Info about Cyberpunk 2077:

Official game description:
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition
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About the Game
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Release date: Dec 9, 2020

Categories: Open-World, RPG, Action, Shooter, Character Customization, Story-driven Gameplay, Cyberpunk, Multiple Endings

Feature scans:
- MTX: score 20; verdict: Mixed Feedback on DLC; summary: The analysis of user reviews reveals several key themes regarding the DLC, Phantom Liberty, for the game. Users generally praise the quality and integration of the DLC, highlighting its significant enhancements to the overall gaming experience. However, there are concerns about the pricing of the DLC, with some users finding the additional cost to be high. Additionally, users have high expectations for DLC content, given the developer's reputation for high-quality DLCs, and some feel that more major DLCs should have been provided.
- Mods: score 30; verdict: Buggy but Playable; summary: The analysis of user feedback reveals that while mods significantly enhance the gameplay experience and fix some bugs, they are not universally mandatory. Most users recommend mods for quality of life improvements and enhanced gameplay, but the vanilla game is generally playable without them. Some users report specific issues that require mods to fix, but these are not widespread enough to be considered game-breaking.
- Wiki: score 50; verdict: Needs Improvement in Guidance and Documentation; summary: The analysis of user feedback reveals significant reliance on external data sources such as wikis and guides. The primary issues fall into three main categories: the need to understand complex mechanics and quest outcomes ('The Student'), navigation and bug fixes ('The Tourist'), and inventory management and crafting ('The Hoarder'). The most severe and frequent complaints are related to the need for external data to comprehend game mechanics and achieve specific outcomes, indicating a high impact on user experience.
- Proton/Linux: score 30; verdict: Mostly Works with Minor Tweaks; summary: The game generally runs well on Linux with some users reporting smooth performance and good Proton compatibility. However, there are notable issues with occasional crashes, the need for tweaks and workarounds, and some significant compatibility problems for certain users. The overall experience varies, with some users having a seamless experience while others face considerable challenges.
- Steam Deck: score 50; verdict: Tinkering Required; summary: The analysis of user feedback for the Steam Deck experience of the game reveals several critical issues impacting the overall user experience. Key themes include performance and optimization problems, frequent crashes and stability issues, UI/UX difficulties, and various bugs and glitches. Users report that the game does not run smoothly on the Steam Deck without additional tweaks or hardware, indicating significant performance issues. Frequent crashes and instability are major concerns, with many users experiencing game crashes and task interruptions. Additionally, the small text and UI elements on the Steam Deck make it challenging for users to navigate and play the game comfortably. Numerous bugs and glitches, such as NPCs getting stuck and animation issues, further detract from the overall experience. These issues collectively contribute to a less than optimal gaming experience on the Steam Deck.

- Hardware Profile:
  - Summary: Performance varies significantly across hardware cohorts, with higher-end systems generally reporting smoother experiences. Lower-end hardware often struggles with crashes and performance issues, while mid-range and high-end setups tend to have more positive experiences, albeit with some caveats.
  - Sample size: 5117 (4% coverage)
  - Audience skew: Review sample is mostly Windows-based.
  - Windows 12-15GB VRAM (mixed, 1337 reports): This cohort reports a mix of smooth performance and significant crashes, with some users experiencing stability issues despite high-end hardware.
  - Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAM (negative, 1273 reports): This cohort frequently reports crashes and poor performance, making the game often unplayable.
  - Windows 8-11GB VRAM (mixed, 966 reports): Users report a mix of smooth performance and crashes, with some experiencing significant stability issues.
  - Windows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAM (mixed, 847 reports): This cohort reports both good performance with optimized settings and frequent crashes, leading to a mixed outcome.
  - Windows 16GB+ VRAM / 16-31GB RAM (positive, 229 reports): This cohort generally reports positive performance with high-end hardware, though some users still experience crashes.
  - Windows 16GB+ VRAM / 32GB+ RAM (positive, 201 reports): Users with high-end hardware report mostly positive experiences, though some crashes and performance issues are still noted.
  - Caveats: 5117 of 115304 reviews expose hardware metadata.; Review sample is mostly Windows-based.
Feature extractions:
- Community Price:
  - Community fair range: $20.00 - $40.00
  - Reasoning: The evidence shows a consensus that the game is worth buying, particularly when it is on sale. Many reviews mention that the game is worth the price during discounts, and some even suggest that the base price is fair but that sales make it an even better deal. The sentiment is that while the game has its flaws, the overall experience and content justify the purchase, especially at a reduced price.
- Playtime Metrics:
  - Game completion: 100.0h
  - Story completion: 25.0h
  - Session length: 3.0h
  - Endgame: N/A
  - Reasoning: The evidence provides multiple accounts of playtime experiences with Cyberpunk 2077. The first quote mentions a playthrough for the story and multiple attempts at a second playthrough, indicating significant time investment. The second quote explicitly states nearly 100 hours of gameplay, highlighting extensive engagement. The third quote suggests numerous playthroughs, implying a high total playtime. The fourth quote details a thorough playthrough including all gigs, side jobs, and a second playthrough, indicating a comprehensive experience with the game. These quotes collectively suggest that players spend a considerable amount of time to complete the game and its additional content, with some players investing around 100 hours or more.
- Time-to-fun:
  - Summary: The game has a steep learning curve and initial confusion due to complex mechanics, which can deter players early on. However, once players overcome these initial hurdles, the game becomes more enjoyable. The fun factor drops after the initial excitement due to repetitive missions and a lack of meaningful progression.
  - Stance: Fun then drops
  - Anchor: Understanding the game mechanics and getting past the initial tutorials
  - Time to anchor: 3h 0m
  - Friction: Complex game mechanics; Lengthy dialogues and tutorials; Bugs and crashes; Steep learning curve
  - Unlock drivers: Understanding the game mechanics; Completing initial tutorials
  - Conditions: Patience to learn the game; Willingness to overcome initial confusion; Interest in the game's story and world
- Player Archetypes:
  - Veteran Explorer (buy)
    - Motivation: Exploration and mastery of the game's content.
    - Playstyle: Thorough and methodical, often replaying the game to experience different storylines and playstyles.
    - Experience: veteran
    - Purchase stance: buy
    - Labels: Hardcore player; Completionist
    - Reference games: The Witcher 3; GTA V
  - Story-Driven Immersionist (buy)
    - Motivation: Engagement with the game's narrative and lore.
    - Playstyle: Focused on story missions and character interactions, often exploring side quests for additional lore and depth.
    - Experience: familiar
    - Purchase stance: buy
    - Labels: Lore enthusiast; Story-driven player
    - Reference games: The Witcher 3; Deus Ex
  - Narrative Enthusiast (buy)
    - Motivation: Engagement with the game's story and world.
    - Playstyle: Focused on experiencing the main story and significant side quests, often replaying to explore different narrative paths.
    - Experience: familiar
    - Purchase stance: buy
    - Labels: Story lover; RPG fan
    - Reference games: The Witcher 3; Mass Effect
  - Setting Aficionado (buy)
    - Motivation: Appreciation of the game's unique setting and atmosphere.
    - Playstyle: Exploratory and immersive, often taking time to appreciate the game's environment and lore.
    - Experience: familiar
    - Purchase stance: buy
    - Labels: Cyberpunk fan; Atmosphere enthusiast
    - Reference games: Deus Ex; Blade Runner


Below are summaries of things people say about the game per category.
Each point is assigned a weight that represents how often it is mentioned across all reviews.
What players like:
- Engaging story and characters (weight 0.97): The game features a deeply engaging and emotionally impactful narrative with well-developed characters. Players have highlighted the strong emotional connection to the story and characters, noting the gripping and captivating nature of the plot.
- Varied and satisfying combat (weight 0.49): The combat system is praised for its variety and depth, offering multiple playstyles and builds. Players enjoy the fluid and dynamic combat mechanics, which are both satisfying and well-refined.
- Phantom Liberty DLC praised (weight 0.19): The Phantom Liberty DLC is highly praised for adding significant content and elevating the game. Players consider it a masterpiece that completes the overall gaming experience.

Common complaints:
- Frequent bugs and technical issues (weight 0.39): Players report a wide range of bugs, from minor visual glitches to game-breaking issues. These include floating vegetation, character movement problems, and random crashes.
- Lifeless and unintelligent NPCs (weight 0.19): NPCs are criticized for feeling lifeless, lacking depth, and exhibiting poor AI behavior. This includes issues with NPC driving and getting stuck.
- Lack of interactivity and innovation (weight 0.17): The game world lacks interactive elements and meaningful engagement. Players also note a lack of multiplayer mode and replayability.
- Rough and buggy launch (weight 0.16): The game's initial release was plagued with bugs, crashes, and unfulfilled promises, leading to a disappointing launch experience.
- Empty and barren world (weight 0.13): The game world is described as empty and barren, with some areas feeling particularly devoid of content and attractions.
- Problematic vehicle physics (weight 0.12): Vehicle physics, particularly car handling, are reported as problematic. Some players suggest that mods can improve this aspect.
- Disappointing story and ending (weight 0.11): The main story is criticized for being too short, unengaging, and poorly written. The ending is particularly noted as unpleasant and disappointing.
- Limited character customization (weight 0.1): Character customization is criticized for lacking depth, especially for female characters. Players also note a lack of clothing customization options.
- Limited impact of choices (weight 0.09): Players feel that their choices in the game often do not matter or have little effect on the story, leading to an illusion of choice.
- Repetitive side missions (weight 0.08): Side quests are criticized for being repetitive and unimaginative, detracting from the overall gameplay experience.
- Optimization and performance issues (weight 0.07): Players report various performance issues, including poor optimization and traffic problems, affecting the overall gameplay experience.
- Menu navigation problems (weight 0.06): The game's menus are described as cumbersome, not intuitive, and inconsistent, making navigation difficult.
- Combat system issues (weight 0.05): The combat system is criticized for being very difficult and lacking in melee combat options.
- Unbalanced economy and loot system (weight 0.05): The in-game economy and loot system are criticized for being poorly balanced, affecting the overall gameplay experience.
- Poor character development (weight 0.05): Character development is noted as lacking, with issues in interactions and story inconsistencies.
- Minor graphical issues (weight 0.05): Players report minor graphical issues, including bugs and LOD issues, as well as graphical artifacts.
- Excessive sexual content and profanity (weight 0.05): The game is criticized for its excessive and forced use of profanity, as well as its immature portrayal of nudity and sex.
- Lack of vehicle variety (weight 0.05): Players note a lack of aerial and water vehicles, as well as heavy weaponry, limiting the gameplay experience.

Gameplay feedback:
- Open-world RPG with deep systems (weight 0.28): The game features an expansive open-world environment with a variety of activities, districts, and dynamic events. It includes deep RPG systems and action-oriented gameplay, offering freedom in gameplay approach and varied mechanics.
- Flexible and engaging gameplay (weight 0.24): The gameplay is flexible, engaging, and offers high replayability with multiple playstyles. It includes versatile skill systems and unique mechanics that are highly rated.
- Variety of character builds (weight 0.22): The game provides a variety of character builds and playstyles, with diverse skill trees and unique gameplay experiences. Players can choose from different builds offering unique combat abilities.
- Extensive character customization (weight 0.18): Players can customize their characters in detail, including gender, hairstyles, face, body type, modifications, and clothing. The game offers a wide range of customization options and skill combinations.
- Variety in missions (weight 0.15): The game offers a variety of missions and activities, with different mission approaches and gameplay styles. Players can choose from varied mission routes and combat abilities.
- Multiple gameplay styles (weight 0.14): The game features a variety of gameplay styles including combat, stealth, hacking, and vehicle mechanics. It also includes minigames like hacking, boxing, car racing, martial arts, and shooting ranges.
- Multiple endings based on choices (weight 0.13): The storyline features multiple endings based on player choices, with narrative choices that impact the story and characters.
- Emotional and engaging story (weight 0.13): The story is deeply emotional with great characters, offering emotional engagement and impact. The narrative is well-written and engaging.
- Character interactions and relationships (weight 0.08): The game includes character interactions, relationships, and love interests. Characters grow and develop throughout the story.
- Cyberpunk setting (weight 0.08): The game is set in Night City, a dystopian cyberpunk world with a futuristic setting. The cyberpunk theme is well-represented.
- Excellent combat system (weight 0.07): The combat system is dynamic and intuitive, featuring gunplay and melee combat. The combat mechanics are highly rated and varied.
- Character depth and relatability (weight 0.07): The game offers character depth with emotional impact and relatability. The story and characters are deeply engaging.
- Realistic NPC interactions (weight 0.07): The game features realistic NPC interactions with dialogue options. NPC interactions are well-developed and engaging.

Performance notes:
- Well-optimized and stable (weight 0.17): The game is noted for being well-optimized, running smoothly, and providing a stable experience with minimal bugs and crashes on good hardware.
- Game crashes and major bugs (weight 0.15): There are reports of game crashes and game-breaking bugs that significantly impact the gaming experience.
- High hardware requirements (weight 0.14): The game has high hardware requirements and is optimized for mid to high-end PCs, which may limit accessibility for some players.
- Minor bugs present (weight 0.13): Players report occasional minor bugs and technical issues that are generally not game-breaking but can be annoying.
- Stunning graphics with ray tracing (weight 0.09): The game features stunning graphics with ray tracing and path tracing, enhancing the visual experience.

Recommendations:
- Story and immersion praised (weight 0.32): The game is highly recommended for its deep, story-driven RPG elements and immersive experience. Players appreciate the engaging gameplay and visually stunning world.
- High praise for the game (weight 0.19): The game receives the highest possible recommendations and is praised as one of the best and a masterpiece. It is highly recommended for a wide audience.
- Worth the investment (weight 0.14): The game is deemed worth buying, even at full price, and is considered a valuable investment. Players suggest it is worth the attention and money.
- High recommendations despite flaws (weight 0.11): Reviewers acknowledge the game's flaws but still highly recommend it for its overall quality and strengths. The game is considered worth experiencing despite its imperfections.
- Appeals to specific genres (weight 0.11): The game is recommended for fans of sci-fi, dystopian settings, and open-world action games. It is also suggested for fans of GTA and immersive open-world adventures.
- DLC and expansion recommendations (weight 0.11): Reviewers recommend buying the game along with its DLCs, particularly praising the Phantom Liberty DLC. The expansions are considered essential for the full experience.
- Anime connection noted (weight 0.05): Players recommend watching the anime 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' to get a good idea of Night City, either before or after playing the game.
- Transformative experience (weight 0.03): The game is noted for its ability to change the player's perspective and have a significant impact on the player.

Other player notes:
- Game inspires fan tattoos (weight 0.02): The game has had a significant cultural impact, inspiring at least one fan to get a tattoo based on its themes or aesthetics.

Emotions:
- Excitement (weight 0.14): Players are excited about the game's immersive world, engaging story, and improved combat mechanics. The detailed open-world environment, memorable characters, and varied gameplay options contribute significantly to this emotion.
- Satisfaction (weight 0.12): Players feel satisfied with the game's depth of story, character development, and combat mechanics. The variety of gameplay builds, satisfying combat, and the overall worth of the game contribute to this sense of satisfaction.
- Frustration (weight 0.11): Players experience frustration due to game bugs, technical issues, and repetitive gameplay elements. Problems with vehicle steering, limited character customization, and performance issues also contribute to this frustration.
- Joy (weight 0.08): Players find joy in the game's emotionally impactful story, engaging characters, and immersive atmosphere. The variety in gameplay, enjoyable combat mechanics, and the overall masterpiece experience contribute to this emotion.
- Admiration (weight 0.06): Players admire the game's immersive world, engaging story, and well-developed characters. The game's atmosphere, story endings, and unique mechanics also contribute to this admiration.
- Disappointment (weight 0.06): Players feel disappointed due to the game's lack of variety, repetitive gameplay, and initial bugs. The lack of meaningful choices, shallow experience, and unfulfilled promises contribute to this disappointment.
- Enjoyment (weight 0.05): Players enjoy the game's variety of builds, engaging story, and immersive world. The fun combat system, compelling narrative, and positive overall experience contribute to this enjoyment.
- Nostalgia (weight 0.04): Players feel nostalgic about their personal journey and emotional connection to the game. Memories of playing the game, revisiting old locations, and the lasting impact of the story and characters contribute to this nostalgia.
- Love (weight 0.03): Players express deep love for the game's story, characters, and immersive environment. The emotional impact, replayability, and overall positive experience contribute to this emotion.
- Sadness (weight 0.03): Players feel sadness due to the emotional impact of the story and its endings. The emotional weight of certain storylines, character arcs, and the game's ending contribute to this sadness.
- Enthusiasm (weight 0.03): Players are enthusiastic about the game's combat, story, open world, and overall experience. The improvements, gameplay, and narrative contribute to this enthusiasm.
- Excited (weight 0.03): Players are excited about the game's engaging story, immersive experience, and enjoyable combat. The high ratings, personal aspirations, and great graphics contribute to this excitement.
- Appreciation (weight 0.02): Players appreciate the game's graphics, emotional impact, and immersive world. The depth of side stories, character relationships, and artistry contribute to this appreciation.
- Immersion (weight 0.02): Players feel immersed in the game's detailed and living world of Night City. The deep plot, character interactions, and detailed atmosphere contribute to this immersion.
- Awe (weight 0.02): Players are in awe of Night City's visuals, atmosphere, and attention to detail. The depth of quests, immersive narrative, and stunning visuals contribute to this sense of awe.
- Satisfied (weight 0.02): Players feel satisfied with the game's smooth and stable gameplay, high-quality graphics, and soundtrack. The well-designed world, immersive experience, and satisfying storyline contribute to this satisfaction.
- Immersed (weight 0.01): Players feel immersed in the game's engaging world and atmosphere. The deep narrative, immersive world-building, and gameplay contribute to this immersion.
- Reflection (weight 0.01): Players reflect on the game's themes, character development, and thought-provoking narrative. The complex characters, themes, and atmosphere contribute to this reflection.
- Gratitude (weight 0.01): Players express gratitude for the game's positive impact on their personal life and the developers' hard work. The masterpiece created and personal growth through gameplay contribute to this gratitude.}