I have tried it once more. This time with "skip unskippable cutscenes mod", which is god send, I wouldn't have patience to play without it. I have a different opinion about this game now, after about 20 hours of playing 2.0.
Last time I've played it was 2020, it was bad game overall - clusterfuck of player character development, horrible AI, bare-bones gameplay systems(driving,police,map,perks,quest giving), empty, ugly city and stupid progress system. Some of the game elements looked like they were made by 14 years old modders after "make your own game in 3 days" weekend course. There was barely any gameplay at all and if it was it didn't work.
Now it looks like a proper game, you can clearly see it was made by different people, who know what they're doing. It is smooth, character development system is now satisfying, music kicks in right moments, every car feels different, there is finally life on the streets of Night city. They fixed phone calls, bugs, malee combat and add a lot of quality of life improvements. If you ignore main story, it's actually hell of a fun.
Now I can see there is an "old CDPR" behind this game, I'm surprised there are parts of writing on par with The Witcher , it's something I couldn't notice before, because of how dissapointing other parts of this game were. There are things beyond redemption you couldn't fix, cause of deep design decisions that were made years ago, but this is enough, I don't feel a butthurt anymore. It's a good game you can finally play. Music and world design are great, shooting and driving are fun, side jobs and gigs are entertaining, there is a lot of production value. You can appreciate it now while this game is finished. Good job CDPR. Just add "skip unskippable cutscenes mod" to your base game.
