This game wasn't released so well, had so many problems along the way, got so much attention in a bad way that affected its market, and it's come a long way now, but the devs didn't just leave it behind, with constant updates and patches, I can confidently say that this is one of the absolute best games you can find in the whole history of gaming, and a great example of how games should be made and released and taken care of. this'll be a long review but I plan to try to review the game in different perspectives. It will be completely spoiler free. Hope you enjoy.

[LORE]
First up let's talk about the story and the lore. I never expected it to have such a huge world and plot, it's amazing, the details and everything. it seems like it's taken from a novel series, it's THAT deep and well written. You as the main character V, make decisions and those decisions are important, they matter and will determine how the story goes on. you can interact with characters and the world your own way by choosing voice lines and deciding different stuff. All this not only determine your fate, but also the characters' fates, and your relationships with them, and of course the overall story and its progress.
So basically, Cyberpunk 2077 totally immerses you in its lore by giving you options like these and some very difficult decisions you'll have to make throughout the game. However, you'll actually completely get what I said up here IF you play the side quests and try to complete at least some of them. This is one of those games you really shouldn't rush. the side quests are totally worth it. worth everything.
There are multiple side quests that some go very deep and are attached to important characters, so those side quests also determine your relations with those certain important characters, such as Judy, River and Panam.

[GAMEPLAY]
The game is in first person, but you can change it to third person when driving. There are all kinds of weapons that you can modify too. You can complete missions in any way you want really. You can be stealth or go ham and get that LMG out and slaughter em all, and don't worry it doesn't necessarily affect your ending, however you must be careful what you do in certain missions and actually listen to characters' requests and guides, otherwise if you for example kill a certain npc in a certain Judy side quest, you can no longer have any side quest with Judy, but other than that in the open world and in most story or even side missions, killing enemies, being stealthy, leaving them alive or anything else doesn't really matter that much. see what suits your style.
You can drive cars and bikes and each are very different from each other in terms of how you drive them and the places you can go with them. you'll really sense that once you try some different cars.
You can customize your character completely, even after creating it at the beginning of the game. clothes, appearance, everything pretty much.

[GRAPHICS AND OPTIMIZATION]
The graphics are what you would expect, amazing, they've done a very good job with detailing the city, the graphics, textures and models. The options really let you change a lot in the video and graphics section based on your needs and desires for better image or better performance. Don't get too lost in it in the beginning though. You'll figure out what settings best suit you and your computer specs after playing the game a little why and testing things.
I for example, have an RTX 2060, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, with 16 GB of 3200mhz ram, and I play on a HDD, on a 1080p 60hz monitor. I chose the High preset settings, but improved some other settings for better image, and I get like 60+ stable FPS. I didn't choose this right in the beginning, I chose it after like 5 hours into the game and testing different settings throughout the game. My game had lags at first, it eventually got fixed after some changes in the settings.
Overall, the graphics and optimization of the game is pretty good.

[LENGTH]
The game's quite long. I played pretty much all the important side quests with important characters alongside the main quests, and it all took me about 45 hours. I'd say it could take you somewhere between 20 - 80 hours depending on how many side quests you finish and how much you explore. I didn't finish some side quests because they didn't involve any important characters and didn't contribute to the story much, but played everything else so clean and completely.

[AUDIO AND SOUNDTRACK]
Masterpiece, unique, literally can't say enough about how good the audio and soundtrack of the game is and how much it adds to the game and experience.
NOTHING wrong with any of it, absolutely perfect. perfect. Just for the record, I've got all the soundtrack on my phone and listen to them, and right now as I'm writing this, I'm listening to it on Steam thanks to them giving it for free after purchasing the game.

[EDDIES]
Got it with a very good 50% discount, but it's definitely worth the base price, completely.

[BUGS}
The game still has so many bugs and they can get annoying. They were many in the first few hours of the game but gradually got better. One other thing is that usually when I played more than 4 hours without a break, I would see some very random bugs and issues that could get so annoying, but I guess it makes sense kinda. The game is huge, gotta give it a break.
Besides that, I didn't really notice any real bad bugs or issues in the game or the settings. This game is polished.

[RATNG]
2077/10 Can't go wrong, one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had.

[TIPS]
If you've read everything so far, I really appreciate your time and concern, so here's some tips I understood during the game that will free you of any need to external guides, and hopefully help you have an experience as great as mine.

1. Save your game once in a while, sure the game has auto save but to really get the most of the game and missions and the lore, sometime you'll find yourself in need to replay a certain part of the game. try to save your game whenever you feel like something important is gonna happen or you're gonna take an important decision. you'll never know, you might need it. it will save your time.

2. Play the side quests, trust me. even if you have to force yourself to do it, just give em a try at least, and I'm talking about the important side quests that the main characters give you. Judy, Panam, River, Claire, Delamain, Kerry, Paralezes, these are the characters you really shouldn't ignore. If you do, I can assure you you'll miss out on half of the game, in terms of everything.

3. Be good with Johnny and he can be the most trustworthy character in the game, for the most part. sometimes when you find yourself struggling to make an important decision, Johnny is always there and talks to you. listen to him, he's not all that heartless terrorist you might think. Just don't ignore him, hear him out, sure he can sometimes say dumb things that just don't make sense to do considering the fact that you're not him, and certainly don't blindly go with him if you're completely sure about what you wanna do and what you believe is right, but I'm talking about the moments that not even you know what to do, when you're in complete confusion, lost. Listen to him, you usually won't regret it. This can be true about some other characters and situations too. Overall, don't be that lone wolf, listen to your allies. they might be right and helpful.

Have fun in Night City, chooms.

This game wasn't released so well, had so many problems along the way, got so much attention in a bad way that affected its market, and it's come a long way now, but the devs didn't just leave it behind, with constant updates and patches, I can confidently say that this is one of the absolute best games you can find in the whole history of gaming, and a great example of how games should be made and released and taken care of. this'll be a long review but I plan to try to review the game in different perspectives. It will be completely spoiler free. Hope you enjoy. [LORE] First up let's talk about the story and the lore. I never expected it to have such a huge world and plot, it's amazing, the details and everything. it seems like it's taken from a novel series, it's THAT deep and well written. You as the main character V, make decisions and those decisions are important, they matter and will determine how the story goes on. you can interact with characters and the world your own way by choosing voice lines and deciding different stuff. All this not only determine your fate, but also the characters' fates, and your relationships with them, and of course the overall story and its progress. So basically, Cyberpunk 2077 totally immerses you in its lore by giving you options like these and some very difficult decisions you'll have to make throughout the game. However, you'll actually completely get what I said up here IF you play the side quests and try to complete at least some of them. This is one of those games you really shouldn't rush. the side quests are totally worth it. worth everything. There are multiple side quests that some go very deep and are attached to important characters, so those side quests also determine your relations with those certain important characters, such as Judy, River and Panam. [GAMEPLAY] The game is in first person, but you can change it to third person when driving. There are all kinds of weapons that you can modify too. You can complete missions in any way you want really. You can be stealth or go ham and get that LMG out and slaughter em all, and don't worry it doesn't necessarily affect your ending, however you must be careful what you do in certain missions and actually listen to characters' requests and guides, otherwise if you for example kill a certain npc in a certain Judy side quest, you can no longer have any side quest with Judy, but other than that in the open world and in most story or even side missions, killing enemies, being stealthy, leaving them alive or anything else doesn't really matter that much. see what suits your style. You can drive cars and bikes and each are very different from each other in terms of how you drive them and the places you can go with them. you'll really sense that once you try some different cars. You can customize your character completely, even after creating it at the beginning of the game. clothes, appearance, everything pretty much. [GRAPHICS AND OPTIMIZATION] The graphics are what you would expect, amazing, they've done a very good job with detailing the city, the graphics, textures and models. The options really let you change a lot in the video and graphics section based on your needs and desires for better image or better performance. Don't get too lost in it in the beginning though. You'll figure out what settings best suit you and your computer specs after playing the game a little why and testing things. I for example, have an RTX 2060, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, with 16 GB of 3200mhz ram, and I play on a HDD, on a 1080p 60hz monitor. I chose the High preset settings, but improved some other settings for better image, and I get like 60+ stable FPS. I didn't choose this right in the beginning, I chose it after like 5 hours into the game and testing different settings throughout the game. My game had lags at first, it eventually got fixed after some changes in the settings. Overall, the graphics and optimization of the game is pretty good. [LENGTH] The game's quite long. I played pretty much all the important side quests with important characters alongside the main quests, and it all took me about 45 hours. I'd say it could take you somewhere between 20 - 80 hours depending on how many side quests you finish and how much you explore. I didn't finish some side quests because they didn't involve any important characters and didn't contribute to the story much, but played everything else so clean and completely. [AUDIO AND SOUNDTRACK] Masterpiece, unique, literally can't say enough about how good the audio and soundtrack of the game is and how much it adds to the game and experience. NOTHING wrong with any of it, absolutely perfect. perfect. Just for the record, I've got all the soundtrack on my phone and listen to them, and right now as I'm writing this, I'm listening to it on Steam thanks to them giving it for free after purchasing the game. [EDDIES] Got it with a very good 50% discount, but it's definitely worth the base price, completely. [BUGS} The game still has so many bugs and they can get annoying. They were many in the first few hours of the game but gradually got better. One other thing is that usually when I played more than 4 hours without a break, I would see some very random bugs and issues that could get so annoying, but I guess it makes sense kinda. The game is huge, gotta give it a break. Besides that, I didn't really notice any real bad bugs or issues in the game or the settings. This game is polished. [RATNG] 2077/10 Can't go wrong, one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. [TIPS] If you've read everything so far, I really appreciate your time and concern, so here's some tips I understood during the game that will free you of any need to external guides, and hopefully help you have an experience as great as mine. 1. Save your game once in a while, sure the game has auto save but to really get the most of the game and missions and the lore, sometime you'll find yourself in need to replay a certain part of the game. try to save your game whenever you feel like something important is gonna happen or you're gonna take an important decision. you'll never know, you might need it. it will save your time. 2. Play the side quests, trust me. even if you have to force yourself to do it, just give em a try at least, and I'm talking about the important side quests that the main characters give you. Judy, Panam, River, Claire, Delamain, Kerry, Paralezes, these are the characters you really shouldn't ignore. If you do, I can assure you you'll miss out on half of the game, in terms of everything. 3. Be good with Johnny and he can be the most trustworthy character in the game, for the most part. sometimes when you find yourself struggling to make an important decision, Johnny is always there and talks to you. listen to him, he's not all that heartless terrorist you might think. Just don't ignore him, hear him out, sure he can sometimes say dumb things that just don't make sense to do considering the fact that you're not him, and certainly don't blindly go with him if you're completely sure about what you wanna do and what you believe is right, but I'm talking about the moments that not even you know what to do, when you're in complete confusion, lost. Listen to him, you usually won't regret it. This can be true about some other characters and situations too. Overall, don't be that lone wolf, listen to your allies. they might be right and helpful. Have fun in Night City, chooms.