Most of the video games I’ve played were pretty good. The only one I can think of that I didn’t like was MySims Kingdom for the Nintendo DS. Dropped that pretty quickly. It was a long while ago, but I’ll guess it was because there were too many fetch quests and annoying controls.

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    For me it was Cyberpunk 2077. Yes there were all those bugs at launch but I did not have too many issues. My main complaint was the story and the characters. The protagonist V was without any compassion, just a loud asshole. I couldn’t empathize at all. I felt like I wasn’t able to make any decisions were I was happy with the outcome. Additionally the gameplay was mediocre at best. A lot of places in the world felt completely rushed and unfinished. Combined with the lies from marketing, I wasn’t hooked at all and felt betrayed.

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      I felt like I wasn’t able to make any decisions were I was happy with the outcome.

      That’s generally a consistent theme in the cyberpunk genre. You can’t win and you can’t get out of the game.

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        Yes this is true. I wasn’t expecting a happy ending either (I never finished it). But there is no rule, that you can’t be the nice guy in a cyberpunk world. In the end this still is a game which is supposed to entertain the player. I think both blade runner movies are a good example of a cyberpunk story, where love and compassion is a central point to the story.

        The advantage of story telling in games over movies is the decision making. The capability to influence the direction a story is headed. My point is, that I wasn’t able to connect with the main character although the game was advertised as an rpg. And I know they agnoliged this flaw as they rebranded the game as action adventure.

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      The protagonist V was without any compassion, just a loud asshole.

      Would this not be mostly up to the player, since you control what V says when you pick dialogue options like any other RPG? If you play him without any compassion, of course he will sound that way.

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      Did you play male or female V? A general consensus I hear is that male V makes a better merc while female V acts more like a real person with some compassion

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        I played a male V and I looked into the differences now. I might have to give the game a second chance and play a female V.
        And I’m not gonna have expectations this time arround. So I might be able to enjoy the positive sides.

        Thank you!

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      I see what you mean with the gameplay. Personally I really enjoyed the story and the setting, as well as the level design. But the gameplay wasn’t very great.