Cyberpunk 2077 Review: Moe Gives It a 8.3 / 10

Cyberpunk 2077 is the comeback story of the generation, and the launch is part of the review whether we like it or not. In 2020 this game face-planted so hard it got pulled from the PlayStation store. Then CD Projekt Red spent years fixing it, and the 2.0 update plus Phantom Liberty turned Night City into the game the trailers promised.

And Night City is the star. It's dense, filthy, gorgeous, and mean, a city that doesn't care about V at all, which makes it feel true. Keanu Reeves as Johnny Silverhand should have been a gimmick and instead he's the co-pilot of the whole story. The builds let you be a netrunner ghost, a chrome brawler, or a gunslinger with a grudge.

Night City doesn't care about V at all, which makes it feel true.

The scars stay on my score: the launch was a genuine mess, the open world systems under the story are thinner than they look, and driving still feels like the car is apologizing.

Today's game? An easy recommendation and an 8.3. The city earns it. The history keeps it from going higher.