This is going to draw a lot of “THIS is what they chose to fix?” type comments, but in all honesty, the things that people want fixed in this game, like police with the capability to pursue you, are entire missing engine functions that will likely not be added until far in the future, if ever.

I had a lot of fun with CP2077 on PC, but the glitches and nihilistic/depressing endings eventually turned me against the game.

Exactly! It’s a crapsack world where everything has failed, there are no ‘good guys’, only shades of grey (which fits in beautifully with the muted color pallet of the fantastic artwork, which is often literally shades of grey). The only possible hope of redemption doesn’t come by human agency but supernatural powers.

It’s a dumb series built around shooting nameless enemies, hunting animals for their skins, taking down forts, and blowing shit up. Personally, I really don’t need it to be more than that. 

The beautiful thing about Disco Elysium, is also what lead a lot of people to come down on it hard— it portrays a rich range of political leanings from the perspective of their failures.

Video games are a scapegoat for low productivity and workforce engagement among young people by economists, because honestly the more likely options, that they are instead struggling with depression, can’t get a job, or can keep themselves afloat without needing a job thanks to the bank of Mom and Dad, are hard to fit…

First, good God, well written.

This game gets rave reviews, has a deep and intricate plot, and features broken characters in a broken world. It seems like my dream game. And yet, I’ve struggled so hard with it. I’ve already started and stopped playing three times, and refuse to give up on it. I even refused to read the spoiler section of this…

Did they also disable shooting?

Obviously it’d be more work for them, but they should do one of their plot videos where another western-themed character kills him and takes his move-set.

I suggest Looty McLootcrate

Kojima and Death Stranding fanboy here. And if I wanted a plot that made sense, I wouldn’t be playing a Kojima game. 

truly some of the worst voice acting/writing i’ve heard in a while, i hope they don’t change it a bit

My expensive double-jumping cyberlegs haven’t unlocked any worthwhile new areas. The weapons, character enhancements, and leveling system are all good on their own, but they feel like they would be better used in a game with a longer story, more nuanced combat, or a different difficulty curve.

OK, so there are some interesting tidbits about development that may fill in some of the details if you would like them. I know this, because I spoke with one of CDPR’s developers on Twitch about it. He worked on early parts of the game in 2017, and described them as being pre-production, and concept stage. They had…

Don’t mind me, just facilitating your point.

“Another open world game” has been my problem this generation. With more and more games coming out all the time, it’s become more of a problem picking out what games to play and when. This generation has been rife with open worlds and live games that are only getting bigger and demanding more and more of our time.

I feel like gamers just have too many options nowadays. There’s a lot of bits of specific language in this review - checking your phone while watching the pre-duel cutscene, audibly sighing when cresting a hill and seeing more things to do, “The layer of Japanese aesthetics barely hides the fact that the world is just…

Sounds a little bit disappointing, tbh. When it was first announced, I was looking for/hoping for some sort of cool wandering samurai game where you get into intense blood feuds that culminate in amazing duels.