As someone who basically finished it (was putting off the final mission until I wrapped up the side quests, but then got bored and haven’t bothered to pick it back up to finish it) I think waiting for a sale is the best choice
For one thing, by then there will be mods, and this game desperately needs some mods to make it better, lots of QoL issues or half-assed gameplay that could be improved by mods
But it also is pretty much as you describe, it’s a fine game, but nothing to really get excited about. I had some fun with it, I also got bored of it pretty quickly. And for a game whose story is literallt built around the concept of Newgame+, there’s very little reason to actually do one, because there aren’t many different routes you can go - you can really only play as “Savior of the Galaxy”, every other playstyle you might try leaves you actively fighting against the game
If I picked it up for less than $40, id call it money well spent on an alright game that can kill a week or two of evenings, but for full price I’m left feeling a bit ripped off
I confess, as a total scifi nerd - I fucking loved the over engineered doors in this game lol - I swear I think they hired a whole team whose job was to do nothing but make doors lol
Make sure you also get the mod that speeds up the sound FX. Speeding up the doors was a good QOL for me, though I think it also affected the death animations… the final killing shot on an enemy made their dying animation happen ridiculously fast after installing that mod. Or maybe it was happening all along and I just never noticed until I became OP
Phantom liberty on the other hand is a straight up BANGER, Cyberpunk is so much fun. Played Starfield for a bit then PL dropped and I don’t think I’ve thought about it once since then haha.
As someone who basically finished it (was putting off the final mission until I wrapped up the side quests, but then got bored and haven’t bothered to pick it back up to finish it) I think waiting for a sale is the best choice
For one thing, by then there will be mods, and this game desperately needs some mods to make it better, lots of QoL issues or half-assed gameplay that could be improved by mods
But it also is pretty much as you describe, it’s a fine game, but nothing to really get excited about. I had some fun with it, I also got bored of it pretty quickly. And for a game whose story is literallt built around the concept of Newgame+, there’s very little reason to actually do one, because there aren’t many different routes you can go - you can really only play as “Savior of the Galaxy”, every other playstyle you might try leaves you actively fighting against the game
If I picked it up for less than $40, id call it money well spent on an alright game that can kill a week or two of evenings, but for full price I’m left feeling a bit ripped off
I don’t even own the game yet but after watching one gameplay video, i looked to see if there’s a mod to speed up the airlock doors. Thankfully yes.
I confess, as a total scifi nerd - I fucking loved the over engineered doors in this game lol - I swear I think they hired a whole team whose job was to do nothing but make doors lol
Make sure you also get the mod that speeds up the sound FX. Speeding up the doors was a good QOL for me, though I think it also affected the death animations… the final killing shot on an enemy made their dying animation happen ridiculously fast after installing that mod. Or maybe it was happening all along and I just never noticed until I became OP
Phantom liberty on the other hand is a straight up BANGER, Cyberpunk is so much fun. Played Starfield for a bit then PL dropped and I don’t think I’ve thought about it once since then haha.
I’ve been meaning to check it out, I’ll have to bump it up the list