First off, I just want to say that I have loved the cyberpunk genre ever since I first watched the Ghost in the Shell anime. This love was heightened with the Ghost in the Shell movie and especially the new Bladerunner movie. The first time I got acquainted with Cyberpunk 2077 was my Junior year in high school (2013) and I was both thrilled and ecstatic that there would finally be another work being released in my favorite genre. As the months turned to years, I eventually left the game in the back of my mind as I started college where I thought about it every once in a while. Flash forward to after graduating college and ya boy CD Projekt Red dropped a new flipping trailer
- Hallelujah -
I thought I would never hear from this mastapiece ever again (you guys, I honestly thought it would be released in 2077 at this point 😭). But anyways, you guys thought I was excited in 2013, hell no I was fracking pumped after watching this like HOLY **** a trailer AND a 48 minute walkthrough. From what I saw, these people working at CD Projekt Red are taking the cyberpunk genre to a whole other level - like this will be in the History books children. But that’s not all cuz then another trailer came out and - SHUT THE FRONT DOOR THAT’S KEANU FUDGIN REEVES!! WHAT?!?! WHEN!?!? HOW?!?!!! WHAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa… Did someone kill his dog again? Is that why we have a city to burn? Wait there’s an actual release day and it’s not in the year 2077?!? 🙌
Safe to say I cried a little that day. Then a deep dive video came out and I was swimming in ecstasy for the whole duration of the video that I had to watch it another two times cuz y’know, didn’t want to miss anything. Homeboy was blessed. Not only is the futuristic world a neon tech haven but it also dishes out a lot of crime which just makes the game a whole lot entertaining and does the genre justice. This is why I’m so excited to play this game. The part I’m excited about the most once I start playing this game would be to just wander around Night City and just explore the world and take everything in. After I’m done all the Dora the Exploring, I’d do the missions arranged by the ‘fixers’ as seen in the trailers. I’d also want to find out more about the connection between V and Johnny Silverhand and how the dynamics would go. Honestly speaking one of my favorite parts of this game, other than Johnny Silverhand would be that you essentially get to choose your own path. Your history, the weapons, body upgrades, and even the stuff you specialize in is customizable, not just the physical appearance and for that I’d give this four thumbs up (toes included). I could be a hacker or someone who specializes in melee and everything in between; the game is very flexible in a lot of aspects and the world seems genuinely real and well thought out -- and this is just from me watching the trailers.
Every action seems to have a consequence in the game and there are multiple paths to take which I’m excited for because the options seem limitless - almost like a buffet - so this world will definitely not be boring… that’s for sure. Unfortunately right now I’m working with only the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M, kinda outdated I know, so I’m crossing my fingers this will improve in the near future and a good graphics card to boot will definitely help in that process so that playing Cyberpunk 2077 on my PC would not be impossible. Until then, I will wait til September when it’s finally released and then live like a hermit to play the game. ✌