I just finished the game! Some non-spoiler thoughts:
- Great characters and a very compelling story. Most of your friends feel real and some of them even start to feel like family. The ultimate test of a story-driven video game is whether I feel bittersweet at the end, not necessarily because of the story but just because I'm going to miss it. I definitely feel that way now.
- The game generally ran well on my Xbox One X, but I ended up running into a bunch of glitches during the final quest. My V was running around without shoes, there were black boxes on screen, NPCs were teleporting everywhere, and the game almost crashed when it was loading the credits. Still, the overall experience was fine, and I just feel really bad for anyone with a base PS4 or Xbox One.
- Between Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk, I feel as though CD Projekt Red are the best in the business when it comes to implementing compelling, interesting endings in games with branching story paths. I haven't looked up all the endings, but I think that their general approach was very clever. One minor criticism I will make is that Cyberpunk's endings have more of a "slot machine" vibe than Witcher 3. I felt like one of the endings I got was interesting, but also didn't follow all that logically from the decisions I made.
- This is very much a personal preference kind of thing, but I feel as though the sheer volume of content that the game throws at you ends up working against it at times. There was one stretch where I decided to clear out my crowded quest log, and by the time I returned to the main quest, I realized that I had completely forgotten what was even happening when I left off. On the one hand, this is my fault for indulging myself too long. On the other hand, the game seems to actively de-emphasize its strengths (characters and story) with all the busy work it throws at you (gigs, NCPD, rides).
- When they finish ironing out the bugs and adding an additional 5-10 hours of DLC expansions, this is going to be one hell of a game. It will never fully escape its reputation from launch, but I can envision a scenario where people look back and rank it among the best games of the generation. As of now, I'd probably rank it solidly in the "A" tier. I'm super impressed with it, and very jealous of people who had a chance to experience it on a high-end PC.