Recent reviews by Volts

While I did enjoy this game, I couldn't justify recommending it to anyone giving it a score of 6/10. Here is why:

The Good:
From the trash riddle streets of Night City, to the Massive rows of Solar Panels outside the city in the wastes, this game brings to life a vision of what a corporate run, dystopian society would be like in the future. Flying cars, automated machines, cybernetic implants and glowing neon holograms set the scene and is arguably the games biggest strength. Absolutely fantastic game world, mind blowing graphics, a lot of care and time went into creating it. I found myself getting absolutely lost in this game world and could spend hours exploring it's fine details.
The Story is a mixed bag, it fits in well with the crafted game world and tells an interesting story. However once past the introduction, the lack of options in how events unfold becomes apparent and the main story rides on the rails for the majority of the story. This makes the game feel more like an interactive movie, dialog options that really don't have any impact other than providing additional information and unavoidable scripted events. It is an interesting story and is very well written but don't expect your choices to make an impact, just sit back and enjoy the ride

The Bad:
The combat isn't great, not horrible but also extremely lacking. The AI will sit out in the open, shoot through solid objects and do all sorts of other idiotic things that leave a lot to be desired. Stealth is hit or miss, there are times where you can murder an AI right next to another AI and they wont even notice and other times where you will get spotted from an area that should be safe. The build I went with allowed me to one shot kill just about everything, making the combat a joke but that is for the best, as most of the time I just wanted to get it over with. Combined with the horrible inventory and crafting system, that constantly takes you out of the action and it made for a pretty tedious affair.

The Ugly:
The bugs, holy cow... the bugs. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes game breaking but always plentiful. I made sure to save frequently and often because I never knew when some game breaking bug was going to rear it's ugly head. I had one bug where Judy was supposed to call me to continue a side mission, she would call and I would answer, however there was no conversation, just silence. After the call ended I was unable to do anything, unable to interact with fast travel, change missions, make calls, interact with vendors or fast travel stations... It basically broke the game. Luckily, after hours of reloading saves and trying different recommendations I found online, I was able to at least continue on with the game. However that side mission was forever broken, ending any future contact with Jody and any romance options with her. This was just one example, I have several more bugs that almost ended my progression entirely, it was extremely immersion breaking.

Conclusion:
While I did enjoy my time with Cyberpunk, it overstayed it's welcome and I found myself rushing to it's conclusion. I started ignoring side quests and rushed to the finish line to just get it over with. A beautifully crafted game world with gorgeous visuals and an interesting story but plagued with bugs and lackluster combat. I doubt I will touch this title again now that I have reached the games conclusion and I cannot recommend it to anyone in it's current state. It's a shame, this game had a lot of potential and was rushed way before it was ready to be released.

If you like the board game Risk but wish you could control and watch the massive armies clash on the battlefield, than the Total War franchise is for you. Total Warhammer 2 (Missed opportunity btw) follows the very familiar Total War formula but thanks to this game being based in the Warhammer universe, it breaks the mold with the most unique and interesting troop choices out of all the total war games. Mortal Kingdoms is icing on the cake, allowing you to use the factions from Total Warhammer 1 and combines the two maps into one giant map, making for an incredibly long and rewarding campaign. Enjoying the hell out of this game and can see myself playing it for years to come.

While the single player game is excellent, the online mode is unfortunately a money grubbing hog and Rockstar is constantly doing borderline criminal activity to players accounts. A long time ago I once stumbled into an online lobby where someone was dropping money on my head, didn't think too much of it and went on playing. To this day, Rockstar proceeds to take millions of in game money that I earned legitimately even though they already took all of the money that was given to me by the cheater. This includes in game money that I regretfully attained through shark cards and from countless hours of playing.

Even if you don't have the in game money stolen from you by rockstar, the amount required to stay current is ridiculous. It would take an insanely long time to obtain the money without paying real life money and buying a shark card to have enough funds to actually enjoy new content would literally cost hundreds of real life dollars. The online mode is full of buyers remorse if you're stupid enough, like me, to spend real life money on in game currency. Stay away from GTA 5 online unless you have an endless wallet and a large amount of patience for the playerbase.