Cyberpunk 2077 Press Demo Impressions Thread

SweetNicole · Jun 12, 2018

Given that the press got see a demo of Cyberpunk 2077, there are various impressions of the game flying around. You can find more details on what they were shown here.

If you have articles or tweets that are impressions of Cyberpunk 2077 from today, tag me and I will endeavor to add them all to the OP.

VG247: Cyberpunk 2077: Banging, C-bombs and bullet-time

We sat down at E3 to witness 50 minutes of stunning gameplay. Jaws dropped at the ultraviolence. Eyeballs sprang out on stalks. Ears burned at the spicy language. And afterwards we jabbered out mouths off in excitement at what we'd just witness. Holy. Guacamole. The wait has been justified. The hype tame in comparison to reality. Cyberpunk 2077 is going to be a game changer.

Andrew Reiner (Game Informer)

Cyberpunk 2077 is like Rockstar levels of open-world craziness. Beautiful, detailed, choice everywhere. Gunplay is wicked. Can run on walls, plant into them with blades, drop onto foes, slice their heads off. Slow time, use mods to control bots. Wow. Wow. Wow.

GameInformer: Cyberpunk 2077 Is Not What You Think

I entered this demonstration with thoughts of Witcher III: Wild Hunt, thinking I would see something similar in design, only with futuristic trappings in a sprawling city. My memories of Geralt of Rivia and his adventures vanished when CD Projekt Red showed me Cyberpunk 2077 is a first-person, open-world RPG. It's a completely different beast than Witcher, delivering player choice in a what appears to be a more dangerous and dynamic world.

John Linneman (Digital Foundry, Eurogamer)

Cyberpunk 2077 is legit. I can't even imagine this being current gen. Like holy shit. It's like Deus Ex + Crysis + Witcher at a scale and level of detail that I've never seen. It's the kind of game I've dreamt of for ages. That was one hell of an hour.

PCWorld: Cyberpunk 2077: What we learned in the most mind-blowing game demo we've ever seen

I'd certainly like to believe that everything I saw in this Cyberpunk 2077 demo was real, not just part of some elaborate "vertical slice" hoodwink. Because as I said, this is the most impressive demo I've everseen. And if CD Projekt can make the game that CD Projekt claims it's making? The game it showed to us? We're all in for a real treat.

Kotaku: Cyberpunk 2077 Is A Violent, Impressive Blend Of Deus Ex And The Witcher 3

Here's the short version: Cyberpunk 2077 is a lot like Deus Ex, with what looks like less stealth but better shooting. There's lots of violence. There are branching quests with multiple choices, like The Witcher 3, and there's a driving system that seems a whole lot like Grand Theft Auto. The demo was impressive, hinting at typically dystopian themes, lots of player choice, and many, many different guns.

Number9 · Jun 12, 2018

Andrew Reiner just posted an article: https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2018/06/12/impressions-and-details-from-50-minutes-of-gameplay

SweetNicole

salromano · Jun 12, 2018

If you want to add it, CDPR put out a pretty detailed fact sheet that I typed up (copying + pasting from the PDF output everything out of order): https://gematsu.com/2018/06/cyberpunk-2077-first-details-screenshots

Rygar 8Bit · Jun 12, 2018

Really sad no video of gameplay is getting out there, but keep these impressions coming! Game sounds amazing.

KINGofCRA5H · Jun 12, 2018

lawd.

siteseer · Jun 12, 2018

release has to be close, why give gaming press access and allow publication if the game is too far away? i'm thinking end of year.

Golding · Jun 12, 2018

Wow - long wait it will be

DarkFlame92 · Jun 12, 2018

they should mute the trailer lol

fanboy · Jun 12, 2018

Why not to show some ganeplay, if press is this overjoyed?

ColonialRaptor · Jun 12, 2018

Why would they not show this to the public? It's just ridiculous and is just going to annoy people. This sort of thing really gives me the s**ts.

Liliana · Jun 12, 2018

Holy shit lawd have mercy

Goty when it releases

jett · Jun 12, 2018

Pls stream the demo directly into my eyeballs

Braaier · Jun 12, 2018

siteseer said:
release has to be close, why give gaming press access and allow publication if the game is too far away? i'm thinking end of year.

lol, no. maybe 18 months from now. MAYBE.

Game sounds amazing though.

Jiraiya · Jun 12, 2018

Thousands of rooms and hundreds of buildings to enter? In 6 different districts? Whew that's dense. Has that scale been achieved in a city like this?

data · Jun 12, 2018

If there are so many positive impressions, I really wish they're willing to share the demo they're showing the press. 50 minutes of goodness, Please let us watch it too and digest it all

Yerffej · Jun 12, 2018

siteseer said:
release has to be close, why give gaming press access and allow publication if the game is too far away? i'm thinking end of year.

no way.

olag · Jun 12, 2018

Back to waiting for the GOAT.

Tuck · Jun 12, 2018

First person eh? And just like that, any interest I had is gone.

Antiax · Jun 12, 2018

siteseer said:
release has to be close, why give gaming press access and allow publication if the game is too far away? i'm thinking end of year.

To build the hype. They used the same strategy when they were releasing Witcher 3. It worked for them. Over 1 million pre-orders.

Dphex · Jun 12, 2018

they should just show something to the public...first Sekiro goodness report and now here, man i am pumped to see a bit of those games beyond the trailers. it´s like a carrot on the stick to hear "yeah, it´s awesome!" show, don´t tell -.-

ComputerBlue · Jun 12, 2018

Need it ASAP.

The game looks and sounds to be so incredible.

tuxfool · Jun 12, 2018

I should remind people that this was also their MO with the Witcher 3

Magic Mushroom · Jun 12, 2018

Wow. This is gonna win all the E3 awards me thinks.

Aokiji · Jun 12, 2018

siteseer said:
release has to be close, why give gaming press access and allow publication if the game is too far away? i'm thinking end of year.

this game is nowhere near release lol. we dont have a public demo for it midway through the year

Gero · Jun 12, 2018

My god just give it to me now

pswii60 · Jun 12, 2018

It's not often we read impressions that positive for a preview, holy shit it sounds good.

Benji · Jun 12, 2018

This honest to god looks and sounds like a straight up dream game to me

Pwnz · Jun 12, 2018

Given that the gameplay is private, q4 2019 is the earliest I see this releasing. They want to get feedback and potentially make huge changes before showing it to the public.

Deleted member 18944 · Jun 12, 2018

I am so incredibly hyped for this game oh my god. It's sounds amazing.

Jarate · Jun 12, 2018

I only play games in second person. It is truly the only way to play

drewfonse · Jun 12, 2018

siteseer said:
release has to be close, why give gaming press access and allow publication if the game is too far away? i'm thinking end of year.

I would be stunned

DeaDPooL_jlp · Jun 12, 2018

I am there day 1 for whatever the most expensive version available is. I just know this isnt coming out till 2020, hope im still alive by that time lol.

data · Jun 12, 2018

Pwnz said:
Given that the gameplay is private, q4 2019 is the earliest I see this releasing. They want to get feedback and potentially make huge changes before showing it to the public.

I can only hope

Deleted member 3058 · Jun 12, 2018

Benji said:
This honest to god looks and sounds like a straight up dream game to me

Yeah, this sounds even better than I could have imagined.

I set my expectations pretty high: A Witcher style game (my GOTG so far) in a sci-fi setting. I don't even know what that means but that's where I set them.

So cool to hear the possibilities you have in this game. Seems like the game really leans into the modification and customization side of things. Much more than I expected.

CHC · Jun 12, 2018

If I was them I wouldn't want to show any gameplay at this point either, given how insanely people just nitpick and then complain when things change. As much as I'd love to see the game at this point seems like only inviting more negativity either immediately or later.

Sotha_Sil · Jun 12, 2018

Can't wait for that first-person goodness.

FHIZ · Jun 12, 2018

Rygar 8Bit said:
Really sad no video of gameplay is getting out there, but keep these impressions coming! Game sounds amazing.

Yeah, someone get Geoff Keighley on the phone.

TetraGenesis · Jun 12, 2018

siteseer said:
release has to be close, why give gaming press access and allow publication if the game is too far away? i'm thinking end of year.

My dude... come on.

Jerm411 · Jun 12, 2018

SweetNicole said:
Given that the press got see a demo of Cyberpunk 2077, there are various impressions of the game flying around. You can find more details on what they were shown here.

If you have articles or tweets that are impressions of Cyberpunk 2077 from today, tag me and I will endeavor to add them all to the OP.

VG247: Cyberpunk 2077 is a FPS with third-person vehicles, but don't worry, it's all RPG

Andrew Reiner (Game Informer)

GameInformer: Cyberpunk 2077 Is Not What You Think

Antiax · Jun 12, 2018

siteseer said:
release has to be close, why give gaming press access and allow publication if the game is too far away? i'm thinking end of year.

May 2019.

broncobuster · Jun 12, 2018

Impressions make it sound like the greatest game ever. I'm willing to believe.

SweetNicole · Jun 12, 2018

salromano said:
If you want to add it, CDPR put out a pretty detailed fact sheet that I typed up (copying + pasting from the PDF output everything out of order): https://gematsu.com/2018/06/cyberpunk-2077-first-details-screenshots

I added that one to the details thread; trying to keep this thread more focused on the impressions from media instead of the specific details, that's what the other thread is for.

Benji · Jun 12, 2018

This game will not release before 2020, so everyone shouldn't get too ahead of themselves thinking its anytime soon, we all have a long wait ahead of us.

Its next-gen.

MentalZer0 · Jun 12, 2018

T'Challa Shakur · Jun 12, 2018

Why didnt they show gameplay???? Im legit upset.

Aokiji · Jun 12, 2018

We then see V in her apartment, which is much nicer than the one the scavengers were holed up in. Opening the blinds on her window, shows a neon-lit view of billboards on old concrete structures, and a window that doubles as a computer, where it appears she can check her mail and more. We see view go into a backroom that doubles as her armory. She grabs her trusty pistol, and then moves to her closet near the front door, which holds her jackets, each giving protections for various things like physical, thermal, EMP, and chemical. The jacket also gives her stret cred, which can elevate her standing in the world.

Gameinformer

MosquitoSmasher · Jun 12, 2018

data said:
If there are so many positive impressions, I really wish they're willing to share the demo they're showing the press. 50 minutes of goodness, Please let us watch it too and digest it all

Yeah I don't get that either. But it is what it is I guess. This game is still very far off. 2019 would surprise me.

siteseer · Jun 12, 2018

i slept on witcher 3 for years, so i don't know. what is cdpr's strategy for hype and then their release date? you guys saying at least a year from now ...

data · Jun 12, 2018

MosquitoSmasher said:
Yeah I don't get that either. But it is what it is I guess. This game is still very far off. 2019 would surprise me.

They know we want it. They know we've been waiting.

And they're teasing us with the carrot on the stick.

cognizant · Jun 12, 2018

Kotaku:

Stats will have interesting impacts outside of combat, as well. For example, there's a street cred stat that lets you open up even more of the open world. A certain jacket might raise the stat a few percentage points, granting you access to new areas or conversations. Oh, and there's a "cool" stat, but PC Gamer, who noticed it, isn't clear on what exactly it does. Personally, I hope that when you max it out, it turns you into Geralt.

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