Recently, just 2 week ago, all self-respecting gaming publications described the news that so beloved by all portable gaming console Steam Deck ranked the most popular games for September. Of course, the rating was made on the basis of users of the console.
And all the fans of dynamic action games with open world, it is impossible not to be struck by the fact that Cyberpunk 2077 rose to the confident 4th place. Considering that the game was released back in 2020 and has a very controversial reputation.
What the game is about
Let’s talk a little bit about the game itself. Cyberpunk 2077 is the brainchild of Polish computer games developers, known for creating such masterpieces like The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt. This is, by the way, their previous creation. Work on Cyberpunk 2077 began back in 2012 and has since been constantly delayed with its release. The game is developed on the REDengine 4 engine, which is used specifically for non-linear computer games. The action unfolds in the relatively near future in 2077. The game location of the open world chosen fictional city of Knight City on the west coast of California. As you have already understood, the Poles have redrawn the map of modern America, after all there cataclysms and political divisions. Otherwise, everything is as we like: we can explore the vast locations of the city districts on foot or by any means of transport, well, and of course to attract the attention of law enforcement in the face of the police or perform missions.
Ridiculous comparison
I write and immediately think of a game from the past – Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Only here, in contrast to the GTA in Cyberpunk 2077, you can turn off the censorship and see the virtual sex and prostitution, and not just swinging around the car. By the way, these scenes will feature the notorious Keanu Reeves. It was he who became the visualization of one of the main characters popular on Steam Deck computer game. Missions, of course, have some primitive resemblance to the already dusty GTA: then steal a car, then save someone, while killing dozens of heavily armed criminals. Well, of course, the computer graphics of the game really corresponds to 2077. The difference of realism, details of characters, physics of movements, multiple shootings and many other games of GTA: Vice City and Cyberpunk 2077 can be compared with the shooting from a slingshot and training in a realistic panoramic virtual shooting range. Yes, and instead of a slingshot in the hands will be mass-sized mock combat weapons with a system of simulated recoil. All of the above negatively affected those wishing to play the game on PC, because for such suitable only the top and pre-top models of computers.
Critics’ opinion
But at the same time the game got the highest reviews and appraisals from PC users. Some critics expressed their appreciation of the hyper-realistic virtual world and the game’s plot in general. Also everyone liked the various quests, although, as I described above, they are not very intricate. At the same time, another part of the critics generally does not recommend to play Cyberpunk 2077, citing various factors, including errors on the technical side.
As the result we’d like to say that despite all the controversy computer game sold over 20 million copies worldwide, and this is a real indicator of success Cyberpunk 2077.
