"This wasn't a departure from my usual habits or some great coincidence, because I'd been returning to the game often since its 2020 release. (At the time of writing this, I am almost done with what will be my fourth lengthy playthrough of the game.) I have been fascinated with CD Projekt Red's follow-up to the world-conquering The Witcher III: The Wild Hunt since before it even existed."
"Five years is a long time in gaming, as I hope I have adequately made clear throughout this series. Opinions about games can change a lot over that period of time, as can the games themselves, thanks to patches and post-release updates. The story of Cyberpunk 2077 about just how long and winding a game's five-year journey can be. At the end of it all is a stylish, confounding, exhilarating, masterpiece."
"Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world role-playing game that takes place in the titular year, with the titular aesthetic, in a futuristic megacity called Night City. The player takes over the mercenary V and guides them through a story of mortal danger. The player is able to customize their own version of V, and is offered a few backstories for the character to choose from."
Cyberpunk 2077 experienced massive hype, repeated delays, and an embarrassing launch before receiving extensive patches and updates that transformed the experience over five years. The game is an open-world RPG set in Night City where players control a customizable mercenary named V with selectable origins: nomad, street kid, or corpo. The narrative centers on betrayal, corporate intrigue, and mortal danger while gameplay and world systems were refined post-release. Continued player engagement and multiple lengthy playthroughs deep into 2025 demonstrate the game's long-term evolution from troubled release to a stylistically ambitious, confounding, and exhilarating title.
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