It only took eight years, but Cyberpunk 2077 has finally arrived on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Unfortunately, the consensus from fans and critics hasn't been as overwhelmingly critical as developer CD Projekt RED might have hoped for.
While the first wave of reviews on high-end PCs were mostly positive, the poorly optimised console versions soon revealed themselves to be complete messes - to the point that CDPR has now issued a public apology, promising refunds and patches over the next few months. Simply put, there are plenty of gamers out there who feel Cyberpunk 2077 has simply fallen short of their (admittedly huge) expectations.
Predictably, we're now starting to see that reflected in the game's user scores, at least on console. While the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 currently has a fairly modest score of 7.0, the PlayStation 4 version of the game has a disastrous 2.9.
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That's considerably lower than Anthem, which currently has a user score of 3.4. Anyone familiar with EA and BioWare's much-hyped sci-fi RPG will remember its incredibly troubled launch - I don't think any of us would have assumed that Cyberpunk 2077 might have fallen into the same trap, but here we are.
While it's important to remember that review-bombing is a thing, it doesn't looks immediately as if Cyberpunk 2077 has attracted an influx of negative reviews on PS4 for petty reasons, or without people having played the game first. The vast majority of the low scores complain of frequent crashes, bugs, and sub-par visuals - issues which CDPR itself has acknowledged. The PC version of the game also has a much higher score with over twice the number of ratings, suggesting that the brunt of complaints have to do with technical problems rather than gameplay issues - issues which can be fixed.
Anthem, on the other hand, was slated upon release for a myriad of technical and gameplay issues - many of which some feel are still in need of refinement. As we know, both CDPR and BioWare are excellent studios both capable of making world-best RPGs. I think it's fair to say that nobody wanted to see Cyberpunk 2077 or Anthem fail. At the very least, there's still enough time for CDPR to build on the already strong potential of Cyberpunk 2077 and deliver something truly special. Heck, if Hello Games could turn around No Man's Sky after that whole fiasco, anything is possible.
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