Cyberpunk 2077 (console versions). Most disappointing video games of 2020
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- Release Date: December 2020
- Genre: Action RPG
- Platforms: PS4, XOne
This is a real precedent – one of the best games of the year is also a strong candidate for the the worst game of the year. And certainly the biggest disappointment. Anticipated nearly as eagerly as the second coming of Christ by Christians, Cyberpunk 2077 finally graced our discs and, despite a flood of bugs, turned out a great game. On PCs, that is – on consoles, meanwhile, CD Projekt RED scored a spectacular disaster. The more so because until the very premiere, the illusion was maintained that everything was fine and the versions for PS4 and Xbox One would run "surprisingly well."
Well, as it turned out after the release, regular people have a slightly different definition of "surprisingly well;" one which doesn't include a veritable plethora of smaller, bigger, and in extreme cases, game-breaking bugs. Not to mention travelling back in time, waiting of textures to load and reminiscing the era of the first PlayStation. On top of that, we had interface poorly adapted to consoles and microscopic font sizes.
The old-gen console versions of Cyberpunk 2077 weren't just underdeveloped – they were simply incomplete. And while now, after several patches, some of the biggest issues have been fixed, the state of the game on PS4 and Xbox One is still very far from what could be considered a "surprisingly good" performance.