Recent reviews by gwints

What was once a great game has been crippled to servers that empty in minutes due to bots ruining casual matches.

you play as a human and he falls flat. also you can grab people's butts without getting a criminal citation for it. 10/10

Played for about 3 hours so far. No crashing, no notable bugs or issues in campaign or in multiplayer. The game is pretty optimized and runs at a comfortable framerate on my RX6600. The campaign is a lot of fun and it's nice to see all of the OG's again. The multiplayer is honestly a lot of fun, people in lobbies play & talk like the old days. Don't listen to all of the streamer naysayers on Twitch who can't slide cancel their way out of every gunfight and hop around like a bunch of animals. If you adapt to the style of play, which is definitely a bit different from Vangaurd/MW19, you will likely have a lot of fun. I'm enjoying the game and I'm thankful to Infinity Ward for putting out a solid title.

came for the spidey gameplay, left with a good dumpling recipe 10/10

This game is a hidden gem. I know some may criticize it for being too 'childish' but that is half of its charm. Super fun level design, classic arcade-style sound effects, and is virtually impossible to get mad while playing. This game feels like one of those fun lil pickups you would've gotten on the Xbox 360 Marketplace back in the day. It has such a wholesome, nostalgic vibe. I wish we got more games like this one. Bravo!

swearing at the ghosts is usually a good way to obtain evidence also very good gameplay and graphics 10/10

my name is gregory irl so this game made me pee my pants a little bit 10/10

Cyberpunk 2077 is just on the cusp of incredible potential. The game once again showcases CDPR's knack for brilliant storytelling. This is one of those games where not only is the main story super immersive, but even some of the side questlines get you equally sucked in. There's a lot to talk about, so I'll try to break it into a few columns.

STORY:
You are V, a mercenary for hire in Night City. When you botch a job with your friend that activates the construct of Johnny Silverhand in your conscience, you are pressed for time as you hunt to find a solution that may save your life. As you dive deeper into Night City, your struggle transforms from something personal, into something much larger against a world that is dominated by corporate infrastructure. The main story is quite captivating overall, and while it definitely falls a little short in Act I with some of the introduction content, it ramps up quickly as you move into II and III. There are a huge number of side quests and gigs to complete around the city, a lot of the side quests prove to be captivating and a nice break from the torment of V's struggle in the main story. A lot of the gigs and POI's feel like busywork at times, but they are nice pickups if you need eddies or upgrades.

GRAPHICS:
Honestly, despite controversy, Night City is beautiful. Admittedly, you need a pretty tough PC to run the game comfortably. I am on an RX 6600, with a mix of medium/high and ray-traced lighting enabled, and it's been a perfect combo to keep at or above 60FPS. I believe the game has some sort of minor memory leak, as FPS dips a little lower after playing for an hour or two, but restarting the game fixes this. Optimization is not perfect, but there are a pretty wide array of options to help run on a decent variety of hardware configurations.

GAMEPLAY:
It's about what you would expect considering the nature of the game. The first person perspective is a nice change as opposed to what Witcher 3 was like. Gunplay feels satisfying, but definitely could be better. Unless you scavenge a lot and get super involved with crafting, you'll find yourself using variants of the same few weapons throughout most of the game. Skill trees are really wide and diverse, and can even feel a little overwhelming in the beginning, but you begin to hone in on what skills you like as you take on more quests and understand the mechanics a bit more. The hacking is a neat little feature, but it takes a minute to figure out cyberdecks and such things. It's definitely a little more involved than say Watch_Dogs was, for example. Vehicles are... just okay. Driving feels fine, it gets the job done.

Unfortunately, there are still a preeeetty big variety of bugs & glitches in-game. Between Steam and GOG I have put in a few hundred hours on this game, and have not had anything game-breaking, but there are small things that become an annoyance (i.e. objects glitching into cutscenes, visual noise, issues with vehicle spawns, etc) but you learn to overlook some of them. This is an area that could use improvement, though.

Overall, Cyberpunk 2077 is a deeply immersive experience that is soured in some ways by the limitations of the bugs and glitches it continues to face. The story is rich, and will suck you in pretty quickly, and will keep you coming back for more. If you are patient with the story and the gameplay, you will begin to fall in love with the potential that CDPR has enveloped this game with, and though it may have faced a rough release, you can see the vast amount of care that was put into what exists in the game. Hopefully it will continue on its roadmap to improvement so more and more people can enjoy something that was clearly worked very hard on.

I finished every puzzle of this game when I was plastered & part of me feels shame but I also regret nothing. 10/10 waifu goodies for all. I only wish it was longer

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is a remarkably impressive successor to Warband.

For those who played Warband, a lot of the core mechanics are going to seem very similar right off the bat. However, the newfound sandbox elements & gameplay depth make Bannerlord a much needed refining of the work that TaleWorlds has put forth. I've been completely lost and immersed in simply travelling, meeting new parties, fighting off Raiders & Looters, and building functional relationships with kingdoms. The gameplay is endless & you will never experience the same play twice. These developers deserve every penny that they get, and with the work they continue to put forth in Early Access, this game is well on its way to even bigger success.