Cyberpunk 2077 is okay, unless you’re playing it on consoles. And even CD Projekt Red knows it by putting embargoes on gameplay footage as well as not giving advanced review copies for console versions ahead of launch.
The Polish developers have now come upfront and apologise for “not showing the game on base last-gen consoles before it premiered and, in consequence, not allowing you to make a more informed decision about your purchase.”
Two sets of patches will be coming early next year: Patch #1 coming in January and Patch #2 in February 2021. This primarily targeting improvements on the (now) last-gen consoles, PS4 and Xbox One.
Don’t expect a major graphical overhaul- but it should improve on whatever the lacklustre performance it has on consoles right now.
Cyberpunk 2077 was delayed multiple times from its initial April 2020 release– with the last one that moved its release to December citing the need to improve console performance. Looks like the delays was not enough, and the whole game feels like it could have used a year more of polish.
Despite CD Projekt Red’s great pro-consumer moves over the past years, the console performance of Cyberpunk 2077 (and the way the developers handle it pre-launch) is something more like your usual AAA publisher behaviour, and that’s no good. Even this apology- and a gesture to help with refunds- shouldn’t excuse such anti-consumer behaviour.
If you haven’t gotten your hands on Cyberpunk 2077, you are better off waiting a few more months if you wanted to play on console. The PC version runs relatively better, but there are still plenty of (fixable) bugs that may ruin your first-person immersion experience at the moment.