked the Atreus sections, Ironwood was a little rough though.

I complained about the atreus parts too, i wish they forced some sort of scene where he got hit some amnesia spell but momentarily has to regain his abilities. That way you can gain a bigger arsenal early on to make his gameplay cool for the remainder of the game

was that a shoutout to benjamin winters? lol

been w/CP since launch on Series X (so i didn’t experience too bad of performance) .. while it was undercook on what was promised i still enjoyed the base game especially for its story but gameplay left more to be desired … then 2.0 dropped + Phantom Liberty & it’s become one of my favs of all time. CDPR just makes games that are perfect for me personally. Really hope they ramp up the rpg elements in the sequel, as well as, more choices! I think gameplay is in great hands tho w/what they did w/2.0

Phantom liberty gave me some massive highs, multiple pumches straight to the feels. And put the fear of god in me during somewhat damaged.

i agree with you, for the Atreus part it was a little boring (mostly iron wood, other is fine and some fun)but how can you complain about the UI its so simple its not complicated and the shields are good, nothing beats the dauntless shield parry, if ur already complaining about the UI being complex then dont play witcher 3 cuz you're gonna get traumatized.

I could not care less that the main character is a female. I am worried about the activist voice actor and DEI staff in charge.

great video

It’s also not often mentioned but they came out with a completely free 2.0 version that added new cars, gameplay mechanics, item leveling tweaks, and overall quality of life improvements that make Cyberpunk the gem it is today.

I started Cyberpunk in patch 1.5 when it just started getting good so i could stress test a new computer. I felt a very similar "this is a bit jank, but there's the potential for a top 10 game here". After the release of PL it is assuredly in my top 5. Cyberpunk is such a good game that i RELIGIOUSLY avoid fast travel just so i can try out all the cool cars and absorb the Night City vibe.

Atreus should have been treated as Spiderman treated Miles Morales. As a different game. Even a DLC would have been okay which focused solely on Atreus.

Cyberpunk isnt an RPG its a linear action game with FPS mechanics. It really isn't a cyberpunk game but an adaptation. I'll never praise them for fixing it only accept it's a finished game. The expansion is good but still will always be marred by the launch and the lies. Gamers will accept things no other consumers do and it's kind of pathetic. The Witcher was far more RPG and finely crafted with interesting characters but not Cyberpunk.

Awesome video! It's the only game that got me feeling empty. I got The Devil and The Tower ending.

I've been put off from replaying this game millions of times. Just because Atreus