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[Tommi84]

50 United States Dollars?! U mad, bro?

$20 tops.

 

[Classicrockfan]

It's around 20 at amazon with certain sellers,and 30 at bestbuy,don't waist your money when theres cheaper options.

 

[The Eradicator]

Irrational goons that will never let go of their grudges aside, it depends on what value money has for you.

If you think $50 is justified for a great game that's not entirely new, yes. It's worth it since the game is great now. And since you say the story is important, that's absolutely top-notch. The storytelling is excellent, the acting is great, and it's not too weighed down by certain trends.

That being said, you can expect it to go on sale fairly often, so if you're on the fence, you can simply wait for that. It's only going to get better, after all.

It's not "irrational" to have a grudge against someone who lied to you, and still won't admit that they were lying.

The story is also atrocious. There's good characters, but the story itself is laughably bad, and at least 5 of the endings seem like they were written with no thought whatsoever.

 

[dispensergoinup]

I paid the full 60$ on release on PC and after finishing it, I can say no it isn't worth it. Maybe after some free DLCs get released? Remains to be seen.

Worth $19.99 at most but has been seen as low a $5 as many have said. Your call if you wanna risk it.

 

[klosos]

For me yes i would say its worth full price , however don't pay that for it as most people have said you can get it cheaper or on sale. i got it for £19.99 on sale from the PS store , am playing it on PS5 at the moment and ill platinum the game over the weekend.

I am finding it a great game , some of the side stories/ Quest are fantastic , And Johnny Sillverhand is a legend ( an absolute dickhead but fantastic), I am having tons of fun playing a stealthy hacker build and cant recommend the game enough. It as issues of course but still worth the time imo

 

[RaZoR No1]

As someone who only played the trial on XSX:

IMO the game is worth 50$, but atm it would be stupid to buy it at full price, because you were able to get it on sales for much cheaper (Bestbuy 5$) or digital around 20-30$ I think.

The only reason I have not bought it is that my backlog is too big to include Cyberpunk.. for now.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Was worth full price on PC when it launched, hwoever you can find it at a much lower price everywhere you look so I dont see a reason why you should buy it at such a price.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

what was smoked to ask such a question

 

[Allandor]

It is a great game on current gen consoles. Even on my old xb1x it was working well at launch.
Paid full price at launch for it and don't regret it.

 

[sliceypete]

Bought it for $5 last year during black Friday and starting playing it with the next gen patch on PS5. I've enjoyed the story, setting, basic combat and side missions, but it really is a terrible RPG in every sense lol. Deff worth it at $20 or below, $50 is a really tough sell since it came out sooo broken and is still broken in many aspects.

 

[sircaw]

No

Hell no.

Also $50 ?

wasn't this $5 on best buy a week ago ?

Where are you paying 50 for it? Can be found much cheaper.

Where is it $50? I paid $30 on Xbox last year.

It was $5 last week. No it's not worth 50.

Not worth it especially at that price!

Just wait for it to be on Gamepass or PS Plus Premium

Lol I got it for 25$ at launch how tf is it 50

Why would you pau $50 for something that's often on sale for under $10?

lol, no. Absolutely not.

You should be able to find a ps4 copy for cheap. I found one for $20, Special Edition, like a month after it released. 3rd party seller on Amazon.

I paid $10, so….

20$ at best

Exactly

The story is just disjointed and horrible. Hell no would I ever tell someone pay $50 for this and I got it day 1.

$5 bucks max.

thanks a lot for nothing guys, I was about to make 45 quid.

 

[TastyPastry]

at this point i would just wait until both expansions and every bit of dlc is out, depending on how much they add and improve the core game with these the game might turn from the 7/10 it is right now to a 8/10 or 8.5/10 by then. if you think driving around the most amazing looking futuristic cyberpunk city ever created in a video game is enough you might get the game right now but i'd only pay 20$ at most for it and i'm saying this as someone who considers himself a fan of this game

 

[SkylineRKR]

No its not. I bought it for 25 when the next-gen patch hit. And I wouldn't pay more. Its fun but also rather shallow. If you're not into repetitive side content you can beat the story over a long weekend probably.

 

[thefool]

If you love this type of game, probably.
This was the game that made me feel I've played this type of game one too many times and decided to drop it.

 

[nominedomine]

I bought it on disc new for 5$ months ago. I don't like the game at all but if you want to try at least get a better deal on it.

 

[Bernardougf]

Rpg with a lot customizations? nah.

All the stats and perks are just stat sticks. There's no additional skills that add gameplay variable other than double jump.

If you play melee, it's the same from beginning to end. All your perks is just, "add +10% dmg" "add +10% stamina", there isn't a single skill that has a different movement set.

Big guns small guns it doesn't matter, it's all about lvl and stats. Once you enter an area with enemies much higher lvls than you, 1 bullet from a goon will kill you. This is a fundamental flaw in cdpr games.

I agree!!! I loved witcher 3 but dammmm ... I spend lots of time crafting the witcher gear I wanted and when I beated the game and thought "All righttt lets now rule the new game plus like a boss with my build and weapons and armor" just to see my gear mean shit....and have to do alllllll again ???? wtf ? ... never again...next time Ill just play the game and fuck griding for stuff

 

[Laptop1991]

I got it for 20 quid when they announced mod support just over a year ago now, i wouldn't pay more than that personally after all the issues it's had, but it does play well on my PC and there has been a few updates fixing issues since.

 

[Bojji]

Game is great but also old so not worth 50 for sure.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

No chance, also it's frequently lower than £12-£15 in the UK. Don't be paying $50 for it.

 

[Toots]

Value is an arbitrary concept.
You know in your heart if it's worth it for you or not, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

But yes you can find it at 5 bucks if you search for 5 min so...

 

[DarkestHour]

In its current form, $50 is acceptable on PC. I can't speak for PS5 as I have no interest in playing it there,

 

[Andodalf]

Probably, but you can get it for less

 

[CookieWithMatt]

Absolutely worth it! Recently beat the game, and loved it. Took me about 95 hours or so to beat (and by the 85th hour I was ready for it to wrap).
I jumped in when it was 50% off, just after the 1.5 patch launched and haven't regretted it. If you're on the fence, try out the demo (I'm assuming that's still available). Ignore the naysayers.

Played it on the Series X btw.

 

[stn]

I resumed my save on the Series X after taking a break to wait for the patches. I'm loving it. It has some flaws but at the end of the day I think it is a fantastic game. It isn't the best game ever like they were trying hype it up to be, but it is still very good. That said, wait for a sale as it has been easy to be find for less than $50 recently.

 

[ahtlas7]

Was never worth $50.

 

[Abriael_GN]

It's not "irrational" to have a grudge against someone who lied to you, and still won't admit that they were lying.

The story is also atrocious. There's good characters, but the story itself is laughably bad, and at least 5 of the endings seem like they were written with no thought whatsoever.

Perfect example of what I meant. Thanks for proving my point.

 

[brian0057]

No.
For some proper cyberpunk RPG goodness, play the Shadowrun games by Harebrained Scheems.
If you want it in first person? Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

 

[Abriael_GN]

Rpg with a lot customizations? nah.

All the stats and perks are just stat sticks. There's no additional skills that add gameplay variable other than double jump.

If you play melee, it's the same from beginning to end. All your perks is just, "add +10% dmg" "add +10% stamina", there isn't a single skill that has a different movement set.

Big guns small guns it doesn't matter, it's all about lvl and stats. Once you enter an area with enemies much higher lvls than you, 1 bullet from a goon will kill you. This is a fundamental flaw in cdpr games.

Imagine being surprised by being oneshotted by clearly indicated enemies that are much higher level than you in an RPG.

Also, completely false point about stats and perks. A character heavily specced in netrunner skills plays *nothing* like one specced for instance in hand-to-hand.

"different move sets" are a silly argument. The fact that you can try a move doesn't mean you'll be good at it, so "different move sets" are enabled by efficacy, not by simply locking you out of trying stuff, you know, like in real life.

 

[luffie]

Imagine being surprised by being oneshotted by clearly indicated enemies that are much higher level than you in an RPG.

Also, completely false point about stats and perks. A character heavily specced in netrunner skills plays *nothing* like one specced for instance in hand-to-hand.

"different move sets" are a silly argument. The fact that you can try a move doesn't mean you'll be good at it, so "different move sets" are enabled by efficacy, not by simply locking you out of trying stuff, you know, like in real life.

All false equivalents.

It's the same with the witcher 3. The same imp at another area will 1 shot you and you can barely do any damage to it, simply due to "levels". Same with your unique armor/weapons, immediately overidden with a common higher level one.

Correct point on stats & perks. It play only slightly different with melee because of the class, but exactly 0 customization. You will play the same way every encounter as a netrunner from beginning to the end.

Your arguments is silly. There isn't a different move set, further diverging into arguing efficacy is a moot point.

 

[Melubas]

Definitely worth it. One of the top ten greats of all time according to me. Absolutely loved it. It has some of the best characterisation I've ever seen, with characters that actually feel like people instead of NPC:s. The world is cool, the quests are mostly A+ quality, and the atmosphere is the bomb. But most of all the story is amazing. I was hooked from start to finish. Played it on release on PC and had basically no issues at all. Go buy it!

 

[rob305]

It was worth it at full price when it launched if you had a Series X or a beefy PC

 

[BusierDonkey]

 

[Raven117]

A solid game, but you can get it cheaper if you are patient.

 

[Abriael_GN]

All false equivalents.

It's the same with the witcher 3. The same imp at another area will 1 shot you and you can barely do any damage to it, simply due to "levels". Same with your unique armor/weapons, immediately overidden with a common higher level one.

Correct point on stats & perks. It play only slightly different with melee because of the class, but exactly 0 customization. You will play the same way every encounter as a netrunner from beginning to the end.

Your arguments is silly. There isn't a different move set, further diverging into arguing efficacy is a moot point.

What a bad take.

"Levels" happens to be a staple of RPGs, and the norm, not an exception. If you don't like it, perhaps RPGs aren't for you excluding the very few that have dynamic leveling.

You absolutely don't play the same way every encounter as a netrunner from beginning to end, as your capabilities are enormously increased.

If you think there's no customization, you should just consider the possibility that you're simply bad at the game and not exploring possibilities. There's a TON of playstyle variation depending on how you spec. Actually a lot more than in most RPGs.

 

[Elginer]

I paid 10$ OP. Best 10 dollar game

 

[Sentenza]

I honestly wouldn't spend my time on the game if I got it for free.
And before someone starts to sperg-out about it: it's a factual statement, not a hyperbole.

Case in point: I bought it at launch full price and it's STILL sitting there mostly unplayed, because I simply never enjoyed a single minute I spent on it.

 

[vpance]

I ended up getting it for free and since the last patch kinda enjoyed what I played, but I'm still too busy with Elden Ring to go back to it.

 

[dorkimoe]

Yes, but its not $50 anywhere

 

[Guilhermegrg]

Hell no

 

[luffie]

What a bad take.

"Levels" happens to be a staple of RPGs, and the norm, not an exception. If you don't like it, perhaps RPGs aren't for you excluding the very few that have dynamic leveling.

You absolutely don't play the same way every encounter as a netrunner from beginning to end, as your capabilities are enormously increased.

If you think there's no customization, you should just consider the possibility that you're simply bad at the game and not exploring possibilities. There's a TON of playstyle variation depending on how you spec. Actually a lot more than in most RPGs.

What a terrible take.

I've already mentioned previously that it takes no skill at cdpr games because of the stupid level disparity. I love and played tons of rpg, perhaps you enjoy a stupid levelling system that requires no skill, that's good but it's a stupid system regardless.

Stop making stupid takes when you do not even bother to know the context. Beat the last boss in 20 secs by "standing" there and slashing him, i must be terrible at the game.

 

[ANDS]

I heard they fixed alot of shit in ps5 and i need a break from elden ring
How's the story? That's the most important part for me

Absolutely. There hasn't been a single narrative experience that has topped it since it has come out (maybe IT TAKES TWO, but I haven't played that). It is currently a part of the Spring Sale, so you can get it for 50% off.

. . .the biggest issue I have with the game is that there aren't superfluous side activities like those in TW3; Night City is a place you just want to faff off in, but there's not a whole lot of reason to. Besides that, the journey is well worth taking.

 

[Notabueno]

I heard they fixed alot of shit in ps5 and i need a break from elden ring
How's the story? That's the most important part for me

Wait for it to be at 80$ then perfect time to buy it for you.

 

[hemo memo]

You meant 5$ right?

 

[JohnnyFootball]

That game does not deserve $50. Doesn't mean it's not good but considering how cheap it's been, paying that much is insane.

 

[Haeleos]

The game isn't worth your time let alone any money spent on it.

 

[Halo2redvsblue]

50 dollars? No. 5 dollars was a steal. There are good side missions in the game. Also checking out Panam ass the first time you meat and Judy's sex scene is worth it.

 

[Stamps1646]

The game can be found under $20 almost everywhere.
It's always on sale.

 

[Northeastmonk]

No way. The game made me feel like Keanu Reeves recorded all his lines the same day he received the script. It doesn't have a lot of staying power to it. I wasn't moved by it nor do I remember much of the actual plot.

 

[kingpotato]

I paid $10 and wish I had waited for it to be $5.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Got it for $20 but to be honest I would have paid $50 no other game like it