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Cyberpunk 2077: A Thorough Review

My thoughts after completing the main story of the game

Jay Sizemore
9 min readDec 31, 2020
Johnny Silverhand via Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 has gotten a bit of a bad reputation. Some of this is indeed well-deserved, but it varies drastically how well-deserved it is depending on which platform you tried to play the game. I was lucky. Being an early adopter of the Xbox Series X, and having a backup console of the Xbox One X, I didn’t see nearly the amount of glitch issues that others have reported on older consoles. And I did see quite a bit of glitches in the game. Apparently the glitches were so bad on PS4's that Playstation completely removed it from their online store!

The game developer CD Projekt Red has faced a lot of criticism, and even may face legal action over all the drama this game release has caused. But all of that is just noise and distraction at the end of the day. What is important to me really is quite simple: is this a good video game or not? I just finished a play through of the main story, and I’m here to tell you, not only is this a great game, but it’s one of the best games I’ve ever played.

Does it have its problems? Yes. Like any game does when it is first released. It always takes a few updates and patches to smooth the kinks out of a new release. But, to be quite frank about it, Cyberpunk 2077 has literally so much to love, it really really…

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Jay Sizemore
Jay Sizemore

Written by Jay Sizemore

Provocative truth teller, author of APNEA & Ignore the Dead. Cat dad. Dog dad. Husband. Currently working from Portland, Oregon. Learn more at: Jaysizemore.com.

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