Despite most people saying it didn't quite live up to the hype, maybe I had an appropriate amount of hype, cuz it totally lived up to the hype for me. Even initially when it was still pretty buggy at launch. Though I have also gone back and played it in VR too. I played a melee character at launch, knowing that it was going to be the most stable for the turbulent times. Then I played a precision shooter as my next character once the game got pretty fixed/stable. Then I played my tech/"caster" in VR once the game was fully good and ran well enough on my hardware that I could get comfortable frame rates(at least 90fps) using all the features the Luke Ross mod now supports for making VR look good at easy-to-run settings.

Worth it. Phantom Liberty's not bad, either, although I waited for it to go on sale.

I mean, it's not the gaming revolution it was hyped as, but the storylines are all good, the mechanics are fun, and for $20, you've almost nothing to lose.

I had a blast with it. It's also the only game in a very long time where I actually missed "the world" after I had completed it. It was the most immersive experience in gaming I had in about a decade. Performance issues have long been solved, if that was still a concern.

What's kept you from playing it? In my opinion the game is a steal at ~$20, but there are some hopes and expectations certain people had for it that were never able to be addressed in patches. If you were one of those that wanted RDR2-but-cyberpunk or a blank slate RPG where you could be whoever you wanted in Night City then yeah, the game is never going to be that.

It's a very cinematic, immersive and fun linear action game though, that comes stapled with a gorgeous and well designed - if ultimately shallow - open world on top.