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(Review Update: 01/11/2022) Most things i complained about or criticised in my original reviews have actually been added, fixed, or are in the game through the use of mods, this game becomes absolutely incredible with mods and i would highly, highly recommend buying it, the game has become a lot more optimised now as well, if you have a semi-decent PC definitely get this game when you can.

If you want to know what i said previously about the game and the features that have since been changed then just read the things below.

- Ripperdocs now act as "Plastic Surgeons" which allows you to alter your character appearance, you can also do this from the mirrors in your apartment
- New weapons, reticles, attachments etc. have been added, still no customisation for these things but there are multiple variants of things like weapons which allows you to have slight amounts of customisation, just need to go and hunt down that specific coloured rifle you've always wanted
- Through the use of mods, you can completely change your character in ways the base game doesn't come close to allowing, the amount of custom cyberware you can get for V is ridiculous, and through something like Vortex it is a really simple setup process.
- Vehicles are also customisable through mods, there are a number of mods on nexus which allow you to buy cars which you couldn't originally, change their colours, stats, and even allow them to fly.
- Game has generally been optimised, still isn't perfect but what can you expect from a game this detailed.

-I would say the city still feels slightly dead at points, although i'm pretty sure a large part of that is due to the hardware limitations of my PC, with it struggling to render things in while i'm moving at certain speeds or doing certain things, wouldn't say its game breaking or ruins immersion that much.
- Still a handful of bugs that need to be worked out, but again, nothing gamebreaking anymore.
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(Old Review: 13/12/2020) I'm not a huge fan of massive single player games in general, especially ones with a lot of side quests and tasks you have to do, but im genuinely really enjoying this game so far, the combat was hard to get used to but is overall pretty damn fun, and aside from the pretty sizeable sum of visual bugs ive encountered, the game is a lot of fun to play.

I'm still getting used to it, but ive not had any ridiculous problems that have made me turn around and say "this game is completely unplayable" because even my slightly outdated PC isn't having a terrible time running the game, getting stable framerates, enough to make the game enjoyable without having any real effect on my experience, so overall, excellent game, but i would like to see the buggy aspects fixed before i play through it again.

*Update - 29/01/21 - Since finishing the game the first time around, there have been a few points where the framerates get really bad. During the mission with Takemura where you hijack the parade float, climbing to the snipers and moving around the area is pretty annoying since the framerate drops significantly lower than usual, this was the only time in my experience where it became bad enough to be considered unplayable.

*Features I'd Like To See - The city itself is pretty incredible, but the fact that you can't alter anything about your character after creating them is a bit frustrating, as well as the lack of customisation with vehicles and weapons. CDPR could take a page out of Rockstars book on how they make a game, with barber shops, where you can edit your hairstyles, make up, ripperdocs should be able to alter most things in a plastic surgery type of manner, and i'd like to be able to customise weapons, reticles on sights, and cars, just a few things that would make a pretty major difference

I'm onto my second playthrough of the game where i intend to go for all achievements and actually do the side quests before getting too late into the game, and i have no regrets putting 100 hours into it so far. I look forward to seeing the DLCs that CDPR have confirmed to be coming later this year. Would also be curious to see how this game would work with an online feature, i know that won't happen, but would be a cool thing to have.

Edit: 28/11/2021 I'm hoping that the game receives the updates it needs and turns into the game it deserves to be.