I had absolutely zero expectations for the game due to me hating the reddit swarm hivemind over 'le keanu chungus 100 wholesome breathtaking destruction 100' type-♥♥♥♥, so I went in expecting a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and instead got a decently entertaining game that was worth the money.
HOWEVER, I cannot recommend the game at full price for several reasons, namely that this is not entirely what was advertised - Cyberpunk is an 'RPG' in the same sense that most modern Ubisoft games are RPGs - you have stats, gear, perks, and that's it. There's no real roleplaying, and the game is not only incredibly linear, but also quite literally takes place in V's head. There is no 'city burning' like the E3 trailers suggested, the entire game revolves around the biochip and getting it removed, and even then the endings are disappointing, as you either kill yourself, let johnny take over and then he leaves a grave marker for you, get the chip removed by arasaka and then either get put into mikoshi or you die in six months, so basically no matter what, anything you do means jack ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥.
Corpo and Nomad are very clearly hamfisted into the game for the sake of the plot and are also notably unfinished (Corpo has a revenge hook that never gets brought up, for example), while Streetkid is the intended path, and all three lifepaths merge after the prologue. In addition, customization is notably poor - you cannot go full Maelstrom/Strogg chrome tank, and there is no transmog system for cosmetic purposes.

All that said, the game has a good amount of side content, the visuals and audio are very pleasing, and the gunplay is extremely fun, but the linearity and wasted potential is a deathblow for me. Get it on sale if you really want it, otherwise, you'll probably find a better cyberpunk RPG in any of the Deus Ex games or, better still, Shadowrun Dragonfall and Hong Kong.

I had absolutely zero expectations for the game due to me hating the reddit swarm hivemind over 'le keanu chungus 100 wholesome breathtaking destruction 100' type-shit, so I went in expecting a disasterfuck and instead got a decently entertaining game that was worth the money. HOWEVER, I cannot recommend the game at full price for several reasons, namely that this is not entirely what was advertised - Cyberpunk is an 'RPG' in the same sense that most modern Ubisoft games are RPGs - you have stats, gear, perks, and that's it. There's no real roleplaying, and the game is not only incredibly linear, but also quite literally takes place in V's head. There is no 'city burning' like the E3 trailers suggested, the entire game revolves around the biochip and getting it removed, and even then the endings are disappointing, as you either [spoiler] kill yourself, let johnny take over and then he leaves a grave marker for you, get the chip removed by arasaka and then either get put into mikoshi or you die in six months, so basically no matter what, anything you do means jack fucking shit. [/spoiler] Corpo and Nomad are very clearly hamfisted into the game for the sake of the plot and are also notably unfinished (Corpo has a revenge hook that never gets brought up, for example), while Streetkid is the intended path, and all three lifepaths merge after the prologue. In addition, customization is notably poor - you cannot go full Maelstrom/Strogg chrome tank, and there is no transmog system for cosmetic purposes. All that said, the game has a good amount of side content, the visuals and audio are very pleasing, and the gunplay is extremely fun, but the linearity and wasted potential is a deathblow for me. Get it on sale if you really want it, otherwise, you'll probably find a better cyberpunk RPG in any of the Deus Ex games or, better still, Shadowrun Dragonfall and Hong Kong.