Writing this 7 hours into the game and 20 days after the game came out on PC.
Just for context: Playing the game with an RTX 3060 laptop (which runs the game at minimum 60fps and 1440p with medium-ish settings and Balanced FSR).

The pros:
- the game is gorgeous (the character faces are *chef's kiss*)
- the story is pretty ok for me (although it doesn't have that "umpf" Dead Space had, I still like it)

The one and fatal con:
The devs of this game clearly couldn't give less f*cks about PC players, despite them probably being a fair share of potential buyers, otherwise the game wouldn't have been a straight-up fart on launch (at least PC-wise).

There's no kind way to put it: I thought Cyberpunk had become a textbook example of how not to release a game, but it seems it has become the game development Bible for this studio instead. At launch, the performance was absolutely horrible, no matter which setting you'd try.

Time-skip to now (after 20 days and a couple of "fixes" this cripple of a game received), it's still crap. Sure, it's better now, but the stutters are still there.

Don't get me wrong, the horror aspect of the game is quite promising, but it kinda gets neutered if you get FRAME DROPS EVERY TIME the game's supposed to load a new room. Not to mention frame drops when you're about to hit a jumpscare spot. Or better yet, during quick-time events where you have to avoid obstacles or die, only to have the game drop to almost constant 14-20fps during it. I literally only died in those events because I was seeing a PowerPoint-level presentation of frames.

I was genuinely hopeful, I genuinely wanted this game to be an excellent middle finger to EA and its greed. Instead, it was an argument FOR picking the upcoming Dead Space remake over it.

They didn't even need to assemble a PC with the help of Steam PC statistics (get the most used configuration), they JUST had to test THEIR OWN GAME on a PC to see what they've (not) done. This is a simple and unnecessary disrespect to a specific user-base.

If you TRULY want to eventually play this game, I warmly suggest that you wait until they fix all the issues because despite being better than its launch state, it's still IMO not ready for "quality gameplay".

Writing this 7 hours into the game and 20 days after the game came out on PC. Just for context: Playing the game with an RTX 3060 laptop (which runs the game at minimum 60fps and 1440p with medium-ish settings and Balanced FSR). The pros: - the game is gorgeous (the character faces are *chef's kiss*) - the story is pretty ok for me (although it doesn't have that "umpf" Dead Space had, I still like it) The one and fatal con: The devs of this game clearly couldn't give less f*cks about PC players, despite them probably being a fair share of potential buyers, otherwise the game wouldn't have been a straight-up fart on launch (at least PC-wise). There's no kind way to put it: I thought Cyberpunk had become a textbook example of how not to release a game, but it seems it has become the game development Bible for this studio instead. At launch, the performance was absolutely horrible, no matter which setting you'd try. Time-skip to now (after 20 days and a couple of "fixes" this cripple of a game received), it's still crap. Sure, it's better now, but the stutters are still there. Don't get me wrong, the horror aspect of the game is quite promising, but it kinda gets neutered if you get FRAME DROPS EVERY TIME the game's supposed to load a new room. Not to mention frame drops when you're about to hit a jumpscare spot. Or better yet, during quick-time events where you have to avoid obstacles or die, only to have the game drop to almost constant 14-20fps during it. I literally only died in those events because I was seeing a PowerPoint-level presentation of frames. I was genuinely hopeful, I genuinely wanted this game to be an excellent middle finger to EA and its greed. Instead, it was an argument FOR picking the upcoming Dead Space remake over it. They didn't even need to assemble a PC with the help of Steam PC statistics (get the most used configuration), they JUST had to test THEIR OWN GAME on a PC to see what they've (not) done. This is a simple and unnecessary disrespect to a specific user-base. If you TRULY want to eventually play this game, I warmly suggest that you wait until they fix all the issues because despite being better than its launch state, it's still IMO not ready for "quality gameplay".